Nancy Reagan to Attend Lompoc Welcome for Ex-POW Southwick
Mrs. Nancy Reagan will join a community welcome in Lompoc for Commander Everett Southwick ex-POW, announced by Chamber of Commerce president Robert Lewis. The event, set for Wednesday April 11, at the Civic Auditorium, includes a motorcade, speeches, and an honorary citizenship for Southwick and his wife.
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Ronald Reagan
Lompoc
Everett Southwick
Robert Lewis
Chamber of Commerce
Lewis
Reagan
Southwicks
Reagans
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Southwick
Karen
Air Force
Felices Salvador
1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Pine Avenue
North H Street
H Street
Ocean Avenue
Lompoc Civic Auditorium
Lompoc High
Key Club
Navy
Earle Sweetland
District studies vocational plans and funding woes
Lompoc Unified School District official DeMarrais tours Montebello High School to study a simulated office program as a model for Lompoc. He notes the $75,000 automotive program needs more money than the district can provide and emphasizes public funding and priorities for career education.
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Vaughn Proctor
Gordon deMarrais
Lompoc
San Gabriel Valley
Lompoc Unified School District
de Marrais
Montebello High School
DeMarrais
Lompoc High School
VEA Capital
Cabrillo High School
U.S
FIT Members Pin Inflation Blame On Government
In Lompoc FIT members criticize the federal government for inflation citing spending taxes subsidies soil banks and grain sales to Russia. Local retailers say prices rise with costs while unions and taxes also receive blame. Community groups organize letters and a meat boycott as pork and groceries see price impacts ahead of April 17 elections.
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Stan Tulledo
U.S
Lompoc
Russia
Ruth Grimes
Pat Harrison
Sol Lefkowitz
Nixon
Merrell Williams
Williams Brothers Markets
Jim Williams
Walter Holmdahl
Lompoc Valley
Santa Barbara
Lompoc Fit
Safeway
Jordano’s
Williams Brothers
S&s Food
Demos push for tougher price controls against Nixon plan
Democrats in Congress move toward broad price and wage freezes to counter inflation. Muskie denounces Nixon meat-price ceiling as too little and late. House Banking Committee support grows for Patman bill to roll back prices to March 16 level and freeze them until a plan is devised. Nixon administration warns of possible veto.
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UPI
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Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
Senate
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Administration
Shultz
Patman
Four Florida power plants fail triggering regional blackout
A massive outage hit Dade and Broward counties in south Florida affecting over two million people. Generating units at Port Everglades Fort Lauderdale Turkey Point and Cutler Ridge tripped causing automatic shutdowns. Restore hoped within hours as traffic lights failed and elevators stalled with no serious accidents reported.
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UPI
Dade
Broward
Jack Francis
Florida Power & Light Co
Port Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Turkey Point
Cutler Ridge
Dade County
Francis
Florida
Floods Prompt Guard Help Across Illinois Missouri Stakes
United Press International reports floods along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers forcing thousands from homes. Illinois and Missouri governors call National Guard to aid sandbagging and evacuations as rain worsens conditions from Iowa to Louisiana. About 3,500 St Louis residents are homeless with more rain forecast. temperatures will range from the 60s to 70s and frosts are expected at night.
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Illinois
Missouri
Mississippi
Iowa
Louisiana
Tennessee
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St. Louis, Mo
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American Association of University Women
AAUW
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