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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1969
Page
2
The County Purchasing Department reports $84,142 raised from three surplus equipment auctions since last November. Auction on Sept 13 at the County Road Yard sold 52 vehicles including police cars and transport trucks, greatly improving revenue from prior years.
William H Stickney, newly elected president and county purchasing agent, announces the County Department Heads Association has been reactivated and rejuvenated. Rita Van Buskirk was elected secretary and Norman W Caldwell named vice president. Meetings will be held regularly to serve as a sounding board for new concepts and informative sessions on departmental activities.
Macco Corp seeks a conditional use permit for a 100 foot ornate lighthouse on a hill behind Goleta Valley to serve as a tourist complex with a restaurant gift shop and service station. The plan includes a sea coast village beneath the hill near U S Highway 101 and Gaviota Village rezoning was approved in April.
Look magazine failed to halt depositions in its libel suit against Mayor Joseph Alioto. The U.S. Court of Appeals refused to intervene, allowing author depositions to proceed in the mayor's office. The panel kept the lower court orders intact while an appeal proceeds.
Daily records notes an apparent successful Minuteman I intercontinental ballistic missile launch by the Strategic Air Command crews of the 394th Strategic Missile Squadron on the Western Test Range. Police seek driver after a base staff vehicle struck a tree on E Walnut Avenue near C and D Streets around 2:30 a.m. plus a motorcycle crash injuring Norbert R. Jacobs in Mission Hills near Calle Lindero and Via Porto, with treatment at Vandenberg AFB Hospital.
A UPI report notes a Senate committee approved a measure to exempt rifle and shotgun ammunition from name and address requirements under the 1968 Gun Control Act. Critics warn the change creates a loophole and could aid sales to at risk groups while the NRA and 47 senators support the move.
Gov Ronald Reagan and Nancy plan to attend Billy Graham Crusade at Anaheim Stadium. Reagan to introduce the evangelist and deliver several speeches next week including remarks at the California Industry and World Trade Commission Capitol and a luncheon in San Diego.
President Pompidou sent a message to North Vietnam's Tan Duc Thang promising ongoing diplomatic support and postwar reconstruction aid. He reaffirmed De Gaulle's neutralist policy and urged the United States to set a withdrawal deadline. France praised Ho Chi Minh and noted potential steps to aid peace efforts amid the Paris talks impasse.
Sen. John J. Williams warns repeal of the 3.3 billion annual investment tax credit could trigger a windfall of up to 1.5 billion for industry. The Finance Committee sent the repeal to the Senate floor attached to a tariffs bill despite Democratic leadership fears of tax reform delays. The Nixon administration seeks retroactive repeal to April 18 as an anti inflation move.
A U S Air Force F4 Phantom and an Air Vietnam DC4 collided near Da Nang air base. The DC4 and 62 aboard were destroyed, with two villagers dead and two injured. One Phantom crewman parachuted to safety and the pilot landed. The airliner victims were South Vietnamese civilians.
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