Area service stations trapped in stamp war across valley
Lompoc area service station operators face an escalating battle over Blue Chip trading stamps amid a crowded market. Some stations offer up to seven times the usual stamps, while others provide discounts, free car services, or no stamps at all. Operators blame stamp proliferation and refinery pressure, with several stations near closing and one veteran threatening to move house if equity is lost.
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Lompoc
Roy Wahlberg
Bob Wynne
Bob Wayne
Richfield
Ro Street
Ocean Avenue
Otter
Norris Akins
Enco
H Street
Central Avenue
Nixon seeks spending ceiling on Congress and White House
President Nixon urged Congress to set a firm ceiling on total expenditures, applying to both the legislative and executive branches. He noted current limits and warned overspending could fuel inflation tied to past deficits, with George Shultz warning on economic impact.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Nixon
George P. Shultz
White House
Office of Management and Budget
Congress
Shultz
Marines launch largest offensive in a year near Da Nang
About 1,500 U S Marines join 5,000 South Vietnamese troops in Operation Pickens Forest southwest of Da Nang. Six waves of B52 bombers strike northern and southern targets as the joint force seeks to disrupt Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
South Vietnam
da Nang
7Th Marine Regiment
Operation Pickens Forest
Antenna Valley
Charlie
Pickens Forest
Go Noi Island
Antennae Valley
A Shau
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Cambodia
California legislators clash over pollution fight and taxes
In Sacramento lawmakers clash as Assembly Democrats accuse Governor Reagan and Republicans of gutting conservation bills. The package includes a 4 percent excise tax on new cars to fund pollution cleanup and using highway funds for rapid transit, both contingent on voter approval next November.
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Sacramento
UPI
Golden State
Assembly
John J. Miller
Ronald Reagan
Republican Assembly
Robert Monagan
Miller
Off election year trims Lompoc city budget in 1970 71
The 1970 71 preliminary budget by City Administrator Gene Wahlers cuts include 3500 from the city clerk department and 647 from purchasing while the personnel department gains 1926. Total proposed spending reaches 1 924 400 up 122 000 from 1969 70 with a 25 cent tax rate increase urged.
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Lompoc
Ray McCuen
Gene Wahlers
Lopoff
Wahlers
Dustin Griffith
Griffith
Clint Sherrod
Wilma Thomas
David Weil
North Vietnam urges worldwide boycott of U.S. war materials
At a Versailles conference with 92 movements, Hoang Quoc Viet calls for a global campaign from July 20 to December 20 including protests, rallies, strikes, and fund raising to oppose Nixon Indochina policies. He cites distrust of peace talks and seeks Americans out of Indochina.
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Versailles
France
UPI
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
United States
Indochina
Nixon
World Trade Union Federation
Prague
Hoang Quoc Viet
North Vietnamese Labor Federation
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Asia
Versailles Palace
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Chicago
North Side
Mother Cabrini Homes
Old Town
James Severin
Anthony Rizzato
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Suez Canal Zone
Cairo
Soviet Union
Middle East
Suez Canal
Israel
Tel Aviv
Long Vek
Phnom Penh
UPL
Robert
Kaylor
Lon Nol
Senate
Select Committee On Environmental Quality
State Water Resources Control Board
State Office of Planning
Ocean
N. Vietnam
Art Scott
City Hall
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