Lompoc Pioneer Society to Honor Alumni at Weekend Reunion
The 51st annual Lompoc Pioneer Society reunion and the 13th Annual Dinner Meeting of the Lom poc Valley Historical Society kick off this weekend in Grange Hall with a beer barbecue dinner tonight. About 200 are expected. classes of 1927 and 1952 will be honored for milestone anniversaries.
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Betsy Susman
Lompoc
Gwen McCabe McCollum
McCollum
Pioneer Society
Thomas Lewis
Kenneth Stillman
Jessie Ramming
Lompoc Valley Historical Society
Native Daughters of the Golden West
Artesia School
Ryan Park
Fabing- McKay-Spanne
Walnut and
L Streets
J-M Discontinues Asbestos Production at Lompoc Plant
John Mansville of Lompoc halted asbestos product lines including Diaseal M and Fibroflow and buried about 70 tons of unsold material. The plant now uses a diatomite cellulose blend and remains in compliance with the California Occupational Carcinogens Act, with ongoing but limited asbestos maintenance work.
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John Mansville
Lompoc
California
Benton
State Department of Health
Division of Industrial Safety
J-M
Pete Weisser
Department
Weisser
State Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board
Edmund Fenner
Hurricane Anita Hammers Remote Mexican Villages
Anita, moving southeast, struck 155 mph into remote fishing villages in Tamaulipas Mexico then weakened inland bringing heavy rain and flood threats. Evacuations occurred near 14 agricultural communities as authorities warned of San Fernando Valley floods while South Texas report no injuries or major damage.
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Matamoros
Mexico
UPI
Corpus Christi
Brownsville- Matamoros
Rio Grande
la Pesca
Las Guavaras
el Charco Largo
Soto la Marrina
David Olveros Gonzalez
Enrique Cardenas
Tamaulipas State
Resi
Gulf
Tampico
San Fernando
Purificacion
San Fernando Valley
Tamaulipas
National Weather Service
Sierra Madres
Brownsville
Texas
Port Isabel
Tex
Boca Chica
Salt Flats
Cameron County
Gus Krausse
George Acres
Lompoc
Central Avenue
H Street
Kathleen Clark
Linville
Lompoc Hospital
Anita S. Manning
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Darlene L. Johnson
Valley Medical Group
Elaine Simelton
Third St
Manning
Jobless rate hits 7.1 per cent
Washington reports August unemployment at 7.1 percent up from 6.9 percent in July. Black workers face near record rates with 40 percent among black teenagers and widespread hardship in central cities. Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Julius Shiskin says the situation is grim but does not foresee another recession.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Julius Shiskin
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Shiskin
Shuttle Enterprise Flight Delayed to September 13
Edwards AFB Calif NASA says the second free flight of the shuttle Enterprise is postponed from Sept 7 to Sept 13 to allow replacement of a failed flight control computer. Officials consider alternate landing fields as rains from Hurricane Doreen damaged the usual dry lake bed landing site.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
UPI
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
NASA
Mesa Oaks plan impact outlined
A geologist told an environmental hearing that Mesa Oaks expansion cannot mitigate its adverse water impacts except by reducing usage or importing water from outside the Lom poc area. The testimony linked Mission Hills and Lompoc Plain hydrology, with concerns about supply, PUC oversight, and calls for development moratorium.
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Mesa Oaks
Lompoc
Donald O. Asquith
Envicom Corp
Mission Hills Water Co
Asquith
Mission Hills
Alfred F. Reynolds
California Public Utilities Commission
Health Department
Regional Water Quality Control Board
Don Lewis
Reynolds
PUC
Roy Jaeger
Jaeger
Ruth Steinbeck
John Flaherty
Vandenberg Village Association
Planning Commission
County Water Agency
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Lompoc Pioneer Society
Air Force
Pioneer and
Lompoc Valley
Myra Manfrina
Historical Society
Calvert
W.E. Benton
State Bureau of Automotive Repair
State Health Department
By Vaughn Proctor
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