Redistricting Proposal Faces County Supervisors
The Santa Barbara County Board will review a late redistricting map hours before two new supervisors take office. The plan shifts Santa Ynez Valley and Hope Ranch from the Third to the Second district and Buellton from the Third to the Fourth, making Goleta Valley its own Third District entity. Proponents call it a necessary update. critics label it a last minute move by outgoing supervisor Daniel G. Grant. The plan could relocate over 20 000 residents among districts.
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Board of Supervisors
Santa Ynez Valley
Hope Ranch
Buellton
Goleta Valley
James Slater
Frank Frost
Santa Barbara
Daniel G. Grant
Grant
Isla Vista
University
J.E. Lewis
Lewis
Raymond Johnson
George Kading
Britt Johnson
Slater
Frost
Retiring Santa Barbara supervisors honored in farewell events
Hundreds gathered at the County Administration Building to honor County Supervisors George H. Clyde and Daniel G. Grant and aide Carl Chandler. A reception for retiring Santa Barbara-Goleta Municipal Court Judge Walter Parent followed at the County Courthouse Annex. Governors to name a successor to Parent by month’s end.
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Santa Barbara
George H. Clyde
Daniel G. Grant
Carl Chandler
Grant
Santa Barbara-Goleta
Walter Parent
Ronald Reagan
Goleta Valley
Santa Ynez Valley
Hope Ranch
County Supervisors Assn. of California
Chandler
County Supervisors Assn
Clyde
Carpinteria Valley
Montecito
James Slater
Frank Frost
UC Santa Barbara
Nixon says not optimistic about Paris peace talks
President Nixon told congressional leaders he is not optimistic about the new round of peace talks in Paris though he hopes for some progress. He spoke at a White House breakfast where the war was briefly raised after a session on wage and price controls.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Paris
North Vietnam
White House
Vietnam
House
Senate
City administrator optimistic FCI will join sewer project
Lompoc City Administrator Gene Wahlers voices optimism that the Federal Correctional Institution may participate in a regional sewer treatment plant with Lompoc Vandenberg Village and Mission Hills. Bureau of Prisons studies weigh regional entry versus rebuilding own facility while final agreements await funding decisions.
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Lompoc
Gene Wahlers
Federal Correctional Institution
Vandenberg Village
Mission Hills
Federal Bureau of Prisons
FCI
Wahlers
Bureau of Prisons
PUC
Midwest braces as winter storm hits with ice and snow
A strong winter storm moved from the Southwest toward the Midwest, bringing heavy snow and freezing rain. Snow stretched from western Kansas to the central Rockies, with ice in New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. Power outages affected the Kansas City area as temperatures plummeted to near zero.
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United Press International
Midwest
Kansas
Rockies
Intermountain
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Arizona Mountains
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Missouri
California
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Lompoc Hospital District seeks state approval for 74 bed convalescent hospital
Lompoc directors rally support for a Jan 17 Los Angeles hearing to overturn a denial and allow a 74 bed convalescent hospital at Walnut Avenue and Third Street after voters approved a $1.5 million bond. Over 300 signatures supported the appeal as chambers and councils joined legislators in backing the project.
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Kenneth Wicks
C St
Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Hospital
State Health Planning Council
Los Angeles
State Council
Lompoc
Walnut Avenue
Third Street
Wicks
Lompoc Alley
Robert Lagomarsino
MacGillivray
Sacramento
Eugene Ashlock
Don Cameron
Robert Chilson
Hawaii
Freezing Temperatures Trigger Frost Problems Across City
Subfreezing temperatures froze water pipes and iced streets overnight. An overnight low of 22 degrees at Floradale Farms and 24 degrees at Lompoc High School, 26 at East North Avenue water plant, caused car batteries to fail but no major accidents. City officials urged dripping faucets and wrapping exposed pipes to prevent future outages.
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Floradale Farms
Lompoc
Weather Bureau of
Lompoc High School
East North Avenue
Dale Batchelor
al Thompson
Water Department
Thompson
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