Four civilians retire at AFWTR ceremony in Lompoc
Four longtime federal employees retire after combined 130 years of service at the Air Force Western Test Range in Vandenberg. Honorees include Carmen G. Baca Jr, Willie P. Tucker, R.C. Buck Johnstone, and John O. Wagner, with Col. Fred Clemovitz presiding.
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Air Force Western Test Range
Carmen G. Baca, Jr
Willie P. Tucker
R.C. ‘Buck’ Johnstone
John O. Wagner
Air Force Contract Management Division
Fred Clemovitz
Baca
Treasury Department
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Selective Service
Army Air Force
Vandenberg
Boeing
Federal Electric Corporation
General Dynamics Convair
Tucker
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Army
Johnstone
Federal Security Agency
Ordnance Department
Medford
Ore
Navy
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps
War Assets Agency
Van
Hancock Named Barbara Jones November Student of Month
Barbara Jones, a Hancock College student and Homecoming Queen's Court member, has been chosen as November Student of the Month by the Student Council. She holds two scholarships from the Hancock Scholarship Fund and the Vandenberg Air Force Base Officers Wives Club, and she notes Hancock's familiar campus aids her adjustment after skipping a grade.
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Hancock
Barbara
Allan Hancock College announces new Campus Y officers
Allan Hancock College’s Campus Y unveils a 35 member slate led by Paul Heuchert as president and Pat Gerlich as vice president. The article notes the Y as an extension of a Santa Maria Valley YMCA high school club program and mentions events like a car wash and Homecoming Queen candidate Susan Gillespie. Dr. Daniel Outcast of UC Santa Barbara will give a nontechnical lecture on extending a real number system at the college on December 4, with a post lecture open discussion and campus tours for high school students.
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Allan Hancock College
Paul Heuchert
Pat Gerlich
Pam Davidson
Jim Diani
Sande Reinstad
Inter Club Council
ICC
Robin Johnson
Santa Maria
Susan Gillespie
Fred Bradley
The
Daniel Outcast
Department of Mathematics
University of California At Santa Barbara
Orrin Cocks
AHC
Outcast
Vandenberg AFB awards three airmen with quarter honors
At Vandenberg Air Force Base Major General William C. Garland presented plaques to three airmen for the third quarter of the year. Staff Sergeant Haynes A. Dres received the Supply Services Airman of the Quarter honor for accounting work supporting base food service. Sergeant John R. Knight Jr. earned the Supply Airman of the Quarter for managing Housekeeping and Officer Supplies Store. Sergeant Edward M. Peace won the Fuels third quarter honor for corrosion control of vehicles in the Fuels Management Branch. A separate report from MACRO (UPI) notes a firecracker plant near the Chinese border suffered several explosions injuring four people and causing heavy damage.
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Wagner
Arizona National Guard
Pearl Harbor
U.S. Army
Veterans Administration
Air Force
Army
Vandenberg
Vandenberg Air Force Base
William C. Garland
1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
Istrad
Haynes A. Dres
4392Nd Aerospace Support Group
Istrad Supply Services
John R. Knight Jr
Edward M. Peace
4392Nd Supply Squadron
Istrad Fuels
Senate investigates billion-dollar black market in Vietnam
The Senate Permanent Investigations Committee plans to start an inquiry Tuesday into an alleged billion-dollar black market in U S and Vietnamese currency in South Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Permanent Investigations Committee
U.S
South Vietnam
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Krakatoa Au
Baldwin
Baldwin Music
Tarver
Cooper's
California Clothiers
Pfaff Sewing Center
Alamo “Dry Cleaners & Laundromat
Holser & Bailey
Penney
Linnett's Shoes
Lompoc’s Finest Shoe Store
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Crocker
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Karl's Shoes
Remar's Women's Apparel
Tom's Donuts and Coffee Shop
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