Senate weighs anti-CBW amendment amid defense budget votes
The Senate, strained by two days of defense budget votes, faced a major CBW dispute as supporters push to ban open air testing of germ and gas weapons. Proxmire and Nelson with others seek a single anti-CBW proposal while Eagleton seeks tank funding limits and Schweiker wins tight contract oversight.
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John Hill Washington
UPI
Senate
William Proxmire
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Thomas J. McIntyre
New Hampshire
Senate Armed Services Committee
Thomas F Eagleton
D-Mo
General Accounting Office
Congress
Eagleton
Richard S Schweiker
R-Pa
Pentagon
Lompoc council on fair business license enforcement
Animation fills Brooks Speight as he explains the Business License Enforcement Committee aims to equalize fees and boost city revenue. The panel seeks universal licensing, prorated fees, decals on mobile units, and escalating citations to enforce compliance among local and out of town contractors.
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Lompoc
Brooks Speight
Speight
James Longtin
Wilma Thomas
Mel Ramos
Police Department
Art Wilke
Richard Clark
Santa Maria
Lompoc Seeks Annexation of FCI Site Expanding City Size
City Administrator Gene Wahlers says Army consent via telegram confirms annexation of the 4.78 square mile Federal Correctional Institution site. If approved by the Local Agency Formation Commission the move would double city area, add about 1,450 residents including inmates, and boost annual revenue by roughly 20 000 to 25 900 dollars from licenses and taxes.
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Ray McCuen
Lompoc
Secretary of Army
Federal Correctional Institution
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Charles M. Teague
Army
Federal
Clinton Sherrod
Santa Barbara County
Sherrod
FCI
Sixth Army
Pine Canyon
Vandenberg Air Force Base
VAFB
Evidence points to execution style murder of girl near Lompoc
Sheriff officials disclose new clues in the case of a young girl found along a remote road south of Lompoc last Sunday. Investigators note hands bound with plastic wire, a bloodstained wooden box nearby, and FBI crime lab analysis underway while a local search team scans the ravine for the weapon and more evidence.
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Sheriff’s
Robert W. Kelley
Sheriff's
Lompoc
Peter Zanella
Zanella
FBI Crime Lab
FBI
Lompoc Valey
Robert W Kelley
Kelly
Tax reform bill heads for extended Senate debate
The reform measure would raise taxes on foundations and limit oil and mineral industry breaks while offering broad relief for taxpayers up to 100000. House passed it 394 to 30 after months of hearings and debate. Senate action is expected after Finance Committee hearings finish by Oct. 31. the bill includes a six month surcharge extension and aims to reduce the oil depletion allowance from 272 percent to 20 percent.
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Michael L. Posner
Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Russell Long
D-La
Hale Boggs
D. la
Louisiana
Boggs
Ways and Means
Finance Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
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el Capitan State Beach
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Menadam County Park
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Bogan
Irene Huseman
City Hall
Alpha Club
Veterans Memorial Building
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