Heat wave grips eastern half of nation as temperatures soar
A massive heat storm pushes temperatures above 90 in two thirds of the country. New York endures 100 degrees for the hottest day in 11 years and officials fear a repeat blackout while urging conservation. Firefighters face heat exhaustion amid a lumberyard blaze as dry conditions fuel wildfires across three Western states.
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United Press International
New York City
Mercury
Charles Samowitz
Consolidated Edison
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Providence
R.I
Greenfield
Mass
Great Lakes
Monroe
Mich
Cedar Point
Ohio
Boston Edison
New England
Connecticut
Louis Carter
Public Utility Commission
Harrisburg
Bottle from Honolulu washed ashore on California beach
A Honolulu High School note inside a sand filled bottle found on Surf beach by Dick and Donna Gallina suggests a six year voyage across the Pacific. The note asks to notify the Honolulu High School and is signed by the high school senior class. The Gallinas plan to write back with a copy of the note. They wonder about the project and potential rewards.
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Dick Gallina
Donna
Honolulu
Hawaii
Sue Edelman
Pacific Ocean
Donna Gallina
Vandenberg Village
California
Surf Beach
Gallinas
Honolulu High School
Lompoc Unified approves 18.4 million budget and hearing date
Lompoc Unified School District trustees approve an 18.4 million 1977 78 publication budget and set a public hearing for August 4 at 4 p m. Final adoption is planned the same day. State aid is uncertain, with an expected 400 000 to 500 000 from two major bills. The deficit remains near 750 000, partly due to a year end contingency fund. The district also approves a one year legal services contract with Santa Barbara County.
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Lompoc Unified School District
Lompoc
Clarence Bloom
District General Reserve
Santa Barbara
Bloom
Karl Braun
Senate approves Carter plan to cancel B1 bomber
The U S Senate voted 59 to 36 to delete 1.4 billion dollars for five B1 bombers, endorsing Carter’s shift to air launched cruise missiles and upgraded B52s. Sen. John Stennis supported delaying the B1 and pushing cruise missiles as a safer costed path.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Senate
John Stennis
Dmiss
Stennis
House members press panel takeover of Korean probe
A group of 17 junior House members mostly Republicans urged creation of a select panel to take over the Ethics Committee inquiry into South Korean influence buying in Congress. They criticized delay and questioned Democrat leadership, while Speaker O Neill pledged a speedy, independent probe.
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Washington
UPI
House
Anew Today
Ethics Committee
Congress
Thomas P. O'Neill
Carter
GOP
Select Committee
Rep
Robert Dornan
Calif
O'Neill
U.S
Lompoc Taxable Sales Rise In First Quarter 1977
Taxable sales in Lompoc for the first quarter of 1977 totaled 16.429 million dollars, up from 14.798 million in 1976, with durable goods leading gains in building materials and farm implements. Non durable sales rose in service stations and eating and drinking places, while two categories fell apparel stores and packaged liquor. Automobile dealers and general merchandise stores posted notable increases, and total gains reflect broader economic growth with 33 more businesses holding tax permits than in 1976.
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Lompoc
State Board of Equalization
Propellant rocket motor test near Promontory Utah
The big solid propellant rocket motor designed to help push the space shuttle orbital transport into space was successfully test fired a few miles from Promontory Utah near the site of the first transcontinental railroad completion.
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Promontory
Utah
UPI
Weather pattern with sun inland and coastal cooling trend
Night and morning low clouds give way to sunny afternoons through Wednesday. Inland areas see slightly cooler days with highs from upper 60s at the beaches to mid 80s inland, and overnight lows 58 to 65. Wednesday tides include high 5.0 feet at 12 27 a.m. and 4.4 feet at 1 54 p.m. lows 0.3 feet at 7 23 a.m. and 2.1 feet at 7 36 p.m.
Glimpses Atreet Notes A Stray Beer Can
A stray beer can sits upright on the center divider at Ocean and H Street for about two weeks, noticed by passersby. The sighting highlights ongoing street debris concerns in the area and prompts cleanup attention.
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Atreet
Ocean
H Street
Supervisors order study for Lompoc Valley rezoning
The Lompoc County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to start a study on rezoning agricultural areas in the Lompoc Valley. The move follows a committee request and directs the Planning Department to draft a work program with cost and time estimates, pending OEQ environmental review. Planning Director Britt A Johnson suggested delaying final action until mid August, noting potential costs if the project mirrors Santa Ynez Valley efforts.
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Dick Praul
Board of Supervisors
Lompoc Valley
Robert Hedlund
Lompoc
County Planning Department
County Office of Environmental Quality
OEQ
Britt A. Johnson
Santa Ynez Valley
Lom Valley
Construction strike halts major Southern California projects
Los Angeles reports 10,000 members of the Operating Engineers Local 12 struck, halting work on large projects across most Southern California sites. San Diego County workers remain under a different contract. The lockout blocks use of heavy earth moving equipment and jeopardizes freeways, dams, housing tracts, pipelines and factories amid stalled contract talks with other unions.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ating Engineers Local 12
California
Begin proposes peace plan
In a sweltering White House ceremony Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin offered President Carter a comprehensive Middle East peace plan. Both leaders spoke of differences yet expressed a shared goal to find a path to permanent peace in the region.
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Washington
UPI
Menahem Begin
Carter
Middle East
United States
Israel
Begin
White House
Oval Office
Cyrus Vance
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Petition drive on county split moves to next steps
County Clerk Howard Menzel certified petitions for a county split as sufficient and the Board of Supervisors will place the question on next Monday’s agenda. An unbiased Commission will study feasibility before a final report guides public choice. Local opponents vow continued fight while watchers anticipate who leads the formation commission.
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Vaughn Proctor
Howard Menzel
Board of Supervisors
Sherri Hibbitts
Lompoc
Santa Barbara
Denson
Harrell Fletcher
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