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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1970
Page
2
In Sacramento a lone Republican ally with 12 Democrats blocked final passage of the key second half of Governor Reagan’s $1 billion tax shift plan. The vote was 26 to 13 against on a technical provision. seven Democrats broke ranks to support it. The bill’s fate remains unresolved as lawmakers anticipate further debate.
Lompoc declares August as Pioneer Month with events by local groups. Pioneer Days August 13 to 15 will feature a costume breakfast, historical store displays, window displays, and a costume contest with employee trophies. The Lompoc Colony began in 1874 and the city was incorporated on August 13, 1888.
Dr. Thomas C. Paine leaves NASA effective Sept 15 with Nixon’s acceptance. He cites mission accomplished after guiding Apollo moon landing and predicts future space achievements including space shuttle, lunar base, and Mars exploration before century's end. Paine planned to return to General Electric in a top post outside aerospace.
The Lompoc Record is identified as a daily newspaper published by Lompoc Record Publications in California under Superior Court Decree No. 47065. It lists President Mrs. Kenneth L. Adam, Publisher J. Donald Adam, Editor Gaylen Jackson, and staff including Harry Crompe and Betty Laurent, among others, with a monthly subscription rate of $2.25.
County supervisor Joe J. Callahan voiced disappointment as two taxpayers groups did not back his plan to slash 1.6 million from the 1970 71 county budget. Col Richard Temple said the Taxpayers Assn had made its case earlier and the board took no action. Irman Saunders of Santa Barbara County Tax Action Committee did not speak up in support at the meeting.
Santa Barbara Assembly candidate Kenneth A. Palmer pushes to reactivate a county committee to study wildfire threats and future forest protection needs. Supervisor Curtis Tunnell advocates seeking input from U S Forest Service officials and local fire chiefs as fire danger rises on the South Coast.
West Paterson Anthony DeStassi received a $125 fine Tuesday for building a pigeon coop without permit. Neighbor Joseph Barbagelo complained over pigeons flying above his pool remarking on dirty birds and nuisance.
Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers reach a pact with 26 large California table grape growers covering 85 percent of the state's crop. Workers will earn $1.80 an hour plus 20 cents a box under a three year contract with a no strike clause. The nationwide boycott continues against the remaining 15 percent of producers.
County supervisors moved two September hearings after Labor Day. The Board of Equalization tax appeal moved from September 10 to 16 and the county air pollution hearing from September 8 to 14. Holiday observed dates on September 7 and 9 prompted the changes for public and board convenience.
President Nixon signed a law allowing financially endangered newspapers to pool noneditorial operations. The measure covers joint operations in 22 cities and requires prior attorney general approval for pooling agreements. It lets a paper in probable danger of failure combine advertising circulation business printing and other production tasks with another paper.
County officials announced a state grant of 30000 dollars for a public services study in the current fiscal year. The total project is 45000 dollars, with the county’s share 15000 dollars, largely funded by staff help. Santa Barbara County will be aided by Sam Clawson and Doyle Dodd helped secure the allocation.
An Assembly committee on Tuesday defeated a bill by John Vasconcellos prohibiting California servicemen from serving in undeclared foreign wars. Critics warned it could trigger challenges to federal authority and cited a Massachusetts law under review by the U S Supreme Court. The 7 11 vote ended the measure with one Republican siding with supporters.
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