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1970 Uncontrolled in San Diego Mother, 35, killed, daughter injured; struck in crosswalk Los Angeles firemen see hopes for control LOS ANGELES iUPl An enormous brush fire raged uncontrolled in San Diego County today, but fire fighters in the Malibu area expressed the lust optimism since the Southern California blazes which charred hundreds of thousands of acres began four days ago Working through the night. Los Angeles County bulldozers cut a firebreak in the tinder-dry chaparral in the Malibu hills, where firemen planned to make a stand. "We're very optimistic today mainly because of the weather forecast lor decreasing Santa Ana winds, a spokesman loi the lire department said But he noted that even it the lire is -halted at the break. "We still have another week to in davs to put a complete line around the 28-milc penmetei In San Diego, some I6O.000 acres were blackened by early today. It was the worst of the series of blazes which were pushed by hot desert winds State officials said 250 structures, including 170 dwellings were destroyed The total area engulfed by the blazes was about 400.000 acres-more than half the area of Rhode Island Three persons were killed.

It was the most destructive series ol brush lues in Southern Calilornia lllstoi The Western White House on a clil I in San Clemcnte overlooking not forehead He was treated at. Santa Ynez Valley Hospital and released The Barnettes were listed in fair condition today in the same hospital Barnett had a back injury and his wife, chest and back injuries The couple was ejected from a 1910 Ford when it was apparently hit from the rear by the sports car. Robertson reportedly told the CHP the accident occurred when he came upon the other car in the dark and failed to see the vintage vehicle's tailhght The accident occurred on Highway 246 east of Ballard Canyon Road at about 8 30 m. Guerrillas broadcast new fight By United Press International Tunisian Premier Balu Ladgham flew today from Cairo to Amman to (mi ice the agreement ending the Jordanian civil war but he ran into renewed guerrilla broadcasts reporting new lighting in the north and condemning the agreement as only "ink on paper." The guerrilla broadcasts over Damascus and Baghdad Radios denounced the agreement as only a breathing spell for King Hussein army before the "massacre" starts again. In the meantime.

Israel reported incidents involving guerrillas were at the lowest point since the 1967 war. The agreement was worked out at a Cairo conference this week attended by eight Arab heads of state and kings and by King Hussein ol Jordan and Yasser Arafat, the guerrilla leader. They also flew back to Amman today but in separate planes Amman itself was reported quiet and a massive international relief operation began Reliel supplies went in from the Israeli-occupied west bank of the Jordan and hospitals in five Arab communities there went on the alert to receive civil war victims The United States sent in two American military hospitals on a 28 plane airlift from West Germany and Britain A 35-year-old Lompoc mother died yesterday as a result of injuries sullcird when she jml ht'i eight year-old daughter were struck down by a car while cwnim North Sireel Police booked the driver ol the car on a felony drunk driving charge Dep. Dist Atty Haynes Jones said a manslaughter charge would be iiled today. Mrs Joyce Comaduran.

219 College Ave died in Lompoc Hospital shortly after 3 am Sunday. Her daughter. Cindy Comaduran. had a Iractured leg and a MiNsihlf concussion Police booked Ralph Waldo Ranard, II, (i 1639 Calle ueve. Mission Hills on the drunk driving Charge lt.nl was set at $4,363.

The accident occurred at Laurel Avenue and Street shortly before 10 Saturday, Kenaul was noi inbound on Street and Mrs Comaduran and her daughter in the southerly-most crosswalk according to the report Police said the two victims were hurled more than 90 feet by the impact Funeral aiiaugements were pending today in Santa Maria Walter Charles Reedy. 2li. ol 117 N. sulfered abrasions on his left shoulder Sunday when he swerved his motorcycle to avoid a collision and Hipped over in the ditch on Highway 246 east of Campbell Koad. according to the California Highway Patrol Reedy was treated at Lompoc Hospital Olheers said he was ruling with a group of other cyclists, shortly before the accident Charles Williams.

