Ford Carter Duel Boosts Stakes in North Carolina Primary
In Raleigh, Ford and Carter faced upset pressure from Reagan and Wallace in North Carolina the sixth primary of the bicentennial year. Turnout looked under 40 percent with undecideds high. Ford led a late poll but Wallace hoped to rebound as Wallace loyalists pressed for a broker role at the convention.
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White House
Wisconsin
Montgomery
Ala
St. Louis
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Florida
Illinois
UN Debates West Bank Repression In Jerusalem Case
The Security Council debated demands to end Israeli repression of native populations in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Soviet deputy chief Ovinikov framed the issue as political, while France's Lecompt noted a unique religious factor in the disputed Al Aqsa Mosque incident. Delegates worked on a draft resolution urging Israel not to alter the occupied areas.
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UPI
Security Council
Jerusalem
West Bank
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Jordan
Richard S. Ovinikov
Council
al- Aqsa
Jacques Lecompt
Israel
Petition Drive Seeks Open Schools Amid Lompoc Closures
About 3,400 signatures collected by Save Our Schools urge Lompoc Unified trustees to delay closures of La Mesa and Miguelito schools and reconsider plans. SOS plans to present tonight at 7 in the Central Administration Building, asking a one year delay and a study committee.
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Lompoc Unified
North A St
Save Our Schools, Sos
la Mesa
Miguelito
Tom Page
Clarence Ruth
Lompoc
la Canada
North Avenue
SOS
Lompoc Hospital District wins HEW approval on self-insurance plan
Senator John V. Tunney announced HEW granted the district permission to continue its self-insurance malpractice program without jeopardizing Medicare benefits. Harold Thompson said intervention by Tunney and Lagomarsino helps avoid higher costs for non Medicare patients and promises thousands in annual savings as HEW redrafts rules.
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John V. Tunney
Lompoc
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Tunney
Harold Thompson
Robert J . Lagomarsino
Thompson
HEW
Northern California Power Agency to meet in Lompoc
The NCPA commission will hold its March meeting in Lompoc on Thursday at 9 45 am at the Lompoc Public Library. Attendees from Gridley and Redding will travel for flight arrangements. The agenda includes geothermal energy progress report, negotiations with Pacific Gas and Electric, AB 3185, a single environmental impact report proposal, and preliminary budgets for general and special funds. City Administrator Wahlers will serve as voting representative due to unappointed council members. Former Mayor Art Scott left the council after the March 2 vote.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Public Library
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Redding
Development Committee
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Vironmental Impact
NCPA
Gene L Wahlers
Art Scott
Budget chief seeks 19 billion dollar expansion of 1977
Rep. Brock Adams chairing the House Budget Committee proposed a $412.8 billion federal budget for fiscal 1977, $19 billion above Ford's request. He would erase a $10 billion tax cut, lift social spending, cut defense, and project a $49.8 billion deficit, drawing sharp pushback from Budget Director James Lynn.
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UPI
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D-Wash
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Adams
Congress
Fords
James Lynn
Lynn
Four Die in Lumber Plant Explosion in Anderson
An explosion and fire at a particle board plant in Anderson California killed four workers and left twelve injured. Nine suffered severe burns with three of the critically injured flown to St Francis Hospital burn center in San Francisco. Other victims were treated at hospitals in Chico and Redding.
Leftists push Christian militiamen from Beirut hotel district
In Beirut fierce shelling and ground fighting between leftist forces backed by rebel troops and Christian Phalangists continued. The Holiday Inn area burned as casualties rose with about 150 killed and 320 wounded in 24 hours, while Syria sought a cease-fire that did not materialize.
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Lebanon
UPI
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Hilton Hotel
Michael Keats
Warning on mussels and clams from California waters
California health officials issued an early season quarantine warning for mussels and clams due to higher toxin levels from an unusually warm winter. Dinoflagellates caused a potential paralytic poisoning risk, with signs posted on coastal beaches and local quarantines in Marin and Sonoma counties.
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UPI
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State Department of Health
Department
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Sonoma Couty
Nine Hurt In Two Valley Traffic Accidents
Two separate crashes left nine people injured in the Valley area on Monday. In the first incident a station wagon carrying seven people, including six children from the Hopke and related families, left Highway 1 north of Rucker Road and rolled into rough terrain. All treated at Lompoc Hospital were driver William Farrar 27 and several youths. In the second crash at Maple Avenue and FE Street two cars collided injuring Rachel France 3 and Paul Canfield Jr. 21 who were taken to Vandenberg Base Hospital. Canfield had minor injuries while the other driver escaped injury.
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Rucker Road
Rachel France
Lato
Mission Hills
Paul Thomas Canfield Jr
North O .T
Apt. D
Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital
Canfield
Jeanette Marie France
Gabe Zucker
Arrow
Lompoc considers 1 percent bed tax hike
Lompoc officials will review a possible 1 percent increase to the current 6 percent bed tax after county action raising the rate to 7 percent in unincorporated areas. If approved, Lompoc would gain about 6,200 dollars, with Santa Barbara County funds earmarked for local advertising. The county order takes effect July 1 and was approved 4 to 1 over opposition from Francis Beattie.
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Board of Supervisors
Santa Barbara
Gene L. Wahlers
Wahlers
Raymond
Johnson
Francis Beattie
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