City panel urges outside review of Lompoc tree pruning
Beautification Commission recommends City Council hire an outside consultant to assess pruning methods used by Parks and Recreation crews. Dr Blake W Jamison criticizes growth restraint and severe trimming while supporters note improvements and call for a second professional opinion.
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Parks and Recreation Department
Blake W. Jamison
Jamison
Jim Magnuson
Dave Schwark
Magnuson
Dr. Jamison
Commission
Schwark
Los Angeles
East Ocean
Wallace Grossi, Jr
Hearst testifies SLA leader boosted support and shows loot
Patricia Hearst testifies that SLA leader Cinque DeFreeze claimed strong support in the third world and would reveal himself while campaigning door to door. She recounts returning to the hideout after the bank robbery and the gang sharing $10,660 in loot among nine members.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Donald
Tania
F. Lee Bailey
Parents contest survey as La Mesa Miguelito closings loom
Parents in La Mesa and Miguelito areas clash with district over a survey on school closures and bus plans as Supt Clarence Bloom pushes the two-school consolidation. Trustees voted to close La Mesa in Vandenberg Village and Miguelito due to declining enrollment, with safety and transport details to be finalized after survey returns.
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la Mesa
Miguelito
PTA Council
Clarence Bloom
Bloom
Lompoc Unified
Vandenberg Village
Lompoc
Alice Milligan
Los Berros
Mission Hills
Buena Vista
Lompoc- Casmalia
Constellation Roads
Oil leasing goals may fall short in California sale
Interior Secretary Kleppe said the administration unlikely to hit all offshore leasing goals this fiscal year after light bidding in Southern California. He cited serious opposition threats damping bids to about 30 percent of tracts, plus other factors including capital squeeze, joint bidding limits, and deepwater drilling concerns.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas Kieppe
California
Kleppe
Gulf of Alaska
Alaska
Jay S. Hammond
Los Angeles Times
Ford Outlines Intelligence Reform Plan Details
President Ford presented specifics of a new intelligence reform package naming CIA Director George Bush as top intelligence official. He proposed a three member White House panel to oversee CIA and other agencies, replacing the Forty Committee with an Operations Advisory Group led by Brent Scowcroft. The plan bars spying on U.S. citizens and other domestic abuses while allowing limited exceptions for national security needs.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
CIA
George Bush
Congress
Press
White House
Robert Murphy
America
Committee On Foreign Intelligence
Bush
National Security Council
Henry A. Kissinger
Forty Committee
Kissinger
Brent Scowcroft
Edward Levy
James Lynn
Office of Management and Budget
Lompoc Council Weighs School Safety Amid Miguelito Closure
SOS members pressed the Lompoc City Council for concrete safety steps as Miguelito School closes. The council cited pending population shifts and budget funds while cautioning no commitments until official plans are set. SOS urged sidewalks, crossings, fencing, reduced speed limits, and more crossings near Miguelito and La Canada areas.
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Lompoc
Save Our Schools Committee
Schoos
Miguelito
SOS
Art Scott
Gene L. Wahlers
Judy Neilsen
Council
Clarence Ruth
Lompoc Delays Animal Ordinance After Council Review
City Council votes 3-2 to send two animal control proposals back to staff and planning commission for revisions. The ordinances cap fowls at six per R-1 home and rabbits at 12 per variety, ban crowing roosters, and limit larger animals to horses goats sheep cows and mules with exemptions for 4 H and FFA animals while awaiting broader zones and appeal considerations.
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Lompoc
Staff and Planning Commission
Lompoe
Alan Davidson
Planning Commission
Harley Craig
H. C. Lucas
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California Senate Spending Reveals Newsletter and Phone Costs
An inaugural accounting shows each of California’s 40 state senators averaged about 280000 in 1975 costs to operate the Senate. Newsletters totaled 815834, phones 349693, and postage 152447, with notable variances among members and districts.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Senate Journal
Jack Schrade
San Diego
Albert S. Rodda
John Stull
Escondido
Rodda
George Moscone
San Francisco
Arlen Gregorio
San Mateo
Donald L. Grunsky
Watsonville
John W. Holmdahl
Castro Valley
Nicholas C. Petris
Oakland
Stull
Howard Way
Exeter
Senate Finance Committee
Anthony C. Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Milton Marks
Dennis Carpenter
Newport Beach
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Patty
SLA
Bailey
Nancy Ling Perry
Cinque
Bia
Ferry Mally
First Valley Bank
U.S
U.S. Mail
Agen
United States
School Safety Now Council
Don Adams
Hapgood
V Street
Ocean Avenue
V and Ocean
Olive and
Cypress
Sherman Hansen
Scott
Alberta Morgan
la Canada
Ing
Davidson
Darryl Burkey
E. C. Stevens
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