Lompoc Council to decide appointment or election for vacant seat
The four member Lompoc City Council plans a 7:80 p.m. meeting at City Hall to decide whether to fill the late councilman Sol Lefkowitz’s unexpired term by appointment or by election. Mayor Stevens favors an election but will keep the discussion open if appointment is chosen. Potential candidates include Mrs Elinor Lefkowitz and Robert L. Kranig, with possible March 1975 election if required.
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Lompoc
Sol Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
E. C. Stevens
Stevens
Charlotte Benton
Robert L. Kranig
Fred Bock
Lompoc Unified opens fall term for twelve thousand students
The Lompoc Unified School District begins its fall term with an estimated 12 000 students and 500 teachers across 18 schools. A $16 million budget supports new vocational programs at Lompoc High and junior highs, including construction technology, graphics with computer typesetting, and the World in Construction initiative. The year runs from tomorrow to June 5, 1975, with several staff additions and new teachers, mostly for secondary grades.
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Lompoc Unified School
la Purisima Catholic
Lompoc
Allan Hancock College
Hapgood School
Cabrillo
Alice Milligan
Gordon deMarrais
Lompoc High School
Youth charged with murder of Lompoc father
Owen Gerry Etheridge, 16, remained in Santa Barbara County Juvenile Hall after admitting he fired a .22 rifle shot that killed his father Roscoe Owens Etheridge, 60, in their backyard. Police found the body buried on a hill near Santos Road. Funeral services for the father are set for Thursday at 3 p.m. in Enterprise, Mississippi.
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Vaughn Proctor
Roscoe Owens Etheridge
Gregory McPeek
Enterprise
Miss
Jackson
Owen Gerry Etheridge
Santa Barbara County
Young Etheridge
Nectarine Ave
Lompoc
Lois June Etheridge
Mel Ramos
Etheridge
Santos Road
Jim Howard
Young
Baby 20 months lost as wave hits rock off Vandenberg coast
A 20 month old baby, Cass M. Ransom, was swept from a rock while his mother stood nearby during a Saturday hike at the North Vandenberg coast. Sgt. and Mrs. Ransom of 630 North A Street, pt. A, along with Coast Guard and Santa Barbara County units, conducted a multi agency search into Sunday with no result. Mrs. Ransom was hospitalized at Vandenberg AFB.
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North
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Air Force
Cass M. Ransom
David Ransom
North A Street
Ransom
David
Sgt. Ransom
Coast Guard
Santa Maria
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital
Six die in Labor Day highway crash in Tennessee
A stolen car fleeing police crashed into another vehicle in Nashville Tennessee, killing six people including a young couple and their two children. The Labor Day weekend toll rose as travelers headed home, with 450 to 550 expected deaths nationwide. In Tennessee eleven people were killed in two highway crashes.
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United Press International
Nashville
Tonn
National Safety Council
Tennessee
Nine candidates file for Lompoc Hospital District board seats
Nine candidates, including two incumbents Frank Signorelli and Joe Machado, are officially in the race for three four year seats on the Lompoc Hospital District Board of Directors. Incumbent Donald G. Cameron will not seek reelection. The election is set for November 5 on the general ballot.
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Lompoc
Hunter Alverson
Frank Signorelli
Joe Machado
Howard M. Whitaker
John Skaggs Jr
Carol Ann Johnson
Glenn C. Ballantyne
Stanley Setlock Jr
Dennis Inouye
Alverson
Pension reform bill signed to protect retirement rights
President Ford signed a landmark pension reform law in the Rose Garden on Labor Day. The measure creates the first federal machinery to guarantee the rights of more than 30 million private retirement plan workers, aiming to provide greater certainty about pension protections.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Congressional
Camp David
White House Rose Garden
Congress
Weather outlook with coastal fog and mild coastal tides
Fair weather continues through Tuesday with coastal low clouds and fog inland tonight and tomorrow. Highs reach 70s to low 80s away from the ocean, 60s near the coast, and northwest winds 10 to 20 mph Tuesday afternoon. Tonight low temperatures fall to the 50s. Tides show highs of 50 feet at 11 37 a.m. and 4 7 feet at 11 44 p.m. Low tides occur at 5 27 a.m. and 5 45 p.m.
Ray Gil Runs 50 Miles for 50th Birthday Earth Day Challenge
Lompoc marathoner Ray Gil marks his 50th birthday by running 50 miles round trip to Solvang and back, aiming to complete the milestone before sundown.
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Ray Gil
Lompoc
Solvang
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Gerald Dutra
Waugh Proctor
Vandenberg Junior High School
Lompoc Junior High School
Women In Construction
WIC
Roscoe Owen Etheridge
Det. Ramos
Senior Citizens Club
Owen
Charles Garnsey
Oakview
Carol Huber
Frank Zanella
Saugus
Larkin Etheridge
Louisiana
Mississippi
Adeline Vincent
Salv Signa
Labor Day
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