Buddhist monks trek coastline seeking western Buddhist stronghold
Framing a modern pilgrim route, two Buddhist monks walk along California’s coast mirroring Junipero Serra’s historic mission trail. They arrived in Lompoc via Highway 1 and continue toward a broader Buddhist presence, noting discipline remains while on the road with one exception: after every three.
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Frank Mickadest
History Books
Junipero Serra
California
Serra
Lompoc
Supreme Court to tackle obscenity standards
The Supreme Court accepts a Los Angeles case to clarify contemporary community standards for judging obscenity in films and publications. The ruling would address whether juries may consider views of children in assessing community norms.
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Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
Los Angeles
William Pinkus
Weather Outlook With Sun and Warmer Temperatures
Fair weather continues through Tuesday with mostly sunny skies and higher daytime temperatures. Strong northerly winds sweep through canyons in New York and nearby areas. highs reach 75 to 80 degrees, overnight lows 48 to 55. Tidal data show high tides of 3.3 feet at 2 a.m. and 4.6 feet at 12:04 p.m. and low tides of 2.9 feet at 5:46 a.m. and 0.9 feet at 8:01 p.m.
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Canyons
Halloween prank leaves house toilet papered
J M Mathis returns home from a Halloween party to find church counseling students, visiting from the local youth group, had toilet papered the house.
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J.M. Mathis
City mulls longer timetable for Civic Center bids in Lompoc
City officials seek to extend the bid opening window for the $2.25 million Civic Center project after a $1.36 million EDA grant requires construction by January 12, 1978. City Administrator Gene Wahlers hesitates over competing bids for Cal Poly library and the fire station, plans to delay bid openings, and will discuss EDA extensions in Washington.
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Lompoc
Federal Economic Development Administration
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Cal Poly State University Library
Cal Poly Library
EDA
Washington D.C
Civic Center
City Council Eyes Expanded Garage Sale Rules
An ordinance to widen garage sales to all single family homes and allow city inspection to prevent camouflaged retail ventures is scheduled for consideration before the City Council tomorrow night.
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Jack Lam
Lam
Sam
Lompoc
North Act
Formation meet in Lompoc prompts county split study
The Formation Review Commission, appointed by Gov. Brown, meets in Lompoc Library at 3 30 p m to organize a feasibility study on splitting Santa Barbara County. Chair John Flynn and Dr John D Kay push toward a June 6 countywide election.
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Lompoc
Edmund Brown
Santa Barbara County
John Flynn
Ventura County
John D. Kay
Solvang
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
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