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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1970
Page
6
Milton Orm, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Jim R Orm of 1316 W Lime Ave won a Columbia 3 speed bicycle in the Lompoc Record carrier boy contest. Prizes continue weekly for carrier guesses on item costs with a 12 inch portable TV this week.
A smouldering brush fire driven by Santa Ana winds broke loose in the Lytle Creek area north of San Bernardino. About 500 acres burned in the San Bernardino Mountains, pushing total area to 9,000 acres as 600 firefighters fought the blaze. Nearby fires, Laguna and Boulder, were 100 percent and 70 percent contained respectively. Across Southern California, fires have damaged or destroyed 2,010 structures with 800 homes total losses and insured losses near 24.9 million dollars.
Fire hazard conditions in Santa Barbara County led to the postponement of junior leader training on October 3 and 4 at Rancho Alegre and the Del Rio District Camporee October 23 to 25 at Swiftarrow Vandenberg AFB Mission Council. Rancho Alegre is closed to outings for six weeks. Cub Scout Pack 166 holds an organizational meeting tomorrow at 6:30 PM in the Cultural Hall of the LDS Church with a fire safety program by Lompoc Fire Department and refreshments after.
A pickup truck overturned on Highway 101 north of Highway 154 injuring David Joseph Sandling 26 and Raymond Ward Jr. 17 of Santa Barbara. CHP said the rear end locked causing the skid into the center divider at about 6 20 p.m. Both were taken to Santa Ynez Valley Hospital for cuts and abrasions.
NASA at Cape Kennedy announced Apollo 15 will launch July 25 with David Scott and James Irwin to land near Hadley Apennines on the moon. Worden will orbit, with a moon car to explore Hadley Rille canyon and the front of the Apennines.
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