Flower Festival to proceed on schedule in Lompoc
The 1971 Lompoc Valley Flower Festival will run June 25 26 and 27 with nine clubs and organizations sponsoring queen candidates. New sponsors include Active 20-30 Club American Legion Club Arcturus Cabrillo Boosters Elks Jaycees Kiwanis Lions and Lompoc Democratic Club and Democratic Women's Club. A queen candidates workshop will be held Thursday and ticket sales follow the Queen Contest Tea on March 28 with sales ending June 10. The coronation ball is set for June 12.
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Lompoc Valley
John Larsson
Active
American Legion
Club Arcturus
Cabrillo Boosters Club
Elks Lodge
Jaycees
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Lompoc Democratic Club
Democratic Women’s Club
Queen
Pat Blankenship
Olivia Cotsenmeyer
City seeks manufacturing firms to boost Lompoc economy
Three manufacturing companies are considering locating in the Lompoc area. One plants training devices for ceramic schooling in Los Angeles, another makes aerospace laboratory products in Central California, and a large eastern glass maker is eyeing silica resources here. The Economic Development Committee aims to raise funds, recruit industry, and soon introduce a new director. Mayor Scott notes national space program momentum and California’s role.
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Lompoc
Robert Kranig
Kranig
Los Angeles
California
Eastern Glass
Fran Underwood
Burger
Arthur Scott
Congress
Chamber to discuss Valley water situation
Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce members will get an update on the Valley water situation from Virgil Phelps at a noon general meeting in the Valley Club. Phelps chairs the City Water Commission and serves on the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District board, outlining Narrows Dam status, Diablo Canyon desalination plans, and the State Water contract with Santa Barbara County.
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Lompoc Valley
Council weighs utility rate hikes and waste fees
City Administrator Gene Wahlers urges electric rate increases to raise about 105000 dollars with 75000 for operations and 30000 for the general fund, plus waste disposal rates rising from 1.50 to 3.30 monthly to support the general fund. The panel also considers C Street improvements, wrecking yard status, and a flower festival fee waiver.
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Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
C Street
Chestnut Avenue
James Longtin
Lompoc
Meir’s peace plan wins Knesset confidence vote
Prime Minister Golda Meir secured a strong support vote in a stormy session after outlining a peace plan that bars Israeli withdrawal from East Jerusalem the Golan Heights the Jordan River and Sharm el Sheikh The government won 62 votes with 12 abstentions while the opposition left before the final tally and the Gahal bloc walked out after a defeated secret ballot bid Abba Eban prepared for talks in New York and Washington with Jarring and Rogers on a new peace initiative.
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Gahal
Gaza
Haifa
Jordan River
West Bank
Abba Eban
London
New York
Washington
Suez Canal
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
U.S
William P. Rogers
Welfare means extensive paperwork
A feature on a family's welfare struggle shows Joe once a successful businessman now paralyzed after a home accident. His wife contacts the County Welfare office as the family sells their $50,000 home, moves to a cheap apartment, and faces ongoing financial hardship.
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Joe
South I Street
Welfare Office
Welfare Department
AFDC
Frank Frey
Frey
California
Lompoc
South Vietnamese withdraw from Laos posts amid river of U.S. airpower
South Vietnamese troops abandoned four fire bases along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, with 2000 men pulled from Lolo and Brown as U.S. artillery, fighter planes, and helicopter gunships aided the evacuation amid heavy antiaircraft fire. Rebels attacked Lolo with rockets and tank guns while helicopters plucked troops from the base. Weather improved after fog, with highs in the 60s and seas and tides noted.
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Saigon
UPS
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Lolo
Sepone
Brown
U.S
Sophia
Liz
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Ier
Calley
FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Hilligus
St. Bernard
Vandenberg Village
Golda Meir
Syria
Hulah
Israel
Times of London
Sharm el Sheikh
Sinai Peninsula
Sinai
Jordan
Wilma Jack
County Welfare
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