Countywide merit system may appear on ballot
County officials consider a countywide civil service merit system for the November ballot. The Board of Supervisors delayed action until Aug 31 to secure unified support from all three county employee groups and the Sheriff’s Relief and Benefit Association. The plan, backed by the County Employes’ Assn and others, faces scrutiny over final clearances and the sheriff’s department extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
Board of Supervisors
Joe J. Callahan
Sheriff's Relief and Benefit Assn
Allan S. Ghitterman
Dana Smith
Ghitterman
Raymond O. Johnson
George H. Clyde
Callahan
Sheriff's Benefit and
Relif Assn
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Association
Stringer
Assn
Aflcio Social Workers Union
Welfare Department Social Workers
Wilbur S. Wagstaff
County Taxpayers Assn
Richard Temple
County Farm Bureau
George Kading
County approves cycle noise curb ordinance
The county supervisors voted 4-0 to adopt an ordinance prohibiting motorcycles and other vehicles from unauthorized operation on private property in unincorporated areas. Supervisor Joe J. Callahan, from Santa Barbara, led the measure with county counsel's support, citing widespread noise nuisances. The ordinance takes effect 30 days after approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe J. Callahan
Santa Barbara
County Counsel's Office
Flood control bid date set for Santa Maria channels
County flood control directors set bids to be received Sept. 17 at 3 p.m. in Santa Maria for drainage improvements on Blosser and Bradley Channels in Flood Zone No 3. W. Mark Durley Jr. commended County Flood Control Engineer James Stubbhner and staff for cooperation in finalizing project details. Durley represents two landowners involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Santa Maria
Blosser and
Bradley
W. Mark Durley Jr
N. Blosser Rd
James Stubbhner
Durley
Tram plan for Las Vegas Strip proposed by Dallas group
A Dallas group proposes a $50 million overhead tramway along the Las Vegas Strip funded privately by Custom Cabs Inc. The system would run above the center divider with 200 monocabs serving 4 to 6 passengers each, connecting McCarron Airport to downtown resorts. Each ride would cost $1 with automated routing and seven second headways from the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
UPI
Dallas
Las Vegas “Strip
Custom Cabs, Inc
McCarron International Airport
Oran Grayson
Custom
Las Vegas Strip
Deputies Rescue Kidnapped Baby in El Sobrante Case
Deputies arrested Robert Crader and his wife Patricia Crader and Ancel Crader after a tip led to the rescue of 5 month old Mark Anthony Wilson from a San Pablo home. The child vanished Friday with clothing and $120 missing. a reward was offered. Funeral services pending for Elise Corby 82 in Lompoc.
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EL Sobrante
UPI
Mark Anthony Wilson
San Pablo
Sandra Wilson
Cotta Costa County
Sheriff's
Ralph Reis
Robert Crader
Patricia
Crader
Ancel B. Crader
Wilson Hous
Thomas Butler
Mark
El Capitan Ranch Case Hearing Drags Into Next Day
Superior Court in Santa Barbara continues the El Capitan Ranch rezoning dispute over petition signatures and circulators. Judge Arden Jensen weighs claims that signers were not bonified Isla Vista residents as stated and suspends ruling to Tuesday at 10 a.m. while examining potential address misrepresentations and validity. Counsel for developer Jules Berman and the citizens’ committee seek further relief as 8,929 signatures were certified valid with 566 struck, and efforts to discard additional signatures remain underway.
