Floods and flood debris sweep through Lompoc Valley area
Down Floradale Avenue and near Artesia Avenue floodwaters trap property and vehicles. Debris lanes form as erosion undercuts roads and a farm structure is displaced. The Santa Ynez River floods force evacuations, rescue operations, and Red Cross relief while residents report varying damage and authorities tally livestock losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Jack
Floradale Ave
Central
Artesia Ave
FCI
Douglas Avenue
Santa Ynez
Walt Spanne Place
Flood Disaster Slams Santa Ynez Valley Damages Hit Millions
The flood battered South Vandenberg and surrounding valleys with damage running into millions. Br idges at Surf and FCI, plus the Southern Pacific spur, were destroyed or jeopardized. Agriculture suffered about 1 million in losses with 2000 acres damaged in Lompoc and 500 acres severely ruined. NASA Vandenberg faced about 2 million in base restoration costs, and traffic rerouted through Lompoc as floodwaters rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg
FCI
Surf
Southern Pacific Railroad
Cliff Taylor
Lompoc Warehouse Corp
Santa Rosa Valley
Lompoc
Taylor
NASA
Ocean Park Lagoon
Johns Maryville
Gresco
Highway 246
Vandenberg Gate
South Vandenberg
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Robert D. MacClure
H Street
Central
O Or V Streets
Flood Devastates Artesia Avenue Homes and Farms
Lower valley families recount a rapid inundation that left Ernest Bondietti and Joe Dominguez with ruined homes and few salvaged belongings. Flood waters reached four feet in Bondietti’s yard and remained six inches in Dominguez’s, destroying six sheds and several farm machines. Neighbors helped Sunday as residents faced uninsured losses and uncertain recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artesia Avenue
Sheriff's Department
Ernest Bondietti
Artesia Ave
Joe Dominguez
Dominguez
Dietti
Bondietti
University Extension Service offers flood recovery guidance pamphlet
The informational pamphlet helps farmers and ranchers manage equipment flooded by water and includes steps for wells pumping plants flooded homes cereal crops wet wiring and appliances. Contacts listed are P O Box 126 Santa Barbara and 965 5189. A suspect was spotted at a service station in the 700 block East Airport Avenue Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Agricultural Extension Service
Extension Service
P.O. Box
Santa Barbara
East Airport Avenue
Teague district office hours at Santa Maria post office
The District Office of Congressman Charles M Teague will be open at the Santa Maria Post Office Building on Tuesday January 28 from 10 30 a m to 5 00 p m The office is in Washington D C and will be attended by Mrs Kathryn Keith Field Assistant Lom poc Valley Kennel Club to install 1969 officers tonight at 7 30 p m Continental Trailer Park Recreation Bridge Lompoc police arrest Frank Arthur Fillingim 40 on seven counts of forgery in Pasadena and turn him over to the FBI Bail set at 25000 by Justice Court Judge Terrill F Cox
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Teague
Santa Maria
Teague
Washington, D.C
Kathryn Keith
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Frank Arthur Fillingim
Pasadena
FBI
Justice Court
Terrill F. Cox
Looting Reported in Lompoc Car Theft
Police say a chain saw was stolen from Arthur Careyette’s car on North H Street near the Lompoc Drive-in Theater Saturday night. Careyette found the tool missing after returning to the vehicle. The Lomoc Municipal Swimming Pool remains closed pending water conservation measures tied to flood damage at the city’s sewage treatment plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Arthur Careyette
Oak Ave
Careyette
Lompoc Drive-in
North H Street
Recreation Department
Closing Stocks Report Featuring Rohrbaugh and Co Data
The Record presents closing stock quotations via James L. Biles Jr. of Rohrbaugh and Co. for a wide range of companies including Alcoa Alcon Chrysler Ford General Electric IBM Texaco and U.S. Steel. The list shows price movements, percent changes, and closing volume totaling 11,020,000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Biles, Jr
Rohrbaugh and Co
Constellation Road
Lompoc
Alcon
Alum
Alcoa
American Motors
At&t
Bendix
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Parke Davis
PSA
Pepsi Cola
RCA
Rexall
Safeway
Screw & Bolt
Santa Fe
Sears Roebuck
SoCal Edison
Southern Pacific
Sperry Rand
Stand Oil of
Calif
Stand Oil
N.J
Texaco
Textron
Times
Mirror
TransAmerica
TRW
Union Oil
United Aircraft
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Also Mentioned on This Page
McLaughlin Road
William Riggs
VAFB
Riggs
County Fire Dept
Jane
Joan Jazinski
American Red Cross
Jazinskis
Red Cross
Lower Valley
Solvang
National Guard of the
Joseph Bogan
Bogan
Bill McDougall
Santa Ynez River
McDougall
George
Shirley
Rigel
Vandenberg Village
Floradale Avenue
Niagara Falls
Mark
Marie Martin
Rodney
David
13Th Street
Lake Cachuma
Beattie
KKOK
Cachuma Dam
Phill Macias
Bureau of Reclamation
Cachuma
Donald Cameron
Gene Wahlers
City Hall
MacClure
National Guard
County Health Department
Health Department
del Mar Packing Company
Daily Record
Sheriff's
William Adam Hoffman
Hoffman
East Ocean Avenue
Santa Rosa Road
Baker-Clayton
Los Angeles
Baker Oil Tools, Co
Callahan
Max Rouse
South Robertson Blvd
Bey San Francisco
Cal
FEO Weiner
Houston
Texas
Julius Feinstein
Hills
Burial Insurance
Legal Reserve
McPeek
Ralph C. McPeek
North ‘H’ Street
McPeek Family Mortuary
No. ‘H’ St.Lompoc
Baldwin Music
Broadway
Frosty
North ‘H' Street Eves
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Ford
Sunset Chevrolet
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!