Ford presides over Senate on first full day as vice president
Gerald R. Ford, starting his term as the 40th vice president, opened the Senate for a 12 minute session then relinquished the chair to Sen. Dick Clark. He aimed to mend Nixon ties in Congress and urged bipartisan cooperation while Nixon sat nearby during the swearing in and remarks. House Republicans meanwhile elected Rep. John Rhodes as new minority leader.
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UPI
Gerald R. Ford
Senate
Dick Clark
Iowa
House
Nixon
Congress
Ford
Mike Mansfield
Clark
Rep
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Nixon energy plan favors price measures over rationing
Washington officials signaled a preference for price based energy controls to curb fuel use, delaying any gasoline rationing until at least March 1. Legislative and industry actors weighed emergency powers, with threats of nationwide speed limits and potential rationing as a last resort.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
William E. Simon
Herbert L. Stein
President
Economic Council
H.igher
Ohio
House Commerce Committee
Senate Interior Committee
Udy
Stein
Simon
Lompoc Remembers Pearl Harbor Attacks 32 Years On
The piece recalls the December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor raid with vivid scene setting in Lompoc and notes the U S losses on Oahu. It cites official totals: 2327 military deaths 68 civilian deaths 18 ships sunk or damaged 188 planes destroyed while Japan lost 55 men and 29 planes.
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U.S
Oahu Island
Hearing Set on Mission Area Zoning to Protect La Purisima
County Planning Commission in Santa Barbara will hear requests to reconsider one acre RAO zoning fronting La Purisima Mission. Ad hoc committee members Cynthia LaBand and Pearl Chase urge higher protection against high density residential development that could harm the historic site and its funding base.
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la Purisima
County Planning Commission
Santa Barbara
la Purisima Mission
Commission
Lompoc
Mission
Cynthia A. LaBand
Miss Pearl Chase
Lompoc- Casmalia Rd
Road 7
St. Rt. 246
Miss Chase
LaBand
Mission Ines
Citizens Planning Assn
Santa Barbara County
Mediator warns no quick fix in California food strike
In Los Angeles a federal mediator says shoppers statewide face more barren shelves through at least the weekend as a major supermarket lockout continues. Northern stores are mostly shut, Southern markets slowed, with 22,000 workers on strike and benefits about 35 dollars weekly.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Richard Hughes
Lefkowitz files for second term on Lompoc City Council
Councilman Sol Lefkowitz filed nomination papers for a second four year term in Lompoc. He is joined by Mayor E. C. Stevens as the first two candidates to take out papers. council seat open in the March 5 election. Filing closes December 28 with a $25 fee.
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Lompoc
Sol Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
E. C. Stevens
George Cotsenmeyer
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Sheffield Drive
Mini substation trial aims to cut response times villagewide
Lompoc Sheriff Substation Commander Sgt. Richard Baldivier announced a three day trial of a compact mini station in Vandenberg Village to test faster deputy responses to Mission Hills and county calls. The setup uses a vacant County Fire Department house on Burton Mesa Boulevard as a test hub with Sheriff Carpenter endorsing the effort.
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Vandenberg Village
Mission Hills
Southern Pacific
J-M
Sheriff's Department
Richard Baldivier
Baldivier
Burton Mesa
South D Street
John W. Carpenter
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