Mobile CB units foster friendship in small town
The piece details how citizen band radios bond locals in Lompoc and surrounding areas. It highlights club life, rescue stories, hoaxes, and planned CHP use of CB sets in Buellton and Santa Maria. It notes 250 to 300 active members in the Valley of the Flowers CB Club and 24 hour React operations.
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Citizen’s Band Radio
Lassie
Tom Rush
Lompoc
Cbs
Garry Benson
CB Club
Shutterbug
Tommy Yager
Highway Patrol
Smokey Bears
Jim Brightwell
Benson
Valley Cbers
Valley of the Flowers CB Club
Yager
Channel Nine
Dorothy Andrews
Farmer
Buellton and
Santa Maria California
R.A. Dzamba
Buellton Chp
Civil Defense Auxiliary Patrol
CDAP
Keith Bobb
Teachers approve salary package in Lompoc vote
A 378 to 62 vote ratified a four percent raise plus 325 dollars more in health and welfare benefits for each teacher. The package, approved by LEA Lompoc Federation of Teachers and the school board, totals about 497 737 dollars for the year and covers coordinators athletic directors and the adult education counselor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Education Association
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
California Conciliation Service
Carol Linger
Dave Bickmore
Bill Yates
LEA
CEC
Education Employe Relations Board
EERB
Rodda
LFT
Lompoc Transit debuts with 305 riders on first day
On its first day of operation, Lompoc Transit System carried 305 passengers. Free rides continued for a week as a trial run to acquaint the public, with schedules and maps available at 205 North H St. Fares after the trial will be 50 cents within the route and 75 cents to FCI, with student and SSI rider discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
Dean Crowder
FCI
North H Street
Flu vaccine gap reported in initial distribution
Washington reports over 100 million swine flu vaccine doses exist but bulk liquid must be converted to individual vials delaying start of immunizations. HEW Secretary Mathews says only about a quarter of expected doses will be ready by October 1 and urges manufacturers to accelerate production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
David Mathews
Lompoc Center Opens At Allan Hancock College Site
Allan Hancock College marks the opening of the Lompoc Center on 1600 W Olive Ave with a sign unveiling by Walter E. Conrad and Eugene C. Stevens. The Miguelito School campus becomes the new center offering 70 courses starting September 13 with registration September 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miguelito School
Allan Hancock College
Lompoc Center
E. C. Stevens
AHC
Larry Winans
Walter E. Conrad
Lompoc
Eugene C. Stevens
Miguelito
W. Olive Ave
Cabrillo High School
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Wholesale price index slips 0.1 percent in August
The Labor Department reports the Wholesale Price Index fell 0.1 percent in August due to lower food prices, the first drop in six months and signaling easing inflation. The index stood at 183.7 on the 1967 base, with grains pork and cotton driving farm price declines while the primary WPI components rose 0.7 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Debates Set as Ford and Carter Agree on Public Benefit
Ford and Carter confirm three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate with the public as main beneficiary. The Sept 23 kickoff, 90 minutes, will cover domestic, economic, foreign policy, and defense topics with Mondale and Dole in later sessions. No sites chosen yet and the first won’t be in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
Plains
Washington
League of Women Voters
Walter Mondale
Robert Dole
Pentagon plans nearly six billion in arms sales to Middle East nations
Pentagon informs Congress of proposed arms deals totaling about 6 billion with 10 countries including Iran Saudi Arabia and Israel. Iran would be largest buyer at 4.46 billion featuring 160 F16 fighters. Saudi Arabia 701.6 million including 110 F 5 jets and missiles. Israel 241.4 million for Cobra helicopter gunships missiles bombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Congress
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Israel
State Department
Congressional
Middle East
America
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Federal Correctional Institution
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New Lompoc
White House
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