Unemployment Rises to 8.2 Percent in January
About 930000 people lost jobs in January pushing the unemployment rate to 8.2 percent the highest since 1941. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 7.5 million out of work and blue collar workers hit hardest with 11 percent jobless.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ford Administration
Ford
Alan Greenspan
Bureau
Reagan May Quit CIA Probe Panel
Ronald Reagan offered to resign from the Rockefeller panel investigating the CIA due to inability to attend meetings. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller refused the offer, saying Reagan could follow transcripts which are too secret to access. Reagan noted missing three of the first four meetings on his 64th birthday and anticipated missing the next one.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ronald Reagan
CIA
Nelson Rockefeller
Reagan
Rockefeller Pannel
California unemployment climbs to 9.3 percent in January
Sacramento reports 133,600 more jobless in January raising California unemployment to 9.3 percent the highest since May 1971. James Lorenz of the Employment Development Department warns of a possible 11 percent rate and stresses need for action to create jobs amid a broad economic downturn.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Lorenz
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Military commissaries to pay own way amid price rise
The Pentagon says domestic commissaries will end taxpayer subsidies by October 1976, raising food costs. Sailors and soldiers will pay full operation costs. abroad shipments stay government funded. Higher pay and defense budget cuts drive the change, with a $250 million Treasury subsidy fading this year.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
U.S
Navy
Treasury
Brown trims state budget after analyst cuts
Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr accepted most of the $46.4 million in proposed cuts and trimmed $54.1 million from his initial plan. The move preserves $2.25 million for the California Job Creation Board and $2.45 million for university and Bakersfield college library services while rejecting several proposed additions.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
A. Alan Post
Brown
Post
California Job Creation Board
California State Universities and Colleges
Bakersfield
University of California
BO2
Civil Service
Judge backs district on windfall funds in Lompoc case
Superior Court Judge Marion A. Smith intended decision upholds Lompoc Unified School District position that the board need not meet and confer with teachers over 1.9 million dollars in windfall funds. LEA argued teachers should have a say due to past state aid withholding. Proposals include vocational education, elementary improvements, and delaying spend.
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Superior Court
Marion A. Smith
Lompoc Unified School District
Lompoc Education Association
LEA
Ghost town fears as Buellton hosts exotic animals
Santa Barbara County planners weigh an expanded ordinance to permit exotic animals under strict hearings. The Derby family houses numerous wild creatures across Buellton and Santa Ynez areas, sparking safety concerns and old legal battles.
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Santa Barbara
County Planning Commission
Santa Ynez
Louise Beaman
Buellton
Middle County
Ted
Pat Derby
Derbys
Ted Derby
Animal Kingdom
Carpinteria
Pea Soup Andersen’s
Rancho la Vega
Santa Ynez Oaks
Joe M. Agapay
Los Angeles
Veteran Planning Commission
M.V. Duncan
Lompoc
Glimpses Valama Strike Sparks Bowling Incident
A report notes Glimpses Valama striking over her own bowling ball leaving the alley yesterday. The fragment mentions a library flagpole as a weather barometer with forecaster predictions tied to flag behavior.
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Valama
Three Public School Board Forums Next Week in Lompoc
Seven candidates will appear in three public forums hosted by NAACP First Presbyterian Church and AAUW at Lompoc locations. Modest Q&.A sessions follow candidate statements as voters prepare for the March 4 election for three seats. Incumbents Barbara Berg Karl Braun Joseph Grbac and others vie against challengers in bid for Allan Hancock CCD as well.
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NAACP
Lompoc Public Library
First Presbyterian Church
Berkeley Dr
Kenneth R. Boyd
Allan Hancock Community College District Board of Trustees
Edmund Burke
Edward Diaz
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Genevieve St. Clair
Phyllis White
Connie Savage
Sue Schwark
Barbara Berg
Karl Braun
Joseph Grbac
Jack Helm
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Smith
Derby
Newhall
Carpinteria Valley
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