Senate approves 5 billion for jobs and aid to unemployed
The Senate approved 5 billion dollars to fund 330,000 public service jobs and unemployment benefits while rejecting a 5.5 billion spending cut. House delays trade bill adjournment as Rockefeller nomination looms. Congress also moves toward foreign aid, highways, and emigration provisions amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
Thomas P. O'Neill
House
Senate
Ernest F. Hollings
Ds.c
Soviet Union
Ford
Mass
Henry M. Kissinger
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Congress
White House
Turkey
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Consumer Protection Agency
Richard Nixon
Exxon facility rezoning cleared by county planners
Exxon Co. U.S.A. won a 5-4 County Planning Commission vote approving a $26 million oil and gas processing plant in Las Flores Canyon Refugio. The decision moves to the Board of Supervisors for confirmation with conditional use permits for an offshore drilling link and coastal pipelines, amid potential referendum opposition and past conservation actions.
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Dick Praul
Exxon Co
U.S.A
County Planning Commission
Las Flores Canyon
Refugio
Board of Supervisors
Santa Barbara
Coastal Conservation Commission
Henry Berg
Sierra Club Oil Committee
Oil Company
Proconservation Bloc
Los Alamos
Union Oil Co
Sainz
South Coast
Exxon
Donald Sansum
Goleta Valley
Sansum
John F. Adam, Jr
Bendy White
Exxon Corp
Standard Oil Co
Shell Oil Co
White
Ford Urges Will To Win At Bicentennial Train Launch
President Ford spoke at the dedication of the American Freedom Train in suburban Alexandria amid jeers from about 100 protesters. He urged the nation to muster will to solve energy and economic problems while noting the train’s tour of historic documents. The event drew roughly 500 attendees as Ford highlighted national unity and a hopeful future through 1976 and beyond.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Alexandria
George Washington
U.S
America
Union Set for Mass Protest In Lompoc Over Lockout
Union negotiators meet Johns Manville today with a federal mediator to resolve a contract dispute as about 500 workers, locked out since December 9, plan a protest walk on Saturday from Veterans Memorial Building to Lompoc Shopping Center down H Street.
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Chemical Union
Lompoc
Johns-Manville Products Co
International Chemical Union
J-M
H Street
Veterans Memorial Building
Lompoc Shopping Center
Mike McVicar
McVicar
Rockefeller wins Senate approval for vice presidency
The House opened a six hour debate on Nelson Rockefeller’s bid to be vice president as the Senate already confirmed him. Ford will attend the swearing in with Happy Rockefeller and their sons Nelson Jr. and Mark. Liberal Democrats criticized wealth and gifts but the Senate cleared him 90-7.
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Washington
UPI
House
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Senate
Ford
Happy
Nelson Jr
Mark
New York
America
Richard Nixon
Congress
L. Ford
White House
Henry Kissinger
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
Senate Rules Committee
Goldberg
Beattie to quit Lompoc school board after 14 years
John Beattie will not seek re election and steps down when his term ends June 30. He helped form Lompoc Unified in 1960 and will retire to travel more. Trustees Braun and Nogle face March 4 elections with filing due Jan 3.
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Vaughn Proctor
John Beattie
Lompoc Unified
Beattie
Karl Braun
Archie Nogle
Braun
Nogle
Lompoc Valley
Glen Wegner
Testimony ends in 57 day Watergate trial
Testimony in the 57 day Watergate cover up trial ended with two surprise government witnesses and a final appearance by defendant Kenneth W. Parkinson. Closing arguments were set for later, and jurors would be sent the case after a two day Christmas break, following John W. Dean III's testimony outlining the scandal.
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Washington
UPI
Kenneth W. Parkinson
John J. Sirica
White House
John W. Dean III
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Robert C. Mardian
California
Pacific Telephone Co
Nixon Campaign
Mardian
Democratic Party
Campaign High Command
G. Gordon Liddy
Campaign
Richard G. Kleindienst
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Christmas Cheer
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M.V. Duncan
Darwin Sainz
Lompoc Junior High School
FCI
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Mitchell
California Telephone Co
George C. Swanson
Beverly Hills
Liddy
Ray Caldiero
Reelection Commission
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