Welfare costs surge 27 percent with relief rolls rising
HEW reports total welfare costs for the year ending June 30 at 16.3 billion dollars and relief rolls at 14.3 million. From 1968 to 1971 welfare costs climbed from 8.9 to 12.9 billion, while average monthly aid rose from 47.20 to 49.30 dollars. Eleven states tightened eligibility, cutting aid in belt-tightening measures.
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John D. Twiname
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Twiname
Community event notices from Lompoc record listing dinners and meetings
Local calendar items include Women of the Moose roast beef dinner at Moose Home 921 W Laurel from 6 to 7 30 p.m. Adults 1 35 children 50 under 5 free. Fleet Reserve luau at Knights of Columbus Hall Saturday with seventh anniversary unit 292. Forum by Church Women United Monday 7 30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church Build a New Earth topic. Square dance lessons Monday 8 p.m. City Hall Auditorium last chance to join. Auld Lang Syne birthday party Sept 30 7 30 p.m. Parks and Recreation Building 105 S C St. Knights of Columbus Boys Town Choir Oct 4 at Cabrillo Little Theatre tickets 3 available Braun's Pharmacy and Lompoc Music Box. Lions Club White Cane Days auction Oct 2 10 a.m. at Security Pacific Bank lot call for donations. FEC Women's Club fashion show and card party Oct 5 7 30 p.m. Alpha Club House East Ocean Ave. This weekly column accepts event submissions via Lompoc Chamber Office.
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Karen Holliday
Knights of Columbus
Boys Town Choir
Cabrillo Little Theatre
Braun's Pharmacy
Corner of Hand Ocean
Lompoc Music Box
North H St
Lompoc Lions Club
Security Pacific National Bank
H and
Pine Ave
Billy Gilbert dies at 78 famed sneeze comedian
Hollywood mourns Billy Gilbert age 78 known for his sneeze gag and over 300 film appearances. He voiced Sneezy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and said he had not caught a cold since 1918, thriving on suspenseful timing rather than the sneeze itself.
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UPI
Billy Gilbert
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Walt Disney
Santa Maria bus crash avoids injuries on US 101
A Santa Barbara High School junior varsity football team bus blew a tire on US 101, crossed a divider, and stopped on the shoulder. No players were hurt, a replacement bus carried the team to the game against Santa Maria High School.
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UPI
California Highway Patrol
Santa Barbara
Melni Bus Service
Santa Maria High School
Army to switch to quarterly draft calls
Army officials plan to end monthly draft calls and implement quarterly calls after a new draft law. Total upcoming calls for October to December will not exceed 19 500, with civilian and Selective Service approval still required. The change follows decades of monthly drafting since 1950 with brief WWII and Berlin Blockade gaps.
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UPI
Army
Pentagon
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Berlin
FTC finds more cigarette brands raise tar and nicotine
FTC tests of 121 cigarette brands show 39 with higher tar and 35 with higher nicotine since October. Sixteen raise tar and 20 raise nicotine while 57 unchanged and 27 could not be compared.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Comission
FTC
Ecolo-G
California welfare caseload falls for fifth straight month
California welfare recipients declined in August by 4 104 to 2 184 188. AFDC saw 7 000 fewer cases from July to August while aid to the aged decreased and disabled numbers rose slightly. Social Welfare Director noted reform act impacts not reflected until late fall. Mars and Earth align for favorable near-sun approach aids telescopic viewing.
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Sacramento
UPI
Robert Carleson
Five candidates comply with campaign fund filing ultimatum
Secretary of State Edmund G. Brown Jr reports that only five of 134 threatened candidates have filed proper statements and warns remaining cases will be sent to district attorneys. Compliers include two Democratic Assembly hopefuls Barry Keene and Ed Burke and three judicial candidate contenders William R. Fredman Joseph Genser and Ernest Duncan.
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UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
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Santa Rosa
Ed Burke
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Superior Court
William R. Fredman
San Luis Obispo County
Joseph Genser
Contra Costa County
Ernest Duncan
Los Angeles County
Sacramento Taxes-Continued and Senate Bond Measures Noted
The Sacramento Taxes-Continued summary shows a legislative session with a compromise tax reform push and several key items. The Senate passed a $160 million junior college bond issue, while grants and scholarships are set to rise, including state grants to poor college students and a maximum scholarship increase. provisions also cover school aid, land public access, credit protections, and law enforcement powers, with various measures moving to the governor or assembly.
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Lagomarsino
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Monterey Park
Cold front cools Midwest as Ginger looms offshore
Frost spread across the upper Midwest with temperatures in the 30s while the East and West Coasts and the South enjoy seasonable warmth. A cold front stretches from the North Atlantic to the Southern Plains with scattered showers. Hurricane Ginger remains about 600 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras moving west southwest at 12 mph.
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