Flower Festival shines despite heat in Lompoc
The 24th annual Lompoc Valley Flower Festival drew hundreds despite 100 degree weather. Parade crowds filled Ryan Park for food, rides, and music. Winners included First Southern Baptist Church for a Bible gavel float, Moose Lodge for Washington Crossing float, and Kiwanis for the U S emblem and Liberty Bell. Prize trips went to M G Rigney of Solvang and Benjamin Villanueva of W Olive Ave. One injury occurred when 14 year old Jeff Fleming was dragged under carnival equipment but had no broken bones and is recovering at home.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc Valley
Kiwanis
U.S
Rainbow Girls
McDonalds
Supply Squad
Royal Cavaliers
General Telephone
Mitchelle Scheurer
Los Angeles
Joe Herron
Herron
Jeff Fleming
W. Willow Ave
Vandenberg Afb Hospital
Howard Reshot
Snl
Dave Carthan Green
Huntington Place
Frank Romero
Romero
Green
Lompoc Jatt
Reshoft
HUD approves housing for Lompoc area
HUD authorizes funding for 400 subsidized units in Santa Barbara County, with 100 in Lompoc. The $989,460 contract impact comes in 60 to 90 days, delaying advertising until the final contract is received. The program allows low income renters to obtain certificates usable with participating property owners at fair market rents.
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Ane Departmenf Housing and Urban Development
Santa Barbara County
Lompoc
Mike Lynn
Office
The
Housing Authority
California swelters in heat wave across state
United Press International reports a second week of extreme heat across California with highs above 100 in Southern California and 116 at Palm Springs. San Francisco hit 94, with 30 already by 8 a.m., while coast beaches drew crowds seeking relief from the heat and officials issued elevated health advisories amid brush fires and dangerous riptides in the south.
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United Press Internationa
California
U.S. Weather Service
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Fresno
Palm Springs
San Francisco Beach
Health Department
Red Bluff
Ladera Heights
Covina Hills
Weather Service
Pacific Northwest
Supreme Court upholds non lawyer magistrates in rural courts
The Supreme Court in a 6-2 decision rules that states may use non lawyer magistrates in small town police courts if a lawyer judge is available on appeal. The ruling supports Kentucky and cites easing caseloads and travel convenience for rural residents.
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Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
Apne
Kentucky
Lonnie North
Arunk
Lynch
C.B. Russell
North
Russell
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Warren
Burger
Lompoc Planning Commission Tonight Agenda Review
The commission will consider Frank Cabrera's home use permit to run an office and business phone from 404 South K Street along with a cow business. It shall review City goals, land division issues and offsite improvement requirements for a 900 block parcel, plus a fence requirements interpretation for 601 North Seventh Street. Meeting at 7 30 p m in City Mall 119 West Walnut Avenue.
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Lompoc
City Mall
Walnut Ave
Hijackers free passengers as Paris reports progress
Palestinian guerrillas who hijacked an Air France jet from Athens to Entebbe allowed 258 passengers and crew to leave the aircraft in Entebbe terminal. Officials said those on board were still under hijackers control and tensions remained high as negotiations continued with Ugandan and French representatives.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Athens
Entebbe
Uganda
Paris
Foreign Ministry
Air France
Palestine Liberation Organization
East Africa
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Wen
France
Weil
U.S
Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Wengnazi
Libya
Khartoum
Benghazi
Seven industrial powers in final economic talks
Seven major industrial powers including Ford and leaders of Britain France Japan Italy Canada and West Germany opened the final round of talks in Dorado Puerto Rico to curb inflation and unemployment tied to expansive social programs. UPI reports farm labor talks in Keene and Oxnard with 800 workers and 18 000 union members.
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Dorado
Puerto Rico
UPI
Ford
Britain
France
Japan
Italy
Canada
West Germany
California Coastal Farms
R.T. England
H and M Farms
Tanaka Bros
United Celery Growers
Oxnard
Grossman
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M.G. Rigney
Solvang
Hawaii
Benjamin Villanueva
W. Olive Ave
Las Vegas
Sandy Hazen
Castro Valley
Ken Randall
Oakmont Ave
E.J. Martin
North Y St
Lou Dillon
W. Guava Ave
Furman L. Long
Bill Ebbert
Oak Hills Ave
Brad Harrison
North ]Avenue
HUD
Ferrazzo
Vandenberg Afb
Scolari
First Valley Bank of
Daisy Sweetland
Milt Chester
Dan Duffy
Beirut
Sanur
Lebanon
UPS
American University of Beirut
Formeh
Phalangist
Tal Zaatar
Jist al Pasha
Suleiman Fanjieh
Camille Chanoun
Tiger
First Southern Baptist Church
Earrier
Jai Amin
Palestine Liberation Cronnization
Pierre Renard
PLO
Idi Amin
Kampala
Uuen
Or A
Dorado Beach
Valery Giscard
Estaing
Henry Kissinger
Jean Sauvagnargues
White House
Kissinger
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