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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1973
Page
3
Assembly Democrats push a bill to dispose of an 852 million dollar surplus with a July 1 1974 sales tax delay and a 100 million income tax rebate. Governor Reagan opposes any compromise while the plan also allocates 77 million for Capitol work and park purchases.
California Senator George Deukmejian says a death penalty bill has a very good chance of passage in the Senate, though Assembly opposition looms. The measure, backed by Gov. Reagan, would mandate death for certain first degree murders and allow optional death penalties in others after specific findings.
Protests by Orcutt area residents against the Cinema Theater in the Orcutt Knolls Shopping Center may prompt a public hearing before the Board of Supervisors. County officials report a sheriff’s file on the theater firm is under review by the Tax Collector and county counsel. No license has been issued, though the theater operates. citations for license violations are possible. Protests accuse theater ads of targeting children in a busy shopping area.
United Press International reports the Mississippi and tributaries at record flood levels from Iowa to Louisiana. St Louis may see 43.5 feet as Cairo tops 51.2 feet with crest near 54.5. Thousands displaced, deaths rising to at least five, amid levee breaches and mobile home evacuations.
Lompoc Masons will host their fifty third annual Public School Week dinner tomorrow with top educators and leaders on hand. Speakers include Glen Wegner Marjorie Thomas Tom Parks and Dr Phillip Reiner. Theme Preserve America's Heritage for Tomorrow's Citizens.
Public notice lists Montecito Inn located at 1295 Coast Village Road Santa Barbara California 93108 run by Kenneth G Parker of 6525 El Colegio Street Goleta California 93017 as an individual business. Filed with Santa Barbara County Clerk March 28 1973 and certified by County Clerk J E Lewis Deputy Laura Lcans.
Labor unions call a 72 hour general transportation strike across Japan starting Thursday threatening major disruption. Rioting at dozens of railway stations injured scores and led to 130 arrests as JNR halted service to Tokyo to curb violence.
Government negotiators consider resuming talks with militants at Wounded Knee in Pine Ridge South Dakota after a 58 day siege. Dick Wilson leads about 100 Oglala Sioux to a federal roadblock in a peaceful protest against AIM and the government. FBI agents observe the staged roadblock four miles from an FBI checkpoint.
County water officials report Santa Maria plans for supplemental water, with 930 acre feet needed in 1976 rising to 9,835 by 1999 for Santa Maria and Orcutt Y area. Lompoc Carpinteria Santa Ynez Goleta and Cachuma districts also seek surplus water as forecasts approach 10,000 acre feet by century's end.
The County Water Agency learned the Bureau of Reclamation began reducing spill at Lake Cachuma to increase storage. About 1,500 acre feet added, though higher evaporation with warmer weather noted. The bureau will report May 15 on extra storage. Santa Ynez district did not object as inflow remains sufficient.
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