Lompoc Names Paul Thompson New City Librarian
Bespectacled Paul Francis Thompson becomes Lompoc’s new city librarian, taking the post after Marie Wald’s resignation. He plans moving the library to a new East North Avenue facility next month, aims to expand public use spaces, exhibit programs, and book gifts while balancing school and adult education roles. Thompson, a 42 year old Iowa native with Army service, previously led Turlock’s library.
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Vaughn Proctor
Paul Francis Thompson
Carnegie Library
South H Street
East North Avenue
Thompson
Marie Wald
Turlock
Pine Ave
Betty
JoAnn
Stanislaus State College
Dennis
Mark
John
Iowa
California
United States
Modesto Junior College
San Jose State College
University of Southern California
Stanislaus County
Lompoc
Beautification awards set for January 29 luncheon
Mayor Robert MacClure will award 1968 monthly City Beautification certificates at a Jan 29 luncheon at Loop's Restaurant honoring homeowners and merchants for past year efforts. Santa Barbara speaker Richard Taylor, landscape design lead on Pioneer Park and city library, will feature at the event.
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Robert MacClure
Loop’s
Lompoc
Santa Barbara
Richard Taylor
State Board of Landscape Architects
Taylor
Pioneer Park
J. F. McAllister
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Rail
Nuclear Tests Announced in Nevada Desert
Two nuclear devices were triggered under the Nevada desert within a half hour. A slight radioactivity reading appeared at one site, traced to a 810 foot shaft after the low yield device detonated at the bottom, the Atomic Energy Commission said.
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Yucca Flat
Nev
UPI
Nevada Desert
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Flower Festival Theme Contest Deadline Nears
Entries for the 1969 Flower Festival theme contest must be mailed or delivered to the Chamber of Commerce in Lompoc by January 24. Open to all persons, up to seven words per theme, judging based on central theme adaptability. A trophy and honorary parade position await the winner, with final notice by January 31.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lompoc Record
Lompoc
Automobile Club of Southern California
Cypress
Cypress Ave
Calif
SAS DC8 Crash Kills 15 After Gear Trouble Radio Transcript Cited
Investigators probe SAS Flight 933 which crashed into the sea near Malibu after radar loss and bad weather. The DC8 broke apart eight miles off shore. 15 dead, 12 of 29 survivors hospitalized. Copilot Ingvar Hansson and Captain Kenneth Davies, both of Sweden, are questioned as clues like instrument failure are considered. Salvage crews search a 30 mile sector for the tail and cockpit recorders while Navy minesweepers use metal detectors.
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Los Angeles
UPI
International Airport
SAS Flight 933
National Transportation Safety Board
William Lamb
Ingvar Hansson
Sweden
Kenneth Davies
Malibu Beach
Lamb
President Johnson to Vacation at Palm Springs Ranch Home
President Johnson plans a February vacation at a Spanish style ranch in Palm Springs with Lady Bird. The house, in a quiet neighborhood, was once Moss Hart's and Kitty Carlisle’s and sits near El Dorado golf courses. The stay follows the resort’s history as a favorite presidential retreat and notes Eisenhower’s prior winters nearby.
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Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Johnson
Lady Bird
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Moss Hart
Kitty Carlisle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
el Dorado
Indian Wells
Rockefeller
Two Lompoc men aboard Enterprise escape unharmed
Two Lompoc seamen aboard the USS Enterprise were unhurt after a fiery explosion 75 miles southeast of Pearl Harbor. Seaman David Sanders and USM Corporal David Bouslaugh were alerted by family. Bouslaugh aided with rescue on the flight deck. The casualty toll stood at 24 dead, one missing, 85 injured as investigators pursued the blast’s cause.
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Pearl Harbor
David Sanders
Raymond Sanders
Sunbeam Road
USM
David Bouslaugh
Robert Bouslaugh
S. B. St
Sanders
Richland
Wash
David
Bouslaugh
Bouslaughs
Robert Bouslaugh, Jr
Homestead Afb
Fla
Navy
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Nevada
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SAS
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Oes
LION
Lompoc Theatre
Valley Drive-In
Ul. Technical
Reer Oisney
Technicolor
Atruh
Pee Ounig
Amer Ci
U.S. Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Tex
Tripler Army Hospital
Honolulu
Army
Paul Gatley
Somerville
Mass
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Wesley A. Huffman
E. C. Stevens
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
William G. Skinner
Salt Lake City
Utah
Jerry McKenzie
Kings Tree
S.C
Mexico City
Portales
Rick
Lily
Mussolini
Cossesses
Rick's
Gare Hunter Mousse
Hominy
Sec Yent
RICKS
Half
Hal
Eutig
Beepire State Building
Donovan and
Broadway
A. 2
Santa Maria
Glen Raye
Jimmy Enos
John Shuford
Paramount Cleaners and Laundry
the School of Ballet
North G Street
Creative Dance
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