Nationwide strikes threaten 1.6 million workers by August
Up to 1.6 million workers could strike by Aug 1 as 75,000 copper longshore and telegraph workers lead coordinated action. Another 500,000 telephone workers, 30,000 railroad trainmen, 23,000 actors join, with 350,000 steel workers potential. CWA and SAG plans cripple Bell system and film production.
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Washington
UPI
New York
U.S. Postal Service
Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
CWA
Joseph A. Beirne
Beirne
Bell
Screen Actors Guild
New York City
Hollywood
Nixon to review Vietnam policy in major White House talks
Kissinger arrived at the Western White House from Paris for a key Vietnam policy review with President Nixon and Secretary of State Rodgers. The White House cited serious negotiations as it weighs the seven point Viet Cong peace package while signaling possible changes in Paris with Bruce possibly replaced by Porter due to medical reasons.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Paris
Vietnam
Kissinger
Thailand
India
Pakistan
el Toro Marine Air Station
White House
William P. Rodgers
Ronald Ziegler
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Bruce
William J. Porter
South Korea
Lompoc Planners Open Zoning Revisions Push
Lompoc Planning Commission began discussions on revising the city zoning ordinance with Vernon Copeland elected president and James Flegge Merrijane Pritchard as authors of initial proposals. The panel eyed offstreet parking rules for service stations and housing types while planning future scope and public hearings.
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Lompoc
Vernon Copeland
Copeland
Robert Kranig
William Paulin
James Flegge
Merrijane Pritchard
Kranig
James Longtin
Nicholas Bevilacqua
Community Development Department
Bevilacqua
Commission
Grefco Co
Space shuttle engine contract boosts California jobs
A 500 million NASA contract to build 36 rocket engines was awarded to Rocketdyne in Canoga Park. The project, running through June 1978, is expected to add about 2,000 workers at peak and supports California’s bid to host shuttle launch and recovery sites at Vandenberg and Edwards.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Rocketdyne
North American Rockwell
Canoga Park
Alan Cranston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cranston
California
Rockwell
NASA
Saturn
Orbiting Space Station
Earth
Ed Reinecke
Vandenberg Afb
Edwards Afb
North Vietnam shells U S base as storm halts air war
North Vietnamese forces shelled an American artillery base 15 miles northwest of Nha Trang as tropical storm Kim disrupted U S air strikes. Meo scouts reportedly found 51 women and children killed at a camp near Phou Bia Mountain in Laos. Casualties on both sides were reported amid fighting from the DMZ to the southern tip of Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPS
USS
Laos
Kim
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Fuller
Plain of Jars
Phou Bia
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Campers Slashed to Death At Sierra Campground
A stranger attacked two campers with a hand sickle at Bear River campground near Grass Valley California. John Simmons of Colfax and a woman died. three others were wounded, one critically, as a large manhunt began in Nevada and Placer counties. Martha Parker of Walnut and Kenneth Garbe of Applegate were among the injured. George Hadley noted in local bicycle fad context.
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Grass Valley
Calif
UPI
Sierra Foothills
Nevada
Placer
California
Sacramento
Bear River
John Simmons
Colfax
Placer County
Kenneth Garbe
Applegate
Placer General Hospital
Auburn
Jean
Martha Marie Parker
Walnut
Weather Forecast With Coastal Cool Patches Ahead
Weather fair through Wednesday with patches of low clouds Wednesday morning. Cooler near the coast Wednesday. Highs today and Wednesday from the 60s by the coast to the 80s inland. Lows tonight upper 40s to mid 50s. Northwest wind 10 to 25 mph in afternoons. Wednesday tides high 4 feet at 2 56 am and 5 3 feet at 4 02 pm. Low tides 1 foot at 9 08 am and 4 feet at 9 56 pm.
Supervisors oppose state road handover plan over mileage rise
County supervisors clash with state over proposed transfer of more than 100 miles of roads to local control. Road Commissioner Steward questions costs and future maintenance data as hearings set before Sept 23 with July 15 deadline for county input.
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Leland Steward
State Division of Highways
E. F. Gregory
Steward
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Lompoc, Santa Maria and
Buellton City
Florida
New Mexico
Utah
Reinecke
States
The
State Chamber of Commerce
League of California
Miguelito Canyon
M. J. Hermreck Construction Co
Nipomo
N. Viet
Vang Pao
George Hadley
Security Pacific Bank
State
Charles F. Catterlin
Curtis Tunnell
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