Voters Cast Light Ballot in Lompoc City College Race
Voters turnout was light across Lompoc Valley as polls opened at 7 a.m. with about 30 percent expected. Balloting includes a city council seat to fill Sol Lefkowitz’s successor and seven candidates for three Lompoc Unified School District Board of Trustees, plus three college district trustees across four areas.
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Lompoc Valley
Allan Hancock College
Ann Sweet
Housing Authority
Lompoc
la Mesa
Vandenberg Village
Los Berros
Mission Hills
Buena Vista
Edmund Burke
Edward Diaz
Owen Rice
al Allocca
Area 1
Ernest Righetti
Charles F. Brown
Area 2
Furniture Mart
South H St
al Miller
H and Ocean
County Board OKs higher sulfur fuel for major plants
The Board of Supervisors approved a rule allowing north county industries to burn fuel oil up to one percent sulfur, a 3-2 vote amid opposition. Union Sugar and Johns Manville argued easing limits was essential due to gas shortages and economic impact on about 970 workers.
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Dick Praul
North County
Board of Supervisors
Union Sugar Co
Betteravia
Johns Manville
Lompoc
Steven E. Kirby
Harrell Fletcher
Santa Maria
State Air Resources Board
APCC
John English
Union Sugar
Francis Beattie
Robert E. Kallman
Fletcher
South Central Coast Air Basin
Kirby
Frost
Air Resources Board
Environmental Protection Agency
English
Earle Sweetland
Lompoc Valley
George Smith
Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce
Santa Maria Valley
Santa Maria Valley Railroad
Owen Rice
Ford eases oil tax as part of energy compromise
President Ford suspends 60 days of the 3 dollar per barrel oil import fee plan while vetoing a 90 day delay on all increases. He seeks a bipartisan energy package, delaying price controls on domestic oil and weighing proposals from Pastore Ullman and others as he talks with senators and representatives.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Rep
Paul
Ron Nessen
John Pastore
Rhode Island
James Wright
Texas
al Ullman
Ways and Means Committee
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Central Intelligence Agency
John Tower
Rebels bombard Phnom Penh as siege tightens
Rebels rain rockets on Phnom Penh and its airport as government forces retreat from key outposts near Prey Pooch. In fierce fighting, 21 soldiers were killed and 50 wounded while rebels claim heavy casualties on their side.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Mekong
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Thailand
Veng Eng
Chey Sarun
Sosthene Fernandez
Bangkok
Phneat Somali
Prey Puoch
Prey Pooch
Pochentong
Variable clouds and coastal tides forecast for midweek
Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness today with high temperatures in the 60s to low 70s and Wednesday in the 60s. Lows tonight in the 40s to 50s, light winds from the south to southeast at 10 to 20 mph. Wednesday tides include high tides at 7:54 p.m. of 3.3 feet and 5:05 a.m. of 4.7 feet, with a 0.3 foot low tide at 12:55 p.m.
City Attorney's Son Improves After Fall at Hapgood School
Brian Davidson 16, son of Lompoc City Attorney Alan Davidson, remains in Cottage Hospital ICU with a severe concussion after falling about 10 feet from Hapgood School roof while chasing a tennis ball. He is conscious and aware of his surroundings.
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Brian Davidson
Lompoc
Alan Davidson
Cottage Hospital
Hapgood School
Young Davidson
Davidson
South A St
House panel trims Ford cuts to sixteen million
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a 16.4 million cut vs Ford’s 1.2 billion proposal. It rejected rescinding 924.3 million in health and education funds for 1975-76 while slicing agriculture by 10 million and trimming several other programs. Critics warn larger cuts risk unemployment and deeper recession.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
House
Ford
Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center
Defense Department
Senate
United States
Congress
Reagan warns congress inquiry could endanger CIA agents
Ronald Reagan says he is very frightened congressional investigations into CIA activities could leak information and imperil the lives of CIA employees. He spoke in an interview with United Press International while serving on the President's Commission on CIA Activities.
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Washington
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Congressional
Central Intelligence Agency
Reagan
California
President
Commission On
CIA
Congress
United States
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John Beattie
Archie Nagle
Vandenbergillage
Cypress Avenue
Recreation
Miguelito
Hapgood
el Camino
Fillmore
la Honda
la Canada
Robert Dean
Cubic Corp
E Street
Harmon Wong-Woo
James M. Slater
Frank J. Frost
Simon
Illinois
Carroll Hubbard
Gladys Spellman
Maryland
U.S
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