Santa Barbara Board okays county clerk and recorder merger
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to consolidate the county clerk and county recorder offices by year end. New chair Charles F. Catterlin opposed. Menzel and van Buskirk plan to run for the combined post, which may cut salaries and eliminate an assistant role. The ordinance takes effect in 30 days and could affect the June 4 primary election.
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Santa Barbara
Rita van Buskirk
Menzel
Raymond D. Johnson
van Buskirk
David Watson
James M. Slater
County seeks to fill 70 vacancies despite freeze
Santa Barbara County is set to fill 70 vacant positions across departments despite a board imposed freeze. Raymond D. Johnson supported 84 total fills since the freeze as a move to bolster fund surpluses and avoid tax hikes. One supervisor opposed strict adherence, warning of tax increases, as action defers 184 other vacancies to Johnson's mid year budget January 28.
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Board of Supervisors
Slater
Johnson
Supervisors Approve $57,555 Bid for Courthouse Basement Remodel
The county supervisors awarded the low bid of 57 555 dollars on Monday to remodel about 7 100 square feet of the courthouse basement for storage of Votronic vote counting machines and possible consolidation of the elections bureau J W Bailey was the low bidder Menzel and public works director Norman Caldwell and the administrative officer will study practicality
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County Elections Bureau
J. W. Bailey
Howard C. Menzel
Public Works
Norman Caldwell
Skylab 3 Sets Space Flight Time Record
The Skylab 3 crew Gerald P Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue beat the Skylab 2 duration with 59 days 11 hours 9 minutes 4 seconds and planned 84 days in orbit 858 orbits 24.5 million miles with one erratic gyroscope issue as they monitor a foot controlled jet maneuvering unit.
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Houston
UPI
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Carr
Pogue
California schools may save by outsourcing driver training
A California study for the 1969 legislature finds public schools could save about 6.1 million dollars yearly by contracting with commercial firms for driver training. The report cites 12,000 students in 10 districts and compares costs and quality between public and commercial programs.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Department of Motor Vehicles
John Wayne heads east for Harvard Lampoon showdown
John Wayne sails to the East after Harvard Lampoon challenged him to a man to man confrontation. He vows to face the opposition despite the satire clash and the possible crowd of demonstrators.
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Los Angeles
UPI
John Wayne
Generation Gap
Wayne
Harvard Lampoon
Marx
Mao Tse Tung
Harvard
Former Hughes aide indicted in $8 million mining claim scheme
A federal grand jury indicted John Meier and three others on conspiracy and tax evasion charges over mining claim sales to Howard Hughes’ company totaling more than $8 million. Prosecutors say about $4.8 million was siphoned to foreign firms and misbooked as non taxable profits. The IRS described false individual and partnership income tax returns prepared by the defendants.
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Las Vegas
UPI
John Meier
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Hughes Tool Co
U.S
Devote Heaton
United States
Internal Revenue Service
Supervisors Delay Dog Fee decision to January Twenty Eighth
County supervisors debated raising dog license fees from four to ten dollars with neutered dogs at five dollars and decided to defer policy decisions until January twenty eighth. A special committee of dog experts and public members will study a proposed animal control ordinance set to take effect in March.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara
John B Carricaburu
Santa Ynez
Mid-Coast Veterinary Medical Association
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