Lompoc unveils 2.49 million city budget for 1974 75
City Administrator Gene Wahlers presents a 2,493,690 budget for 1974 75 to the City Council. He notes a 7.95 percent rise from last year, a five and a half position cut, and maintained tax rate but hints at possible utility rate hikes to cover inflation and rising costs.
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Steve LA Rue
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
City General Fund
Library
Lompoc
Public Utilities Commission
Barry Gustafson
Nixon to ignore new subpoenas for tapes and diaries
The House Judiciary Committee voted two subpoenas for presidential tape conversations from 1972 and for Nixon daily diaries in several months of 1972 and 1973. White House officials said the President will refuse to hand over more Watergate material. Liddy connected to the break in was later convicted.
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Washington
UPI
House
Judiciary Committee
White House
Nixon
G. Gordon Liddy
Committee
Democratic National
Watergate
Liddy
Gerald L. Warren
House Judiciary Committee
Warren
James D. St. Clair
The
Leon Jaworski
Israelis storm school to free young hostages
Israeli forces stormed a Galilee school where 75 children were held and killed three Arab guerrillas who had demanded the release of 20 jailed commandos. About 10 people were wounded as grenades and a brief battle ended the siege minutes before a deadline.
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Ma’alot
Israel
UPI
Armed Forces Radio
Galilee
Damascus
Beirut
Jean Herly
Gaza Strip
Detective Keith Bobb closes buy program with plea guilty
In Lompoc, Detective Bobb sees Mary plead guilty to a lesser heroin charge and receive probation as the buy program ends April 5. Mary and Dan must leave town while Bobb and officer Pete wrap arrest paperwork and plan for Santa Maria grand jury appearances, amid the cycle of arrests and brief sentences.
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Keith Bobb
Mary
Dan
Lompoc
Mel Ramos
Pete
Linda Peterson
Rita
Detective Bobb
Bobb
Santa Maria
Lompoc Board Votes to Close Los Padres School
Trustees of the Lompoc Unified School District vote 5-0 to close Los Padres School this fall amid declining enrollment. The meeting shifted to La Honda with 225 in attendance as Supt. Wegner outlines future moves for Hapgood Olive Avenue wing, Maple High, and other campus reconfigurations.
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la Honda School
Los Padres
Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Unified
la Honda
Richard K. Jacoby
John Beattie
Maple High School
Olive Avenue
Hapgood School
Glen Wegner
Karl Braun
Barbara Berg
Lompoc Valley
PTA Council
Wegner
la Canada School
West North Avenue
Maple
Hapgood
FCI
Buena Vista
Vandenberg Village
Clarence Ruth
Lompoc
Loma Vista
Crestview
Miguelito
Bill Williams
Archie Nagle
Steiger
Braun
la Mesa
Gas price posting debate moves to public hearing
Lompoc City Council unanimously set May 21 for a public hearing on a proposed ordinance requiring gas price postings visible from the road. At a May 7 session the council, 4-1, rejected a resolution for postings amid protests and claims of discrimination from service station owners.
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Lompoc
Sol Lefkowitz
Alan Davidson
Norris Atkins
Chevron
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Linda McNamara
Stan Tulledo
Gail Steiger
Joy Browder
South L Street
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