Lompoc Public Works Chief Barrett Leaves for Victorville
William S. Barrett, 55, Lompoc’s director of public works and city engineer, resigns to become city engineer for Victorville. Since 1962 he modernized streets and sewers, including College Avenue and north east drainage, and built a city image with broad streets and major projects. He notes unfinished aims and urges a more favorable climate on the Santa Ynez River district board.
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Vaughn Proctor
William S. Barrett
Barrett
University of Texas
Harvard
Lompoc
Victorville
Vandenberg
Walnut Avenue
Fourth Street
College Avenue
Third Street
Cypress Avenue
Maple Avenue
Third Streets
Pine Avenue
Central Avenue
Olive Avenue
O Street
Ray Woods
Charles Warren
Gene Wahlers
Santa Ynez
California Society of Professional Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Colton
Burbank
William Barrett
California grape boycott bill killed in Assembly panel
A bill to end the California table grape boycott was killed by an Assembly Agriculture Committee vote. Governor Reagan and Senator Murphy backed federal action rather than state law, while labor opposed the measure. A study was ordered to weigh farm labor issues during the legislative recess. In a separate item, Motel Six reports theft of a towel and soap from a hotel.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Assembly
Santa Claus
Keene Larson
Therman
Murphy
Reagan
Congress
Washington
Organized Labor
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Agriculture Committee
William Ketchum
Rpaso Robles
Boy Scouts Reach National Jamboree from Santa Barbara County
Ten scouts and their leaders from the Vandenberg AFB and Lompoc areas along with 31 others from Santa Barbara County have joined the National Boy Scouts Jamboree at Farragut State Park Idaho. Representatives include Robert McHargue Keith Bocksmith Terry Gampp er Roger Clements David Hunter Jerry Kowalik John Mabe Bob McHargue Lee Shoults and Russell Twine. Since arriving July 14 they have prepared camp and traded patches. the opening campfire was July 16. On the way to Farragut they visited Governor Reagan s office and Sutter s Fort.
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Vandenberg Afb
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Farragut State Park
Idaho
Robert McHargue
Keith Bocksmith
Terry Gampper
Roger Clements
David Hunter
Jerry Kowalik
John Mabe
Bob McHargue
Lee Shoults
Russell Twine
Mission Council
Reagan
Sutter
B52 raids near DMZ amid renewed Vietnam fighting
U S air power unloads 270 tons in three predawn B52 raids near Con Thien as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops clash along the DMZ. South Vietnamese and American forces report multiple casualties in skirmishes around Da Nang Tay Ninh and Quang Tri as ground fighting intensifies.
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Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPZ
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Quang Tri Province
Con Thien
Tay Ninh
Cambodia
Quang Tri
da Nang
Apollo 11 timetable shows rest periods and re-entry plan
The NASA flight plan lists a 10 hour rest for the crew on Wednesday with awakenings at 11 32 a m and a 15 minute color TV show at 7 02 p m. A final course correction is planned for Thursday morning before re entry as the ship nears the Pacific. Splashdown is at 12 51 p m followed by recovery aboard the USS Hornet and Nixon’s welcome.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
Earth
Sky
Apollo
South Pacific
Pacific
Hawaii
Uss Hornet
Nixon
Apollo 11 Moon Landing Prompts Cuban News Coverage
Havana radio and television carried UPI reports of the Apollo 11 moon landing while Granma published two full front-page columns detailing the historic event.
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Havana
UPI
Cuba
U.S
Granma
California Senate moves toward DDT ban and pesticide reporting
The California Senate advanced a plan to phase out DDT over three years with a possible one year extension. It would require manufacturers and importers to report sales and use to the Department of Agriculture, with public access to the data. County officials would report too. farmers and retailers are exempt.
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Dennis J.opatrny
Sacramento
Senate
California
John A. Nejedly
Walnut Creek
Assembly
Anthony C. Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Department of Agriculture
Nejedly
State Director of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Jerry W. Fielder
Ronald Reagan
Fielder
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Boy
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Lompoc Record Publications
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J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Managesley A. Huffman
E. C. Stevens
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Wilma Jack
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
Homvoe
Mayerling
Walt
Disney
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Alex Grasshofps
Simeon Oandle
Paramount Pictures
Franco
Zeffirelli
Romeo ~Tuliet
Technicolor
Paramount Picture
Jane Fonda
Charles Boyer
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Prophet
YMCA
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Lompoc Valley
Jaycees
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