Commission approves motorcycle playground lease plan near riverbed
Parks and Recreation Commission recommends city lease to Slo-Poke Motorcycle Club for a noncompetitive, nonracing playground on Emmett Schuyler property northeast of town. City attorney to review liability, insurance, and reimbursement terms. Little League concession building project also discussed with cost sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks and Recreation Commission
Joe Valencia
Emmett Schuyler
Slo-Poke Motorcycle Club
Flinkingshelt
Longtin
Lompoc
Slo-Poke
Harry Earnest
Earnest
Slo- Pokes
Little League
Ryan Park
Southwest painter Endre Darvas visits Lompoc on the road
Hungarian born Endre Peter Darvas, 24, a prodigious watercolorist active across the Southwest, stays with Lompoc sculptor Noval Casteel en search of future shows. He works in acrylic watercolors on polymer treated paper, painting in 8 to 10 hours a week, sometimes 32 pieces in Taos. He has sold about 1 400 paintings in eight years, with 900 in private collections, including figures such as Lyndon B. Johnson, John Connally and Dan Bowen, and is represented by Reynolds Gallery Taos First Avenue Gallery Scottsdale and Ben Dubose Gallery Houston. He has won multiple awards and his works range from 75 to 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darvas
Lompoc
Noval Casteel
Taos
N.M
Peter
Texas
University of Texas In Austin
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Connally
Dan Bowen
Southwest
Reynolds Gallery
First Avenue Gallery
Scottsdale, Ariz
Ben Dubose
Houston
Tex
Peter Darvas
Dan Rowan
Melbourne bridge collapse leaves many dead and missing
A $47 million bridge under construction near Melbourne collapsed into the Yarra River. Police report 32 bodies recovered, 19 injured, four missing. Surviving worker Desmond Gibson described the collapse and a nearby chief engineer Jack Hindshaw perished.
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Melbourne
Australia
UPI
Yarra
Desmond Gibson
Yarra River
Jack Hindshaw
Joa
Soviet airliner hijacked to Turkey in first known Soviet hijack
A Lithuanian truck driver and his 19 year old son hijacked a Soviet airliner near Batumi forcing it to fly to Trabzon Turkey. An airline hostess was killed and two pilots wounded in the battle aboard the plane. The hijackers carried multiple firearms and grenades and surrendered to Turkish gendarmes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
UPI
Turkey
Trabzon
Black Sea
Batumi
Sochi
Five hurt in traffic accidents in Lompoc Valley
Three crashes injure five people including three teenage girls. Kimberly Eaton, 16, suffered a fractured vertebrae and was in satisfactory condition after a College Avenue crash that damaged a light standard. Catherine Leck, 16, and Sylvia Sanders, 15, received minor injuries at Lompoc Hospital. A second collision near Highways 1 and 246 injured Richard Sherry, 17, while John Giles and Gerald Gray escaped injury. A third wreck south of Santa Rosa Road injured Walter Grisham, 27, who was treated and transferred to Santa Maria hospital.
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Lompoc Valley
Kimberly K. Eaton
S. C St
Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital
Miss Eaton
College Avenue
H Street
Catherine Jean Leck
S. First Pl
Sylvia J. Sanders
Oxford Dr
Lompoc Hospital
Richard Sherry
Milky Way
Vandenberg Village
John Francis Giles
Hercules Ave
Giles
Gerald Edward Gray
Inverness Ave
Lompoc
Walter Grisham
Santa Barbara
Highway 1
Santa Rosa Road
California Highway Patrol
Grisham
Santa Maria
Planners Act on Trailer Requests in Orcutt Carpinteria Case
The County Planning Commission denied Utaka Hayashi a conditional zoning exception to place a trailer as a permanent dwelling on 6 acres at 4395 South Blosser Rd in Orcutt. Mrs. Byron H. Kelly received partial approval for two trailers on a 60 acre Orcutt property but only one trailer with a one year occupancy. A third permit approved validated temporary occupancy of a trailer at 7331 Shepard Mesa Rd in Carpinteria during dwelling construction on an estate zoned site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Planning Commission
Utaka Hayashi
S Hayashi
Blosser Rd
Orcutt
Hayashi
Byron H. Kelly
Stillwell Rd
Kelly
General Agricul
Tural
Shepard Mesa Rd
Carpinteria Valley
Albert Hugo
Johnson to join county salary talks with Employes Assn
Oct 15 1970 Johnson to take part in negotiations with the County Employes Assn and AFL-CIO Social Workers Union. The association asks Johnson to personally participate, replacing meetings previously held with his assistant and the personnel director. A new salary adjustment plan is due Oct 19 for county workers beyond sheriff officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Johnson
County Employes Assn
Afl-Cio Social Workers Union
Paul Floyd
Wilbur S. Wagstaff
Board Grants One Property Tax Reduction in Lompoc Area
The County Board of Equalization continued nine property tax appeal hearings scheduled for Wednesday except for one granted reduction. Giovanni Cargasacchi’s ranch near Jarama Valley saw market value cut from 73 000 to 58 500 after his petition citing neighbor reductions. A 2 2 vote stalled a Zvolnek reduction west of Lompoc. hearing to resume Oct 28. Others including Signorelli and Fox appeals for nine parcels were also continued to Oct 28. Pier Gherini represents the Signorellis and Angela Fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Equalization
Giovanni Cargasacchi
Jarama Valley
Cargasacchi
Francis H. Beattie
William Zvolnek
Lompoc
Zvolnek
Giovanna
Joe Signorelli
Angela Fox
Pier Gherini
Signorellis
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Larry Flinkingshelt
James Longtin
Valencia
Wilma Jack
Endre Peter Darvas
Constable
Turner
American National Bank
Texas Fine Arts Association
Preston State Bank
Southwestern
Delta Art Association
Antioch
Mt. Diablo Savings and Loan
Seascape
Bernadine Kuhn
San Diego
Vandenberg Afb Hospital
Kuhn
Orion Ave
All Saint's Episcopal Church
Paul G. Satrang
Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery
Russell Kuhn
Russell, Jr
Elizabeth Keys
Marshalltown
E.L. Mason
Auburn
N.Y
Irene Badman
Moravia
C.P. Oliver
Arlington
Uzbekistan
Central Asia
Batum
Clark & Larsson
Volkswagen
Southwold
England
Mary Cragie
Board of Equalization
Home Delivery
Rings Illustrated
Spencer
Jewelers
Broadway
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