Lompoc Radio Operators Seek City Arm in Emergencies
The Valley of the Flowers Citizen and Emergency Communications Network seeks official city recognition to act as an emergency arm. Fred Nachman cites rapid deployment of 12 or more mobile units and past aid in rescues, fires, a fishing-boat disaster, a drive in robbery, and a missing girl search. Dustin Griffith and Ray Robertson press for city authority, while Nachman’s group weighs alignment with a larger agency.
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Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Fred Nachman
Valley of the Flowers Citizensand Emergency Communications Network
Nachman
Mission Hills
Vandenberg Village Country Club
Grover City
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Dustin Griffith
Griffith
Ray Robertson
Cbers
Lompoc Awarded Grant for Youth Drop In Centers
The California Council on Criminal Justice approved a 33415 grant to Lompoc Unified School District and City of Lompoc to establish two youth Drop-In Centers in Vandenberg Village and Lompoc. Federal funds total 18997 with local match, for counseling and guidance to help youths avoid drugs.
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California Council On Criminal Justice
Sacramento
Lompoc Unified
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Vandenberg Village
U.S. to Drop 10% Import Surcharge in Exchange for Progress
Treasury Secretary Connally announced the United States will remove the 10 percent import surcharge if other nations show tangible progress in lowering trade barriers and toward a totally free world money market. He warned against a formal gold-backed dollar devaluation. Arnold Weber said Cost of Living Council recommendations on controls would reach the White House soon.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
John B. Connally
United States
Free World
Connally
International Monetary Fund
U.S
Arnold R. Weber
Nixon
Cost of Living Council On
White House
Pentagon issues 10 000 man draft call for last quarter
The Pentagon announces a 10 000 man draft for the final quarter of the year with a monthly average of 3333. Inductees begin in mid October as the first conscripts since June. Nixon had signed a two year extension of draft authority after the old law expired. Officials say those with 1971 lottery numbers 125 to 140 are likely safe.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Jerry W Friedheim
Nixon
Selective Service
Major enemy thrust halted near Saigon by rapid air strike
Lt Gen Nguyen Van Minh said thousands of Vietnamese troops flown to the Cambodian border region northwest of Saigon halted a major North Vietnamese thrust into South Vietnam. He praised fast allied air reaction, saying air strikes since Sunday may have killed about 3,000 enemy fighters. U.S. Cobra helicopter gunship was shot down with two crew believed killed.
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Minh
UPI
Kim Willenson
Tah Ninh
Saigon
Ginger Hurricane Brings 90 MPH Winds To N Carolina Coast
Massive Hurricane Ginger neared the North Carolina coast with 90 mph winds. More than 2,000 refugees were housed in 16 Red Cross shelters as flooding rose along Morehead City and New Bern. No deaths were reported.
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Morehead City
N.C
UPI
Ginger
North Carolina
Red Cross
National Hurricane Center
New Bern
Lucy Hardy
Morehead
Caribbean Enterprise
Coast Guard
Cecil King
Neuse
California welfare reform delayed by court ruling on AFDC changes
California's new welfare reform starts Friday but the State Supreme Court halted a key AFDC provision. The delay affects 444,481 families and 1.57 million individuals under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
State Supreme Court
Russian cruiser fires on U S Navy plane off Japan
Western sources report a Sverdlov class cruiser fired flares and warning shots at a U S Navy P3 patrol aircraft off the Japanese coast at dusk. The incident followed repeated passes as the plane observed a convoy of Russian ships near Japan.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Navy
California Welfare Act Gains Fifth-Day Court Scrutiny
The California Supreme Court stayed key welfare changes under the Reagan act after ruling two-thirds of AFDC recipients would face increased benefits while one-third with outside income faced reductions. A federal judge in San Francisco halted notices in several counties amid CWRO challenges and Carleson called for an AG probe into CWRO “jamming” of welfare procedures.
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AFDC
Reagan
State Supreme Court
San Francisco
California Welfare Rights Organization
CWRO
Robert B. Carleson
Evelle J. Younger
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Lions Club
Doug Berends
Straw Hat
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Joe Sesto
Lompoc Lions Club
Thompson
Security Pacific Bank
Big Dog
Sue Brown
Son
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