City Council votes for downtown revitalization plan
Lompoc City Council unanimously approves a 100000 to 120000 project to refinish and landscape South H and South I Streets, funded by returned state gasoline taxes. Work should start in September and finish by November, with adjacent merchants budgeting 25000 for Braun's Pharmacy refinishing and 15000 for Lompoc Furniture Mart interior and exterior updates.
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Steve LA Rue
Lompoc
South H
South I
Braun’s Pharmacy
Gene Wahlers
George Gransie
South H Street
South I Street
Gransie
E. C. Stevens
South G Street
Alberta Morgan
West College Ave
Harley Craig
Chamber of Commerce Transportation
James Short
Jaspers Cocktail Lounge
South H St
Short
Dunlap
H and Ocean
Rudolph
Flower Power
Jasper’s
Stevens
Charlotte Benton
Ocean
Cypress Avenue
Moore’s
Wahlers
Provisional Leaders Promise Leniency and Reconstruction
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam pledges clemency for former regime soldiers and officials and calls for U S reconstruction aid after war damage. Col. Gen. Tran Van Tra urged national unity and pardons for past crimes, while Mme. Phan Thi Minh discussed rebuilding and conditional international help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
South Vietnam
United States
Tran van Tra
Saigon
Tra
PRG
U.S
Ho Chi Inh
London
Mme
Phan Thi Minh
Paris
Britain
America
Vietnam
Tornadoes devastate Omaha leaving multiple dead and injured
Three tornadoes raked Omaha Nebraska injuring more than 100 and killing at least three. Damage could reach 500 million dollars with 500 to 700 homes destroyed and 1,000 badly damaged. Authorities broadened the search as federal aid considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
UPI
J.J. Exon
Nebraska National Guard
Exon
Ford
Nebraska
Lincoln
Lloyd Kramer
Margaret Burke
Pamela Myers
U.S. Postal Service
Edward Zorinsky
Nebraska Furniture Mart
Robert Batt
John Elway
Teachers plan demonstration in Lompoc over salary talks
The Lompoc Federation of Teachers plans a peaceful demonstration at the La Purisima Building to press for a salary and fringe benefits agreement. Norman Larson, LFT president, said the group would carry signs criticizing the 1.4 percent offer while LEA distances itself from official participation.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
LFT
la Purisima
North H St
Norman Larson
CEC
Carol Singer
Lompoc Education Association
Lea
Alice Milligan
Larson
Lompoc High School
Milligan
Final Marine bodies left behind after Saigon evacuations
The Pentagon confirms the bodies of Marines Charles McMahon Jr. and Darwin L. Judge were not recovered during the Saigon evacuation. Authorities say miscommunication left the remains at Tan Son Nhut and possibly at the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital as U.S. officials raced to complete the chaotic withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Pentagon
Joseph Laitin
Charles McMahon Jr
Darwin L. Judge
Tan Son Nhut
State Department
Laitin
Midway
Navy Department
Seventh Day Adventist Hospital
Charles McMahon Sr
Woburn
Mass
Arange
Ford to reaffirm U S commitments in Pacific region
President Ford, amid postwar reassessment after Saigon and Phnom Penh falls, aims to reaffirm U S commitments to South Korea and Taiwan. He stresses no policy shift toward China while seeking improved PRC relations and meets New Zealand and Australian leaders and Britain’s Wilson. He also urges aid for Vietnamese refugees and families of the dead and wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Ford
Vietnam
U.S
Pacific
Ron Nelsen
South Vietnam
Cambodia
South Korea
Taiwan
People’s Republic of China
China
Nessen
United States
Prc
Wallace E. Rowling
New Zealand
Edward Gough Whitlam
Australia
Harold Wilson
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Council In Action For
Mme. Minh
Lompoc Braves
Santa Maria
Los Prietos
Cliff Romer
Ventura County
Santa Barbara County General Hospital
Romer
Flo Guevarra
Association
Caroline Lemke
Center
Jeannette Greenaway
PTA
Greenaway
Westwings Pta
Maria Martinez
Nelsen
North Korea
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