Winter freezes grip Florida and national river closed
Record lows sweep Florida with Daytona Beach 23 and Orlando 20 as citrus prices rise and fisheries suffer. New Orleans hits a date low of 24. Mississippi River navigation halted from near St. Louis to Cairo for the first time since the 1930s.
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Sunshine State
Daytona Beach
Tampa
Miami
Key West
Orlando
Florida
New Orleans
Coast Guard
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Cairo
Ill
Peoples Gas Co
Chicago
Louisiana
Cee EE
Carter Sworn In And Walks Parade Route To White House
Jimmy Carter sworn in as 39th president and rejects limo to march with Rosalynn along Pennsylvania Avenue. Crowds of up to 250000 line the route as he and his wife wave in cold but sunny weather. Officials note a new spirit and a renewed national unity.
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Washington
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Capitol
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Secret Service
Carter
Rosalynn
Georgia
Ie Se
Capitola
Warren Burger
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Walter F. Mondale
George Washington
United States
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
California
Lillian
Billy
Amy
Richard Nixon
Mondale
America
U.S
James Earl Carter Jr
Fords
Lompoc Students Brave Cold to Watch Inaugural Parade
Lompoc and Fillmore School students braved freezing weather to view the inaugural parade along Pennsylvania Avenue then toured the nation’s capital with 31 students and 11 chaperones. They planned visits to the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial and a reception for President elect Jimmy Carter and Vice President elect Walter Mondale. The group, aided by local supporters, spoke with reporters from Rep. Lagomarsino’s office and expressed excitement over sights, snow, and meeting officials.
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Fillmore School
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Alexandria Va
Mt. Vernon
Arlington National Cemetery
The
National Gallery
Smithsonian Institution and
Air and Space Museum
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Lyn O'Henley
Domingo Miclat
Regina DeLira
Wanda Fallon
Gregoria Centino
Fillmore
Sonja Yates
Gloria Wagner
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Wanda
Regina
Hayakawa
Lagomarsino Lyn
Dallas
Tex
Domingo
Lompoc Valley
Ford ends long capital career in retirement move
President Ford leaves Washington for Monterey to play in a golf tour and begin private citizenship after almost three decades as congressman, vice president, and president. Crowds bid farewell at Andrews Air Force Base and Capitol Hill as he departs by jet and helicopter.
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Washington
UPI
Gerald R. Ford
Andrews Air Force Base
Ford
Monterey
Calif
Jerry
Betty
Nelson Rockefeller
Happy
Major issues surface at first of candidate forums
In La Honda School eight of nine Lompoc Unified School District Board candidates discuss key topics. Collective bargaining school financing and the fundamental school concept shape the race as candidates promise reforms and community outreach ahead of the March 8 election for two seats.
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la Honda
Charles McEimurry
PTA
Lompoc Valley
Donald R. Adams
Robert M. Coe
Dorothy M. Liss
Larry G. McCammon
Alberta Morgan
Karen Rush
William S. Sumner
Ed Walsh
Jeffrey D. Day
Lompoc Unified
Liss
McCammon
Committee backs Bell as attorney general amid Black opposition
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10 to 3 to recommend Griffin Bell's confirmation as attorney general despite black leaders criticizing his school desegregation rulings on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The action completes committee consideration of Carter nominees.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Griffin Bell
Jimmy Carter
Bell
5Th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals
Utility bill losses prompt Lompoc council review
Lompoc officials report 100000 in utility bill write offs over two years due to skip-outs. Proposals include higher deposits, credit checks, and using collection agencies. Staff to present options. city weighs liability insurance and possible self insurance changes.
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Robert
Vincent
Charlotte Benton
Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Elinor Lefkowitz
Wahlers
Bob Livingston
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Record
Scott Ostler
Los Angeles Times
Cabrillo High School
Jeffrey D. Vordermark
Virginia Military Institute
VMI
Dodson
Superior Court
Donald Wright
Wright
Floyd Dodson
Santa Barbara
Thomas Buckwalter
Bruce Dodds
Ventura County
Lompoc Kiwanis Club
Elks Lodge
George Keefe
Joe Herron
Joe Johnson
Bob Speers
Pat Lind
Capitol Hill
Capitol Building
Executive Mansion
By Vaughn Proctor
Coe
Morgan
Rush
Sumner
Walsh
Adams
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