Fire kills man and injures three in Lompoc home
A fire at 1120 W Lime Ave in Lompoc destroyed the residence Saturday morning. Melvin Johannes Holmans, 57, died in the kitchen area while Monica McCall, 85, and Molly Holmans, 53, were rescued and treated for shock and smoke inhalation. Capt Charles Johnson was injured aiding rescue. Fire and police investigate the cause.
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Melvin Johannes Holmans
Lime Ave
Monica McCall
Molly Holmans
Lompoc
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Holmans
Billy B. Davenport
Melvin Holmans
Young couple killed in crash of truck, train
A Lompoc couple died Saturday when their pickup was struck by a Southern Pacific freight train two miles south of Surf Beach. Sheri J. Hampton 16 and Gary A. Kraft 18 of 732 North G St Apt D were pronounced dead at the scene. The Air Force is investigating.
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Lompoc
Surf Beach
Sheri J. Hampton
AIC
Gary A. Kraft
North G St
Apt. D
McPeek Mortuary
Air Force
Surf
Walter Phillips
Southern Pacific
Phillips
E. R. Hull
Hull
Surf Station
FBI not discouraged by silence in Hearst kidnapping case
FBI official in charge of the Patricia Hearst kidnapping says there is no new lead after the SLA halted responses. The Hearst family reports ongoing anxiety as bailouts and ransom discussions stall with no word from the SLA. Randolph Hearst and associates offered six million for a food program, contingent on Patricia’s safe release.
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San Francisco
UPI
FBI
Patricia Hearst
Publishing Empire
William Randolph Hearst
Berkeley
Symbionese Liberation Army
Charles W. Bates
Bates
Hearst
Patricia
SLA
Randolph Hearst
Hearst Corp
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Cinque
San Quentin
Lompoc Planning Commission Tonight Agenda Highlights
The commission considers Lucy Rudolphs zone change from single family to residential agricultural on 15 acres between Cypress Olive Avenues and Third Fifth Streets with R A 2 minimum two acre home sites. A bikeways plan presentation aims for council adoption. A housing study status report is due. A letter by Robert W Rowe requests dismantling cars at 317 North F Street.
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Lompoc
Kissinger Sets Fourth Middle East Peace Mission
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger begins a fourth Middle East peace mission since the October war to push Israel and Syria toward disengagement talks in the Golan Heights. Undersecretary Sisco says the atmosphere is favorable and Kissinger will listen to both sides as his top aide.
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United Press International
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Israel
Syria
Golan Heights
Joseph J. Sisco
Sisco
Kissinger
Nixon to hold 4 30 P D T news conference at White House
President Nixon will hold a news conference at 4 30 p m Pacific time in the East Room of the White House. Gerald L Warren said the event would be broadcast live on television and radio as his first press conference of the year.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House East Room
Gerald L. Warren
Weather Outlook With Cooler Temperatures This Week
Fair through Tuesday with cooler conditions on Tuesday. Highs today in the mid 60s to low 70s, Tuesday in the 60s. Lows tonight near the upper 30s to low 40s. Light winds and tides on Tuesday with low tides at 0.8 feet at 7 31 a.m. and 1.2 feet at 6 56 p.m. High tides at 4.7 feet at 12 54 a.m. and 3.5 feet at 1 19 p.m. Glimpses briefly mention Lompoc diatomaceous earth industry in a 1974 National Geographic page. Twenty-seven people, including council candidates, planting flowers at base of city street trees yesterday.
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Lompoc
National Geographic Magazine
Council
Lompoc Council sets $775000 storm drain as top priority
The Lompoc City Council unanimously approved a maximum $775,000 underground storm drain system to be completed within the year and set project priorities that would use most of the city’s $1,018,822 revenue sharing entitlement through 1976.
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Steve LA Rue
Lompoc
South G Street
Gene Wahlers
South H Street
Council
Sol Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
E. C. Stevens
Simon defends gas allocation against full rationing push
Washington UPI William E Simon says lines at stations can shrink without nationwide rationing. Senate leaders Mansfield and Case push for rationing as a remedy to unequal distribution, though Simon argues three week old allocation program should have time to work.
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UPI
Congress
Federal Energy
William E. Simon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Simon
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Ryan Park
Lompoc City Hall
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