Decision on Highway 1 bypass delayed by final arguments
A Superior Court judge postponed ruling on the Highway 1 bypass pending final arguments. Attorneys for opponents and environmentalists attacked NEPA CEQA compliance and public hearings since 1962, while state advocates argued the project meets legal and environmental needs. Court reconvenes at 9:30 a.m. to issue the decision.
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Vaughn Proctor
Highway 1
Superior Court
Marion A. Smith
Pier
John Gherini
Joseph J. Bosio
Lompoc
Bruce Sharpe
Norval Fairman
Frank McEnany
Congress
Environmentalaw
Gherini
Sharpe
Fairman
State Division of Highways
Agnew Defends Self Against Maryland Kickback Allegations
Vice President Spiro Agnew called claims of a Maryland kickback scandal false and scurrilous and malicious at a news conference near the White House. He denied any improper payments and said he would not discuss private talks with President Nixon while urging patience as investigations proceed.
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Washington
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Baltimore County
Nixon
Baltimore
City Council Eyes New Street Improvement Policy
Lompoc City Council approves Olive Ave and Cypress Ave project plans under the 1911 Act while debating how undeveloped landowners will pay. Proposals include a 10 year payment schedule and potential liens, with objections over assessments exceeding land values, and consideration of church property purchase for flood debris basin use.
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Ray McCuen
Lompoc
Olive Ave
Hawthorne
Sixth Streets
Cypress
Fourth
Seventh
Cypress Ave
High Street
Art Scott
James Longtin
Scott
Longtin
Lawrence Grossman
Lucy M. Rudolph
Council
Rudolph
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Watergate probers recess after explosive testimony
Senate Watergate investigators adjourn for summer as government lawyer Henry E Petersen denounces the special prosecutor move delaying indictments. Former Attorney General Richard G Kleindienst backs the Justice Department amid questioning on Tuesday.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate
Watergate Committee
Justice Department
Enry E. Petersen
Department of Justice
Petersen
Richard G. Kleindienst
Department
Durin
Kleindienst
Lompoc Unified cuts school tax rate as budget passes
Trustees approved a 13 million budget and trimmed the general fund tax to 1.95 per 100 with 10 cents for community services and about 0.72 for bond retirement, lowering the total to 2.67 per 100. The move follows new state law. The board also delayed final approval of a salary package awaiting representative council vote.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Unified School District
Representative Council
Lompoc Education Association
Rep Council
Gail Steiger
Supreme Court narrows obscenity rules with community standards ruling
The June decision upholds local morality as the test for obscenity and pornography. Chief Justice Burger and Justices Blackmun Powell Rehnquist White join in a Nixon era aligned ruling affecting books theaters and distribution, with Santa Barbara Lompoc officials noting few prosecutions amid current law.
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William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Douglas
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Nixon
Byron R. White
California
Haynes Jones
Santa Barbara County
Lompoc
Jones
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Federal Grand Jury
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Washington Post
Lester Matz
Jerome B. Wolff
Federal
Dusty Griffith
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E.C. Stevens
Harley Craig
Arizona
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Lompoc Hospital
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Charles Ramos
James’ Brightwell
DA Jones
Jim Smith
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