Teachers reject district salary offer amid class size reform push
Teachers in Lompoc Unified School District rejected the salary package approved by the Representative Council. They cite priority for an elementary program to cut K 3 class sizes to about 20 to 1, based on a survey showing many K 3 classes with 31 to 41 pupils. LEA notes overwhelming sentiment to avoid a strike and pursue reforms for next year. Superintendent Wegner says shrinking class sizes needs substantial funding and more teachers. The district employs about 630 certificated staff with salaries from 6900 to 12834.
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Representative Council
Lompoc Unified School
LUSD
LEA
Sandra Podurgiel
Glen Wegner
U.S. accuses Egypt and Russia of cease-fire violations
The United States publicly charges Egypt and Russia with violations of the Middle East cease-fire standstill. The State Department urges immediate resumption of Israel-Arab peace talks at the United Nations and notes continued U.S. military aid to Israel. Officials categorize violations as construction within a 32 mile western Suez zone, unoccupied missile sites now occupied, and movements closer to the ceasefire line near the Suez Canal.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Egypt
Russia
Middle East
State Department
Israel
United Nations
Suez
Suez Canal
Pigeons Race Painter Valla Tops Club with Diplomas
Tony Valla, 18, vice president of the Santa Maria Invitational Club, has won eight diplomas in two races. He ranks highest in points but has yet to win a race, while Ron Geer of Vandenberg Village leads both races so far.
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Ray McCuen
Tony Vaila
Santa Maria
Valla
Ron Geer
Vandenberg
Salinas Lettuce Dispute Behind Street Protest and Stand
In Salinas a crowd of about 200 citizens and growers blocked a truck exit as Inter Harvest tried to move its bo truck fleet to fields. The Boston firm backed effort to harvest lettuce by Cesar Chavez United Farm Workers faced no violence and the company abandoned attempts to resume picking after a week of standoff with growers and Teamsters.
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Salinas
UPI
Cesar Chavez United Farm Workers Union
Inter Harvest Company
Inter Harvest
Boston
Chavez
Teamster
Abbott Street
New appeal for residents missed by census in Lompoc
City Administrator Gene Wahlers urged residents who were not counted to contact City Hall by Sept 8 or call RE 6-1261. Weekend calls may be left with the police dispatcher. About 75 people were reportedly missed last night, with a Sept 10 deadline to submit names to the Census Bureau. Each counted resident adds 15 to 20 dollars yearly to city revenues.
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Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Police Department
Census Bureau
Manila flood toll climbs as devastating rains ease
The Philippine capital faced 34 deaths and thousands homeless after 22 inches of rain swamped Manila. A seven story fire near the U S Embassy, a landslide at Cubi Point that killed two American sailors, and electrocutions marked the disaster as President Marcos declared a state of calamity. Recovery and relief work continued as a new tropical low threatened further rain.
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UPI
Philippine
Florida
Ferdinand E. Marcos
U.S
Cubi Point Naval Station
Navy
Four sought for Wisconsin bombing
FBI announced sabotage and conspiracy charges against four young men tied to the Aug 24 UW explosion. Karleton Armstrong, Dwight Armstrong, David Fine, and Leo But were identified as on the run after being stopped by police near Madison. The blast killed physicist Robert Fassnacht and damaged the Army Mathematics Research Center.
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UPI
University of Wisconsin
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Karleton Lewis Armstrong
Madison
Dwight Allen Armstrong
David Sylva Fine
Wilmington
Del
the Cardinal
Students For
Democratic Society
University of Delaware
Leo Frederick But
Cardinal
U.S
John Olson
Robert Fassnacht
Army Mathematics Research Center
U.S. District Court
Sauk County
Devil’s Lake
Wis
Armstrongs
Donald
Two Apollo Moon Landings Dropped Amid Budget Cuts
NASA announces two Apollo lunar landings canceled due to Congress budget cuts. Only four landings remain, to be completed by mid 1972 under a new schedule. Skylab remains on track with three orbital visits planned for 1973.
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UPN
Space Agency
United States
Congress
Thomas O. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Nixon
Paine
Cambodians Recapture Srang Village After Battle
Cambodian troops including mercenaries trained in South Vietnam recaptured Srang, 26 miles south of Phnom Penh, from Viet Cong control after a three day fight. Battalion Commander Danh Croch hailed the victory as soldiers in about 1,200 strong led the final assault. Nearby reports note related Vietnam battlefield losses and a U S F4 Phantom jet crash at Da Nang with casualties.
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UPI
South Vietnam
Srang
Danh Croch
Croch
Kampuchea Krom
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