Lompoc Council OKs employer employee relations plan
The Lompoc City Council approved an employer employee relations resolution despite union official Mark Cook of Local 1245 IBEW claiming the move illegal. City Attorney Longtin said government code requires good faith consultation with recognized employee groups. The vote followed discussions with Municipal Employes Association and Fire Fighters Association, with postponement urged by some.
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Lompoc
Mark Cook
Walnut Creek
The
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Aflcio
IBEW
Cook
James Longtin
Longtin
Municipal Employes Association
Peace Officers Association
Fire Fighters Association
Sheggpers
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Ed Casares
Fire Department
John McManus
Art Scott
Richard Jacoby
Apollo 13 Astronaut Could Miss Measles Immunity
Blood tests show Thomas Mattingly lacks immunity to German Measles raising the risk of illness during a Saturday launch. Lovell and Haise are immune, but Mattingly could develop rubella in space and delay the mission possibly until May 9.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Thomas K. Mattingly
Space Agency
Charles A. Berry
Mattingly
James A. Lovell
Fred W. Haise
Lovell
Haise
midJay
Thomas Mattingly
Berry
America
Space
Fred Haise
Cease-fire proposal tied to Laos peace talks
Prince Souphanouphouma proposed to ask the United States to halt bombing across Laos except along the Ho Chi Minh Trail as part of a cease fire ahead of Pathet Lao peace talks. He presented the plan to his cabinet in a draft reply to the five point peace proposal.
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Vietntiane
UPI
Souvanna Phouma
United States
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Pathet Lao
U.S
North Vietnam
Souvanna
International Control Commission
Convalescent Home Plan Near Walnut and Chestnut
A proposed half million dollar 9 percent convalescent hospital to be built on land bounded by Walnut and Chestnut Avenues between Third and Fourth Streets was announced by real estate agent Harley Craig. Marvin and Hal Janzen of northern California are the developers aiming to begin in May.
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Walnut and
Chestnut Avenues
Harley Craig
Craig
Marvin
Hal Janzen
Northern
California
City Planning Commission
Clinton Sherrod
Third Street
Walnut Avenue
Chestnut Avenue
Lompoc District Hospital
Ken Wicks
Local boy glances at yard chores as city polls prompt questions
Glimpses show Scott Stevens, son of Mr and Mrs E C Stevens, placing a lawn hose into a clothes dryer exhaust and filling the dryer with water. A state citizen calls Councilman Brooks Speight last night to ask why polls closed early, thinking the city election was yesterday.
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Little Scott Stevens
E.C. Stevens
Brooks Speight
Wave of Teamster Walkouts Ties Up Freight nationwide
Teamsters strikes flare in multiple cities with wildcat actions idling thousands. In Minneapolis St Paul locals 544 and 120 reach a wage deal while others vote on a $1.10 raise nationally. Chicago, Cleveland, Toledo and St Louis see major stoppages affecting plants and distribution centers.
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Teamsters
Minneapolis - St. Paul
Transport Employers Association
Teamster
Cleveland
Akron
Columbus
Toledo
Ohio
Chicago
Jewel Food Stores
Supermart
Chicago Teamsters Local
St. Louis
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Chriy
Area Express
Whirlpool Corp
St. Paul Teamsters
Motorola Corp
Illinois
Ford Motor Co
Lima
San Francisco
East Bay
Four satellites launched as busy space week begins
The United States orbited Nimbus 4 a weather satellite and Topo A geodetic craft from Vandenberg, while two Vela nuclear detection satellites rode Titan 3D from Cape Kennedy. The launches mark a historic start to a peak week in space exploration with Apollo 13 scheduled for Saturday.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
United States
California
U.S. Space Agency
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
U.S
Defense Department
Air Force
East Coast Space Center
Titan
Nimbus
Earth
End of Dak Seang Siege Seen In Defeat for Communists
UPI reports Allied defenders at Dak Seang Green Beret camp claim 1,290 North Vietnamese killed as nine day siege nears end. A helicopter delivered four replacement Green Berets while Cambodian mercenaries with Australians move toward the base 290 miles northeast of Saigon. Allied losses total 42 dead and 142 wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
Dak Seang
Green Beret
Barney Seibert
Tan Canh
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Committee of Liaison
Charles Everett Southwick
Col
E.E. Sweetland
Southwick
Navy
Sweetland
Karin
San Jose
United Press Dispatch
New York
Department of Defense
Hanoi
Sy Tee
Maryland
Nixon
Abe Fortas
Senate
Carswell
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
George Washington
Dia Ulysses S. Grant
Grover Cleveland
William B. Saxbe
Robert J. Dole
Kan
Lompoc Beauty
John Martin
Kay Wishard
Dawn Ebbert
Prince Souphanouvong
Long Cheng
Beret
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