Festival Night Preview Sparks Lompoc Flower Festival Actions
Teen Night opens at 5 p.m. with carnival rides, food booths, and two drawings for radios and theater tickets. Free 50 page Flower Festival booklet distributed this weekend, parades and grand openings set, venue events run Friday through Sunday with awards for local businesses and shops.
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Ryan Park
Lompoc
Diaz
Moore's
Chris Cass
Avenue Flower Shop
Pico’s
Sporting Goods
Odile
Salon de Beaute
J. C. Penney Co
Binnie
Arson Suspect Sought After La Purisima Mission Fire
Arson described as cause of a blaze that burned about 30 acres of La Purisima Mission brushland near Mission Hills. Firefighters from county, Air Force, and city units, aided by a forest service bomber, fought the flames four hours until contained near a ranger residence. Authorities offered a $500 reward for information leading to arrests amid multiple arson cases in the Mission Hills area.
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la Purisima Mission
Mission Hills
Rucker Road
Calle Primera
Air Force
City of Lompoc
Forest Service
Joy Scheurer
Cortez
Mission Park
Steve Hoard
Phillip Rounds
Porterville
Fresno
California Forestry Service
Mission Property
mission _ property
Queensf Angeles Catholic Church
Ehrlichman jury selection proceeds in Washington trial
UPI reports jury selection in the John D. Ehrlichman case went smoothly as 120 potential jurors were questioned by Judge Gerhard Gesell. 23 were disqualified including Washington Post reporter Rudy Maxa and VOA's Lee Valeriani after 40 opening questions. five more were excused in a closed session.
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Washington
UPI
John D. Ehrlichman
White House
House Judiciary Committee
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Washington Post
Rudy Maxa
Lee Valeriani
The
Voice of America
Nixon Brezhnev open U S Soviet summit in Moscow
Nixon arrives in Moscow for the third U S Soviet summit and begins talks with Brezhnev on new economic accords and easing the arms race. Kissinger says no interim or permanent SALT. Public welcome features crowds, guards, and a state dinner planned.
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Moscow
UPI
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Henry A. Kissinger
Brezhnev
Washington
San Clemente
Calif
Kremlin
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Druzhinniki
Pravda
United States
Russia
Head On Crash Kills Lompoc Man Harold Robbins
Harold Page Robbins 49 of 1308 E Palmetto Ave died after his northbound car collided head on with a truck at Highway 1, 11 miles south of Lompoc. Ronald Linneman 36 of 1336 W Loquat Ave, driver of the truck, injured with a fractured back and listed in fair condition. Robbins worked at Vandenberg AFB and served with Lompoc Civil Defense Auxiliary Police. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Lompoc
Highway 1
Harold Page Robbins
Robbins
E. Palmetto Ave
Ronald Edward Linneman
W. Loquat Ave
Linneman
Lompoc Hospital
el Jaro Creek Bridge
Las Cruces
Starbuck Mortuary
Civil Service
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Civil Defense Auxiliary Police
Lompoc Park Funds Approved for Beattie Project
The Lompoc Parks and Recreation Commission approved 208 854 for Beattie Park with half from the Z berg Collier Bond Act and half from federal land and water funds. City Council action due July 2. Lompoc receives 104 427 for Beattie Park development and joins Santa Barbara County projects with Waller Park and Lake Los Carneros allocations.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc
Commission
Jack Anderson
Parks and Recreation
Santa Barbara County
Waller Park
Lake Los Carneros
Beattie Park
Crestview Terrace
St. Clair opens Nixon defense before House panel
James D. St. Clair began a two day defense of President Nixon before the House Judiciary Committee, asserting confidence Nixon would not be impeached and outlining a focus on no wrongdoing regarding the $75,000 payment to Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt. He suggested John W. Dean III would testify the payment was set in motion the day before a Dean Nixon conversation. Dean Burch criticized the committee as unfair for limiting witnesses.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
James D. St. Clair
House Judiciary Committee
St. Clair
E. Howard Hunt
John W. Dean
Hunt
Dean
Dean Burch
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Ehrlichman
Jane Daly
V and J Rock Transport Co
North W St
California Highway Patrol
Okays Park Funds
David Miller
Dodger Stadium
Anderson
Z’berg-Colier
Mike Siminski
Ribera & Sue
Santa Ynez River Park
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