Dust death toll at J M plant sparks long delayed warnings
In a pre-1952 era a hush over diatomaceous earth dust hid danger to workers at Johns Manville in Lompoc. McVicar Tolman and plant physician Duncan recall disability and early deaths from lung damage, with union leader McCall noting the few who still stand. The controversy remained confined to medical circles until public notice emerged in later years.
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McVicar
South K St
Johns-Manville Corp
Ralph Tolman
North I St
J-M
Milton Duncan
South H St
Tolman
Lompoc
Lompoc school board weighs 1.5 million surplus allocations
Trustees consider one time vocational and education projects funded by an unexpected 1.5 million. The Certificated Employe Council will meet next month, delaying final decisions. Superintendent Wegner notes varied project recommendations while plans include voter registration weeks and new coaching designations amid staff turnover and retirements.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Unified School District
CEC
Glen Wegner
Bill Williams
Lompoc
Wegner
la Mesa
Buena Vista Pol
Ford declines to promise Nixon protection from prosecution
President Ford said he would not commit to pardoning Nixon and would wait for court actions to unfold. He stressed Jaworski’s independence and noted no charges or court actions have occurred. Ford added wage and price controls are out and discussed Rockefeller’s potential role if confirmed.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Nixon
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Jaworski
New York
Congressional
Congress
Domestic Council On Privacy
Navarro claims funds campaign donation in Zaca Lake case
Navarro a county administrative aide charged with three bribery counts said the $1,000 from Zaca Lake developers was a campaign contribution to Houston Flournoy for governor. He claimed the money came July 27 at Zaca Lake from Howard Olsen and denied soliciting a bribe. Navarro noted possible bugging of his office and stood innocent at arraignment with a Sept. 16 preliminary hearing set.
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Dick Praul
Raul Navarro
Zaca Lake
Houston Flournoy
Board of Supervisors
Charles F. Catterlin
Catterlin
Navarro
Arnold Gowans
Santa Barbara
James Lindsey
Howard Olsen
Cal Pac Recreation, Inc
Common Market to cut buying of U.S. feed
The European Common Market plans about a 10 percent reduction in U.S. livestock feed purchases next year to ease rising U.S. food prices. Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz and Petrus Lardinois, the market agriculture commissioner, said the move aims to avoid U.S. grain export controls despite lower corn output.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Earl L. Butz
Petrus Lardinois
Common Market Agriculture
Butz
Lardinois
Common Market
Soyuz-15 Cosmonauts End Flight After Docking Fail
MOSCOW The two Soyuz-15 cosmonauts cut short their two day flight and prepared to return to earth after apparently failing to dock with the Salyut-3 space station. Tass said the crew was ending the mission though no explicit trouble was cited. Lev Demin and Gennady Sarafanov, both rookies, were aboard the mission.
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Moscow
UPS
Earth
Russia
Orbiting Space Laboratory
U.S. Space Agency
Washington
Tass
Col
Lev Demin
Gennady Sarafanov
Coastal Weather Forecast Through Thursday
Overcast with fog along the coast and inland nights and mornings, then mostly sunny afternoons. Temperature steady with highs in the 60s on the coast and 70s inland, lows in the 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Thursday tides include high tides of 4.1 ft at 9:54 am and 5.6 ft at 9:06 pm, low tides 0.1 ft at 3:29 am and 2.0 ft at 3:02 pm.
Netherland satellite launch postponed again
The Netherland satellite launch was delayed today and may be rescheduled to Friday. The Chamber of Commerce canceled the costume breakfast due to low participation.
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Netherland
Chamber of Commerce
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Stan Tulledo
Fred McVicar
Tom McCall
International Chemical Workers Union
Packer Spence Brady
Mine Safety Appliances Company
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Karl Braun
Robert Legge
Esther Rosencrantz
Trudeau Laboratories
Saranac
Legge
Martin, Valland, and Champeix
Rosencrantz
District Attorney's
Salyut
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