Cost up income down for Lompoc water department
Lompoc's Water Commission weighs higher costs and reduced revenues as February sales total $75,000, down 21 percent from January's $97,000. Officials foresee possible rate hikes or service cuts, with a three stage conservation plan to curb use while meeting needs amid rising power, chemical, and operation costs.
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Lompoc
Water Commission
Commission
Lompoc City Hall
al Thompson
Thompson
J.D. de Bolt
J.W. Mixsell
Record office to close early on Good Friday
On Good Friday the business and editorial offices of the Lompoc Record will close at 2 p.m. The Circulation Department's complaint desk stays open until 7 p.m. on its usual schedule, but other circulation activities will not open after 2 p.m.
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Lompoc Record
Property tax extension grants late payment without penalty
County Tax Collector J. Newton Blanchard announced the second installment deadline for property taxes is April 10, with Monday at 5 p.m. as the extended payment time for Sunday. Mailed payments must be postmarked by April 11. About 98 percent of the $105 million levy is expected to be paid, with normal receipt patterns continuing. Mostly cloudy conditions with light rain possible in northern Santa Barbara County by Friday and cooler inland days.
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J. Newton Blanchard
Blanchard
Santa Barbara County
Easter Sunrise Attendance Questioned by Minister Quartet
The Rev Murray Gibbons questions if a promised ministerial quartet will affect Easter sunrise service attendance. A sheriff deputy logs a motorist needing a wrench for a flat tire with the note same accomplished. Bicycle entrepreneur Winston Scarborough reports a rear collision on Miguelito Canyon Road with no injuries during a biking trek.
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Murray Gibbons
Sheriff's
Winston Scarborough
Miguelito Canyon
No horse trading on tax rebate. Carter
President Carter said Congress should pass a $50 tax rebate for Americans funded by surplus, and he will not trade approval of 30 water projects to win support. He urged evaluating projects on merit while noting the rebates aim to boost the economy amid a $10 billion spending surplus.
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UPI
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Carter halts breeder reactor work and plutonium use
President Carter suspended the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project and banned extraction of plutonium from spent fuel to curb the risk of weaponization. He urged international caution, signaling a shift from prior policy and outlining five other government actions impacting Oak Ridge and Allied General’s Barnwell plant.
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UPI
United States
Carter
U.S
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Allied General
Barnwell, S.C
Tennessee
Clinch River
U.S. and Soviet resume SALT II talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin held an unannounced meeting at the State Department marking the resumption of strategic arms talks after the Soviet leadership rejected the previous American SALT II proposals. Discussions covered issues but details were not released.
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UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Cyrus Vance
Anatoli Dobrynin
Moscow
Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Geneva
Dobrynin
State Department
Secretary of State
Hodding Carter III
Lompoc court upgrades urged by Grand Jury
The Grand Jury affirmed Lompoc Municipal Court Judge Terrill Cox on upgrading the court facility. Foreman Gail Towbes voice support for action to improve conditions as the county plans a new building. Current spaces for 30 intended for traffic court often host over 100, lacking ventilation, library, holding cells, and secure access, with crowded clerk offices and no jury deliberation room or security system.
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Board of Supervisors
County Grand Jury
Lompoc
Terrill Cox
Gail Towbes
Cox
Wholesale prices rise 1.1 percent in March
UPI reports the Labor Department shows wholesale prices up 1.1 percent in March led by coffee and food costs. Farm and processed food prices surged, boosting overall inflation signals with March marking the third highest wholesale rise in 30 years.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Carter
Flood evacuees move from Cumberland flood path
United Press International reports hundreds evacuated from Williamsburg Kentucky as Cumberland River floods crest. Helicopters and trucks deliver food vaccines and drugs to Appalachia while refugees return to wrecked towns including Matewan. Toll rises with 23 flood deaths and 116 weather deaths. 23,000 displaced. Clinch River flow peaks at 40 million gallons per minute. 15 Kentucky counties declared disaster areas. damages estimate Kentucky 100 million and West Virginia 50 million with Tennessee and other states affected.
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Appalachian
Kentucky
Cumberland
Matewan
West Virginia
Tug River
Paul Crabtree
Jay Rockefeller
Southern Airlines
Clinch
Tazewell
Tent
Carter
Alabama
Tennessee
Virginia
Georgia
Huge utility refunds seen for California customers
SAN DIEGO UPI reports that the California Public Utilities Commission may order about one billion dollars in refunds to utility customers over the next 18 months. President Robert Batinovich said the refunds cover overcharges dating back to 1969 in a Wednesday interview.
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San Diego
UPI
California
Robert Batinovich
State Public Utilities Commission
Water committee weighs drought coping ideas in county
An advisory water conservation subcommittee chaired by Thomas G. Nielsen met in Solvang to discuss drought response. Members from all districts and Santa Maria mayor Elwin Mussell debated conservation goals, possible use of grey water, and public awareness, aiming to ease future rationing while seeking news release permissions.
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Thomas G. Nielsen
Solvang
Robert L Hedlund
Joan Kerns
Maxwell C. Pellish
Linda Phillips
Santa Maria
Elwin E. Mussell
Curtis Tunnell
Nielsen
Pellish
Kerns
County Water Agency
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