City considers overhaul of Lompoc personnel rules
Lompoc officials plan a seven member panel with a citizens group to study department heads authority and their accountability to the city council and electorate after the firing of community development director Nick Bevilacqua for insubordination. The group rejects direct reporting to the city administrator and aims to review the rules governing executive supervision.
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Ray McCuen
Lompoc
Nicholas Bevilacqua
Citizens Committee For Responsive Government
Bruce Sharpe
Citizens Group
Bevilacqua
Sharpe
Nick Bevilacqua
Gene Wahlers
Council
Art Scott
Wesley Marshall
Recroness E
Croup
Scott
Nixon May Bypass ABA On Supreme Court Selections
White House indicated President Nixon may nominate a Supreme Court justice without ABA consultation. Press secretary Ziegler said more than six candidates remain under consideration and some may not be discussed with the American Bar Association. Announcement could come this week with potential delay.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
American Bar Association
White House
Bar
New York
Ronald L. Ziegler
Supreme Court
ABA
Ziegler
Committee On the Federal Judiciary
Mildred Lillie
Herschel H
Students Defy Troops to Shield IRA Chief in Belfast
In Belfast, Queens University students blocked British soldiers and police attempting to seize Thomas Macgiolla, Sinn Fein IRA chief, as he sought safe escort across the border. About 150 students surrounded entrances, forcing the chief to stay inside the university building after a debate on the European Common Market.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Queens University
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Thomas Macgiolla
Sinn Fein
Macgiolla
Students Representative Council
Irish News
Lompoc Council Fights Freeze Order on Refuse Rates
The Lompoc City Council voted 3 to file suit in US District Court to challenge federal officials who said refuse collection rates are not taxes. Mayor Art Scott and two others backed city attorney James Longtin in declaratory relief to keep a $1 rate rise to $2.50 per month. Two members opposed arguing the freeze will end soon and the city should follow the president's economy plan. The vote and proceedings drew a vocal, disappointed audience.
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Lompoc
Nixon
Art Scott
Charlotte Benton
E. C. Stevens
James Longtin
US S. District Court
Federal
Cost of Living Council
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Sol Lefkowitz
George Cotsenmeyer
Longtin
Scott
Weather outlook with mild temperatures and tides
A light cloudiness mix with fair skies through Thursday and little temperature change. Highs reach the mid 60s to mid 70s with overnight lows 35 to 45. Winds shift to northwest 10 to 20 mph. Tides: high 5.8 feet at 10 56 a.m. Low tides 2.1 feet at 4 38 a.m. and 0.2 feet at 6 08 p.m.
Grandfathers Celebrate Holiday Cheer in Local News
Glimpses of George Hutson and Bill Ebbert as they become grandfathers. Christmas trees and ornaments line a Shopping Center store display. Pumpkins appear in residential windows signaling festive season.
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George Hutson
Bill Ebbert
France urges acceptance of Red China at UN
France declares Communist China indispensable to the United Nations due to its mass and future. Three close U.S. allies Denmark Sweden France oppose the U.S. bid to seat Nationalist China while favoring Communist China for both the General Assembly and the Security Council. Of 30 nations heard, 19 favor Peking, 9 favor Taipei, Ecuador noncommittal.
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France
China
United Nations
UPI
United States
Washington
General Assembly
Denmark
Sweden
U.S
Assembly
Security Council
Peking
Taiwan
Ecuador
Willy Brandt Wins 1971 Nobel Peace Prize
West German chancellor Willy Brandt awarded the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Parliament for his Ostpolitik efforts to ease East Bloc relations. Prize worth 450000 kronor. Brandt 58, a Social Democrat, long touted for reconciliation with Poland and improved East German ties.
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Oslo
UPI
Willy Brandt
Europe
Soviet Union
Nobel Committee
Stockholm
Brandt
Norway
West Berlin
Poland
Berlin
Kissinger Arrives in Peking for Four Day Talks
Henry Kissinger landed in Peking with a nine member staff for four days of consultations with Chinese leaders ahead of President Nixon's possible year end visit. A Boeing 707 delivered the delegation at 11:15 a.m. and a 10 car motorcade moved to a western suburb guest house amid large crowds.
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Peking
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Washington
Kissinger
Haile Selassie
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Santa Maria
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Free Democrats
West Germany
Christian Democrats
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Chi Peng-fei
Shanghai
Revolutionary Party Committee
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