Residents split on forming county air pollution district
The Record probe at Plaza Shopping Center asks residents if the county should form an air pollution control district. Many decline to answer due to lack of opinion or information while others express support or doubt. Voices from Vandenberg AFB, Yucca Avenue, College Avenue, and Locust Avenue are included.
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Plaza
H Street
Pine Avenue
Kathy Warford
Cris
Yucca Ave
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Nell Stewart
W. College Ave
Nixon asks mail rate hike to 10 cents
President Nixon asked Congress to raise the first class mail rate to 10 cents to fund a 6 percent pay raise for about 5 million federal workers. He sought faster collection of gift and inheritance taxes to help pay for increases retroactive to Dec. 27 and urged postal reform tied to the wage boost.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
James Hargrove
Hargrove
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wildcat Truck Strikes End Nationwide With Key Disputes
United Press International reports most Teamster truck drivers ended wildcat strikes nationwide with several cities still resisting the tentative national contract. The dispute centers on a 27.5 percent three year pay raise for about 450,000 drivers and separate Chicago talks.
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Washington
St. Louis
Cleveland
St. Paul
Minn
Tampa
Fla
National
Chicago Independent Truck Drivers Union
Teamsters Local 705
Chicago
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
103 Hostages Freed From Hijacked Jet Airliner
In Seoul 103 hostages were released from the Boeing 727 hijacked by Japanese Communist students after 79 hours at Kimpo Airport. The plane had been seized en route from Japan to Fukuoka. Capt. Shinji Ishida and Shinjiro Yamamura were not immediately freed as North Korea cited changed conditions.
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Seoul
UPI
Pyongyang
Kimpo
Sekigunhan
Red Army
The
Communist Party
Shinjiro Yamamura
Japan
Yamamura
Shinji Ishida
North Korea
U.S. Navy
Red Cross
Fukuoka
Controllers' Sick-Out Persists Amid Judge Mediation
The PATCO strike enters its tenth day with air traffic centers reporting no improvement as a federal judge brokers a compromise. FAA surveys show no return to work trend, despite a Bailey led call to resume duties and a pledge by the government not to press contempt charges against PATCO leaders.
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United Auto Workers
Martin - Marietta Corp
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Martin-Marietta
Martin - Marietta
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
George L. Hart
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
PATCO
Hart
Senators urge against recommitting Carswell nomination
Ten of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s 17 members urged defeating a move to send Judge Harrold Carswell’s Supreme Court nomination back to the panel. They implied the tactic would not derail the nomination even if approved, signaling intent to keep the fight on the Senate floor.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Carswell
Anti Carswell
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Senate
Griffin
Judiciary Committee
Senate Judicary Committee
Judge Carswell
Roman L. Hruska
Neb
Hugh Scott
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Marlow W. Cook
James O. Eastland
Miss
John L. McClellan
Ark
Sam J. Ervin Jr
N.C
Robert C. Byrd
W. Va
Near $100000 City Building in Lompoc March Value Jump
Lompoc city planning department reports March construction valuation rose by $91,318 to bring the year total to $738,052, versus $764,567 at the same date last year. Commercial activity led the rise at $65,344 pushing the year total to $243,514. other work included residential alterations $24,084 commercial alterations $1,090 and a $800 sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
City Planning Department
Nimbus-D Weather Satellite poised for early launch
NASA announces Nimbus-D the fifth in a seven satellite series will be launched no earlier than Wednesday from the Western Test Range. The 1,366 pound satellite will reach a 690 mile polar orbit aboard a Thorad Agena-D, circling Earth every 107 minutes and delivering global atmospheric data. A 40 pound DoD payload TOPO-A shares the ride, dormant until Nimbus-D Agena separation.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration
Nimbus-D
Department of Defense
Army Corps of Engineers
NASA
Missing notes may key to Kopechne case reopening
UPI reports stenographers notes from the secret inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne’s death may be missing or improperly impounded. The notes could affect future criminal proceedings. officials say the notes were handed to Edgar ton District Court clerk Thomas Teller at the end of each inquest day.
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Boston
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Suffolk Superior Court
James A. Boyle
Edgarton District Court
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Edgartown District Court
Teller
Lompoc water fracas kings and critics clash over dam plan
An official of Taxpayers Against the Lompoc Dam cites unilateral appeals by a district director to the Board of Supervisors. Dorothy Robinson says the Lompoc Narrows Project faces scrutiny and questions the project’s feasibility and funding impact while noting local opposition and potential economic effects. Weather and tides follow with mild warm spell.
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Lompoc
Water District
Board of Supervisors
County Water Agency
Dorothy Robinson
Gary Dunlap
Lompoc Narrows
Dunlap
Bureau of Reclamation
Robinson
Santa Barbara
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David Magallanes
William M. White
W. Locust Ave
Wildcat
United Press International
Lompoc Valley
Junko Kubota
Miss Kubota
Plea
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