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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1969
Page
2
Washington reports that cyclamates will be generally banned from foods and beverages due to new rat cancer evidence. Health secretary Robert H. Finch notes no human cancer proof yet but calls the move not an emergency measure. Medical use remains allowed for specific patients.
In Los Angeles police report new evidence could solve the Tate murders two months after five people were slain. Lt. Robert J. Helder says tracing the item may point to the killers and notes at least two and possibly up to six people were involved.
The page blends horoscopes for October 18 and 19 with community notes. Burglary at Hancock Service with cash box theft $123 and missing $20.95. meeting at Lompoc High canceled. Lompoc Girls Club new hours. various donations to Lompoc Democratic Club for United Fund drive.
Defense Secretary Laird signals a force residue in South Vietnam after fighting ends, suggesting the Nixon administration has little hope for a negotiated settlement. Officials say the plan may reflect contingency thinking, while Hanoi refuses substantive talks at Paris.
A Carpinteria Valley growers delegation protested at the County Planning Commission over potential controls on a blooming multi million dollar greenhouse industry. The commission delayed action for four weeks to study valley greenhouse use citing concerns on aesthetics setbacks and road plans. City officials noted worries about annexation of west Carpinteria lands amid rapid un plastic covered greenhouses growth.
Dr. Walter T. Livingston of Lompoc and two Santa Barbara County civic leaders will receive the Beaver Award at the Golden Anniversary dinner of the Boy Scout Mission Council. Alden Barber and Al Grodrian will present honors, with other awards for Don Becker Jr. and Glenn Trussell and a life saving certificate to Perry Cabugos. A 50 year history memorial will be presented by Robert R. Lee, Harding, Copley and Barrows.
The County Planning Commission granted Macco Corp a conditional use permit for a 100 foot lighthouse observation tower as part of the Seacast village development near Gaviota. No lighthouse light is planned. The project aims to attract visitors as a gateway to a larger Hollister Ranch plan, while legal challenges remain unresolved.
South Vietnam reported 14 393 Communist soldiers and shadow government personnel defected to the Allied side in three months. The group included 647 regulars, 538 regional forces, 9 406 guerrillas and 3 802 political cadres amid ongoing light fighting with no American losses reported on Friday. US B 52 raids and ground actions near Mo Duc and the Michelin Rubber Plantation supported operations, with ambushes yielding casualties for guerrillas and captures of weapons.
UPI reports the first winter rains allow the U S Forest Service to lift fire season alerts for 10 national forests in northern California. Regional official Jerry Gause notes over 1 400 fires burned about 6 300 acres, with about 500 man caused, and commends the California Division of Forestry and other agencies for limiting losses.
Nguyen Hu Tho, premier of the Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary Government, departed Peking following a 20 day visit to China, according to the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug.
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