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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1969
Page
6
A Senate subcommittee tackles the high cost of auto repairs asking when a wife returns from shopping with $300 damage and whether low speed crashes drive most repair bills. Testimony suggests padding posts and banning carts could reduce damage while not eliminating all collisions.
Verne Orr directs a non scientific survey asking California residents involved in crashes while wearing safety belts to write to Sacramento by October 15. Letters will gauge public opinion on belt effectiveness and may be shared with safety conference delegates.
Four Cabrillo Senior High School students received Letters of Commendation for high performance on the 1969 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Named are Barbara Clark John Clark Victoria Goodrich and Mary Hansen, among about 39000 U.S. high school seniors in the upper two percent of expected graduates in 1970.
Route 1 will close to through traffic on two separate two to three week periods between early October and mid December due to a long standing rock slide near Lime Kiln Creek and a damaged bridge at Mud Creek. Work aims to prevent winter long closures with co ordinated single location closures and advance notices to residents and travel agencies.
The list of 90 applicants for the county director of personnel has been narrowed to 10. County Administrative Officer Raymond D. Johnson conducts final interviews with the 10, with possible board involvement next week if the list is trimmed to three or four.
California motorists will begin using gold on blue plates with three numbers before three letters for new cars on Oct 6. The DMV says there will be no statewide plate overhaul and current yellow and black plates are permanent.
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