Hollister ranch beach development wins planning approval
The County Planning Commission voted 8 to 0 to grant a conditional use permit and recommend rezoning 2400 acres of the former Hollister Ranch west of Gaviota for a recreation oriented complex. The Board of Supervisors must approve the agricultural to planned commercial rezoning before phase one begins. The plan includes a 1514 unit recreational vehicle park 200 Cabana prefabricated cabins and commercial areas in Balito Canyon and Drake Beach. The commission added school enrollment limits to keep permanent residents from arising and assures an adequate water supply.
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County Planning Commission
Hollister Ranch
Gaviota
Macco Corp
Newport Beach
Balito Canyon
Drake Beach
Dayan warns US over Soviet missiles near Suez Canal
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan said Israel informed the United States that Soviet antiaircraft missiles nearer the Suez Canal violate the cease-fire. He demanded removal and said talks with the U.S. are to restore positions. Israel may review its three month cease-fire acceptance amid U.N. peace talks efforts. Egyptian officials reported Algerian troop withdrawal from the Suez front but pledged continued Egyptian military moves.
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United Press International
Moshe Dayan
Israel
United States
Suez Canal
Middle East
Dayan
Jerusalem
Canal
Suez
U.N
Washington
State Department
Egypt
New York
Cairo
Suez Front
River Park land purchase eyed in 1971 plan near Lompoc
City Parks Commission discussed the 300 acre Santa Ynez River Park east of Lompoc with estimates of 150000 dollars, funded by state reimbursable funds HUD and city. State parks chief William Penn Mott Jr indicated sale of bonds may occur this fall post Prop 7. Local trails debate highlighted by Ernie Earnest as riders urge action.
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Santa Ynez River
City Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Commission
William Penn Mott, Jr
State Department of Parks and
State Resources Agency
Lompoc
Santa Ynez
HUD
State Division of Highways
Harry
Ernie Earnest
Larry Flinkingshelt
Scott Confers on City Census in Lompoc
Lompoc Mayor Arthur Scott meets with census officials in Los Angeles to address discrepancies in the city’s population count. If unresolved, the city could lose about 40 000 dollars annually and may seek a new head count or fund one itself.
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Scott
Lompoc
Arthur Scott
Leonard Isley
Census Bureau
Los Angeles
Angela Davis questioned over courtroom gun purchase
Angela Davis, identified as purchaser of two firearms used in a courtroom kidnapping that killed four, has not been heard from. Marin County and the California attorney general seek to interview her about how the 1968 and 1969 gun purchases reached Jonathan Jackson, who died in the escape attempt, along with a judge and two convicts. Franklin Delano Alexander is also to be questioned.
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San Quentin
Franklin Delano Alexander
Los Angeles
Miss Davis
Jackson
Nixon wins Senate backing ABM funding amid SALT talks
The Nixon administration won Senate approval 52 to 47 to preserve funding for the Safeguard antiballistic missile amid ongoing talks to curb the arms race. Opponents vow to press next week on a curtailment amendment while SALT in Vienna proceeds.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
Senate
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Vienna
Chavez Proposes National Peace Pact for Farm Workers
Cesar Chavez announces a pact between his United Farm Workers Organizing Committee and the Teamsters aimed at a national effort to organize farm workers. The agreement grants UFWOC control over field workers and Teamsters over processing workers, with Salinas Valley bargaining agent still undecided.
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Salinas
Chavez
Teamster
Salinas Valley
Teamsters
Acrobatic jewel thieves stopped by night fighting device
In New York a gang swinging between buildings during a $1 million jewel theft spree was halted by a Vietnam era night fighting device used by police. One man was captured and $240,000 in rings recovered from Botell Ring Co. offices on Lower Broadway. Police boxed a block around the scene while four others escaped. Authorities say the group targeted top floor offices in repeated robberies. The Jewelers Security Alliance cites thefts totaling over $1 million this year.
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UPI
Vietnam
Botell Ring Co., Inc
Broadway
Thomas Connolly
Police Safe and Loft Squad
New York City
James L. White
Jewelers Security Alliance
Connolly
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Board of Supervisors
Arnold Zwicki
County Health Department
Robert C. Lilley
Allen
Charles Davis
Lompoc Valley
Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Missile Movement
U.S
River Park
City Hall
Dick Meier
Lions Club
Angela
Thomas Lynch
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