City Christmas sales rise in survey of nine stores
The Record polled nine Lompoc merchants and found Christmas sales up from last year with prices generally higher but not by much. Store owners cited good early demand, with several noting will likely improve further as the season continues.
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Stan Tulledo
Sal Zubiate
McMahan
Record
Lompoc
al Pico
Pico
Sporting Goods and Western Store
Herb Wood
K-Mart
Reno’s
Rowan’s
Pico’s
Kammeiers
Moore’s
McMahan’s
Johnson’s
Jorgensens
Arne Kammeier
Kammeier’s
Johnson's
Lothelle Grossini
Moore’s Department Store
J-M
Johnson
Johnson's Jewelers
Wood
Kmart
Valley
State Department of Transportation
Congress OKs six month tax cut extension veto likely
Congress passed a six month extension of this year's recession fighting tax cuts sending the bill to President Ford who is expected to veto. Override votes likely determine whether withholding taxes rise Jan 1. Speaker Carl Albert called override chances pretty good amid Republican defections.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Ford
Senate
House
Congressional
Carl Albert
Senate clamps secret session on Angola aid fight
In a rare closed Senate session officials briefed on covert U.S. support to Angola amid a liberal push to cut the estimated 50 million in aid. President Ford officials denied full military involvement while critics warned of Vietnam-like risks and possible further sessions to pursue limits on CIA financing.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
U.S
Angola
Vietnam
White House
Ford
United States
William Greener
John V. Tunney
Dcalif
Congress
Tunney
Appropriations Committee
John McClellan
D-Ark
CIA
Humphrey
State Department
Subcommittee
Africa
Dick Clark
D-Iowa
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Soviet Union
Cuba
South Africa
Moscow
U.N
Daniel P. Moynihan
Moynihan
LNG terminal site shift eyed from Santa Barbara to Oxnard
The Federal Power Commission staff recommends placing a $665.9 million liquefied natural gas terminal at Oxnard instead of Pt. Conception Santa Barbara County. The move would shift about $6.7 million in annual property taxes from local agencies and shift county tax dynamics amid redistricting updates affecting district boundaries. The draft EIS has been delivered to county authorities, signaling potential tax and planning impacts for Ventura and surrounding areas.
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Francis H. Beattie
FPC
Pt. Conception
Dick Praul
Federal Power Commission
Pt. Conception Area
Oxnard
Western Lng Terminal Co
Ventura County
Santa Barbara County
Federal Agency
Lompoc approves highway and street projects totaling 396000
City Council approves three highway and street projects costing 396000 funded largely by a 190000 saving from the Federal Aid Urban Street Program. Plans include widening Highway 1, building a North Avenue bridge, and extending North Avenue with city funds covering remaining costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert 0. Vincent
Lompoc
Seventh Street
Miguelito Channel
North Avenue
Barry J. Gustafson
Public Works
Central Avenue
FAA
Gene Wahlers
Few set to take efficiency exam
About 40 local students aged 16 or 17 are scheduled to take the High School Proficiency examination this Saturday as part of roughly 12,000 statewide participants among 670,000 juniors and seniors in the age group. The piece notes rising interest, early graduation options, and quotes educators on the law’s impact.
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Vaughn Proctor
Frank Lakatos
Lompoc High School
Lakatos
Sen
Arlen Gregorio
Wilson Riles
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lane
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