Fiesta crowds fill Lompoc for annual Mission event
A crowd of 8000 to 10000 is expected in Lompoc Valley on Sunday for the Mission Fiesta. El Presidente Robert Speers of La Purisima Mission Association announced the mass at 11 a.m., the free bean and tortilla feed, and a program of Mexican music with guests including William Penn Mott, Robert Lagamarsino, and W Don MacGillivray.
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Lompoc Valley
Robert Speers
la Purisima Mission Association
Mission Chapel
Lompoc
Robert C. Lilley
William Penn Mott
State Parks
Robert Lagamarsino
W. Don MacGillivray
Jose Moreno
Jose Monero
Monero
Egypt Israel aerial duel over Suez Canal and cease-fire line
Egyptian and Israeli warplanes exchanged raids along the Suez Canal while artillery clashed on the waterway front. Tel Aviv said its Lebanon task force withdrew after the latest Middle East battle since 1967. Israeli spokesmen reported renewed Egyptian attacks at 7 and 10 am with one raider hit by ground fire and no Israeli casualties.
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United Press International
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Middle East
Aerospace Lines Crash Claims Four In Test Flight
A large cargo plane named Guppy 101 crashed on Edwards AFB during certification tests. Four aboard died including Van H. Shepard the Aerospace Lines president and Harold Hansen its chief pilot.
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Edwards Afb
API
Air Force
Aerospace Lines of
Santa Barbara
Travis Hodges
Warren Walker
San Diego
Forum slated for sheriff candidates
The Lompoc Junior Alpha Club plans a sheriff candidates forum Monday May 18 at 7 30 PM in the Lompoc High School Little Theatre. Moderator will be Harry Crompe of the Lompoc Record. Candidates include John Carpenter Carpinteria Harry Looney Santa Barbara Frank Lopez Santa Ynez Merlin McCune Santa Barbara Stanley Otremba Santa Maria David Sanchez Santa Maria and Thomas Thornton Santa Barbara. Elections will be held June 2.
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Lompoc
Sheriff - Coroner
Lompoc High School
Maynard Steffen
Harry Crompe
Lompoc Record
John Carpenter
Carpinteria
Harry Looney
Santa Barbara
Frank Lopez
Santa Ynez
Merlin McCune
Stanley Otremba
Santa Maria
David Sanchez
Thomas Thornton
Senate weighs Cambodia war vote amid constitutional clash
In Washington the Senate debates a Church Cooper amendment to halt funds for Cambodia operations aiming to press President Nixon to withdraw by June. Supporters argue Congress can force withdrawal by cutting finances. opponents warn the President can act within constitutional bounds. House sponsors push an amendment to ban U S troops in Laos or Cambodia after July 1 and require South Vietnam withdrawal by June 30, 1971.
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Washington
Congress
John J. Williams
R-Del
U.S
Cambodia
United States
Sens
Frank Church
Didaho
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Nixon
Senate
South Vietnam
Cooper
Church
House
Laos
Clashes Rock South Carolina and Illinois Campuses
National Guardsmen and police clashed with protesters at the University of South Carolina as 500 students gathered near the campus. At Southern Illinois University 4 000 to 6 000 students marched on President Morris’s home, leading to campus closure amid turmoil. Actions included tear gas, arrests, and widespread disorder.
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United Press International
University of South Carolina
Southern Ilinois University
Robert McNair
Delyte Morris
Robert W. MacVicar
Michigan
William G. Milliken
Ypsilanti
Ohio University
Clinois Wesleyan University
Sharpshooter Kills Hijacker on Japanese Ferry
In Hiroshima a police marksman shot Nobushisa Kawafuji, 20, who hijacked a ferry and forced a 17 hour Inland Sea voyage. He fell from 160 feet away with a chest hit, dying 1 hour 40 minutes later after firing at least 20 rounds.
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Hiroshima
Japan
UPI
Nobushisa Kawafuji
Kawafuji
Allied forces repel Cambodian counterattack amid Vietnam clash
North Vietnamese assault breaks through a barbed wire perimeter of a U S artillery base in Cambodia but is repelled with heavy losses. In Vietnam a helicopter gunnery duel kills 13 Americans including Maj Gen John A B Dillard as 4 choppers are shot down.
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Saigon
UPS
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S
John A. B. Dillard
U.S. Army Engineers
Vietnam
Dillard
Pleiku
Mekong
Phnom Penh
Lompoc Valley Home Show returns to Veterans Memorial Building
The second annual home show features fourteen Lompoc stores with displays in carpets drapes furniture appliances paint and more Demonstrations and door prizes drew about 6000 visitors last year The event runs Friday 6 9 p m Saturday 10 a m to 6 p m Sunday noon to 6 p m with free admission and refreshments Officials include Floyd Southern Bob Speers Pat Farage and Norma Phillips A 20 page Record supplement tabs Friday’s edition Weather calls for weekend highs in the 70s and lows in the 40s with spring tides noted.
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Lompoc Valley
Veterans Memorial Building
H Street
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley Home Furnishing Dealers Association
Floyd Southern
The
Home Furnishing Dealers Association
Avenue
Baldwin Music
Furniture Warehouse
Holloway Plumbing
J.C. Penney’s
Lester’s Carpet
Linde Bros
Lompoc Furniture Mart
Lompoc Retail Sales Dip in 1969 Despite County Rise
Taxable retail sales in Lompoc fell to 33.161 million in 1969 from 33.520 million in 1968, a decline of about 359 thousand. Overall Santa Barbara County rose 9.5 percent to 479.9 million, led by Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, as California’s total reached 41.5 billion.
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Lompoc
State Board of Equalization
Marvin Loney
Santa Barbara
City of
Santa Maria
Richard Nevins
Southern
California
Nevins
Lompoc district weighs suit to recover federal revenues
School trustees consider suing the federal government to reclaim about 500000 in impacted aid as congressional bills would slash entitlements from 25 million to 18 million. Deputy business manager Joe Carlin says on-base students would fare better than off-base ones.
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John Beattie
Joe Carlin
Lompoc
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Carlin
Washington
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