Lompoc trustees face last chance to cut tax rate
Trustees of Lompoc Unified School District meet to adopt the 1974 75 budget and consider shaving the general fund tax from 3.77 per 100 value. A $1.9 million windfall from state aid adjustments remains in contingency and could be used to reduce the tax bill if approved.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Unified School District
North A St
State Department of Education
Carol Linger
Lompoc Education Association
Norman Larson
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
Joseph Carlin
West Ocean Ave
Bill Cruise
J.M. Sheehy
Cruise
Pentagon study eyes Space Shuttle base impact at Vandenberg
Pentagon spokesmen say a base study will assess how NASA’s decision to use a Boeing 747 as a ferry aircraft for the Space Shuttle affects Vandenberg Air Force Base. The 12 to 15 week study also examines facility changes and the 1983 launch timeline with 500 million dollars in alterations.
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Pentagon
Defense Department
Vandenberg Air Force Base
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
U.S
Vandenberg
Congress set to push major bills ahead of impeachment debate
Washington lawmakers move to clear the agenda with national health insurance campaign reform consumer protection and mining and spending bills before impeachment proceedings. The Ways and Means Committee will draft health care legislation though passage is unlikely before the impeachment focus. The Nixon administration backs a private insurance based plan while a Kennedy Mills proposal would fund via Social Security and start coverage at $1000 in medical costs.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Farm labor housing on agenda in Santa Barbara meeting
The County Planning Commission in Santa Barbara will review farm labor housing in Lompoc Valley and proposed lot splits on agricultural land. Also on the docket is a seven goat herd near County Supervisor Frank J. Frost’s home for milk and cheese, with Frost supporting the project.
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Lompoc Valley
County Planning Commission
Santa Barbara
Frank J. Frost
Luis L. Goena
Puesta del Sol Rd
Frost
Goena
Robert Lilley
Purisima Rd
la Purisima Mission
Vandenberg Village Development Co
Vulcan Ave
Constellation Rd
Vandenberg Village
Lompoc
Commission
P.L.U.S
PLUS
Goleta Valley Annexation Debate Reaches New Stage
The Santa Barbara county board faces choosing between a Goleta Valley annexation to Santa Barbara or eventual incorporation. The panel considers approving up to 4000 for voter surveys and raising John Sanger’s contract to 15000 to gauge attitudes on annexation versus incorporation, with talks to involve Isla Vista and university communities and potential state grant funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Praul
Board of Supervisors
Goleta Valley
John Sanger
Raymond D. Johnson
Sanger
Betty Bullock
Isla Vista
Isla
Johnson
Senate GOP leader Griffin urges Nixon resignation
Assistant Senate Republican Leader Robert P. Griffin said Nixon should resign for national and personal reasons. He spoke after a Rules Committee session on impeachment, urging the President to step down as investigations and tapes loom. Other lawmakers discussed subpoenas and potential impeachment trials as Nixon mulled strategy.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Nixon
Griffin
Senate Rules Committee
Public input sought on Lompoc transit needs session
Santa Barbara County areas planning council partners host a public meeting at 7 30 p m on August 7 in Lompoc to gather citizen and group views for the SCOTS study. Wilbur Smith associates explains study scope while soliciting comments on senior, commuter and shopper transit needs amid potential state and federal funding.
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Santa Barbara County
Wilbur Smith and Associates
Area Planning Council
Santa Barbara- Goleta
Lompoc
Urban Mass Transit Administration
Nixon returns to capital after strategy meeting
President Nixon flies back to the White House after a Camp David session with aides and Watergate lawyers on impeachment strategy. He says he will not resign or yield duties, will turn over transcripts, and insists the impeachment process must follow the constitutional path. He also discusses the June 23 1972 tapes and administration actions while acknowledging errors. The weather forecast notes fog along the coast and mild temperatures through Tuesday.
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Nixon
White House
Camp David
Griffin
Senate
Supreme Court
John J. Sirica
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Sirica
The
Washington Post
Bob Woodward
Carl Berstein
Post
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
New Oreland
House
Gerald L. Warren
Washington
UPI
Watergate
U.S
H.R. Haldeman
FBI
CIA
Bell System and unions avert nationwide telephone strike
The Bell System and unions representing about 725,000 workers reached a tentative three year contract raising wages and benefits by nearly 36 percent, with a price tag over 3 billion dollars. Ratification awaits local issue resolution and a new deadline of August 11.
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Washington
UPI
Bell System
Bell
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Western Electric Co
ATT
Western Electric
IBEW
Vancouver
Wash
Kearny
N.J
Paul Menger
Communications Workers of America
Ohio Bell
Springfield
Glenn E. Watts
CWA
Rex Reed
First Att
Watts
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