Christmas reflections from neighborhood note samples
Suzanne Jette and John Orona recount diverse views on Christmas from their encounters. Many feel Christmas is over Santa centered, some stress Jesus birth, others defend its unique annual meaning. Comments vary on commercialization and the spirit of giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Jette
John Orona
Santa Claus
Ellen
Ronnie
Jesus
Christ
Frank M
Vicki S
Eileen D
Sandy
David
Kathy
Vince
Winter storm snarls across nation with flooding coastal towns
A departing storm churned northeast winds and high tides along the north Atlantic coast while the Northwest braced for a Pacific front. Flooding forced evacuations, road closures, and river levee work as snow and rain disrupted Christmas travel from Virginia to New England.
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United Press International
North Atlantic
Pacific
New Jersey
National Weather Service
Massachusetts
Virginia
West Virginia
New England
Houston
Maine
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Corps of Army Engineers
Army
Snohomish
Chehalis
Oregon Coast
Weather Service
Oregon
Lompoc Fights to Preserve Public Employment Program
Lompoc officials highlight the Public Employment Program as a lifeline for local jobs. Police Academy valedictorian Steve Rogers and admin aide Ric Rea are cited among 13 PEP hires thriving under federal funding with four already moving to permanent city posts.
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Steve Rogers
Lompoc
Allan Hancock College Police Academy
Ric Rea
Rogers
Santa Barbara
San _ Luis Obispo
Rea
Gene
Public
PEP
Nixon
Griffith
Finance Department
Police Department
Gus Dodd
William Landreth
Thurman Bryant
Ed Jenocovich
Paul Jones
Ken Schnell
Lawrence Schubert
Donald Wilson
James Hunt
Congress
November CPI Shows Small Rise Amid Food Price Jump
The Labor Department reports a 0.2 percent rise in the U S consumer price index for November with food costs up 0.4 percent, the largest in nine months, challenging the administration's inflation goal.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Herbert Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers
North Vietnam appeals for more aid to end U.S. war
In Paris the North Vietnamese peace delegation issued a statement urging the Soviet Union China and other socialist countries and peace-loving peoples to hasten aid to end the Nixon administration's actions in Vietnam. It called on the American people to oppose the U S conduct in the conflict.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
United States
Soviet Union
China
Nixon
Pope urges resumption of Vietnam peace talks and Irish Middle East efforts
In his annual address Pope Paul VI urged renewed Vietnam cease fire talks and broader peacemaking in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. He warned against discontent undermining negotiations, while Belfast saw a bomb blast on a bus depot ending a fragile Christmas truce. The IRA said it would pause operations for 72 hours. The National Safety Council projected 550 to 650 highway deaths over the Christmas weekend with 26,000 to 30,000 injuries, noting belts could save about 100 lives.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vietnam
Northern Ireland
Middle East
College of Cardinals
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Chicago
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Two Survive Andes Plane Crash After 10 Weeks
Roberto Canessa Urta and Fernando Parrado Dolgay, two survivors, emerged from the mountains and said 14 others remained alive but starving. Chilean forces rescued six more as winds hindered retrieval of eight others. 45 aboard the Uruguayan Air Force F27 perished or were lost since Oct. 13.
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San Fernando
Chile
UPI
Andes
Colchaga
Air Force
Santiago
Christian Brothers
Montevideo
Roberto Canessa Urta
Fernando Parrado Dolgay
Parrado
Bake sale and planning meeting slated in Lompoc
The Retired Citizens Hospital House committee holds a bake sale today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in front of Jordano's Supermarket. The Lompoc Planning Commission meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to discuss a conditional use permit for Thelma E. Wilson's board and care home, architectural guidelines, the state freeway sign program, and the abandonment of a B Street land strip between Ocean Avenue and the east-west alley.
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Citizens Hospital House Committee
Jordano’s
Lompoc
B Street
Ocean Avenue
Base commanders to decide war objector status
The Defense Department plans to end honorable discharges for conscientious objectors by authorizing base commanders to assign non combatant status. Antiwar servicemen may still appeal adverse rulings to civilian courts, with changes to start January 1 as outlined in a memo from Forest S. Holmes to military justice officials.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Defense Department
Pentagon
Forest S. Holmes
McGary Convicted of Assault on Senior Seamstress
Danny Robert McGary, 19, was found guilty in Santa Maria Superior Court of assault with a deadly weapon for slashing the throat of 69 year old Delfina Brambila of Lompoc on October 20. The jury reached the verdict in under an hour. the offense carries up to 10 years in prison. Brambila underwent major surgery and later recovered.
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Danny Robert McGary
Santa Maria Superior Court
Delfina Brambila
Lompoc
McGary
Brambila
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Citizens Sewer Bond Committee
Tourism Committee
Dustin Griffith
Business Week
Starbuck
McPeek
North H Street
Order of the Solden Rule
Canberra
Australia
Gough Whitlam
Whitlam
U.S
Canessa
Daily Record
Danny McGary
Lompoc Plaza
BANK
AME Ricard
Fry’s
Pet Haven
W. Ocean Ave
C.T. Interiors
BroaDway
Santa Maria
NO. H St
Braun
SO. H SP
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