Cable tv panel fails to reach recommendation on future franchise
The local cable tv committee adjourned without a vote on options for TelePrompTer, bid, or city ownership. Members and residents criticized service quality while debating renegotiation terms and contract lengths amid ongoing disagreement.
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TelePrompTer
Joe Johnson
Lompoe
Tom Froemming
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Charlotte Benton
Charles Ward
Ed Rodgers
E. Locust Ave
Thomas McCarthy
Oxford Dr
Froemming
Davison
Benton
Johnson
Mission Hills
Beas
del Norte
Channel 9
Rodgers
Vandenberg Village
Channel 2
California Supreme Court declares school financing system illegal
The California Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 that funding public schools through local property taxes violates equal protection. The decision orders a new plan by 1980, noting wealth-based disparities limit poorer districts' ability to provide quality education. Justice Sullivan wrote the majority with Justices Wright Tobriner and Mosk. dissent by Justices Clark and Richardson.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
State Supreme Court
Los Angeles County
John Serrano Jr
Los Angeles
Whittier
Raymond L. Sullivan
Donald R. Wright
Mathew O. Tobriner
Stanley Mosk
William P. Clark
Marshall F. McComb
Frank K. Richardson
Supreme Court
Detroit policing eases New Year drink arrests
Detroit Police Chief William L. Hart orders a New Year moratorium on drunk driving arrests from 6 p.m. today to 6 a.m. Saturday, sending intoxicated motorists home by cab unless accidents or extenuating circumstances occur. Other agencies warn they won t be as lenient.
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United Press International
Detroit
William L. Hart
Michigan
Illinois
National Safety Council
Palestinian and Lebanese forces clash near Israeli border
Palestinian guerrillas and Lebanese Christian rightists exchange artillery near the Israeli frontier in southern Lebanon. Reported shelling targets Klein Ain Abel and Ameich. A 48 hour ultimatum was issued to release passengers seized by armed men.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Klein and
Ain Abel
Ameich
One Dead in County Crash Near Cathedral Oaks Road
A head on collision on Cathedral Oaks Road near Tucker's Grove left one driver dead and another with minor injuries. The deceased is a Santa Barbara resident. identity withheld pending kin notification. In a second crash on Highway 101 near Highway 1, Andrea L Limbrick 21 of Berkeley was treated for facial cuts and possible neck injury. passenger Velma Limbrick 22 had a possible back injury.
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Cathedral Oaks
Tucker's Grove
California High Patrol
Santa Barbara
CHP
Goleta Valley Hospital
Andrea L. Limbrick
Berkeley
Highway 101
Highway 1
Limbrick
Santa Ynez Valley Hospital
Velma Limbrick
Rain Relief After Drought Hits Lompoc Valley
Lompoc Valley received an additional .52 inch of rain since Thursday morning easing drought worries for lawns and farms. Forecasts show continued precipitation through Saturday with clearing later. Snowfall at Sierra resorts offered some relief for ski operations, while central valley agriculture remained in danger without heavy mountain snow.
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Lompoc
California
Pasadena
Sierra Ski Resort
Squaw Valley
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An Nahar
Ghassan Tueni
Optimist Club
Lompoc High School
Don Neu
First Southern Baptist Church
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Gordon Snow
State Department of Food and Agriculture
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