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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1973
Page
3
Sacramento reports a tight general fund as lawmakers approved a 700 million tax break. Roy Bell, assistant director of the Department of Finance, said the state may have about 25 million in the general fund and 250 million in federal revenue sharing left. Funds for welfare increases and school lunch programs rely on federal revenue sharing with restrictions.
In Kern County two men face murder charges tied to a Lamont grape field shooting and a deputy retaliation case. Bavani Advincular, 20, arraigned for murder in Juan De La Cruz death, with Earnest Baclig released after driving the gun truck. A grand jury may indict another deputy in Nagi Daifullah head injury case. Teamsters say Daifullah not a United Farm Workers member but had Teamster ties.
Washington reports the Consumer Price Index up only 0.2 percent in July the smallest monthly increase this year with the freeze ending contributing to the slowdown. Food costs rose 0.8 percent while nonfood commodities fell 0.2 percent and services rose 0.2 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes data collection began after June 13 when President Nixon imposed the price freeze.
The Board of Supervisors canceled its weekly meeting due to lack of a quorum with only two of five members present. Chairman Francis H. Beattie called off the session as Supervisors Curtis Tunnell Frank J. Frost and Charles F. Catterlin were absent on vacation or travel. All five are expected to be present August 27 to discuss a proposed salary boost and full-time designation.
In Sacramento the AB18 welfare bill by Assemblyman John Burton won seven committee votes, seven needed, against five Republicans. Sen. Albert Rodda calls it an exercise in futility as Reagan officials oppose the measure, preferring a cheaper plan stalled in the Assembly Welfare Committee.
United Press International reports firefighters expect containment of a major California blaze near Sonora in Stanislaus National Forest as winds hinder efforts. More than 2,600 personnel with airtankers worked to protect the Cherry Valley Dam area. damage is estimated at 28 million board feet and 10 million dollars to timber with 18 million to watershed. A second man caused fire near Kyburz forced vacationer evacuations. over 1,100 crews battled 8,000 acres of sugar pine and fir. A third fire near Susanville burned 10,000 acres with 650 responders and destroyed an old barn and two trailers.
County Planning Commission will resume public hearings Wednesday in Santa Barbara on general plan and zoning consistency for Goleta Valley Carpinteria Valley and Lompoc Valley. The agenda includes Isla Vista rezoning McFall market and gas station request Masonic lodge Santa Maria conformance and bank site in Solvang Kiwanis Club signs highway 246 road abandonment in Los Olivos and related amendments.
Rep Charles Wilson opens a hearing on the postal service noting 61 million pieces of mail in the Los Angeles metro area were missorted or mishandled last year. He cites labor management, facilities, and communications as key issues while Postmaster James Symbol defends the system's 95 percent accuracy as acceptable.
The Skylark Club selected the Valley of the Flowers for a Sunday fly-in at Lompoc Airport. Twenty aircraft with 70 members toured La Purisima Mission and flower fields after breakfast. The club, formed 16 years ago, has logged about 11 million accident free air miles.
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