20. of 302-C St suffered facial and leg abrasions Saturday in a collision of his car and one driven bv Lerov Voelkcr, 19. ol 330 OSt authorities said The accident occurred Saturday afternoon in the intersection of Maple Avenue and Street, police said Voelkcr apparently escaped injury. Two persons were hospitaled Saturday in the collision of a small sports car and a Model Ford Horseless Carnage, according to theCHP. Injured were Lester Howard Barnette, 56, and his wife.

Virginia. 52. both of Long Beach Gerald Fitzgerald Robertson. 21. of 1451 Refugio Road, Santa Ynez.

driver ol the sports car suffered cuts on his tne ratine ucean was threatened by any of the fires. In the Malibu area near Angeles, the Newhall Malibu which started four days blackened 110.000 acres Los fire ago. a nd Ml destroyed 161 homes, some worth $125,000. Smoke billowed up to 2.000 feet in the air and was visible 30 across mostly desert country to the threshold of the big urban area More than 10.000 residents in communities east of San Diego fled from then homes with what belongings they could cai i Gov. Ronald Reagan declared the fire affected areas of Los Angeles.

Ventura and San Diego counties disaster areas. The NewhallMalibu fire began as four separate blazes which joined "Saturday to cover tmdei dry brush land from Newhall to the Pacific distance ol 32 miles Mrs Anna Koeham. 87. whose 156.000 Malibu home was leveled tried to flee but was cut off by the blaze "The flames forced us back in the house and we prayed," she said. it let up and we ran for the car again That's when the fire came in the house burning everything We out My hair was full of cinders God helped us.

he really did. she said Los Angeles fire capt Hall Hills said, "we have every piece of civil defense equipment from Monterey to the Mexican border on the lines. There have been worse single fires But this is the worst series of fires we've ever had The worst single blaze occurred in Bel Air near Los Angeles in 1961 Twenty-five million dollars damage was caused and 484 homes destroyed In the Los Angeles and San Diego fires, literally hundreds of persons were treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation at emergency hospitals Scores of residents who evacuated their homes were put up at Red Cross centers. UPI repoter John Williams, a former Air Force officer recently returned from Vietnam, said the Malibu area looked "as if someone had poured molten lead over the' whole area, leaving it black and dead. "Napalm attacks in Vietnam, with their explosive jelly likeflames.

seemed small in comparison to the raging, rushing brush fires." he added Three bodies were found in the ruins of the Malibu blaze. One was identified as that of Fred Redrod 21, San Fernando, who apparently was caught by flames while observing a fire in a housing tract Remains of another person, not identified, were found in a Saugus shack in the SolemintAgua Dulce sector of the same fire The body of Jaci Burton. 38. Northridge. was found in the same housing tract KATHY LAMBERT of the Record business staff dreads the possibility ules awav ot anotner iuo degree day as sne notes mat me temperature at 9 .15 this morning was already 84 Sunday's high was 101 degrees, possibly the hottest in Lompoc history The previous recorded high was 99 on Oct.

23. 1965 Officials at the Lompoc Water Treatment Plant reported water consumption jumped to a high of 5.150,000 gallons Sunday after 4. 130.0(H) gallons was pumped Saturday Officials indicated this was not a record although the daily average during the month ol August was 4 07 million gallons and the annual daily average is around 3 million gallons Nixon, Pope meet; also sees hostages In the Los Angeles fires, arsonists were sought. "There's a firebug in the area starting these things. He has been observed starting five fires." said a fire official In Kern County to the north, two timber and brush fires, believed set.

charred more than 23.000 acres. More than 5.000 acres of timber in Sequoia National Forest was blackened. Officials said much of the available manpower was ordered to the Los Angeles blazes, hampering efforts to control the other fires. Alter tour days ot llames, the toll stood at three dead, at least 20 firemen seriously injured, more than 400.000 acres charred, hundreds ol homes destroyed, hundreds of others damaged and millions of dollars in property damage. Other blazes were reported in Orange.

