Council OKs $12 Million Budget for 1977 78
The Lompoc City Council approved a 12,115,470 dollar budget for the 1977 78 fiscal year. Despite a rise of about 2,350,000 dollars from the previous year there will be no property tax rate increase, remaining at 11.5 cents per 100 dollars assessed valuation.
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Lompoc
Bob Livingston
H Street
Alberta Morgan
City Water Commission
Robert Hedlund
William Fick
John Peto
Planning Commission
Ron Saladino
Joe Johnson
Library Board
Central
Barton Avenues
First Street
O Street
V Street
Ocean Avenue
Haldeman and Mitchell Begin Prison Terms for Watergate
Former White House chief of staff Haldeman arrived at FCI Lompoc to begin a two and a half year sentence while former Attorney General Mitchell flew to Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama to serve a 30 month to eight year term. Both men were among the high profile figures linked to the Watergate scandal as the era’s political fallout continued. A separate item notes city budget adjustments and plans for infrastructure projects as local officials addressed finances and services.
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H.R Haldeman
Lompoc Valley
Federal Correctional Institution
Haldeman
FCI
Los Angeles
Lawrence Grossman
John N. Mitchell
U.S
Montgomery
Alabama
Mitchell
Maxwell Air Force Base
Richard Nixon
Brezhnev and Giscard Back Detente With Reservations
Leaders Brezhnev and Giscard d Estaing pledge support for detente but warn no detente while nations intrude in others affairs. They delay final declarations on detente nonproliferation and French Soviet ties, call to curb arms race, and push Geneva peace talks including Palestinians before year end.
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Paris
UPI
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
France
Carter
Brezhnev
Giscard
Moscow
Aeroflot
U.S
United States
Middle East
Flower Festival opens with weekend carnival and music
Festival opens tomorrow with a Ryan Park carnival and Teen Night rock concert kicking off a weekend of stage entertainment. Lompoc Museum hosts open house 1 to 4 pm and features a Flower Seed Industry exhibit. parade at 10 am Saturday and Alpha Club Flower Show opening.
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Ryan Park
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Storm
Gold Rush
Chamber of Commerce
Alpha Club
Veterans Memorial Building
Former KCIA chief accuses Park of bribery operation in Congress
Kim Hyung Wok Testifies that South Korea’s Park Chung Hee aimed to influence U.S. policy via a bribery scheme in Congress during the 1970s. He named Tongsun Park as linked to the plan, said Park was not on KCIA payroll, and blamed Park for triggering U.S. scrutiny of Korea ties. He testified at a House subcommittee hearing.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
House
South Korea
U.S
Congress
Kim Hyung Wok
KCIA
Tongsun Park
Kim
Park Chung Hee
Park
Seoul
United States
Capitol Hill
Korea
Nixon
Ford
Donald Fraser
D-Minn
Lompoc City Council approves monthly rubbish rate hike
The council approved a $478 monthly refuse fee, up from $331, to cover rising equipment and labor costs. Officials cited higher truck prices and a 32 percent rise in staff expenses, with service remaining twice weekly except holidays. Public protests urged fairer funding or weekly limits. The increase takes effect July 1.
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Lompoc
Bob Livingston
Helen Gehrts
Alberta Morgan
Gene Wahlers
Mary Chard
Farley Becket
Wahlers
Elinor Lefkowitz
Gene Stevens
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Council
Air Force
Surf
LPI Lounge
Bob Haldeman
Festival Parade
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
Dore
Barber Conable
R-N.y
White House
Treasury
Michael Jumenthal
the Record
Justice Department
Alpine
N.J
The
New York Times
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