Lompoc city considers 22 cent tax hike and landmarks plan
Lompoc City Council會. A proposed tax rate of 1.8996 per 100 assessed value would raise 0.2196 from last year to fund employee retirement, library and general fund. The meeting also reviews Artesia School landmark designation and consent items including library agreement, Brom-Mitchell annexation, federal revenue sharing, crane purchase, deep test well study costs, and commissions appointments.
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Lompoc
City Hall
Earl Calvert
Artesia School
Chestnut Avenue
Calvert
Lompoc Valley
Brom-Mitchell
Avalon Street
LAFCO
Gene Wahlers
Department of the Interior
Geological Survey
Water Commission
Bail set for two kidnap suspects in Bronfman case
In Manhattan Federal Court U.S. Magistrate Martin Jacobs set bail at 500000 dollars for Mel Patrick Lynch 37 a New York City firefighter linked to the Bronfman kidnaping. A second suspect received 200000 dollars bail at arraignment.
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New York
UPI
Samuel Bronfman II
Manhattan
U.S
Martin Jacobs
Mel Patrick Lynch
New York City
E. 19Th St
Brooklyn
Young Bronfman
Dominick Byrne
Edgar Bronfman
Seagram’s, Ltd
Paul Curran
Southern District
Lynch
Byrne
Ireland
United States
Republic of Ireland
Thomas Cerbone
FBI
Bronfman
Samuel
Fifth Avenue
Edgar Jonfman
Seagram’s Ltd
Byrne’s
Meany vows dock workers will refuse grain loading
AFL-CIO President George Meany declares dock workers will not load grain bound for the Soviet Union until the Ford administration provides protections for American consumers and shippers. He cites price rises since Russian sales began and calls for government purchase of grain to stabilize prices.
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Meany
Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Soviet Union
Ford Administration
Dr. Kissinger
Uion
U.S
Thomas Gleason
International Longshoremen’s Association
Gleason
Rabin Defends Interim Peace Pact Amid Right Wing Criticism
Israeli Prime Minister Rabin defended the proposed interim peace agreement with Egypt before parliament while right-wing Likud members urged his resignation. Demonstrators in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem protested Kissinger and Rabin, drawing strong police measures around the U S Embassy and the King David Hotel.
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United Press International
Yitzhak Rabin
Egypt
United States
Israel
Rabin
Henry A. Kissinger
Likud
U.S
Tel Aviv
Kissinger
Knesset
Jerusalem
King David
Labor Party
Sinai Desert
Ford inspects shale rock oil extraction project in Rifle
President Ford visited an experimental oil shale operation in Rifle Colorado to view a mine shaft model producing about 200 barrels daily from shale rock. He toured with son Jack and advisers on a two day trip to drum up support for his 1976 candidacy and domestic energy policy.
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Munich
Kissinger
Henry A. Kissinger
Ford
Vail
Colo
Middle East
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Alexandria
UPI
Jack
Federal Energy
Frank G. Zarb
Colorado
United States
Santa Maria Youth Drowns After Saving Friend
Twelve year old Stephen Hennessy of Santa Maria drowned at Lake Nacimiento after rescuing 11 year old James Tramel who had fallen in. Deputies say Hennessy disappeared beneath the water and his body was recovered by divers in 25 feet of water. The incident followed on a raft in the lake amid overcast conditions with inland fog and light NW winds.
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Stephen Hennessy
Santa Maria
Lake Nacimiento
San Luis Obispo County
Hennessy
James Tramel
Tramel
Sheriff Department
Hospital Auxiliary Hosts Open House at Convalescent Care
Glimpses Hospital Auxiliary members spend a busy day hosting an open house at the Convalescent Care facility. A bus load of YMCA youngsters heads for a San Diego beach camp early this morning.
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Lompoc
Harold Thompson
Walnut Avenue
Third Street
Jane Flaherty
Frank Signorelli
Ken Wicks
Carol Anderson
Hospital
YMCA
San Diego Beach Camp
Violence spreads to Azores as crowds burn Communist HQ
In the Azores, angry crowds burned a Communist party headquarters amid anti-Communist protests driven by Premier Vasco Goncalves. Violence has hit more than 50 Portuguese towns with deaths and hundreds injured as tensions rise between leftist groups and the mainland regime.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Azores
Vasco Goncalves
Goncalves
Communist Party
Azores Islands
Atlantic
U.S
Timor
Angra Do Heroismo
mid-Atlantic
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Two Firemen Die as Gulf Oil Refinery Blaze Spreads
Two bodies were recovered as a massive Gulf Oil refinery fire in south Philadelphia grew to 11 alarms. One more firefighter died and three others are missing as flames tore through tanks and naptha spewed. hundreds remained on site, with searches ongoing and authorities cooling tanks before crews enter to shut valves.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Gulf Oil Co
Schuylkill River
Jack Burke
Joseph Rizzo
Refugees to Guam still sent for repatriation
Viet Namese refugees seeking return will continue to be moved to Camp Pendleton California and then to Guam officials say despite no agreement from Saigon. About 2051 Vietnamese remain on Guam awaiting repatriation as UN talks with Saigon drag on.
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Guam
FT. Chaffee, Ark
UPI
Pendleton
Calif
Donald MacDonald
Chaffee
South Vietnam
United Nations High Commission For Refugees
UN High Commission
Saigon
Vietnam
Joshua Eilberg
D-Pa
House
United States
China
Camp Pendleton
MacDonald
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Lompoc City
Torney
Alan Davidson
Council
Artesia
Vandenberg
Mission Hills
Buellton
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Santa Maria Youth
Almada
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