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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1976
Page
1
The Commerce Department reports first quarter 1976 GNP at an annual $1.238 trillion, up 7.5 percent from late 1975, marking the broadest strength since the recession ended last April. Inventory gains and low inflation fuel the rise. personal income hits $1.33 trillion as job numbers peak.
City Council plans first reading to raise bed tax by one percent on hotel and motel stays starting July 1, aligning with county supervisor actions. Expected annual revenue around six thousand five hundred dollars for the general fund. Additional agenda items include public hearings on alley vacating and easement dedication, Youth Football League concession at Ryan Park, and reports on transportation and water matters.
United Rubber Workers say they will strike the Big Four tire makers and launch a worldwide boycott against Firestone Tire & Rubber Co if a new contract is not reached by midnight Tuesday. The union authorized action, with focus on Firestone first, to pressure settlement. Negotiations continue in Cleveland New York Cincinnati and here. The cost of living clause remains a major sticking point after the last contract.
Lompoc Valley representatives including City Councilman Joe Valencia and Supervisor Francis Beatty join Congressman Lagomarsino and Vandenberg AFB officials for a Rockwell International briefing and shuttle orbiter tour at Palmdale Lancaster. The program will feature a B1 bomber view and discuss Space Launch Complex 6 and runway extensions at VAFB with launch operations slated for early 1983 and a $162 million three year facility build starting 1979.
Tens of thousands of Israelis joined a two day march from Beit El to Jericho organized by Gush Emunim to press for Jewish control of the West Bank. Arabs in Nablus Ramallah and Jenin protested waving PLO flags and throwing rocks at troops. Government and local leaders said the event highlighted ongoing tensions after 27 months of unrest and gains by Palestinian nationalists in regional elections.
The Supreme Court agreed to review EPA authority over waste discharges into rivers and streams. Eight major chemical firms challenge max discharge levels for sulfuric acid plants, contending EPA can issue only broad guidelines. The court also considered whether federal courts or courts of appeal review EPA regulations and addressed related cases on air pollution and recall orders.
President Ford signals openness to outside military intervention in Lebanon and endorses Syria's move in the Middle East, while White House stresses preference for a peaceful settlement and opposition to broader confrontation. Weather forecast notes sunny and warmer days through Tuesday with highs near 70 to mid 70s inland, lows 45 to 50, and tidal data.
Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian representatives agreed on practical measures to consolidate the cease fire. The Supreme Military Committee chaired by Prime Minister Rashid Karami announced steps include supervisory bodies of Syrian and Lebanese officers and a deterrent force to enforce the cease fire. The group also designated the health ministry building near the green line as its permanent headquarters as fighting raged in Beirut and surrounding areas with Syrian troops remaining on the frontier.
SACRAMENTO, UPI Gov Edmund G Brown Jr accepted the surprise resignation of a third member of the nearly defunct state Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Joseph Grodin will quit effective April 30, citing economic hardship from irregular pay. The board now lacks a quorum to transact business, leaving only Bishop Roger Mahoney and Richard Johnson Jr. The agency closed Feb 6 for lack of funds as Brown's emergency appropriation bill stalled. Grodin plans to resume teaching at Hastings College in August after years with a San Francisco law firm. Other resignations followed, including Walter Kuntz and Leroy Chatfield, with Joseph C. Ortega under arrest on a morals charge. Brown thanked Grodin for his work as Chavez's UFW pushes an initiative to restore the board's access rule and farm labor reforms. Easter finery on parade in Lompoc yesterday. Man with bag of golf clubs trying to hitch a ride on H Street early this morning.
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