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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1971
Page
3
Bacon argued the county cannot sustain a planning department with 299 dollars in salaries and benefits and urged an audit of grant spending. Supervisors heard the department’s 433000 dollar budget, with 60 percent for salaries and 14952 dollars for the commission.
A nationwide weather update reports widespread showers and thunderstorms moving into the Northeast and Southwest while the Midwest records near record low temperatures. Bangor and Old Town Maine see just over an inch of rain, Las Vegas and Santa Fe exceed an inch, Fargo North Dakota reports hail and Albuquerque New Mexico experiences gusts near 50 mph. Du Page Illinois ties today’s low at 50 degrees.
A three member subcommittee of the water commission spent three and a half hours reviewing a water rate adjustment. They considered alternatives from a 20 percent increase to no increase and discussed eliminating the minimum charge and tying water costs to a living index. The group will reconvene Thursday and next Monday to compile data for final recommendations.
Funeral services are set for Charlie H Kendall 63 in Lompoc with military honors at Evergreen Cemetery officiated by Rev Kenneth Boyd. Also tomorrow Donald Harold Jenkins 61, at McPeek Chapel with burial at Lompoc Evergreen. and George Joseph Hall 53 in Santa Maria with Rosary and mass at Queen of Angels. Albert Joseph Chudoba 51 will be interred in Santa Maria after services at Newhart Chapel.
Lompoc Hospital District directors plan a noon meeting in the hospital to discuss the proposed building program. Area Council of Lompoc meets 7:30 p.m. at the Community Development Center to plan a potluck and elect a representative to the Community Action Commission Board. Captain Arthur T. Liggins of SAMTEC will address the Vandenberg IEEE luncheon at the Officers' Club starting at noon with a film included. Reservations are $2.25. call numbers provided by Wednesday. AID volunteers collectors from Boy Scout Troop 67 Panther Patrol will canvass Saturday July 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for returnable bottles and aluminum cans.
Mexican and United States health officials launch a coordinated response to Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis, a mosquito borne illness killing thousands of horses in Mexico and Texas. The outbreak has reached Oklahoma Louisiana and the Texas Panhandle with human cases mild and no deaths reported. Malathion spraying and rapid vaccine deployment accompany the cross border effort.
An auto mechanic, Thomas Conger, 55, died after a spider bite on his calf in the Sierra foothills. Doctors suspect the brown recluse venom caused a severe bacterial infection leading to his death at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland two days after the July 10 bite.
The Lompoc library board approved a budget of 185 045 for 1971 72 with 19 000 in new revenues from the Board of Supervisors and 600 in capital outlay funds. County per capita support rose to 2 75, helping hold the 18 cent tax rate while funding postage supplies publications utilities and new disbursement services.
The Record relays end of day stock quotes from Rohrbaugh and Co located at 3865-F Constellation Road Lompoc RE 3-3551. The brief notes the closing values as received for market review.
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