Lompoc Building Boom Edges Past August Marks
City building official Bill Cruse reports August activity lifts Lompoc’s annual volume to 1.723 million for the month from 694,081 a year earlier. Fiscal year total reaches 1.824 million. calendar year 5.515 million as hospital on Walnut and Third drives growth. Possible homes and sewer plant projects loom later, but overall year will miss the 19 million peak boom.
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White House files subpoenaed in Ehrlichman trial
Subpoena requests 14 batches of Nixon era documents to be produced by Sept 16 as part of the Watergate case. Ehrlichman and Haldeman face charges. questions loom over Nixon papers and tapes held in White House vaults awaiting rulings by Judge Sirica and Attorney General Saxbe.
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Ford economy huddle foresees persistent inflation and rising joblessness
President Ford convened a White House session with five economists as part of a series of meetings guiding a national inflation summit. forecasts ranged from 8 to 12 percent inflation by year end with unemployment climbing toward 6 percent, while Greenspan urged restraint and warned inflation psychology drives prices higher.
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Abrams to be buried at Arlington Friday
Gen. Creighton W. Abrams hero of the Bulge and Vietnam era will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery near the Pentagon. He died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center at 59 after complications from lung cancer surgery. President Ford called him an American hero while former President Nixon praised his leadership in Vietnam.
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Bargaining Talks To Resume In L A Rapid Transit Strike
Los Angeles labor and management teams meet in a thawing out session after a two day bus strike. Supervisor Chairman Kenneth Hahn reports optimism and a pledge to begin around the clock talks to settle the dispute by weekend.
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Lagomarsino Encounters Leaders Ahead of Lompoc Center Opening
Representative Robert J. Lagomarsino meets area leaders during a congressional duty visit. Hancock College officials plan to open the Lompoc Center at Hapgood School next week, signaling expanded local education facilities.
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Coastal Fog and Mild Weekend Warmth Forecast
Weather remains fair through Friday with coastal fog and low clouds inland at nights and mornings. Temperatures hold with highs upper 70s to low 90s inland and 60s to low 70s near the ocean. lows tonight 50s to low 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Friday tides include highs of 3.7 feet at 1:06 a.m. and 5.0 feet at 1:03 p.m. Low tides 1.7 feet at 6:32 a.m. and 1.2 feet at 8:05 p.m.
Ford meets with talent scouts to replace Nixon holdovers
President Ford plans to review candidates with former Pennsylvania governor William Scranton to fill Nixon era vacancies. He also named George Bush as envoy to China and recommended Mary Louise Smith for GOP chair, with others like Kenneth Rush and John Sherman Cooper slated for ambassadorial roles.
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Cyprus Leaders Set Friday Talks On War Plight
United Nations says Greek Cypriot President Glafkos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot Vice President Rauf Denktash will meet at Ledra Palace in Nicosia to discuss refugees missing persons prisoners and hostages as fighting enters eighth week. Cyprus accuses Turkish forces of killing at least 130 Greek Cypriot civilians. Turkish Cypriots report possible fifth massacre.
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Senators pledge to fight inflation through recess
Senate Democrats vow to stay in session for the rest of the year if needed to back a Ford administration plan to curb inflation and boost the economy. In a closed caucus they urged action now and urged Ford to consider every alternative while awaiting Congress return next year.
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