City zoning plan vote delayed as ordinance changes eyed
A comprehensive zoning ordinance faces another 30 days before a city council vote after the council referred it back to planning for revisions. It would broaden control of residential and planned commercial projects, while a few changes limit appeals on variances and strike the word commercial from the RA zone definition. The plan aims to empower the city, add architectural review for multistory housing, and align parcels with the land use plan under state law.
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Alan Davidson
Eugene Mitty
East Olive Avenue
Mitty
al Autry
Charlotte Benton
Sol Lefkowitz
Art Scott
Autry
E. C. Stevens
Lompoc
Architectural Review Board
Watergate jury indicts Lt. Gov. Reinecke
A Watergate grand jury indicted Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke on three counts of lying in the ITT case. Judge Hart cited a grand jury secrecy violation after a man from Waldie’s office sought the indictment before it was opened. Each perjury count carries up to five years or a $2,000 fine.
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Washington
UPI
Ed Reinecke
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
U.S. District
George L. Hart
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Reinecke
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard Kleindienst
San Diego
Sheraton Corp
GOP
Miami Beach
ITT
Sheraton
Hart
Russ Teal
Waldie
Joseph Connolly
Jaworski
Connolly
California
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Beattie backs library shift to fixed base facility in Vandenberg Village
Supervisor Francis H. Beattie said he will support moving bookmobile funds to finance a fixed base library in Vandenberg Village. The county library advisory committee recommended expanding bookmobile funds use, with Ray Johnson’s analysis backing a favorable outcome. Lompoc’s Library Zone 2 will receive about $27 500 for bookmobile purchases, derived from a 10 cent per capita county allocation. the proposed 1 536 square foot structure could cost about $42 500, within local budgets.
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Vaughn Proctor
Francis H. Beattie
Vandenberg Village
Board of Supervisors
Beattie
Ray Johnson
Johnson
Lompoc
Vandenberg Village Construction Co
East North Avenue
Special series on Lompoc rules and library plans unfolds
The Lompoc Record launches a four part investigation by Stan Tulledo into city regulations hindering commercial and industrial building. The piece cites interviews with businessmen contractors and officials and runs across four days.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Record
Stan Tulledo
Nixon and Pat Nixon Owe Back Taxes Totaling $517,203
A joint congressional staff report cites the Nixons owing at least 476,431 in back taxes and interest for 1969–1972. The panel recommends 444,022 in back taxes plus 32,409 interest for 70–72, with 1969 interest waived unless paid voluntarily, totaling up to 517,203.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Pat
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
White House
Internal Revenue Service
Pompidou Dies Triggers French Political Battle
President Georges Pompidou died after a long illness leaving no successor. Alain Poher becomes interim president as Messmer moves to call a presidential election within a month. Gaullists and the Communist Socialist opposition prepare candidate meetings amid a newly open race. Pompidou to be buried Thursday at Orvilliers.
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Paris
UPI
France
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Pierre Messmer
Alain Poher
Senate
Direct mayoral election debated for Lompoc ballot
City Attorney Alan Davidson told Lompoc council that putting a direct mayor election to voters in November is allowed but not required for general law cities. If chosen, ballots must also offer between two and four year mayor terms. Local figures urged a vote, while concerns about power and council dynamics were raised.
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Lompoc
Charlotte Benton
Alan Davidson
Davidson
Lompocans
Benton
E. C. Stevens
Stevens
Direct
Santa Maria
Emil Scolari
Art Scott
Scott
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Watergate Jury
Cancer Drive
Hike Lompoc
Marlene Grossini
Chamber of Commerce
Cypress Avenue
South H Street
Lompoc Valley
Buellton
Mission Hills
Mitchell
Stans
New York
U.S
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
F. Donald Nixon Sr
Robert L. Vesco
Vesco
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
House Judiciary Committee
Orvilliers
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