Union rejection extends Johns Manville lockout in Lompoc
The International Chemical Workers Union Local 146 rejected Johns Manville Products Co. latest contract offer by voice vote at Lompoc High School. About 413 of 500 workers signed in, with leadership instructed to seek a negotiated exit from the impasse and to drop demand for a two year deal in favor of a three year pact. Pickets remained outside as the lockout continued.
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Lompoc
Chemical Union
Johns-Manville Products Co
Vaughn Proctor
Chemical Union Workers
Lompoc High School
International Chemical Workers Union
Tom McCall
Paul Burnum
J-M
McCall
Burnum
Barnum
Los Angeles
Johns- Manville Products Co
Johns-Manville to seek 75 percent cut in county pollution
Johns-Manville Corp. facing a public hearing January 8 before the County Air Pollution Control District board seeks leniency on its pollution reduction schedule. County director John English notes J M has missed a milestone but likely to reach final 1975 targets with scrubbers and controls. Miguelito Canyon plant remains the county’s largest pollution source emitting about 2 500 tons yearly versus a 600 ton final goal. Grefco’s scrubbers already meet standards, while new northern county plants face a stricter 25 ton cap per pollutant.
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Steve LA Rue
Johns-Manville Products Corp
County Air Pollution Control District
John English
J-M
APCD
English
Johns-Manville
Miguelito Canyon
Lompoc
APCC
Grefco
Grefco’s
Home building leaders urge Ford for quick purchasing power
National Association of Home Builders president Lew Cenker and leaders met with President Ford to urge action on consumer purchasing power. They cited worsening conditions since September, high mortgage costs, and a frozen federal aid program for low and middle income home buyers. They asked to lift the mortgage aid freeze to spur housing and jobs.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Lew Cenker
The
National Association of Home Builders
James Lynn
White House
L. William Seidman
Kenneth Cole
Cenker
Conker
Auto Industry
Congress
Ron Nessen
OPEC raises crude oil price effective Jan 1 1975
The OPEC meeting set a new crude oil price at 10.46 dollars per barrel starting January 1 1975 and froze it for nine months. Iran's Interior Minister Jamshide Amouzegar announced the increase from 10.15 dollars, with industry officials noting it may reflect the market price rather than a real rise.
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UPI
Iran
Jamshide Amouzegar
Amouzegar
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Larry Goldstein
New York
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Abu Dhabi
Qatar
Goldstein
Valencia Seeks Lompoc City Council Seat
Joe Valencia longtime Parks and Recreation Commission chair gathers nomination papers for the March 4 1975 special election to fill Councilman Sol Lefkowitz's seat. The term ends in 1978. Lefkowitz widow Elinor Lefkowitz also filed papers for the post.
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Joe Valencia
Parks and Recreation Commission
Lompoc
Valencia
Sol Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
City Hall
Elinor Lefkowitz
Sheffield Drive
Saxbe resigns to become India ambassador nomination
President Ford nominates Attorney General William Saxbe to be ambassador to India to succeed Daniel Moynihan who has resigned. Saxbe's AG resignation takes effect upon successor confirmation or his own confirmation, whichever occurs first, while Levi and Eastland-Hruska speculation looms. Moynihan plans Harvard return after two years. Levi to retire Chicago presidency in 1976.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
William B. Saxbe
India
Saxbe
Daniel P. Moynihan
White House
Ron Nessen
Edward Levi
University of Chicago
James Eastland
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
Roman Hruska
Levi
Justice Department
Moynihan
Nixon
Harvard University
Brooke proposes 20 cent gas tax hike and car weight tax
Sen Edward Brooke calls automobiles the energy crisis cause and proposes a 20 cent per gallon gas tax and a weight based car tax. He would abolish the Federal Aid Highway Trust Fund and fund highways from general revenue, with a poor relief credit for those earning 15560 dollars or less.
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Washington
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Republican
Brooke
Ford
Lompoc Braves Prepares For Night Game With Colton
Lompoc football players and coaches arrive for a big match against Colton amid wary superstition on Friday the 13th. Residents report a partial solar eclipse visible early this morning.
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Lompoc Braves
Colton
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