Citizens group seeks tax cut at Lompo Union meeting
A Lompo Unified School District residents group led by John J. Flaherty plans to present a petition at the school board meeting to cut taxes by about 1.95 per 100 of assessed value using one time funds of roughly 1.6 million dollars. The group has about 600 signatures and aims to persuade the board to reduce taxes rather than expand teaching programs and equipment inventories.
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John J. Flaherty
Lompoc Unified
Board of Trustees
Flaherty
Idea
Saboteurs Bomb Suburban Tracks in Spain Protest Wave
Saboteurs bombed suburban railway tracks in Spain as protests surged. Police used tear gas against demonstrators in Madrid and surrounding areas amid the unrest.
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Spain
Madrid
UPI
Demon
Barcelona
Cataluna Electricity Company
Chrysler Auto
Itt-Standard Electronical
Economic signals hint at 1976 recession easing
UPI reports in Washington the first 1976 statistics show unemployment at 8.3 percent in December, with 7.8 million jobless and 77.8 million employed. Inflation rose 0.7 percent in November, real earnings up 0.7 percent that month, and wholesale prices fell 0.4 percent. Industrial output rose 0.2 percent in November. the trade balance posted a $1.1 billion surplus for November.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Supreme Court voids New York campaign speech law
The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a lower court ruling that New York's law punishing malicious campaign talk is too broad and could chill political speech. Justice Stevens sat for the first time, with no opinion issued, and justices planned future rulings on age-based alcohol access and Connecticut no fault auto insurance.
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Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
New York
John Paul Stevens
William O. Douglas
Stevens
Douglas
Oklahoma
Connecticut
Africans Seek OAU Unity as Amin Leads Angola Crisis
African leaders meet in Addis Ababa to resolve Angola’s civil war with Ugandan President Idi Amin steering the OAU crisis vote. Nigeria shifts stance toward the Soviet backed MPLA while the pro Western coalition led by Senegal seeks immediate cease fire amid Cuban and Soviet arms. Ethiopia and Uganda have yet to state positions as South Africa’s military role is condemned.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
UPI
Angola
Idi Amin
Organization of African Unity
Amin
OAU
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Nigeria
Moscow
Popular Movement
National Front For the Liberation of
Union For the Total Independence of
Senegal
Leopold Senghor
Africa
Cauition
Uganda
South Africa
National Union
Jonas Savimbi
United States
Vietnam
Beirut under fire as fighting rages across capital
UPI reports Beirut battles intensify with Christian Moslem and Palestinian gunmen firing from hotels and streets. The U.S. Embassy is again in cross-fire as Dhayyeh refugee camp is besieged and casualties climb with 8,360 dead and 17,760 wounded over nine months of civil war.
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U.S
Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Seacoast
Dhayyeh
Murr Tower
Holiday Inn
Phoenicia
Los Angeles doctors strike slows care across metro area
A drifting doctors strike in Los Angeles County continues with no single turning point while public hospitals face rising wait times and patient delays. Thousands of hospital workers are losing jobs or facing pay cuts as more physicians join the action seeking a malpractice insurance cap of 4000 dollars yearly.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jeanne Zeltner
Ucla Medical Center
UCLA
Hospitals stagger under ER demand and doctor shortages
Administrators warn which hospitals have enough doctors for emergency rooms as shortages ban many from staffing. County residents call a central number to locate doctors accepting patients, with most ending up in public hospital ERs. One patient waited from Thursday night to Saturday morning in surgery, while a woman with a broken ankle was not an emergency. Mary Ann Korn’s husband Irvin recalls calling many doctors and hospitals before UCLA care.
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County Medical Association
Melanie Tromley
Mary Ann Korn
Irvin
UCLA
Ford plans first foray into New Hampshire Feb 7
President Ford will campaign in New Hampshire on February 7 addressing the Nashua Chamber of Commerce. The trip, potentially a weekend effort, will be funded by the President Ford Committee. Polls show Ford favored by editors and GOP officials to beat Reagan in the nomination race. Connally says Reagan may have the edge in New Hampshire and Florida.
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United Press International
Ford
New Hampshire
Nashua
Oklahoma City
Reagan
Florida
Connally
White House
Nelsen
Washington
RKO General Broadcasting
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
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Savimbi
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Tal Zaatar
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Carol Fiantago
Lisa
Ann Sweet
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Old County Administration
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