Lompoc considers electric rate hike to offset PG and E rise
City Council tonight weighs alternatives to raise homeowner electric bills after PG and E seeks a 25.6 percent wholesale fuel cost adjustment. Possible plans range from a Santa Maria area 7.9 percent increase to a Vandenberg Village area 12.3 percent raise, with a mid option at about 10 percent. If no increase, city fund balance could fall about 124000 by June 30, 1974.
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Lompoc
Pacific Gas
PG and E
Federal Power Commission
Gene Wahlers
Santa Maria
Vandenberg Village
Mission Hills
Nixon seeks 2.9 billion foreign aid bill with no North Vietnam funds
President Nixon sent Congress a 2.9 billion foreign aid measure including 632 million for rebuilding South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia and no aid for North Vietnam, calling it the absolute minimum prudent investment. He said reconstruction for Hanoi would follow only if cease-fire accords are observed. The plan would raise overall aid by 300 million amid congressional opposition.
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Nixon
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H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Senate
Watergate Grand Jury
John J. Williams
R-Del
Richardson
Executive Office
Congress
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Laos
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Free World
House
Paris
Hanoi
Vietnam
United States
U.S
Lompoc population up by 450 as state confirms rise
The State Department of Finance verifies Lompoc population rose by 450, boosting annual state revenues to about 9 000 to 10 000 dollars. Wahlers notes vacancy factor dropped from 3.17 to 1.04 percent as home and apartment demand rises. Building activity marks a sustained post boom growth period.
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State Department of Finance
Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
County Road Department Renamed to Include Transportation
The County Road Department will become the County Department of Transportation and Road Commissioner Leland Steward will hold the new title Director of Transportation and Road Commissioner. The change reflects broader mobility duties while salaries stay the same and staffing does not increase. The Board of Supervisors approved the compromise after debate over naming.
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Raymond D. Johnson
Board of Supervisors
County Road Department
County Road and Transportation Department
Charles F. Catterlin
County Transportation Department
Leland Steward
Curtis Tunnell
Steward
County Department of Transportation
Tunnell
Transportation
Catterlin
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Mary Stewart
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Ehrlichman
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Ronald L. Ziegler
Democratic National
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
John Anderson
R-Ill
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Lompoc- Casmalia
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Wye
Constellation Road
Christine Ruffino
Phyllis M. Ruffino
Draco Drive
Sheriff's Explorer Post
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