City to resume talks with SEIU in stalled bargaining
The City of Lompoc and Local 660 SEIU will return to the bargaining table after Thursday night’s meeting, with a March 14 target to reach a deal. If no agreement is reached, the council will unilaterally set salary and benefits for about 30 city employees for one year, while a proposed schedule lays out two percent raises in each of three steps through January 1978.
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Lompoc
Service Employes International Union
Bob Livingston
Bill Shawhan
Shawhan
SEIU
Bloom denies rumor of transport to abortion clinic
Schools Superintendent Clarence Bloom refuted an unfounded rumour that the district used a school bus to take pregnant girls to a Santa Ynez clinic for abortions. He noted no bus was used for such activity and is considering legal action over a political ad. The Record found no evidence of district involvement.
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Vaughn Proctor
Clarence Bloom
Bloom
Bush
Sumner
Carol Johnson
Johnson
Santa Ynez
Santa Ynez Valley
Record Olio begins today in Lompoc Record
The Lompoc Record launches Olio, a weekend reading supplement with interest columns and a full TV guide. It will publish each Friday at no extra cost. Also, a full page covers eight candidates for two seats on the Lompoc Unified School District board. election Tuesday.
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Lompoc Record
Weather and shortages push February jobless rate higher
Unemployment rose to 7.5 percent in February as severe winter weather and energy shortages triggered thousands of layoffs. The figure, though up 0.2 point from January, did not hit feared highs, with 7.2 million unemployed and 89 million employed in a recovering labor market.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Julius Shiskin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Shiskin
Vance Defends U S Human Rights Policy Amid Soviet Criticism
Cyrus Vance stated the United States will continue to stress human rights in foreign policy despite Soviet backlash. He noted no expected impact on arms talks and described a forthcoming Moscow visit as a fact finding mission. Izvestia accused two U S diplomats of CIA ties and using activist Jews.
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Washington
UPI
Cyrus Vance
United States
Soviet Union
State Department
Vance
Carter
Moscow
Izvestia Today
U.S
CIA
Death list and purges reported in Uganda under Amin
UPI Cairo reports from Kampala that Idi Amin's security forces compiled a death list of about 7000 civil servants and professionals, mostly Christians or Acholi and Langi. Refugees describe killings, mass arrests in the army, and hundreds fleeing to Kenya as U.S. missionaries stay in Uganda.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Uganda
Kampala
Langi
Acholi
U.N. High Commission For Refugees
Washington-Kampala
U.S
Amin
Hibbits Elected Chair Of Lompoc General Plan Panel
The 33 member Lompoc Advisory Committee named Arthur G. Hibbits chair and Mary Ann Marsh vice chair at an opening session. Pat Harvey became communications secretary and Harley Craig press secretary. Doree Webb and George Kammer briefed the group on reviewing past general plan recommendations and crafting a new Lompoc Valley plan, a process likely to take a year.
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Citizens
Hedlund
Kammer
Lompoc Valley
Webb
Sacramento
California Supervisors Association
Odds and ambitions shape Lomopolis mayor race
Four of five Lom City Council members show interest in the mayoral post as election day on March 15 nears. Charles Ward rules out a bid and backs Joe Valencia, while Valencia signals ambition but declining odds. Mayor E C Stevens resists rotation and contemplates another run if supported. Elinor Lefkowitz and Charlotte Benton also field questions on nomination and succession.
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Robert O. Vincent
Lompoc
Charles Ward
Joe Valencia
Ward
Valencia
Steve
E.C. Stevens
Art Scott
Chuck
Stevens
Elinor Lefkowitz
Charlotte Benton
Lefkowitz
Benton
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Dan Treague
North Ave
Japan
Mary
Karen Bush
William Sumner
China
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
People’s Republic of China
Department
Peking
Henry A. Kissinger
Mao Tse-tung
Taiwan
P.m
School Board
Stan McCabe
The
California Tire Dealers’ Association
Olio
Hibbits
General Plan Advisers
Economic Development Association
Ryan Park
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