Lompoc Ham Links Guatemala Earthquake to World
Lompoc ham radio operator John Singer monitors Guatemala earthquake broadcasts reporting a rising death toll and widespread medical needs. He relays calls for antibiotics and aid, coordinates with SEE missions, and connects Guatemalan contacts to Santa Barbara area helpers, portraying a global information line from a home radio shack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn Proctor
Guatemala
John Singer
Lompoc
Singer
U.S
U.S. Corps of Ies
Seebees
Guatemala City
Radio Shack
Santa Maria
Jon
Harry Silsby Brown
Santa Barbara
Brown
Florida
Bela Russ
Tag
Bela
Don
Nate
Lompoc Parks Board Approves 382 664 Budget for 76 77
The Lompoc Parks and Recreation Commission approved a 1976 77 budget of 382 664, up from 298 659, with salaries item at 175 669 and services 90 960. Capital outlay items total 116 035, including playground and lighting projects, while the council cut some requests. The meeting also covered facility use resolutions for city properties and a voter registration outreach note by John Heston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Council
Beattie Park
J-M Park
Ryan Park
Vandenberg AFB to discuss joining Lompoc wastewater plant
Vandenberg Air Force Base has asked Lompoc to enter negotiations to join the Lom poc Valley Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. A review could save Lompoc about 1 million dollars in operating costs over seven or eight years. The expansion, funded by state and federal grants, should raise capacity to five million gallons per day by January 1977, enabling service for the base and Mission Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert O. Vincent
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Gene L. Wahlers
Vandenberg
Art Scott
Scott
Wahlers
Vandenberg Village
VAFB
Mission Hills
Jim Smitherman
Engineering Construction Services Corp
Lompoc Utilities
Mission
Anton Garnier
Garnier
Smitherman
Environmental Protection Agency
Vandenberg Afb
Cattle Rescued By Canoe From Santa Ynez River Island
Buellton rancher John Wiester used two canoes to drop hay and protein blocks to 27 cattle stranded on a river island after heavy rain swamped the Santa Ynez River. The rescue came amid drought and rising floodwaters that trapped the herd during a planned fencing project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wiester
John Wayne
Santa Ynez
Red River
Wiester
Buellton
Rio Vista Ranch
Santa Ynez River
Hills
Vivian Thompson
Kissinger Calls House Report McCarthyism and Resignation Talk
Secretary of State Kissinger denounces a House intelligence report on Soviet violations as McCarthyism claiming the document distorts classified data to imply a malicious lie. He questions whether he should resign if found to have misled the committee but says no resignation is imminent. The leak and political stakes surround the Pike committee inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kissinger
House
Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Ford
Kis- Kissinger
Pike Committee
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Executive
Congress
Latin America
Africa
Soviet Union
Moscow
Intelligence Committee
National Security Council
Lompoc
Santa Ynez
California
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Ham
Lockheed
Stan Tulledo
Jack Anderson
Parks and Recreation
John Heston
Department of the Air Force
EPA
Richard M. Snowden
Ming
Art Hibbits
Bob Hedlund
Mibbits
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