Lompoc Record: Local newspaper profile and staff credits
The Lompoc Record outlines its policy and affiliations including publication details at 115 No. H St Lompoc California 93436 P O Box 578. It lists officers Mrs Kenneth L Adam president J Donald Adam publisher and secretary treasurer Harry J Crompe editor and VP Gaylen Jackson business manager and VP and notes memberships in press associations.
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Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
California
No. H St
Lompoc
P.O. Box
Tel
Regent
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Post Office strike shows NYC scale of national issues
The piece argues New York City magnifies national problems from wages to services. It cites postal workers' pay, working conditions, and political patronage, condemns the strike and Congress, and questions moving the Post Office to private operation while noting deficits and rising postage costs.
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New York City
America
New York
U.S. Post Office
Congress
Prairie du Chien
Bronx
Barberton
Ohio
Post Office
Harold G Thompson Park in Pitiful Condition Draws Reader Anger
A reader laments the neglect of Harold G Thompson Park. Broken glass in the picnic area and a flooded slide base deter play. The derelict men’s room and ripped urinal highlight vandalism and filthy conditions. The writer calls for accountability.
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Harold G. Thompson
Ryan Park
Harold G. Thompson Park
Wide gaps between potential and decay in Banfield study
Washington notes Eric Sevareid reports Edward Banfield the Harvard urban government professor argues in his book The Unheavenly City that liberal fixes often fail to solve unemployment and poverty. He questions welfare and job training efficacy and warns programs may erode family structure and future prospects.
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Washington
Charles Dickens
Eric Sevareid
Edward C. Banfield
Banfield
Harvard
New York
White House
Daytime City Council Meetings Considered to Improve Deliberations
Ray McCuen notes City Council often ends after 10:30 p.m. due to lengthy check registers and postponements. He reports proposals to switch to daytime meetings, possibly 8 a.m., to keep members alert, speed decisions, and aid press coverage, with working citizens able to attend.
Navy Midshipman Wig Rule Cited in Weekend Edict
A navy midshipman on weekend leave may wear a wig. If he dons the wig while in uniform, he is certain to face disciplinary action in the brig. Poet Eugene McAllister notes the rule as a humorous edict about military dress codes.
Opium and War Drive North Vietnamese Spring Attacks
In 1954 Ho Chi Minh's forces faced by a French opium counter move, as a French agent bought and removed much of Laos opium. Since then communists raid Laos for opium and rice to fund arms while Hanoi eyes broader goals including weakening Lao government and pressuring Cambodia. The piece links opium trade to war dynamics and US policy.
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Plain of Jars
Laos
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
U.S
White House
North Vietnam
Russia
China
Communist
Hong Kong
Corsica
France
United States
Southeast Asia
Red China
Prince Sihanouk
Cambodia
Lompoc District Roads Damaged After Week of Storms
Losses from storms in the Lompoc District top $250000 as city isolation occurred. Countywide ambulance service talks advance with four city officials and County Administrator David Watson. An arson fire at Fillmore Elementary caused $10000 to $15000 damage.
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Lompoc
David Watson
Watson
Fillmore Elementary School
East Pine Avenue
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California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Record
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association and
California Press Association
H & Ocean
Harry Crompe
The
New Age Magazine
Rudy
NCO Club
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Marquis Childs
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Moynihan
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Ray McCuen
Marvin Looney
Looney
Art Scott
Naval Academy Edict
Eugene McAllister
HO Ch] Minh Trail
NEA, Inc
Ray Cromley
United States Defense Savings Bonds
Lompoc District Hospital
Hospital
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