City to Seek Dam Minus Flood Control
Lompoc City Council plans a resolution asking the County Water Agency to push completion of the Lompoc Dam Project study without flood control. The Bureau of Reclamation states flood control is too costly for inclusion. The council also schedules hearings and contracts related to permits, chamber promotions, youth services, and regional wastewater amendments.
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Lompoc
County Water Agency
Lompoc Dam
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation
Roy Williams
Fifth Street
Lompoc Valley
Tragic Los Angeles Hotel Fire Kills at Least 11
Dozens trapped as flames surged through a four story Ponet Square hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Officials fear many more bodies remain inside as search crews work around collapse risk. Eight bodies found on the fourth floor as 25 hospitalized and many survivors jump to safety.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Bill Burmester
Ponet Square
Diane Parker
Santa Barbara Supervisors Meet After Sheriff Strike Warning
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors held an executive session after the Sheriff Benefit and Relief Association warned that about 210 sworn personnel, roughly 95 percent, would strike at 2 p.m. Thursday unless demands are met. The association seeks a 15 percent wage boost, overtime liberalization, and double educational pay incentives among other concessions.
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Santa Barbara
Three Die In Head On Crash Near Miguelito Canyon
A 22 year old son of Lompoc's fire chief and two other men died in a head on collision on Miguelito Canyon Road near the Johns Manville turnoff. A fourth man was hospitalized in good condition. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Lompoc
Miguelito Canyon Road
Lompoc Hospital
John Andrew Baker Jr
John Baker
S. Second St
Amado Guerrero Castro
W. Apricot Ave
David Soto Castillo
N. F St
Carlos Gonzales
S. U St
Johns-Manville
California Highway Patrol
Baker
Joseph West
W. Lime Ave
Charles Escovedo
Ocean Avenue
I Street
Weaver
West
Vandenberg Air Forces Base Hospital
B Street
Hickory Avenue
Susan Alverson
St Andrews Way
Billy Herron
Huntington Pl
Herron
Miss Alverson
Pickets Arrested in Salinas Farm Labor Dispute
Police escorted trucks as four pickets were arrested during a protest against Inter Harvest Inc. and its contract with UFWOC. Two were charged with blocking shipments. The dispute follows several growers switching unions, with Delfino opening negotiations. Produce shipments edged higher as area tensions sparked an armed-camp image.
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Salinas
UPI
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Inter Harvest, Inc
Inter Harvest
Chavez
UFWOC
Teamsters Union
L.H. Delfino
Delfino
Five governments urge broad talks to free hijack hostages
Five governments led by the United States Britain West Germany Switzerland and Israel urged Swiss ambassador to Amman to open multiple negotiation channels for 49 or more hostages held by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The Red Cross resumed talks as Israel arrested 450 Arab guerrillas in occupied territory and the fighters threatened reprisals.
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United Press International
Amman
International Red Cross
Israel
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Irvine Graham
Amboise
U. S
Walkout by UAW Seen Imminent as Deadline Looms
DETROIT UPI. As the 11:59 p.m. EST strike deadline neared, UAW and General Motors predicted a walkout unless a settlement emerged. A strike could idle 350,000 GM, costing workers about 42.5 million dollars weekly and GM roughly 30 million daily in lost output. The GM target dominated union talks as Ford was exempted, with leaders warning both sides remain far apart. talks were set to resume at 10 a.m. EST.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
UAW
United States
Canada
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Leonard Woodcock
Chrysler
Woodcock
Irving Bluestone
Earl Bramblett
Viet Cong Seeks Secret Talks With U S To End War
Mme Nguyen Thi Binh Viet Cong foreign minister arrived in Paris and offered immediate secret talks with the United States. She told Ambassador David K. E. Bruce that Washington must agree to a total unconditional U S troop withdrawal and end support for the Saigon regime.
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Paris
UPI
Mme Nguyen Thi Binh
United States
Nixon
David K. E. Bruce
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Saigor
Librarian Paul Thompson Celebrates 50000th Book
Librarian Paul Thompson celebrated the library's acquisition of its 50 000th book as staff marked a milestone. Morrists confused early this morning at Ocean Avenue when a County automobile nearly struck the sidewalk on West Walnut Avenue and a light malfunction occurred near the yellow curb.
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Paul ‘Thompson
Morrists
Ocean Avenue
County
W. Walnut Avenue
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St. George Hotel
Burmester
Vickie Diaz
Carmela Martinez
Flora Solorio
Rosendo Robles
Lompoc Mexican Social Organization
Veteran's Memorial
Los Navegantes
Miguelito Canyon
Amado Castro
David Castillo
Standing Committee Coordinating Strategy
Charles Dubois
Egypt
Sudan
Algeria
Arab League
Jordan
Irbid
Cong
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