Farming top interest of Pioneer Society president G Dutra
Gerald Dutra, 50-year Lompoc bean and flower farmer, serves as the 49th annual Lompoc Pioneer Society president. Born 1925, he and family farm Rennie Ranch on Santa Rosa Road since 1949. Reunion themes reflect on a changing town and vanished close community.
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Pioneer Society
G. Dutra
Stan Tulledo
Gerald Dutra
Lompoc Pioneer Society
Gerald
South E St
Rennie
Santa Rosa Road
Lompoc
Cooper
Four Corners
Jerome
Celtic
Johns- Manville
Navy
Pacific
Elizabeth Serres
Arroyo Grande
Lorraine Grossini
San Luis Obispo
Kathy
Ucsb Medical Center
Sandra
Air Force
Tom
Corcoran
Labor Day Closures Pinpoint Local Observance
Government offices and many businesses close for Labor Day as districts begin fall terms. Traffic safety warnings rise with 460 to 560 potential deaths and 18 000 to 23 000 injuries forecast. CHP and police will boost patrols to curb tolls. Local Record office opens briefly.
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Safety Council
California Highway Patrol
California utilities overcharged $270 million says auditor
The state auditor general reports Southern California Edison Pacific Gas and Electric and San Diego Gas and Electric overcharged customers by 270.6 million dollars from May 1972 to December 1974 to cover anticipated fuel cost increases. Stockholders received the excess as earnings. The report, released to the legislature, prompts proposed remedial legislation though the PUC disputes need for new rules.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Glen H. Merritt
Southern California Edison
Pacific Gas and Electric
San Diego Gas and Electric
Merritt
Bob Wilson
D-La Mesa
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
State Public Utilities Commission
D.W. Holmes
PUC
Teachers Walkout Interrupts Cabrillo High School Talk
About 150 teachers staged a protest walkout at Cabrillo High School during Gail Steiger's address as Lompoc Unified trustees and Lompoc Federation of Teachers clashed over a six percent raise. Attendance was mandatory for the morning assembly and some teachers proceeded to class while others stayed to applaud.
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Cabrillo
Gail Steiger
Steiger
Vaughn Proctor
Cabrillo High School
Lompoc Unified School District Board of Trustees
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
Clarence Bloom
LFT
Ford Shows Signs of Compromise with Congress
President Ford indicated willingness to delay his veto on extending domestic oil price controls. After a White House meeting with Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield, Ford agreed to hold the veto until next week while Democrats seek a slower, more reasonable lifting plan.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Frank Zarb
Democrats
Kissinger optimistic on Israel Egypt peace draft
Secretary of State Kissinger said he is optimistic Israel and Egypt will reach a peace settlement and hopes both sides initial the document early next week. He spoke after eight hours of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Rabin and aides. Egypt’s Tahsin Bashir cautioned that significant issues remain and cautioned against excessive optimism.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Egypt
Yitzhak Rabin
Tahsin Bashir
Alexandria
Lompoc District Hospital Joins Malpractice Insurance Push
Doctors on the hospital staff are urged to carry their own liability insurance as a by law amendment proposal stalls for 30 days. If adopted, the policy will affect all 25 doctors and align with the California Hospital Association program. The meeting also notes past unpaid bills routed to Central Coast Collectors with limited recovery and defers a contract increase for food management services.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc District Hospital
California Hospital Association
Wicks
Central Coast Collectors, Inc
Santa Maria
CCC
Stewart
Valley pioneers gather for 49th Lompoc reunion weekend
The Lompoc Pioneer Society marks its 49th reunion with events led by Lompoc High School class of 1925 and 1950. La Salle Country School alumni unlikely to attend due to closure in 1911. Activities include a Grange Hall dinner, tea at Knights of Pythias Hall, an old fashioned picnic in Ryan Park, and tours of Fabing-McKay-Spanne House Artesia School and Lompoc Museum. Weather to remain mild with coastal fog and breezes.
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Lompoc Pioneer Society
Gerald Dutra
Lorraine
Jerome
Lillie Dutra
Pioneer Society
Lompoc Valley Historical Society
Grange Hall
Lompoc High School
la Salle School
Lompoc
Clarence Henning
North G St
Louis Grossi
Native Daughters of the Golden West
Knights of Pythias Hall
North L Street
Laurel Avenue
Ryan Park
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Dutra
Anton
Azores Island
Boston
Rose Anne Netto
Los Alamos
Bear Creek
Vandenberg Afb
Lynden School
Rose
Purisima School
E. Ocean Avenue
Lompoc Unified School District
Carl Albert
White House
Kissinger
Imperial Insurance
Ken Wicks
Valley Pioneers
Walnut Avenue
L Street
Artesia School
W. Chestnut Avenue
Lompoc Museum
Jessie Ramming
Wilma Moody Thomas
Lou Garcia
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