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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1969
Page
3
The Flood Control and Cachuma Area Committee plans a program on water and flood control for the Santa Ynez River on Monday March 31 at 5 50 p m The show Sketch book on Channel 3 will feature Ulrik Grouleff of Buellton and Robert Hibbets of Lompoc.
Exchanges will close Monday in memory of President Eisenhower. Normal business will continue, offices and the White House close to public visitors through Wednesday. The Supreme Court will adjourn, and Monday classes at Columbia University are canceled.
Maj. Gen. Joseph Bleymaier will address new Goddard Chapter AFA officers at Vandenberg Air Force Base. New officers named include John C. Le Suer president and George E. Howard vice-president. Call for more information to John Dillon. A puppet show and Easter party planned in Lompoc with hot dogs, egg hunt, games, and ham dinner for Moose members at 2 and 4 p.m.
In Wilmington California a $1 million Fletcher Oil and Refining Co refinery fire killed a truck driver unloading gasoline and injured 56 others. Firemen await doctors' permission to question critically injured employee Stephen Yancy 51 of Torrance about an ignition switched car found nearby.
A retirement ceremony yesterday marked the end of Air Force careers for four Van denberg sergeants. Retirees were CM Sgt Bernard E. McCreedy S.M.Sgt William P. Czerwinski and TSgt Harold M. White of the 4392nd Aerospace Support Group and TSgt Edgar R. Waybright of the 4392nd Supply Squadron. An explosion at nearby tanks followed by a second blast injured several children. Truck driver Myron Chase aged 47 of Long Beach was killed. The refinery became a melted, tangled site as fire foam cooled the area.
Lompoc American Cancer Society volunteers met to plan the April Crusade a nationwide Cancer Control Month effort. The drive targets adults lacking annual medical check ups and mobilizes Hospital Auxiliary Horizon Clubs and Girl Scout groups. Chief Ronald Boggs announced kickoff dates April 1 and April 7 with 6 000 mailed envelopes and ongoing volunteer recruitment.
The family asks that donations replace flowers and lists favored charities: The Dwight Eisenhower Research Fund for Cerebral Palsy in New York. Eisenhower College in Seneca Falls. Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships Inc. in Philadelphia. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. and People to People in Kansas City.
In Birkenhead a UPI report notes construction foreman Jack Parrack criticizing a department store window display featuring Maureen Fennin in a miniskirt and sheer blouse. The display distracts workers on a $9.6 million tunnel approach project.
An Army court martial sentenced four soldiers to nine months to six years for taking part in last October’s sit down strike at the San Francisco Presidio. Sentences included hard labor and dishonorable discharges. three others face appeals. Twenty seven originally charged. three escaped to Canada. trials moved from San Francisco to Fort Lewis.
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