School board and CEO clash over salary offers in marathon talks
In Lompoc, the school board and Certificated Employees Council exchanged counter salary proposals after a 1 a.m. session. About 60 pickets demonstrated, urging action as board offers 2.6 percent raise plus $200 fringe benefits. CEO reportedly trimmed its demand from over 20 percent to about 14 percent. If approved, proposed raises push district totals higher and may require tax-rate increases to cover a $1.2 million deficit next year.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
Alice Milligan
CEC
Milligan
Santa Barbara
Fuel price violation potential cited at $6 billion
Washington lawmakers heard from Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb that violations of fuel pricing rules could total up to 6 billion dollars as investigations continue. Zarb and enforcement chief Gorman Smith cited initial overcharges around 860 million, with higher totals possible from unresolved cases. The hearing followed moves by the Ways and Means Committee to preliminarily approve an energy tax bill proposing gasoline levy increases and measures to curb oil imports.
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Washington
UPI
House
Frank Zarb
House Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources
Zarb
Ways and Means
William S. Moorhead
D-Pa
Moorhead
Zark
Gorman Smith
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Barber Conable Jr
R-N.y
Ullman
Viet Cong demands return of evacuees from South Vietnam
Viet Cong rulers in Hanoi demanded the United States repatriate about 80 000 Vietnamese forcibly evacuated, calling the action a crime. The Provisional Revolutionary Government urged transport for returnees and warned of danger to 200 hungry exhausted children aboard ships bound for Guam.
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United Press International
South Vietnam
United States
Tanjug
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary
Guam
PRG Foreign Ministry
George Corndon Lennox
United Nations High Commission For
UNHCR
Vietnam
UPI
Saigon
One
Thailand
Next step up to U.S. on better Cuban relations
Senator George McGovern says the United States must lift the Cuba embargo as a first step toward thawing ties with Cuba. Castro indicated readiness to discuss release of prisoners and return of hijack money once embargo ends, while White House stresses mutual obligation.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Cuba
George McGovern
D-S.d
White House
Fidel Castro
McGovern
Castro
Senate
U.S
Ron Nessen
Weapons bill cut but B1 jet stays
The Senate Armed Services Committee trimmed the Pentagon weapons bill by 4.8 billion dollars, about 16 percent, while preserving funding for the B1 bomber. The panel approved 25 billion of the administration's 29.9 billion request, with claims the cut is partly illusory due to shifts in Vietnam aid and shipbuilding inflation. The B1 remains funded for a fourth prototype, not production, and a nuclear warhead study and nerve gas program were altered. Thai withdrawals and personnel cuts were also debated.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Vietnam
Thailand
Senate
House
Demonstrators Rally Against U S Presence In Laos
More than 1,000 youths including students and veterans marched from a central monument to the U S Embassy in Vientiane demanding withdrawal of all American organizations and the resignation of five cabinet members. Police recovered the flag seized at the embassy as protesters dispersed after speeches at the stadium.
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Vientiane
UPI
U.S
Laos
National Stadium
Inventories fall sharply as recession seen nearing end
U S business inventories declined by 1.97 billion dollars in March, the sharpest drop since 1948, signaling the worst of the recession may be behind. Prices loom higher for food and new cars, with inflation fears persisting as forecasts project 6 to 8 percent food price gains and 3 to 6 percent higher 1976 car prices.
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United Press International
U.S
Commerce Department
Agriculture Department
Ford Motor
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LFT
Lompoc Education Association
LEA
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Gen. Tra
Arnold Price
CIA
Labor Department
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