Lompoc set to enforce auto wrecking yard relocation by Oct 1
City officials warn two auto dismantling yards on West Laurel Avenue and North Second Street must move by October 1 1970 to comply with a 1967 zoning ordinance. City Attorney James Longtin says noncompliance will trigger legal action. Yard operators struggle to find suitable sites amid council and planning commission efforts and ongoing discussions about canyon or other locations.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
West Laurel Avenue
North Second Street
James Longtin
Roy Velasquez
N. Second St
William Perry
Perry
Laurel Ave
Planning Commission
Commission
West Central Avenue
O Street
Central Avenue
Highway 1
Lompoc- Casmalia Road
Velasquez
Second Street
Laurel Avenue
Prospects Dim for Freeing 54 Hostages in Amman
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine showed unity against King Hussein as martial law tightened in Jordan. Hostages, mostly American, were warned they could be bargaining pawns if civil strife erupted. Yasser Arafat led Al Fatah in backing the fronts, with reform and centralization under the Palestine Central Committee.
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Amman
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Hussein
Popular Front
Palestine Central Committee
Yasser Arafat
al Fatah
Central Committee
Chamber City ink money agreements
Lompoc City Council approved two agreements with the Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce, amending the city plan to raise city payments from 2400 to 4200 dollars per quarter totaling 16800 yearly. Changes include a no termination clause for a year and payment dates set for July 10 October 10 January 10 and April 10.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Chamber
Officials try last ditch talks to avert sheriff deputy strike
Sheriff deputies threaten to strike at 2 p.m. tomorrow over pay and fringe benefits. Officials meet today with Raymond Johnson as the Board of Supervisors plans talks at 2 p.m. while deputies meet at 7 p.m. in the county jail. A 10 percent raise was offered effective Jan 1 but deputies demand 15 percent plus overtime changes.
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Board of Supervisors
Sheriff's Relief and Benefit Association
Raymond Johnson
Jordan declares full military rule under King Hussein
King Hussein imposes martial law and places the army under Marshal Hades Al Jalali. Guerrillas led by Yasser Arafat threaten civil war while unions stage a near total local strike. Guerrillas seize Zerqa and Irbid as talks with the Arab League stall, and both sides prepare for further conflict. Hussein vows an iron fist to crush troublemakers amid Palestinian tensions.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Hussein
Hades Al-Jalali
al Fatah
Yasser Arafat
Arab League
Zerqa
Irbid
Nixon warns of crisis in education
President Nixon warned that American higher education faces its greatest crisis due to campus terrorism. Speaking at Kansas State University he condemned campus radicals and other attackers, urging college administrators to stand up to preserve education.
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Manhattan
Kan
UPI
Nixon
Kansas State University
America
Police and Fire Salary Increases Approved in Lompoc
The Lompoc City Council approved phased pay raises for police and fire personnel totaling about 10 percent. Firefighters and officers will see increases through July 1971 plus retroactive boosts, with revised monthly pay scales for 11 fire and 20 police positions.
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Lompoc
Council
Dustin Griffin
Gritfin
Griffin
Edward Casarez
International Association of Fire Fighters
Mel Ramos
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United Press International
Economic Development
Economic Development Committee
George Clyde
Raymond D. Johnson
Washington
Southern Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
U.S
Howard F. Corolan
Corcoran
Art Timmer
Barbara Garza
Vickie Diaz
Veterans Memorial Hall
Miss Garza
Debbie Solorio
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