Lompoc letter carriers end short strike and return to work
Local NALC Branch 3239 members voted 23 to 8 to resume duties after a one day sympathy strike in Lompoc. Picket lines were set at 801 W. Ocean Ave as no city mail was delivered Monday. Rural and star routes, not under the union, received only rural mail.
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Lompoc
Robert Zeren
National Association of Letter Carriers
W. Ocean Avenue
Zeren
New York City
Fand
The
Branch 3239
Planners grant postponement on Lompoc mental health site
Lompoc planners defer a decision on the Edward Negus property at 619 W Cypress Ave for a three week period. The wait allows county officials to review details of the county mental health facility and compare alternative sites as 66 residents oppose the conditional use permit.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Edward Negus
Cypress Ave
William Fick
Commission
Thomas Sweet
S. N St
Maurice Barnes
S, N St
Donald and
Rosetta Johnson
S, M St
Virgil Phelps
Nick Borgia
M St
Arthur Wilson
Sol Lefkowitz
McGee agrees to postal pay meeting in push to end strikes
Senator Gale McGee reversed his stance and agreed to meet House negotiators on a postal pay raise. The move raises chances Congress will approve a pay boost amid nationwide wildcat strikes while debates over tie‑ins to postal reform continue.
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D-N.y
House Post Office Committee
Congress
Dulski
House
Senate
McGee
Nixon
Winton M. Blount
Wildcat
James H. Rademacher
Letter Carriers Union
Rademacher
Blount
CBS News
Post Office Department
Nixon proposes 1.5 billion in federal aid for desegregation
President Nixon outlined a plan to allocate 1.5 billion dollars over two years to ease desegregation problems in schools nationwide. He argued against forced busing and urged limits on federal interference, while defending the Supreme Court's 1954 ruling and noting some lower court decisions threaten disruption.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Supreme Court
U S air attache kidnapped in Santo Domingo
Five Communist terrorists in army uniforms abducted Lt. Col. Donald J. Crowley the U S air attache in Santo Domingo as he arrived for morning practice at the Polo Grounds near the Hotel Embajador. They threaten to hold him until 20 political prisoners are released.
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Santo Domingo
D.R
UPI
Donald J. Crowley
U.S
Dominican Republic
Jules Grad
Crowley
Polo Grounds
Hotel
Embajador
Postal strike eases as carriers return
The wildcat postal strike eased as thousands of carriers returned to work. Federal troops in New York City sorted mail under Nixon orders, allowing first class and air mail to be accepted again as the embargo lifted in parts of the city. Milwaukee and Chicago also reported workers returning to duty and a reduced backlog.
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New York City
Nixon
New York
Post Office
Post Office Department
Washington
Chicago
Henry S. Zych
Letters Carriers Union
Morgan Park
Shultz
Nbc-Tv
Detroit
Milwaukee
Stanley J. Cybulski
Public hearing on pollution continued
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors delayed a decision on curbing air pollution until April 20 at the earliest. Four options were outlined including a county wide control district with federal funding, tightening burning permits, or forming a nine member commission with local advisory groups. State and county health officials urged a district to enable federal grants and professional testing to prevent future pollution buildup.
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Board of Supervisors
Public Works
County Health Department
State Air Resources Board
Sierra Club
Los Padres
Santa Barbara Audubon Society
County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Margaret Millar
Air
Joseph T. Nardo
Howard Linnard
Santa Barbara - Goleta
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Tional Association of Letter Carriers
Clinton Sherrod
Harley Craig
Merrijane Pritchard
Ocean Avenue
V Street
North H Street
Lompoc Airport
Grange
James Longtin
White House
Peach Street
Vietnam
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
George P. Shultz
South America
Guatemala
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Nobuo Okuchi
United Press International
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