Federal agency to provide up to date water level figures
Santa Maria County supervisors press for current water levels to assess a potential inter-county water distribution project. U S Geological Survey officials promised spring funding to publish data from hundreds of wells, aiding decisions on groundwater depletion.
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Dick Praul
Santa Maria Valley
Curtis Tunnell
Santa Maria
Tunnell
U.S. Geological Survey
Board of Supervisors
USGS
Federal Agency
County signs new USGS water pact amid overdraft debate
USGS and Santa Maria County officials approve a 1973 contract worth 42 550 with county share 22 175. Tunnell and Miller dispute earlier overdraft figures while Tupes claims basin balance. Edmonston leans toward Tapes estimates, faulting older USGS data on underground supply.
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USGS
J.W Wark
Ray Miller
Tunnell
County Water Agency
Santa Maria Valley
John Tupes
Santa Maria
Miller
Robert Edmonston
Obituaries for Mrs. Josephine Hendrix and Infant Nathan C Nichols
Funeral services are pending at the McPeek Family Mortuary for Mrs. Josephine Hendrix 79 who died yesterday at her home. Born in 1892 in Arkansas she will be remembered in the Record. Saint Mary's Episcopal Church will host services for Nathan C Nichols infant son of Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Nichols at 7 PM tonight. The child died Wednesday at Marian Hospital Santa Maria. Survivors include grandparents Harlan Wiseman of Wyoming grandfather Francis L Nichols of Vermont and grandmother Clyde Coburn of Massachusetts.
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McPeek Family
Josephine Hendrix
South K Street
Hendrix
Arkansas
Saint Mary's Episcopal Church
Nathan C. Nichols
Geoffrey Nichols
Calle Quarta
Marian Hospital
Santa Maria
Harlan Wiseman
Wyoming
Francis L. Nichols
Vermont
Clyde Coburn
Massachusetts
Vandenberg Village Man Faces DUI Court Action
Henry Lafayette Pippen, 62, of 253 Regulus Ave., Vandenberg Village, was arrested at 5 p.m. in Buellton on DUI charges and booked in Lompoc Jail with bail set at 720 dollars. A Titan II ICBM was launched from Vandenberg AFB at 4 45 p.m. yesterday. Mexican social group to sponsor barbeque dance at Miguelito Park with lunch from noon to 3 and dancing to Mike Hernandez y Sus Latinos.
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Henry Lafayette Pippen
Regulus Ave
Vandenberg Village
Lompoc
Closing Stocks Tidings from Rohrbaugh and Co
Closing stock quotations furnished to The Record through Rohrbaugh and Co. at 3865 F Constellation Road Lompoc RE 3 3551. The report lists end of day prices for listed equities.
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Rohrbaugh and Co
Constellation Road
Lompoc
Lompoc Planning Hearing Debates Robb Stable and Firewood Storage
Neighbors testifying for and against Emory and Eleanor Robb's plan in Mesa Oaks, Lompoc Valley, discuss a 20 horse boarding and training stable and a firewood storage request. Staff urges denial of the firewood use and caps horse density at seven. The two week hearing delay follows concerns over odor, health, and court-ordered cleanup of equipment.
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Emory
Eleanor Robb
Mesa Oaks
Lompoc Valley
Robb
County Planning Commission
Robbs
Santa Barbara
Rucker Rd
Lompoc Casmalia Rd
James A. King
Richard Kirkpatrick
Boyd Bettencourt
Two Teens Rob Greyhound Bus Depot in Broad Daylight
Two youths in their late teens used a small automatic pistol to rob the Greyhound Bus Depot at 129 North I Street yesterday, taking 250 dollars. Police Lt. Howard Reshoft says suspects are tentatively identified and being sought. Officers recovered the gun and jackets at a nearby apartment after fast police action aided by witnesses. The men fled north on I Street.
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Greyhound
Howard Reshoft
North I St
John C. Gugenheim
I Street
Salsipuedes Ranch rezoned to 100-acre AG district in Lompoc Valley
The County Planning Commission voted 7-1 to rezone 4871 acres of Salsipuedes Ranch from unlimited agriculture to 100-acre general agricultural zoning. Commissioner Lilley called the move realistic while Sexton warned of overreach. The action aligns with a staff report noting the area already shows a 100-acre pattern and the trigger was a proposed development.
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County Planning Commission
Salsipuedes Ranch
Lompoc Valley
Robert C Lilley
Lompoc
Santa Rosa Rd
City of
Lilley
U District
Great Southwest Corp
M.V Duncan
Britt Johnson
Sexton
Eight Americans Die in Indochina Combat Week
UPI reports eight Americans killed in combat in Indochina last week with 22 wounded and seven missing in action. The deaths mark the lowest weekly toll in four weeks and come as nine other soldiers are listed as dead from disease or accidents, including five moved from missing to killed in a helicopter crash.
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Saigon
UPI
Indochina
U.S
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