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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1969
Page
2
The City Beautification Committee urged a June 15 to 21 Cleanup and Beautification Week ahead of Flower Festival on June 28 29. City officials noted weed and trash problems in alleys parks and lots and proposed enforcement and owner cooperation with the sanitation department.
The Air Force formally dedicates a new 80 foot telemetry dish at Pillar Point on Half Moon Bay to enhance tracking of missiles from Vandenberg. The dish, part of the Western Test Range, supports FPS-16 radar and telemetry systems, improving flame attenuation challenges and data reception across launches.
Citizens of Lom po and surrounding areas are urged to attend a County Water Agency session in Santa Barbara to press for the Lompoc Vandenberg flood control project. Volunteers will coordinate rides via the Chamber of Commerce with cars leaving between noon and 12 30 at the local courthouse to reach the 2 p.m. session.
Gov. Ronald Reagan debated UC professors on campus dissidents and the tear gas airstrike. He called protest tactics storm trooper like and questioned the Guard spray decision while insisting no pullout on good faith.
County officials County Supervisor Joe J Callahan and Michael J Henry flown to Redding to view Macco Developments Hollister Ranch second home and recreation project. Macco plans 14000 acre development west of Gaviota while water supply and Air Force base plans raise questions for Santa Barbara and Carpinteria officials. The visit follows concerns about water availability and potential conflicts with Vandenberg AFB.
Vernon Graham former California Jaycees state president will headline the eighth annual Lompoc Jaycees installation Saturday night at the Lompoc Valley Club. He led the Jaycees during 1965-66 and is with Oakland Jaycees. Bill Cockshott will be installed as local Jaycees president with a full board.
Ernie Galbos of General Dynamics Pomona Division will headline the May meeting of the Convair Vandenberg Management Association on May 23 at the Santa Maria Club. Cocktails start at 6 00 p m followed by a Santa Maria style barbecue dinner at 7 00 p m. Galbos, previously with GD Convair at Vandenberg AFB, is chief of industrial relations at the GD Pomona Navajo Facility Fort Defiance Arizona. He will speak on The Navajo Enters the Electronics Age.
Malcolm Tricker of Ipswich received 45000 pounds from the British Museum for five gold necklets he unearthed with a steam shovel. Three months later he picks up 11 pounds in unemployment pay in his new car, calling the dole money a giggle as he was laid off from his construction job.
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay, seeking another four year term, reacts to Helsinki Mayor Teuvo Aura who said the job was appointive for life. Lindsay jokes that a lifetime would be a sentence, not a term.
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