Business and labor back split plan for county
Business and union leaders raised 10 585 dollars in Santa Maria to back splitting Santa Barbara County and forming Los Padres. The rally drew about 200 supporters including Lompoc figures. IMPAC aims for 20 000 dollars and 30 petition circulators to push an election, with 11 400 valid signatures due by June 10.
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George Smith
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
Lompoc
Harley Craig
Craig
Walt Rosebrook
Santa Maria Times
Smith
Joe
Santa Maria Political Action Committee
SMPAC
First District
David Yager
Los Padres
IMPAC
Group Forms to Oppose Santa Barbara County Split
About 20 residents met in Lompoc to form Taxpayers to Preserve Santa Barbara County to counter plans to divide the county. Maryann Marsh was elected president and Sherry Hibbitts treasurer with Olga Howard Dorothy Brandt and Mary Walsh named to key roles. The group urged citizens to inform themselves before signing petitions seeking a public vote on the split proposal.
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Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Art Hibbitts
Santa Ynez-Solvang
Santa Maria
Maryann Marsh
Sherry Hibbitts
Olga Howard
Dorothy Brandt
Santa Ynez
Mary Walsh
Racquetball Center Planned for College Park Lompoc
BKB Associates expects a 500000 dollar racquetball facility on 4.5 acres in College Park Lompoc to open by fall pending ARB plan approval on May 4. If permitted, bids in 30 days and four to five months of construction could place completion around October or November.
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College Park
Lompoc
William Burke
BKB Associates
College Avenue
Architectural Review Board
Burke
BKB
Carter vows fight to last vote on gas tax increase
President Carter pledges to fight to the last vote in Congress for authority to raise gasoline taxes as part of his energy program. He says the tax would drive conservation, with tax credits offsetting costs, and notes possible revenue returns via credits or payroll deductions. Weather outlook: coastal fog, mostly sunny, highs near 80, tidal forecasts included.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
United States
Congress
Carter says no decision on sending tanks to Zaire
President Carter declared he has not decided to send tanks to Zaire to aid President Mobutu Sese Seko against Katangan rebels and called such reports highly unlikely. He noted no proof Cuban troops accompany rebels and emphasized friendship with China while plans exclude a China trip this year.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Zaire
China
United States
Mobutu Sese Seko
Angola
Shaba
Chip
Peking
London
Hafez Hassad
Geneva
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Pravda
Jody Powell
Moscow
Anatoly Dobrynin
Cyrus Vance
White House
Kremlin
Powell
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State Education Employe Relations Board
EERB
Lompoc Education Association
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
Gene L. Wahlers
Air Force Times
Cabrillo High School
J. Carter
Andrei Gromyko
Friends of the Library
Veterans Memorial
JoAnn Cubbison
Gail Steiger
Connie Peto
The
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