School Board Backs Wegner Cutbacks Twice
The Lompoc school board approved in two votes the proposed cutbacks from Superintendent Glen Wegner to meet a enrollment driven financial crisis. Plans include merging four elementaries in June into two principals, trimming support staff, mothballing empty classrooms, and possible further staffing reductions if enrollment falls.
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Glen Wegner
Wegner
Loma Vista
Los Padres
la Mesa
Buena Vista
Lighthouse keeper prediction comes true at Point Concepcion
Evidence of automation ends an era as the Point Concepcion lighthouse goes fully automatic tomorrow February 15. Coast Guard teams at Point Arguello will monitor the site from a distance while maintenance crews conduct routine visits.
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Pt. Concepcion
Point Concepcion
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Point Arguello
Nixon warns U S uses more energy than it produces
President Nixon declares the nation is consuming more energy than it yields in a radio address outlining an environmental and energy program. He will submit a wide ranging energy plan to Congress, stressing pollution controls funded by polluters and urging action ahead of a six part speech series.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Ixon
Democratic Congress
Ronald L. Ziegler
World leaders weigh impact of dollar shifts across markets
Markets reopened as traders faced a devalued dollar with mixed results. Gold surged in London to a record high while Tokyo and Zurich moved to protect currencies. Common Market ministers prepared to meet to assess the Italian float and the dollar's wider effects.
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United Press International
Brazil
Tokyo
Swiss
France
Italy
Hong Kong
U.S
Europe
First POWs Return Home From Vietnam War
Twenty American prisoners of war arrived in the United States at Clark Air Base and California as the first mass homecoming. Two planes landed in California, with more planeloads expected, while North Vietnam announced a new batch to be freed. By weekend, 163 Americans would be free with 431 still held.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Henry Kissinger
Travis Air Force Base
California
Clark
U.S
Freedom
Board approves rezoning amid local protests in Lompoc
The Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 to rezone a nine acre site near Lompoc’s east entrance from 20-R-1-0 and RA O to DMG for Design Manufacturing General despite protests from Lompoc Valley residents. Opponents urged keeping agricultural uses to protect beauty and tourism, while supporters cited development controls.
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Dick Praul
Lompoc Valley
Board of Supervisors
Lompoc
Francis A H. Beattie
County Planning Commission
Sweeney Rd
RAO
DMG
Design Manufacturing General
W.R. Dildine
Hogg Brothers
M-2
Dildine
Lompoc- Vandenberger
American Association of University Women
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Robert Hibbits
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