Flower Festival events fill Lompoc schedule this week
Multiple community events spread through Lompoc include a teen dance for Cecilia Brown at the Veterans Memorial Building tonight from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with $1 singles and $1.75 couples, a blood donation drive by Tri-County Blood Bank this afternoon, and bake sales and car washes for Flower Festival Queen candidates across various venues tomorrow. Community groups, churches, and the Lions Club organize fundraisers, parades, and a water show at the municipal pool, with details and contact numbers for reservations and deliveries.
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Lompoc Active 2030 Club
Cecilia Brown
Veterans Memorial Building
Tymy
Lompoc Active
20 30 Club
Thrifty Drug
Lompoc
Democratic Club
Dianne Johnstone
Williams Brothers
West Ocean Ave
Summer’s Shell Station
North H
North Ave
Prince Hall Masonic Social Club
Donaghy Pleads Guilty in Marijuana Possession Case
Gerry Joseph Donaghy aged 18 of 513 N Second St pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana and received three years probation. A 22 day jail term was satisfied by prior time served. Arrested April 14 at Ocean Avenue and N Street. related charges dropped. Doyle Don Widdows, 60 of 618 N Second St, jailed in Lompoc on drunk driving and concealed weapons charges with bail set at 970 dollars after stop on East Maple Avenue. knives found on person.
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Gerry Joseph Donaghy
N. Second St
Donaghy
Ocean Avenue
N Street
Second St
Lompoc
Widdows
East Maple Avenue
Woman Dies Hours After Minor Collision in Santa Maria
Brenda Roland Walker aged 27 died at Marian Hospital at 6 35 p m after a traffic accident on Highway 135 near Goodwin Road. Her husband found her breathing trouble at home at 4 50 p m and she died 1 45 later. Alberta Iona Marshall 54 of Orcutt suffered minor injuries.
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Santa Maria
Brenda Roland Walker
Marian Hospital
California Highway Patrol
Alberta Iona Marshall
Orcutt
Highway 135
Goodwin Road
Marshall
Truman Won't Accept Medal of Honor Honor
On his 87th birthday former President Harry S Truman rejects a congressional bid to award him the Medal of Honor saying he has done nothing to deserve it. He cites the medal’s combat bravery criteria and reserves judgment on kind words from supporters.
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Washington
UPI
Harry S Truman
Congress
Truman
Edna Ethel Houk 76 Dies in Santa Maria
Funeral services are pending at McPeek Family Mortuary for Mrs. Edna Ethel Houk who died this morning at Heritage Rest Home in Santa Maria. She had resided in Lompoc for 58 years. Additional details will be forthcoming in the Record.
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McPeek Family Mortuary
Edna Ethel Houk
Heritage Rest Home
Santa Maria
Unemployment Rises to 6.1 Percent in April
The Labor Department reports April unemployment at 6.1 percent, with Black workers facing the highest rate in over seven years. The rise from March's 6.0 percent came as prices and the dollar faced criticism, drawing political reaction from Democrats and a guarded response from the Nixon administration.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Labor Department
Lawrence O Brien
James D
Hodgson
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Closing Stocks and April Unemployment Report Highlight Mixed Signals
The page combines closing stock quotations from Rohrbaugh and Co with an analysis of April unemployment data. Nixon administration rhetoric frames the economy while actual figures show joblessness at 10 percent for Negro workers, 5.6 percent for whites, and overall 6.1 percent, with April essentially unchanged from March.
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Tri-County Blood Bank
Alpha Club
Ocean and
B St
Aubrey Greer
The
Rondells
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose
West Laurel
Lions Club
Deborah Towner
Ryan Park
Veterans Memorial Dining Hall
Los Latinos
Ray's
American Legion Auxiliary
Robin Densmore
Lompoc Legion Auxiliary
P. O
American Legion and Auxiliary
Pico’s
Village Inn
Lompoc Jaycees
Dianna Clardy
Veterans Memorial Hall
la Purisima Catholic Church
South I
Olive
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Gaston
Lompoc Valley
Daily Record
Doyle Don Widdows
Mom
EL Zarape Cafe
Chamberlain
Kirkland
Lompoc-Casmalia_ Road
Constellation Road
Edna Houk
oLompoc Sherift
No. H St
O’brien
Europe
Rohrbaugh and Co
At&t
Bethlehem
Chrysler Ee
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Harv
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Imperial Corp
International Paper
It&t E Eeeeseseossoers
Johns-Manville
Lear Siegler
Litton Indus
Lockheed
McDonnell-Douglas
Penrm Central
Philling Pets
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Iesse
Eis
Mike Esos
Ahs O
Ragass Paces
Rapid American
Rapid Amer
Wts
Ampco-Pitt
Sears Roebuck
Cal Edison
Southern Pacific
Sperry Rand
Calif
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Texaco O S Tae
Textron Sewer Overe dL Times-Mirror
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TransAmerica
Travelers
Eveee
Union Oil
Eeevee
United Aircraft
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Trans
Util
Caladium
Jchuck’s
BankAmericard
Volkswagen
Clark & Larsson
Surplus Sale Coastal Nursery
SAT
SUN
NO. H Street
Mmc
Lester's
Dupont
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Aurora
CeCe
B. F. Goodrich
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