Four Member Lompoc Council Faces Deadlock Risks
City Attorney Alan Davidson projected the four member council will avoid major deadlocks for six months, while warning abstentions and four vote requirements can force three votes for key actions. A special election will fill the late Sol Lefkowitz seat on March 4, 1975.
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Lompoc
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Sol Lefkowitz
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Beattie Park
Art Scott
Stevens
Robert Kranig
Scott
Ford rules out pardons before Watergate trial
White House spokesman said President Ford does not intend to pardon Watergate defendants before their trial and denied any talk of a Nixon pardon. He noted no pardon requests had been received and suggested case by case consideration could occur if asked.
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Senate
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Congress
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H.R. Haldeman
Watergate
Strom Thurmond
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Thurmond
Cruise ship Cunard Ambassador catches fire off Florida coast
The Cunard Ambassador, en route to New Orleans with no passengers aboard, caught fire in the Florida straits and 240 crew members fled to lifeboats. All were rescued by the Navy cargo ship Tallulah with no injuries reported. The Tallulah heads to Miami with the crew.
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Bahamas Cruise Lines
Eisenhower says Nixon health is not good
David Eisenhower reports Nixon suffers phlebitis with one leg swollen about twice normal size and says the former president's health is not good. He notes Nixon would have rejected Ford’s pardon if tied to Vietnam draft evaders and deserters and mentions mood ups and downs during resignation period.
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Eisenhower
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Emperor Selassie toppled by military in Ethiopia
Ethiopian armed forces deposed Emperor Haile Selassie and formed a military regime promising elections. Crown Prince Woosan, living in Switzerland, is named as a potential figurehead monarch. Selassie was taken to the 4th Army Division HQ in Addis Ababa amid palace confinement and unclear whereabouts.
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UPI
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Selassie
Woosan
U. S
Switzerland
Lion of Judah
Armed Forces Committee
4Th Army
Addis Ababa
Nairobi
Wholesale price index hits 28 year high in August
The Labor Department reports the August wholesale price index rose 3.5 percent from July, marking the second largest monthly jump in nearly 28 years. Industrial commodities led the rise with metals chemicals and machinery driving most of the increase.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Navy Commander Ev Southwick Promoted to Captain
Former Vietnam POW Ev Southwick of Lompoc receives promotion to Navy Captain. Nancy Fanello and Tammy Martin are pictured at Lompoc High School doing track practice in pajamas and curlers.
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Ev Southwick
Vietnam
Nancy Fanello
Tammy Martin
Lompoc High School
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