Taxpayer financing cut from 1972 race by budget talks
Senate negotiators scrapped a Democratic plan for taxpayer financing of the 1972 presidential campaign amid Nixon veto fears and changed the plan to affect only future races. The compromise would let taxpayers designate part of their taxes to a party’s presidential campaign, with Republicans signaling refusal for 1972 funds and a heated floor exchange ensuing.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Dem
Nixon economic controls stall in House committee
Senate approved a bill to extend Nixon era economic controls through April 30, 1973, but the House Banking Committee deadlocked 18 to 18. Leader worl to break the deadlock to keep Congress in session. The measure would grant Nixon broad wartime-like powers to regulate wages prices rents and dividends while allowing standby use of interest rate limits. The plan includes a 5.5 percent pay raise for government workers and servicemen starting January 1.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
House Banking Committee
Congress
Barry M Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Patman
Tunnell Named 1972 County Board Chairman in Santa Maria
Fifth District Supervisor Curtis Tunnell of Santa Maria is slated to become chairman of the Board of Supervisors for 1972 with a decision to be made at the December 6 session in the County Administration Building. He will be joined by Francis H. Beattie in the vice chair role as the board prepares for the new year.
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Curtis Tunnell
Santa Maria
Board of Supervisors
Tunnell
Supervisors
North County
Francis H. Beattie
Beattie
County Water Agency
Southern Regional Association of the County Supervisors
Alsa
Daniel G. Grant
Goleta Valley
Pay Board in Chaos Sparks Wage Increase Doubts
Labor sources describe the Pay Board as chaotic with no detailed rules or forms. Officials say IRS is enforcing a rigid 5.5 percent yardstick, prompting calls for procedural and policy changes amid nationwide filing confusion.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
Gandhi tells world powers to mind their own business
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi denounces external interference in the India Pakistan crisis addressing political workers outside her residence. Rebels surround a Sylhet air strip in East Pakistan while Indian forces strike a major north south railroad near Dinajpur, signaling intensified actions on multiple fronts.
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New Delhi
UPI
Indira Gandhi
India
Sylhet
E. Pakistan
Dinajpur
Fire destroys Lompoc Record Publications building in early morning blaze
An early morning fire at 115 North H Street devastated the downtown Lompoc Record Publications building. Firefighters battled nearly an hour amid heavy smoke, saving equipment but destroying the plant with losses estimated at 100000 to 125000 dollars. The press and offices relocated as Santa Maria Times offered an offset press for today's issue.
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Harry J. Crompe
Lompoc Record Publications, Inc
North H Street
All City Tire
County Fire Department
Don Johnson
George Drew
Elks Lodge
Photon
Commercial Printing Department
Tiremen
Valley Photo Service
Central Coast Realty
Press Club
Robert C. Lilley
Lilley
The
Santa Maria Times
Lompoc Record Remains Open After Fire Disruption
Despite a damaging blaze the Lompoc Record continues operations at temporary offices on the second floor of the Lilley Building. News, society, ads, and circulation departments list separate Santa Maria printed delivery delays of about two hours for subscribers.
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Lompoc
Lilley
Society
Valley Photo Service
W. Ocean Ave
Santa Maria
Weather outlook with rain and cooler temperatures ahead
Increasing cloudiness and rain likely tonight with showers. Partly cloudy tomorrow and Friday with a chance of showers and cooler highs in the 50s. Tonight lows upper 30s to 40s. High tides reach 7.0 feet at 9:44 a.m. and 3.9 feet at 10:56 p.m. Low tides at 2.2 feet and minus 1.5 feet at 4:26 a.m. and 9:08 p.m.
Planners Postpone Solvang Decision on Housing Plan
Santa Barbara County Planning Commission delayed final action on amendments to the general plan that could add more than 2,500 homes in Solvang over the next decade. The four hour hearing drew a large, polarized crowd at Solvang’s Veterans Memorial Building as developers Insignis LSI and Alisal Co pitched clustered projects spurring water and density concerns from opponents. The board adjourned to January 5 to resume testimony while the Board of Supervisors will render the ultimate decision.
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Santa Barbara
Insignis
LSI
Alisal Co
Alisal
Alisal Ranch
Solvang Valley
Stanley C. Hatch
Santa Ynez River
Lilley
Board of Supervisors
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