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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1977
Page
2
The 19 member Grand Jury faulted county mental health director Charles Allen for management style causing low morale. It urged replacing or removing him and called for revamping the Welfare Department and raising supervisors’ pay, while noting broader staff recognition needs. Gail Towbes chaired the panel.
Burglars stole 32 tape cartridges and caused $180 damage to a radio cassette at James Townsend's home 601 West Walnut Ave. A stabbing in Lompoc left a 19 year old with four stitches. NFFE chief James Peirce to speak at Vandenberg AFB about local 1001. Larry Jones leads Lom poc Valley Democratic Club. Susan Burns won Wooley Lamm door prize. A bicyclist injured in Solvang collision at Highway 246 and Fifth Street. July birthday party for Valley of Flowers Half Century Club members. Grand Jury urges full time pay for board members and raises tied to judges and department heads.
The Lompoc Record issued its second class mail notice under congressional act and Superior Court Decree No 47065. Publisher Mrs A James McCollum serves as president, with Harry J Crompe as editor and vice president, and multiple named staff including Tom Conner as chief among the board and city editors, detailing the newspaper’s leadership and personnel.
The Santa Barbara County Horse Show at the Santa Barbara County Fairgrounds in Santa Maria runs Thursday through Tuesday with 165 classes and over 500 horses in English and Western disciplines. Admission is free. main arena events feature rodeo clown Wilbur Plaugher and special attractions include Trail Horse Sweepstakes and Tennessee Walking Horses.
At Vandenberg AFB cadets endure 5:20 wakeups, 6:40 breakfast, 24 hour survival drills, and hungry meals as they learn land navigation, shelter building, and basic survival skills. About 200 juniors from 40 states participate in the first of two camps with pay and future Air Force paths.
City Council refused to place a plan to lower Lompoc curfew to county level on the next agenda. Lefkowitz argued reduced curfew would protect the community after a Ryan Park arson loss, while critics warned against collective punishment for few. The council also approved a zoning reading for Commercial Manufacturing near an industrial park and a bus service contract with Community Action Commission.
Santa Maria board chairman Harrell Fletcher was authorized to seek conditions from Exxon for an onshore gas and oil processing plant in Las Flores Canyon west of Goleta. He proposed mediating between Exxon and state authorities after Gov Brown and Interior Secretary Andrus discussed new conditions viewed as favorable to a long term solution.
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