Lompoc Faces Clash in Sheriff Battle Over Honey Dismissal
Tension rose in the Lompoc area as Sheriff John W. Carpenter faced a February 15 Civil Service hearing amid a dispute with Sheriff Capt. Joel B. Honey. Honey alleges political reprisals against officers at the Solvang Substation and questions a deputy charged with multiple violations tied to Sgt. Richard Baldivier who faces past disciplinary action. Baldivier, recovering in Santa Maria, has denied coercion and stated he sought a transfer home to Santa Maria, while Baldivier’s supporters had previously opposed his move.
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Joel B. Honey
Lompoc
County Civil Service Commission
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Solvang
Lompoc Valley
Richard Baldivier
Laurence Marshall
Richard Baldiviez
Marian Hospital
Santa Maria
Baldiviez
Bill Kelley
Baldivier
Sheriff's Department
UK soldiers in Ireland on alert for funerals after shootings
More than 4000 British troops in Northern Ireland were placed on alert for the funerals of 12 people killed in a Sunday shooting. The 13th victim’s burial was scheduled for Thursday and authorities reported gunfire in Belfast with a soldier killed and two wounded.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
Raymond MacLean
MacLean
Belfast
Mount Pottinge
Irish Republican Army
IRA
London
Edward Heath
Lord Widgery
Nixon lashes Congress over West Coast dock strike
President Nixon criticized Congress for inaction on urgent legislation to end a 116 day West Coast dock strike. He resubmitted a plan for binding arbitration requiring finalists offers to an impartial umpire to avert future transportation disruptions. Governors urged federal action as talks continued with little progress.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Israel Accepts bid to join talks on Suez Canal reopening
Israel announced it will participate in indirect talks with Egypt on reopening the Suez Canal, pending U.S. clarifications. President Sadat in Moscow influences final stance as Cairo has cut contacts with Washington amid Middle East tensions.
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Suez Canal
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
United States
Middle East
Sadat
Moscow
Israel
Washington
New York
Abba Eban
U.S
First 1973 draft call set by March 6 birthdate
Youths born March 6, 1953 were assigned the first Selective Service callup for 1973 in a likely final full lottery. March 6 ranked 287th, with March 7 at 2 and July 23 at 365. Inductions may fall as Nixon pushes for an all volunteer army by mid-1973 amid Vietnam war slowdowns.
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UPI
Selective Service
Nixon
Commerce Department
Curtis W. Tarr
Tarr
Armed Services
Congress
Lompoc Council to hold joint meeting on water rate and Gretco line
The Lompoc City Council votes 3 to 2 to keep a 20 percent water rate increase and plans a joint session with the water commission next Tuesday at City Hall. Public works proposes 55 percent. Gretco asks for city water and a bonded 14 inch line pending committee review.
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Lompoc
City Water Commission
City Hall
Water Commission
Gene Wahlers
Public Works
Ken Dawson
Gretco Inc
Gretco
Dawson
Eugene Huseman
Gretco City
Special fund approved to buy the Supermasher
The Beautification Commission votes to create a tax free special fund for recycling projects including the Supermasher built by Don Hinderliter at personal cost. The council delays taking over the machine to allow licensing and storage plans and hears a status report from Hinderliter on the committee’s progress.
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Lompoc
Beautification Commission
Don Hinderliter
Hinderliter
James Longtin
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