Lompoc Record Editorial Page Details Policy
The Lompoc Record explains its open opinion columns aligned with good taste and legal standards. It lists publisher officers and affiliations including California Newspaper Publishers Association United Press International and Inter American Press Association.
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California Press Association
Record high mortgage rates hurt housing market nationwide
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board reports September averages of 7.99 percent for new houses and 8.04 percent for used homes, marking the ninth straight monthly rise. Housing starts slide while state usury laws complicate lending dynamics, risking a lower 1969 in one family construction.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Hugh C. Ross
Advance Mortgage Corp
Detroit
Federal Surcharge on Telephone Rates Stirs Reader Protest
A reader attacks Gentel and the California PUC over federal income tax surcharges on telephone bills. He urges customers to cut service, notes potential pass-through costs to users, and argues big business profits hinge on public apathy. The letter also references welfare policy and voting rights debates.
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General Telephone Company of
California
California Public Utilities Commission
Gentel
PUC
California Pac
Ronald A. Huckins
North
Lompoc
Calif
Community Letter on School Spending and Teacher Pay
Chuck Bergman of Lompoc California criticizes school administrators for citing economy while spending on items like a $500 chair and a half million dollar music room. He urges more funds for teachers and equal rural education.
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Chuck Bergman
North 7Th
Lompoc
Calif
Rabbits May Be Shot On Private Property With Permission
From Our 93-Year-Old Files October 12 1917 Rabbits may be shot on private property with the owner s permission when shown to be best in destroying crops A school is proposed for the Jalama section as families move to new ranches Ant C Zvoranek chairs Lompoc exhibit committee leaves to install at California Land Show October 11 1956 zoning revisions gain tentative approval city planning commission William K Stewart Democratic Congressional candidate speaks to Democrats County Board of Supervisors backs uniform sales tax and Farm Bureau views are invited
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Jalama
Ant. C. Zvoranek
Lompoc
San Francisco
City Planning Commission
County Board of Supervisors
County Farm Bureau
Rhyme Time Officer's Mess Misheard Egg Dish
A colonel from old Alabama is shaken when served eggs and bacon with muffins and strawberry jam, in a light verse by Eugene McAllister.
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Old Alabam
Eugene McAllister
Barbed bars and showgirl myth in sharp riff
A witty, fragmentary critique compares a showgirl and her former sugar daddy to a modern artificial sweetener figure. It echoes a frontiersman’s careful handling of danger and frames the final show in a bottle as a last rush. It also claims the Mayflower was the largest ocean vessel ever launched after dismissing its lineage.
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Papa
Population explosion overwhelms Latin America policy
Washington column argues Nixon administration shifts to population control for Latin America. Cites 1969 Latin American population growth rates, rising illegitimacy, abortion risks, and education shortfalls. Urges expanded aid tied to contraception, noting U.S. and global stakes with a projected seven and a half billion people by 2000.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
State Department
Latin America
Nelson Rockefeller
Americas
South
Rockefeller
United States
Hemisphere
Population Reference Bureau
Alliance For Progress
Agency For International Development
Costa Rica
South America
Colombia
Ecuador
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay
Peru
Europe
Belgium
West Germany
France
Netherlands
Congress
Asia
Africa
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Capitol Report on Nixon leadership and urban crisis
Bruce Bioss notes persistent talk that Nixon tails a southern strategy but faces critics who warn a long term failure. A key Democrat questions Nixon’s narrow approach and whether he can handle rising urban problems and a gathering Republican shift, fearing national mood could worsen without bold action.
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Washington
NEA
Nixon
Strom Thurmonds
Kevin Phillips
John Mitchell
Opinion on Angela Davis case at UCLA sparks debate
A reader argues against employing Communists in higher education citing Angela Davis on UCLA along with university academic freedom. The letter likens Davis teaching philosophy to hiring a rapist and condemns the board of regents stance while recounting local musings and reader letters.
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Angela Davis
University of California Board of Regents
Communist Party
UCLA
Board of Regents
Miss Davis
Young
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