Museum to honor electronics pioneers
A two story Foothill College museum in Los Altos Hills dedicates artifacts from Lee de Forest and Douglas Perham. It showcases early radio history including KQW San Jose, radio tubes, klystrons, arc and spark transmissions, ham radio, and early computing. The collection totals thousands from de Forest and Perham with public access planned for 100000 yearly visitors.
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Los Altos Hills
Calif
UPI
America
Foothill College
Lee deForest
Douglas Perham
San Francisco
Hewlett- Packard
Varian
Ampex
Philco-Ford
KQW
San Jose
deForest
Itinerant contractor charged with felony theft against elderly woman
Santa Barbara District Attorney David Milner filed felony theft charges against Richard Keith 25 for bilking 96 year old Clara Bemis and her sister Minnie Keller 88 of 1050 dollars. Keith promised roof repair sprayed foundation with aluminum paint and left the victims with substandard work and a marked rose garden.
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Santa Barbara
David Milner
Richard Keith
Milier
Keith
Clara Bemis
Minnie Keller
Iceland considers bombing volcano to divert lava flows
Authorities said American pilots could strike eastern craters on Helgafjell to spare Vestmannaeyjar town. Ash showers, rising lava, and sand walls marked efforts as 5 homes and several barns were destroyed. harbor waters boiled at 110 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vestmannaeyjar
Iceland
UPI
U.S
Reykjavik
Helymaey Island
Selene
Helgafjell
Harbor
Belfast magistrate dies in Northern Ireland violence
Belfast magistrate Judge William Staunton aged 46 died from an ambush injuries after being shot in October while dropping his daughters at school. Police reported Thursday bombings wounding three men as three sites including a store a supermarket and a pipe factory were damaged. A car bomb outside a Roman Catholic bar in Portadown wounded three.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
William Staunton
Portadown
Second lecture in four part series on Mexican American California
The Lompoc Adult School and the Lompoc Vandenberg AAUW sponsor a Wednesday 7:30 p.m. lecture at Lompoc Little Theatre. A three member panel discusses the farm labor situation with Manuel Echaverria UFWOC Bart Curto Teamsters Union and Leslie Vanoncini Cal Poly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Lompoc Little Theatre
Lompoc High School
Manuel Echaverria
United Farm Workers of California
UFWOC
Bart Curto
Teamsters Union
Leslie Vanoncini
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo
New nursing admission rules approved by CSU system
California State University trustees approve new criteria for nursing program admissions to ease overcrowding. Chancellor Glenn Dumke directed implementation to determine who should be admitted and why. The move aims to replace general statewide standards with program specific criteria and reduce applicant crush.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California State University and Colleges
Glenn 5. Dumke
David Kagan
Dewtudent
Uns
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George Westinghouse
de Forest
Perham
Estelle McLaughlin
Yale
Marie
Jerome Okum
Norman Okum
Somerset
Lompoc
Loren E. Jackson
Peace Lutheran Church
Honolulu
Hawaii
Cecil Hitler
Milner
Bradford Manor
LEACH
Carter
Santa Maria Way
K-Mart
Santa Maria
Harry Morris
E. College Ave
Life & Casualty
Mina Casualty & Surety Co
Associated Companies
Curto
Lova 1865
Vanoncini
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis
Vanconcini
Teamsters
Bransion
Jcpenney
North H Street
McMahan
Couse
Giants
Coastal Nurseries
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!