Lompoc Eyes Diversification After OEA Meeting
An Office of Economic Adjustment representative recommended a study to diversify Lompoc’s economy amid dependence on Vandenberg Air Force Base. Officials note 55 percent of local jobs tied to the base and discuss attracting electronics and light manufacturing while addressing high unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Edelman
Lompoc
Defense Department
Office of Economic Adjustment
Charles G. Ellington
West Coast
OEA
Vandenberg Air Force Base
United States
Carmichael
Santa Barbara
Wahlers
Ellington
Lompoc Valley
van Aid
Rapco
B & W Ceramics
Laurel Avenue
Jack Lam
Grefco
Johns-Manville
San Diego
Eureka
California
Electronic Industries
General Electric
Data Systems
Air Force
Chamber of Commerce, Community Development, Planning Commission
EDA
Gene L. Wahlers
DOD
Ward pushes for public disclosure of free cable service
Councilman Charles Ward said he will not back a final franchise draft that lacks a public list of who receives free or reduced rate CATV service. He wants such a list available for inspection to prevent potential conflicts of interest, while councilman Joe Valencia argued disclosure adds unnecessary controls. The issue arose during a shirtsleeve session on March 22 amid denials of councilmembers receiving free service and a promise to show canceled checks if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ward
Ward
Joe Valencia
Alberta Morgan Quo
Charlotte Benton
Morgan
Elinor Lefkowitz
Bargaining Agent Vote Set In Lompoc Schools
An election date for choosing the exclusive bargaining representative for certificated staff in Lompoc Unified may be in May. May 11 12 19 and the week of May 23 were proposed to the Education Employe Relations Board by the district. EERB will run the vote. final date to be announced.
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Lompoc Unified
Supt
Alice Milligan
Education Employe Relations Board
Grand Jury selection reform urged
Grand Jury Foreman Gail Towbes Superior Court Judge Bruce Dodds and District Attorney Stanley Roden urged the public to press a seven judge panel to adopt a reform proposal. Four judges reportedly oppose the plan while Lewellen Trapp Westwick and Stevens back the current system.
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Gail Towbes
Superior Court
Bruce Dodds
Stanley Roden
Roden
Santa Barbara
North County
Royce Lewellen
Charles Trapp
South Coast
John Westwick
Charles Stevens
Human rights policy shift as aid link debated in Congress
The State Department urged Congress to avoid tying military aid to human rights. Patricia Derian said negative approaches like aid cuts and denunciations failure to improve rights, while Carter would push a strong stand against violations. Remarks accompanied by weather forecast details for the region.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Congress
Patricia Derian
Carter
House Foreign Assistance Subcommittee
Tornadoes devastate Southeast as storms claim many lives
Savage spring storms hit the Southeast with tornadoes floods and large hail. At least 103 dead with many missing as National Guardsmen assist in Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia. A Southern Airways DC9 crash in New Hope Georgia adds 68 deaths and 27 injuries. Weather-linked disasters terrorize several states and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Wise County
Southern Airways
New Hope
Alabama
Georgia
Brezhnev accuses U S of hardening SALT stance
Soviet leader Brezhnev criticizes the United States for a one sided position on arms talks during a Moscow toast to Fidel Castro. He urges a joint effort to limit and end the nuclear arms race amid underlying tension over the SALT stalemate.
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Moscow
UPI
Leonid I. Brezhnev
United States
Brezhnev
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Jetliner crashes in hailstorm 68 killed near New Hope
A Southern Airways DC9 bound from Huntsville to Atlanta broke up after hail cracked its windshields and engines failed. It plummeted onto a two lane highway in New Hope Georgia killing 68 people on board and injuring 27 on the ground. Ground casualties included a Virginia Beach couple among survivors. FAA sources say hail ingestion caused loss of power as the plane drifted from 15 000 feet toward the highway. The crash left a 300 foot trail of wreckage.
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New Hope
UPI
Southern Airways
William W. McKenzie
LaPlace
Sally Furniss
Mrs. Furniss
Virginia Beach
Frederick Clemens
Wilmington
Del
Jack Barker
Federal Aviation Administration
Southern flight—No
Huntsville
Ala
Atlanta
Atlanta Air Traffic Control Center
Barker
Dobbins Air Force Base
Cartersville
McKenzie
William Ayton
FAA
William T. Sherman
Lagomarsino Sets April 13 Town Meeting in Lompoc
Congressman Bob Lagomarsino schedules a 7:30 p.m. town meeting at La Honda Elementary School in Lompoc for April 13. He will be home for the Easter recess and invites Lompoc Valley constituents to ask questions on federal issues directly to their U.S. representative.
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Bob Lagomarsino
Lompoc Valley
la Honda Elementary School
Lompoc
U.S. Congress
Lagomarsino
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Lompoc Education Association
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
EERB
Tennessee
Smithfield Estates
Birmingham, Ala
Fultondale
St. Clair County
Pineville
Cumberland
Andy Williams
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