Shortage on the way in Lompoc restaurants and schools
Chef's Vendors, Inc. sales rep Gene Gumple warns of a looming food shortage affecting Lompoc by year end. He cites withdrawal of Leslie Foods and Kraft Foods, rising flour prices, and panic buying as staples and bakery suppliers scramble for limited supplies.
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Stan Tulledo
Gene Gumple
Princeton Place
Gumple
Lompoc
Chef’s Vendors, Inc
Jordano’s, Corp
Chef’s
Lompoc High School
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Leslie Foods
Kraft Foods
Continental Pastries
North H St
Eight Acre Fire Near Mission Hills Prompt Arson Probe
County fire officials investigated possible arson after a Friday afternoon fire on Union Oil property burned about eight acres near Mission Hills. The blaze moved south to Rucker Road and near Mission Hills Baptist Church, with red fire retardant splashing four homes. No injuries or major structures damaged, but evidence including matches was found at the scene.
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Mission Hills
Union Oil Company
Highway 1
Burton Mesa Boulevard
Rucker Road
Burton Mesa
Mission Hills Baptist Church
Forestry
Rucker Rd
Robert Edwards
C. E. Villanueva
Vandenberg Village
Robbery Suspect Arrested in Cab Company Heist
Javier Robert Torres, 26, of 727 North A Street, was booked in Lompoc Jail on suspicion of robbing a Yellow Cab at 129 North I Street. The victim Denise Villaba reported two one dollar bills and three pennies taken after a man, who mimicked a gun, demanded cash. Police found Torres asleep in his car at a service station near A Street and Ocean Avenue two and a half hours later.
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Javier Robert Torres
North A St
Lompoc
North I St
Faye Villaba
Torres
Ocean Avenue
Lompoc Planning Commission weighs six oversized signs
Lompoc planners review six signs exceeding maximum square footage possibly triggering abatement under the city’s sign ordinance. Six businesses have violated since June 20, with actions ranging from removing signs to painting over offending displays. The meeting also includes two public hearings on expansions for Lompoc Hospital and a long term care facility.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Hospital
Hickory Avenue
Walnut Avenue
Third Street
Cox says Nixon withholding criminal evidence in Watergate case
Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox accuses President Nixon of withholding material criminal evidence from a grand jury and seeks court-ordered production of nine White House tape conversations. Cox frames the issue as a violation of the rule that no man is above the law.
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Washington
UPI
Archibald Cox
Nixon
U.S. District Court
Cox
John J. Sirica
Grand Jury
White House
United States
H. R. Haldeman
Auto Makers Seek Price Hikes as Freeze Eases
Major companies move to raise prices after the freeze ends with Chrysler pushing an average 71 for 1974 models and American Motors seeking 55. General Motors and Ford file later. Armco Steel restarts sheet steel increases. Beef stays frozen, while New York city plans to buy cattle on the hoof to curb costs.
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United Press International
Cost of Living Council
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
General Motors
Ford
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Ohio
New York
Marvin Gersten
Pet
Gersten
Texas beach buried boys tied to teen murder spree
Deputies unearthed the 24th and 25th bodies from shallow graves on a Texas coast as investigators link two teens and a male friend to a three year chain of killings. Authorities expect more remains at the High Island site as the mass murder rivals California’s infamous case.
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Houston
UPI
Texas
High Island
Chambers County
Louis Otter
U. S
Juan V. Corona
California
Jury convened in Watergate probe by Cox Court
A special jury was convened by Judge Sirica in Washington to probe 1972 campaign activities and antitrust settlement. The panel may hear perjury claims from Senate Watergate hearings and will operate alongside the grand jury's Watergate case. Fifteen women and eight men were sworn in as the panel began work.
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Washington
UPI
Watergate
Archibald Cox
John J. Sirica
U.S. District Court For
District of Columbia
Senate
Sirica
Thomas McBride
Cox
Kica
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