Recall effort ends as SOS falters over school closures
In Lompoc California a parent coalition SOS fails to secure about 2600 signatures to recall five school board members over Miguelito and La Mesa closures. Organizer David Wulftange blames waning support and timing while shifting toward recruiting candidates for next March’s trustees elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn Proctor
David D. Wulftange
Save Our Schools
SOS
Wulftange
Wulfrange
Miguelito
la Mesa
Alpha Club
Santa Mara
Lompoc
Jobless rate slips in September as unemployment falls
Unemployment drops to 7.8 percent in September, the first decline in four months, while total employment declines 160,000 as 100,000 striking workers return to work. Teen unemployment improves to 18.6 percent. adults, including men and Vietnam veterans, show mixed changes. Manufacturing gains 145,000 jobs aided by rubber industry recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Ford
Large scale tree planting planned to beautify east city entrance
Lompoc city staff proposed a mass planting near Grefco and Great Lakes Carbon along Highway 246 and Highway 1 to screen the Grefco plant and soften trucking yards. The work, funded by property owners, must be completed by December 31 when the state permit expires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Tulledo
Lompoc Valley Trucking Co
Smith Trucking
Grefco
Lompoc
Rob Northrop
Highway 1
Great Lakes
Ingram Park
Northrop
Laurel Avenue
Lompoc Valley Trucking
Highway 246
12Th Street
Lompoc Beautification Commission
Carter mocks Ford over Eastern Europe domination claim
Carter ridiculed Ford for saying Eastern Europe is not under Soviet domination while Ford pressed a response in Los Angeles. Dole and Mondale weighed in on the dispute as Ford defended U.S. stance and warned of costs if misjudged. Ford ordered a bloc on the Arab boycott of Israel with future-focused Commerce Department action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Europe
Soviet Union
Carter
Salt Lake City
America
Los Angeles
United States
West
Commerce Department
U.S
Israel
Commerce
Elliot Richardson
Hurricane Madeleine Hammers Mexican Resort Ixtapa
Hurricane Madeleine struck the Mexican resort of Ixtapa with winds near 140 mph just before dawn. All telephone lines were down and a radio operator relayed the hit at 4 a.m. local time to the meteorological department, with no immediate damage reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
UPI
Ixtapa
Meteorological Department of the Water Resources Board
Meteorological Department
Sierra Madre Mountains
Mexico
Acapulco
Atlantic
Madeleine
Liza
Peninsular
Baja California
Water Resources Board
Humphrey shows strong post surgery recovery progress
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, after cancer bladder removal at Memorial Sloan Kettering, is reported in unusually good condition the day after surgery. Dr. Whitmore said Humphrey carried on a lengthy chat with the surgeon and remains stable as doctors express relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Willet F. Whitmore
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Humphrey
Ford contract risks delay from skilled trades veto
Unsettled skilled trades workers and local issues threaten completion of a $1 billion Ford Motor Co. contract after the National Ford Council recommended approval. Balloting by 170,000 workers is set for this weekend with results due Tuesday. skilled tradesmen may veto the deal, potentially prolonging the 23 day walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPI
Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
National Ford Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Everest
Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Everest
Sherpa Ang Phurba
Camp Four
Chris Chandler
Vashon
Wash
Robert Cormack
Ang Phurba
Mallorca
Spain
Mariano Payeras
Inca
la Purisima Mission
Antonio Mateu
Julia Forbes
la Purisima Advisory Commission
Robert van Horn
State Department of Parks
Juan Morell Fortun
East City
Sen
Robert Dole
Dole
Walter Mondale
Earl Sweetland
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Houston
Rockwell International
Congress
California School Employes Association
Bob Halstead
CSEA
Halstead
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!