Lompoc Planning Commission Grants Parking Variance
The Lompoc Planning Commission granted a variance for off street parking at a shopping center on A Street and North Avenue, setting a five stall per 1000 square feet ratio, while Dettamanti’s planned 4472 square foot market will sit with about six spaces per 1000. The panel noted a broader review of parking rules by Community Development Director Bevilacqua.
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Lompoc
Henry J. Dettamanti
Dettamanti
Nicholas Bevilacqua
Grefco
Huseman
Harris Grade
Board of Supervisors
Community Development Department
Council
SB Vessel Sinks In Channel Near Santa Barbara
A 37 foot commercial fishing vessel sank in heavy seas off San Miguel Island in the Santa Barbara Channel early today. One crewman was swept overboard and three were aboard. Coast Guard rescued the other two. Seven boats and aircraft aided in search for the missing sailor. The vessel sent a distress call at 2 a.m. as five foot seas overwhelmed it between San Miguel and Santa Rosa islands. A helicopter found winds too strong to lower a pump.
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Santa Barbara
UPI
San Miguel Island
Santa Barbara Channel
The
Coast Guard
San Miguel
Santa Rosa Islands
Open house marks new U S Postal Service era in Lompoc
Lompoc Post Office joins nationwide one day event to celebrate the creation of the U S Postal Service. Postmaster Perry Martin and assistant William Ratcliff greet visitors with tours, envelopes and stamps illustrating the change from U S Post Office Department.
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Lompoc
Perry Martin
William Ratcliff
West Ocean Avenue
Ratcliff
U.S. Post Office
Post Office
U.S. Post Office Department
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. Mail
Nixon loses Democratic support on Vietnam policy in House vote
The House rejected the Mansfield amendment calling for US troop withdrawal from Indochina nine months after enactment, by a 219 to 176 vote. Passage relied on Republicans, while 143 Democrats and 33 Republicans backed the measure, signaling growing peace sentiment among House members. Negotiators will seek a compromise on the draft extension bills as talks resume. Weather forecasts indicate fair, low clouds along the coast with 60s coast highs and 70s to 80s inland.
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UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
House
Senate
United States
Indochina
U.S
North Vietnam
Mike Mansfield
Montana
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Mansfield
Supreme Court weighs secret Pentagon papers publication
The Supreme Court delayed its adjournment to consider whether two newspapers the New York Times and the Washington Post may continue publishing secret Pentagon documents on Vietnam. The Times and Post paused further articles while other papers faced orders to halt. The Christian Science Monitor joined the leak coverage noting flawed war withdrawal plans and weak intelligence, while Daniel Ellsberg surrendered in Boston as a Senate Pentagon probe emerges.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Pentagon
New York Times
Washington Post
The
Times
the Post
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Boston Globe
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Boston
Senate Pentagon
Daniel Ellsberg
Center For International Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
North Vietnamese Push Increases Threat Along DMZ
UPI reports Maj. Gen. Pham Van Phu and Brig. Gen. Vu Van Giai say 16 000 North Vietnamese troops massed just north of the DMZ with 10 000 infiltrators already in the South. They warn 30 000 to 35 000 South Vietnamese in Quang Tri and Thua Thien can respond while U.S. bases face renewed artillery and air attacks.
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UPI
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Pham van Phu
Vu van Giai
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
South Vietnam
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
da Nang
da Nang Harbor
United States
1St Air Cavalry Division
Board keeps July hearing date on Harris Grade Freeway pact
County Supervisors approved proceeding with a July 6 hearing on the Harris Grade Freeway agreement with the state Division of Highways and blocked further hearings. Conservation groups seek to block Route 1 construction over Harris Grade north of Lompoc. The board will revisit the jail agreement with Lompoc during budget sessions, after city demand to raise county costs was met with a cap of 1,000 dollars a month.
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County Board of Supervisors
Lompoc
State Division of Highways
Harris Grade
Ereeegners
Santa Maria Sheriff's
Probation Department
North County
M.J. Hermreck
Nipomo
Miguelito
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Fire Department
Walden Cooper
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Stennis
Fuller
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John E. Townsend
Mississippi
Hawaii
Flower Festival Committee
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