Lookout Point Beautification Seeks New Telescopes Site
City Beautification Committee revives efforts to develop Lookout Point south of Lompoc with plans for terraced landscaping and a telescope viewing area. John Bodger of El Monte backs expanding the unimproved knoll beneath Lookout Point, while artist Darrell Brandon proposes rock walls native flora and a flagstone path. The project aims to reduce litter with barrels and connect lower knoll telescopes to the main site. The road to the site is confirmed as county maintained Eight-tenths of a mile from the hill bottom to the top cul de sac.
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Lookout Point
Valley of Flowers
Lompoc
Badger Seed Co
Boy Scouts
Robert Leedy
Leedy
John Bodger
el Monte
Bodger
Darrell Brandon
Diaz wins Lompoc Lions Zone speech title
Jeff Diaz of Cabrillo High School captured the zone speech contest title last night despite rain tapping on a plastic roof. A walking mailman observed this morning without rain gear while Deputy District Attorney Haynes Jones appeared in a turtle neck shirt.
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Jeff Diaz
Cabrillo High School
Lompoc
Lookout Point Vandalism Spurs Cleanup Effort at Lovers Lane
Weather notes give sun and rain chances with tides listed for the day. Kiwanis and Key Clubs push for cleanup while City Beautification Committee weighs night patrols and possible road closure to curb litter and vandalism at Lookout Point. Local officials back coordinated action with civil groups and county entities.
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Cabrillo High School
Robert MacClure
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Patey
Nixon ABM plan ridiculed by opponents in Senate
Senate critics led by Sen. Albert Gore ridiculed President Nixon's Safeguard ABM plan as a defense in search of a mission. Melvin Laird defended the $6.6 billion program before Gore's Foreign Relations subcommittee. The hearing featured sharp exchanges on Vietnam and U.S. missile defense strategy.
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William B. Mead
Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
U.S
Albert Gore
D. Tenn
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Foreign Relations
Gore
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Laird
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol Hill
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Forces
United States
Southeast Asia
Fulbright
Missles
Sen
Clifford Case
R-N.j
Soviet Union
Case
Red gunners push Viet offensive amid ambush and war plans
Communist gunners pressed their nationwide push as U S intelligence warned of an imminent Saigon strike this weekend. Atlas Wedge counteroffensive sides with big air power as B 52s drop hundreds of tons while allied forces report 472 guerrillas killed in four days and 10 U S lives lost in a counter thrust.
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Saigon
VPI
Chu Lai
U.S
Atlas
Snoopy Red Baron Fly-In At Lompoc Airport
Snoopy versus the Red Baron fly in renews comic memories at Lompoc Airport. Kiwanis Club presents the event with the Los Angeles Antique Airplane Association sponsorship. Show hours noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday with in-air flights at 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Ground viewing available. admission 1 with free for children under 12. Proceeds go to Kiwanis. If rain, event moved to Mar 29-30.
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Lompoc
Kiwanis Club
Los Angeles
The
Antique Airplane Association
Hayakawa backs amnesty section amid campus turmoil
In a morning news conference Hayakawa rejected seven disciplinary recommendations tied to campus arrests and violence. He supported immediate review of disciplinary procedures but warned penalties for offenses remain undetermined before hearings. He kept firm on personnel matters while indicating Hare and Murray’s statuses were not covered by the agreement. Police will stay on campus through April 11 to maintain peace.
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Hayakawa
Nathan Hare
George Murray
Hare
Murray
Nixon plans look at Santa Barbara oil slick
President Richard Nixon will firsthand view the Santa Barbara oil slick. He arrives Point Mugu around 2 30 pm boards a helicopter to fly along the coast over the polluted area and lands about 2 45 pm at Leadbetter Beach. He may speak to reporters and later visits L E Ogden’s home in San Clemente and the San Juan Capistrano Mission before returning to Washington.
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Richard Nixon
Santa Barbara
Point Mugu
Leadbetter Beach
L.E. Ogden
San Clemente
Mrs. Nixon
San Juan Capistrano Mission
Washington
el Toro Marine Air Station
New California offshore drilling rules ordered by Hickel
Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel imposes the toughest U S drilling standards for California waters after the Santa Barbara blowout. The rules create a 55 000 acre wildlife preserve opposite the area and bar unleased zones south of it, with stricter casing tests blow out prevention and daily tests for equipment. Resumption of drilling will require proof of safety and may be banned at the Union Oil platform.
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Washington
UPI
Walter J. Hickel
California
Santa Barbara
Hickel
Union Oil Co
Union
Interior Department
Geological Survey
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