County split advocated at C of C meet
Los Padres County proposed as a split from Santa Barbara County with 114,600 people across 1,422 square miles. Sponsors cited economic feasibility, tax equity, and better representation. Election could occur within two years after petition drive. ISLA Vista supports the plan.
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Robert O. Vincent
Los Padres County
Santa Barbara County
Lompoc
Santa Maria
Guadalupe
Santa Ynez
Solvang
Buellton
Ballard
Los Olivos
Casmalia
Betteravia
Sisquoc
Gary
New Cuyama
Old Cuyama
Los Alamos
Orcutt
Santa Barbara
Buchert
Board of Supervisors
Commission
Isla Vista
South County
Santa Maria Chamber
Crosby
North County
Los Padres
Foster
James Buchert
Chamber of Commerce
al Pico
Boun
PTA Council to Seek Limited On Campus Food Sales
Lompoc PTA Council voted to petition the school board in March for limited campus food sales. They seek a council wide presentation to request school by school allowances such as selling popcorn during movies, aiming to offset income losses from federal nutrition program guidelines.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc
PTA Council
Judy Goard
Goard
Lompoc Unified
Ment
la Mesa
Ptas
PTA
State seeks federal aid in drought relief efforts
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and aides press for federal relief as Brown travels to Washington and joins 10 western governors and Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus for a drought conference in Denver. The report notes actions on water conservation, voluntary rationing, grey water use, and emergency bill discussions amid ongoing drought impacts.
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United Press International
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Washington
Golden State
Gray Davis
Carter
Brown
U.S. Interior
Cecil Andrus
Denver
Colo. Colorado
Richard Lamm
Andrus
Davis
San Rafael
California
Michael Wornum
D-Mill Valley
Wornum
Glimpses Inga Allen Papers House on Birthday
Glimpses report Inga Allen decorating her home on North A Street on her birthday yesterday. The item mentions a Jobs Daughters incident in which they purportedly abducted their former guardian Mrs. Janice McMullen last night.
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Inga Allen
Janice McMullen
Congress Adjourns With $13 000 Pay Increase For Lawmakers
The House adjourned today, approving a $13 000 yearly pay raise for members of Congress. A prior vote to stay in session and block the raise failed 224 to 109, then the adjournment by voice was accepted after disapproval leaders indicated they would not press a floor vote.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Jose Lopez Portillo
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Standard Oil Granted 10 Percent Value Reduction
The County Assessment Appeals Board granted Standard Oil Company of California a roughly ten percent reduction in property valuation for tax purposes in Santa Barbara County. Assessor William Cook said preliminary figures show overall valuation dropping from about 38 million to 34.2 million, potentially restoring around 100000 in protested taxes for 1975 76 while the county keeps about 9 million.
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County Assessment Appeals Board
Standard Oil Company of
California
Standard
William Cook
Cook
Carpinteria
Santa Maria
School employees host candidates forum in Lompoc
The California School Employees Association local chapter hosts a candidate forum tonight at Lompoc High School Little Theater with all eight candidates expected. Additional forums are planned at Vandenberg Village, Cabrillo High School, Lompoc Council PTA, and First Presbyterian Church, leading to election day March 8 for two school trustees.
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California School Employes Association
Lompoc High School
Vandenberg Village Association
Cabrillo High School
Lompoc Council Pta
Lompoc
Vance Finds Israel Egypt Ready for Peace Talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance held two hours of talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmi in Cairo about renewing Middle East peace negotiations this year. Both sides signaled broad agreement on a year peace conference but differed on conference form timing and participants. Arafat met Fahmi amid Vance talks, while Vance prepared for a meeting with President Sadat.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Ismail Fahmi
Middle East
Vance
Fahmi
Jerusalem
Anwar Sadat
Palestine Liberation Organizaton
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
PLO
Density of future Village projects up for water concern review
County Planning Commission discussed density for DR zoning in Vandenberg Village as developer William Ebbert seeks 24 units on Mesa Circle amid worries over long term water supply. Commissioners noted water adequacy, requested an acceptable report, and planned a follow up with the County Water Agency.
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Dick Praul
Vandenberg Village
County Planning Commission
William Ebbert
Ebbert
Mesa Circle
Charles Graver
Stanley Radom
US Geological Survey
Lompoc Uplands
Public Utilities Commission
Graver
PUC
Joan Wells
Vandenberg
Commission
Park Water Co
Four Alarm Fire Rages in Downtown Columbus
In downtown Columbus a four alarm blaze fed by a broken natural gas main burned for 10 hours in near zero weather. More than 100 firefighters fought the flames as hoses froze on the streets. Fire spokesman Brad Quicksall said the blaze was largely under control but pockets would burn and require days to fully extinguish and for thawing to reveal causes.
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Columbus
UPI
Brad Quicksall
Fire Department
Quicksall
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