Valley thistles spark new industry for area
Feature on Everlasting Flowers owners Ron and Ricky Kretzinger turning weeds like thistles teasles and dock into profitable florals. American Oak Preserving Co now operates a large dried grass and flower farm near Lompoc with aim to produce 100 tons annually.
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Stan Tulledo
Ron
Ricky Kretzinger
Campbell Road
Lompoc
Los Angeles
Highway 246
American Oak Preserving Co. Inc
Kellogg Place
United States
Thomas L. Vaughan
American Oak
North Judson
Indiana
Europe
South America
Africa
Australia
U.S
Vaughan
California Central Coast
L.A
American Oak Preserving Co
Lompoc Valley
Offices Close for Admission Day Observance in Lompoc
Lompoc city offices including the County Building and Motor Vehicle Department will close for California Admission Day. City Hall and the U.S. Post Office remain open. The Housing Authority Building on West Ocean Avenue will be open.
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Lompoc
U.S. Post Office
California
Housing Authority
West Ocean Avenue
County
South
D Street
Motor Vehicle Department
East Walnut Avenue
Wholesale prices surge 5.8 percent in August
Labor Department data show August wholesale prices up 5.8 percent, the largest single-month rise since 1946, with farm prices jumping 23 percent as feed costs soar. Meany denounces Nixon economic policies while beef price ceilings loom and unemployment edges up.
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UPI
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Meany
Congress
Cox seeks modification to order by Sirica
Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox moves to modify Judge John J. Sirica's order directing President Nixon to turn over Watergate tapes for judge review. The appeal requests assurance the grand jury hears the tapes. the White House seeks mandamus. The appeals court will hear the case en banc amid timetables before the Supreme Court reconvenes.
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Washington
UPI
Archibald Cox
John J. Sirica
Nixon
Cox
U.S. Court of Appeals
Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate Grand Jury
White House
Court of Appeals
Sirica
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Circuit
Senate
Hugh Scott
Guerrillas threaten to hurl held people from jet airliner
Guerrillas holding Saudi diplomats and a jailed Palestinian guerrilla demanded that Jordanian officials press for Abu Daoud’s release or threaten to kill captives by throwing them from the aircraft. The Kuwait Airways plane was ordered to return after a three hour overflight of Saudi Arabia and Jordan with negotiations continuing from the airport tower.
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Kuwait
UPI
Amman
Cuiftain
Abou Daoud
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait Airways
Nayef Ben Abdel Aziz
Saudi Jeddah
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Nayef
Commercial Buildings Lead Lompoc Construction Surge in August
Lompoc sees $606000 in commercial construction in August with plans for over 1 million dollars in apartments and units this month. The fiscal year total reaches $878,619 and calendar year total $2.166 million, with expansions at Plaza Shopping Center First Valley Bank a liquor store and Linden's Furniture warehouse. City forecasts include 134 apartments and an HRD facility at Chestnut Avenue and I Street.
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Lompoc
Plaza
H Street
Pine Avenue
First Valley Bank
Walnut Avenue
East Ocean Avenue
Linden’s
North
G Street
Chestnut Avenue
I Street
Kissinger Questions on Wiretaps At Senate Hearing
Henry Kissinger declined to reveal the results of wiretaps on 17 aides starting in 1969. Senators from the Foreign Relations Committee threaten to block his confirmation without an FBI report. Kissinger admits some leaks were found and says action was taken, but he won’t discuss individual cases.
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Nixon
High Court
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate
Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
FBI
Kissinger
White House
Delia Storm Hits Southern States Then Dims Texas Rice
Tropical storm Delia unleashed violent weather across Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana forcing evacuations before it weakened deep in Texas. It drenched rice fields rotting crops and raised fears of higher rice related prices and reduced exports.
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Galveston
Tex
UPI
Delia
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Enrollment dips as Lompoc district nears fall target
Enrollment reached 11,657 in Lompoc Unified classrooms yesterday, down over 600 from the third day a year earlier. Officials had projected 12,368 for January and Assistant Superintendent Alice Milligan forecast about 11,850 by September 12.
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Lompoc Unified School
Alice Milligan
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