Lompocans named to county off road committee
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors moved toward forming a county wide committee to locate an off road area for motorcyclists amid urban noise and trespass issues. Initial members include Dan Howater of Motorcycle City Lompoc William P. Czerwinski of Slo Pokes Cycle Club Lompoc and Keir Nash Santa Barbara. The board also approved 13 cent mileage for county employees and added an environmental specialist for the Office of Environmental Quality. They urged state lawmakers to require Medi Cal recipients to use nearby public facilities to cut county costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Dan Howater
Motorcycle City
Lompoc
William P. Czerwinski
Slo Pokes
Sheriff's Office
County Office of Environmental Quality
Albert F. Reynolds
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
County to study redistricting after November vote
The County Redistricting Committee may be directed this year to study possible boundary changes in five supervisorial districts after letters from Solvang Businessmen's Assn Buellion and Santa Ynez Business Assn raised concerns of district population imbalance. County officials noted changes cannot occur before the November election and will use April state population figures to assess a balanced distribution around 55,100 per district.
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Dick Praul
Santa Ynez Valley
Solvang Businessmen’s’ Assn Buellion Businessmen’s Assn
Santa Ynez Business Assn
George P. Kading
Britt Johnson
Goleta Valley
James M Slater
Johnson
County park projects bid on revenue sharing funds
Thirty three county park projects totaling 854 455 dollars are expected to go to contract before June 30. The list approved by administrator Raymond D. Johnson shows 25 projects can be done at or below budget. six need extra funds, including Hans Christian Andersen Park tennis complex Goleta Beach Park mobile home Nojoqui Park ranger cottage Goleta Beach Park restrooms and Arroyo Burro Beach Park restrooms. Transfers should cover all increases amid inflation.
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Board of Supervisors
Raymond D. Johnson
Hans Christian Andersen Park
Solvang
Goleta Beach Park
Nojoqui Park
Arroyo Burro Beach Park
La Boheme at Allan Hancock College Delivers Soap Opera Opera
Reviewer snacks on a soap opera style La Boheme at Allan Hancock College. The English sung production staged by Jack Shouse features Rodolfo Mimi Musetta and Marcello with mixed empathy and humor. Curtain times span Feb 20 to Mar 8 at 8 p.m. featuring Cathryn Bangs and Tomy Matthys in design roles.
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Stan Tulledo
la Boheme
Allan Hancock College
Giuseppe Giacosa
Luigi Illica
Rodolfo
Mimi
Marcello
Musetta
Jack
Teamsters charged again in pension fund fraud case
Federal grand jury indicts seven men and three corporations for exploiting the Central States pension fund. Accused include trustees Albert Matheson and Jack Sheetz, with others tied to the underworld. case follows 1964 Hoffa conviction for similar fraud.
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Chicago
UPI
Teamsters Union
Central States
Southeast
Southwest Arena Pension Fund
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Pension
Hoffa
Albert Matheson
Detroit
Jack Sheetz
Dallas
Pension Fund
Allen Dorfman
Deerfield
Ill
Irwin Weiner
Niles
Ronald DeAngeles
Port Ritchey, Fla
Anthony Spilotro
Las Vegas
Nev
Joseph Lombardo
Arab world moves to unite before Kissinger talks
Arab leaders push unity as Kissinger heads to the region to shape a disengagement plan between Israel and Syria. Khadafy and Sadat repair ties and travel with Faisal to Lahore for a summit backing Geneva talks.
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United Press International
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Israel
Syria
Geneva
Col Muammar Khadafy
Anwar Sadat
Saudi Arabia
Khadafy
Faisal
Lahore
Pakistan
Geneva Middle East
Sadat
Golan Heights
Kissinger
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
Meir
Washington
Ismail Fahmy
State Department
Fahmy
Doctor’s body found near Guadalupe after coast guard search
The Coast Guard suspended the hunt for an 11-year-old Seaside boy as Dr. Toshio Yumibe, 47, was found near Osoflaco Creek after disappearing Feb 3 while clam digging. Yumibe’s son-in-law also located Magdalena Bognuda, 37, missing since Feb 5. The 11-year-old Joseph Culmine remains missing.
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Wallace Tanaka
Foster City
Yumibe
Magdalena Bognuda
Santa Maria
Joseph Culmine
Administration to reconsider channel oil drilling ban
An Interior Department official told Congress that the energy shortage prompts a new look at resuming offshore drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel. He noted improved technology and cites California production declines as justification, while state officials warn leakage has persisted for millennia and errors cause blowouts.
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Washington
UPI
Interior Department
Congress
Nixon Administration
Santa Barbara
William Vogely
Energy and Minerals
California
Vogely
House Mines and Mining Subcommittee
Federal Reserve
Vogley
E. N. Gladish
California State Lands Commission
Donald J Everitts
Energy Resources
Gladish
Everitts
GOP Leaders Meet Nixon After Michigan Defeat
Republican leaders including Vice President Ford and National Chairman Bush met President Nixon to discuss GOP election challenges. Ford warned Watergate influenced the Michigan loss to Democrat Vander Veen, citing economy and energy as underlying issues. Bush questioned Watergate as a pivotal factor, noting the 1973 74 pattern and promising deeper analysis.
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Washington
UPI
Gerald R. Ford
Nixon
GOP
Ford
Michigan
George Bush
Bush
House
Richard Vander Veen
Reinecke Will Take Lie Detector Test in ITT Case
Sacramento UPI Ed Reinecke Republican Lt Gov says he will undergo a lie detector test to show he and not John Mitchell told the truth about an ITT antitrust offer tied to the 1972 GOP convention. Jaworski reportedly accepted, with tests planned in Washington during a lieutenant governors meeting.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ed Reinecke
John Mitchell
Reinecke
Fresno
Leon Jaworski
Washington
D.C
Mitchell
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
San Diego
Nixon
ITT
Justice Department
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