Winter Storm Grants Snow Hit On Figueroa Mountain
A three day storm dumps up to two feet of snow on Figueroa Mountain with four to six inches around the station at 3 500 feet and up to two feet at 4 000 feet. Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys receive light rainfall while I five blocked roads and mountain traffic limited. No damage reported though mudslide fears exist amid parched terrain and agriculturists cheer. Interstate 5 snowbound briefly with one lane open under escort. Season total for Lompoc climbs to 1.38 inches.
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Santa Ynez
Figueroa Mountain
Lake Cachuma
Dave Copelan
Figueroa Lookout Station
Copelan
California
Tehachapi
Los Angeles
Highway Patrol
Highway 14
Lompoc Delays Fuel Adjustment Withholding In NCPA Review
City officials in Lompoc hold in abeyance the plan to withhold PG&E fuel adjustment costs while awaiting Federal Power Commission action. The move follows PG&E's filing regarding fuel cost policy and potential retroactive effects. Escrow vs separate local account under review by NCPA counsel.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Lompoc
Northern California Power Agency
Gene Wahlers
NCPA
Pg&e
Federal Power Commission
Art Scott
FPC
House extends controls over natural gas prices
The House approved a Neal Smith plan to keep federal control of major gas producers for in state sales while freeing about 3,500 small producers from price controls. The bill would be vetoed by President Ford, who seeks total deregulation in energy policy. The Senate supports mixed authority on winter sales and long term deregulation.
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UPI
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Neal Smith
Iowa
Krueger
Senate
Ford
Federal Power Commission
Smith
Judge Sirica Fights For Life After Heart Attack
Watergate judge John Sirica, 71, remained in critical but stable condition after a massive heart attack at a luncheon in Washington. Doctors at George Washington University Hospital used electric shock to restart his heart, and he later regained consciousness and stabilized with no artificial support.
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Washington
UPI
John Sirica
George Washington University Hospital
Sirica
Joel Garfinkel
Western forces may provide jet bombers in Angola conflict
Pro Western claims an unnamed Western nation will supply jet bombers to fight Soviet backed forces in Angola. Jorge Sangumba says operational readiness could occur within 48 hours while naming no actor. Soviet backed movement relies on Mig and Mig fighters with Cuban support.
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Angola
Jorge Sangumba
National Union For the Total Independence of
Lusaka
Zambia
Sangumba
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Washington
State Department
William Schaufele
Africa
Overseas Writers Club
Popular Movement
National Union
National Front For the Liberation of
Irate Parents Plan Meeting to Fight School Closures
Irate parents in Lompoc set a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Lompoe Library to block the Miguelito and La Mesa School closures. Judy Neilsen and attorney Gary Dunlap lead opposition while calls for referendums recalls and lawsuits surface. Local speculation includes Hancock College plans and a state lunch program probe as trustees defend the fall closures amid declining enrollment.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoe
Miguelito
la Mesa
Judy Neilsen
Gary Dunlap
Neilsen
Mary Terrien
Sue Harris
Miguelito School
Hancock College
Hancock
Clarence Bloom
Walter Conrad
Lompoc
Hapgood School
Conrad
Bloom
Hapgood
Karl Braun
Jobless Rate Drops to 7.8 Percent in January
The Labor Department reports 7.8 percent unemployment in January, down 0.5 points from December. About 500,000 workers were rehired, with 78.1 million nonfarm payrolls on employers’ books, up 1.8 million since June 1975. Unemployment fell across most groups, except teenagers, while adult men and women posted record lows.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Hearst jury sees bank robbery film in court
In San Francisco a surveillance reel of the Hibernia Bank holdup on April 15 1974 plays for jurors. Patricia Hearst and four SLA members are shown threatening customers and a guard as the group robs the bank. The defense questions Hearst involvement while prosecutors seek proof of participation.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Hibernia Bank
Miss Hearst
SLA
James Norton
F. Lee Bailey
Norton
Donald DeFreeze
Eden Shea
Shea
DeFreeze
Guatemala quake toll rises to three thousand
International relief teams rushed food and medical supplies to Guatemala after a predawn quake. The death toll reached about 3,000 with many towns reduced to rubble as survivors streamed into the capital by helicopter and ambulance.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Red Cross
Jose Alvarado
General Hospital
Cesar Solis
United States
Peru
Venezuela
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Honduras
Nixon and Pat Nixon to visit China this month
Former president Richard Nixon and his wife Pat will visit China this month at Beijing invitation. The trip is described as a private visit with no White House involvement, arranged by the State Department, with a Chinese aircraft picking them up. The trip marks the Feb 21 anniversary of Nixon’s 1972 visit.
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UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Pat
China
Peking
White House
Ron Nessen
Nixon
Nixons
State Department
el Toro Marine Air Base
San Clemente
Calif
Nessen
Ford
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Nancy Ling Perry
Camilla Hall
William
Emily Harris
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