Move to retain Boyd Bettencourt on County Planning Commission
Santa Ynez Valley business leaders press Third District Supervisor-elect James Slater to keep Boyd Bettencourt on the nine member County Planning Commission. Slater, opposed to Bettencourt before, faces decision amid difficulty finding a valley appointee. Support comes from Solvang Buellton associations and local improvement groups. Bettencourt was appointed by Supervisor Grant, succeeding Andrew Petersen.
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Santa Ynez Valley
Boyd Bettencourt
County Planning Commission
James Slater
Santa Barbara
Goleta Valley
Slater
Bettencourt
Third District
Daniel G. Grant
Solvang and
Buellton Businessmen’s Associations
Ballard Protective and Improvement Assn
Santa Ynez Improvement Assn
Grant
Andrew T. Petersen
Four attorneys seek Santa Barbara Goleta judge post
The Santa Barbara Goleta Judicial District bench may soon have a vacancy with Judge Walter E. Parent retiring January 7. Four attorneys including County Supervisor Charles F. Catterlin and GOP figures Arnold Gowans Alice Merenbach and Eugene Flynn vie for the seat. Gov. Reagan will appoint a Republican. a Catterlin departure could trigger a scramble for succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara — Goleta Judicial District
Walter E. Parent
Charles F. Catterlin
Arnold D. Gowans
U.S
Santa Barbara
GOP
Central Committee
Alice T. Merenbach
Eugene J. Flynn
Ronald Reagan
Catterlin
Robert Kallman
Reagan
New Civil Service Commission names new chairman and members
Following the resignation of George Bliss the Civil Service Commission reorganized with Orville Ellis named chairman. Kenneth Stillman becomes vice president and Arden Petersen Marion Rice Eleanor Wright join as members. Mrs Wright is the first woman on the panel succeeding Bliss who lost a supervisor race. Honey exoneration earlier drew headlines regarding Isla Vista disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Civil Service Commission
George Bliss
Carpinteria
Commission
Orville Ellis
Ellis
Santa Barbara
Kenneth Stillman
Lompoc
Arden Petersen
Solvang
Marion Rice
Santa Maria
Eleanor Wright
Montecito
Wright
George H. Clyde
Bliss
Joel Honey
Sheriff's Department
John W. Carpenter
Honey
Isla Vista
Free grave offer drawn by Montreal Rotary Club
A Montreal Rotary Club ad promises a free grave at Montreal Memorial Park for anyone who preregisters intending to drink and drive during the New Year. A Denver caller repeatedly confirmed the registration. Also reported are DUI arrests in California and Santa Barbara counties, a jail fire-incident, a theft case, and Salvation Army Nicaraguan relief drive details.
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Montreal
UPI
Denver
Joseph Bollinger
Salvation Army
Closing Stocks Reported by Rohrbaugh and Co
Stock quotations furnished by Rohrbaugh and Co at 3865 F Constellation Road Lompoc list prices and values for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohrbaugh and Co
Constellation Road
Lompoc
Reagan names 15 to new California coastline commissions
Gov. Ronald Reagan appointed 15 people to statewide and regional coastline protection panels, including Melvin B. Lane of Atherton and Roger T. Osenbaugh of Pasadena. The appointments reflect the ballot measure to curb coastal development and require a master plan for coastline conservation, with six regional commissions sharing the statewide panel.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Sunset Books
Melvin B. Lane
Atherton
Lane
Roger T. Osenbaugh
Alhambra Insurance
Reagan
Senate Rules Committee
Fred Farr
Carmel
Bernard J. Ridder Jr
Long Beach
Assembly
Bob Moretti
D-Van Nuys
Lane Magazine
Leap second added to 1972 year end timing
Timekeepers will insert one extra second at 11 59 60 on December 31 to align clocks with Earth’s slowing rotation. West Coast official time is set by Hewlett Packard’s calibration lab using cesium beam clocks, accurate to one millionth of a second, preventing drift over 100000 years.
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Santa Clara
Calif
UPI
Greenwhich
England
West Coast
Hewlett-Packard Company
San Francisco
Nixon sells two Key Biscayne lots for 150000
UPI reports President Nixon sold two Key Biscayne lots for 150000 with an estimated profit near 100000. Records show purchases in 1967 and 1971 totaling 53100, with the buyer identified as New York attorney William E Griffin Jr who plans to build a home on the property. Nixon described the sale as a real estate investment.
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Miami
UPI
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Dade County
New York
William E. Griffin Jr
Griffin
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Moscow announces amnesty for petty criminals in 50th anniversary move
The Soviet government said on Thursday night it would free thousands of petty criminals but not political prisoners in a general amnesty marking the USSRs 50th anniversary. Tass described the action as aimed at those who showed exemplary conduct toward labor and correction. The amnesty excludes dangerous state crimes and repeat offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Obituary Savino Valdevia Lopez 49 at Vandenberg AFB Hospital
Savino Valdevia Lopez died Thursday at Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital aged 49. Rosary tonight at 8 15 p m at McPeek Family Mortuary and Requiem Mass tomorrow at 9 a m at La Purisima Catholic Church with interment at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Born 1929 in Goleta, he moved to Lompoc in 1955 and worked as an FCI heavy equipment operator at Vandenberg AFB until 1970. He belonged to the G I Forum and helped under privileged Mexican American families through the Title Program. Survivors include his widow Alice five sons Frederick Thomas Alex Dennis Carl two daughters Frances four brothers and three sisters and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPeek
la Purisima Catholic
Savino Valdevia Lopez
Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital
Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
Goleta
Lopez
East Ocean Avenue
Lompoc
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North Road
Federal Correctional Institution
California Highway Patrol
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Buellton
Larry Patrick Olivarez
Santa Ynez
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Venice
Casados
Highway 101
Allen Eugene Pontes
North U St
Charles Waller
Waller
Alcon. Alum
Lear Siegler
Alcoa
Litton Indus
American Air
Lockheed
American Can
McDonnell -Douglas
APECO
At&t
Penn-Central Anaconda
Purex
Bethlehem
RCA
Boise-Cascadell
Rapid American
Bunker-Ramo
City Investing
Rapid Amer
WTS
Cont
Safeway
Sears Roebuck
Chrysler
Computer Sciences
SoCal Edison
RAND
Stand Oil of Calif
DG. Corp
Exxon
Eastman Kodac
Teleprompter
Fleetwood Telex
Ford Motors Yq
Texaco
Times-Mirror
Fuqua Indac CO Trans America
General Namics
Union Oil
General Electric
US. Steel
General Motors
Bright and Stocking
Regional Commission
No. H St
Lompoc Plaza
Barretts
Vode
Marovich
Ates
Barrett
North Lompoc RE
H Street Plaza
Ighy
Olen
Harry Morris
E. College Ave
Savino Lopez
Frederick
la Palma
Thomas
Washington
Alex, Dennis and
Carl
Frances Lopez
Paul and
Reno Mendoza
Raymond Mendoza
Santa Monica
Peter Mendoza
Sunnyvale
Margaret and
Mary Mendoza
Linda Allen
Starbuck
North H Street
Order of the Olden Hule
Penneys White Sale
Nni
Jordano
Companion Ice Bucket
Lompoc Shopping Center
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