Supervisors approve two county posts including criminalist
The Board of Supervisors created a county criminalist position to help establish a county crime laboratory and named Cecil Hitler as the new criminalist. They also approved an assistant county agricultural commissioner to handle increased workload, with the assistant to be named and salary to be set later.
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Board of Supervisors
David D. Minier
Cecil Hitler
Santa Clara County
State Narcotics Bureau
Minier
Goleta Valley
Graydon Hall
Santa Marian
North County
South Coast
Administrative Office
Agricultural Department
Wilbur Wagstaff
Hitler
California school aid plan faces Serrano law questions
California schools will gain more funding next year under a $1.1 billion tax shift bill Gov Reagan plans to sign. The measure adds $561 million to local schools and raises the state share of education from 32 to 43 percent while delivering $229 million in property tax relief. In Compton Unified, rates could fall from 7.23 to 4.75 per 100 valuation as $7.3 million more state aid raises spending per pupil.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Ronald Reagan
State Supreme Court
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Compton Unified
Los Angeles County
Willows Unified
Glenn County
Elk Hills Elementary
Kern County
Serrano
Nation Faces Arctic Storm and Widespread Snow Across Regions
An arctic storm with 40 mph winds blankets Colorado and neighboring states with heavy snow and sub zero temps. Snow warnings stretch across Arizona Wyoming Nebraska Kansas Iowa and Wisconsin while floodwaters rise along Lake Erie in Monroe County Michigan. Weather mixed with drizzle and snow impacts travel as districts face shifts in state aid and tax rates under Serrano related financing concerns.
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United Press International
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Atlantic States
Colorado
Arizona
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Monroe County
Mich
Kissinger Tho Pause To Consult Governments In Vietnam Talks
Peace negotiators Kissinger and Le Duc Tho agreed to a 24 hour halt to consult their governments ahead of a possible cease fire in Vietnam. U.S. officials said talks resumed with a session scheduled for Paris time. Optimism remained high for a ceasefire by mid December and for prisoners to start returning home.
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Paris
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
Nixon
Ziegler
U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Tho
Nixon names James Lynn HUD secretary in reshuffled administration
President Nixon announces James T. Lynn will be secretary of the Housing and Urban Development Department succeeding George Romney, with Rogers Morton remaining interior secretary. Ziegler praises Lynn as young and capable while Morton is lauded for leadership of natural lands and conservation.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
James T. Lynn
Commerce
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rogers C. B. Morton
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Lynn
George Romney
Ziegler
Romney
Morton
Freezing Temperatures Hit Lompoc After Rain Storm
Light showers added a fractional inch of rain, lifting the season total to 5.49 inches while last year at this time stood at .93 inches. Streets were icy but no serious accidents were reported as temperatures dropped below freezing in Lompoc. Floradale Farms near Lompoc recorded 30 degrees, Johns Manville near Lompoc 34 degrees.
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Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Floradale Farms
Johns-Manville Products Co
Back Yard Burning Policy Faces County Board Vote
County Supervisor Curtis Tunnell pushes for changes to air pollution rules to permit back yard burns under special conditions. A Rules and Regulations Committee favored keeping the current ban outside cities. a public hearing will be scheduled to gauge support and set limits with fire department permits.
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Tunnell
Rules and Regulations Committee
William Luton
Los Alamos
Luton
Cliff Seymour
George P. Kading
Seymour
Santa Maria
North County
Charles F. Catterlin
Francis H. Beattie
San Luis Obispo County
Beattie
San Luis Obispo
Lompoc asks county to take over jail
Lompoc officials urged the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to assume operation of the Lompoc city jail. The move would affect detention for Lompoc Mission Hills and Vandenberg Village, with potential savings and traffic on patrols tied to a Santa Maria area expansion. The referral was sent to Administrative Officer Raymond D. Johnson and the north county detention facilities committee for report back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond D. Johnson
County Committee
North County
G.L. Cotsenmeyer
Lompoc
Francis H. Beattie
Cotsenmeyer
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara County
Lompoc Valley
Mission Hills
Vandenberg Village
Board of Supervisors
Curtis Tunnell
Charles F. Catterlin
Santa Barbara
John W. Carpenter
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Lompoc-Casmalia
Lake Erie
Civil Defense
Missouri
Lower
Great Lakes
New England
Upper
Charles Percy
Percy
Ellsworth Bunker
Frederick Weyand
James Lynn
HUD
Commerce Department
Department
Peter G. Peterson
White House International Economic Council
Peterson
County
City of
Lompoc City
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