Million in donations offered to Hearst kidnapping family
More than a million dollars in donations were given to the Hearst family to meet demands of the Symbionese Liberation Army holding Patricia Hearst for ransom. U.S. Attorney General Saxbe advised against complying with food-for-kidnapping demands, noting the emotional strain and potential danger to Patricia. Donations were said to be from ordinary people and would be kept in a separate account to be returned if unnecessary.
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Catherine Hearst
San Francisco
Saxbe
Federal Energy Office orders airlines to boost fuel and rationing ideas
The Federal Energy Office ordered increased jet fuel to airlines and added fuel at truck stops to ease shortages. It proposed station owners limit sales to drivers with half tanks, stagger hours, and create community centers to locate open stations. Governors urged to use set-aside supplies as 19 states receive energy teams. Airline cuts and job losses followed earlier allocations.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Energy Office
John C. Sawhill
FEO
Sawhill
Nixon refuses to provide more documents
Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski said President Nixon formally refused to provide any further documents or tapes. He received confirmation in a letter from James D. St Clair, Nixon’s Watergate attorney, who acted at the President's direction. It was delivered Wednesday evening and Jaworski would not say if a subpoena would be pursued.
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Washington
UPI
Leon Jaworski
Nixon
Jaworski
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
Sidewalk Scene as Foster's Restaurant Rises on West Ocean Ave
Glimpses show Shirley Lilley ducking paint drops while workers erect Foster's Restaurant on West Ocean Avenue. Passersby, labeled sidewalk superintendents, observe the progress and framing of the new building.
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Shirley Lilley
New Foster’s
West Ocean Ave
Weekend Forecast With Mild Temps And Tidal Details
The outlook calls for fair skies through Friday with variable high cloudiness and little temperature change. Daytime highs will be in the mid 50s to low 60s, and nightly lows in the mid 30s to low 40s with light winds. Friday tides show a low of 0.3 feet at 2 01 p.m. and highs of 4.5 feet at 6 10 a.m. and 3.1 feet at 8 59 p.m.
Kissinger names two to new international energy group
Secretary of State Kissinger picked Undersecretary William H. Donaldson and energy chief William E. Simon to lead a new 12 nation coordinating group on oil. He said a spring conference could lower but stabilize prices and warned the panel will take weeks to assess how to cope with the energy shortage and the oil price surge. France was excluded from the group.
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Kissinger
France
William H. Donaldson
Federal Energy
William E. Simon
U.S
Donaldson
New York
State Department
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
LFT President levels charges at superintendent
Lompoc Unified School District trustees heard Bob Rich of the Lompoc Federation of Teachers accuse Superintendent Glen Wegner of harming teachers by citing tenure issues and criticized a gag order amid a minorities dispute. Wegner was absent. The board also reviewed salary demands from the LEA and discussed bids for eight vehicles, student self scheduling, and a course title revision for Automotive Technology for Women.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Unified School District
Bob Rich
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
Glen Wegner
Rich
Wegner
Supt
Mel Wilde
Lst
Lompoc Education Association
Alice Milligan
Steiger
Richard Jacoby
Robert Mott
Lompoc High School
Lompoc
Detox center illegal in Mission Hills home
County zoning officials ruled the home based detoxification operation run by Vi and Charles Willis violates R-1 residential zoning. Supervisor Francis H Beattie said the service is needed but not in Mission Hills. the Willises face required permits and potential denial due to nearby resident objections.
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Mission Hills
Francis H. Beattie
Beattie
Charles Willis
Lompoc
Willis
Willises
Sweeney Road
Ocean Avenue
D Street
Water softener battle at Lompoc council meeting
Lompoc City Council set to discuss a source control ordinance to phase out or ban self regenerating home water softeners. The measure targets total dissolved solids in wastewater and may affect 119 West Walnut Ave proceedings with Brown and Caldwell arguing for Phase I to curb the city’s persistent effluent crisis.
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Lompoc
City Hall
West Walnut Ave
Brown and Caldwell Co
Alhambra
Vandenberg Village
Brown and Caldwell
California State Water Quality Control Board
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Nours
Christine Eford
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Donna Manship
Lompoc Public Library
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LFT
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Cabrillo High School
Hawaii
Calle Lindero
George Hutson
County Planning Department
Steve LA Rue
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