Lompoc Considers Two Outpatient Clinics To Relieve Shortage
The Lompoc Hospital District board moves to establish a temporary hospital clinic to attract physicians, with a privately backed clinic planned for February led by Dr. Rod Hamer. The plan includes hiring one doctor full time while a second clinic may open later, as private citizens push for permanent local physicians.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc
Lompoc Hospital
Ken Wicks
Mike Palmer
Hamer
Wicks
Palmer
Top administrators in Lompoc get pay adjustments
City Council approves raises for top posts to reach average market levels effective June 3. City Administrator Gene Wahlers will earn 2,928 monthly and City Attorney Alan Davidson 2,336 monthly, with about a 5.5 percent overall rise for staff and 6 to 7 percent for several departments.
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Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Alan Davidson
Wahlers
Davidson
City
Lompoc District Hospital Faces Red Ink Over Malpractice Crisis
Hospital administrator Ken Wicks reported the facility is about $100,000 in the red this fiscal year due to a malpractice insurance crisis. He will ask the board to raise rates, as doctors around town are scarce and not accepting new patients or performing surgeries, keeping census at 28 against a break-even 36.
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Lompoc District
Ken Wicks
Wicks
Lompoc
Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Brown
Medical Peace Corps
Elective surgery ends in Los Angeles strike tightens care
In Los Angeles the doctors strike over malpractice insurance shuts elective surgery across private facilities. Public hospitals absorb rising patient load with 3,455 in county wards and 315 beds available. Health officials plan discharges for gravely ill as talks with lawmakers and doctors continue in Sacramento.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Marshal Rockwell
Santa Monica Hospital Center
Hospital Council of
Southern California
Board of Supervisors
Lompoc Council Approves Housing Assistance Plan
The Lompoc City Council approved a housing assistance plan aiming for 40 new units, 73 existing units rehab, and three elderly or disabled units funded via CDBG and Section 8. It includes loans, relocation aid, counseling, and no direct grants, with HUD model oversight and environmental review.
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Bill Cruse
Lompoc
Michael Kaufman
Kaufman
Area Planning Council
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Santa Barbara County
Ford's 1977 Budget Aims to Dip Under 395 Billion
President Ford announced at a Cabinet meeting that the 1977 federal budget will fall below the previously forecast 395 billion dollars. He predicted a balanced budget by 1979, with budget director James T. Lynn warning cuts may provoke protests from special interest groups.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
James T. Lynn
Congress
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Socialists Withdraw Support. Italy Faces Crisis
Socialists vote to withdraw backing from Prime Minister Aldo Moro's government, risking early elections. With 310 of 630 deputies in doubt, Moro may resign within days, heightening a political crisis described by officials as the crisis in the dark.
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Italy
Rome
UPI
Socialist Party
Aldo Moro
Communist Party
Socialist Directorate
Christian Democrats
Chamber of Deputies
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