Approval urged for EIR on first site of Mission
Lompoc's Environmental Quality Committee urged approval of an Environmental Impact Report to ease questions on the La Purisima Mission site. The plan calls for a historic district, funding for archaeological work, and sale options to state or preservation groups, affecting Neal Elms property split.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
Environmental Quality Committee
la Purisima Mission
Neal Elms
Planing Commission
City Council
State of California
U.S Department of the Interior
Santa Barbara
Elms
Kaufman
Governor Brown ready to compromise on LNG talks
A Brown administration representative said the governor is willing to meet around the clock to reach a compromise on LNG siting. The dialogue centers on AB220 proposals giving Coastal Commission site authority, offshore placement, and a Jan 31 deadline instead of July 1, 1978. Weather notes include coastal drizzle, highs in the 60s to low 70s, and tidal forecasts.
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Brown
Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Assembly
Bill Press
Governor's Office of Planning and Research
Assembly Energy
Goggin
Coastal Commission
Press
Utilities
Three cap attempts fail on Ekofisk gusher
A Texan led team from Red Adair failed to cap the Ekofisk gusher in the North Sea after 12 hours as an inverted blowout valve prevented sealing. Phillips Petroleum officials call it a setback with a 24 hour delay likely. Norway ordered a shutdown of the field while a new equipment plan is considered.
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Stavanger
Norway
UPI
North Sea
Robert Archimbeault
Phillips Petroleum Company
Paul
Adair
Houston
Ekofisk
California Chief Justice halts retired judge assignments
Chief Justice Rose Bird stops temporary assignments of retired judges who have been defeated at the polls. The policy change follows public opposition to a recent case in which Floyd C. Dodson, defeated in an election, was temporarily assigned to Ventura County. The decision applies to about six to eight similarly situated jurists.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Rose Bird
California Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times
Steve Buehl
the Times
Santa Barbara
Carter Defends Programs Before House Democrats
President Carter told a White House meeting of House Democrats there is a large inflationary gap between his favored farm price supports and minimum wage and the amounts urged in Congress. He urged cutting waste on unnecessary water projects and discussed energy plans while promising a balanced budget by term end.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
House Democrats
Congress
White House
Afl-Cio
House
Capitol Hill
London
Farm bloc papers scaled back price supports for crops
In Washington the House Agriculture Committee approved a reduced price support package aimed at avoiding a veto fight with President Carter. The plan lowers 1978 wheat target to 3.00 and corn to 2.10 per bushel, with higher 1977 targets and $500 million in income supports for 1977 wheat farmers.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
House Nee Committee
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Rep
W.R. Poage
D-Tex
House
Consumer safety panel bans asbestos patching compounds
The Consumer Product Safety Commission bans asbestos containing spackling compounds and imitation logs and ash for gas fireplaces citing cancer risks. It asks staff to study further bans including modeling clay and vinyl floor tile and weighs refunds for products in consumer possession.
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Washington
UPI
Consumer Product Safety Commission
David Pittle O
Natural Resources Defense Council
SALT Talks Set to Resume in Geneva on May 18
The State Department announced that the United States and the Soviet Union will resume Strategic Arms Limitation talks on May 18 in Geneva, continuing Moscow negotiations. Cyrus Vance and Andrei Gromyko will discuss strategic arms and the Middle East over two to three days, following May 11 technical verification meetings.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Soviet Union
United States
Geneva
Moscow
Hodding Carter III
Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Middle East
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Fullerton
Dannemeyer
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