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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1970
Page
3
Yesterday a blaze from a debris pile ignited a gas meter behind the LFE Market at 201 S I St Lompoc causing slight damage. City fire crews continue investigation as sunlight returns.
The Loyal Order of Moose sponsors a barbecue beer dinner and dance for members and guests at the Moose Lodge on 921 W. Laurel. Serving runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Johnny West's band will provide the music and donations of 3 dollars per person are requested.
At the 106th Grand Lodge session the Elks rejected a constitutional change to admit Negro members. Frank Hise noted harsh letters accusing the policy as part of a drive to destroy the order. In Seattle, Ronald Michael Roth ran a neighborhood casino with five-slot machines and targeted underage players, drawing police attention after parental complaints.
The Visiting Nurse Service of Northern Santa Barbara County facing bankruptcy receives a $15,000 grant from the Santa Barbara Foundation to keep operations through 1970. Foundation president Harold W. Beard notes funds may not continue beyond 1970 and hopes 1971 will bring new financing from Memorial Program United Fund and friends. The service faced funding cuts after Blue Cross Medicare payments were reduced. The aim is to provide in home skilled nursing with patient and family health instruction on a temporary basis.
United Press International reports showers faded across much of the nation as fair weather returned. Strong winds gusted to 55 mph in Ogden Utah, and 50 mph in Spokane Washington and Gage Oklahoma. Nearly an inch of rain fell in Dothan Alabama in six hours.
Welfare reductions aimed at disabled youths prompt protests in Santa Barbara County. Attendants now earn about 300 dollars monthly for 24 hour service. proposed cuts to 150 dollars could raise total costs if youths are returned to institutions. Citizens urge Gov Reagan to review impact, contacting Sen Lagomarsino and Assemblyman MacGillivray.
The board of U.S. Civil Service examiners in Santa Maria announces a new examination for maintenance and service workers to fill vacancies in federal agencies in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Minimum entrance salary is $2.49 per hour. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. veterans receive prior consideration. Contact the Federal Job Information Center in Room 206 at 120 Cypress St. Santa Maria.
Funeral services for Barbara Jean Hill will be held at First Presbyterian Church on Saturday at 10 am with Rev. Kenneth Boyd officiating. Private inurnment will follow. Arrangements by McPeek Family Mortuary. Hill, daughter of Edward and Mrs Hill of Lompoc, died in a traffic accident on Highway 10 near Las Virgenes Canyon Road. She was 18, born July 9 in Springfield Massachusetts, a Lompoc High School graduate, and attended Allan Hancock College. She is survived by her parents, sister Ellen Hill of Los Angeles, and two aunts and an uncle.
JACK F. HELMAN of Western Electric and Lompoc has been elected president of the Lompoc Unified School District Board of Trustees. He succeeds Archie Nagle. Marge Thomas becomes vice chairman and Nagle remains clerk. Regular meetings stay on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m with possible evening sessions as experimented last year.
Two 18 year old California girls attending a Japanese American convention were found with slashed throats in a seventh floor room at the Palmer House in Chicago. Evelyn Okubo died. Carol Yamada survived with emergency surgery and injuries. Police found three notes and no suspect. The crime disrupted the 21st biennial meeting of the Japanese American Citizens League.
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