Southern California Quakes Rattle Region With Light Damage
A series of California quakes shook a wide area, halting power and rattling tall buildings in Los Angeles and outlying cities. Minor damage reported in Barstow Fontana and the San Fernando Valley while aftershocks followed a 7 31 am quake centered near the San Gabriel Mountains.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
San Bernardino
Riverside
Santa Monica Mountains
Hollywood
Barstow
Fontana
San Fernando Valley
California Institute of Technology At
Pasadena
Watson
Tate
Tornadoes strike Venice area killing dozens and injuring many
A violent sequence of tornadoes hit Venice and surrounding areas, sinking a 60 foot water bus and destroying campsites. At least 36 people died and over 300 were injured, with 18 aboard the water bus and 11 at the mainland campsite. Rescue crews searched canals by night, while damage extended to the outskirts and regionwide casualties rose.
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Venice
Italy
UPI
Arrest Report in Lompoc Involving Grand Theft
Lompoc Police arrested Richard Ray Abeyta 19 of 1010 North E Place on grand theft charges tying him to a copper wire theft from Aceco Rentals with three juveniles. A separate petty theft case notes twelve batteries valued at 48 dollars stolen from Lompoc Trucking.
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Lompoc
Richard Ray
Abeyta
North E Place
Aceco Rentals
Bargaining set for Auto union
UAW negotiators begin talks with General Motors and Chrysler as a Monday midnight strike looms. Leonard Woodcock calls settlement prospects very dim and hints the union may decide by Monday. GM says latest offer costs 1.9 billion over three years while GM and UAW remain far apart. CD: Chrysler negotiations described as less hostile though not fully open to more bargaining.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Chrysler
Woodcock
Auto Company
Earl Bramblett
Irving Bluestone
Valley Drive In Swap Meet Draws Broad Range of Goods
Sunday event runs 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM offering stereo gear radios machinery watches coins camera gear tools clothes televisions jewelry records army surplus produce plants and more with items from cars to pets and diving equipment listed.
Farm Bureau to hear Don MacGillivray on labor matters
Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau will host Assemblyman Don MacGillivray as he speaks on the labor situation and related issues at a dinner in Foster's Smokehouse Lompoc Friday September 18 at 7 p.m. Reservations required by calling RE. 6-2601 or 5-4127.
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Farm Bureau
Don MacGillivray
Santa Barbara
Auction set by Defense Surplus Sales Office at Vandenberg
The Redistribution and Marketing activity at Vandenberg AFB announces a local auction to be conducted by the Defense Surplus Sales Office of San Diego. The sale is scheduled for Sept. 17 at 9 a.m. at the Redistribution and Marketing Building. Bidders may register from 8 to 9 a.m., with property inspections from 8 to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. through Sept. 16. Visitors should go to the Vandenberg Main Gate Visitors Control Office for access, and call 866-3105 for details.
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1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
394Th Strategic Missile Squadron
Vandenberg Afb
3901St
Strategic Missile Evaluation
Istrad
Fred R. Newcomb
David W. Parr
Morris W. Womack, Jr
Charles W. Thompson
Roberts W. Ellinger
Richard S. Stevens
Richard C. Lamb
William D McMeekin
John A. Kelly
Thomas R. Grantham
Parr
Stevens
Minuteman
Defense Surplus Sales Office of
San Diego
Vandenberg
R and M
Gaston Named Lompoc Valley Young Man of the Month
Bob Gaston 28, of 1313 W. Fir Lompoc, is named the Lompoc Valley Young Man of the Month. He is a Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance agent and life health advisor with Robert C. Lilley Insurance. He chairs community groups including Life Underwriters Kiwanis Boy's Club and Jaycees. His Labor Day rest stop at Highway 101 near Gaviota drew 4000 visitors with free coffee and brochures.
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Bob Gaston
Lompoc Valley
Gaston
Darlene
Mike
Michelle
Melissa
W. Fir
Lompoc
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Robert C. Lilley Insurance Agency
Life Underwriters Association
The
Kiwanis
GOP Picnic Planned in Orcutt with Speaker and BBQ
The Northern Santa Barbara County Republican picnic will be held at Orcutt Hill Picnic Grounds on Sunday October 4 starting at noon. A nationally prominent speaker is promised with music and entertainment. Ernest Righetti will head the master barbecue serving chicken with beans salad and garlic toast. Prices two dollars for a half chicken one dollar for a quarter. A cake booth ice cream and beer will be available. Home Motors donates a transportation car as a prize. Tickets at advance sale through Casey Kyle Bruce Gourley Bob Sklenicka Jim and Catherine Carey and Mrs Milo Ferin Jr. or at the campaign HQ in the Purity building later in September.
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Santa Barbara County
Union Oil Company
Orcutt Hill
Ernest Righetti
Republican Women’s Club of
Santa Maria
Home Motors
Casey Kyle
Bruce Gourley
Bob Sklenicka
Jim
Catherine Carey
Milo Ferin, Jr
Republican
Purity
Church and
McClelland Streets
Realty figure attends SOCIETY of Exchange Counselors meeting
William W. Martin of Coast Realty attended a Society of Exchange Counselors meeting in Vancouver. The group, meeting roughly every sixty business days in locations such as Tahiti and Jamaica, exchanges properties for clients. Martin claims the society is the only production oriented group tackling out of area property issues. He belongs to the Santa Barbara and Lompoc Board of Realtors and the Santa Barbara and Central Coast Exchange.
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William W. Martin
Oast Realty
Society of Exchange Counselors
S.E.C
Vancouver
British Columbia
Tahiti
Las Vegas
Fort Lauderdale
Hawaii
Anchorage
Jamaica
Martin
United States
Santa Barbara
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