ABM Finds Parity in Senate Support for ABM System
A UPI poll shows the Senate split 48 for and 48 against the Safeguard antiballistic missile plan with four undecideds, marking the first time supporters equal opponents in several polls. Debate on military spending, including 794 million for Safeguard, looms as House committee backs deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Gerstel Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
North Dakota
Montana
Armed Services Committee
House
Southwest
New England
Local Briefs From Lompoc and Nearby Areas
John J. Mendez, 25, recovering from a broken jaw after a motorcycle accident while on leave from Hamilton AFB. Diana Kitts, 13, impaled on nails after a fence fall. foot injuries treated and she recovers at home. Bruce L. McCraney, 41, held to answer two Health and Safety Code drug sale counts. due in Santa Maria Superior Court July 11. A Minuteman II ICBM launch from Vandenberg AFB at 2 a.m. as part of ongoing operational training tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Mendez
Travis Air Force Base
Young Mendez
Hamilton Air Force Base
George C. Mendez
W. College Ave
Lompoc
Diana Kitts
Floyd Kitts
Orilla
Mission Hills
Bruce Lawrence McCraney
McCraney
Santa Maria Superior Court
Vandenberg Afb
394Th Strategic Missile Squadron
Water District spending sparks debate over Lompoc Dam funds
The district plans about 50 000 for Hatch and Stetson while operations total about 31 000 for 1969 70. Most revenue comes from the eight cent property tax in Lompoc with 20 25 percent from Buellton Solvang and Santa Ynez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatch
Stetson
Lompoc
Special Services Fund
Greater
Lompoc Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Narrows
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Two Escapes Injury in California Highway 101 Crash
Rex Wayne Moore, 45, of Van Denberg Village, and Michelle Elaine Vogel, of Campbell, narrowly escaped injury when their southbound cars collided on Highway 101 a mile north of Las Cruces. A rear flat tire may have caused both vehicles to swerve and hit a bridge abutment. A Vogel passenger, Marie Salvato, 19, also uninjured.
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Rex Wayne Moore
Mesa Circle Dr
Vandenberg Village
Las Cruses
California Highway Patrol
Moore
Highway 101
Michelle Elaine Vogel
Campbell
Calif
Vogel
CHP
Marie M. Salvato
Los Gatos
Sherwood Graham Chase
Dorothy Spoor
el Segundo
Lompoc Hospital
Highway 246
13Th Street
Chase
Justice Dept asks Supreme Court review on conscientious objector case
The Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that a nonreligious conscientious objector may not be forced to serve in Vietnam. John Heffron Sisson Jr. sought exemption for sincere objection to killing, not religious grounds, after a Boston judge reversed his conviction on appeal.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Vietnam
John Heffron Sisson Jr
US District Court
Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr
Boston
Sisson
Wyzanski
City Council Rejects Speight Kennel Appeal at 305 N Second St
City Council unanimously upheld Planning Commission denial of Doyle T Speight’s permit to build a cat and dog kennel at 305 N Second St. The decision follows a 2 2 Planning Commission vote and petitions from opponents and proponents. The council also approved zoning amendments and postponed bids due to quorum issues.
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Doyle T. Speight
Second St
City Planning Commission
Speight
Planning Commission
Charlotte Benton
Chestnut Avenue
Fourth Street
Closing Stock Quotes From Lompoc Record 1969
The Lompoc Record lists closing stock quotations through Rohrbaugh and Co. with prices for Alcon Alum American Can American Airlines AT&T Anaconda Bendix PSA Coca Cola RCA and others. Trading volume reported at 11,350,000. The index shows gains for several issues with notable movers including 30 Industrials and 20 Rails.
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Rohrbaugh and Co
Constellation
Lompoc
Alcon
Alum
Alcoa
American Air
American Motors
At&t
Bendix
PSA
Pepsi Cola
RCA
Dart
Safeway
Screw & Bolt
Santa Fe
Sears Roebuck
Cal Edison
Southern Pacific
Sperry Rand
Stand Oil of
Calif
Oil
N.J
Texaco
Textron
Times-Mirror
TransAmerica
TRW
Union Oil
United Aircraft
Uniroyal
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Truth in Lending law causes consumer confusion at grassroots level
Local business people report confusion over the Truth in Lending provisions including three day cancellation when a creditor holds a security interest in a home. The article notes no rescission right for first mortgages to finance a home and says awareness has been hampered by multiple amendments.
Apollo 11 astronauts to leave plaque on Moon
NASA says the Moon plaque to be left by Apollo 11 astronauts will bear the seal of the President. The inscription credits Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins and declares we came in peace for all mankind. The White House approved the wording.
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Washington
UPI
Moon
Planet
Earth
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin
Michael Collins
Richard Nixon
United States of America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
White House
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Drs
Jerome B. Wiesner
George W. Rathjens
Steven Weinberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Minuteman
Gineers
Virgil Phelps
Phil Macias
Santa Barbara
Lompoc Valley
Santa Ynez
Solvang
Schell
London
Oscar Johnson
North V Street
Shey
Met Ad ‘ Drug and Discount Stores
Council
Police Department
Safety Council
West Laurel Avenue
Sanchez Brothers
Terrill Cox
Sanchez
Lompog Record
Mesa Missilier
VIEWS
Naan
Lompoc Savings
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