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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1970
Page
3
Fire crews found evidence of a blaze in the boiler room of Lompoc Senior High School. An automatic sprinkler head reportedly stopped the fire, damaging only the boiler and electrical system with no power to the building. The cause remains under investigation and damage totals are not yet known.
Funeral services are planned for Annie Bell Anderson 72 at Conejo Mountain Memorial Park Chapel with interment at Conejo. Survivors include sons George W. Oxnard and Edward A. Hilo Hawaii and daughters in Texas Lompoc Garden Grove Rialto. Also noted are Lt Col Joseph William Pettet and Walter Raymond Shute Sr with services in Pacific Grove Santa Maria and Santa Maria respectively. Interments and details list extended families and multiple residences.
The Lompoc Center of the Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau will hold a noon meeting Monday at the Golden Greek Restaurant. A California Highway Patrol representative will speak on new laws and regulations.
The Lompoc Chamber of Commerce will host a noon March 12 luncheon at the Lompoc Valley club featuring Allan Hancock College president Walter E. Conrad, a ten minute Rags to Riches scene with Dan Pessano and local actors, a campus slide tour by Lompoc students Bill Edmonds Kay Wishard and Frank Halstead, and a talk by Chuck Boyd on today’s AHC student. Reservations available by dialing RE 6 3811. The Lompoc Girls Club hours are 3 to 5 30 p m Monday to Wednesday and 10 a m to 4 p m Saturdays.
County officials estimate riot expenses could reach hundreds of thousands with hospital bills for dozens of officers injuries and long shifts, vehicle and equipment damages, food and transport costs for up to 400 officers, and loss of a $350,000 Bank of America building.
Is a Vista and UC Santa Barbara violence wave and high court rulings driving welfare recipients into the county. Sheriff James W Webster seeks 119 more positions as the sheriff coroner budget nears 4 million dollars. Welfare costs could reach about 22.5 million, a record high, with 75 added positions and 4.4 million more in county taxes. Over 2 000 new welfare clients are expected due to residency rule changes.
Santa Ynez CHP sergeant Frank Lopez 45 announces candidacy for sheriff coroner. He is a World War II veteran, Navy combat veteran, and holds a mortuary science degree. Lopez has county coroner duties since 1950 and is active in the Santa Ynez Valley community with family and civic roles.
Santa Barbara County uses both jails to process and hold campus and Isla Vista demonstrators arrested during four weeks of clashes around UC Santa Barbara. The $3.2 million new jail near Santa Barbara Hospital, housing 400 plus prisoners, began use this week for rioters, while the older courthouse jail will be converted to county offices.
Barbara Dodson of Isla Vista says high school age youths joined university students and street people during riots that damaged the Isla Vista business district on Wednesday and Thursday prompting a National Guard call. Officers confirm many participants were clearly under college age and involved to observe the action.
District Attorney David Milner announced plans to present about 11 cases to the Grand Jury in Isla Vista rioting, pursuing felony indictments for arson and attacks on officers. He noted ongoing probes into the Bank of America fire and urged witnesses to come forward.
The 31 year old son of former Gov Edmund G Pat Brown announced his bid for California Secretary of State. He vows to close loopholes in political ads and campaign contributions amid reports totaling 10276 dollars paid in cases. Five bail bond firms handled the business. In Santa Barbara, the Probation Department will propose who may be released on their own recognizance to the Santa Barbara Municipal Court.
Col Richard Temple, spokesman for a County Taxpayers Association, says the Board of Supervisors should have adopted a fall recommendation to transfer civil defense duties and funding to Sheriff James W Webster. He argues the change would help mobilize forces for Isla Vista riot relief and civil disasters.
The Record provides closing stock quotations furnished by Rohrbaugh and Co. at 3865-F Constellation Road Lompoc RE 3-3551.
Lompoc City Council meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m at City Hall to review fencing of the Miguelito flood control channel near Olive Avenue and a sidewalk and curb repair program. James Longtin says fencing depends on practicality and funds with two city driven options if the district declines. Public Works will outline immediate sidewalk repairs while other agenda items cover pollution regulation and a weed abatement schedule.
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