Split county debate grows from crime report in Santa Barbara
Sheriff John W. Carpenter's crime figures for 1975 suggest South County bears over two thirds of crime. North County leaders, led by Supervisor Harrell Fletcher, argue the data underscore the need for creating a separate county.
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Dick Praul
John W. Carpenter
Santa Barbara
Sheriff's Department
Board of Supervisors
Harrell Fletcher
Santa Maria
South Coast
Fletcher
Larry Lavagnino
Frank J. Frost
James M. Slater
Isla Vista
Tokyo
Summerland
Richard Fuller
Slater
Fuller
Fraser urges U S naval build up in Indian Ocean
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser calls for a stronger U S military and naval presence in the Indian Ocean to counter Soviet footholds and secure Middle East oil routes. He backs a Diego Garcia base to safeguard sea lanes and Israel’s oil supply, stressing the region’s strategic importance for Japan.
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Canberra
Australia
UPI
Malcolm Fraser
United States
Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
Indian Subcontinent
Russia
Israel
Middle East
Japan
Water experts eye pipeline from Cachuma to Lompoc
Water officials discuss a potential 25 mile Cachuma to Lompoc pipeline to protect underground supply and improve water quality amid proposed diversions. The idea emerged during Lompoc Water Commission talks and was confirmed by Santa Barbara County Water Agency leadership.
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Cachuma
Lompoc
Ed Rodgers
Stanley C. Hatch
Santa Ynez River
Lawrance
Rodgers
Salsipuedes Creek
Alan Davidson
Salsipuedes
Bureau of Reclamation
Davidson
Planning Commission Hears New Director and Home Use Permit
The Lompoc Planning Commission on Monday welcomed new community development director Jack Lam and granted J S Hansen a permit to run a home business from 516 South B Street. The meeting adjourned after addressing an appeal on development requirements in the convenience center zone.
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Lompoc Planning Commission
Jack Lam
J.S. Hansen
Commission
Harley Craig
Hansen
South B St
Craig
Charlotte Benton
Fick
John Peto
Robert Kranig
William Paulin
Vernon Copeland
Sam
Mike Kaufman
Lorraine Taylor
California medical malpractice accord collapses in Sacramento
Legislative leaders failed to agree on a state operated insurance fund to provide doctors with malpractice coverage. Dispute centered on state liability for the fund. Southern California doctors protest rising insurance costs with slowdowns. Premiums were reported to rise as high as 327 percent.
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Assembly
Leo T. McCarthy
Sacramento
UPI
California
Doctors Face 15 Day Window on New Malpractice Rates
Los Angeles area physicians were given 15 days to pay sharply higher malpractice premiums or risk cancellation. The Travelers Insurance Co. tripled rates, triggering a 13th day of doctor strikes and wage cuts for 24,000 hospital workers, with county hospitals bearing the load. Notices warned 9,500 doctors that nonpayment by January 28 would end coverage.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Southern California
The
Travelers Insurance Co
Hartford
Ford names Morton as White House aide
President Ford named Rogers C B Morton to be chief political aide in the White House and adviser on domestic and economic policy. Howard Callaway remains in charge of the election campaign, with Morton acting as a liaison to the campaign and the RNC. Morton, 61, will earn 44600 a year and work in Nixon’s former Executive Office Building suite. Morton succeeds Elliot L Richardson as Commerce Secretary.
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Watergate
Dwight Chapin
Federal Correction Institution
Lompoc
Parole Board
FCI
Gerald Farkas
Farkas
Federal Parole Board
Chapin
Richard Nixon
Washington
UPI
Ford
Commerce
Rogers C.B. Morton
White House
Ron Nessen
Howard
Bob’ Callaway
Morton
Nelsen
Republican National Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Nessen
Callaway
Elliot L. Richardson
Great Britain
PLO gains UN debate privileges amid Security Council vote
The Palestine Liberation Organization joins a United Nations Security Council Middle East debate with full privileges except voting after an 11 to 1 council vote. Britain France and Italy abstained while the United States objected, noting the PLO is not a state and warning of future complications. Israel boycotts the session in protest.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Palestine Liberation Organization
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
U.S
United States
PLO
Britain
France
Italy
Israel
Chaim Herzog
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Mike Byrd
Judy Goodwin
Robert Bickford
Asia
Fraser
Australian Labor Party
Virgil Phelps
Hatch
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Salsipuedes Dam
United States Geologic Survey
USGS
Diaz
City Hall
William Fick
Farouk Kaddoumi
Council
Palestine
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