Lompoc Council Votes to Remove Historic Missile Monument
The Lompoc City Council unanimously decides to dismantle the Titan I missile at Ingram Park due to severe corrosion and safety concerns. A replacement with a Minuteman training missile may be pursued with Air Force help, cost estimates put repair between 9000 and 11000 dollars, and timing expected within a month.
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Steve LA Rue
Lompoc
White Sentinel
Ingram Park
Gene Wahlers
Air Force
Wahlers
Titan
Elinor Lefkowitz
E.C. Stevens
Stevens
Helms says 1970 destruction orders on toxin ignored
Former CIA Director Richard Helms testified before the Senate that verbal orders to destroy bacteriological warfare materials were ignored. He said he and Thomas Karamessines agreed to comply and terminate Operation MK NAOMI, with the fate of the poisons later revealed in a CIA vault discovery in May.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
Richard Helms
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Helms
Karamessines
Thomas Karamessines
Central Intelligence Agency Plans
Sidney Gottlieb
Technical Service Division
Gottlieb
Record U S balance of payments shows 4.06 billion surplus
The Commerce Department reports a 4.06 billion quarterly surplus in the second quarter, driven by exports exceeding imports by 3.3 billion. The current account and long-term capital balance rose to a 1.6 billion surplus from a 673 million deficit, signaling easing inflation pressures amid a 30-year recession recovery. Personal income also doubled from July to August.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
United States
U.S
Downtown buildings in Lompoc face possible demolition
Two prominent downtown structures on H Street are under preliminary city review for possible condemnation and demolition after reports of structural concerns. The Lange furniture store and Rudolph business building may face action, with alternatives like repairs mentioned. health officials cited regulatory issues at the bar, and city officials noted visual inspections and potential further buildings at risk.
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Linde Bros. Furniture
E. Ocean Ave
Linde’s Bar
Anneliese Lange
Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Margaret H. Rudolph
H Street
Ocean Avenue
Rudolph
Lange
Wahlers
County Health Department
Health Department
Ralph Adamson
Adamson
City Building
Bill Cruse
Cruse
South H Street
City of
Higher freight costs agreed by Russians
President Ford was told at a Cabinet briefing that the Soviet Union tentatively agreed to pay U S shippers 16 a ton more than the old rate for grain shipments. Commerce Secretary Morton said he had a handshake on the deal after talks in Washington and Moscow. The new rate covers one third of grain shipments, replacing a prior 9.50 a ton rate that expired this summer.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
United States
Washington
Geneva
Middle East
Jerusalem Post
Palestine Liberation Organization
Foreign Ministry
Post
Henry Kissinger
Yigal Allon
PLO
U.S
Lompoc
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Power Sr
Pg&e
Scott
Emil Scolari
Federal Power Commission
Washington D.C
State Public Utilities Commission
Federal
Alan Cranston
John Tunney
Robert Lagomarsino
Gene Wahlers
Pacific Northwest
Ford
Russia
Soviet Union
Commerce
Rogers C.B. Morton
Morton
Moscow
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