Trustees and teachers clash on windfall spending plan
Lompoc trustees debate how to use 1.5 million in one time monies from state aid after funds were unfrozen. The meeting covered meet and confer with the Certificated Employe Council, final decisions, and hiring plans for a new superintendent replacement.
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Vaughn Proctor
Carol Linger
Lompoc Education Association
Watermark
Singer
Tom Harris
California Teachers Association
CTA
James Cowan
Glen Wegner
Wegner
Kissinger Holds Surprise Madrid Talks En Route to Middle East
Secretary of State Kissinger met Spanish Foreign Minister Pedro Cortina for 45 minutes at Torrejon airbase in Madrid. He then continued to Cairo as President Ford sent cabinet members to see him off from Andrews Air Force Base. Talks focus on mutual interests and renewal of the base-use pact amid high security.
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Madrid
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Pedro Cortina
Torrejon
Middle East
Ford
Kissinger
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
America
Cairo
Cortina
Foreign Ministry
U.N. General Assembly
New York
United States
Spain
Richard M. Nixon
Pro-Castro guerrillas win asylum as hostages freed
Seven hostages were released after a 13 day siege at the Venezuelan consulate in Santo Domingo. The pro-Castro Liberation Movement negotiators agreed to depart for asylum abroad, with Panama seen as the likely destination after Mexico and Peru balked at terms.
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Mexico
Peru
Panama
Barbara Hutchison
U.S
Campaign ends in Britain as election looms
London reports that campaigning closed with Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Edward Heath trading blame amid Britain's worst economic crisis in decades. Polls show Wilson leading the Labour party toward Thursday's parliamentary vote while Heath warns of false optimism and a potential poor relation status in the Western world.
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London
UPI
Britain
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Edward Heath
Lompoc approves lone high bid on sewer bonds
The Lompoc City Council accepted a single bid of 7.62 percent on a 1.5 million sewer bond issue to fund the project. The rate means about 3.4 million in interest and principal over 25 years. Officials note costs rose from initial estimates and anticipate higher monthly sewer rates to cover the debt.
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Cowan
Allan Hancock College
Hapgood School
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Hapgood
Cabrillo High School
Dave Herber
Lompoc High School
Norman Larson
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
LFT
Larson
Alice Milligan
Wegner
Lompoc City
Gene Wahlers
Allan Miller
Stone and Youngberg
Wahlers
Miller
Stone and Youngberg Investment Securities
Dean Witter
Emil Scolari
Art Scott
TelePrompTer of
Stevens
Scott
Ford unveils inflation plan with taxes and incentives
President Ford proposes higher taxes on middle income and the wealthy to cut deficits and curb inflation. He calls for tax incentives to boost business and urges Americans to cut spending and drive less. The plan includes a one year surcharge, aimed at reducing inflation from double digits to single digits within a year if enacted.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
Treasury
William E. Simon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Simon
Rose Garden
Congress critiques Ford's 5 percent income tax surcharge plan
Congress criticized Ford's 5 percent surcharge on families earning over 15000 and individuals over 7500, while some leaders backed modifying the surtax. House committees fast tracked hearings with Treasury Secretary William Simon to review the proposal and related business tax revisions.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
William Simon
Appropriations Committee
George Mahon
Rtex
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Balaguer
Great Britain
City
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
House Agriculture
W.R. Poage
Dtex
Ways and Means
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