Trustees plan runoff election in Lompoc district
Trustees of the Lompoc Unified School District voted to call a special runoff election at an $8,000 plus cost if the upcoming March 8 board vote ends in a rare one in a million tie. Two seats are to replace president Richard K. Jacoby and Gail Steiger.
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Fillmore School
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White House
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Irwin Wapner
Mary Bingle
Trinidad Rojas
Bob Bickford
Betty Bondietti
Catherine Brooks
Earline Brown
Paul Comer
Charles Iwai
Dorothy Jackson
Cecile Landrum
Norman Larson
Vincent Martinez
Alice Milligan
Robert Mott
Gary Prucha
Victor Sousa
Gilbert Valenzona
Goldwater Rebukes Warnke Nomination Amid Western Alarm
Sen. Barry Goldwater urged rejection of Paul Warnke as head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, accusing the Carter administration of weakness in foreign policy and warning of a path toward World War III. Sen. Henry Jackson pressed Warnke’s fitness while Warnke defended unchanged core views under shifting strategic conditions. The Foreign Relations Committee endorsed Warnke’s confirmation while armed services continued hearings.
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West Coast Storm Brings Modest Rain as Drought Persists
Forecasters warn one storm does not signify end of drought as rain falls in Lompoc and Santa Ynez with .07 inch, while San Francisco totals reach 7.16 inches this season. NAMIAS cites possible pattern shift but cautions rainfall likely insufficient to end drought. Water rationing expands across Northern California as officials plan further reductions.
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Supreme Court Upholds EPA Pollutant Limits for Rivers
The court, in an 8 to 0 decision, endorsed precise numeric limits on discharges into U.S. rivers under the Clean Water Act amendments of 1972. Eight major chemical firms challenged EPA authority to set firm standards rather than general guidelines. Justice Stevens cited act language and history, denying individual-case variances for future plants, and upheld EPA regulation.
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Tornadoes and Violent Winds Kill One in Midwest Storm
A tornado and strong winds struck the lower Midwest, killing a 78 year old woman near Joplin Missouri and injuring at least three others. The system spawned dust devil winds in Spearman Texas. Heavy snows hit South Dakota and freezing rain affected Minnesota as mobile homes were destroyed near Joplin and Galena Kansas.
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Worker Electrocuted by Irrigation Pipe at Santa Ynez Ranch
A 24 year old Santa Ynez Valley ranch worker Miguel Guerra died after an irrigation pipe he carried struck an overhead high voltage line during windy conditions. He was transported to Santa Ynez Valley Hospital but pronounced dead 40 minutes later. Funeral arrangements are pending at Lopez Funeral Chapel in Solvang.
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Gainey Ranch
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Council to relocate meetings to School District building
Lompoc City Council will move its regular first and third Tuesday meetings to the Lompoc Unified School District Administrative Building at 1301 North A St starting March 1. The change aims to improve acoustics and staff access to documents, though concerns were raised about public convenience and seating capacity.
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Amin says plot to topple him crushed by troops
Ugandan President Idi Amin announced on Radio Uganda that a coup using US British or Israeli paratroopers was foiled after authorities seized a cache of Chinese arms. Sixteen people were arrested on arms smuggling charges and the regime claimed it would have failed despite the alleged plan dated January 25.
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