Pottery equipment firm to move operations to Lompoc
Parfex Co. owner William Lockerbie Williams will build a 10,000 square foot plant on four acres on R Street between Chestnut and Laurel Avenues in Lompoc. The operation aims to open by late 1972 due to smog and heat in Highland near San Bernardino. Mayor Art Scott and Lompoc Valley EDA president Robert Kranig welcomed the move as the first of a wave of light manufacturing.
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Chestnut Avenue
R Street
Lompoc
William Lockerbie Williams
Highland
San Bernardino
Parfex Co
Chestnut and
Laurel Avenues
Williams
Art Scott
Robert Kranig
Lompoc Valley
Parfex
Lompoc Unified School District
Lockheed loan bill heads to Senate floor amid rescue debate
The Senate Banking Committee approved a measure allowing up to 2 billion in loan guarantees for troubled firms, but decision on which companies qualify will be made by a board insulated from political pressure. Opposition cites risk to free enterprise.
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Senate Banking Committee
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Secretaries of Commerce and the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
White House
Half Million Phone Workers Strike Nationwide
Half a million telephone workers launched a nationwide strike led by the Communications Workers of America. AT&T said service would continue with minimal disruption as automated systems and supervisors handle calls. Some areas faced operator delays and picketing at offices while officials noted no impact on the Apollo 15 countdown rehearsals.
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Washington
UPI
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Communications Workers of America
Dallas
Newark
Kansas City
Hollywood
The
Telephone Company
Los Angeles
Bradford
Charleroi
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Center
U.S
City Council weighs preliminary 1971 72 budget in special session
The Lompoc City Council skims the proposed general fund budget of 1 976 590 and plans subcommittees to study budget items while considering major cuts. They ask staff to break out meetings memberships publications and vehicle rental to guide reductions. Budget would raise the tax rate to 1 83 per 100 of assessed value and lift utility and solid waste rates, but utility increases were not discussed. Only cuts approved covered medical services in personnel and sidewalk maintenance in public works. Mayor Art Scott and Councilman George Cotsenmeyer questioned the pre employment physicals program and its costs.
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Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Art Scott
George Cotsenmeyer
Wahlers
County Supervisors Clash Over 68 Million Budget Plan
Two of the county's supervisors oppose adopting the proposed 68,247,537 budget without deep cuts. Charles Catterlin urges 2 to 3 million in reductions and a one year moratorium on new buildings, merit pay, and several programs to avoid a 75 cent tax increase. Francis Beattie backs cuts but seeks a clearer balance sheet and across the board reductions. Budget hearings end Friday with adoption scheduled for next month.
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Charles F. Catterlin
Francis Beattie
Catterlin
Beattie
Nixon holds Vietnam strategy talks amid Bruce exit
President Nixon met with top advisers in San Clemente as Ambassador David Bruce leaves Paris peace talks. Kissinger and Rogers joined a nearly three hour briefing while a new plan for Viet Cong peace terms is weighed. In Lompoc, the Library Board approved a budget shift raising per capita rate to 2.75 dollars and boosting city funds.
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Kissinger
William P. Rogers
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Cotsenmeyer
Scott
Charlotte Benton
Ronald Ziegler
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Ziegler
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William J. Porter
South Korea
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
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Lawrence Grossman
Ronald Saladino
Dominico Signorelli
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