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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1971
Page
1
Lompoc City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday to adopt an ordinance declaring automobile wrecking yards at 1030 W Laurel Ave and 333 N Second St a public nuisance. The move ends a long series of negotiations begun after amended nonconforming use rulings in 1964 and 1967 with deadlines to relocate by 1970 and extensions granted.
Councilman Sol Lefkowitz outlines creating a steering group to direct the police Youth Services Program under a grant from the California Council on Criminal Justice. He proposes using the Lompoc Drug Abuse Coordinating Council as the advisory body and lists five program management focus areas. Also on the agenda are zoning amendments for hospitals and convalescent homes, material storage yard allowances in C M zones, storm drainage program briefing, and a church street light appeal at E Pine Ave and Third Street.
A 19 year old Air Force airman Lorenzo Renteria was jailed on 16734 bail after deputies chased him from a drag race on West Ocean Ave. He faces eight counts including injuring a police officer battery on officers DUI and reckless driving. The pursuit ended when his car spun out on O Street Apricot Ave and he was taken after a struggle. His wife and baby were present in the car. One deputy was injured. The other drag race car escaped.
Amtrak, the federally subsidized National Railroad Passenger Corp., began operating most long haul trains on 19 routes at 12 01 am Friday after courts rejected union and consumer group pleas to delay. Trains dropped from 285 to 191 as the system moved toward profitability within three years.
Weather calls for night and morning low clouds with scattered morning drizzles and partly sunny afternoons today and Sunday. Slightly cooler afternoons with highs of 65 to 75 today and 58 to 68 Sunday. Overnight lows 45 to 55. Tides show high marks of 4.4 feet at 4 38 a.m. and 3.9 feet at 7 20 p.m. Sunday. Monday tides reach 3.9 feet at 6 02 a.m. and 4.2 feet at 7 44 p.m with low tides at 12 38 a.m. and 12 50 p.m.
At least 500 military police and the Army s new V100 riot control vehicle were in or near Washington as antiwar demonstrators swelled their ranks. Pentagon officials said a few hundred MPs were moved from Fort Meade to Arlington area as a precautionary measure amid planned Monday protests.
President Nixon declared at his San Clemente home that the nation is in a strong economic upturn and predicted 1971 would be good and 1972 very good. He acknowledged inflation and joblessness remain, pledged policy-driven recovery, and said West Coast regions will receive special consideration for defense and aerospace layoffs. He rejected Muskie’s charge that accelerated tax depreciation was illegal, citing a range of internal opinions and his duty to interpret the law.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said Egypt would accept a definite cease-fire if Israeli forces withdraw from the Suez Canal as part of reopening the waterway. He insisted on a partial withdrawal as a prelude to full Israeli evacuation and warned of strong Egyptian military power. Abba Eban and U.S. Secretary Rogers pursued positions as Washington aims for a broader settlement.
President Nixon met 1,400 Leathernecks at Camp Pendleton to honor the 1st Marine Division returning from six years in Vietnam. He praised their service, noted 48 Medal of Honor recipients, and vowed to pursue peace without abandoning South Vietnam.
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