Apollo astronauts exposed to fumes on splashdown
Astronauts Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Deke Slayton were treated aboard the USS New Orleans after fumes caused eye irritation and one crew member to faint briefly during the Pacific splashdown of the first international spaceflight. Doctors monitor for delayed lung damage with potential pulmonary edema as the ship heads toward Pearl Harbor.
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Uss New Orleans
UPI
Pacific Ocean
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald ‘‘Deke
Slayton
Royce Hawkins
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Brand
Apollo
Ponte
Stafford
Charles la Pinta
Space Agency
Ford proposes oil plan to ease standoff with Congress
President Ford unveils a decontrol plan to raise gas prices gradually, setting an $11.50 per barrel ceiling on new oil from 1973 wells by Sept 1 and lifting it by a nickel monthly for 39 months, with phased pre 1973 oil equality and a windfall tax call.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Ford
U.S
White House
House
Federal
Frank G. Zarb
Zarb
Lompoc trustees approve 1975 76 budget amid concerns
Lompoc Unified School District trustees approve the publication version of the budget with 89 percent tied to salaries and fixed charges. The board also sets August 5 public hearing on the budget and approves appointing Ken Wicks as administrator of the new Lompoc Hospital District Convalescent and Resident Care Center.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Unified School District
Karl Braun
Jack Helman
Barbara Berg
Richard K. Jacoby
Gail Steiger
Braun
Ken Wicks
Lompoc District Hospital
Lompoc Hospital
Wicks
Jane Flaherty
Jacoby
County Superintendent of Schools
School of
Power struggle delays Lompoc in public utility plan
City editors discuss Lompoc and 10 other public power cities forming the Northern California Power Agency to finance new plants. They confront PG E resistance to geothermal and transmission limits while pursuing joint ventures like the Mendocino nuclear project.
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Steve LA Rue
Lompoc
Northern California Power Agency
NCPA
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Pg&e
Geysers
Sonoma County
Pg&E’s Geyser
Atomic Energy Commission
Mendocino
Pacific Northwest
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
SMUD
AEC
U.S. Department of Justice
Atomic Power Commission
Southern California
Southern California Edison Co
Northwest
California
Washington
Oregon
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Frances McAllister
Olivia Cotsenmoyer
Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Stillman
Joe Herron
Cotsenmoyer
Exxon
Monterey County
Ralph M. Drummond
Exxon Corp
U.S.A
Santa Barbara
Goleta
Drummond
South Coast
County Elections Office
Isla Vista
Acker
Inland Alternative Committee
Dana Smith
Bob Lilley
981St Field Artillery
Four Corners Ranch
Bank of America
George Cotsenmeyer
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