Lompoc Sailor Dies in Spain Harbor Crash
The family of Chief Petty Officer Rodney L. Wolfe of Lompoc was notified he died in a collision between a U S Navy launch and a Spanish freighter in Barcelona Harbor. The 33 year old served in several naval postings and leaves a wife and two daughters. The Barcelona wreck killed about 44 sailors with 5 missing as crews recovered bodies from the harbor bottom.
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NAVY
CPO
Rodney L. Wolfe
Adelainda
Barcelona
Ray Wolfe
Lompoc
Lompoc High School
U.S. Navy Department
U.S. Navy
Cpo Wolfe
Puerto Rico
Newport
R. I
Key West
Fla
Artesia
Adelainda Romero
Norfolk
Sheree
Danette
Kathy Capshaw
Judy Wolfe
L. E. Burnett
Spain
UPI
U.S
6Th Fleet
Torrejon Air Force Base
United States
Guam
Trenton
Washington travelers finish cross country trip to Inauguration
A Greyhound bus carrying 31 Fillmore School students and 11 chaperones left Nashville for the Presidential Inauguration. The group was tired but healthy despite snow and clear roads. Dallas welcomed the travelers with fire trucks guiding the bus and a TV crew filming. A Lompoc Junior High gym mishap involved an offing sweatpants incident.
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Greyhound
Fillmore School
Nashville
Tenn
Dallas
Tex
Lompoc Junior High
Carter Accepts Sorensen Setback Before Inauguration
Plains Georgia President-elect Jimmy Carter spent his last private day before taking office accepting the setback to his choice of Sorensen as a cabinet appointment. He emphasized readiness to assume the presidency on Thursday and move forward despite the defeat.
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Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Theodore Sorensen
CIA
Sorensen
Senate
Kennedy
Jody Powell
Powell
Atlanta
Charles Kirbo
Brother Billy
Southwest
Georgia
Washington
Amy
Rosalynn
Blair House
Presidential Guest House
Ford
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
SAMTEC Takes Command Of Eastern Test Range
The Air Force announces a management reorganization placing the Eastern Test Range at Patrick AFB under SAMTEC at Vandenberg. Detachment 1, SAMTEC will command the Eastern Range with the detachment commander serving as deputy. No personnel cuts. effective February 1.
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Air Force Systems Command
Washington
Air Force Eastern Test Range
Patrick Afb
Fla
Space and Missile Test Center
Samtec
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Grand Bahama
Grand Turk
Antigua
Ascension
Space and Missile Systems Organization
Los Angeles
William J. Evans
AF Systems Command
Trenching Machine Hits Gas Line Causing Explosions Near Cuyama
A tractor trenching machine ruptured an eight inch natural gas line near Cuyama High School causing two explosions and a fire. The incident damaged three county fire trucks with an estimated six thousand dollars in losses. No injuries were reported and the operator’s name was not available. The ARCO pipeline break led to flames rising up to eighty feet as firefighters withdrew for safety while investigators probe the scene.
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Cuyama
Cuyama High School
ARCO
Sailor Drowns At Jalama Beach On Leave From Long Beach Ship
A 22 year old Mission Hills sailor on leave from his ship in Long Beach drowned Monday at Jalama Beach. Carl M Waage attached to the U S S Hollister was pulled from shallow water by rescuers including his brother. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Lompoc Hospital. Funeral services were pending in Santa Maria.
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Pismo Beach
Lompoc
Donald Earl Mellow
Cottage Hospital
Mellow
Highway 1
Mission Hills
Long Beach
Jalama Beach
Carl M. Waage
Lompoc Hospital
Carl D. Waage
Elba
Young Waage
Mike Kluge
Waage
Kluge
Fred Schooler
U.S.S. Hollister
Santa Maria
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Campbell Road
Highway 246
U.S. Forest Service
California Division of Forestry
Vandenberg Village
Buellton
Santa Ynez
Santa Barbara
Dra
Washington Travelers
Dale Fink
Jalama
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