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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1974
Page
1
A four hour fire devastates Joelma Building in downtown Sao Paulo injuring many and killing at least 20 lions. Rescue helicopters unable to reach roofs early, firemen later access upper floors and evacuate dozens while milk drops aid victims.
An early morning fire of undetermined origin gutted and collapsed an abandoned house at 415 E Ocean Ave in Lompoc, with 3:05 am blaze noted as not routine. A 4:00 am Olive Avenue Substation blackout affected southwest areas for 32 minutes, under investigation by city officials.
Protesting high diesel costs, truckers shut fuel deliveries in New Jersey Florida West Virginia and other states. The strike cripples industries in the Midwest and South with GM warning Ohio plants may close affecting about 75 000 workers. Violence and police patrols accompany protests as routes are blocked and supplies dwindle.
Veola King, 51, suffers minor injuries in a chain reaction crash on Lompoc Casmalia Road near Vandenberg AFB. King’s car rear–ended Kenneth Vance, 36, whose car then hit Robin Tosch, 29, and Tosch’s car struck Hildegard Nowland, 36. King was treated at Lompoc Hospital and released. A separate 101 crash near Santa Barbara killed Clarence Rigsby, 34, who drove a furniture truck into a tree and died at St Francis Hospital Santa Maria.
Dozens of independent California truck drivers blocked four Los Angeles area fuel depots on Thursday night as part of a nation wide protest against fuel allocation policies. The action halted pump sales at multiple stations with owners expressing sympathy and predict the protest would continue.
Vi and Charles Willis, operators of an Ocean Avenue detox center in Lompoc, reportedly agreed to drop plans for a second treatment program in Mission Hills. County officials told the couple to cease and desist their plan to board alcoholics at 1738 Calle Lindero, Mission Hills, after relocating from Sweeney Road southeast of Lompoc.
Sacramento officials say President Nixon and Patricia Nixon are nonresidents for California personal income tax after legal review by the Franchise Tax Board. The White House said Nixon paid no state income taxes in the first four years of his presidency, distinguishing domicile from residence.
Zodiac claims 37 Bay Area murders in a note to the San Francisco Chronicle and is linked to the 1963 Lompoc teens killings. Sheriff's detectives press for links while a handwriting expert confirms the note. Weather notes follow with tides and forecast.
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