MacClure elected Lompoc mayor after secret council vote
Councilman Robert D. MacClure won the Lompoc mayor post by a 3 to 2 secret ballot after an unprecedented closed session. Councilwoman Charlotte Benton was chosen mayor pro tem by unanimous vote. City Attorney James Longtin argued the session was legal under state code.
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E.C. Stevens
Robert D. MacClure
Lompoc
Arthur Scott
James Longtin
Longtin
Charlotte Benton
Barrett
Jacoby
MacClure
Wilma Thomas
Brooks Speight
City executives press for 12 1 2 percent pay raise
Public Works Director William S Barrett led 20 city executives in petitioning the City Council for a 12 1 2 percent pay raise to take effect July 1. He argued cost of living boosts justify the request while last year’s raises totaled about 2 2 percent. Barrett said the group submitted the petition to Administrator Gene Wahlers, and the council referred the matter to budget talks.
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Public Works
William S. Barrett
Council
Barrett
Gene Wahlers
Richard K. Jacoby
U S spy plane shot down by North Korea claims ruled valid
The Defense Department said evidence shows the unarmed EC 121 plane with 31 aboard was shot down by North Korean aircraft while far outside North Korea airspace. Pyongyang claimed it violated their air space. the U S notes debris sightings and no survivors. Soviet ship involvement and debris study were reported as search continued.
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UPI
Defense Department
U.S
Navy
Pentagon
North Korea
United States
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Nixon
Korea
Pentagon Today
U. S
Nixon budget cuts meet bipartisan criticism in Congress
Congress voices doubt that Nixon proposed fiscal 1970 reductions go far enough while challenging a claimed 5.8 billion surplus. Lawmakers push for deeper cuts and caps, noting Johnson’s 1969 budget left a 196.9 billion baseline. Labor chief Schultz says programs for the unemployed proceed despite a 4.2 million manpower training cut.
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UPI
Nixon
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Arkansas
Labor
George P. Schultz
Holmdahl and Thomas win Lompoc school posts in light turnout
DeWayne Holmdahl and Marjorie Thomas, incumbent, top a field of five in the Lompoc Unified School District trustee race. Turnout was about 28 percent with Holmdahl leading in four of six precincts and narrowly ahead of Thomas overall.
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Lompoc
DeWayne Holmdahl
Marjorie Thomas
Holmdahl
Lompoc Unified
Thomas
Vance
Boyer
Dial
Fillmore School
Clarence Ruth
Lompoc Junior High
Buena Vista School
Vandenberg Village
Los Berros
Mission Hills
Hapgood School
Clarence
Buena
Lompoc votes to fund new fire station with existing funds
The Lompoc City Council moves to retire a 500000 bond for a new fire station using the Civic Center Acquisition Fund ten cent and the former pool bond one cent. City Administrator Wahlers says taxes would be unchanged with about one cent needed after using the two funds. A June 3 special election will require two thirds affirmative vote to authorize bond sale for Maple Avenue and I Street site.
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Lompoc
Civic Center
Gene Wahlers
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