Recorders Seek Unified Clerk Role in Santa Barbara County
Rita van Buskirk with long service since 1963 will seek the combined county clerk recorder post in the June primary. Howard C. Menzel, recently named county clerk, will also run. The office merge could lead to a November runoff if three or more candidates contend. The new post pays $25,000. Ed McMillan will not seek reelection as county treasurer.
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Dick Praul
Rita van Buskirk
Santa Barbara
van Buskirk
Board of Supervisors
Howard C. Menzel
J. E. Lewis
Consolidated Post
Lewis
Menzel
Ed McMillan
Mrs Looker Named First Woman Chairman Of County Planning
Mrs. Looker Mary known as Mrs Mary Looker becomes the first woman to chair the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission. She was elected during the annual meeting in the county engineering building and succeeds Darwin Sainz with three women among the nine members. Her term runs to January 6, 1975, after appointment November 20, 1972 by Frank J. Frost. Also serving on the commission are Mrs. Peter Bratt and Mrs. Zita Nielsen, reflecting a shift from a traditionally all male body.
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Robert Looker
Santa Barbara County
Looker
Peter
Charis) Bratt
Goleta Valley
Zita Nielsen
Santa Ynez Valley
Frost
James M._ Slater
Pauline Hassander
Santa Barbara
Joel Callahan
Five Fishermen Rescued After 55 Days Afloat Near Hawaii
After 55 days adrift in the Pacific five fishermen were rescued New Year’s Day when a passing boat spotted them. They waved flares banged on metal to attract attention and created a noisy homecoming upon arrival at Hickam Air Force Base Hawaii. Survivors Captain Lambert Kanakade Gale Middleton Ed Yamamoto Don Van Cleave and Frederick Monroe returned on a special Eniwetok atoll flight and were met by relatives.
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Hickam Afb
Hawaii
Eniwetok Atoll
Pacific
Air Force Base
Lambert Kanakade
Honolulu
Gale Middleton
Lansdale
Penn
Ed Yamamoto
Don van Cleave
Albany
N.Y
Frederick Monroe
Advertising Director Appointed At Lompoc Record
Robert Bostick named advertising director of the Lompoc Record by general manager Rennie L. Adam. Bostick brings 22 years in newspaper production advertising and retail sales and will move with his wife Joyce and four children from Fountain Valley to join the paper. Rapes and safety concerns prompt state education chief Wilson Riles to urge districts to protect students, promising flexibility in safety plans.
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Robert Bostick
Lompoc Record
Rennie L. Adam
Bostick
Ontario Daily Report
Ontario
Calif
Sacramento
UPI
Wilson Riles
Riles
Nationwide storm shuts roads and halts travel coast to coast
A heavy storm spreads snow from the Great Lakes to the East Coast with five inches in New York City area and more expected. Freezing rain and sleet forecast tonight as California bans travel to San Bernardino mountains to clear five foot drifts. Snow also hits the Midwest and Plains with hazardous driving and school cancellations from Philadelphia to New York and New England. ice snarls trap trucks near Chillicothe Ohio.
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United Press International
Great Lakes
East Coast
New York City
California
San Bernardino Mountains
San Bernardino
California Budget Growth Through Four Decades in 1974 Plan
The 1974 budget proposal by Governor Reagan totals 9.81 billion, vastly larger than Warren’s earlier era and Brown’s 1963 64 plan. The record shows California budget levels rising from 1.39 billion in 1953 54 to 9.38 billion in 1973 74, with 9.81 billion in 1974 75, reflecting persistent expansion of state government.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Earl Warren
Edmund G. Brown
Reagan
California
Hughes agent says gave Campaign blank checks
An agent for Howard Hughes testified that he provided $50,000 in blank signed checks to Nixon's 1972 re election campaign. Sally Harmony said she filled the amounts, and Robert Bennett confirmed the checks were signed by him and sent to Liddy's office.
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Washington
UPI
Howard Hughes
Nixon
Sally Harmony
G. Gordon Liddy
Democratic National Committee
Hughes
Robert Bennett
Bennett
Richard Nixon
Liddy
Charles G
Bebe Rebozo
Lompoc High Senior Named in Who's Who Among American Students
David Denton, a senior at Lompoc High School and son of William J and Mrs. Denton, is honored in the eighth annual Who's Who Among American High School Students. Denton, active in swimming, water polo and surfing, is a National Merit semi finalist and CSF member, president of his class, and a California Boys' State representative. He will compete for scholarship awards and will join the University of California at San Diego after graduation in June.
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David Denton
Lompoc High School
William J Denton
W. Lime Ave
Denton
California
CSF
University of California At San Diego
Santa Barbara County mulls voting machine upgrade plan
County Clerk Howard C. Menzel recommends the board keep electronic voting machines for the June 4 primary while exploring card punch options for the November general election. He notes time constraints on installing card punch systems and the need to dispose of current electronic counters. Training for operators will begin, with the card punch system touted as cheaper and more efficient long term.
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Santa Barbara
Howard C. Menzel
Board of Supervisors
County Election Bureau
Menzel
Nixon birthday party at Annenberg estate surprises crowd
President Nixon celebrated his 61st birthday at Walter Annenberg's Palm Desert estate. A White House signal marked the end of Operation Candor as Nixon enjoyed a Big Mac and his first chocolate milk in 13 years. The tour included brief stops near his birthplace in Yorba Linda and a McDonald’s stop in Banning, with friend Bebe Rebozo buying treats for all.
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Palm Desert
Calif
UPI
Nixon
White House
Walter Annenberg
Great Britain
Yorba Linda
Banning
McDonald's
Charles G
Bebe’ Rebozo
Pacific
County considers $10 dog license fee in new animal control plan
Santa Barbara County supervisors will hear a proposal to raise the annual dog license to $10 with half price for neutered pets as part of a broader animal control ordinance. The plan aims to curb roaming and nuisance dogs while making the animal division self supporting. penalties for late licensing would rise to $10.
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Santa Barbara
Joseph T. Nardo
Nardo
Animal East Division
Health Department
Animal Control
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