Planners Approve Freeway Pact Amid Valley Outcry
The County Planning Commission voted five to three to back a $7.5 million State Highway 1 freeway agreement over Harris Grade despite strong opposition from Lompoc Valley residents led by PLUS. The plan, now moving to the Board of Supervisors for a public hearing, includes forest restoration and significant hillside cuts.
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The
County Planning Commission
Lompoc Valley
Harris Grade
Lompoc
PLUS
Commission
Robert C. Lilley
M. W. Duncan
Duncan
Board of Supervisors
G. Norman Bacon
Montecito
Bacon
Santa Ynez Valley
Dr. Duncan
Council and planners defer on two key issues
Lompoc leaders at a joint dinner meeting chose a wait and see stance on appointing members to an Environmental Quality Commission and on controlling proliferating service stations. Discussion covered whether the planning commission or city council should appoint, and whether a nuisance ordinance could curb deteriorating stations.
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Council
Lompoc City
Robert Kranig
Kranig
Planning Commission
Architectural Review Committee
Environmental Quality Commission
E.C. Stevens
Sol Lefkowitz
Stevens
William Paulin
Art Scott
Dustin Griffin
Boggs accuses FBI tapping of his home line
House Democratic Leader Hale Boggs charged his Washington home phone was tapped and called for J Edgar Hoover to be fired. He hinted at broader FBI surveillance of Congress and cited a telephone company denial of any tap as FBI policy at the time.
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Washington
UPI
House
Hale Boggs
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Louisiana
Boggs
Congress
Hoover
Hitler
Gestapo
Senate
Samuel L. Devine
Ohio
Agency
Devine
Justice Department
Inflation slows as Nixon aides plan expansionist policies
Washington reports March prices up 0.3 percent with February and January gains of 0.2 and 0.1 percent. First quarter inflation runs at 2.7 percent, lowest since 1967. Paul McCracken calls the numbers extremely good news and reassuring for stabilizing prices.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Paul W. McCracken
Law enforcement budgets seen rising in coming years
Sheriff John W. Carpenter and other officials say multi million dollar county budgets for the Sheriff's Department and detention services will not shrink. They note state and local trends push more prisoners into county jails and more tax money will be needed for law enforcement.
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Dick Praul
Sheriff's Department
John W. Carpenter
Carpenter
County Jail Costs Drive Sheriff's Push for State Aid
Carpenter warns Santa Barbara may close its city jail and shift prisoners to the county system. With about 28,000 county prisoners and 25,000 in state prisons, he argues the state should fund county operations as budgets are vastly lower for counties. He notes 35 officers lack basic training and seeks federal support for a services grouping study to boost efficiency.
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Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
Lompoc
Carpenter
California
Nord ’ Carpenter
Sheriff's Department
San Luis Obispo
Cuyama Valley
Cuyama
Jalama County Beach Park
Planning Commission inching toward motor rec area policy
Goleta Valley residents clash with the County Planning Commission over a proposed conditional use permit system for motorized recreational facilities. A revised draft combines Diverbiss proposals with East Goleta Valley Citizens Assn. recommendations as hearings continue toward a May 3 public session.
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Goleta Valley
South Coast
County Planning Commission
Herbert Diverbiss
East Goleta Valley
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Ralph A. Lejonhad
State Division of Highways
Bishop Pines
Lejon
Mpoc Valley
Judy Snipes
Arthur Scott
John Larsson
William Fick
Ray Benson
Ron Dedera
Jerome Betts
John Betts
Jim Field
Vandenberg Village
Allan Hancock College
Walter Ploch
Ron Fairbanks
Ploch
Fairbanks
Roberta Hefner
Eugene Sexton
West Goleta Valley
Sexton
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