Oil price compliance effort labeled a failure by task force
A UPI report says the government failed to force major oil refiners to follow pricing rules, risking billions in overcharges. The Sporkin task force urges a bold audit drive targeting the 15 largest refiners including Exxon, Shell, Texaco, Mobil, Gulf, Arco, Sun, Marathon, Conoco and Getty to recover possible sums and clear a backlog from the 1973-74 embargo.
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Washington
UPI
Federal
John O'Leary
FEA
Stanley Sporkin
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sporkin
O'Leary
Exxon
Standard of Indiana
Shell
Texaco
Standard of California
Mobil
Gulf
Atlantic Richfield
Sun
Marathon
Union
Conoco
Phillips
Cities Service
Getty Skelly
LUSD and Teachers Reach Tentative Contract deal
After near 24 hour negotiations the Lompoc Unified School District and the Lompoc Education Association reached a tentative contract covering salaries benefits and working conditions The agreement awaits ratification by teachers and the school board Ratification could be by mail and is planned for shortly before the next school year with LEA leaders to decide the process.
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Lompoc
Robert Coe
Lompoc Education Association
Carol Linger
LEA Board of Directors
Santa Barbara County Fair Opens With Ribbon Cutting
Senator Omer Rains will cut the ribbon at the Santa Maria fairgrounds to signal the start of the 1977 Santa Barbara County Fair at noon tomorrow.
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Betsy Susman
Santa Barbara County
Omer Rains
Santa Maria
Lori Claridge
Carter offers welfare plan to create one million jobs
President Carter argued his welfare program would create one million jobs and stressed work for those able to find employment. He cited minority subcontracting goals and projected unemployment drop, while urging Congress to advance welfare reform and job programs.
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Carter
Washington
UPI
Urban League Today
League
Vernon Jordan
Jordan
White House
Congress
County Split Petition Certification Delayed Over AG Opinion
County board delayed final split petition certification pending a potential State Attorney General opinion after Supervisor Yager questioned circulator rules. County Clerk Menzel to report if ruling affects certification and possible AG referral. weather shows sun and warm temps with coastal fog.
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Brown
County Board of Supervisors
David Yager
Montecito
Yager
State Attorney General's Office
Howard Menzel
Attorney General's Office
Lompocan arraigned on arson and burglary charges
An 18 year old Lompoc man Eddie Dean Mitchell faced arraignment in Lompoc Municipal Court on burglary and arson for a July 2 fire at Ryan Park that destroyed about $50,000 in youth athletic equipment. Bail was set at 7500 with attorney appointment pending. Three juveniles face pending arrests.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
Ryan Park
J.D. Smith
Vernon Stevens
Dep. Dist
David Stanley
Eddie Dean Mitchell
W. Cherry Ave
Terrill F. Cox
Stevens
Lompoc Record
Harry Crompe
Mitchell
Crompe
Record
Rennie L. Adam
Smith
Stanley
Planning Commission to weigh South D Street project tonight
Lompoc Planning Commission meets to decide on abandoning D Street for vehicular traffic between Cypress Avenue and an alley south of Ocean Avenue as part of a proposed city hall complex. Also on the agenda is a public hearing for Robert Stane to run a home business from 1805 Somerst Place and an appeal of an Architectural Review decision banning a telephone number on a sign at 124 South B Street.
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Lompoc
D Street
Cypress Avenue
Ocean Avenue
Robert Stane
Somerst Pl
Architectural Review Committee
Lera Shelby
South B St
Sadat orders end to border battle with Libya
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat ordered a halt to six days of border fighting with Libya as Arab mediators including Boumedienne and Arafat work on a cease-fire. Libyan officials claimed forces repelled Egyptian paratroopers at Jaghboub oasis, while Cairo announced a cease-fire. Egypt reported paratroopers attacked saboteur camps and three officers were captured.
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United Press International
Anwar Sadat
Libya
Arab Revolution
Jaghboub
Cairo
Houari Boumedienne
Alexandria
Sadat
Boumedienne
Egypt
Tripoli
Muammar Khadafy
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Cairo Radio
Agency
Today
Jaghoub
Ibrahim Ahmed
Adel Abdel Salam
Ibrahim Dassouki Chaaraoui
el Adem
Tobruk
al Kufra Oasis
Mediterranean
Nine injured in weekend traffic crashes report
Authorities reported six unrelated traffic accidents over the weekend injuring nine people two seriously. Victims include Mary Rose Vossler in Vandenberg Village with a severe head injury and Debra Montiel with neck injuries in Lompoc.
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Mary Rose Vossler
Oakhill Dr
Vandenberg Village
Las Cruces
Santa Ynez Valley Hospital
Debra Montiel
N. Fourth St
Purisima Road
Tommy Ramos Silva
Drum Canyon Road
California Highway Patrol
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Santa Barbara Region
Antique Automobile Club of America
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Alice Milligan
Barbara Berg
Berg
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Milligan
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By Vaughn Proctor
Domingos Road
CHP
Johnez Ann Johansen
Jessica E. Ellis
Frank D. Goessman
Buellton
Lompoc Hospital
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Solvang
Marvin Ray Hartfield
Calzada
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