Ocean Avenue improvements meeting eyed by council
Ocean Avenue Improvement Committee will reconvene for a public meeting Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Lompoc City Hall to review alternative plans. Mayor Charlotte Benton and Councilman Joe Valencia announced the meeting as city-backed plans for medians lanes parking changes face state approval and merchant opposition.
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Ocean Avenue
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Charlotte Benton
Joe Valencia
Rocky Fluhart
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Fluhart
F Street
Benton
Gene Wahlers
Karl Braun
Braun's Pharmacy
South H St
Stephanie Bullock
City Beautification Commission
Bill Fick
The
Planning Commission
Robert Lusby
E. Ocean Ave
Tom Green
TG Realty
Winston Scarborough
Winston’s Valley
W. Ocean Ave
Val Orona
el Zarape Cafe
Rennie Adam
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13 Bodies Found in U S Navy Plane Crash in Canary Islands
Police and locals on Hierro island comb the wreckage site as 13 bodies are recovered with one more believed missing. The four engine P 3 Orion based in Brunswick Maine crashed during a training flight above Hierro in fog and rain, with no survivors.
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Stevens and Green file for city election nomination
Incumbent City Councilman E C Stevens and Realtor Tom Green are the first two to take out nomination papers for three city council seats in the March 7 General Municipal Election. Councilwoman Elinor Lefkowitz plans to seek re election while Mayor Charlotte Benton has not said if she will run. Nomination papers may be filed until noon December 29 unless an incumbent withdraws, in which case the deadline extends to January 3.
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E.C. Stevens
Tom Green
Green
Stevens
Elinor Lefkowitz
Charlotte Benton
Lompoc School District to Seek Bids for Central Kitchen
The Lompoc district plans to authorize staff to solicit bids for equipment for an $813000 central kitchen to serve all schools. The project location is next to the administration offices on North A Street.
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Lompoc
Joe Carlin
Vance Lands in Amman for Middle East Peace Talks Push
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance arrived in Amman to meet King Hussein and push momentum toward a comprehensive Arab Israeli settlement. He hinted Jordan may join talks, despite Syria and Lebanon signaling reluctance, with Cairo preparations for a broad regional conference underway.
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Forced early retirement permissible, says court
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that employees may be forced into early retirement under pre act benefit plans, overturning a Fourth Circuit finding. Chief Justice Burger wrote that the 1967 Age Discrimination Act does not bar plans arranged in good faith before its passage.
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Court weighs Bona Fide Plans and Rape Case Questions
A federal court rejects a broad burden on employers to justify pre existing plans as discriminatory. Justice Burger supports that subterfuge means evasion and Congress did not intend to require business purpose. The court also rules accused rapist rights violated in Chicago hearing and declines to review libel suits involving The New York Times and a National Audubon Society official over DDT effects on birds.
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SYRWCD to eye water questions in Santa Ynez meeting
Directors of the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District meet at 7:30 p.m. in 3622 Sagunto St to discuss conjunctive use water purveyors council state water subscription and related items. They will reorganize the board and review Lompoc’s request to appropriate Santa Ynez River water and changes in the Cachuma Project contract with the Bureau of Reclamation.
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Parole Hearings Open for Americans Returned from Mexico
Dozens of U S prisoners repatriated from Mexican jails get parole hearings in San Diego Federal Jail. First 44 eligible for immediate release expected on Tuesday with many others hoped free by Christmas. Jim Norton of Los Angeles and others plan to challenge parole conditions amid coercion claims.
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la Mesa
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Hemosillo
Jim Norton
Los Angeles
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United States
Lompoc Plans Four Public Hearings Tonight
Lompoc Planning Commission will hold four public hearings including two home use permit requests for Margaret M. Howard at 30 N Seventh St and Charles R. Smith at 1129 N Gardenia St, a condition for Tradewinds Restaurant beer and wine service at 1509 W Ocean Ave, and a zone change by J R LaTourette of Santa Barbara for a 2.75 acre parcel between Walnut and Ocean Aves on Third St. Staff also recommends postponing a 19 acre parcel division into 76 residential lots between Central Barton Aves and North Second St and the Santa Ynez River.
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Margaret M. Howard
N. Seventh St
Charles R. Smith
N. Gardenia St
Doris Williamson
Tradewinds
W. Ocean Ave
J.R. LaTourette
Santa Barbara
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Ocean Avenues
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Barton Avenues
North Second Street
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City Hall
W. Walnut Avenue
Coastal Area Forecast for Santa Barbara Ventura Counties
The Santa Barbara and Ventura coastal area expects low clouds and morning fog with improving conditions through Tuesday. A slight rise in temperatures brings highs in the low 70s and Lows in the 40s. Tidal times show high tides at 4.3 and 6.2 feet and low tides near -1.0 to 1.9 feet across the day.
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