Higher prices driven by stolen shopping carts in Lompoc
Lompoc supermarkets lose thousands yearly to stolen metal carts. Managers from William Bros and Scolari's report dozens of carts taken monthly, costs of replacement ranging from 35 to 75 dollars. Stores enforce theft penalties and recovery rounds while Safeway tracks stray carts and notes they end up in odd places. City officials consider ordinances to curb the problem.
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Fred Vulin
Lompoc
Dave Skelton
William Bros
W. Ocean
Skelton
Bob Dollahue
E. Ocean
Dollahue
Safeway
College and
H Streets
Chuck Mead
Mead
Cameron to step down as head of district hospital board
Lompoc district hospital board chair Donald G. Cameron will not seek reelection when his term ends this year. His seat and those of Joe Machado and Frank Signorelli face contest in the November general election with filing closes August 30. Glenn Ballantyne also files, while no election if filings do not exceed seats.
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Lompoc Hospital
Donald G. Cameron
Cameron
Joe Machado
Frank Signorelli
Michael Palmer
Machado
Signorelli
Palmer
Glenn Ballantyne
Ford nominates Rockefeller as vice president choice
President Ford nominated former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller for vice president after 11 days of secrecy. Rockefeller, 66, would be the second vice president chosen under the 25th Amendment if confirmed.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Congressional
America
Congress
White House
Oval Office
House
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
George Bush
Betty Ford
San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Supervisors aide arrested on bribe charge in Santa Barbara
Raul J. Navarro 36 administrative aide to County Supervisor Charles Catterlin was arrested in Santa Barbara on charges of solicitation of a bribe and theft by fraudulent pretense. Bail set at 5000. he remained jailed. The case ties to Zaca Lake resort development. Catterlin not implicated.
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Board of Supervisors
North County
Curtis Tunnell
Santa Maria
Stewart Kerr
Ed Lenvik
Floyd C. Dodson
Tunnell
Dodson
Raul J. Navarro
Santa Barbara
Charles F. Catterlin
County Board of Supervisors
Navarro
Elise Way
John W. Carpenter
Zaca Lake Resort
Santa Ynez Valley
Sheriff's Department
Catterlin
Frederick Kling
Cal Pac
Kling
Zaca Lake
Carpenter
Phil Regan
Regan
Impeachment Ends Nixon Inquiry As Panel Submits Report
The House Judiciary Committee chair Peter Rodino announced the panel’s report ending 10 months of impeachment work. If Nixon had not resigned on August 9, formal debate would have begun. The House accepted the report by a 410 to 4 vote, praising the panel’s work without ruling on impeachment.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
House
Peter W. Rodine Jr
Dn.j
Rodino
Thomas P
Tip’’ O'Neill
Rockefeller nomination for vice president wins wide support
Congress leaders from both parties applauded former New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller as President Ford's pick for the 41st vice president. Senate and House leaders forecast swift confirmation with praise for his experience and integrity.
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Washington
UPI
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congressiona
Senate
Hugh Scott
Rockefeller
Mike Mansfield
Ford
Mansfield
Robert Byrd
Robert Griffin
Byrd
Griffin
Rockfeller
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
House
Carl Albert
White House
Albert
GOP
George Bush
Ambassador Davies dies in Cyprus attack in apparent deliberate shooting
The American ambassador Rodger P. Davies was fatally shot during a anti American demonstration in Nicosia. Officials say all shots targeted his office and penthouse while rioters burned cars and shouted anti American slogans. A secretary also died in the attack.
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Nicosia
UPI
Cyprus
Rodger P. Davies
Antoinette Vanara
Makarios Avenue
Kissinger Kissinger
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Lompoc Valley Bowl
Jim Poe
Scolari's Market
Poe
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Scolari
Lompo
District Hospital Board
John J. Rhodes
Chicago
United States
Air Force One
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rocky
Billy
North H Street
Capitol Hill
Charles H. Percy
Ril
David Grimwald
Grimwald
Davies
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