Economic impact of bomber decision eases in California
The El bomber program cancellation will cut 8,000 Rockwell jobs and ripple through California but economists say the state faces no severe recession risk. UCLA forecasts expect 3.8 percent employment growth this year, while Brown and lawmakers warn of lost income and jobs. Rockwell stock fell but other projects sustain the firm.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Rockwell International
Carter
Rockwell
Larry Kimbell
UCLA
Robert Parry
Security Pacific Bank
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Gray Davis
U.S
Hayakawa
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Soviet Press Decries U S Cruise Missile Drive
The Soviet news agency assets that the United States started a dangerous arms drive by mass producing cruise missiles. It claims funds from canceled bomber programs will fund an arsenal of missiles and warns of dangerous consequences for strategic arms talks and U S Soviet relations.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Carter
U S.A
Washington
White House
U.S
Neutron bomb funding blocked in Senate vote
The Senate, by 43 to 42 after a secret session, blocked funds for neutron bomb and Lance missile development unless President Carter deems them in the national interest. Sen. Stennis brokered a compromise delaying final decision to Carter with a detailed impact statement.
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Codey
Senate
Carter
John Stennis
D-Miss
Mark Hatfield
Stennis
Congress
Hatfield
Adams orders airbags or automatic belts for new cars
Transportation Secretary Brock Adams announces a 1981 mandate requiring airbags or automatic seat belts in all new autos as part of a push toward socially responsible vehicles. He cites expected safety gains and costs of 25 to 300 dollars per car, while Chrysler critiques the plan as costly and second best.
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Washington
UPI
Brock Adams
Adams
Chrysler Corp
Nader
Lompoc Preparations for Fourth of July Festivities
Lompoc families plan trips picnics and gatherings as police close in on a party of nude teenagers found early on the eve of the Fourth of July weekend.
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Lompoc
Santa Barbara Sheriff's Deputies Accept 7 Percent Pay Increase
Santa Barbara County sheriff personnel voted 79 to 76 to accept a seven percent salary rise ending a threatened strike. The ratification occurred at a Santa Barbara County Sheriff Deputies Association meeting with department on duty and functioning normally. Observers credit supervisors negotiators with relenting on education pay incentives as a key factor.
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Sheriff's Department
Santa Barbara
Armed pair rob Lompoc food stores for 302 dollars
Police identify two youthful bandits in a pair of armed robberies at Serv U Food Store on North H Street and Jiffy Food Store on North V Street. A blue steel revolver was used at Serv U while beer was used to placate the clerk at Jiffy. The suspects fled with 302 dollars and were chased by witnesses.
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Lompoc
Serv U Food
North H St
Jiffy Food
North V St
Janice Lee Michaelson
Fourth of July Fireworks and Barbecue Planned in Lompoc
The IAFF Local 1906 hosts a dusk fireworks display at Huyck Stadium Lompoc High School with ground and aerial shells funded by two $625 McDonald's donations and local support. A rock band, possible skydiving, and a public donation drive accompany the event. No admission fee. A nearby 1 to 4 p.m. barbecue at Ryan Park by the Lompoc Valley Democratic Club charges $2.50 per person.
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Lompoc
Roy Belluz
Gerry Buntemeyer
Bob Haskel
Ed Casarez
Dean Stevenson
International Association of Firefighters
Tom Chrones
IAFF
Huyck Stadium
Lompoc High School
Chrones
Alvin Autry
McDonald’s
Cannisters
Lompoc Valley
Democratic Club
Ryan Park
Fred Bock
Robert Hedlund
Suit charges cereals erode young teeth
A $260 million class action accuses General Foods of promoting five sugar coated cereals Coca Pebbles Super Sugar Crisp Fruity Pebbles Honeycomb and Alpha Bits with 38 to 47 percent sugar. The suit seeks funds for a Protect Young Children Fund to provide free dental care for affected children and alleges misleading ads downplay sugar content and decay risks.
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Los Angeles
YPI
General Foods Corporation
General Foods
Senate reaches compromise on eight water projects funding
The Senate will fund eight of Carter's 17 water projects and cut nine, aiming to avert a veto as part of a $10.3 billion appropriations bill for water and public works and energy research. Names listed include Applegate Lake, Cache Basin, Tallahala Creek, and Auburn Dam among others.
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Washington
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Carter
John Stennis
D-Miss
House
Senate
Thomas McIntyre
D-N.h
Auburn Dam
California
William Proxmire
Applegate Lake
Ore
Atchafalaya River
Cache Basin
Ark
Hillsdale Lake
Kan
Richard B. Russell Lake
South Carolina
Georgia
Tallahala Creek
Miss
Columbia Dam
Tenn
Calif
Fourth of July Closures Across Lompoc and County
Government offices and most businesses will close Monday for the Fourth of July. The Record prints but offices closed all day. No postal service. Lompoc Library closes. Sanitation pickups follow normal schedule. City landfill open 10 AM to 4 PM. Municipal Pool hours 1–5 PM and 7–10 PM.
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Record
Lompoc
Lompoc Municipal Pool
Ocean Avenue
C Street
Lompoc Teachers Press Grievances in Bargaining Sessions
Teacher contract talks continue with grievance procedures and leaves on the agenda. Meeting hours shift due to a holiday, from 1 30 to 5 p m in addition to the normal 9 a m to noon session. Proposals and counterproposals on grievances and leaves lead to follow up in transfers rights evaluation temporary teachers advisory committees and department chair elections. The two sides enter the second week of collective bargaining.
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Lompoc
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