County employees cite 1969 pay gains and benefits
Association officials say 1272 workers saw wage and fringe benefit gains this year and plan to begin negotiations around November 1 for a further raise in January 1970. The 41 percent July 1 boost for the average, with many receiving 2 percent, accompanies new benefits including overtime, call back pay, vacation expansion, tuition reimbursement, uniform and meal allowances, COLA in retirement pay, higher health insurance contributions, grievance procedures, and a shortened Fire Department work week.
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Assn
Board of Supervisors
Raymond D. Johnson
Association
Local salon names new operator manager
Mrs Aimy Malone becomes operator manager of the Golden Curl Beauty Salon at 118 N H St bringing 15 years experience in San Leandro. The Golden Curl employs nine operators and is owned by Mr and Mrs Walter Wood of Lompoc. Former owners were Mr and Mrs Leon Grove and George W Fox. Fox has joined Allstate Insurance as a sales representative after training in Menlo Park and will work from the Sears Santa Maria office. Fox will handle casualty and life policies and aid groups with Allstate materials. Ray Sylvester buys the Frozen Food Center Santa Maria Food Lockers at 625 E Main St after a Safeway career including five years as store manager in Lompoc. A brush fire north of Mission Hills burned seven acres near Calle Lindero on Union Oil property.
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Aimy Malone
Golden Curl
N. H St
Malone
San Leandro
Walter Wood
Lompoc
Leon Grove
George W. Fox
East Cherry
Allstate Insurance Company
D. F. Craib, Jr
Fox
Allstate
Menlo Park
California
Craib
Sears
E. Church Street
Santa Maria
Allstate Motor Club
Ray Sylvester
Safeway
Meat Department
Frozen Food Center
E. Main St
Mission Hills
Union Oil Co
Calle Lindero
Busy Hong Kong harbor welcomes curious travelers on Far East tour
Mrs. Kenneth L. Adam shares impressions of Hong Kong from Kowloon and Victoria to Aberdeen, describing crowded markets and the hard sell, floating villages, refugee housing, and typhoon dangers. The harbor mixes wealth with vast poverty as a gateway to Southeast Asia, with a planned tunnel and ongoing ferry life shaping travel.
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Kowloon
Hong Kong
India
Nanking
Britain
Victoria Island
China
Vic
Oye
Southeast Asia
Singapore
Obituary of Lompoc Rancher Antonio Chiodi
Antonio Chiodi a Lompoc rancher since the early 1900s died yesterday at 217 N E St. He was born July 28 1886 in Como Italy and was a 25 year member of the Order of Sons of Italy of America. Rosary is tomorrow at 8 p.m. at McPeek Family Mortuary Chapel and Requiem Mass Monday at 8 a.m. at La Purisima Catholic Church. Interment will be in Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Survivors include stepson John A Raffone Santa Maria stepsdaughter Dena Brooks Nipomo stepbrother Trinquillo Chiodi Milan Italy stepsister Celesta Pietti Como Italy and two nephews.
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Antonio Chiodi
Lompoc
McPeek
la Purisima Catholic
Chiodi
E St
Mr. Chiodi
Como
Italy
Order of Sons of Italy of America
John A Raffone
Santa Maria
Dena Brooks
Nipomo
Trinquillo Chiodi
Milan
Celesta Pietti
Lompoc- Evergreen Cemetery
County building expansion prompts department shakeups
Courthouse square reorganizations loom as a $403000 two story addition to the County Engineering Building nears completion in eight to nine months. Public Works studies plan shifting multiple departments to new space with Probation and Flood Control as major tenants. Administrative Officer Johnson urges moving the Personnel Department to enable a seventh Superior Court.
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Courthouse Square
Public Works Department
Probation Department
County Flood Control Department
Building Department
Planning Department
Bailey Construction Co
Raymond D Johnson
County Engineering
Pizza delivery driver robbed in Columbus
Thomas Walker, 26, told police two men robbed him early Monday as he delivered a pizza in Columbus. They forced him to surrender money keys and the pizza, took his wallet and fled in his late model car.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Thomas Walker
Walker
HUD approves 49500 grant for county water and sewer plan
HUD announces a 49500 federal grant to the County Planning Department to hire a consultant for a comprehensive five year water and sewer plan. The study targets the South Coast and Santa Ynez Valley to coordinate overlapping agencies and reduce public costs, with the County-Cities Area Planning Council approving the broader plan.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
County Planning Department
Herbert Diverbiss
County-Cities Area Planning Council
Sam Clawson
Clawson
South Coast
Santa Ynez Valley
County conducts water cost study trips for Coastal Aqueduct plan
County officials led by Norman Caldwell visit the San Joaquin Valley and Kettleman City to assess costs tied to the Feather River water contract. Robert Edmonston will send an envoy to Bakersfield as part of ongoing fact finding, with a report due early next year guiding a possible second phase and funding decisions by 1975. The county weighs proceeding alone or with San Luis Obispo County, facing a $364,000 bill this year.
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San Joaquin Valley
Norman Caldwell
State Division of Water Resources
Feather River
Caldwell
George P. Kading
Kettleman City
Robert M. Edmonston
Bakersfield
Edmonston
San Luis Obispo County
Earthquake in China Kills Over Three Thousand Probe Reports
Hong Kong newspaper reports more than 3,000 killed in a recent Chinese earthquake. The figure cited reflects a high casualty estimate from the disaster response efforts reported by the paper.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
Local Life Agent Bob Gaston Promotes Connecticut Mutual Plan
Bob Gaston, Connecticut Mutual Life representative in the Lompoc Valley, invites questions on saving for the future, creating an adequate estate, money and life insurance, and planning for responsibilities. He aims to address inquiries soon.
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Bob Gaston
Connecticut Mutual Life
Lompoc Valley
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Lompoc Record
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Scotland
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Harry J. Crompe
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