County Supervisors Approve Small Salary Hike for Low Earners
The Board of Supervisors passed a new salary ordinance by 3-0 granting a 1 percent raise to about 50 low wage county workers while keeping overall raises at 5.4 percent for most staff, to take effect July 2. The action follows Johnson's 5.1 to 5.8 percent range recommendations, with some department heads getting 5 percent and exceptions for a few officials.
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Dick Praul
Board of Supervisors
Francis H. Beattie
Frank J. Frost
James M. Slater
Charles F. Catterlin
Raymond D. Johnson
Johnson
Fire Department
Sheriff's Office
Residents Protest New Mobile Home Park in Lompoc
Nearly 300 signatures oppose a 233 space mobile home project planned on 38 acres between Barton and Central Avenues east of First Place. Opponents seek environmental impact analysis and delay on three related park proposals while the commission weighs rezoning and a bakery permit at 138 North D Street.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
City Planning Commission
Barton
Central Avenues
First Place
al Autry
Central Avenue
Robert Halstead
North D St
Skylab astronauts beam sun images and eye Earth survey
Skylab crews led by Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz sent high powered solar telescope images of the sun using a coronagraph. They planned Earth resources work to study insect infestation gypsum beds and Central American volcanoes. A bright object passed the image, suspected as debris outside the ship.
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Houston
UPI
Skylab
Texas
New Mexico
Central America
Earth Resources
NASA
Charles
Pete”’ Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
William Hartsfield
Conrad
Weitz
Violent weather onslaught subsides in southern regions
The White House indicated further disaster declarations were likely as weekend tornadoes, violent winds and floods across the south and Midwest caused about 40 deaths since Friday. The National Weather Service logged 277 tornadoes over the weekend.
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United Press International
Nixon
Alabama
Arkansas
White House
National Weather Service
Bradley wins Los Angeles mayoralty ending Yorty era
Thomas Bradley, a former police lieutenant, defeats Sam Yorty to become Los Angeles mayor with over 56 percent of the vote amid black and liberal support. Bradley called the victory the fulfillment of an impossible dream while Yorty acknowledged a radical citywide shift as turnout lagged in key white middle class areas.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Thomas Bradley
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Bradley
Texas
San Fernando Valley
More charges hinted in POW collaboration
Pentagon sources say additional ex prisoners of war, including officers up to lieutenant colonel, may face charges for aiding the enemy. Eight enlisted men already charged. Col. Theodore W. Guy, a former Tucson POW, has charged five soldiers and three Marines with offenses from seeking asylum in Hanoi to aiding the enemy and assault.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Theodore W. Guy
Tucson
Ariz
Hanoi
Guy
Army
Navy
Nixon refuses to testify in Watergate probes
President Nixon states he will not testify in the Watergate grand jury or Senate investigations. He urges Archibald Cox to aid in uncovering leaks while Cox, newly appointed independent prosecutor, remains silent publicly. The Post reports Frederick C. LaRue testified to the grand jury he paid about 250000 dollars in cash to Watergate conspirators for silence.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
Archibald Cox
Cox
Harvard
White House
Washington Post
Frederick C. LaRue
John N. Mitchell
Watergate Grand Jury
Watergate
Lompoc weighs use of 506000 federal funds in 1973-74
After a long budget session the Lompoc City Council set June 5 to seek public input on spending 506235 in federal revenue sharing funds for 1973-74. debate centered on 215000 proposed for the general fund with staff stressing public safety and service levels.
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Ray McCuen
Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Police Department
Public Safety
Art Scott
Council
Sol Lefkowitz
Scott
EC. Stevens
Emil Scolari
George Cotsenmeyer
Lefkowitz
Miguelito Channel
Ryan Park
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Beattie
Paul Floyd
Norbert McNamara
Petroleum
Lompoc Valley
Lompoe
Ed Casarez
Planning Commission
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