Strike cancelled as Italy faces rare government crisis
Rome reports Italy's 24 hour general strike called off amid a sudden crisis. President Saragat meets party leaders as Premier Rumor's center left coalition resigns, sparking fears of a shift to the right and regional government ambitions by Socialists and Communists.
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Rome
UPI
Italy
Giuseppe Saragat
Saragat
Mariano Rumor
Rumor
Christian Democrats
United States
Retail sales dip in first quarter across Lompoc region
Richard Nevins of the State Board of Equalization reported a sizable drop in first quarter 1970 retail sales in Lompoc and Santa Barbara County from late 1969 totals. Lompoc sales fell to 8.241 million, Santa Barbara County to 112.004 million, and Santa Maria to 23.521 million, with overall growth in goods subject to sales tax slowing.
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Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Richard Nevins
State Board of Equalization
Santa Maria
Nevins
Lompoc Mayor to testify against AB908 in Sacramento
Mayor Art Scott departed for Sacramento to testify against Assembly Bill 908, a proposed tax on municipal utilities. He is slated to appear before the Assembly Ways and Means Committee chaired by Frank Lanterman, with hearings likely to continue into tomorrow. AB 908 could cost Lompoc about $67,000 in revenue. Mayor Scott will miss tonight’s City Council session.
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Lompoc
Art Scott
Sacramento
Scott
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Nations biggest railroads on strike shock nation
The United Transportation Union shut down the Baltimore and Ohio Southern Pacific and Louisville and Nashville lines in an 11 year dispute over elimination of firemen from diesel locomotives. UTU seeks to restore 12 000 firemen jobs while carriers argue safety and modern engines reduce crew needs. The strike halted freight and commuter service coast to coast raising fears of broad economic impact.
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Washington
UPI
United Transportation Union
UTU
National Railway Labor Conference
Nixon
Baltimore & Ohio
Southern Pacific
Louisville and Nashville
John P. Hiltz Jr
Labor Department
National Mediation Board
Louisville
Nashville
Penn Central
Hiltz
Charles Luna
Supreme Court
John F. Kennedy
California
San Jose
San Francisco Bay Area
Union
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Volunteer firemen resign over city pay plan in Lompoe
Three of Lompoe seven volunteer firefighters quit after the city council proposed ending a flat 30 dollar monthly payment. Two of the four remaining volunteers may resign as the policy shifts to pay only when called or on duty for training, saving the city up to 3000 dollars yearly.
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Lompoe
John Baker
Baker Stan McCabe
South G Street
McCabe
Baker
Lompoc
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Air Canada DC8 crash near Toronto with 108 dead
Investigators say the DC8 crashed three miles north of Toronto International Airport after a hard landing on runway 32. Four witnesses watched the plane bounce 50 to 100 feet and strike the right side, shedding engine number four. Pilot error is not ruled out.
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Toronto
UPI
Air Canada
Toronto International Airport
R. L. Bolduc
Federal
Department of Transport
Bolduc
West Side unrest in Asbury Park spurs tense calm
In Asbury Park the West Side remained quiet but tense after more than 12 hours of violence that included fires looting and about 100 arrests with at least 44 injuries. Police cordoned off a 29 block area as 15 black leaders met with Mayor Mattice and two councilmen demanding rapid action and several measuresissippi.
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Asbury Park
UPI
Joseph F Mattice
Mattice
Willie
Hamm
Rutgers University
West Side
Senate committee approves California anti smog engine bill
In Sacramento the Senate Transportation Committee backed a Petris bill to ban any vehicle on California highways with a smog producing engine starting January 1, 1975. The 8-3 vote sent the measure toward the full Senate amid warnings from physicians and industry critics about smog health risks and auto maker resistance.
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Sacramento
UPS
Senate Transportation Committee
California
Nicholas C. Petris
Senate
Assembly
Petris
Oakland Democrat
Detroit
John Rosen
Oakland
Rosen
James Rahman
San Francisco
Los Angeles
State Air Resources Board
Taylor
Middle-aged rider with helmet seen on North A Street
A middle aged bicycle rider wore a motorcycle helmet while traveling down North A Street. Separately a Happy Steak House manager enjoyed an LPI steak and two kids were observed purloining lemons on Apricot Avenue.
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Happy
LPI
Supervisors Cut County Road Budget to Reduce Tax Rate
The County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to trim the 1970-71 county road budget by 410000 and move the funds to the general fund in hopes of saving about 0.07 on the $2.32 levy. Beattie and Tunnell opposed the transfer. Fourth District and Fifth District cuts followed.
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County Board of Supervisors
North County
Francis H Beattie
Curtis Tunnell
Charles Wagner
la Purisima
Miguelito
Private committee unveils cradle to grave health plan
A 100 member private panel proposes a universal health insurance system funded by workers, employers and government to cover Americans from birth to death. Senators Kennedy and Cooper express cautious support and expect congressional action this month. UAW President Leonard Woodcock says the plan would extend coverage to millions for the first time.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Kennedy
Cooper
Committee For National Health Insurance
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
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Lompoc High School
David Niemann
Barney Lynn
Cynthia Kuhn
Luis Fonseca
Lompoc High
Alan Hancock College
Toni Terrones
Hancock College
Lynn
Niemann
Fonseca
Miss Kuhn
Miss Terrones
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