Lompoc Council Debates Sidewalk, Rates and Bingo Ordinance
The Lompoc City Council schedules two public hearings on a U Street sidewalk project with a $6.75 per front foot cost and potential protests, and a 7 percent electric rate increase to cover a $160,000 wholesale rise from PG&E. A new bingo ordinance draft will be introduced.
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U Street
Ocean and
Hickory Avenues
Lompoc
City Hall
Walnut Ave
Public Works
Barry Gustafson
Foremost Foods, Inc
Rose Olivia Et al
Pacific Gas and Electric
Alan Davidson
Lompoc Utility eyes regional sewer system entry
Lompoc Utility Services Co plan to join the regional sewer system after a meeting with city officials. Anton Garnier and James Smitherman outlined a projected 250000 to 300000 dollar cost to connect Mission Hills 800 homes and businesses to the regional plant under construction on Central Avenue. Garnier said California Public Utilities Commission filing will occur in 45 days to pursue rehabilitation or regional entry, with rates rising from 4.80 to about 10 dollars per home per month.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Utility Services Co
City of
Lompoc
Mission Hills
Anton C. Garnier
James Smitherman
Gene Wahlers
Alan Davidson
James Brightwell
Garnier
Central Avenue
California Public Utilities Commission
Wahlers
Santa Ynez
High level talks on Rhodesia set for black majority rule
U S and British officials meet with Prime Minister Ian Smith at Independence to plan an interim government leading to black majority rule within two years. Officials deny taking sides as Bishop Muzorewa accuses Washington of backing rival Joshua Nkomo amid regional consultations with frontline states.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
U.S
Ian Smith
William Schaufele
Ted Rowlands
Independence
Smith
Schaufele
Rowlands
South Africa
Washington
United States
Abel Muzorewa
African National Council
Joshua Nkomo
Black Africa
Henry A. Kissinger
Rhodesia National Party
Kissinger
Anthony Crosland
John Vorster
Tanzania
Botswana
Mozambique
Zambia
Lusaka
Secretary Earl Butz resigns over racist remark
Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz quits after causing embarrassment with a racial comment. He told reporters he stepped aside to aid Ford's campaign, apologized for the offense, and submitted his resignation to President Ford at the White House.
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Butz
Washington
UPI
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Ford
White House
Ford Administration
Kansas City
Ment
Midwest
Ford Signs Large Tax Revision Bill Amid Disagreement
President Ford signed a sweeping tax revision into law after weeks of debate. The measure extends current tax cuts through 1977 and adds changes including a higher minimum tax, expanded child care breaks, and broader depreciation incentives, while lawmakers rejected a $10 billion personal tax cut Ford had sought.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Oval Office
Congress
IRS
Jimmy Carter
Ford Carter plan debate briefings head West
Ford and Carter headed west after briefings for their next televised debate in San Francisco. Kissinger and Schlesinger act as seconds. Carter meets expectations in Plains while Ford emphasizes detente. Polls show mixed signals as voters eye the key event and weather and tides are noted locally.
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Ford
Carter
United Press International
Jimmy Carter
Henry Kissinger
James Schlesinger
San Francisco
Earl Butz
State Kissinger
Defense Schlesinger
Schlesinger
CIA
Defense Department
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Soviet Union
Plains
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W. W. Broughton
California
Spanne
Elizabeth Broughton Warner
Richard Broughton
William Wallace Broughton III
Juliet Broughton Ansley
Georgia Broughton Whitlock
Lillian Broughton Allan
Howard Anthony Broughton
Gilbert Stuart Broughton
Amos Washington Broughton
Esther Broughton Cowles
Lompoc Utility
Dean Crowder
FCI
Hancock Center
Clarence and Jack Lambert, Inc
Engineering Science, Inc
Hall and Visinoi
Board of Supervisors
Gene L. Wahlers
Bob Wong
Muzorewa
Nkomo
Yankelovich
Patrick Cadell
Billy Sudden
Ryon Park
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