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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1975
Page
3
UPI reports business and industry cut backroom stocks by 569 million in July, marking the longest run of inventory reductions in 16 years. Total inventories fell to 263.9 billion, a 3 percent drop since January.
A National Association of Letter Carriers official warned of possible strike over a newly implemented computerized delivery plan. He cited arbitration ordered by the union and argued the system ignores human factors such as height, age, and health, potentially firing carriers who miss time targets.
President Ford and Vice President Rockefeller toured oil regions while party leaders met from Minneapolis to Dallas to Disney World. Ford spoke at a Republican women event in Dallas and hosted a $1,000 plate barbecue that netted about $150,000. Rockefeller drew a 400 attendee, $20 plate dinner in Oklahoma. Democrats held candidate forums in Minnesota with five contenders. Humphrey hosted a fundraising event. National Federation of Republican Women met in Dallas with Ford, Connally and Goldwater urging resolve amid economic worries.
Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers leads in representation elections with about 4 500 workers on 24 farms while the Teamsters secure 14 contracts for about 4 000 workers. The Agricultural Labor Relations Board will hear challenges and disputed ballots from Western Growers and other sites as protests and legal questions arise.
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. vetoed a bill to raise liquor taxes by about 34 million dollars a year to fund alcohol treatment programs. He faulted the measure as a general tax and questioned the effectiveness of expanding treatment despite 27 million spent on combating alcoholism.
Police officers shot and killed 24 year old Fred Solomon after a four hour rampage that began with a stabbing in a home and included kidnapping a doctor and maintenance workers. SWAT negotiators failed to halt the plan as Solomon tried to hijack a Continental Airlines 727 at San Jose Municipal Airport.
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