LEDA Board Pledges Oklahoma Training Trip For Director
The Lompoc Economic Development Association voted to fund Tom Parks travel and tuition for a week at the University of Oklahoma Industrial Development Institute. Since January 9 he made two industry contacts in Los Angeles and received three preliminary inquiries from a business journal ad. The board also approved associate member voting rights but not office eligibility and agreed to a city council joint dinner on February 27. The next LEDA meeting is March 13.
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Lompoc Economic Development Association
Tom Parks
Parks
Oklahoma
Los Angeles
Lompoc
Hogg Brothers
Industrial Development Institute of the University of Oklahoma
LEDA
Benches proposed for Lompoc streets by action council
The Community Action Council of Lompoc Valley appeals for support to install 104 benches along H Street from North Avenue to Veterans Memorial Building and on Ocean Avenue from A Street to C Street. A meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the Lompoc Library will solicit backing from clubs organizations and individuals with discussion on count funding style materials locations and ad considerations. Mrs Helen Reichert president leads advocates who say benches aid elderly and disabled travelers lacking transit options.
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Community Action Council of
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
H Street
North Avenue
Veterans Memorial Building
C Street
Ocean Avenue
Helen Reichert
Rezoning battle over Lompoc area industrial zoning
Delegation member Mrs. Arnetta Crossman protests to protect agricultural lands described as distinctly pastoral. Supervisor Frank Frost opposes the rezoning labeling it a leapfrogging of a non conforming use. Planning Director Britt Johnson notes general plan lists DMG with industrial history and flood plain concerns raise debates on keeping agricultural land.
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Arnetta Crossman
Frank Frost
Beattie
Grefco
County Road
Lompoc Valley
Lompocalley Economic Development Assn
Robinson
Britt Johnson
DMG
Hibbits
Johnson
Consolidation of State Computer System Falters in Sacramento
Legislative Analyst A. Alan Post reports six years of failed attempts to consolidate California’s multimillion dollar computer operations. He urges policy review on data confidentiality and privacy as five EDP centers, projected to save $150 million in five years, near operation May 1.
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Sacramento
UPI
A. Alan Post
Post
State Department of Finance
General Services Department
Finance Department
Indicted murder suspect Gourgen Yanikian in Santa Barbara
Gourgen Yanikian, 77, a former Santa Barbara land developer and engineer, is indicted by the County Grand Jury on two counts of homicide. He is jailed without bail for allegedly killing Turkish diplomats Mehmet Baydar and Bahadir Demir at lunch January 31 at the Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel. The suspect invited the diplomats to present a stolen painting. none has been found.
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Gourgen Yanikian
Santa Barbara
Near East
Yanikian
Mehmet Baydar
Los
Farm Bureau backs Giorgi view on valley committee
The County Farm Bureau endorsed Santa Ynez Valley resident Frank Giorgi's stance against joining the General Plan Advisory Committee chosen by Third District Supervisor James Slater. Slater says the panel will stay at 12 and seeks a balanced mix as the Solvang group meets with Ed Grand of Los Olivos and George Dukes of Solvang as co chairs.
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The
County Farm Bureau
Santa Ynez Valley
Frank Giorgi
Third District
James Slater
Giorgi
Slater
Goleta
Santa Ynez
Solvang
Ed Grand
Los Olivos
George Dukes
Lompoc Civic Theater Nears Opening of A Thousand Clowns
The Lompoc Civic Theater Production Company finalizes rehearsals for A Thousand Clowns. Opens Friday at 8:30 p.m. in the Lompoc Civic Auditorium with weekly Friday and Saturday shows through March 3 and a Feb. 18 matinee at 2:30. Tickets $1.75 adults, 75c students or seniors, $1.50 military. Tickets on sale at Music Box Northside, Odile Salon de Beaute, and A&W Drive-In.
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Lompoc
Music Box
Northside
Odile Salon de Beaute
North A Street
A&w Drive-In
West Ocean
County water committee undergoes leadership reshuffle
The 20 member County Water Advisory Committee must elect a new chairman. Board of Supervisors approved a new four man Third District slate, removing longtime chair Andrew Petersen. James Slater named Tom Nielsen to Santa Ynez Valley seat, with three Goleta Valley picks also on the list.
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Board of Supervisors
Third District
Andrew T. Petersen
Santa Ynez Valley
James Slater
Tom Nielsen
Solvang
Nielsen
Valley Water
Slater
Goleta Valley
Jose R. Martinez
Goleta County
Milan thief jailed after two cent purse snatch
In Milan Italy Dario Jannace 33 punched Olga Matteuzzi 73 and grabbed her purse. Police officers responding to the scream arrested Jannace and recovered the purse containing two cents.
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Milan
Italy
UPI
Dario Jannace
Olga Matteuzzi
Jannace
Reagan pledges quick signing of POW tax relief bill
Gov. Ronald Reagan said he would enthusiastically sign AB115 to grant California prisoners of war tax relief as they return home. The measure exempts POW earnings from state tax and allows extended payment on accrued interest. Survivors of MIAs and servicemen who died in Vietnam would have all state taxes forgiven.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Walter Karabian
D-Monterey Ark
Vietnam
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Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel
Armenia
Vasken Minasian
Beverly Hills
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Robert Hunt
Farm Bureau
Civic Theater
ABBEY
Santa Maria
County Water Committee
Alan Eschenrader
By Barnes
Lompoc Valley Chamber OF Commerce Flower Festival Committee
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