County employees seek two wave pay boosts in 1969
Surveys indicate possible two rounds of pay increases for Lompoc Valley county workers on a 1969 budget boost. Inflation drives higher scales as a benchmark survey aims to ready a July 1 increase with a further fall survey to adjust equity for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Praul
Lompoc Valley
Raymond D. Johnson
Board of Supervisors
Assny
Association
Sherriffs Relief and Benefit Assn
Afl-Cio Welfare Workers Union
Soldiers harassed, say lawyers in court martial
Defense attorneys for six mutiny defendants claim a pattern of harassment at the Presidio stockade and warn of reprisals if their clients help their defense. The six are among 27 accused after a sit down demonstration tied to a fatal shooting during a work detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Rifkin
San Francisco
UPI
Presidio Stockade
Thomas Fay
LAFCO backs annexation of oil holdings to Carpinteria
LAFCO executive John Whittemore says annexing 151 acres east of Carpinteria including Standard Oil facilities and Humble Oil lands would knit the area into the city’s tax base. The move follows earlier tensions over tidelands and offshore drilling and includes a public hearing set for Thursday March 13.
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Formation Commission
Carpinteria
John Whittemore
LAFCO
Commission
Standard Oil Co. of California
Standard Oil Co
Standard
City of
Santa Barbara Carpinteria
Standard and Humble Oil and Refining Co
Jack Arnold
Thunderbowl
Teamster
Aquanaut Given Amphetamine Pills Before Sealab III Death
Navy board testimony reveals aquanaut Berry M. Cannon was given amphetamine pills about six hours before dying 610 feet underwater off Long Beach California. Doctors testified stimulants could trigger heart rhythm problems in icy water, contributing to the fatality that halted Sealab work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
UPI
Berry M. Cannon
Pacific Ocean
Navy
Cannon
Long Beach
Lawrence W. Raymond
Lake Cachuma County Park Reopens After Flood Closures
County Park Director George H. Adams orders reopening of Lake Cachuma County Park on Friday after closures from record rains in January and February. Most of the 380 campsites are expected usable, though some grounds may remain sodden. Debris from the Santa Ynez River system continues to clog the lake as cleanup work proceeds from floods reaching Gibraltar and Juncal dams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Adams
Lake Cachuma County Park
Adams
Santa Ynez
Gibraltar and Juncal
Apollo 9 Tracking by Western Test Range Radar
The Air Force Western Test Range radar on South Vandenberg supports Apollo 9 by providing on orbit tracking five to six times daily. The AN TPQ 18 data is relayed to Mission Control in Houston via Goddard and processed by an RCA 4104.
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California
Air Force
Vandenberg
NASA
Mission Control
Houston
Goddard Spaceflight Center
Western Test Range
Pacific
Trustees to discuss teacher salary talks in Lompoc district
The Trus tees of Lompoc Unified School District will hold an executive meeting Tuesday to discuss issues surrounding current teacher salary negotiations. Firefighters reported a flash and explosion in a wall heater at Robert Benson's home a 608 N F St Apt A that fizzled out without damage yesterday.
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Lompoc Unified School District
Lompoc
Robert Benson
N. F St
Apt. A
Bronze Star Awarded to Lt. Orlander J. Keller at Fort Benning
Army First Lieutenant Orlander J. Keller 25 of Lompoc received the Bronze Star Medal at Ft. Benning for meritorious service in ground operations in Vietnam. His wife Kazuko resides in Columbus, Georgia. A separate Michigan law bans phrases like giant quart and jumbo pint on containers, requiring a smallest unit of weight or measure to be stated.
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FT. Benning
Orlander J. Keller
Elva J. Keller
Lompoc
Keller
Vietnam
Kazuko
Columbus
Lansing
Mich
UPI
Michigan
County to Acquire 88 Acre Dune Park May Be Snagged
County officials report Santa Maria River flood damage may wipe out about half the proposed 88 acre dunes park south of the river and west of Guadalupe. A condemnation suit against Union Sugar Co. stands as pre-trial set for March 19 while surveys compare maps pre and post flooding to decide next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Maria
George H. Adams
Santa Maria River
Guadalupe
Adams
Union Sugar Co
Dudgeon Attending USC Aging Seminar at Bahia Hotel
Ted Dudgeon of Lompoc joins 100 top leaders at the third Educational Seminar on Aging hosted by the University of Southern California and the California Commission on Aging at the Bahia Hotel on March 7. Santa Barbara’s Community Action Commission’s Daniel organizer role noted, with Charles W. Skoien Jr and Dr. Albert Feldman steering the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Dudgeon
Lompoc
University of Southern California
State of California Commission On Aging
Bahia Hotel
Dudgeon
Community Action Commission
Santa Barbara
Charles W. Skoien, Jr
Albert Feldman
California
Air Force veteran named editor of Hancock College magazine
Tom Hansen a 25 year old Air Force veteran is named editor of The Mascot the Hancock College feature magazine for the spring semester. He also writes and photographs for the college newspaper and plans to graduate in June with a liberal arts degree. His wife a captain and registered nurse runs the Vandenberg Base Hospital emergency room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hansen
Air Force
Hancock College
Hansen
Newpaper
California
Bellevue High School
Nebraska
Santa Maria Times
Santa Barbara News-Press
Europe
Middle East
Asia
Crete
Pakistan
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Irene Wray
Lompoc
Hancock
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New Hampshire
Robert L. Sudden
South L Street
Ian Sinclair
L.E. Heiges
S. L St
James Haven
S. H St
Gill Fox
Cachuma Park
Daily Record
By Bob Barnes
Bert
Termine
Air Force Veteran
AHC Magazine
Saigon
Esess
Saarne CC
Wa Ebs
Keo
America
Ino
Evi
Lompoc Savings and Loan Association
Ocean Ave
Lompoc, California
Telephone
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