Floods highlight 1968 city budget and civic notes
City records 33.5 million in taxable sales and approves a historic budget while voters reject a 500 000 fire bond. The year mentions major civic actions from street lighting to a cable TV tower and a city planning push, plus community events like Flower Festival queens and a large fireworks display. Notable deaths and local changes include Pfc James Mardis Jr in Vietnam and staff shifts at the Record.
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DOD
Pfc
James Mardis, Jr
Vietnam
Kay Wishard
Garland
WAFE
Dawn Ebbert
FEC
Fran Underwood
Chamber of Commerce
William Fick
City Planning Commission
Public Works
William Barrett
Lovarta Art Gallery
Hstreet
Ocean Avenue
Macco Realty
Hollister Ranch
Charles Sudden
Water District Board
Ray McCuen
E. C. Stevens
FCI
Army Fci
Ryan Park Community Center
Pioneer Days
Mike Siminski
United Fund Drive
J. B. Bogan
Frank Kenton
WAFB
R. B. McClellan
Water Board
Vandenberg
Guadalupe area reports lowest median age in Santa Barbara County
A county survey shows Guadalupe has the lowest median age at 20 among 11 population areas in Santa Barbara County, with Goleta Valley close at 21 and retirement centers Santa Barbara and Montecito at 35. Other areas range from 22 in Lompoc and Orcutt to 32 in Santa Ynez, reflecting age distributions across the region.
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Dick Praul
Guadalupe
Santa Barbara
Goleta Valley
Montecito
Santa Ynez Valley
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Cuyama
Carpinteria Area
Santa Maria
Lompoc
Orcutt
Gaviota
UC Santa Barbara
Vandenberg Afb
Cuyama Valley
Landslide Closes Golden State Freeway Near Dodger Stadium
Crews worked through New Year’s Eve to reopen the eight lane Golden State Freeway after a massive landslide near Elysian Park. The slide buried a pumping station and a water main, caused widespread damage, but no injuries were reported. Two northbound lanes reopened by noon with southbound traffic diverted overnight. A second item notes Jim McCants in Albuquerque claims a 1960 copper nickel coin could be worth up to $20,000 and plans to sell it.
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Lompoc
Chamber of Commerce
Mission Park
Bureau of Reclamation
Lompoc Dam
George Cotsenmeyer
Charlotte Benton
Wye
Burton Mesa Boulevard
Water District
Bud Olson
United Fund
Los Angeles
UPI
Golden State
Elysian Park
Dodger Stadium
Recreation and Parks Department
California Highway Patrol
Hollywood
Cahuenga Pass
San Fernando Valley
Albuquerque
N.M
Jim McCants
McCants
Sandia Corp
U.S. Mint
Denver
Vandenberg in 1969 Sees Firsts and High Launch Totals
Vandenberg AFB highlighted year 1969 with the first Minuteman II operational test launch and start of Minuteman III R and D program. The base launched 95 missiles space boosters and target vehicles, topping 1968 by 17 launches, keeping an average of 105 annual launches since 1962. January floods caused nearly 4 million dollars in damage. February added 804 thousand. safety notes reported no holiday traffic fatalities. Brig Gen Kronauer was promoted. Maj Gen Johnson named to lead ISTRAD.
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Air Force
Vandenberg
Navy
Santa Ynez
Clifford K. Kro«nauer
Air Force Western Test Range
10Th Aerospace Defense Group
Gerald W. Johnson
2Nd Air Force
Carlton
Istrad
Strategic Air Command
321St
Strategic Missile Wing
Grand Forks Afb
N.D
1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
Air Force Missile
National Safety Council
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Department of Defense
Allan Hancock College
Golden Gate College
San Francisco
William C. Garland
Office of Information
Johnson
George Pfeiffer
Robert J. Ray
17Th Strategic Aerospace Division
James Irvine
Army Corps of Engineers
6595Th Aerospace Test Wing
United States
395Th Strategic Missile Squadron
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Civil Service
Santa Barbara County
Union Oil to Build Offshore Platform After Spill
Union Oil of California announced plans to start constructing a new offshore drilling platform in the Santa Barbara Channel to curb ongoing coastal oil contamination after a January blowout that dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude onto beaches from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Hartley urged continued operations and proposed 25 percent of lease revenue go to nearby communities. critics urged technology over drilling to protect beaches.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Union Oil Co
California
Santa Barbara Channel
Union
San Diego County
Fred L. Hartley
Hartley
Santa Barbara
Bud Bottoms
GOO
Nixon
Record desertions of service told
UPI reports a Pentagon survey showing 1,403 U.S. servicemen deserted by crossing international borders since July 1, 1966. While total desertions remain below WWII levels, the share that involve border crossing is notable. only 107 cases showed protest against Vietnam War, though antiwar propaganda is believed to influence some deserters.
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Darkell Garwood
Washington
UPI
U.S
Pentagon
Defense Department
YMCA Youth Visit Highlights Vandenberg Briefing Tour
About 100 youths from Santa Barbara and nearby areas toured Vandenberg this week. The group included roughly 90 Santa Barbara YMCA members aged 9 to 12, plus foreign exchange students and sponsors. They toured launch sites, missile assembly, reentry systems, and Minuteman facilities after a briefing and lunch.
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Santa Barbara
Vandenberg
YMCA
Minuteman
Motion picture ordered of play OH Calcutta!
A superior court judge ordered a motion picture of the nude stage play OH Calcutta for use as evidence in a civil suit. State Sen. John L. Harmer requested filming to preserve the production as evidence in his bid to have it banned as a public nuisance.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Superior
John L. Harmer
Glendane
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St. Bernard Dog
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County Board of Education
Lou Garcia
William F. Flaherty
Lompoc Hospital
Flaherty
Syracuse Memorial Hospital
Syracuse
N.Y
Lompoc Record
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J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
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California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
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Valley Covaar
Pasadena
Union Oil
State of
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Sireeoe
Shirley Mackaine
Universal Picture Technicolor
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Paul Joanne Newman Woodward
Universal Newmman
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DuBarry ‘Loreal
Hallmark Cards
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Columbia Pictures
Peter Fonda
Dennis Hopper
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James Bond
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