Retired military influence grows in Lompoc region
A staff report notes about 1,400 area residents retired from the military with over 5,000 within a 70 mile radius of Vandenberg. Retirees start businesses or seek work and credit the weather, community, and proximity to the base for the area’s appeal.
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Betsy Susman
Richard Kline
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lompoc
Kline
Air Force
Vandenberg
Walt Bramble
Richard Giddings
Maple Avenue
Bramble
Lloyd Spear
Chuck Carmichael
The
Economic Development Association
Carmichael
Jim Collins
Allan Hancock College
Collins
Haldeman denies nude Nixon tale in his book
H R Haldeman issued a formal denial by phone from a federal prison camp asserting a New York Daily News column’s claim that Nixon stripped nude in the Oval Office is false. He said the book The Ends of Power will reveal facts but reject bathroom journalism and offered no further discussion.
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Brownsville
Tex
UPI
Anita
Miami
Fla
Neil Frank
National Hurricane Center
National Weather Service
Frank
Padre Island
Ward Caldwell
South Padre Island
Rio Grande
Carl
Cameron County
Gus Krausse
Krausse
Haldeman
Nixon
Lompoc
Calif
H.R. Haldeman
Richard Nixon
Oval Office
United Press International
Los Angeles
New York Daily News
Liz Smith
Lompoc Record Raises Home and Mail Subscriptions
The Lompoc Record announces rate increases effective today with home subscriptions up from 2.50 to 2.85 per month and out of county mail from 3.00 to 3.75. In county mail rises to 2.85, news racks stay 0.15, and armed services receive in county rate. Carriers receive 20 percent of the hike.
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Lompoc
Armed Services
Rennie Lace
Adam
Record
Central Oast
Wholesale prices edge up in August slight 0.1 percent
UPI reports the Labor Department says wholesale prices rose 0.1 percent in August marking a fourth straight monthly farm price decline. Farm prices fell 4.3 percent while processed foods dropped 0.8 percent. Industrial prices rose 0.5 percent with lumber and transportation equipment leading gains.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Cuba and U S open interests sections in Havana and Washington
The United States and Cuba begin direct communication with 10 person missions in Havana and Washington marking a low key opening ahead of full diplomatic ties. Chiefs of Mission are Lyle Lane and Ramon Sanchez Parodi as each side uses alternate flags until relations normalize.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Cuba
Havana
Philip Habib
Pelegrin Torras
U.S
Carter
Fidel Castro
County ends Mesa Oaks hearings in Lompoc
Environmental quality coordinator announces final EIR form will go to the county planning commission after a daylong session. Donald O Asquith of Envicom Corp cites water supply doubts for Mission Hills and warns overdraft in Lompoc Valley basins while noting district formation could improve services.
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Vaughn Proctor
Mesa Oaks
al Reynolds
Lompoc
County Planning Commission
Santa Barbara
Asquith
Public Utilities Commission
Mission Hills
PUC
Gene Wahlers
Park Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Bribe Case
Rep. Bruce Caputo says a federal grand jury indicted Korean businessman Tongsun Park on attempted bribery, filed in U.S. District Court. Aide notes an arrest warrant was sealed but moot as Park remains in London amid probes by Justice Department and House Ethics Committee into favors, gifts, and campaign contributions.
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Washington
UPI
Bruce Caputo
R-N.y
House Ethics Committee
Tongsun Park
Park
Washington Post
United States
Caputo
U.S. District Court
London
Justice Department
U.S
South Korea
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Air Force Sergeants Association
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Powell
Augusto Pinochet
Chile
Allende
White House
Pierre Trudeau
Panama
Omar Torrijos
Miss Smith
Aaron Hedman
Sompoc
Aaron
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