Water rates set to rise 80 percent in Lompoc
Lompoc residents face an 80 plus percent water bill increase with January as the target. The five member water commission asked a committee to study Alternate 2 from Brown and Caldwell and prepare a Dec 3 council agenda. The plan includes higher monthly charges, loss of free water, and a bond option for a new reservoir. staff say the fund needs strengthening.
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Lompoc
Joe Mixsell
Commission
Jack Myers
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Brown and
Caldwell
Marvin Loney
Kenton Retires After 34 Years as Lompoc Warden
Frank Kenton, long time warden of the Federal Correctional Institution in Lompoc, announces retirement after 34 years in federal service. Jerry Farkas of Tallahassee will succeed him effective January 6, 1975. Kenton and his wife plan to live in retirement near Vandenberg Village.
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Frank Kenton
Federal Correctional Institution
Lompoc
Jerry Farkas
Tallahassee
Fla
Kenton
Vandenberg Village
Danbury
Conn
Washington
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Hirohito Greets Ford in Japan Visit and Calls War Regrettable
Emperor Hirohito welcomed President Ford as the first U S chief of state to visit Japan and called World War II a regrettable period in a toast at the Imperial Palace. Ford pledged to visit America next year and discussed energy and superpower arms talks with Prime Minister Tanaka amid heavy security. A Tokyo mayor objected to Ford not discussing nuclear weapons, but the visit remained a symbolic gesture of lasting friendship.
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Tokyo
UPI
Hirohito
Ford
U.S
Japan
Imperial Palace
United States
America
Kakuei Tanaka
Ryokichi Minobe
Nixon aides discuss Nixon cracking Watergate case in April 1973 tape
White House tape from April 14 1973 shows President Nixon, Haldeman and Ehrlichman discussing making it look like Nixon cracked the Watergate case. They propose targeting Mitchell and Magruder and consider pressuring Liddy to talk to prosecutors.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Nail
John N. Mitchell
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Charles W. Colson
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Greyhound strike strands thousands across the nation
Greyhound bus drivers and other workers walked out on strike, halting service from Atlantic to Pacific and affecting routes to Canada and Mexico. Negotiations collapsed and the stoppage could last for days. Passengers including a Detroit Amish couple and a Los Angeles Marine sought alternatives as terminals locked and buses halted.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
Greyhound
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Canadian
Mexico
Detroit
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Bob Lindberg
Israelis kill attackers and mob burns bodies in street
In Beit Shean, three Arab guerrillas attacked a northern Israeli town, killing four Israelis before Israeli commandos killed the attackers. Angry residents burned the corpses in the street as police dispersed the mob and a child died from a fall while others were wounded.
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Beit Shean
Israel
UPI
Sea of Galilee
Shimon Peres
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Jordan
Hagiborim Street
Board seeks to remove county from LA air region stance
The Santa Barbara County board, led by Supervisor Francis H. Beattie, seeks state action to exclude the northern county from the Los Angeles air region. The board backs forming a Unified South Central Coast District with Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties, and supports coordinated talks with neighboring counties to pursue this goal.
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State
LA Air Region
Francis H. Beattie
George Kading
Santa Barbara County
Los Angeles
Santa Ynez Mountains
Beattie
Omer Rains
Environmental Protection Agency
State Air Resources Board
Frank Frost
County Farm Bureau
Robert Hunt
Carpinteria
Ernc Bonebakker
Bonebakker
Frost
South Central Coast
Santa Barbara
Ventura
San Luis Obispo
John English
Ventura County
Auto industry faces 1930s style downturn warns leaders
Detroit Mayor Coleman A Young Chrysler Chair Lynn Townsend and UAW chief Leonard Woodcock warn the auto sector risks a Depression era mood as 1975 car production tightens. They urge Washington action while Chrysler plans substantial plant closures to cut 50 000 cars from Q4 output amid 80 day unsold stock. The warning comes with GM Ford and Chrysler laying off thousands and the Dow tumbling.
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United Press
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Lynn Townsend
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Coleman A. Young
Washington
Young
Woodcock
Townsend
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Rockoy hearings may wrap for Rockefeller by Christmas
House Judiciary Chairman Rodino expects the Nelson Rockefeller confirmation hearings to finish by Christmas after eight days of sessions. Senate Leader Mansfield hopes for a Senate vote by next Wednesday, with hearings to run through Thanksgiving and resume December 5. Live TV coverage is allowed, though networks plan no coverage.
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Washington
Beauty panel to study tree uproar in Lompoc
The Lompoc Beautification Commission voted to study the West Hickory Avenue tree controversy and the Street Tree Program before making a recommendation to the City Council. About 20 residents voiced concerns as half the block objects to four foot street trees planted along their front lawns.
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Stan Tulledo
West Hickory Avenue
Lompoc
Beautification Commission
Kaufman
Dave Schwark
Julia Sand
Jim Magnuson
Stephanie Bullock
Sand
Weather Outlook with Patchy Fog and Seas Advisory
Mostly fair skies with variable high clouds and patchy morning fog through Wednesday. Highs mostly in the 60s to low 70s with lows in the 30s to 40s. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph in afternoons. Small craft advisory for rough seas along the coast. Tides Wednesday include high tides near 40 feet at 2 39 p.m. and 3 5 feet at 4 56 a.m. and lows around 0 9 feet at 10 18 p.m. and 3 1 feet at 9 20 a.m.
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FBI Academy
Quantico, Va
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Cincinnati
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FTC
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