Lompoc Chamber Concert Praised as Community Credit
The Lompoc Music Association staged a Sept. 20 chamber concert at the Lompoc Library described as a credit to the city. Performers included Garry Van Hoesen Muriel Sumter Diane Siminski Elaine Webster and others with works by Arne Purcell Debussy Verdi Floyd Milhaud and Achron. Memberships range from $2 to $25 with season passes and applications via LMA Box 1225.
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Larry Delinger
Lompoc
Henry Purcell
van Hoesen
Muriel Sumter
Lompoc Music Association
Clark McAlster
Ned Rorem
Claude Debussy
Joseph Achron
Diane Siminski
Elaine Webster
Elaine
Darius Milhaud
Harriet Adam
Earl Clifton
LMA
Fires scorch Southern California with heroism and loss
Reports from Malibu and Topanga Canyon recount heroism and humor amid devastating fires that destroyed Serra Retreat House and homes. Residents describe evacuations, improvised firefighting, and narrowly saved buildings as crews battled 40 to 50 foot flames.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Malibu
Serra
Peter Raftery
Isaac O
O’shana
Topanga Canyon
William C. Armstrong
Cardin-Malibu
Armstrong
John Coletti
Malibu Knolls
Ronald Reagan
Germany
Coletti
Anna Koehm
Stanley Sutton
Colletti
County keeps pace with tax collections
Richard Nevins announces Santa Barbara County matched state gains in local sales and use tax for fiscal 1969 rising 72 percent from 1960. Ventura outpaced with a 107 percent rise. statewide increase was 83 percent. Nevin cites rising taxable sales from new shopping centers and notes reduced collection costs to $1.13 per $100 revenue in 1969.
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Richard Nevins
Sate Board of Equalization
Santa Barbara County
Ventura County
la Cumbre
el Paseo
Nevins
Santa Barbara
State Board of Equalization
Cannon Perdido Street
Santa Maria
Battles Road
Ventura
Telegraph Road
Dickinson
Southern California
James Tieman
Los Angeles
Steering committee formed to study NASA acquisition processes
NASA announced a steering group led by Richard C. McCurdy to review the agency’s acquisition of services and hardware. Dr. George M. Low directed the panel to focus on vital elements of the acquisition process, following last September’s instruction from Thomas O. Paine. Washington’s 1789 inaugural address notes his refusal of salary.
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NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Richard C. McCurdy
Thomas O. Paine
Agency
George M. Low
Washington
New York City
George Washington
Ventura County seeks support for Cojo Bay anchorage plans
Ventura County asks Santa Barbara County Supervisors and San Luis Obispo County for backing of a Cojo Anchorage project. LAFCO has continued the Goleta Water District annexation of 2 300 acres of El Capitan Ranch to Oct 8. Administrative Officer Raymond D Johnson cites missing information for staff report as planning studies proceed. Channel Island Harbormaster Ron McClellan notes Ventura favors Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo input before action. A Harbor Commission backed resolution urges a chain of harbors of refuge along the state coast with Cojo Point as a key public interest project.
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el Capitan Ranch
Goleta County Water District
LAFCO
Raymond D. Johnson
Commission
Johnson
Herbert H Divelbiss
Divelbiss
Obispo
Cojo
Ventura County
North County
Santa Barbara
Robert Walker
Channel Island
Ron McClellan
Ventura Supervisors
San Luis Obispo
Ventura County Harbor Commission
Cojo Point
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Verdi
Susannah
Carlisle Floyd
Gwinneth Howard
Grace Anderson
Marie Janisse
Susan Roop
van Nuys
Dick West
Topanga
San Fernando Valley
Raymond Matern
Calbasas
Los Angeles County
Madison, Wis
Leonard J. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Dane County
William L. Buenzli
Buenzli
Chicago
James Motycka
Berwyn
Board of Equalization
Golden Valentine
By Bob Barnes
Cojo Bay
San Luis
Ann Arbor
Mich
UPN
University of Michigan
GH Davies
Pontiac
Pontiac Motor Division
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