Brush Fire Traps Firefighters Near Santa Barbara
A killer brush fire east of Santa Barbara has burned 4500 acres of brushland as crews fight to contain it. Four Forest Service workers died trapped in a firestorm and two others were injured, including Gerald Hotchkiss 24 and Leonard Kaiser 43. Firefighters say containment is delayed with no end in sight while evacuations affected about 100 families.
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Gerald Hotchkiss
Summerland
Leonard Kaiser
Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
U.S. Forest Service
Los Padres National Forest
Hidden Valley Lane
James Buchanan
U. S. Forest Service
San Francisco
California
Forest Service
Connally urges labor to back Nixon wage price plan
Treasury Secretary Connally urged labor to cooperate with Nixon phase II as a wage and price control system evolves. He said final government authority remains over wage decisions, with boards guiding increases while veto power rests with the administration. He asked AFL CIO President Meany to join the Pay Board and noted public and management roles. The wage price freeze runs through Nov 13 with guidelines due by then.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
John B. Connally Jr
Nixon
Connally
Labor
Pay Board
Price Commission
Citizens’ Board
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Committee Tackles Recycling Ecology Move
Mayor Arthur Scott named five private citizens Bruce Sharpe Jean Jacoby Art Heinrich Marge Adam and Don Hinderliter to a city committee on recycling. Hinderliter a Air Force major and longtime activist urges immediate pilot programs and laws to promote glass metal and newspaper recycling to cut waste and costs. The group plans a first meeting soon.
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Vaughn Proctor
Arthur Scott
Bruce Sharpe
Jean Jacoby
Art Heinrich
Marge Adam
Don Hinderliter
Hinderliter
Air Force
Strikers Back To Work In West Coast Ports Return
Longshoremen union leader Harry Bridges ordered West Coast dock workers to perform preliminary work in preparation for returning to their jobs Saturday, ending a 100 day strike. Federal judge Taft Hartley cooling off order prompted the move as picket lines stayed up until today’s union meetings. Maintenance and supervisory staff were expected to resume first shift Saturday, though full normal operations could take weeks across 24 ports.
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San Francisco
UPI
Harry Bridges
West Cast
Bridges
U.S
West Coast
Jobless rate falls as payrolls hit new high
In September unemployment declined from 6.1 to 6 percent, the first full month under Nixon's policies. Employment rose by 325,000 to a seasonally adjusted 79.5 million as students returned to school, a signal of cheer from administration spokesmen. AFL-CIO counters that the data show no benefit from the president's program.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Lompoc Gains Two Deputies Ahead of Citizens Appeal
Sheriff John Carpenter assigns two additional deputies to the Lompoc Substation raising staff to 11 including nine deputies, one sergeant commander and one detective. The move aims at one deputy per 1250 residents as a countywide upgrade. A local petition with 600 signatures from Mission Hills Vandenberg Village and Jalama Road seeks more law enforcement.
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John Carpenter
Lompoc
Board of Supervisors
Richard Baldiviez
Baldiviez
Lompoc Valley
Mission Hills
Vandenberg Village
Jalama Road
Francis H. Beattie
Two youth drop-in centers planned in Lompoc area
Lompoc and Vandenberg Village plan two youth drop-in centers guided by the Lompoc Valley Drug Abuse Coordinating Council. The project seeks California Council on Criminal Justice funds with the school district and City Council as sponsors.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Atascadero
Jones
California Council On Criminal Justice
Coordinating Council
CCCJ
Robert Thompson
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Webb Herrier
Ecology
Chris Crompe
Honolulu
Harry J. Crompe
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