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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1975
Page
2
The Lompoc Beautification Commission seeks penalties for businesses exceeding the city sign limit of three advertising signs. With a new full time building inspector, the city plans to enforce the ordinance, while commission members review projects for the 1975 76 fiscal year and downtown revitalization ideas.
The county considers a forest entrance checking station to curb rowdy behavior in Los Padres National Forest. County counsel will assess legality with the U S Forest Service, arranging talks with the Sheriff and Forest Service. Sheriff to provide police protection at no extra county cost. admission fees denied.
The State Department of Water Resources will hold public hearings in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo on Oct 9 and 10 to study effects of transferring state water interests among purveyors. County counsel reported pending entitlement status and possible one day hearings in each city. Santa Barbara officials voiced disappointment as the state delays transfers pending a statewide study likely not finished until late next summer.
The Lompoc Record notes its second class mail designation in California under a Congressional act and lists staff roles from Publisher to Sports Editor. It also cites affiliations with national and international press associations and outlines monthly mail rates within and outside Santa Barbara County.
The Local Agency Formation Commission will meet in Santa Barbara to hear more testimony on Solvang incorporation. The session at 2 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors hearing room may be continued as the county awaits an environmental impact report from the Office of Environmental Quality. The county has $3,000 of $5,000 approved for the three month study, with applicants paying the rest. Isla Vista Council seeks the county to waive the $500 filing fee as it presents a new petition for enlarged boundaries. Hope Ranch petition for incorporation has also been certified.
A stock roundup lists gains and declines for many firms including American Air American Motors Bethlehem Steel Boise Cascade Braniff Air Continental Oil Disney Eastman Kodak Ford Motors General Electric General Telephone Homestake Imperial Corporation International Harv Johns Manville Lear Sieg McDonnell Douglas Martin Marietta Pacific Gas & Elec Polaroid Sears Roebuck So Cal Edison Standard Cal Teleprompter Transamerica Union Oil United Tech Westinghouse Zapata Corp and related indices. Closings show mixed results with volume of 13,090,000.
Marriage licenses were issued in Lompoc to multiple couples including Michael William Tara and Elvira Egobia Acebes of Seal Beach. John Grimaldo Avila and Beatrice Ann Nava of Solvang. Andrew James Densmore and Pennie Jeanine Chesser of Lompoc. Jorge Teodulo Vargas and Christina Maria Fernandez of Lompoc. Gerald Wayne Ducharme and Pamela Lee Wolfe of Lompoc. Anthony Wilson and Sandra Neil Webber of Lompoc. Pablo Diaz Briseno and Linda Jean Shields of Lompoc. Robert Donald Bratcher of Buellton and Beverley Ann Meyer of Lompoc. Richard Allen Kramer of Neenah and Linda Joy Clements of Lompoc. Richard Mack Rowland and Beverly Whitcomb Watson of Vandenberg Village. Danny Richard Ireland and Patricia Ann Espinosa of Lompoc.
Goleta Valley rancher Herman Farnum said he will run for Third District supervisor in 1976 sparking talk of challengers to incumbent Slater and possible bids for Santa Barbara Goleta Municipal Court. Names like M Keith Watkins and Tom Raycroft appear as potential rivals, with Frost weighing re election in the First District.
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors decided to continue the Guadalupe medical clinic for the time being while a private physician becomes available in the north county. Dr. Frank Cline reported the two a week clinic has served 328 patients, with Casa de la Raza contributing funds and a plan to coordinate services to avoid duplication.
Daily record notes Floyd L Cameron reporting theft of cash and 10 checks from a car in the 300 block of North Third Street or 100 block of South I Street totaling about 485 dollars. Lompoc narcotics officers arrested Gary Allan Lujan 18 for possession of cocaine for sale and three juveniles aged 16 to 17 on narcotic charges. Bail set at 5000 dollars.
The Santa Ynez Valley office issued 93 building permits in July and August with total valuations of 1.9237 million dollars, including 49 permits in August. Santa Barbara reported 399 permits totaling 2.6073 million, while Guadalupe is counted in Santa Maria totals. Lompoc issued 39 permits valued at 860,300 dollars, with fees and inspections rising in several offices.
Funeral services for Emmett V. Johnson, 85, who died Monday at a Santa Maria convalescent hospital, are pending at Starbuck Mortuary. He last resided at 578 Sunbeam Road in Vandenberg Village.
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