El Capitan Angus herd sold in dispersion bankruptcy auction
The El Capitan Angus ranch near Lompoc shut down after a bankruptcy dispersion sale of the famed herd and ranch gear. Sales chief Tom Burke highlighted the operation’s show success and champion bulls, while Jules Berman cited rising cattle costs and feed costs as factors in the brief ten year run.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc
el Capitan Angus Ranch
el Capitan Angus
el Capitan Enterprises
el Capitan
Tom Burke
Kansas City
Missouri
Burke
Jules Berman
Los Angeles
Cow Palace
Portland
Oregon
Denver
Colorado
Marshall
Jalama Road
Ocean Ave
Senate approves rapid tax cut package with amendments
The Senate voted 83 13 to curb debate as amendments rapidly expanded a tax cut plan from 31 billion toward higher totals. A 13 week unemployment extension passed 58 37 and a 800 million child care deduction passed 56 39. The package includes 240 dollar rebates and 100 dollar Social Security payments, with Chrysler aid and corporate cuts debated.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Chrysler Motor Co
House
White House
Ron Nelsen
Ford
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
John Tunney
D-Calif
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Abandoned Central Avenue Expressway Plan Stirs Debate
Historic expressway plans for Central Avenue have been dropped due to money shortages. A public hearing is set for April 2 in Lompoc to discuss a revised plan with two 12 foot lanes, two 8 foot shoulders, bicycle lanes, and lowering the road by about one foot.
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Vaughn Proctor
Central Avenue
Lompoc
Harris Grade freeway plan canceled by state due to funds
The California Highway Commission scrapped five highway projects including an 8.8 million dollar 5.9 mile segment of Highway 1 over Harris Grade. The Bypass link to Santa Maria faces LA court litigation and unlikely funding, with final appellate arguments set for April 16 and a projected ten million dollar price tag at last year’s prices.
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State Highway Commission
Harris Grade
Highway 1
Los Angeles
Lompoc- Casmalia Road
Santa Maria
Lompoc
State Division of Highways
Refugees Mass Exodus as Hue Airport Attacked
Refugees fleeing toward coast havens faced shelling by Communist gunners at Hue airport with at least ten dead. Saigon tightens defense militia as Viet Cong overrun Duc Hue base camp and press toward Xuan Loc. Evacuation spreads through Quang Duc and Thuan An while refugees flood Highway 1 toward Da Nang. North Vietnamese forces threaten Hue rear guards and artillery strikes intensify around the My Chanh River bridge area.
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Saigon
UPI
Coast Havens
Hue
Duc Hue
Xuan Loc
Thuan An
da Nang
Highway 1
Hanoi
Phu Loc
My Chanh
Power outage spans wide area from San Francisco to border
A sudden loss of power from two Pacific Northwest inter ties caused scattered blackouts from San Francisco to San Diego. Lompoc and nearby communities saw brief outages with 12 55 a m to 1 04 a m restoration. Lompoc Hospital and city services relied on automatic generators while sewer plant repairs limited backup capability.
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San Francisco
Lompoc Valley
Pacific Northwest
San Diego
Southern California Edison
Oregon
Lompoc Hospital
Shuttle faces long funding fight for NASA program
NASA seeks 1976 funding of 1.206 billion for the shuttle with a 300 million transition quarter in 1976. Ed Kennedy of Rockwell says the plan faces a summer of budget battles after Senate subcommittee backing amid opposition from Sen. Proxmire, with launches planned at Vandenberg in the early 1980s and the first orbiter rollout at Palmdale in September 1976.
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Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Appropriations
Space and Science Activities
NASA
Proxmire
Ed Kennedy
Rockwell International Corp
Downey
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
House of Representatives
House
Velease Department
Penton
Vandenberg
Palmdale
Edwards Air Force Base
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Biden
Chrysler
Lockheed
Pan American World Airways
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Pan Am
Russell Long
D-La
Central Ave
Floradale Avenue
H Street
Harley Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Bailey Avenue
Santa Ynez
Cantlay
Central
Kien Duc
Quang Duc
South Vietnam
Pacific Gas and Electric
Bonneville Authority
Sylmar
Los
James Brightwell
City Sanitation
Shuttle
Steve LA Rue
The
Committee For Proxmire
Space Transportation System
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