Lompoc Schools Nurture Pint-Sized Geniuses
Lompoc Unified School District runs an Honors Program for about 175 elementary students with IQs from 132 to over 150. Dr. Irwin Wapner leads the program at Miguelito and Westwinds Elementary, noting the goal is to cultivate potential, not label students as geniuses, with entry by IQ 132+, teacher recommendation, board review, and parental consent.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc
North Carolina
UPI
Lompoc Unified School District
Irwin Wapner
Wapner
Dotty Wagner
Miguelito Elementary
L.A
Wagner
Mozart
Gun victim in guarded condition in Lompoc
Albert Bedell Tucker, 32, remained listed in guarded condition at Lompoc Hospital after a Saturday shooting at 721 North C Street. He lives at 435 South H Street. Leslie Vernon Beaupre, 40, appeared for arraignment on felony assault with a deadly weapon charges and was held on $3,000 bail awaiting court.
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Albert Bedell Tucker
Lompoc
Tucker
South H St
North C St
Leslie Vernon Beaupre
Beaupre
Nixon decries U.S. lack of leadership in interview
Former President Richard Nixon told Ladies' Home Journal that America suffers from a lack of leadership and a cynical mood. He criticized Ford’s accessibility and warned that a paralyzing Congress or parliament could erode national strength. He urged strong leadership amid international crises.
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New York
UPI
America
Richard Nixon
Nixon
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
England
France
Italy
Germany
South Africa
San Clemente
Calif
William M. Fine
Ford
Korea
Thailand
Lompoc Tire Slasher Strikes 25 More Vehicles Overnight
Police in Lompoc report 25 new tire slashings overnight adding to a prior wave of about 15 incidents. Damage exceeds 1500 dollars across northern city blocks including West North Avenue West Chestnut Avenue and North D Street as detectives build profiles to identify suspects.
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Lompoc
H Street
F Street
J.D. Smith
West North Avenue
West Chestnut Avenue
North D Street
North K Street
North L Street
North H Street
Judge refuses to delay Southern California oil lease sale
UPI reports Judge David W. Williams denied a request by Attorney General Younger and the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission to pause the December 11 sale of 1.25 million acres offshore. The ruling upheld Interior Department policy, noting the need to reduce dependence on imported oil and rejecting arguments over inadequate studies and potential environmental harm. The judge criticized the suit as an attempt at political policy making and cited national socio economic considerations supporting ongoing offshore drilling.
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Los Angeles
UPI
U.S. District Court
David W. Williams
California
Williams
Evelle J. Younger
California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission
Interior Department
Department of Interior
Ford Still Pondering Energy Bill Decision
President Ford has not decided whether to sign the national energy bill pending in Congress. Spokesman says he is not tilting in any direction and will decide based on the bill's legal language after a meeting with Frank Zarb. The compromise bill would curb fuel prices short term and allow later increases. Congress expected to act after Thanksgiving recess.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
White House
Ron Nelsen
Nessen
Frank Zarb
Senate
County Joins Suit Against Offshore Oil
Santa Barbara County Supervisors voted to join the state city of Santa Barbara and other Southern California communities in a lawsuit against the Interior Department over offshore tract leasing for oil and gas development. Supervisor James M Slater led the motion with support from Supervisor Robert E Kallman as Acting chair Frost said the action shows solidarity with the California Council of Local Governments.
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Santa Barbara
James M Slater
Robert E. Kallman
Frank J. Frost
California Council of Local Governments
Frost
Brown
Interior Department
Francis H. Beattie
Washington, D.C
California
Congress
Christmas Card From Bogota and Local High School Bet Wager
Chuck and Wilma Jack receive their first Christmas card from Bogota Colombia. Cabrillo High School booster Dick Freeman must display a Lompoc High School sticker on his car for a year after losing a game bet to Doug Klein Capricious winds topple part of the marquee at the Lompoc Theater. The movie title Whiffs.
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Chuck
Wilma Jack
Bogota
Colombia
Cabrillo
Dick Freeman
Lompoc High School
Doug Klein
Lompoc
Beautification Commission Rejects Elm Tree Removal Plan
The Lompoc Beautification Commission voted against removing 16 evergreen elm trees on South H Street and recommended they be included in the general plan. They urged preserving mature trees while staff proposed replacing wells with floss silk trees in tubs. The panel backed a South H Street median plan featuring London plane sycamores and a future plant of liquid amber in the 100 block of South I Street.
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Lompoc
South H Street
Rob Northrop
Dave Schwark
Schwark
London
Dr. W. Jamison
South I Street
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High IQ
Lompoc Unified School
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