Class size cut to 28.5 to one by Lompoc board vote
Freshman trustee Karl Braun led a 3-1 school board vote to reduce class size from 30 to 28.5 to one. Board president Beattie was absent and Archie Nogle opposed, citing confidence in Supt. Wegner and noting costs of about $150,353 to implement the change.
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Karl Braun
Braun
John Beattie
DeWayne Holmdahl
Marge Thomas
Archie Nogle
Nogle
Glen Wegner
Alice Milligan
Nancy Straight
el Camino
Nagle
Wegner
Lompoc Education Association
Committee OKs Pay Increase for State Workers and Faculty
A California Assembly Ways and Means subcommittee approved a 213.5 million pay plan raising state employees up to 12.5 percent and college university faculty by 12.5 percent. The approval follows Legislative Analyst A. Alan Post’s recommendation.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Ways and Means
State College and University
A. Alan Post
Pay Board trims West Coast longshore contract alliance
The Pay Board votes 8 to 5 to approve a two year settlement giving West Coast longshoremen a 14.9 percent pay rise in year one including 10 percent in wages and fringe benefits and 4.9 percent in excludable fringes. ILWU leader Bridges pledges nation wide action if the original terms are altered.
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Outdoor Products Co
Standard Oil
Washington
UPI
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILWU
America
Bridges
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
Gulf Coast
George H. Boldt
Boldt
Nixon to begin official Moscow visit May 22
President Nixon will start his Moscow trip on May 22 1972 with Mrs Nixon for about a week of talks with Soviet leaders. The White House said stops beyond Moscow are under discussion and a working delegation including Kissinger and Rogers will accompany him.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Moscow
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Soviet Union
Ziegler
Leningrad
Russia
St. Petersburg
Ural Mountains
Black Sea
Europe
William P. Rogers
National Security
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Council
State Department
Nixon to discuss busing tonight
Nixon plans a nationwide radio television address at 7 p.m. Pacific time from his western Maryland retreat. He has long opposed massive busing to achieve racial balance and will outline legislative recommendations to Congress on the issue.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Maryland
Congress
Secret voting bill sparks stalemate in California Senate and Assembly
In Sacramento a bid to end secret voting in legislative committees heads to a conference after the Senate rejects Assembly amendments. Freshman Sen. Peter Behr advocates roll call votes, opposing written proxies. Both chambers must name three members to a conference panel to craft a settlement acceptable to both houses. The dispute highlights deep divisions over reform and public roll call practices.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate Assembly
Senate
Peter Behr
Tiburon
Assembly
Behr
Conference Committee
ITT records destroyed in Senate inquiry
Senate Judiciary Committee questions ITT President Harold S. Geneen after disclosure that company security agents shredded Washington lobbyist Dita Beard records. Beard’s confidential memo spurred probes into a billion dollar antitrust settlement and a $400000 ITT donation to the Republican National Convention.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
International Telephone & Telegraph
Dita D. Beard
Harold S. Geneen
ITT
Jack Anderson
Beard
San Diego
Denver
Colo
Richard G. Kleindienst
Anderson
Kleindienst
Glimpses Elementary Students Early Day Out
Elementary pupils enjoy an early dismissal while teachers attend a regional conference. Firefighters from the new reserve unit haul gear to work alongside them this morning, preparing for service.
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New Reserve Fire
Space shuttle site hinges on launch angles and base access
Senate hearings show the shuttle needs both due east and southward launches for full missions. NASA officials say inland sites are out and Utah’s overland booster recoverability is insufficient. Vandenberg offers only south launches, Cape Kennedy only east launches, and a Texas Gulf Coast site could offer both but altitude concerns remain.
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Steve LaRue
James A. Cook
California
Space Shuttle
Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
Washington
Cook
Senate
Vandenberg
Cape Kennedy
Cuba
Kennedy
NASA
Senate Committee
Dale Meyers
NASA Manned Space Flight
Due East
James Fletcher
Utah
Fletcher
Gulf Coast of
Texas
Mexico
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JoAnne Angle
Lompoc
Vernon Stevens
John Martin
Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Angle
Lime Ave
Martin
Stevens
Robert Barry
Army Corps of Engineers
Lompoc Valley
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