De Anza Day proclaimed as riders reenact historic trek
The De Anza Parade will pass through Lompoc and Santa Barbara County with riders in period dress Saturday through Monday. Al Pico, descendant of Santiago Pico, will play De Anza at La Purisima Mission. Events include a barbecue, pancake breakfast, and a public ceremony in Lompoc where Mayor Art Scott designates Sunday as De Anza Day.
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Santa Barbara
Bixby Ranch
la Purisima Mission
Vandenberg Village
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Casmalia
Juan Bautista de Anza
California
San Francisco Bay
Sonora
Mexico
Monterey
Lompoc Valley
al Pico
Santiago Pico
Pico
Mexico City
Cojo
al Moss
Clarence Minetti
Guadalupe
Art Scott
Scott
Mission
Moose Lodge
Kiwanis
Candidates divided on transit and industry in city forum
Eight City Council candidates debated at the AAUW sponsored forum in the public library. Conflicts centered on a subsidized bus shuttle, preferred industry mix, and the county split. Valen cia urged waiting for a plan, Ward and Morgan favored subsidies or local taxi options, while others pushed private or mixed approaches. Weather outlook shows high cloudiness through Friday with temperatures in the 68 to 75 range and tidal info included.
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American Association of University Women
AAUW
Ed Rodgers
Burnham Truman
Floyd Southern
Joe Valencia
John Peto
Charles Ward
Alberta Morgan
Earl Collins
Truman
Southern
Collins
Peto
Rodgers
Valencia
Ward
Morgan
Lompoc
Nixon Seeks Generations-Long China Friendship in Kweilin
Former President Richard Nixon, amid criticism of his private China trip, told a Kweilin banquet that Sino American friendship should last for generations. He praised the city’s beauty and hospitality, then planned a Li river cruise and Canton stop before returning to the United States via Tokyo and Los Angeles.
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China
UPI
Richard Nixon
Sen
Barry Goldwater
R-Aziz
Nixon
John Brennan
Kwangsi Provincial Revolutionary Committee
Municipal Revolutionary Committee of
Kwangsi Revolutionary Committee
Chiao Hsiao-kuang
Julie
David Eisenhower
Shanghai
Ameri
United States
Li River
Canton
Tokyo
Anchorage
Los Angeles
Soviet science chief says USSR stronger yet seeks peace
Anatoly Alexandrov, president of the USSR Academy of Sciences, told a closed session at the 25th Communist party congress that the Soviet Union is stronger and no longer vulnerable to force but remains committed to peace and detente. Brezhnev and Castro echoed peaceful themes as 5,000 delegates heard speeches.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Anatoly Alexandrov
Alexandrov
Ussr Academy of Sciences
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Fidel Castro
Brezhnev
Tass
Castro
Russia
Ford aide criticizes Reagan financial disclosure
White House Press Secretary Ron Nelsen says Reagan should have detailed his net worth of nearly 1.5 million and criticizes his lumped tax figure. Ford notes his own 1975 net worth at 323000 with clearer income sources.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Ronald Reagan
White House
Ron Nelsen
Reagan
Nelsen
California
GOP
Santa Ynez Ranch School to seek new county permit
The Santa Ynez Ranch School and its satellite foster homes must apply for a new county conditional use permit. After a six hour session in Santa Barbara the Planning Commission unanimously granted a monthlong hearing continuance to March 24 to allow staff to list proposed conditions. If the school fails to pursue a new permit the commission would move to revoke the current permit issued to Derville Academy on Baseline Avenue near Santa Ynez.
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Santa Ynez Ranch
County Planning Commission
Commission
Santa Barbara
Derville Academy
Baseline Avenue
Santa Ynez
Robert Lilley
Lilley
Hearst rhetoric on SLA tapes questioned in trial
In San Francisco Patricia Hearst faced psychiatrists who testified her SLA tapes show little concern for abstract principles. Dr. Orne said Hearst responds to individuals rather than abstract concepts and noted no hostility toward her father. The hearing drew 100 plus people amid a heated public dispute over a local ranch school and its impact on the community.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Orne
Miss Hearst
Bailey
SLA
Pig Hearst
Two women accused of hitchhiker rape in Buellton ride
A 24 year old hitchhiker told deputies he was raped at gunpoint by two women motorists who picked him up on Ocean Avenue and H Street. He described the suspects as a white woman with red wig and curls and a black woman with Afro hair. Detectives investigated the case as of today.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Ocean Avenue
H Street
Santa Barbara
Buellton
Lompoc
Sheriff's
Ford urges swift action on energy plan including Alaska gas route choice
President Ford calls Congress to pass current energy proposals and backs Alaska gas development linking routes from the North Slope to the lower 48. He proposes a 1 billion energy impact program and a 5 million five year IAEA safeguards grant, aiming to speed nuclear and fossil fuel projects.
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UPI
Ford
Congressional
Alaska
United States
Canada
Congress
Scouts and Leaders Pair for Civic Day in Lompoc
Twenty Boy Scouts or Explorers pair with twenty officials for Scout Civic Day in Lompoc. Youth learn how business government and public services run then dine with hosts led by Deputy Base Commander Col. Marion R. Watson.
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Col
Marion R. Watson
Tony Bauer
le Roy Cordero
Safeway
Mark Barker
Dennis Higgins
Lompoc
Judi Gideon
Post 700
Chet Waite
City of
Carl Aubert
Dale
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Hearst
Valley
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Zei Canter
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Wallace Ault
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George Keefe
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John Martin
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