Unemployment Up as Prices Drop in June Report
In June the unemployment rate rose to 7.1 percent, an increase of 0.2 points, while the Wholesale Price Index fell 0.6 percent marking the sharpest drop in nearly four years. Farm prices led the decline. inflation cooling appeared evident though jobless numbers worsened especially among adult women and teens. Total employment rose to 90.7 million as labor force participation increased by 480,000.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
America
Carter
Man and Woman of the Year named in Lompoc banquet
Earl Calvert and Norma Stillman are named Lompoc’s Man and Woman of the Year at the Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce awards banquet. Stillman received a plaque from last year’s winner Mrs. Louisa Van Ausdal for extensive community work. Calvert’s plaque was presented by Chamber president Ray Gerrity. Also named Airman of the Year Sgt Nina K Miller from Vandenberg AFB and Flower Festival chairman Howard M Whitaker.
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Lompoc
Earl Calvert
Lompoc Valley
Norma Stillman
The
Chamber of Commerce
Village Women’s Golf Association
la Morada School For Girls
Alpha Club
Women’s Division
Calvert
Ray Gerrity
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Nina K. Miller
Miller
Vandenberg
Howard M. Whitaker
Aspico
LUSD Counterproposals Aim to Narrow Teacher Contract Gaps
Lompoc Unified School District plans eight counteroffers in talks with the Lompoc Education Association on grievance procedures transfers leaves and evaluation. Arbitration terms remain hot with the district seeking final authority and the LEA pushing for neutral mediation.
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Lompoc Unified School
Lompoc Education Association
LEA
Lompoc Advisors Oppose Drum Canyon 100-Acre Split
Lompoc Advisory Committee votes against dividing a 100 acre parcel on Drum Canyon Road into three 10 acre homesites and a 70 acre tract citing distance from county service areas. The group backs 100 acre zoning east of Lompoc but defers on AL AG or U classifications. Off road vehicle sites and environmental elements discussed with no major action.
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Lompoc
Drum Canyon
Art Hibbits
County Planning Department
Board of Supervisors
ORV
Vandenberg Village
County Planning Commission
Lompoc Jobless Rate Dips Amid Youth Employment Efforts
Unemployment in Lompoc falls to 8.9 percent in May 1977 from 10.2 percent in 1976 while county rate drops to 5.8 percent. EDD notes youth joblessness around 17 percent and highlights Summer Jobs For Youth program mailing 9000 letters and placing 68 youths in June including 32 at Vandenberg AFB. The department aims to place 1,200 people this fiscal year with 2,677 new or renewed applications since Oct. 1976.
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Lompoc
Kohlman
Santa Ynez
EDD
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Reward fund for arson case grows to 1300 dollars
The Lompoc Record announces the reward fund has increased from 1000 to 1300 dollars for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the youth league athletic equipment arson near midnight last Saturday. Two anonymous pledges of 200 and 100 dollars brought the total. Call Harry Crompe at the paper to share information, with guaranteed informer protection.
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Lompoc
Youth League
Harry J. Crompe
Crompe
Pentagon alleges CIA ties in Copley News Service
Wire service workers claim Copley News Service ran for years as an arm of the CIA and that 23 employees held concurrent CIA roles. Penthouse magazine cites former editor Gene Gregston and two reporters to assert the service existed as an ego project for Jim Copley, a charge rebutted by Copley executives.
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Washington
UPI
Penthouse Magazine
Copley News Service
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
Joe Trento
Congress
California
Dave Roman
San Diego
Gene Gregston
The
San Diego Union
Copley
Jim Copley
Penthouse
Federal Electric gets Air Force contract for up to 150 million
Federal Electric Corp. wins a Space and Missile Test Center contract worth 72.3 million to run July 1 1977 to Sept 30 1979 with two one year options potentially reaching about 150 million. The deal maintains FEC as the largest contractor at Vandenberg. Quintron also lands a 5.5 million launch support package for SAMTEC through Sept 30 1979 with options.
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James P. Sweeney
Federal Electric Corp
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Air Force Space and Missile Test Center
John Lawrence
Samtec
Lawrence
FEC
Vandenberg
Federal Electric
Santa Maria
Quintron
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Variety Club of
Santa Barbara
Mission Council
Boy Scouts of America
la Purisima Mission
Historical Landmark Commission
Pioneer Society
LUSD
Betsy Susman
Alan Kohlman
Employment Development Department
Conrad Montgomery
Record
Wire Service
Pillar Point
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Kwajalein Islands
Hawaii
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