Inflation Impacts Santa Barbara County Capital Outlay
The Santa Barbara County capital outlay program faces delays and higher costs due to persistent inflation. Officials warn that projects planned for 1973 74 may not start until the next fiscal year and costs could rise 14 percent or more before bidding. Project SAVE adds further building proposals.
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Santa Barbara County
Board of Supervisors
North County
Raymond D. Johnson
Public Works
Norman Caldwell
Mobile air pollution lab arrives in Santa Ynez Valley
Santa Barbara County places a four way environmental study in the Solvang area with a yearlong air quality monitor. John English will run the mobile unit under the Air Pollution Control District led by Cliff Seymour near the Santa Ines Mission to gauge seasonal air quality and study impacts on crops and development.
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Santa Ynez Valley
Dick Praul
Santa Barbara County
John English
Cliff Seymour
Santa Ines Mission
Solvang
Board of Supervisors
Santa Ynez County
Nevada economy up as gaming revenues rise in 1973 Q4
Nevada reports a 19 percent jump in gaming revenues in the last quarter of 1973, highlighting one of the state's strongest economic indicators amid the energy crisis. Gov. Mike O'Callaghan cautions the upcoming quarter, while others note mixed regional trends and unemployment shifts. Saigon cabinet reshuffle yields 19 members with five new faces.
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United Press International
Las Vegas
Nevada
Mike O'Callaghan
Henry Jackson
Senate Interior Committee
Ohio
Arizona
Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
Two file papers for Santa Maria judge post
Santa Maria Municipal Court Judge S Jon Gudmunds and deputy county public defender Joseph A Linggi filed nomination papers Friday for the municipal court post. A $334.81 filing fee was paid. They have until March 8 to qualify for the June primary. If both qualify they will face off in the county's only judicial contest. Meanwhile Judges Westwick Gowans seek new full terms. Gowans was appointed last year to fill the late Judge Parent’s term.
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Santa Maria
S. Jon Gudmunds
Joseph A. Linggi
Gudmunds
Municipal Court Post
John A. Westwick
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara-Goleta
Arnold Gowans
Gowans
Walter Parent
Michigan voters head to polls in first post Watergate election
In Grand Rapids Michigan voters cast ballots in the first post Watergate election with Republicans favored to hold the 5th Congressional seat. The seat has been GOP since 1912, with Gerald Ford once holding it for 2 years and winning 13 landslide elections before resigning in December after succeeding Spiro Agnew.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
UPI
Michigan
Gerald R. Ford
Spiro T. Agnew
Environmental quality workshops planned in Solvang and Santa Barbara
Albert F. Reynolds of Santa Barbara County Environmental Quality outlines updated CEQA procedures and a simplified lot split review form. Evening sessions at Memorial Building Solvang and Planning Commission room Santa Barbara aim to aid property owners builders and engineers in understanding the county review process.
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Solvang
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County
Albert F. Reynolds
Reynolds
Memorial Building
Mission Dr
Planning Commission
County Engineering
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British miners push for top pay amid crisis
Leaders of 269000 striking miners told the Pay Board that coal workers should be Britain’s best paid due to coal’s vital role amid the Middle East oil crisis. They seek boosts up to 35 percent with minimums around 109 dollars weekly, as power stations rely on coal and a national strike escalates.
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London
UPI
Britain
Middle East
Edward Heath
Heath
Dling
Pay Board
National Coal Board Union
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