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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1969
Page
3
The Lompoc Valley Kennel Club will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 in the Recreation Room of the Continental Trailer Park at Pine and O Streets. Canine enthusiasts are invited to attend.
City Council will gather tonight in a special session to continue studying amendments to the Personnel Rules and Regulations. Floods and other issues have delayed finalization of the project after weeks of review.
Police report thefts including three pairs of riding boots from 218B N St Lompoc and a stereo deck plus 13 cartridges from 911 W Apricot Ave Lompoc. A piggy bank with 28 dollars was taken from 3882 Neptune Ave Vandenberg Village. Lompoc Planning Commission to hear farm preservation talks and flood slides. Budge named SEC chairman by President Nixon replacing Cohen. Closing stock quotations listed with prices and changes.
Apollo 9 astronauts James McDivitt David Scott and Russell Schweickart undergo final medical clearance for a Friday launch to test the Spider lunar lander in a 10 day Earth orbit. They rehearse re entry operations and orbital maneuvers at Cape Kennedy as Mariner Mars probe and weather satellite missions unfold this week.
Communist forces shell towns and allied camps near Saigon in a broad offensive. U.S. and South Vietnamese reports say over 1,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops were killed as 2,300 shells hit III Corps targets. Civilians suffer casualties, and Washington weighs Hanoi’s talks with Paris.
Otis Harry Mead 57 died Friday at Lompoc District Hospital. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 10 a.m. at McPeek Family Chapel with Rev. Paul N. Hyde officiating. Interment Evergreen Cemetery. Born June 23 1911 in Owasso Michigan Mead lived in the area four years and worked as a communications specialist for the Air Force Western Test Range. Survivors include his widow Pauline of 534 Sunbeam sons Otis H. Mead Jr of Rialto and Robert B. Mead of Pasadena daughter Mary Lou Mead of Pasadena stepson Rev. Paul N. Hyde of Springville Utah and stepdaughter Judith E. Wilkerson of Torrance California.
U S intelligence reports say a nationwide Communist offensive centers on Saigon with up to 40 000 troops moving toward the capital. Eight days remain to shift forces into position as three divisions advance from north east and west. Allied bases near Saigon remain alert amid shellings and ground assaults.
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