Generic drugs ease costs as substitution bill expands use
Californians can request generic substitutes for more pricey brand names after AB 193, widening pharmacist power to swap generics unless doctors specify no substitution. The move lowers costs, but local pharmacists and physicians warn generics are not always reliable and uptake varies across clinics.
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California
Department of Consumer Affairs
Lompoc
Er Akon
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Elena
Tle
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Art Smith
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Dennis Inouye
Valley Rexall Drugs
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Jane Flaherty
Flaherty
Heiges
Visalia
FTC to probe brand name drug price practices
The FTC said it will investigate whether consumers pay too much for brand name drugs when doctors prescribe branded products instead of generics. It may question manufacturers distributors and medical professionals to assess if pharmacists could select cheaper sources and whether doctors should delegate more pricing authority to pharmacists.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Solvang SBA delays chamber plan decision to August 16
Solvang Business Association leaders postpone a final vote on forming a Solvang Chamber of Commerce to August 16. Thirty five business members attended in the SMID Center as directors discussed whether to keep SBA, rename it, or form a new chamber.
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Solvang Business Association
Chamber of Commerce
Solvang
Solvang Chamber
SBA
Smid Center
Filmore Condit
Chamber
Condit
Supervisors approve one month finance for senior bus service
County supervisors unanimously vote to use contingency funds to provide 5000 for one month interim financing to CAC senior bus routes in Santa Maria Orcutt Lompoc and Santa Ynez Valley after a weekend funding shortfall of about 100000 in Federal money. The move buys time to set up local public transit plans under the Cities County Area Planning Council with Lompoc hopeful to launch Sept 1 and Santa Maria and Santa Ynez Valley plans lagging.
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Dick Praul
Community Action Commission
CAC
Santa Maria- Orcutt
Lompoc
Santa Ynez Valley
Harrell Fletcher
Santa Maria
Ing
Fletcher
Public transport expansion eyed for Santa Maria area
Plans to start Closing stocks for valley public transport around March 1 1977 face no set date in Santa Maria CAC officials attend Tuesday night council meeting with seniors urging a faster plan funding to cover drivers dispatchers and vehicle operation Seniors rely on busing for meals medical visits shopping and essential tasks State funds assist when cities and county implement the plan Carpinteria and Goleta Valley areas have reduced rate service Santa Ynez Valley operates from Solvang providing outreach to outlying communities In Lompoc a trio was arrested on heroin and drugs charges following a 30 day narcotics probe with small seizure of heroin and three suspects jailed on $10000 bonds
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Santa Maria
CAC
Carpinteria
Goleta Valley
Santa Barbara
Lompoc
Pay hike vetoed by board delays grand jury review
Militant taxpayer groups block a 3 percent pay raise for county officials except the supervisors. The Board of Supervisors votes 4 to 1 to refer the proposal and salaries issue to the Grand Jury for recommendations due by Sept. 20. Officials named include Sheriff-Coroner John Carpenter and District Attorney Stanley Roden among others.
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Board of Aeervisors
Grand Jury
Gail Towbes
Robert E. Kallman
Thursy
William Cook
Agers Cook
Assn
Paul Bundy
Robert Owen
Committee For Concerned Citizens
Ted Gates
Allied Protective and Improvement Agsn
Cook
John W. Carpenter
William Parsons
Stanley Roden
Glenn Neikirk
J. Newton Blanchard
Howard Menzel
Lompoc Newspaper Admits National Press Affiliation and Rates
The Santa Ynez Valley News Bureau reports mail rates in Santa Barbara County at $2.50 per month and $3.00 outside. editions list staff including Robert Bostick, Cletus Lunney, and Donald New along with editors and photographers. credits show affiliations with Inter-American Press Association and California Press Association.
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Lompoc
California
Act of Congress
Robert Bostick
Cletus Lunney
Donald New
Robert ©. Vincent
Betty Laurent
Scott Oster
Stan Tulledo
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
Adrienne McAdam
King Merrill
Santa Ynez Valley
National Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
California Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
California Newspaper Youth Foundation
Santa Barbara
de Santa Barbera County
Tax Credit Proposed For Older Homeowners
Congressman Lagomarsino introduced a bill granting seniors over sixty five with incomes at or below five thousand dollars a 50 percent credit on property taxes. Renters would receive a similar grant equal to half their share of rent, phased down as income rises, and the credit would supplement existing deductions. The plan ties the credit to net income with a two percent reduction for each thousand dollars of income above five thousand.
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Bob Lagomarsino
Lagomarsino
Federal ruling expands food stamp eligibility for retroactive payments
The Welfare Department announces that households previously denied or underpaid food stamps due to including federal housing allowances in income may qualify for retroactive payments or refunds. The court ordered change excludes HUD subsidies from income calculations and counties must issue retroactive benefits. No estimate of eligible households is available.
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County Welfare Department
Federal Housing and Urban Development Agency
Welfare Department
Sible
Animal control committee kept intact by county board
The County Animal Health and Population Control Committee survived a bid for dissolution at a Board of Supervisors meeting. Secretary Sally Perry said inactivity by others stalled the public education program the committee promotes, noting about $12,000 a year has been collected for two years and kept in the fund to support reform of irresponsible animal owners.
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Solvang
Stanley Lowry
Santa Barbara
County Animal Health and Population Control Committee
Board of Supervisor
Sally Perry
Perry
Joseph Donohue
1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Stuart H. Sherman Jr
Joseph P. McGinley
Strategic Air Command
Donohue
Office of History
Martin Hagopian
Donahue
Subcommittee to discuss public input on comprehensive plan
A 7 30 p m meeting of the Lompoc Advisory Committee subcommittee will review public discussion on the county plan in the administration building Cypress Avenue and E Street Copies of the proposed plan were distributed last week Comments and public input will go to the County Planning Commission before hearings.
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Lompoc
County
Cypress Avenue
E Street
Harley Craig
County Planning Commission
Recitation of the Rosary for Helen Betty 62
The obituary notes a rosary for Helen D Betty 62 to be held at 7 30 tonight at Lompoc Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside services are set for 10 a m Wednesday at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Born in Pennsylvania in 1914 she died Sunday in Lompoc District Hospital and lived in Lompoc 18 years at 515 E Walnut Ave. She was a former member of the Moose Auxiliary of Lompoc. Friends may call until 8 p m tonight.
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Lompoc Funeral Home
Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
Betty
Pennsylvania
Lompoc District Hospital
Lompoc
Walnut Ave
Moose
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