Egypt and Israel open historic peace talks in Cairo
Egypt and Israel began direct negotiations in Cairo aiming for a comprehensive settlement ending decades of conflict. Five empty seats at the round table underscored difficulties ahead while Arabs boycott suggested fear of a separate peace. Esmat Abdel Halim led the Egyptian delegation.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Israel
Esmat Abdel
Menahem Begin
Tel Aviv
United States
Carter
Begin
Cyrus Vance
Riyadh
Vance
Sadat
Meguid
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Lompoc power shutoff set to aid repair work
About 9 000 Lompoc electrical customers will lose power for roughly two hours starting 3 a m Saturday while PG and E and the city complete repairs from last month outage. If all goes well repairs may take about an hour. The outage follows a short circuit on one of two main feed lines that left the city without power for three and a half hours on Nov 16.
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Lompoc
City
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
William Ruffner
Ruffner
Pg&e
Chestnut Avenue
E Street
Prisoners From Mexico To Be Transferred To Lompoc
F C I at Lompoc will receive 30 inmates recently moved from Mexico under the prisoner exchange treaty. The warden’s office said processing is under way in San Diego and the 30 men are expected to reach Lompoc by tomorrow afternoon. No specific identities were available yet.
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F.C.1
Lompoc
Mexico
San Diego
Gary Aldinger
Social Security tax deal seen to pass in Congress
Negotiators reach final agreement on raising Social Security payroll taxes by 227 billion over ten years. A separate tuition tax credit proposal by Senator Roth is withdrawn for possible later consideration. The credit would offer 250 dollar annual tax relief for students in higher education to families with dependent students. The administration opposes the plan citing targeting concerns.
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Washington
House
Senate
William Roth
Del
Congress
Roth
Conjunctive Use Halt Favored by Santa Barbara Committee
A Santa Barbara special committee recommends halting further conjunctive use exploration, aligning with Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District directors. A minority report by Bob Paul is anticipated. The panel questions Phase B, citing water quality risks and uncertain extra supply, with CDM Corp. projections of 5,000 to 10,000 acre feet possible.
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Santa Ynez River
Santa Barbara
CDM Corp
South County
Water District
Drought Hit Santa Ynez Valley Ranchers Amid Low Rainfall
In the Santa Ynez Valley farmers face a third straight drought as only 0.25 inch of rain falls since July. Lake Cachuma remains at a record low with 106000 acre feet, spurring calls for cloud seeding funded by county and possible federal aid. Ranchers weigh whether to plant oats, barley or wheat with prices sagging for alfalfa and oat hay.
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Santa Ynez
Cachuma
Bradbury Dam
Don Boyd
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Boyd
South Coast
Dana Merrill
Kevin
Merrill
California
Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau
Cachuma Conservation Release Board
County Water Agency
County Supervisors
Charles Lawrance
Santa Ynez Valley
Solvang
Lompoc Board weighs proficiency rules for disabled students
Trustees debated how disabled students should meet new high school literacy tests under state law. Options include single standards, certificates of completion, or differentiated testing with IEP driven goals, plus possible oral or alternative assessments. The district will identify eighth graders for early testing on April 15.
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Lompoc
U.S
Irwin Wapner
Linda Bond
Gary Hart
Bond
Lompoc Junior High Pta
Weather outlook with fog and cooler temperatures
Fog or low clouds tonight and early Thursday give way to variable high clouds Thursday afternoon. The area cools to near 50 tonight and highs rise to the mid to upper 60s Thursday. Tides: high 4.4 feet at 2 03 a.m. and 4.8 feet at 1 10 p.m. Low tides 2.2 feet at 7 29 a.m. and minus 0.0 feet at 8 14 p.m.
Lompoc Panel Approves Reservoir Impact Report Near Beattie Park
The Environmental Quality Committee of Lompoc voted 3 to 0, two absent, to approve an environmental impact report for a proposed three million gallon reservoir near Beattie Park. Public Works director Barry Gustafson endorsed the consultant’s finding that the design can endure severe earthquakes and noted the new facility would be stronger than existing reservoirs, though funding was not available in 1976 and the project carried an estimated cost above $600,000.
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Vaughn Proctor
City of
Lompoc
Beattie Park
City Public Works
Barry Gustafson
Gustafson
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James P. Sweeney
FCI
Michael Lynn McBride
Kerry Robin McBride
South K St
King Merrill
King Merrill Photo
Impact Report
Wilma Jack
James McClure
Idaho
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