13 Apr 1977
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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1977
Page
1
In Cincinnati 65,000 students faced a strike by teachers demanding a 16 percent pay raise. AF of T official Bob Bates said most schools were chaotic with unsupervised students, while the school board claimed schools stayed open using scab staff and education continued.
President Carter may deliver a televised fireside address Monday night to explain his energy conservation program. The plan, a 120 page energy package, includes 30 to 35 proposals with a focus on automobiles and goals over two to eight years.
Lompoc officials, amid inflation, plan to keep the current general tax rate at 1.85 per 100 of assessed value while trimming department requests from 5.4 million to 4.6 million. Budget talks focus on meeting revenue estimates and complying with Senate Bill 90 formula, with no tax increase expected. Public hearings on revenue sharing and proposed uses will precede the budget’s formal council review.
An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution was seriously wounded in a morning stabbing during a living-quarters dispute. Hohn Tebo was admitted in critical care after initial care at Vandenberg and Lompoc hospitals and was listed as serious but stable. A suspect is in custody and a modified knife was recovered.
The second anniversary of Lebanon's civil war is marked by fierce artillery exchanges between Palestinian guerrillas and Israeli-backed Christian forces. A 1975 attack killed 26 bus passengers, triggering months of bloodshed that later spread to the south despite a peace-keeping force. Local officials report continued shelling along the southeast border.
The Soviet Union keeps fishing along the New England coast inside the 200 mile limit despite seizing two ships. Coast Guard Cmdr Albert Buechler reports 12 to 15 trawlers remain active, with the Antanas Snechkus and Taras Shevchenko in port after alleged violations. Prosecutors weigh charges as US authorities inventory fish and ship logs for possible court action.
Governor Edmund G Brown Jr after returning from Japan plans to push a legislative proposal to speed state approval of an LNG terminal within two weeks. PG and E and Southern California Gas oppose delay and want onshore sites Oxnard Los Angeles Harbor or Point Conception evaluated amid safety and local control concerns.
Newly elected Donald Adams and Robert Coe were sworn in as members of the Lompoc Unified District Board of Education. Barbara Berg is named president, Jack Helman becomes vice president, and Karl Braun clerk. Coe and Berg join the negotiating team. Adams and Braun take other duties.
United Press International reports Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko blaming Moscow for incursions and claiming a Soviet security belt forms around Zaire. Tass rebuffs the charge, calling it absurd and denying external interference in Zaire's internal affairs.
The Lompoc Unified School District considers building a central kitchen for free and reduced meals under Senate Bill 120. Estimated construction 457 723 with total project costs near 794 513 funded by local funds and seeking state and federal aid. board urged caution and a firm funding path.
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