Bettencourt to Lose Reappointment to County Planning Panel
Santa Ynez Valley rancher Boyd Bettencourt will not be reappointed to the County Planning Commission. Third District Supervisor elect James Slater, from Goleta Valley, is expected to announce his appointee after New Year’s Day. Slater previously named Mrs. Peter Bratt as the Goleta Valley representative.
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Boyd Bettencourt
Santa Ynez Valley
County Planning Commission
James Slater
Goleta Valley
Slater
Peter Bratt
Commission
Bettencourt
Recycling committee in Lompoc fades from view
The City of Lompoc faces waning public interest as the recycling panel, started in October 1971, has not met in years. Art Heinrich now chairs with two others, while officials cite high costs and weak demand for recycled glass as obstacles to revival.
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Lompoc
Art Heinrich
Bruce Sharpe
Jean Jacoby
Art Scott
Hinderliter
Ecology Center
North H Street
North First Street
City Planning Commission
Heinrich
James Brightwell
Council to get water ordinance
Lompoc City Council on Tuesday will begin revising monthly water rates as a first step toward passage. The plan keeps most rates unchanged but lowers the amount of free water at the minimum rate, with the ordinance to be introduced after a city attorney report.
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Lompoc
Koebig
Reagan signs bill boosting California lawmakers pay
Governor Reagan signed a measure raising California legislators' salaries from 19 200 to 21 120 a year and authorizing higher pay for his staff. The measure takes effect December 2 1974 after the next election and includes extra pension benefits for retirees before 1975.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Bombing intensifies as U S planes raid North Vietnam
U S planes press heavy raids over North Vietnam for the 12th day since December 18 while a 24 hour New Year truce is declared in South Vietnam. Nixon reportedly orders a short bombing halt over New Year’s Day and Hanoi talks continue. American losses rise with 12 more planes listed missing and 26 shot down. Travelers report Gia Lam airport damage and restricted civilian flights amid ongoing hostilities.
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Saigon
UPS
North Vietnam
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Nixon
Hanoi
Vientiane
Laos
International Control Commission
ICC
Gia Lam
Red River
Eastern Flight 401 Crashes Into Everglades With 167 Aboard
An Eastern Airlines Lockheed 1011 with 154 passengers and 13 crew on Flight 401 from Kennedy Airport crashed into the Everglades swamp near Miami. Coast Guard hoists recovered survivors as hospitals braced for more, with four confirmed to be hospitalized and 20 expected.
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Miami
UPI
Eastern Airlines
New York
Everglades
Ann Meekins
Palmetto Hospital
Coast Guard
Kennedy International Airport
Jack Barker
Southeastern
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Democrats push to condemn Nixon Vietnam bombing policy
Liberal House Democrats agreed to seek official condemnation of President Nixon's bombing policy. The draft resolution would halt further Vietnam war funding and call for an immediate end to U S bombing of North Vietnam. It will be presented to the House Democratic caucus at the organizational meeting opening the new Congress.
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Washington
UPI
House
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Vietnam
House Democratic Study Group
North Vietnam
House Democratic Caucus
Congress
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Surf Beach
Rennie L. Adam
Solvang
Alisal
Board of Supervisors
Don Hinderliter
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Alfred Long
Monterey Park
Senate
Illinois
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Edwin Meese
N. Vietnam
William Gompers
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