City sees 7.9 percent rise in second quarter taxable sales
Lompoc taxable sales for all outlets rose 7.9 percent in the second quarter of 1976 from 1975 with retail sales up 10.4 percent. Building materials and farm implements surged 45 percent, auto dealers up 18 percent, home furnishings 11.4 percent, general merchandise 10.2 percent, and food stores 8.4 percent. Drug stores fell 5.1 percent and eating and drinking establishments slipped 0.1 percent.
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Lompoc
State Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
Village golf course faces $45 thousand lake plan
Ebbert outlined a $45 000 lake project at a Santa Barbara hearing to treat irrigation water for Vandenberg Village golf course and reduce hydrogen sulfide odors. He said the lake will settle hydrogen sulfide before use on the course, addressing sprinkler and valve damage.
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Dick Praul
Vandenberg Village
William C. Ebbert
Santa Barbara
Ebbert
Essell
Gemini Ave
County Office of Environmental Quality
OEQ
Oak Hill Dr
Galaxy Way
Aldebaran
Essel
Park Water Company
Albert F. Reynolds
County Planning Commission
Board of Supervisors
Wahlers
U Street
Michael Towbes
Paris talks on MIAs and war damage prompt cautious optimism
U S and Vietnam held a two hour Paris meeting on 800 MIAs and Vietnam war damage valued at about 3.25 billion dollars. No progress details were released as diplomats described the talks as exploratory and aimed at reconciling long standing disputes.
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Vietnam
Paris
UPI
United States
U.S
DCM
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Washington
Samuel Gammon
Neuilly
Tran Hoon
Gammon
Hanoi
Wasex
Ford Administration
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
United Nations
World Organization
Security Council
Housefly Menace Hits Lompoc and County
Health officials warn Lompoc faces a surge of dangerous houseflies carrying germs for cholera and typhoid. Broad demand for pest strips and pest control services follows heavy rains and humid warmth. County officials urge sanitation, covered trash, and yard cleanup to curb breeding and prevent further outbreaks.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc
Moore's Department Store
Chuck’s Nursery
Santa Barbara
Freighter sinks with crew of 33 near Honolulu
Rescue ships converged on a Panamanian lumber freighter with 33 crew members that sank between Honolulu and the Aleutian Islands amid 40 knot winds and 20 foot waves. Ten survivors were saved from the Carnelian-1, which sank after cargo logs shifted and a hold flooded. Other vessels aided and a Coast Guard plane assisted survivors as night fell.
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Honolulu
UPI
Aleutian Islands
Coast Guard
Hunter
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K of P Hall
Knights of Pythias Hall
Gene L. Wahlers
Alberta Morgan
Santa Ynez
Solvang Municipal Improvement District
Airport
Cachuma
Gibraltar
Juncal
South County
la Purisima Mission
Salt Lake City
Calvin Rampton
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
Rampton
Utah Supreme Court
Cabrillo High School
Cabrillo
Johnny Carson
Bob Hope
Som- Barbara Polize
Little Louie Friedricks
Lompoc Valley
Little Louie
Dan Duffy
California
San Francisco
Mellon
Kodiak
Alaska
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