City hires outside consultants for major sewer project in Lompoc
Brown and Caldwell dominates Lompoc consulting with $898,426 in sewer and water work since 1971. Grant funding covered 87.5 percent of large project costs, while the city and other participants paid remaining shares. Intermittent contracts included interim plant improvements and a rate study, with later delays and funding cuts shaping the final project scope.
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Lompoc
Brown and Caldwell Consulting Engineers
Brown and Caldwell
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vandenberg Village
Brown and Caldwell Sewer
Lynn Hartford
Pasadena
Alhambra
Brown
Caldwell
Gar Jones
Mission Hills
Federal Correctional Institution
Wall Street Rally Sparks Frenzied Opening Hour
Wall Street rebounded as traders flooded the New York Stock Exchange with a record first hour of 9.8 million shares traded, pushing the Dow up after IBM trading resumed amid antitrust rulings. The market cited improved prospects, rate cuts, and a volatile trade deficit report shaping 1975 outlook.
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United Press International
New York Stock Exchange
Nixon
IBM
Telex
Securities and Exchange Commission
Southern California rocked by 1000 quakes in six days
More than 1,000 earthquakes struck Southern California in six days, mainly in the Imperial Valley near the Mexican border. A 4.7 quake hit near Brawley and a 2.8 tremor rumbled through the San Fernando Valley. Seismologists say the Brawley fault is active with no injuries reported and officials on alert.
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Pasadena
Calif
Brawley
Imperial Valley
Clarence Allen
United States
Alaska
California
U.S. grills Soviets on possible missile treaty violations
In Geneva the United States pressed the Soviet Union for explanations of military construction and missile testing seen as possible breaches of the 1972 SALT I pact. President Ford authorized negotiators to seek clarifications while noting no proven violations.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Ford
Moscow
Salt-I
U.S
Sidney Graybeal
Giorgi Ustinov
Washington
Panel to probe CIA FBI set by Senate vote
The Senate approved an 82 to 4 vote to create a special committee with $750,000 to investigate CIA domestic spying and FBI files on congressmen. Eleven members will oversee inquiries with subpoena power. Frank Church, likely chairman, will call a first formal meeting.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Senate
Congress
CIA
FBI
Mike Mansfield
Idaho
Frank Church
Church
J M workers lose unemployment benefits over dispute
About 500 Johns Manville workers are cut off from unemployment compensation by action of the state Economic Development Department. The ruling ends roughly $45,000 weekly in benefits tied to a labor dispute as salaried staff move to production amid stalled negotiations.
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Vaughn Proctor
Economic Development Department
Johns-Manville Corp. Chemical Union
J-M
International Chemical Workers Union
Frank Allen
EDD
International Union
Lompoc
Tom McCall
Arthur Nelson
County Welfare
Department of Benefit
Bloom to sign pact as Lompoc school chief today
Clarence H. Bloom, current Duarte Unified superintendent, arrives in Lompoc at 3 p.m. for formal introduction to the school board and signing of a three year contract worth 34 804 annually. He succeeds Glen Wegner who retires after 17 years. A 3 30 p.m. board meeting precedes a 6 p.m. dinner hosted by the School Administrators Association.
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Clarence H. Bloom
Lompoc
School Administrators Association
Bloom
Duarte Unified School District
Supt
Glen Wegner
Robert Wiener
Cabrillo High School
Association
Petition Helps Kill Plan for Industrial Development
Lompoc Planning Commission withdrew proposals for a Planned Development Commercial Manufacturing project at Laurel Avenue and D Street after 75 neighbors signed a petition against the juice factory site from 413 to 425 North D Street. The action ends the proposal while other items moved forward or continued to Feb 24.
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Lompoc
Edward Hauenstein
Laurel Avenue
D Street
Community Development Department
al Autry
Commission
Hauenstein
D St
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Steve LA Rue
Wall Street
U.S. Court of Appeals
Denver
International Business Machines
Telex Corp
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce
Frederick B. Dent
Southland
The
San
Woodland Hills
North Hollywood
Studio City
Northridge
Cal Tech
Salton Sea
Westmoreland
Mexico
Santa Rita Hills
Harold V. Koontz
Fourth St
Pine
Cherry
Ernest Lewis
Horace Reed
Pine Ave
Lewis
Reed
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