Eyewitness reports sloppy housekeeping at Lompoc hospital
STAN TULLE DO Staff writer describes at a board meeting how nurse and board member Carol Ann Johnson found dirty toilets mildew and general disarray at Lompoc District Hospital after complaints from an employee. She cites lack of inspection and communication as core issues and notes corrections after a reinspection. The board also accepts Dr Rod Hamer's resignation effective June 30 and discusses emergency room leadership fringe benefits and fire code upgrades for the Convalescent Care Center with an estimated $2,500 cost.
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Lompoc District
Board of Directors
Carol Ann Johnson
Tanouate
Johnson
Jane Flaherty
Wicks
Rod Hamer
Hamer
Harold Thompson
Thompson
Medicare Wicks
Medicare
Ford rejects recognizing North Vietnam amid campaign talk
President Ford stated the United States will not recognize North Vietnam and called Reagan's hints of normalization unfounded. He warned against breaking off Panama Canal negotiations while Reagan plans a televised speech on Soviet military balance. Carter unveiled a 1979 balanced budget and full employment goal as Udall and Jackson vie in Pennsylvania.
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United Press International
Ford
United States
North Vietnam
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Panama Canal
Alabama
Indiana
Jimmy Carter
Henry Jackson
Carter
Morris Udall
Pennsylvania
Hanoi
Seniors invited to view two proposed senior center sites
The Civic Building Committee in Lompoc invites senior citizens and others to tour two prospective sites for a city senior center on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. The Knights of Pythias offered 150000 for its hall, while an oral bid of 160000 was received for the Church of Christ site.
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Lompoc
Civic Building Committee
Knights of Pythias
Church of Christ
O Street
Walnut Avenue
Livestock group protests bad name for swine flu
The National Livestock and Meat Board urged reporters to drop the term swine flu, saying it harms hogs by linking them to influenza. The board cites Ford inoculation efforts and notes dogs are not a factor per the CDC and USDA, along with virologists and veterinarians.
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Chicago
UPI
National Livestock and Meat Board
Ford
Center For Disease Control
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Coalition urges Democrats to oppose B1 bomber funding
A coalition of about 30 groups led by National Committee to Stop the B1 Bomber urged Democrats to oppose further B1 funding. They call the program an anachronism, arguing ICBMs and submarines suffice for nuclear capability.
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Washington
UPI
Democratic Party
Ron Freund
National Committee
American Friends Service Committee
Common Cause, Environmental Action
The
National Taxpayers Union
SANE
Textile Workers Union
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Freund
Midwest
Democratic Platform Committee
Kansas City
House
Senate
Congressional Democratic
George Wallace
PUC approves 10.6 percent hike for Park Water sewer
California Public Utilities Commission grants Park Water Company authority to raise sewer rates by 106 percent in Vandenberg Village. The monthly residential charge rises from 4.72 to 5.25, against the company’s 5.67 proposal. The commission rejects rate cuts for some commercial customers and retains higher commercial rates pending sewage flow studies. The new rates take effect May 14.
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California Public Utilities Commission
Park Water Company
Vandenberg Village
PUC
Park
Violence erupts in Portuguese election campaign
In Lisbon a bombing at the Cuban Embassy leaves two dead and four injured as political tensions spike in Portugal. conservatives criticize Cuba for sending troops to Angola amid the Marxist liberation movement and the attack marks the first against Cuban diplomatic facilities in the country.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Cuba
Marxist Liberation Movement
Angola
Personne
Labor strikes halt varied sectors from tires to tracheotomies
A wave of labor disputes shuts down tires television hospitals and even a fire alarm drill. Rubber workers walk out four major tire makers UAW pressure on auto industry doctors nurses pharmacists and city workers strike across Los Angeles Willimantic Conn San Francisco and Kansas City amid stalled contracts and service disruptions.
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United Press International
United Rubber Workers
UAW
Los Angeles
Willimantic
Conn
San Francisco
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Corp
BF Goodrich
Uniroyal
Pete Bommarito
Cleveland
Firestone
Los Angeles County
City Crafts
Kansas City
Radisson Muehlebach
Anheuser-Busch
Windham Community Memorial Hospital
National Association of Broadcast
National Broadcasting Co
Rhode Island
Cranston
United Steel
Gorham
Providence
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Flaherty
Kristie Katsel
Coalition
Bailar
Congress
Ocean Avenue
Postal Workers of
PUC Oks
George Moscone
Tripoli
Beirut
Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Mt Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Army
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Conoco Oil Co
Terry Lynn G
Coast Guard
Tom Heflik
Kathy Minor
Richard Minor
la Honda
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