County Board moves to fire striking workers
County Supervisors vote unanimously to terminate all striking county employes who do not return to work by 8 a.m. Monday. More than 500 dismissal letters will go to 140 firemen and 400 to 500 service workers, signed by Raymond D. Johnson and Fire Chief John Risdon.
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County Board of Supervisors
Robert E. Kallman
Raymond D. Johnson
John Risdon
Service
Fire Fighters’ Union
Service Employes International Union
Michael Bennett
Bennett
David Smith
Sacramento
Court Asked to Halt Exxon Oil Plant Vote in Santa Barbara
Environmental group files suit to block certification of the Exxon's canyon oil facility after alleging election irregularities. Judge Floyd Dodson will hear arguments Monday at 8 30 am as 35 525 voters favored the plant and 34 690 opposed.
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Exxon Corp
Santa Barbara County
Superior Court
Floyd Dodson
Exxon
Santa Barbara Channel
Isla Vista
Senate votes to extend credit for Israel purchases
The Senate approved extending through Dec 31 1977 the Pentagon authority to sell aircraft and weapons to Israel on credit as part of a $25 billion fiscal 1976 weapons bill. The 68 to 22 vote faced opposition from Sen. John C. Stennis who argued the credit sales belong in foreign aid bills.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D Wash
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Pentagon
Vietnam
Congressional
Southeast Asia
Goldwater
Senate
South Vietnam
Air Force
Strom Thurmond
R S.C
George McGovern
Rockefeller commission delivers CIA report to Ford
The Rockefeller Commission handed President Ford an inch thick 350 page report on the CIA and secret evidence amid six months of probes into alleged domestic spying. Ford urged future CIA bounds within the law while commission members pressed for full Senate review of all evidence.
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Rockefeller Commission
CIA
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ford
Oval Office
Rockefeller
Commission
Senate
Firefighters appeal for understanding amid county strike
Three county fire fighters led by Engineer Lex Mortensen and Capt. Bill Turpin urge public understanding as they frame their strike as about safety and morale not wages. They cite 66.46 hour weeks, under staffing, misallocated admin duties, and internal vacancies, urging binding arbitration.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lex Mortensen
Station 51
Vandenberg Village
Bill Turpin
Ron Bruns
Station 11
Goleta
Santa Barbara
California
Unemployment Hits 9.2 Percent in May as Recession Persists
The Labor Department reports May unemployment at 9.2 percent, 8.54 million out of work, the highest since 1941. Despite signs of improvement, Democrats fault Ford leadership while officials say the recession may be bottoming and a recovery could start.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Congress
Ford
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Julius Shiskin
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Joint Economic Committee
Shiskin
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Labor
John T. Dunlop
Alan Greenspan
President's Council of Economic Advisers
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SEIU
State Conciliation Service
Tom McCarthy
Douglas Thompson
Lompoc
HUYCK
Lompoc High School
Cabrillo High School
Disneyland
Board of Supervisors
Israel
Lompoc Unified School District
Glen Wegner
Joe Carlin
Carlin
Dominico Signorelli
the Northrop Corp
State Department
U.S
House
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