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Superior Court
el Capitan Ranch
Jules Berman
Goleta Valley
Isla Vista
Arden Jensen
Berman
Citizens’ Committee
James Talaga
Santa Barbara
Jensen
Frank Sarguis
Citizens’ Group
J.E. Lewis
Zoning Complaints Rise Over Oversized Residences in Montecito
Residents warn of 24 or more people living in a single residence at 760 Ashley Rd and nearby barns. Supervisors refer alleged zoning violation to the district attorney and county offices for action amid protests from multiple Ashley Rd families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montecito
Board of Supervisors
Ashley Rd
District Attorney's Office
County Counsel's Office
County Planning Department
LH. Humphrey
Westmont College
Emerson Hall
Humphrey
Ralph Day
County Supervisors Act On Advertising Contracts and Zoning Hearings
County supervisors approved bed tax funded advertising contracts with the Goleta Chamber of Commerce Lompoc Chamber of Commerce and other groups and set September 21 hearings on Isla Vista zoning ordinances. They delayed Calle Real widening plans and directed a Planning Commission review. They seek grants for Santa Ynez Valley Park and local county parks and discussed fire protection expansion in Cuyama Valley and oil drilling hearings in Santa Barbara Channel with chairman Clyde set to attend Washington talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goleta
Planning Commission
Isla Vista
State
Santa Ynez Valley Park
Walker County Park
Los Alamos County Park
George H. Clyde
Washington, D.C
Santa Barbara Channel
Clyde
Montecito residents press for higher density to back developments
Two Channel Drive homeowners urged county supervisors to raise density and height limits to enable apartments or a resort hotel, citing high taxes and low value of single family lots. Opponents cited petitions and a planning association. The board will hold a hearing September 2 on resort level inclusion into PRV, currently 10 units per acre and 35 feet, with proposed 20 units per acre and 88 feet.
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Channel Dr
Montecito
Girvan Higginson
1000 Channel Dr
Jean Blair
Channel
Board
George W. Clyde
PRY
County Planning Commission
PRV
Epidemic of pot smoking among U S soldiers in Vietnam
Senate hearings hear former soldier John Steinberg claim marijuana use among Vietnam era troops is widespread. He cites case histories linking pot to murders and insanity, urging action and noting veterans bring drug habits home with discharge papers. Dodd accuses DoD statistics of underreporting the problem.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
John Steinberg
Philadelphia
Steinberg
Saigon
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Department of Defense
Dodd
Weather Across the Nation Brings Severe Storms and Flooding
Nationwide weather report notes locally heavy thunderstorms in the midsection with lighter rain in the Southeast Northeast and Pacific Coast. A severe tropical low moved up the East coast washing ashore one body at a North Carolina beach and injuring workers at Newark airport. Ronald Sweat 20 of Dillon SC identified as the drowning victim. Fess Parker Jr. gains one year extension on a Goleta Slough project tied to Ward Memorial Freeway fate and Lakeside Mobile Home Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Pacific Coast
Seaboard
North Carolina
Ronald K. Sweat
Dillon
S.C
Virginia
Atlantic Beach
N.C
Newark
N.J
Midlands
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Springfield
Maryville
Tulsa
Okla
Ward Memorial
UC Santa Barbara
Fess E. Parker Jr
Goleta Slough
Parker
Lakeside Mobile Home
Slough
Santa Barbara Municipal
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William C. Garland
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Strategic Aerospace Division
Howard M. Levine
394Th Strategic Missile Squadron
Garland
12Th
Davis-Monthan Afb
Ariz
U.S. Air Force
Mrs. Lansdown
Fresno
Fifth District Court of Appeal
Betty Lansdown
Elise Corby
McPeek Family Mortuary
Elise C. Corby
Lompoc Distret Hospital
Corby
E. Lemon
Helmer W. Christensen
Russell A. Gougeon
Peter Senn
Riven Rock Rd
Mountain Dr
Calle Real
Kellogg Ave
Patterson Ave
Anthony Romansanta
Romansanta
State Highway Department
Patterson
Vic Mohr
Cuyama Valley
Higginson
Peter Bakewell
John Russell
Citizens Planning Assn
Michael Wheelright
Clark & Larsson
Volkswagen
Lompoc S
Lompoc
Rockies
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Florida
Actor
Cooper's
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Sears , Sears, Roebuck
Pine St. Lompoc
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