Carter unveils compromise full employment bill
President Carter introduced a compromise full employment bill aiming to cut unemployment from 7 percent to 4 percent by 1983. The plan sets a five year framework for goals in employment production and income and asks Congress to pass the measure while urging its own review procedures.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Augustus Hawkins
D-Calif
Congress
City Debates Stricter Utility Payment Rules
Lompoc council to consider a resolution raising deposits to twice the average bill for new service, add $2 late charges, and allow charges for returned checks, non payment turnoffs, and meter tests. New rules aim to recover about $40,000 yearly in unpaid city utility bills and target delinquent customers.
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Bob Livingston
Southern California Gas Co
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Livingston
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Lompoc
North Act
Beattie Park
Olive Avenue
Seventh Streets
Britain Firefighters Strike Thrusts Armed Troops Into Role
In Britain nearly 35,000 firefighters walk out in a two day strike leaving 13,000 soldiers and 4,000 volunteers to cover emergency calls. Two soldiers were overcome by smoke in Birmingham while Green Goddess trucks struggled to reach upper floors without proper equipment. Police escorted hose lines as troops entered thick fumes to tackle the blaze.
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London
UPI
Birmingham
Britain
Supreme Court to rule on snail darter dispute with TVA
The high court will hear arguments on the clash between environmental protections and a $116 million Tellico Dam hydro project. The case centers on the snail darter fish and TVA's effort to close impoundment gates halted by the 6th Circuit.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Tennessee
High Court
Congress
John Spenkelink
Florida
Joseph James Blake
Georgia
Alabama
Thomas McDonald
Iowa
Tennessee Valley Authority
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tellico Dam
Intruder rapes Lompoc woman in her sleep
A 30 year old Lompoc woman woke to a man crawling through her bedroom window early today. He held a pillow over her face and forcibly assaulted her, then fled. The victim reported no injuries and police had no suspects at press time.
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Lompoc
Mostly sunny with gusty winds in Santa Barbara area
Weather forecast shows mostly sunny skies with high clouds, gusty northerly winds west of the canyons. Inland areas slightly warmer. Beaches expect highs upper 60s, inland mid 70s. Lows in 40s. Tuesday tides include high tides at 1:29 a.m. and 12:23 p.m., lows at 6:20 a.m. and 7:50 p.m.
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Canyons
Santa Barbara
Fire at Manila hotel kills over forty amid typhoon Kim
A seven story hotel opposite the U.S. Embassy in Manila burned during Typhoon Kim, with the Philippine Red Cross listing 42 dead and 13 injured. Rescue efforts faced high winds and rain as victims leapt from windows and engineers searched the gutted building. The storm left 48,000 homeless and disrupted power, water, and communications across Metro Manila.
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Manila
Philippines
UPI
U.S
Kim
Philippine National Red Cross
Pacific
Sierra Madre
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Ferdinand Marcos
Nigeria seeks oil embargo against South Africa at UN
Nigerian Foreign Minister Joseph Garba urged a total embargo on oil and investments in South Africa as a key step to end apartheid. He criticized the Security Council arms embargo as insufficient and warned Namibia and Zimbabwe could be freed only by negotiations or other means. The move follows the UN arms embargo decision against Pretoria. The article also notes Boeing strike talks reaching a tentative pact with the Aero Mechanics Union aiming for a union vote.
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United Nations
API
Nigeria
South Africa
Joseph Garba
Security Council
Pretoria
Garba
U.N. General Assembly
Namibia
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
South West Africa
Organization For African Unity
U.N. Security Council
Johannesburg
U.N
Seattle
UPI
Boeing Co
Aero Mechanics Union
al Schultz
Schultz
Dockworkers reach tentative three year settlement
New York officials said a three year tentative contract between the International Longshoremen's Association and container ship operators ends a strike from Maine to Virginia. The pact includes job security against containerization and about a thirty percent wage and benefits rise over the period. It covers 35,000 ILA members at ports from Portsmouth Maine to Hampton Roads Virginia and sets a pattern for talks along the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
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New York
UPI
Maine
Virginia
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Thomas W. Gleason
Gleason
Portsmouth
Hampton Roads
South Atlantic
Florida
Gulf Coasts
Glimpse of Welfare Letter Returned to Sender
A county welfare letter sent on May 17 to a client was returned to the sender on November 11, indicating undeliverable mail.
Jury selection underway in Lompoc police brawl case
Jury selection began in the trial of Peter Signorelli and Gregory Campbell charged with battery and battery on a peace officer after a September fight with officers investigating underage drinking in public. Three of the original five suspects have been disposed of by dismissal or plea.
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Lompoc
Peter Allen Signorelli
South G St
Gregory William Campbell
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