Demos vow to reverse offshore drilling panel action
Democrats plan to undo the Lands Commission approval of up to 60 offshore wells at six sites taken by a GOP dominated panel. Ken Cory and Mervyn Dymally say they will overturn it when they assume control in January with a Brown administration stance against immediate offshore drilling. Environmentalists protest the move citing missing impact reports and potential environmental harm.
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Sacramento
UPI
State Lands Commission
Lame Duck
Commission
GOP
Ronald Reagan
Santa Barbara
Ken Cory
Mervyn Dymally
Edmund G. Brown Jr
all-Republican Commission
Vandenberg Not Affected by Major Military Job Cutback
The Pentagon plans to eliminate 11 500 military and 11 600 civilian positions across Army Air Force and Defense Supply bases. Vandenberg AFB will not be affected though Frankford Arsenal and Ellington AFB will close. Wright Patterson AFB may gain 750 civilian and 1 200 military jobs as transfers occur.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Vandenberg Air Force
Lompoc
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Tex
Capitol Hill
U.S
Army
Air Force
Defense Supply Agency
Wright- Patterson Afb
Ohio
Local crooner Al Bushnell hopes Winds of Life hits
Feature on Al Bushnell known as Alden, Boeing inspector, songwriter with 25 copyrights. He promoted Winds of Life after releasing Dan in 1968 69 though stations and labels remained resistant. He believes hard work and faith will yield success despite past low sales and unknown labels.
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Stan Tulledo
al Bushnell
Boeing
Vandenberg Air Force Base
United States
Jalama Road
Jalama
Kansas
Alden
Dan
Winds of Life
Music City Entertainer
Tri-State
Charlie Rich
Bushnell
Mountain
Congress Overrides Vetoes to Fund Mass Transit Plan
Congress passes a $11.8 billion six year mass transit program by a large House majority 288-109 sending it to Ford who said he would sign. Senate overrides Ford on two vetoed measures Freedom of Information Act expansion and vocational rehabilitation act 90-1 65-27.
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Washington
Mondale withdraws from Democratic presidential race
Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota ends his bid for the Democratic nomination after testing the waters and spending around 100000 dollars. He cites lacking overwhelming desire for the presidency as essential to run a campaign.
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Washington
UPI
Walter F. Mondale
Democratic Party
Watergate motive linked to Ellsberg break-in in trial
Prosecutors tell jurors the White House sought to conceal the September 1971 Ellsberg raid by tying it to the 1972 Watergate burglary. Eyewitness Krogh testifies Ehrlichman approved the Ellsberg operation and warned Hunt might reveal both incidents. Defense disputes double jeopardy and prejudicial scope.
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White House
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Egil Krogh Jr
Elisberg
John D. Ehrlichman
Krogh
Ehrlichman
Hunt
Ellsberg
Watergate
Richard M. Nixon
William S. Frates
James F. Neal
Lompoc joins HUD flood insurance program
Lompoc becomes a National Flood Insurance Program participant effective immediately with HUD notification. Property owners in flood prone areas may buy federally subsidized flood coverage with limits of 35000 for single family homes and 100000 for other buildings, rates 35 to 75 cents per hundred, and a 30 day initial availability plus a 15 day waiting period. Flood insurance serviced by Ieman's Fund American Insurance in Los Angeles. Information through Al Autry at City Hall.
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Lompoc
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
FHA
Small Business Administration
Ieman’s Fund
American Insurance
P.O. Box
Los Angeles
al Autry
City Hall
Second atomic particle found at Stanford lab
Scientists at Stanford and a California lab collided matter with anti matter at 3.7 billion electron volts to locate the second member of a possible new family of subatomic particles. Forty-one physicists participated in the experiment, occurring within two weeks of the first such particle discovery.
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Stanford, Calif
UPI
California
Doctored bills and bad checks hit Lompoc merchants hard
Lompoc merchants face a holiday surge in bad checks and fraud as police report about 100 cases. A public meeting on December 9 by the Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce will educate on bad checks and business hazards amid concerns of evolving schemes and shoplifting.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
Mel Ramos
Ramos
San Luis Obispo
Southern California
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