Northeast paralyzed by snowfall
A record northeast snowstorm halted planes trains buses and cars with 15 to 20 inch totals in New York area. Four dead in traffic crashes and thousands stranded at JFK as power outages hit Boston metro area. President Nixon extended stay in Florida. Airlines opened planes for shelter and movies.
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Stanley W. Darden
New York
UPI
Nixon
Washington
Florida
U.S. Weather Bureau
New York City
Central Park
Weather Bureau
Brooklyn
Boston
Pennsylvania
Sunny Key Biscayne, Fla
Ureban Affairs Council
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Bob Cullen
Mohawk Airlines
JFK
Permanent halt to oil drilling in channel urged by supervisor
County Supervisor George H. Clyde asked the Board of Supervisors to seek a permanent stop to all oil drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel. The move followed a Teague request to Interior Secretary Hickel. North county supervisors blocked advancing the resolution, delaying discussion to this afternoon.
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George H. Clyde
Board of Supervisors
Santa Barbara Channel
Charles M. Teague
Ojai
Interior
Walter H. Hickel
Clyde
North County
George Clyde
Curtis Tunnel
Santa Maria
Tunnel
Francis H. Beattie
Lompoc
Beattie
Joe J. Callahan
Santa Barbara
George Kading
Senate
Cut Clyde
Secretary of the Interior
Walter Hickel
State Sanctuary
Burglars ransack Lompo c area businesses
Burglars hit the Elks Lodge and Golden Cue Billiard Parlor amid other thefts in Lompo c last night. Cash and a coin collection were taken from the billiard parlor totaling about 700 dollars plus nearly 1,000 in coins. Other break ins damaged safes and cash registers, with smaller amounts stolen from Lompoc Motors and Smith Electric Service. No injuries reported.
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Elks Lodge
Golden Cue
Lompoc
N. I St
Dave Pasquale
Pasquale
Lompoc Motors, Inc
H St
Glenn Sapp
Sapp
Smith Electric Service Co
S. I St
Jim
Ocean Ave
North Vietnam delegates fly home for conference
North Vietnam envoy Lee Duc Tho left Paris on a Soviet Aeroflot flight en route to Hanoi with stops in Moscow and Peking. He called the Paris talks routine and warned no progress without U S troop withdrawal from South Vietnam. The departure follows reports of secret U S contacts outside the four party talks.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Lee Duc Tho
le Bourget
Aeroflot
Moscow
Peking
Tho
Vietnam
United States
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
South Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
National Liberation Front
Nguyen Thi Binh
Valerian Zorin
Lompoc Record Wins Top State Newspaper Award
The Lompoc Record earned first place in the 1969 Better Newspaper Contest by the California Newspaper Publishers Association. The award, announced at the CNPA convention in San Francisco, cited local news, features, photographs, and concise writing. Betty Laurent, society editor since 1960, received praise for her leadership of the society page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc Record
California Newspaper Publishers Assoc
State Publishers
San Francisco
California
Ed Reinecke
Kenneth L. Adam
Lompoc Record Publications
J. Donald Adam
Record
Society
Betty Laurent
CNPA
Laurent
United Press International
Des Moines Register
Miss Laurent
Chicago Tribune
el Cajon
Lompoc Planning Commission Deliberates Agricultural Preserves
The Lompoc Planning Commission will study the agricultural preserves amid county pressure to place thousands of acres under the protective tax status. City planners debate limiting preserves to prime farmland, while county figures warn of large tax roll impacts. The panel will also address pool regulations, a rezoning petition, and a use-permit interpretation for an auto repair garage.
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Lompoc
Clint Sherrod
County Board of Supervisors
City Planning Commission
Robert Hibbitts
Santa Ynez River
William and Mary Harris
North Ave
DC Convenience Center
Michael Hawkins
Commission
Clean-up crews attack miles of oil stained beach
Clean up crews worked to clear 30 miles of oil stained beaches as an 800 square mile offshore oil slick lingered. Union Oil used steam and straw to absorb crude while 1,500 workers labored along the coast to restore sand and rocks.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
California
Union Oil Co
Santa Barbara Harbor
Union Oil
Paul de Falco
Federal Air and Water Pollution Control Administration
Get
GOO
Santa Barbara County
White House reaffirms Nixon West Berlin trip plans
The White House confirmed President Nixon would travel to West Berlin later this month despite East German limits on land access. Press secretary Ziegler dismissed Izvestia comments and supported allied statements denying East Germany’s restriction rights. Weather in Florida and Nixon’s schedule featuring a black tie dinner with Robert Gordon Menzies are noted.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
West Berlin
Washington
Ronald Ziegler
Izvestia
Ziegler
Bonn
East Germany
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Robert Gordon Menzies
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Central Avenue
Santa Ynez
Ocean Avenue
Planning Commission
Urban Affairs Council
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Pixies
By Wohl
Asa Eareas
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