Public works funding to be doubled to aid jobs
House Democrats propose at least 2 billion more for public works to create jobs, potentially rising to 4 billion. The plan aims to speed projects that local governments can start within 90 days, amid criticism that funds favored big cities and coastal California, with Lompoc and others disappointed by prior reversals.
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U.S. Conference of Mayors
Mayors’ Group
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Calif
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Toledo
Chattanooga
Oklahoma City
California
Gene Wahlers
E.C. Stevens
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Showers Bring Rain to Lompoc Santa Barbara County
Scattered showers dropped up to an inch in parts of Santa Barbara County with .31 inch in Lompoc city point and .40 inch in Solvang. Totals lifted season rainfall to 4.90 inches in Lompoc and 7.50 inches in Santa Ynez Valley. County hydrologist reported 0.6 inches in Ballard and 1 inch at San Marcos Pass.
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Santa Ynez
Santa Barbara County
County Flood Control
Lompoc Municipal Court
Solvang Municipal Improvement District
Ballard
Santa Ynez Valley
Phil Holland
Santa Maria
San Marcos Pass
Santa Barbara
San Francisco Bay Area
Sierra Nevada
Uprising in Paoting Suppressed by Chinese Leaders
Reports from Peking say Chinese leaders with military aid crushed serious disturbances in Paoting, an industrial city half a million strong, where rebels linked to the Gang of Four seized ammo depots, looted shops, bombed factories, and imposed a rebel rule amid a prolonged state of emergency.
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Peking
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Gang of Four
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Mao Tse-tung
Hopeh
China
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Peking People's Daily
Mao
Chang Chun-Chao
Madame Chiang
Shanghai
Peoples Daily
Peoples Liberation Army
The
Sydney Morning Herald
Cups
Feoma
Hua Kuo-feng
Snow and cold clamp Northeast and Midwest travel
A severe winter grips the Northeast and Midwest with heavy snowfalls and subfreezing wind chills. Amtrak’s San Francisco Zephyr stalled overnight in Dalesbury Illinois amid engine wheel issues and cold, while California faces rain easing drought.
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Carter Discusses Demo Party Chairmanship with Curtis
President elect Jimmy Carter spoke with Kenneth Curtis about becoming chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Curtis, arriving in Plains, Maine, said Carter telephoned him and that speculation on the chairmanship is accurate. Curtis noted a woman or a Black vice chair is possible, and Phil Wise accompanies Carter as campaign coordinator as plans move forward.
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Kenneth Curtis
Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Maine
Democratic National Committee
Curtis
The
Elect
Portland
Phil Wise
Wise
Two Lompoc pastor's children among crash victims
A head on collision on Ortega Highway near San Juan Capistrano killed 17 year old James N Cruse and 16 year old Greg Thomas Trulis and injured two others. Belinda Cordero 25 previously of Lompoc died in Mission Viejo. The Cruses were children of Rev. and Mrs. Fred Cruse of Lompoc.
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Orange County
James N. Cruse
E. Walnut Ave
Belinda Cordero
Mission Viejo
Greg Thomas Trulis
Anaheim
Thomas A. Cr
Mission Community Hospital
Ortega Highway
San Juan Capistrano
California Highway Patrol
CHP
Cordero
Cruse
Fred Cruse
Assembly of God Church
Possible oil industry conspiracy probe eyed
Public interest group Energy Action Committee urged Attorney General Edward Levi to open a grand jury probe into possible oil industry efforts to weaken Saudi Arabia’s modest price increase and to limit competition in the OPEC market.
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Saudi Arabia
Edward Levi
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
James Flug
Energy Action
Flug
Exxon
Mobil
Texaco
Standard Oil of
California
Arabian American Oil Co
Levi
New York
South County to gain control of key Santa Barbara boards
Rumor in the County Administration Building says south county supervisors David Yager and Dr. William Wallace will head the County Water Agency and the Air Quality Board. They are also expected to gain major seats on the Local Agency Formation Commission and Yager may join the Central Coastal Commission. Supervisor Harrell Fletcher may become board chair with Robert Kallman as vice chair.
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Santa Barbara
South County
David Yager
William Wallace
Air Quality Board
Yager
Central Coastal Commission
Harrell Fletcher
Board of Supervisors
Robert Kallman
South Coast
Brezhnev Expects SALT Progress Before Carter Summit
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev says he is willing to meet President elect Jimmy Carter if there is progress in SALT talks. He told J Kingsbury Smith that summit dates would be decided by mutual agreement and progress on strategic arms limits. Western sources link the talks to SALT II and the stalled Vladivostok accord.
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Jimmy Carter
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J. Kingsbury Smith
Hearst Headline Service
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Soviet Union
United States
Carter
Ford
Vladivostok
U.S
Washington
Court hints at lower first class rates in USPS dispute
The U.S. Appeals Court suggested possible lower first class mail rates and higher levies for other mail types in a 69 page unsigned opinion. It found the Postal Rate Commission misallocated costs from 1970 law and did not require a current rate change, while noting the Postal Service is studying the decision.
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UPI
U.S
Appeals Court
U.S Postal Rate Commission
National Association of Greeting Card Publishers
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
The
Alberta Morgan Files Nominating Papers for School Board
Alberta Morgan has filed nominating papers for a school board race, bringing the list to nine potential candidates. As of this morning only Robert M. Coe Jeffrey D. Day Dorothy M. Liss and Ed Walsh had filed, with a filing deadline of January 7 and voters slated to elect two trustees on March 8.
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Morgan
Donald R. Adams
Robert M. Coe
Jeffrey D. Day
Dorothy M. Liss
Tim Lynch
Larry G. McCammon
Louis Montalvo
Ed Walsh
Coe
Day
Government offices to close Friday for New Year holiday
All government offices will close Friday for the start of the New Year holiday weekend. The Record's business office will be closed, but businesses generally will be open. Friday is an official holiday for city, county and federal offices. The Post Office will operate on regular hours and services.
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