Supervisors approve 13.9 cent tax cut in 1972 73 rates
The Board of Supervisors set a county tax rate of 3.46 per 100 assessed value for 1972-73, approving cuts alongside district rates. Tax Action representatives praised the move despite a 4.6 million general fund increase. Auditor Paul Floyd cited changes in non property tax funds enabling the reduction. Local rates include Lompoc city 1.68 and education total 4.93 with county taxes. County general fund budget stands at 66 million.
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Board of Supervisors
Tax Action
Paul Floyd
City of
Lompoc
Lompoc Unified
Santa Ynez River
Cemetery
Allan Hancock College
Santa Barbara County
City of Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
McGovern backs GAO probe into campaign donations
Sen George S McGovern welcomed a General Accounting Office audit of his campaign funds saying he has nothing to hide. He cited raising 1 8 million from 63 000 donors since the Democratic National Convention and announced a New York Liberal Party nomination on the Democratic ticket.
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Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
GAO
McGovern
New York
Liberal Party
Wall Street
Gallup
Jets strike Xom Bai garrison near Hanoi first war air raid
U S Air Force F4 Phantom jets leveled 13 barracks and eight nearby buildings at the Xom Bai Garrison 37 miles northwest of Hanoi in a first strike. They also blasted a rail line as part of Sunday actions while ground fighting raged near Saigon and Que Son district. Seven people were injured in weekend accidents in California and local scenes showed a venison barbecue and a Cub Scouts pinewood derby event in Kenneth L. Adam park.
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Saigon
UPI
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
Xom Bai
Que Son
Edward Bassett
Quezon
Bassett
California brush fire rages in Los Padres. six dead
Firefighters battle the worst Southern California brush fire of the season in Los Padres National Forest as six people die and 17,000 acres burn. The blaze, aided by 2,200 firefighters and nine aircraft, aims to contain by Tuesday with possible thundershowers.
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Sulphur Springs
Calif
UPI
California
Los Padres National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
Stan Bunce
Echo Falls Canyon
Nationwide search ends for man who threatened Nixon
Ralph P. DeStafano, 31, of Atlantic City New Jersey, sought nationwide on a charge of threatening to kill President Nixon, was arrested near Savannah Georgia en route to Key Biscayne Florida. FBI said an unloaded .32 pistol and 41 rounds of ammunition were found, with the suspect to appear in U S district court.
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Savannah GA
UPI
Ralph P. DeStafano
Atlantic City
N.J
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
FBI
San Clemente
Calif
DeStafano
Old South Manor Motor Lodge
Purvis
Johnson
New Jersey
Nixon targets all volunteer army and troop cuts in Vietnam
President Nixon planned to discuss further U.S. troop reductions in Vietnam with Defense Secretary Melvin Laird at the Western White House. He aims to move to an all volunteer force by next July, ending conscription and expanding recruitment incentives.
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Vietnam
White House
U.S
Ronald L. Ziegler
Laird
Pentagon
Nixon
Kakuei Tanaka
Hawaii
Fatal dust storm pileups claim dozens in Southern California
Winds up to 25 miles per hour blew topsoil across State Route 99 and Interstate 5 near Bakersfield causing two connected pileups in the San Joaquin Valley. More than 100 people were killed or injured with about 80 vehicles involved. seven dead and 96 injured were reported with details withheld pending family notifications.
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Bakersfield
UPI
San Joaquin Valley
California Highway Patrol
California
Major Smith
Oakland
Calif
Jim Gay
Kern County
Smith
Viana
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E. Cherry Ave
Solvang
Robert Anderson
Orval Martin
Buellton
Anderson
Santa Ynez Valley Community Hospital
Goleta Community Hospital
CHP
Refugio Road
Martin
Marjorie Beesley
Temple City
Adrian Lane
Sherry Lane
Goleta
Highway 101
Las Cruces
Kenneth L. Adam Park
Ernie Bouslaugh
Posey Southern
Lompoc High School
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