Vandenberg AFB Economic Impact on Lompoc Area Reported
Base commander Col. Walter A. Carter outlined a $136 million yearly economic footprint within 75 miles, noting Lompoc and Santa Maria receive about $9 million annually. Key drivers include $6 million monthly off base spend by 12,000 personnel, retirement pay, local procurement, and charitable contributions.
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Santa Barbara
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Colson Declines to Testify as Watergate Probe Advances
Former White House aide Charles W. Colson refused to answer Watergate questions after immunity bid failed. Senate Watergate committee chair Sam Ervin said Colson’s 5th Amendment pledge ends his witness status as hearings resume. White House and Cox discuss possible out of court compromise over Nixon tapes.
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Lompoc Chamber funds decorate downtown for Christmas
The Lompoc Chamber of Commerce reports $5,337 in cash and $1,145 in pledges raised by a committee led by John Martin. The city adds $7,000, leaving a $518 balance to complete yuletide decorations to be installed December 1 on street lights.
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Lompoc Valley
St. Nick
Lompoc
Chamber of Commerce
Earle Sweetland
John Martin
Sweetland
Lompoc Wye parcels favored for highway commercial use
County Planning Commission recommended highway commercial designation for two Lompoc Wye parcels totaling about 28 acres defeating the district shopping center plan. Hearings in Santa Barbara also set RAO residential agricultural zoning along Rt 246 facing the La Purisima Mission east of Lompoc.
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Lompoc Wye
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Grand jury to appear before Board on Monday
The County Grand Jury plans to appear en masse before the Board of Supervisors Monday to discuss its controversial report urging retirement of County Clerk J. E. Lewis and reorganization of the clerk's Superior Court division. Jury Foreman Robert P. Richards will convene the grand jury in the supervisors’ hearing room and answer questions about the report.
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Santa Barbara
Tapes dispute deepens as Cox and Nixon aides meet
Washington reports indicate wide gaps between President Nixon's lawyers and Special Prosecutor Cox over turning over Watergate tapes. White House aides, including Wright and Buzhardt, met Cox this week with limited movement. A separate note from Sacramento mentions a preagreement letter to fund the Lompoc Drop-In Center and back pay for counselor Lew Copeland pending funding review.
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Lompoc
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California Council On Criminal Justice
Mansfield urges presumption of innocence for Agnew
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged giving Vice President Agnew the benefit of the doubt and said Attorney General Richardson should consult lawmakers before deciding to brief Congress on potential impeachment. He warned impeachment would complicate actions in both chambers as probes into Maryland kickbacks continue.
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Skylab 2 Aims Homeward Transit As X Ray Images Focused
Astronauts Alan L. Bean Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma photographed Xray light sources thousands of light years away and tested the disabled Apollo command ship to ensure a return path. They used solar observatories to image a blue star in Scorpio and captured a near final sweep over 3300 miles of the United States with pictures spanning Wednesday across the U S and Europe.
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