New Course in Basic Obedience Opens in Lompoc
The Lom poc Valley Kennel Club will begin a ten week basic obedience course on Feb 12 at 7 30 p m in City Hall auditorium at I and Walnut. Dogs need not be AKC registered and should not come to the first class. Instructor Mrs Lois Cooper RE 6 8794 provides details. Cub Scout Week display at Moore's Department Store celebrates Pack No 62 chartered 18 years with Lompoc Methodist Church as sponsor. Cubmaster John Townsend invites interest. applicants 8 through 10 may pick up forms from the scouts on duty or call RE 6 8994.
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Lompoc
Moore’s Department Store
Lompoc Methodist Church
John Townsend
Sierra Club Faces Internal Power Struggle Over Leadership
San Francisco based Sierra Club confronts a rift between traditionalists led by Ansel Adams and progressives led by David Brower. Brower takes a two month leave to back pro Brower directors while Adams promises to resign if Brower gains control, amid accusations of dictatorial leadership and financial risk to the book program.
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San Francisco
UPI
Sierra Club
Progressives
David Brower
The
Ansel Adams
Adams
Brower
Donald Aitken
Stanford University
Aitken
Explosion at Fort Ord Theater Injures Seven Servicemen
An explosion during a film at Fort Ord California injured seven servicemen, one seriously. Pvt Curtis Chiang Hawaii 24 was hospitalized with his heel blown off. Eyewitnesses described a ten by four inch device with a timing mechanism and a dramatic flash. Army ordnance experts investigated the scene as servicemen and families were evacuated.
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Fort Ord
Calif
UPI
Pvt
Curtis Chiang
Hawaii
Army
Photographer turns to scratchboard fine art career
George Johnson a former professional photographer now focuses on scratchboard to create fine art pieces. He uses double exposure to render figures like the 12 apostles and Christ and has a catalog of 21 scratchboard drawings plus other works. Johnson, retired from the Air Force in 1964, hopes to mount two solo shows and continues developing intricate 6x8 to 11x14 inch pieces through patient, hour-long sessions.
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Jack
George Johnson
Johnson
Air Force
N. Z St
Armed Services
Red Cross
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Holliman Afb
N.M
Florida
Famous Artists School
Westport
Conn
Steven Dohanos
John
Son
New York Institution of Photography
George
Trading at Market Has Hectic Week
The week featured mixed news from Vietnam peace talks and Middle East tensions with White House initiative noted. Domestic positives included higher steel prices, record spending, strong auto sales, rising factory orders, increased installment credit, and record corporate profits. Market indicators edged up with gains in the Dow, S&P 500, and NYSE averages as volume rose.
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UPI
New York
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Paris
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
Mideast
Nixon
United Nations
Middle East
General Motors
Standard & Poor
Dow Jones
Sirhan B. Sirhan unlikely to be acquitted in Kennedy case
Defense attorney Grant Cooper told potential juror Clarence Yaw that he does not expect Sirhan B. Sirhan to be found not guilty. The jurors are seated for a murder trial in Los Angeles with six alternates being considered and delays in finalizing them.
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UPI
Grant Cooper
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Cooper
Sirhan
Clarence
Yaw
San Quentin
Linda S. Katrenich
Superior Court
Herbert V. Walker
Verna Holmquist
Dorothy Wakefield
Dancin With Anson Weeks Band Leader Dies at 72
Sacramento tribute to Anson Weeks two beat maestro who entertained at San Francisco hotels in the 1930s and 40s. His band played at the Mark Hopkins and Palace Hotel and toured major venues in New York Chicago and New Orleans. Alumni included Bob Crosby Xavier Cugat Tony Martin and Dale Evans.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Anson
Anson Weeks
Sacramento Inn
Weeks
San Francisco
Mark Hopkins and Palace Hotel
Navy security expert hints Pueblo could have destroyed secrets
Navy security expert Capt. John Williams testified at a Navy court of inquiry that officers on the USS Pueblo could have destroyed secret papers in about an hour with a controlled fire, given two hours before capture. He noted a shift to new destruction devices and water dissolvable paper since the 1968 incident.
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Jack V.fox
Coronado
Calif
UPI
Navy
John Williams
Pueblo
Williams
Chief of Naval Operations
North Korea
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Stephen Harris
Harris
Hershey endorses draft plan while promoting volunteers
ANAHEIM Calif UPI The director of the U S Selective Service endorsed President Nixon’s plan for an all volunteer armed forces yet kept the draft system as a backup for emergencies He said the military should be a profession and while volunteers are desirable compulsion may be needed in a crisis He warned Paris peace talks not to rush and dismissed Vietnam protests saying kids know more than they understand
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Anaheim
Calif
UPI
U.S. Selective Service
Richard M. Nixon
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Civic Club
America
Selective Service
Paris
Lompoc City Council to hear home business appeal
The Lompoc City Council will hold a public hearing February 18, 1969 at 7 30 p m in City Hall to consider George A Mate's appeal of a Planning Commission denial of a Home Use Permit to operate radio TV and small appliance service from 1016 West Cherry Avenue in an R 1 zone Lot 2 Lot 45. All interested parties may attend and speak. City Clerk Wilma Thomas issued the notice February 4 1969.
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Lompoc
West Walnut Avenue
California
George A. Mate
Planning Commission
West Cherry Avenue
Wilma Thomas
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