Lompoc Record 1971 Year In Review Highlights
A month by month recap of top 1971 headlines from the Lompoc Record including narcotics raids, freeway and shuttle news, local government changes, hospital shortages, budget figures, crimes, festivals, and notable local figures such as Anjanette Sterling and J. Donald Adam. It tracks violence, strikes, city policy, and community events across January to July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Anjanette Sterling
AIC
Barry Sterling
VAFB
Donald Adam
Carpenter
Catterlin
Robert C. Lilley
New County Planning Commission
Dan Bodary
George Cotsenmeyer
Fred Hayes
Jaycees
Isla Vista Beach
Police Academy
Allan Hancock College
William Allen
New Year Truce Lulls Vietnam War as Bombing Ends
UPI reports a New Year lull as allied and Communist forces observe truces in Indochina. Air raids in North Vietnam damaged or destroyed 11 sites over five days, while a single truce violation was reported by South Vietnamese spokesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
Indochina
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Hanoi
Komrong
Komrong In the Central Highlands
Laos
North Vietnamese
Panhandle
North
Meir says Arab neighbors push for war risk. ceasefire unclear
Prime Minister Golda Meir warned that peace talks are unlikely with Israel's Arab neighbors and the threat of war persists in the Middle East. She spoke during a ceremony marking a change in military leadership as Israeli warplanes bombed Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Golda Meir
Israel
Middle East
Jordan
Amman
Haim Barlew
David
Dado) Elazar
Meir
Egypt
Moonlighting deputies face transfers from Santa Ynez office
The Santa Ynez Valley sheriff's department plans to transfer Cmdr. Sgt. John Hunter and Deputies Renton Mitchell and David Harrison to the Santa Barbara office following a departmental inquiry into alleged moonlighting activities. Notices may be preliminary with formal filings pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ynez Valley
Hunter
Mitchell
Harrison
Lompoc
Richard Baldiviez
Santa Maria
Sheriff's Department
Solvang
City Considers Civic Center Build Lease Proposal
Monarch Land and Development of Los Angeles offered to build a 30 acre civic center on North H Street near Central Avenue for city and county offices in Lompoc. The plan proposes a 31 year lease at about six thousand nine hundred twenty four dollars annual on improvements and land with options to build or supervise, and possible acquisition at 25 000 per acre for ten acres or 30 000 if less land is chosen. City Administrator Gene Wahlers will present the proposal to the City Council on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
North H Street
Central Avenue
Monarch Land and Development Corporation of
Los Angeles
Gene Wahlers
Santa Barbara
Denys M
Taylor
Wahlers
Lompoc Retail Sales Rise in Third Quarter 1971
State Board of Equalization reports Lompoc retail sales for Q3 1971 at 9.214 million, up 205 thousand from 1970. Auto dealers and supplies lead with 2.166 million, general merchandise 1.55 million, with gains in most categories except home furnishings and service stations. California’s overall quarterly taxable sales hit a record 11.8 billion, yielding 606.4 million in tax revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
State Board of Equalization
California
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Jean
Pearce
Kathy Lambert
Record
Record Review
Wegner
New Isla Vista
Ucsb
FEC
John “Matt” Dillon
Jack Shuttle
SAC
Tom Parks
Valley Agriculture
la Purisima Mission
Lompoc Hospital
Valley
Beattie, Braun, Nagle
Burke
Scott
Missouri Wing
Nancy Donovan
Nixon
Don Johnson
New City
Vandenberg
Mission Hills
Rudy Vallee
Robin Densmore
Queen City Auditorium
Cabrillo High School
John Young
Reinecke
U.S. Command
Fred Ross Smith III
Jim Brightwell
Fifth Street
East Ocean
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