Freeway decision expected in Santa Maria trial
Judge Marion A. Smith prepared to issue a final ruling today after a nine day trial over the Highway 1 bypass. The case pits PLUS and local opponents against the state over freeway right of way and landscaping plans near the Grefco plant amid concerns about public notice and legal procedures.
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Vaughn Proctor
Santa Maria Superior Court
Marion A. Smith
Highway 1
Smith
Ralph Lejonhud
Division of
Lejonhad
Grefco
Lompoc
Burce Sharpe
PLUS
Sharpe
Lejonhud
Lejon
Agnew Under Investigation For Bribery and Tax Fraud
Vice President Spiro Agnew faces a U S probe over alleged bribery extortion and tax fraud tied to Maryland contracts during his governorship and his vice presidency. The Justice Department notified investigators in Baltimore and reports cite possible criminal statutes violations. Agnew denies wrongdoing.
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Washington
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Justice Department
U.S
Nixon
United States
Wall Street Journal
General Services Administration
GSA
White House
the Post
Baltimore County
Baltimore
Lompoc Faces Sharp Beef Shortage Across Markets
Lompoc markets report a beef shortage with orders at roughly 50 percent. Beef is selling rapidly while pork and poultry prices rise. The commissary at Vandenberg AFB runs out of meat. local restaurants plan price hikes as shortages threaten menus.
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Lompoc
Alan Kemp
Safeway
Williams Bros
Vandenberg Afb
McDonald's
North H St
UCSB Student Alleges Wasteful Funds Go to Radical Causes
UCSB student Christopher May accuses UC Regents of funding waste and diverting money to radical Isle Vista programs and groups such as a Black Students Union and Chicano interest projects. He cites a quarterly fee hike to 16.25 dollars and claims allocations pass amid campus debate and intimidation.
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May
UCSB
Isla Vista
Sacramento
Berkeley
Black Students Union
Legislative Council
Nexus
Dave Carlson
Council
Bank of America
Four teens held over Lompoc burglaries tied to bowling alley
Lompoc police say four teenagers aged 14 to 16 were arrested for a $1,000 burglary at Lompoc Valley Bowl and tied to one residential burglary and a physician’s car theft. Most money and property from the bowling alley theft have been recovered, with unclear recovery of other losses.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Valley Bow
Californians weigh rollback of sales tax amid surplus
In Sacramento Governor Reagan faces pressure as Republican and Democratic legislators seek to erase a 1.2 million daily sales tax increase. Assemblyman Bagley warns public opinion could sour if action is delayed. The penny tax, set to fund school aid relief, became unnecessary after a large budget surplus emerged.
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Sacramento
UPS
Ronald Reagan
William T. Bagley
R-San Rafael
U.S. Bombing Errors Hit Cambodian Village and Neak Luong
UPI reports two fatal bombing errors by American warplanes near Neak Luong in Cambodia. The first strike destroyed the town, while a second near Koh Tachou killed several and wounded many. U.S. and Cambodian casualty tallies differ, with embassies citing 137 dead and 268 wounded in Neak Luong.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Neak Luong
Mekong
U.S
Koh Tachou
Skylab crews resume orbital work after record spacewalk
Skylab 2 astronauts Owen Garriott Jack Lousma and Alan Bean wrap a 62 hour spacewalk as officials remain optimistic they can return to Earth as planned. The crew focuses on medical experiments and cooling improvements on the space station while interior temperatures drop.
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Houston
UPI
Skylab
Orbital Research
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Space Station
Earth
Lousma
Alan L. Bean
Kleindienst Testifies Warned Ehrlichman Over Watergate Interference
Former Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst testifies he warned White House aide John Ehrlichman last summer he could be charged with obstructing justice for pressuring the land jury inquiry. He threatened to go to President Nixon if Ehrlichman persisted. The Senate Watergate Committee heard disruptions from demonstrators as it recessed planning actions on Nixon tape releases.
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Petersen
Senate Watergate Committee
Senate
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Capitol
Ervin
Zeke Boyd
National Caucus of Labor Committees
Kleindiens
Nixon
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J. Walter Jones
I. H
Bud” Hammerman
Elliot L. Richardson
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Journal
U.S. Attorney's Office
George Beall
J. Glenn Beall
Hollis Baker
Stallcup Lane
Mesa Oaks
Air Force
Lompoc Record
Santa Barbara
Dick Praul
UC Santa Barbara
University of California Regents
Christopher May
Carlson
Renee Miller
First Alley
Cost of Living Council
Government Council
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Kleindienst
Ehrlichman
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