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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1973
Page
3
County Supervisors are divided over a policy statement that would discourage new private developments in special districts with water bans or rationing. Supervisor Frank Frost proposed sending the measure to affected districts for reaction rather than immediate board action.
Directors of the Lompoc Hospital District meet at 7 30 p m to choose which parts of an expansion plan to proceed with amid state restrictions. The plan includes a 74 bed long term convalescent hospital and Hickory Avenue facilities expansion. an eight bed coronary care unit is hoped to fit within limits.
Julian Scheer now a NASA public affairs consultant told an aerospace industry gathering that the public largely ignores the shuttle and has no concept of it. He said the Nixon era Office of Management and Budget is fuzzy on the project and lacking commitment, warning a campaign could mirror the SST defeat by anti technology forces.
The County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to decide the zoning of a 9 acre parcel east of Lompoc. W R Dildine seeks M-1 light industrial zoning for Hogg Brothers. The commission may prefer DMG design manufacturing zoning.
Santa Barbara diver Peter Brumis says he will bill the county up to 100 dollars for removing a 10 ton California Grey Whale from Sandyland beach west of Carpinteria. He used an amphibious duck vehicle and a helper to tow the carcass from the sea wall despite private beach concerns.
Funeral services for Marvin Buford Douglass Sr. will be held at the McPeek Family Mortuary Chapel Thursday at 2 p.m. He died Sunday at Cottage Hospital Santa Barbara at age 70. Interment follows at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery with Knights of Pythias graveside rites. Survivors include Bertha his wife and four sons plus extended relatives. Donald E. Howell age 57 dies at Lompoc District Hospital with funeral pending at McPeek. further details to appear.
A federal civil rights panel charges Lucia Mar district in San Luis Obispo County treats Mexican American students as less intelligent. The investigation cites staff indifference and overreaction by law enforcement after a student walkout, with 7000 students in the district and calls for changes.
President Lyndon B. Johnson dies after a long term marked by the Vietnam War and major social programs. He collapsed at his Texas ranch and died in San Antonio after reporting for help. Lady Bird Johnson was informed en route. Nixon declares 30 day national mourning.
The text links Truman to death after Christmas and Johnson to near peace talks on Vietnam. It notes LBJ assumed the presidency after Kennedy's assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963 and won a landslide re election over Barry Goldwater.
The District Attorney's Office presented the Phil Regan bribery case to the County Grand Jury with an expected afternoon indictment. Subpoenaed were Santa Barbara Supervisor Frank Frost, publicist Kenneth Palmer, and a Sheriff’s detective. Regan, 66, of Montecito, faces three felony counts of bribery and a related charge involving Palmer. He is free on $2,500 bail and pleaded innocent. preliminary hearing set for Thursday in Santa Barbara Municipal Court.
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