Retired Boys Club executive keeps youth program alive in city
Verle Brower runs the SOS Club from his 301 South O Street home, guiding 14 boys ages 8 to 12 in weekly activities. The club seeks to build character through outings, library study, crafts, and life skills while Brower draws on 50 years in scouting and youth work to shape a practical, home based program.
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Stan Tulledo
Verle Brower
South O Street
Brower
SOS Club
Lompoc Valley
Joe L. Otero
SOS
Joe
Marguerite Otero
Bedford Boys Club
Bedford Park
Ill
Illinois
Lompoc
Ford cautioned on Solzhenitsyn visit during detente era
The 1975 State Department warned Ford a meeting with exiled writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn would send a negative signal on detente to Moscow. The report notes Carter may meet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky while pursuing a new arms accord, and mentions U.S. concerns over human rights cases such as Alexander Ginzburg in Moscow. The piece also touches on Sen. Henry Jackson’s call for action and recalls Ford’s prior stance on Solzhenitsyn.
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UPI
State Department
Ford
Moscow
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Carter
White House
Vladimir Bukovsky
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
U.S
Alexander Ginzburg
Ginzburg
Department
Frederick Brown
U.N. Declara
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
Solzhenitsyn
Russia
Nixon and Ford set for pay raises and pensions
Washington reports former presidents Nixon and Ford will gain pay boosts and pensions when top officials do, effective February 20. Cabinet pay would rise to 66 000, boosting Nixon and Ford pensions by about 3 000 yearly. combined with other federal pensions they will earn around 85 000 to 104 000 annually.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Congress
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Carter
Senate
House
House Post Office
Civil Service
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Congressional Pension Fund
Senate panel approves tax cut proposal
The Senate Budget Committee tentatively backed a $10 billion tax cut this year to fund Carter's $50 per person rebate while weighing permanent tax cuts. A background paper urged larger stimulus via spending increases or permanent cuts, noting cold weather and fuel costs boost inflation risks and may delay the economy.
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Washington
Carter
Senate
Resumption of flu shots for elderly ordered
Acting on scientific advice HEW Secretary Joseph Califano Jr ordered an immediate resume of flu shots for elderly and chronically ill people. He said officials would be notified to restart vaccination with the combined A Victoria and swine flu vaccine. Experts judged the risks of severe illness from A Victoria flu outweighed the Guillain Barré syndrome risk.
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Washington
UPI
HEW
Joseph Califano Jr
Califano
Park lease approved by county and city for Lompoc site
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved leasing 4.5 acres between the Lompoc Shopping Center and the high school to Lompoc for park use. A $500,000 racquetball facility to be built by BKB Associates requires city and county approval of subleases by March 1, with site readiness deadlines and investments of $25,000 and $50,000 planned.
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Santa Barbara
BKB Associates
Ventura
BKB
Wahlers
Cosmonauts Set For Salyut Rendezvous In Space
Soyuz 24, launched Monday, circles Earth en route to Salyut 5. Commander Col. Viktor Gorbatko, 42, and flight engineer Lt. Col. Yuri Glazkov, 37, report systems normal and crew in good health as they pursue the first link since the Oct. 17 failure.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Tass
Viktor Gorbatko
Yuri
55 Degrees Colder in W Va Than in Alaska
The weather showed a winter tale with Elkins West Virginia at 22 below zero while Anchorage Alaska hovered above zero. New York City faced fuel oil shortages for 1000 public schools as Alaska sled dogs and Eskimo scouts felt the heat.
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United Press International
Elkins
W.va
Anchorage
Alaska
New York City
South Pacific
White House
Carter
Bobby Meath
Fairbanks
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
National Weather Service
Midwest
James Schlesinger
Northern Illinois Gas Co
Minonk
Benson
Woodford County
Ill
New Jersey
Columbia Gas
Ohio
East Ohio Gas Co
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co
Chicago
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Mel Kranseler
New York
Warnke
Paul Nitze
Paul Warnke
Nitze
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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Scripps-Howard News Service
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