Teacher demands seek time off class cuts and policy changes
Lompoc teachers press for smaller high school classes based on room capacity and safety, plus a five period day and 275 minutes of pupil contact. They also seek one minimum day per week for professional meetings and instruction improvement, while district says six minimum days have been granted this year.
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Harry J. Crompe
Lompoc
Lompoc Unified
Lompoc Education Association
End of War Protest Draws Capitol Rally in Washington
After 17 days of demonstrations in Washington antiwar protesters rallied at the Capitol to press Congress to end the Vietnam conflict. Participants admitted fatigue and few organizers planned further action while police maintained crowd control amid a shifting mood and ongoing arrests.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Capitol
Congress
Vietnam
May Day Tribe
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Lincoln Memorial
House
Senate
Homes Subside in Quebec Killing 20 Warned Missing
In Ste Jean Vianney Quebec a massive mud collapse swallowed about 40 homes and 200 people. Civil protection says 20 dead and 15 missing, police report as many as 36 missing with fears rising. Rescue teams struggle amid ongoing cave-ins from a large mud pit.
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Ste. Jean
Civil Protection
Paul Tremblay
Area Civil Protection
City halves nuisance yards plan with beautification use permits
Lompoc city council approved a public nuisance ordinance targeting two wrecking yards and a companion use permit measure to keep them in place. The plan calls for high fences and landscaping, with Roy Velasquez applying for a permit and Perry planning to relocate outside the city. Police will impound long abandoned cars under the 72 hour rule. In a separate note, President Nixon urged Congress to form an independent legal services corporation to aid the poor, proposing an 11 member bipartisan board.
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Lompoc
Art Scott
Roy Velasquez
Roy
North 2Nd Street
William Perry
Perry
Laurel
James Smith
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Legal Services Corporation
Legal Service Department
Office of Economic Opportunity
House
Senate
City names new fire chief and development director
City Administrator Gene Wahlers announced the appointments of Donald L. Johnson 33 as fire chief and Nicholas D. Bevilacqua 32 as community development director. Johnson comes from Tracy and Bevilacqua from Mankato with prior California experience. both start June 1 with salaries of 1220 and 1161 dollars per month respectively.
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Gene Wahlers
Donald L. Johnson
Tracy
Nicholas D. Bevilacqua
Mankato
Minn
Wahlers
Lompoc
Johnson
John Baker
Minnesota
Bevilacqua
California
University of California
Mankato State College
Nancy
Reagan urges Nixon to curb OEO amid welfare dispute
California Governor Ronald Reagan presses President Nixon to order top federal officials to meet with state leaders and establish safeguards against what he calls misconduct by the Office of Economic Opportunity. He defends state CEO Lewis K. Uhler against charges of harassing antipoverty programs. In Saigon, B52 strikes resume in Laos Cambodia and South Vietnam as U.S. forces deactivate a battalion under Nixon’s withdrawal plan.
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UPI
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Nixon
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Congress
Reagan
Special Federal Commission
Carlucci
White House
Agnew
John Mitchell
John Ehrlichman
Lewis K. Uhler
Uhler
Rogers says Cairo talks with Egyptian officials go very well
Secretary of State William P. Rogers reports constructive discussions with Egyptian leaders in Cairo on a Middle East peace settlement. He meets Mahmoud Riad and Mahmoud Fawzi and discusses reopening the Suez Canal and a general peace, with cautious expectations for rapid results.
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UPI
William P. Rogers
Middle East
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Mahmoud Fawzi
Fawzi
Riad
Beirut
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Israel
al Ahram
al Goumhouria
Saudi Arabia
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U.S
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Canal
Inland area forecasts for late week
Overcast to fair coastal inland afternoons through Thursday with high temperatures in the high 50s near the coast and low 70s inland. Lows tonight in the 40s and northwest winds 10 to 20 mph in the afternoons. Thursday tides include high 3.8 ft at 8:44 am and 5.0 ft at 8:44 pm. Low tides 0.8 ft at 2:50 am and 1.0 ft at 2:26 pm.
West Germany withdraws dollar support as mark floats up
West Germany and other major central banks pulled back dollar support causing markets to wobble. Germany halted a $1.2 billion dollar purchase as gold and money markets closed for a respite while France and Britain continued buying dollars amid heavy inflows.
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