Riverside. Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. A 40-acre blaze in the small city of Pomona destroyed 16 homes and charred 40 acres before it was controlled Sunday. El Cajon and Spring Valley, two heavily populated areas east ol San Diego, were threatened by a massive blaze which started Saturday and moved about 50 miles ROME i UPI '-Presiden Nixon personally greeted freed American airliner hostages and met with Pope Paul VI today at the start of a European visit underscoring his desire to keep the peace and a strong influence in the Mediterranean "i i "'n'ritttymt" iiil ii mm If Commission reports two components of crisis The Vatican meeting came after Nixoh interrupted his schedule of talks with Italian leaders to go to Rome International Airport where he welcomed 2ti Americans I reed alter three weeks in Arab guerrilla captivity in Jordan The hostages, who had arrived froth Nicosia. Cyprus, an hour earlier, were preparing to take off for New York City when Nixon's military helicopter landed at the end ot the mam runway Nixon walked over to the Trans World Airlines jet to meet the passengers, some of whom were standing on the runway He was accompanied by Italian Premier Emiiio Colombo Alter talking with some of the treed hostages, the President expressed gratitude over their release "We wanted to help without hurting them." he said.

"We showed a combination of power and restraint and it worked." After his surprise visit. Nixon was guest at a luncheon given by President Giuseppe Saragat at the 16th century Quirinale Palace before his hour-long audience with the Pope. Nixon was under heavy guard and as part of extraordinary security precautions, St. Peter's Basilica and the entire Vatican area were cleared of tourists and sealed off before the President's motorcade arrived. Fire breaks out in San Marcos Firefighters moved into position to suppress a three-acre brush and grass fire on Highway 154 near San Marcos Pass this morning as fire officials kept a wary eye on the tinder dry county.

The fire broke out shortly after 8:30 a.m. A county fire official said county fire units beheved they could handle the blaze, although the nearby City of Santa Barbara Fire Department was on the alert. The fire was in an area dotted with homes, but none had been reported damaged an hour after the fire was spotted. adopted violent tactics without clear repudiation by all their teachers and fellow students." Weather Fair through Tuesday but patchy fog near coast Tuesday morning. Cooler near coast Tuesday.

High today in 80s near ocean and 90s inland. Low tonight 45 to 55. High Tuesday 70s near coast to 80s inland Light wind. Tuesday tides High tide of 5.2 feet at 10: 14 a.m. and 5.1 feet at 10:14 p.m.

Low tides of 0.6 feet at 3:56 a.m. and 1.0 feet at 4:14 p.m. WASHINGTON iUPIi -The report of President Nixon's Commission on Campus Unrest, issued during the weekend, concludes there is a more profound national crisis than just the campus violence of the past decade. "Campus crisis reflects and increases a more profound crisis in the nation as a whole," the report said, adding there are two components of this national crisis: one of violence and one of understanding The commission said about the former, "We utterly condemn violence. It destroys human life and the products of human effort.

No progress is possible in a society where lawlessness prevaitsTOf the latter, the commission said essentially that there are three main questions in focus in campus protest: War, racial injustice, and the university itself. The report said, "more than three-quarters of American students today believe that 'basic changes in the system' are needed; many argue that their earlier efforts to 'work within the system' have proved unsuccessful; a large number accept disruptive tactics; and a tiny but important minority have Glimpses Evening outdoor barbecues becoming very popular in heat wave. Frosty McPeek wishing for a unicycle. Vaughn Proctor picking up telephone this morning to place local call only to find a company from Morristown, New Jersey on the line, glimpse Natural hair-dos winning out over wigs during heat wave in the local area. IT LOOKS LIKE AN invasion but such was not the case.

Members of the Lompoc Roving Fours (four-wheel drive clubi met yesterday on a reclamation project at Surf beach, salvaging timbers washed down by floods. The timbers will be used in constructing two foot bridges in Miguelito Park and other projects. Working all afternoon on the project were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Campbell; Mr.

and Mrs. Danny Fallier; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Givens; Mr. and Mrs.

Eddie Grey; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Harvey; Mr. and Mrs. Rich Lane; Mr.

and Mrs. Don O'Neil; Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Thomas and son. Buck; Mr.

and Mrs. Chuck Yamchuck, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown and Rill "ff.