Airline strike may be settled amid midweek ratification
Negotiators for American Airlines and the Transport Workers Union expected a tentative Sunday agreement to be ratified by Wednesday, ending a 19 day strike that grounded 223 planes in 52 cities. If approved, workers would return to jobs by Wednesday night and full operations could resume soon. The dispute centered on wages work rules and contract length replacing the expired pact from last May.
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Washington
UPI
American Airlines
Transport Workers Union
TWU
Early preparation urged for California income tax returns
Taxpayers should file California personal income tax returns early to pay the full amount due by April 15. The Franchise Tax Board warns there are no partial or installment payment provisions after the deadline. The 1968 income tax due on April 15, 1969 must be paid in full. Avoid last minute filings to prevent collection action by the State.
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California
Martin Huff
Franchise Tax Board
Humphrey backs national health care over antiballistic system
Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged a national health care program over building the Sentinel antiballistic missile system. He told the American Geriatrics Society a well planned health system could deploy doctors and beds nationwide with universal care while abortion the need for more missiles. Dr. Gerald D. Dorman, AMA leader, said aging causes no specific diseases and urged active senior engagement and regular work or volunteering.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
American Geriatrics Society
United States
Minnesota
Soviet Union
Gerald D. Dorman
New York
American Medical Association
AMA
Dorman
Johns Manville stock split approved at annual meeting
Stockholders approved a two for one split increasing common shares to 50 million and created a new 10 million share class of cumulative preferred stock. President C B Burnett predicted 1969 sales and earnings would exceed 1968 records of 556.1 million in sales and 40.2 million in earnings while outlining expansion and acquisitions in carpet, mineral exploration, and fiber glass production.
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Johns-Manville Corporation
C. B. Burnett
J-M
Toledo
Ohio
Burnett
Crown Tuft Carpet Company
Dalton
Georgia
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Montana
L,o,f. Glass Fibers Company
Highway taxes apportionment totals released
State Controller Flournoy announced February apportionment of highway users taxes totaling 68 232 557 distributed to the State counties and cities. Santa Barbara County received 179 162 46 and Lompoc City 15 325 33 in the breakdown with 12 583 267 to counties 9 379 000 to cities and 46 270 290 for state highway expenditures drawn from gasoline and diesel taxes transfers and investment income.
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Houston
Flournoy
Santa Barbara
Sukarno Appears in Public After Long Absence
Former Indonesian president Sukarno reemerged in public to give away a daughter in marriage. He appeared healthy despite illness rumors as Suharto's government had placed him under house arrest earlier in 1968 after he was declared president for life.
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Jakarta
UPI
Sukarno
Suharto
Indonesia
Splash detection radar boosts scoring aboard Watertown ship
NASA and the U S Air Force install a splash detection radar on the Apollo instrumented ship Watertown to enable positive scoring and rapid recovery of reentry vehicles. The system includes a waveguide slot antenna, a $95 000 video tape recorder, and data synchronization for missions out to 22 miles offshore. The Watertown undergoes modifications in Portland and aims for mid August readiness to support Vandenberg launches.
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Air Force
Watertown
NASA
Willamette Iron and Steel Works
Portland
Oregon
Ship Board
U. S
Kwajalein Atoll
Sary
Vandenberg Afb
Bridge fund for Alisal sought for all weather crossing
California officials seek emergency federal funds from the U S Bureau of Public Roads to finance an 800 foot river crossing at Alisal Road Solvang. The project aims to replace a 56 foot bridge repeatedly washed out by heavy rains and serves the SMID treatment plant and local ranches.
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California Department of Public Works
Santa Ynez
Alisal Road
Solvang
Robert J. Lagomarsino
R-Ojai
Lagomarsino
James A. Moe
Department of Public Works
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Reagan
Moe
District Bridge Department
BPR
Cigarette Tax Shares Split Among Counties and City
State Controller Houston S distribution apportions 5 140 450 in February cigarette tax to counties and cities. Santa Barbara County receives 12590 and Lompoc 6123 73, representing 30 percent of January 1969 Cigarette Tax Fund deposits.
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Houston S. Flournoy Today
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Gail Halvorsen
van Horn
Air Force Systems Command
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New Mexico
East Germany
Bernd Boettger
Boettger
Baltic Sea
Freedom
Denmark
Lompoc Record
Lompoc
Act of Congress
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
J. Donald Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Wesley A. Huffman
E. C. Stevens
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Vaughn Proctor
Wilma Jack
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
Johns-Manville
Fiber Glass Division
Winder
U.S
Henry C. Alexander
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of
William C. Stolk
Joseph A. Grazier
Clinton B. Burnett
Francis H. May, Jr
Thomas E. Sunderland
United Fruit Company
George P. MacNichol, Jr
Libby - Owens - Ford Company
Francis E. Dutcher
Karl V. Lindell
Arthur C. Smith
J.M
William F. May
American Can Company
John P. Schroeder
Virginia
Lodge Coffee Shops
Sukano
Stan Johnson
Johnson and Johnson Drugs
Ers
Braun Pharmacy
Asso
Braun
Blue C Pharmacy
South H St
Lompoc, Calif
H Owopog Teatre
North ‘H Street
Sat
Sun
Oston Trangler
Tony Curtis
Henry Fonda
George Kennedy
Whel Came
Jovanna Ralli
Ric Portman
Nanette Newman
SMA
Bryan Forbes
Gill Fox
Bridge Fund For Alisal Sought
Santa Barbara County
Lompoc City
Lompoc Theatre
Boston
Simmons
Beautyrest
Fy Simmons
King’s Furniture
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