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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1970
Page
2
County counsel to decide if petitions for the Capitan Ranch referendum, filed minutes after 5 p.m. June 23, are valid. About 1,500 late signatures were submitted after office hours. Election officials tally 11,031 claimed valid signatures, needing 7,956 to trigger a county wide vote.
Scattered thunderstorms lingered across much of the nation as cooler air lowered highs into the 50s and 60s in the West and New England. Severe weather included a tornado near Hugo Colorado and hail in Helena Montana, with heavy rainfall totals in several states and waterspouts northwest of Tampa Florida.
Sacramento GOP Assemblyman E Richard Barnes seeks to end state aid to the teachers pension program, risking a $300 million property tax increase. He proposes a self supporting system where teachers and districts cover annual pension costs, ending decades of state subsidies.
In MT VERNON Washington an 8000 program aimed at road litter removal cost First Federal Savings and Loan much more than expected. Separate notes mention pensions with rising costs in Washington and Santa Clara County halting growth promotion as taxes rise. A beverage can drive collected 546 194 containers yielding 10 923 88 with a standout 9691 containers by one family bringing 193 82.
A brief list of journalism associations and subscription terms appears, noting United Press International and international bodies, plus California press groups. Rates show $2.25 per month by mail or in advance, with daily publication except Sundays and Christmas Day.
Explorer Thor Heyerdahl and a seven man crew completed a 3273 mile voyage on the papyrus raft Ra II arriving in Barbados amid cheers and a calypso band. Prime Minister Errol Barrow welcomed them before Ra II is moved to Oslo for museum display beside Kon Tiki.
An all points bulletin was issued for a man after a hitchhiker was killed and another wounded while a 19 year old girl was abducted. The incident occurred late Saturday night near San Simeon and involved gunmen hijacking a mail car 20 miles east of Montreal, with John Tilday of Arkansas delivering key statements to officers.
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