Merchants Back Downtown Revitalization Plan in Lompoc
The Lompoc Downtown Revitalization Committee won merchant support to develop a cast figure for the proposed plan. Mayor E C Stevens and city officials outlined aims to boost retail sales and property values through a better downtown look, improved shopping, and merchandising.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc
City Hall
E. C. Stevens
al Autry
LeRoy Scolari
Rennie Adam
Roger Marshall
Stevens
Autry
Adam
H St
Ocean Ave
Scolari
Radioactivity still a danger in nuclear power debate
An editor's note frames this sixth installment on radioactivity amid Cold War fears. The piece contrasts early postwar fears with modern nuclear power, explaining LOCA meltdowns, residual heat, and the role of coolant loops in reactors like Diablo Canyon's pressurized water design developed by Pacific Gas and Electric.
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Steve LA Rue
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Diablo Cayon
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Glimpses Lompoc Skiers Cheer Snow in Mountains
In Lompoc, skiers celebrate news of snow in the mountains as police chief Jim Smith and City Councilman Sol Lefkowitz recover from a weekend firewood sawing project leaving them with minor injuries and sore muscles.
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Lompoc
Jim Smith
Sol Lefkowitz
Lompoc trustees approve salaries for board members
Trustees of the Lompoc Unified School District voted to pay themselves under a new state law, approving $30 per meeting and up to $200 a month beginning January. The unanimous vote followed heated debate with supporters citing financial disclosure changes and opponents noting volunteers' service.
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Lompoc Unified School
Santa Barbara County
Richard K. Jacoby
Archie Nagle
Gail Steiger
John Beattie
Karl Braun
Jacoby
Nogle
Beattie
Braun
Griffith resigns to take Chowchilla post
Lompoc Assistant City Administrator Dustin W. Griffith resigns after serving since April 1970 to become Chowchilla California’s first city administrator. City officials expect a replacement within three to four months as Griffith predicts growth in Lompoc and notes Chowchilla’s recent industrial expansion. Both men describe mixed emotions but agree the move is a professional step up.
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Lompoc
Dustin W. Griffith
Griffith
Chowchilla
Calif
Fresno
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Nixon rejects limited session amid Watergate questions
President Nixon told 75 Republican congressmen he will not resign or submit to impeachment. He declined meeting with only Ervin and Baker, insisting the full Watergate committee must be involved, while some attendees said he offered to provide information. Several GOP lawmakers said Nixon would not quit, asserting it would harm the nation.
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Eugene Huseman
Personnel Commission
Herbert Carmel
Lompoc
Braun
Carmel
Nogle
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Senate Watergate Committee
Ervin
White House
Baker
Louis Frey, Jr
Rfla
GOP
Congress
Queston
Robert W. McClory
R-Ill
Tom Railsback
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Lompoc Education Association
David Manship
Carol Singer
LEA
Marybeth Lucas
Joseph Carlin
Dustin Griffith
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