Lompoc Taxable Sales Rise in 1969 Third Quarter
Lompoc taxable sales climbed in the July through September period of 1969 totaling 8 246 000 but remained below the 1968 third quarter level of 8 447 000. County totals rose from 113 198 000 in 1968 to 121 723 000 this year with Lompoc’s peak 9 798 000 set in 1968 Q4. Santa Maria reported 26 484 000 for 1969 Q3.
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Lompoc
California Board of Equalization
Rick Datars
Marvin Looney
State Board of Equalization
Santa Maria
Biafran War Ends as Chief of Staff Surrenders
The Nigerian High Commission in London announced the Biafran chief of staff surrendered ending 31 months of civil war that killed over a million Ibo and caused mass hunger fears. Effiong signaled peace talks while Ojukwu sought cease fire from a neutral country. Pope Paul VI urged action to prevent further bloodshed as relief efforts scrambled to avert famine.
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United Press International
Nigerian High Commission
London
Free World
Biafra
Ali
Effiong
Ojukwu
Paul VI
Biafran Information Office
Red Cross
H. William Bernhardt
Geneva
Bernhardt
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Biafran
Owerri
Aba
Nigeria
Ula
High court rejects hearing on de facto segregation
The Supreme Court refused to hear arguments that de facto school segregation may be permitted in the South if caused by housing patterns. The ruling leaves in place a circuit court decision requiring Indianola Mississippi to redraw attendance zones or adopt another plan to achieve integration. The Ohio brief order also covered cases on anti Communist laws and a Cleveland nondiscrimination bid in construction.
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Charlotte Moulton
Balsis
Air Force
East Berlin
Cleveland
Pladelphia
Federal Circuit
Supreme Court
South
Nixon orders 10 million aid package for Biafrans
President Nixon ordered an extra 10 million in food and medical supplies for starving Biafrans, directed to the eastern area where Nigerian forces advanced. He spoke by phone with British Prime Minister Wilson and cabled Maj. Gen. Gowon to inform him of the help.
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Helen Thomas Washington
UPI
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Harold Wilson
Ziegler
Biafra
Yakubu Gowon
United States
Gowon
Nigeria
Red Cross
Groups observe King death birthday across cities
The Black Panther Party the antiwar group and the SCLC join to observe the late Dr Martin Luther King Jr s birthday with demonstrations planned in 28 cities Schools in several cities will close The observers call for a national people s holiday and urge action by black and poor people and all goodwill members.
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United Press International
Black Panther Party
Southeran Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Ralph D. Abernathy
SCLC
King
Whitney M. Young
National Urban League
Abernathy
Young
Black Panthers
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
New Mobe
Panthers
Panther
Ray Masai Hewitt
Los Angeles
Laird Doubts Major Tet Offensive by North Vietnam
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird told Face the Nation he doubts Hanoi can mount a sustained major offensive during Tet. He noted reduced infiltration this year and plans to visit Vietnam in early February during the lunar New Year observance.
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Washington
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Oil Tank Farm Blast Damages $150000 Near Santa Maria
A Sunday night explosion at an oil tank farm east of Lake Marie Estates, north of East Clark Road, caused about $150,000 in damage. Four county pumpers and 20 firefighters contained the blaze. no injuries were reported. Three 2,000 gallon tanks, a pump unit, an office, lines, and crude oil were harmed. The fire was controlled before 10 p.m. by units from Santa Maria Orcutt stations 21 22 and 23.
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Santa Maria
Lake Marie Estates
East Clark Road
Gilliland Oil Co
Orcutt
Santa Maria Orcutt
Weather outlook with tides and mild temperatures
Overcast and foggy night and morning, then mostly sunny afternoons today and Tuesday. Highs in the low 60s, nights near 50. Light winds. Tuesday tides reach 4.9 feet at 2:32 a.m. and 3.7 feet at 2:20 p.m. Low tides are 1.6 feet at 8:50 a.m. and 1.0 feet at 8:26 p.m.
Reserve Center on agenda of school board
Lompoc Unified trustees plan to consider buying the old U S Army Reserve Center on Ocean Avenue for a continuation school. The site now houses the Lompoc Valley Boys Club and lies west of the County Housing Authority and post office. Federal surplus status and disposal proposals drive the item with housing authority and city interest noted. The board will also nominate James Foster and Camille Wilde to the Vocational Education Advisory Committee and discuss holding the January 27 meeting at Vandenberg Elementary School.
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U. S. Army Reserve Center
Ocean Avenue
Lompoc Valley Boys Club
County Housing Authority
U. S. Post Office
Housing Authority
City of
Lompoc
James Foster
Camille Wilde
Vandenberg
Civil Defense Reorganized in Lompoc Plan
City Administrator Gene Wahlers and Fire Chief John Baker lead efforts to overhaul Lompoc Civil Defense. The plan calls for broad civic participation, updated duties, and drills to ensure readiness for disasters under a state model framework.
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Gene Wahlers
John Baker
Lompoc
Wahlers
Baker
California Disaster Office
Civil Defense and Disaster Council
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White House
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Senate
California
Louis H. Burke
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Chuck Walker
Midwest
Santa Ynez
Rucker Road
High Court
Sen. McCarthy
Cong
James Keltz
Paris
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
McCarthy
Binh
Verrires le Buisson
Provisional
Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
U.S
Sergeant Shriver
Mary McCarthy
Sam Browne
Mrs. Binh
Biafrans
Dr. King, Jr
Face the Nation
CBS
Civil Defense
Ray McCuen
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