Sergeant's Stradivarius Violin Mystery at Vandenberg
At Vandenberg Air Force Base Sergeant Doyle Williams questions if his violin is an original Stradivarius. A label and history claim value and lineage, with family tale of purchases and trades. Robert L. Foster named McDonnell Douglas Vandenberg Test Center director. Williams' family details follow.
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Doyle W. Williams
Stradivarius
Vandenberg
Encyclopedia Britannica
Antonio Stradivarius
Texas
Sergeant Williams
Robert L. Foster
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
Vandenberg Test Center
C.R. Able
Foster
O.J. Rutland
MDAC
St. Louis
United States
Cape Kennedy
Florida
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Gunshot Wound Occurs During Demonstration in Lompoc
Max Walter Spears Jr., 32, of 509 N E St Apt B, is in good condition at Lompoc Hospital after an accidental discharge of a .22 revolver. He was showing the weapon to Mrs. Marie Petersen at 1313 E Guava Ave when her dog caused him to fall and the gun fired, wounding his left shoulder and lodging in his back. Authorities report.
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Max Walter Spears, Jr
N. E St
Apt. B
Lompoc Hospital
Spears
Marie Petersen
Obituaries and community notices from Lompoc and Santa Maria
Funeral services will be held for Gregory Collier 19 at Mc Peek Family Chapel with interment at Evergreen Cemetery. Lt Col William B Nelson aged 40 funeral pending in Santa Maria, as Rankis 49 funeral pending with rosary at Newhart Garden Chapel. MOTOREDE and CHP events, Cub Scout Pack 53 meet, La Mesa PTA meeting led by Dr. Irvin Wapner at La Honda and Vandenberg Village.
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McPeek
Gregory Collier
Kenneth Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Allan Collier
Santa Maria
Bette Bruce
David Collier
Linnie Collier
Lompoc
Iva Lee Beard
Newhart Family
William B. Nelson
Vandenberg Afb
Newhart
Arthur Anthony Rankis
Marian Hospital
S. Broadway
Michigan
Defiance
Ohio
Rankis
Lockheed Corp
Olga Nelson
Alta Dr
la Honda
Fillmore
Irvin Wapner
la Mesa Pta
Wapner
la Mesa
Jupiter Avenue
Vandenberg Village
Satellite ESRO 1B to Launch Wednesday from Vandenberg
A 176 pound ESRO 1B satellite with eight experiments to study the polar ionosphere and auroral phenomena will launch Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a four stage Scout rocket. The ESRO NASA cooperative project follows a 1966 agreement providing launch services.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
European Space Research Organization
ESRO
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Esro-Nasa
Esro-B
Technical University of Denmark
Kiruna Geophysical Observatory
Sweden
Radio and Space Research Station
Slough
England
University of Oslo
Norway
University of Bergen
Norwegian Defense Research Establishment
University College, London
Coronation stock quotes and a UK marriage ends with jail
Closing stocks are listed from Alcon to Westinghouse with hefty figures. In Folkestone England Cornelia Parker wed Geoffrey Daniels on Saturday. on Sunday he was jailed as friends from a small revolutionary group threw eggs and custard pies in the street. about 50 were arrested including Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folkestone
England
UPI
Cornelia Parkers
Geoffrey Daniels
Geoffrey
Daniels
Stray dog crusade in Lompoc yields few captures
A one day stray dog crusade in Lompoc produced only five captures on Sept. 20, far below the 100 captured in Carpinteria in a recent campaign. The effort included extra officers and a HUD grant to study water and sewer plans for the South Coast and Santa Ynez Valley.
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Lompoc
Santa Barbara
U.S
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McDonnell Douglas
Williams
Walt
392Nd Communications Squadron
Billy
Boyle Jr
Dolores
Walter
Daily Record
The
Col
William Nelson
Arthur Rankis
Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building
California Highway Patrol
Rohrbaugh and Co
Constellation Road
Alcon
Alum
Alcoa
American Air
American Motors
At& T
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Dupont
Eastman Kodak
Ford Motor
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
IBM
Imperial Corp
International Paper
IT & T
Johns Manville
Lockheed
McDonnell-Douglas
Minnesota Mining
Penn-Central
Phillips Pet
Outboard Marine
Parke Davis
Pepsi Cola
RCA
Dart
Safeway
Santa Fe
Sears Roebuck
Cal Edison
Southern Pacific
Sperry Rand
Calif
N.J
Texaco
Textron
Times-Mirror
TransAmerica
TRW
Union Oil
United Aircraft
Uniroyal
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Ind
HUD
Health Department
Risk Lives Meriden, Conn
Samuel Foreman
M. J. Lewi College of Pediatric Medicine
New York
Connecticut Podiatry Association
Foreman
Rg A
Vandy
Chanical
Elgin
Lady's Ronson
Butane
Philco
RADIO
Lady's Sunbeam
Rogers
CSS Seec
Lompoc Shopping Center
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