County balks at emergency gasoline plan vote
County supervisors rejected declaring a county emergency over gasoline shortages 3-1 despite State Office of Emergency Services urging action. Chairman Catterlin urged an emergency resolution while Slater Beattie and Frost argued the issue was distribution not a true emergency. Buellton reported gasoline shortages, prompting questions on allocation and potential sheriff control of fuel access.
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Dick Praul
Board of Supervisors
State Office of Emergency Services
Santa Barbara
Charles F Catterlin
James M. Slater
Francis H. Beattie
Frank Frost
Raymond D. Johnson
Santa Maria
Lompoc
Carpinteria
Johnson
Curtis Tunnell
Washington, D.C
Johnson Johnson
Buellton
Catterlin
Frost and
Slater
Sheriff's Office
Frost
State Highway Patrol
Washington
UPI
Federal Energy Office
FEO
Senate Commerce Committee
John C. Sawhill
Federal Register
U. S
William E. Simon
Congress
Sawhill
Simon
Ocean Park restoration under way by park crews
Ocean Park and Jalama Beach Park improvements move forward as county crews remove the derelict ranger cottage and clubhouse, raise and pave access roads, upgrade parking, and replace the restrooms with funds from revenue sharing. Environmental reviews delay roadway work while master plans guide future expansion.
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Ocean Park
Ocean County Park
Lompoc
Michael Pahos
Pahos
Jalama Beach Park
Lompoc Valley
Kissinger Delivers Israel POW List As Talks Near
Secretary of State Kissinger gives Prime Minister Meir a list of Israeli prisoners held by Syria. Israel plans to begin troop disengagement discussions with Damascus after meetings with Hafez Assad. White House confirms 65 POWs and Red Cross access.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Golda Meir
Syria
Damascus
Kissinger
Israel
Hafez Assad
Golan Heights
Meir
White House
Red Cross
California dairymen seek eight cent milk price rise
California dairymen request the Milk Stabilization Unit raise retail milk by a record eight cents per half gallon, lifting statewide price from 66 to 74 cents. Jay Gould of the League of California Milk Producers cites a cost squeeze from nearly 100 percent feed price hikes.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
State Department of Food and Agriculture
Jay Gould
League of California Milk Producers
Five counties join mandatory ration plan
Five California counties Los Angeles Orange Alameda Santa Cruz and Solano joined a state plan to require alternate day gasoline purchases. The program lets service stations sell on even days to cars with even ending plates and odd days to odd ending plates with personalized plates counted as odd.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Orange
Alameda
Santa Cruz
Solano
Ronald Reagan
State Office of Emergency Services
Lompoc to discuss future power needs at NCPA meeting
Lompoc officials join 1 city Northern California Power Agency deliberations at the public library at 10 a.m. on plans for an independent geothermal powered plant to serve 11 member cities. The agency also pursues a legal challenge to PG&E's 22 percent rate hike, with Lompoc citing thousands in savings from delayed increases while dues total 4700 this year.
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Lompoc
Northern California Power Agency
NCPA
Lompoc Public Library
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pg&e
Art Scott
Washington D.C
Scott
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