Texas Governor Defies Nixon Wages Freeze Orders Teacher Pay Raises
Governor Preston Smith instructs state agencies to follow Texas law and pay the legislature approved teacher and state employee raises despite President Nixon's 90 day wage and price freeze. White House reacts by calling the move a potential challenge to federal policy.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Texas
United States
Nixon
Preston Smith
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Smith
Connally
Treasury
John B. Connally
Ron Ziegler
Dallas
Ziegler
Nixon to force business to comply with wage price freeze
Washington officials said the government will use its 100 billion dollar annual buying power to pressure firms doing business with the state to follow the wage price and rent freeze. The move drew fire from labor and consumer groups who called it elitist and a windfall for big business.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Caspar W. Weinberger
Ralph Nader
Weinberger
Office of Management and Budget
Regulations and Purchasing Review Board
Lompoc Seeks New Volunteer Firefighters Under Johnson
Lompoc Fire Chief Don Johnson plans immediate steps to rebuild a volunteer firefighting group to augment regulars. He aims for at least five recruits, growing toward about 12, funded by a $1,080 budget and potential budget reshuffles. He will also replace the old title volunteers with a new name.
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Lompoc
Don Johnson
Johnson
City
Redistricting pact nears final proposals in county plan
County Clerk J. E. Lewis and the Ad Hoc Redistricting Committee, using 1970 census data, agree on revised realignment of five supervisorial districts. Buellton moves to the Third District, Guadalupe remains in the Fifth, and Orcutt and Los Alamos shift to balance district populations. Monday session will present two alternatives for the South Coast area.
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J. E. Lewis
U.S
Board of Supervisors
Lewis
Buellton
Santa Ynez Valley
Los Alamos
Herbert H. Diverbiss
South Coast
Bicyclists Pack Downtown After City Rules Change
About 400 cyclists rode into downtown San Luis Obispo after the city council ordered cyclists to park on streets like cars. Police blocked car removal, reducing late night shopper flow as cyclists defend the new parking rule and await the council’s response.
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SAN Luis Obispo
UPI
Conflicting Nixon Freeze Reports Baffle Lompoc Officials
City officials in Lompoc confront confusion over whether Nixon's economic freeze applies to municipal wages and utility rate increases. OEP in Santa Rosa gave mixed guidance while the National Labor Relations Board was unsure, risking a potential $200,000 revenue impact from slated utility and refuse-rate hikes.
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Nixon
Lompoc
Dustin Griffith
Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Santa Rosa
National Labor Relations Board
San Francisco
Wahlers
Washington
Law enforcement view: ATF bomb demonstration at Vandenberg
ATF special investigators demonstrated garden fertilizer and fuel oil bombs at Vandenberg Air Force Base for about 250 officers from the tri county area. A briefcase bomb disintegrated a desk, and a 1 700 pound fertilizer bomb was cited in Wisconsin. The seminar aimed to show bomb types and response. Weich noted West Coast bombings comprise a large share of national incidents with rising injuries. Forty five case files were sent to Justice in four months.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
U.S. Treasury
U.S. Treasury Department
ATF Division
Tricountry
ATF
Santa Barbara
University of Wisconsin
Micky Weich
The
Alcohol- Tobacco Firearms Division
Meir not told of Dayan speech on annexation plan
Government said Prime Minister Golda Meir was not informed in advance of Defense Minister Moshe Dayan's speech proposing annexation of captured Arab lands after Arab refusal of peace. Dayan spoke to officers. Meir's office framed the speech as not submitted to her.
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United Press International
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Jerusalem
Mrs. Meir
Damascus
Egypt
Syria
Libya
Dayan
Meir
Command and Staff College
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Afl-Cio
Andrew J. Biemiller
D-Wis
Biemiller
City Fire Volunteers
Gene Wahlers
Labor Board
Wahler
Treasury Department
West Coast
Weich
Department of Justice
Ventura
Channel Cities Division of League of California
Lions Inn
Jim Arness
Matt Dillon
Hollister Ranch
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