Air Force Surrenders Control of Apollo Support Vessel USNS Vanguard
The USNS Vanguard transfers administrative control from Air Force Systems Command to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The ship, one of three WWII vessels revived for Apollo tracking and recovery, has supported all Apollo flights and will back Apollo 13 from Port Canaveral, Florida.
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Air Force
Vanguard
NASA
Air Force Systems Command
AFSC
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Houston Control Center
Air Force Western Test Range
Vandenberg Afb
Goddard Space Flight Center
Maryland
Port Canaveral
Florida
Plans for 3000 resident community on Santa Cruz Island
County planning officials investigate reports that a Southern California developer is finalizing a mixed residential commercial project for Santa Cruz Island. The Gherini family once pursued similar plans, but officials say another development may be in the wind and origin traces reach Ventura County.
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Santa Cruz Island
Southern California
County Planning Department
Channel Island
Gherini
Ini
Ventura County
Dunes Park bans swimming surfing and boat launching
The Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance prohibiting swimming, surfing and boat launching at Guadalupe Rancho County Dunes Park west of Guadalupe. Park Director George H. Adams proposed the measure citing no resident ranger and higher danger in the surf area due to rip tides. The board also granted a few months extension for Carpinteria Valley Park completion pending needed federal funding plans.
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Board of Supervisors
New
Guadalupe Rancho County Dunes Park
Guadalupe
George H. Adams
New Park
Jalama
County Beach Park
Adams
Carpinteria Valley Park
Site restoration bonds approved for Summerland station
The Board of Supervisors approved Sun Oil Co. first of several site restoration bonds worth 2000 dollars for a Summerland shoreside metering station facility near Lookout Park on Southern Pacific Co. right of way. A 1400 dollar bond will shield the site visually. Also noted, Staff Sergeant Thomas P Kephart of Vandenberg AFB received the Air Force Systems Command Certificate of Merit for aiding a critical Minuteman launch operation.
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Sun Oil Co
Summerland
Board of Supervisors
Sun Oil
Southern Pacific Co
Lookout Park
Thomas P Kephart
6596Th
Vandenberg Afb
Air Force Systems Command
Kephart
Penfield
Sam C. Phillips
Space and Missile Systems Organization
Los Angeles
6595Th Aerospace Test Wing
Two Detachment 30 members win MAC PRIDE awards
TSgt. Junior R. Taylor, Weather technician, earned the MAC Bronze for an outstanding radar storm detection device training program. Set. Richard G. Tuttle, Rocketsonde Weather observer, received the MAC Gold for aiding a unit in the Marshall Islands to support 21 Air Force Western Test Range ballistic missile impacts.
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6Th Weather Wing
Vandenberg Afb
Military Airlift Command
MAC
Tsgt
Junior R. Taylor
Piedmont
W. Va
Set
Richard G. Tuttle
Tuttle
Marshall Islands
Air Force
California vehicle registrations rise by 654 thousand in 1969
California end year totals show 13 322 951 registered vehicles up 5.16 percent from 1968. The breakdown includes 9 780 756 passenger autos 1 669 803 commercial trucks and buses 1 217 802 trailers and 469 433 motorcycles. Motorcycle registrations lead gains with 18 percent.
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California
Department of Motor Vehicles
Robert C. Cozens
Toyota recalls 58 525 Corolla sedans in the United States
Toyota Motor Co recalls 58 525 Corolla sedans in the United States to replace brake parts including the brake pedal reservoir cap and brake tube clamp. The move is described as a precaution to ensure consistency in Toyota quality. Oxygen reference appears in unrelated note about isolating the element.
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Torrance
UPI
Toyota Motor Co
United States
Toyota
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Anne Snary
Diet Watchers
Lompoc
Diet Meileher
W. Laurel Ave
Santa Maria
VFW
E. Battles Rd
Flint, Mich
North Side
Dunes Park
Lester
North E Street
Laurel Ave
PRIDE
Blackman
Buellton
Gary Douglas Blackman
Highway Patrol
Bakersfield
South Los Angeles
Baldwin Park
Nina
B. E. Cook
Cook
Ruth
Tracy
James
Don Reed
San Luis Obispo
Cozens
Aarhus
Denmark
Baltic Sea
Bronhold
Naval Command
S. Blosser Road
North 'H' St
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