Organ elected to lead United Fund second time
About 50 community leaders gathered at the Valley Club for United Fund awards, a financial outlook, and a new officer slate. Adm. William Organ (ret.) will again lead UF as president, with M.A. Siminski as vice president and Myra Wapner and Charlotte Benton as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Club
United Fund
Karl Braun
Adm
William Organ
California
United Fund Organization
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Organ
M.A. Siminski
Myra Wapner
Charlotte Benton
George Howard
Richard Jacoby
Frank Sprague
Lompoc United Fund
Santa Barbara County
Northern County
Lompoc
Northern Group
Siminski
Harry Crompe
Record
Helen Smith
United Fund and Community Services House
Eugene Stevens
Braun
Grace Anderson
Mike Siminski
Johns Manville
Grefco
J.C. Penny
Lompoc Unified
General Telephone
Lompoc Hospital
City of
Jim Cobb
Jim Gooding
Joe Sesto
Virg Phelps
Don Cooper
Jody Marshall
Hugh Lauber
Government must clean up United Mine Workers
The son of Joseph A. Yablonski says no miner will step forward to challenge the union hierarchy until the government cleans up the United Mine Workers amid corruption claims. Sworn testimony before a Senate labor sub committee cites intimidation in the Dec. 9 election and the killings of Yablonski and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
W.A
Tony” Boyle
UMW
Karl Keston
Moundsville
W.va
William Savitsky
Shenandoah
Louis Antel
Arnold
Yablonski
Clarksville
Cleveland
Paul E. Gilly
Chip
California warned of population boom destroying livable state
A blue ribbon committee told Gov. Reagan and the legislature California risks becoming a depersonalized, urban sprawl ridden land unless it acts now. It urged a population distribution policy, use of water and transport power to curb growth, tax incentives to attract industry to defined areas, slower major projects, and a land use master plan based on environmental quality considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
UPI
California
Ronald Reagan
State Environmental Quality Study Council
Ed Reinecke
Board to Take Second Look at Lompoc Project
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District directors vote to seek another review of the Lompoc Project feasibility report before the County Water Agency decides the issue. The move follows Gary Dunlap's push to overturn the prior lukewarm recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn Proctor
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District
Lompoc
County Water Agency
Gary Dunlap
Bureau of Reclamation
Water Agency
Dunlap
Thomas Stetson
Brooks Speight
Stetson
California lawmakers run up 1969 salaries and travel costs
California legislators charged taxpayers 2.6 million for salaries and expenses in 1969. Average pay reached 22,300 per lawmaker with 16,000 base salary plus 25 daily allowances. Travels to Hawaii Mexico and Canada and numerous meetings boosted totals, with several lawmakers traveling widely on official business and several trips reimbursed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
UPI
California
Mexico
Canada
Hawaii
Oil
Ralph C. Dills
D-Gardena
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Senate
Randolph Collier
Yreka
Alfred H. Long
Monterey Park
Washington
D.C
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Toronto
Tom Carrell
D-San Fernando
James R. Mills
D-San Diego
Alfred E. Alquist
D-San Jose
Sherman
Jack Fenton
D-Montebello
James Hayes
A-Long Beach
New Jersey
State Board of Control
Court awards over seven hundred thousand for jet noise damages
In a 75 page ruling Superior Court Judge Bernard S Jefferson awarded more than 750000 to property owners near Los Angeles International Airport for jet noise damage. The court found 589 parcels valued between 400 and 6000 dollars with final awards to be decided in further litigation. Deputy City Attorney John Haggerty indicated an appeal. Nearly 750 residential owners sought 15 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Los Angeles International Airport
Superior Court
Bernard S. Jefferson
John Haggerty
California
Nixon tours Chicago pollution site amid smog visit
President Nixon arrived in Chicago to study pollution controls and toured the Hanover Park sewage treatment plant as part of a Midwest visit with mayors governors and White House aides. The stop followed talks in Indianapolis on Model Cities crime and pollution and underscored federal efforts to address environmental reform and water reclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Nixon
Indianapolis
Schaumberg
Hanover
John Egan
Sanitary District
Egan
Hanover Park
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Midwest
Ziegler
Unemployment Rises to 3.9 Percent in January
The Labor Department reports January unemployment at 3.9 percent, the highest since November 1967, with adults and teens most affected. The rise follows a 0.4 point jump from December, amid production cutbacks and a slowing economy under anti inflation policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Harold Goldstein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Lompoc Valley
Pat Longtin
James Longtin
Oxford Drive
Tyke
LDS Church
United Mine Workers
Orange County
David L. Baker
Interstate Cooperation
Wadie P. Deddeh
D-Chula Vista
Lewis F. Sherman
R-Berkeley
la Paz
Commission of the Californias
Baja California
National Conference of Legislative Leaders
Atlanta
W. Burgener
San Diego
Robert S. Stevens
Joseph Kenrick
George Moscone
San Francisco
GOP
Howard Way
Exeter
John F. Foran
Assembly Transportation Committee
San Francisco Democrat
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