Lompoc Construction Volume Booms. 1974 Seen as Banner Year
City building official Bill Cruse reports fiscal year totals of 4.18 million dollars up from 2.43 million. Calendar year to date stands at 3.69 million, vs 1.29 million last year, with May and June showing declines but future projects expected to push 1974 higher. Planned developments include K Mart at North Avenue and H Street, a 74 bed convalescent hospital, Ocean Plaza Shopping Center, and 42 new apartments at L Street and North Avenue.
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Lompoc
Cruse
K-Mart
North Avenue
H Street
Walnut Avenue
Third Street
Ocean Plaza
Ocean Avenue
A Street
L Street
Nixon says trip aided world peace
President Nixon returns from a multinational summit claiming progress toward world peace and curbing offensive nuclear weapons. In Caribou Maine crowds greet him as he and the Nixons head to Florida for a rest amid ongoing impeachment and legal proceedings.
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Trip
Key Biscayne
Fla
Europe
Soviet Union
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Julie
David Eisenhower
Caribou
Alexander M. Haig
Florida
Loring Air Force Base
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Colson links Nixon Kissinger to Ellsberg discredit effort
Colson testifies in Ehrlichman trial that President Nixon and Henry Kissinger spurred efforts to obtain and spread information to discredit Daniel Ellsberg after the Pentagon Papers leak. He says White House officials sought damaging Ellsberg data, while others in the Watergate case face new questions on hush payments and burglaries.
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Colson
Nixon
Kissinger
Ellsberg
Washington
UPI
Charles W. Colson
Ellberg
Henry Kissinger
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
White House
Elisberg
House Judiciary Committee
President Nixon Urges Global Pursuit of Liberty
Nixon in a Fourth of July message at the White House calls Americans to carry the basic American message of independence liberty and human dignity abroad. He cites trips abroad showing global belief in these principles and Abraham Lincoln's view of the United States as the last best hope of earth.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Abraham Lincoln
Meteoritic fragments found by boys in Mission Hills
Dr. Clair Ewing, geophysicist in Lompoc, says four meteorite pieces found by Jeff Pecyna and friends may be from the meteor seen over Southern California Monday night. Ewing notes fragments are typically pebble size, sometimes look like briquettes or cinders, and hold little value but may interest an observatory for tests.
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Clair Ewing
Lompoc
Jeff Pecyna
Mission Hills
Jeff
Dona
Burton Mesa Blvd
Ewing
Astronomy
California
UPI
It's a life as carnival days wind down at Flower Festival
On the last day of the Flower Festival at Ryan Park a carny worker named Jim Trepanier contemplates leaving Lompoc for San Diego. He recalls a Marine past with Jan while fellow workers argue over ride start times and show procedures.
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Stan Tulledo
Ryan Park
Jim
California
Lompoc
San Diego
Jan
Long Beach
Jim Butzer
Five USDA meat graders indicted for bribes in Southern California
Five Department of Agriculture meat graders were indicted for taking bribes up to 300 dollars a week to mislabel meat in Southern California. William R. Walmsley, owner of ServU Meat Packing, was indicted on three counts for bribing graders to upgrade meat. The case, announced by Attorney General William Saxbe, spans June 1972 to February 1974 and involves counts of bribery and false grand jury statements. If convicted, individuals face up to 15 years and fines up to 20 thousand dollars. companies can be fined up to 20 thousand dollars.
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UPI
Department of Agriculture
California
William R. Walmsley
Los Angeles
USDA
William Saxbe
Joe Edmund Hurst
Ontario
Calif
Roy Lantis
Jerry Malcolm
Anaheim
Roger Wood
Harold Nightengale
Westminister
Hurst
Lantis
Malcolm
Wood
Nightengale
Walmsley
Servu Meat Packing Company
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Dminn
Joyce Pavie
Pat Nixon
Watergate
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Frederick C. LaRue
Paul L. O’brien
James D. St. Clair
John W. Dean III
Hunt
St. Clair
Dean
H.R. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
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O'Brien
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Jim Trepanier
Bonar
Southland
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FBI
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