Plans for new Lompoc city hall in Floresta Park and recreation center
City of Lompoc eyes a new 20 000 square foot city hall in Floresta Park along Cypress Avenue with a civic center plan including a playground plaza and landscaped areas. The project hinges on federal Public Works Employment Act funds to create construction jobs and could also yield a remodeled city hall as a community recreation center if grants align.
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Robert O. Vincent
Lompoc
W. Walnut
Floresta Park
D Streets
Cypress Avenue
Gerald Ford
Congress
Gene L. Wahlers
PWEA
Wahlers
Parks and Recreation Department
Wnicipal Court
San Francisco
Bob Wong
Wong
D Street
Ocean Avenue
USO
Ryan Park
Ocean and Cypress Avenues
Ford buoyant over televised debate and Polish appeal
President Ford, buoyant over a first televised debate win over Carter, addressed 350 Polish American delegates urging preservation of ethnic neighborhoods and local shops. He praised Polish American contributions and promised support for Eastern European freedom while planning a broader push for ethnic votes in Philadelphia and beyond.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
White House
United States
Europe
Washington
Judge weighs reducing Hearst bank robbery sentence
US District Judge William H. Orrick Jr opened a hearing to pronounce final sentence on Patricia Hearst, weighing whether to reduce her 25 year maximum for a 1974 San Francisco $10,000 bank robbery. He described the task as an awesome responsibility after reviewing trial transcripts, psychiatric reports, and Carter notes.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
William H. Orrick Jr
Orrick
Oliver J. Carter
Miss Hearst
Carter
Ford Carter Debated Domestic Issues in Philadelphia
Ford and Carter traded accusations of ineffective leadership and broken promises in a 90 minute televised debate from the Walnut Theater. They clashed on tax reform unemployment and inflation while a technical audio failure interrupted the closing.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Walnut Theater
Roper Organization
Carter
Nixon
San Francisco
Congress
CIA
Lom poc District Hospital Faces Summer Losses
The Lom poc District Hospital reported an $88,098.50 deficit over the last two months with August losses of $52,270.89 and July at $35,827.96. Occupancy averaged 34 percent in August, far below the 63 percent break even, while doctors’ shortages and summer vacations were blamed for low census. The board considers a doctor recruitment drive and a follow up survey to improve visits, with no immediate rate increases planned.
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Lompoc District Hospital
District Board of Directors
Frank Signorelli
Jane Flaherty
Lompoc
Ray Down
Rhodesia to embrace black majority rule under Kissinger talks
Prime Minister Ian Smith announced Rhodesia would move to black majority rule within two years under a U.S.-led plan crafted with Britain and black Africa. He said the conditions, including a halt to guerrilla activity and lifting sanctions, would begin once preliminaries were met.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Ian Smith
Britain
Rhodesia
South Africa
Smith
Kissinger
Pretoria
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Watsonville
Morgan Hill
Tracy
J-M
Beattie Park
Santa Ynez River Park
City Hall
Marysville
Roseville
Ford Campaign
Mike Duval
Walnut Street
Henry A. Kissinger
Richard Cheney
Patty Hearst
Rosalynn
Democratic Congress
Red
Signorelli
Flaherty
London
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