Blood Donor Month Observed By Tri-Counties Blood Bank
The Tri-Counties Blood Bank in Santa Barbara joins National Blood Donor Month proclaimed by President Nixon. Mayor Firestone backs the observance urging citizens to donate, noting January’s higher need due to accidents, illnesses and winter vacations. Donors aged 18 to 66 may give a pint at the Santa Barbara center or procurement sites in Ventura, with the age limit recently raised to 66.
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Tri-Counties Blood Bank
Santa Barbara
Nixon
Gerald S. Firestone
American Association of Blood Banks
American Medical Association
American Hospital Association
American National Red Cross
Congress
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Tim Lee Carter
Kentucky
Lawrence L. McLellan
Tri-Counties
Ventura
Futile River Reversals Could Disrupt Earth Spin
UPI report notes Dr. Raymond L. Nace of the U S Geological Survey warns proposed North American and Siberian river reversals could slow Earth's rotation and alter axis wobble. He cites climate disruption and unintended environmental harm from large irrigation projects and urges caution about meddling with hydrological systems.
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
UPI
North America
Siberia
Raymond L. Nace
U.S. Geological Survey
Nace
Paris
United Nations
U.S. West
North Pole
Equator
State parks computer reservations see strong first day
The California Department of Parks and Recreation reports 9350 reservations and 58367 dollars taken on the first full day January 5 for the new Computicket system. Coastal parks like Seacliff and Doheny are heavily booked while inland and northern parks show more availability. Information and outlets are listed with phone contacts for Southern and Northern California offices.
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State Department of Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation
William Penn Mott Jr
Mott
Seacliff
Doheny
San Clemente
San Eliso
Redwood
Computicket
California
Bay Area
Sacramento
Department of Parks and Recreation
P. O
State
Automobile Club
Department
Ninth Street
Deductions for training disadvantaged workers expanded
Governor Reagan signed a law expanding tax deductions for small business employers in Northern Santa Barbara County who train and hire disadvantaged workers. The California Small Business Tax Incentive Act allows a 50 percent deduction of direct training costs and trainee wages for up to 18 months per trainee, with up to 2,500 statewide certifications per year and at least half of trainees from economically disadvantaged areas.
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Reagan
Santa Barbara County
Dick Schendel
Santa Maria
Department of Human Resources Development
E. Chapel Street
California
Creative Society
Schendel
Oil firm to meet county power metering standards
Sun Oil Co. DX Division offers to underground a power metering structure for a new Santa Barbara Channel drilling platform. The plan will be heard by the County Planning Commission after prior rejection of above ground options. The facility would sit on Southern Pacific right of way near a Union Oil site that drew Summerland protests.
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Sun Oil Co
DX Division
Summerland
Santa Barbara
County Planning Commission
County Engineering
Southern Pacific Co
Ocean Bluffs
Union Oil Co
Nixon calls and stick ball pride mix in home humor
Washington writer Dick West recalls a lighthearted domestic sketch as a wife awaits a supposed call from President Nixon about a third grade stick ball victory. The piece contrasts public grandiosity with simple family pride and a White House image.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Nixon
Kansas City
Len Dawson
Chiefs
White House
Secret Service
FBI
CIA
News media urged to report violence roots for better outcomes
A 614 page task force report from the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence criticizes U S media for neglecting root causes of protests and social change. It argues coverage often reflects middle class white gatekeepers and fails to provide peaceful access for new ideas and minority grievances.
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Louis Cassels
U.S
Congress weighs second Social Security boost amid welfare overhaul
Congress may add another Social Security increase as welfare, Medicare and tax reforms unfold in the new session. A likely 5 percent raise could take effect July 1, with a companion rise in Social Security taxes and a higher wage base proposed to fund programs. The welfare plan also targets a basic family income and broader eligibility, while food stamp funding faces House resistance to the Senate ceiling rise.
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Michael L. Posner
Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Mississippi
New Jersey
House Agriculture Committee
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