Nogle declines to run for re election in Lompoc area
Lompoc Unified School District trustee Archie Nogle says he will not seek another term in the March 4 election. Five candidates have filed by 5 p.m. deadline for three board seats, including Alberta Morgan who also filed for the city council. Incumbent John Beattie will not run after 12 years.
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Archie Nogle
Lompoc Unified School District Board
Nogle
Lompoc Unified School District
Alberta Morgan
Lompoc
Morgan
W. College Ave
Edward W. Rodgers
Vandenberg Afb
Barbara Berg
Karl Braun
Jack F. Helman
Western Electric
Rosendo Aguirre
John Beattie
Salsipuedes dam study urged by Water Agency
A staff report urges the Santa Barbara County Water Agency to begin a two phase countywide water study. Phase I would assess if the county must buy state project water in about 15 years. Phase II would focus on local sources or procurement of state water based on Phase I results.
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Salsipuedes Dam
Water Agency
Santa Barbara County
South Salsipuedes Creek
County Board of Supervisors
Robert Edmonston
County Public Works
Norman Caldwell
Davidson
TelePrompTer Loses Vandenberg Base Cable Franchise Bid
TelePrompTer of Lompoc loses base cable franchise at Vandenberg Air Force Base to Cable Antenna Systems of San Rafael after a 10 year bid at 4 dollars per month for primary hookups and 75 cents for additional. TelePrompTer protests citing isolation and higher rates, with base serving 2,500 subscribers of a 14,678 subscriber system.
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Steve LA Rue
TelePrompTer of
Lompoc
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
TelePrompTer
C.W. Grinstead
Cable Antenna Systems of
San Raphael
Cable Antenna
New York
Air Force
Vandenberg
Los Angeles
Grinstead
Santa Maria
County
Solvang
Glimpses Crews Dismantle City Christmas Decorations
Crews remove city Christmas street decorations while some homes still display their night lights. The scene shows workers in winter coats handling year end holiday setup as residents observe the transition from festive display to normal streets.
Lompoc Plant Lockout Draws In Out-of-Town JM Staff
About 50 Johns Manville sales and merchandising workers from other plants arrived at the Lompoc facility yesterday amid a lockout of 500 Local 146 International Chemical Workers Union members since December 9. JM official Paul Barnum said no new negotiations are planned and union president Tom McCall was unavailable for comment. Local efforts by Mayor Stevens sought mediation without city commitment.
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Johns-Manville
Lompoc
Paul Barnum
International Chemical Workers Union
J-M
Barnum
Tom McCall
E.C. Stevens
Jobless total in December highest in 13 year span
December unemployment rose to 7.1 percent, the highest in 13 years, with 7.1 percent rate last seen in 1958. White collar layoffs increased, overall 560,000 added to jobless rolls amid auto industry layoffs and a 15 percent construction jobless rate.
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Washington
UPI
America
Labor Department
Ford
94Th Congress
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Ford signs Trade Act linking Soviet emigration demand to policy
President Ford signed the Trade Act of 1974 linking better Soviet Union trade to emigration demands for Soviet Jews. The act spurs normal trade relations with Communist nations, creates relief for U.S. industries, and sets talks on lowering barriers. Congress may revoke MFN status if Russia fails to ease emigration.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Soviet Union
U.S
White House
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congress
Geneva
Russia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Henry A. Kissinger
Ford comments on Kissinger force remark on oil crisis
Ford rejects endorsing Kissinger stance but notes his remark was a highly qualified hypothetical. Kissinger warned force could be possible if oil supplies were strangled, yet stressed such action would be dangerous and akin to Vietnam. Press Secretary Nessen said the president has nothing to add, and Kissinger emphasized force would only be for the gravest emergency.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Middle East
Kissinger
Business Week
Vietnam
Ron Nessen
Higher Social Security tax eyed by US panel
A government advisory panel recommends raising Social Security taxes and possibly cutting benefits to keep the system solvent into the next century. It suggests increasing the retirement age to 68 from 65 starting in 2005 and abolishing cost of living increases that begin this year.
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Washington
UPI
Social Security Advisory Council
U.S
Congress
New Year Holiday Traffic Deaths Count 194
United Press International and the National Safety Council report 194 highway deaths during the 30 hour New Year weekend, showing no record low but a year long decline. California led with 32 deaths, Texas 21, Florida 15, Illinois 14. two Chicago police officers died in a collision while responding to a call.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
California
Texas
Florida
Illinois
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