Lompoc Substation Chief Says Staffing Shortfalls Hurt Safety
Lt. Dennis Higgins, commander of the Lompoc Sheriff's Substation, blasts current staffing as inadequate and unsafe. He seeks more deputies, noting a six decade long shortage, leaving eight deputies and risking delayed response in Vandenberg Village and Mission Hills. Higgins reveals plans to leave for a south county post as his unit struggles with back up and workload.
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Dennis Higgins
Lompoc
Lompoc Valley
Higgins
Solvang
Santa Maria
Jalama Beach
Missions
North County
South County
City may lose racquetball facility over lease stalemate
Lompoc faces the risk of losing a proposed racquetball center if an agreement on land and a 50 year lease with the county cannot be reached by February 14. BKB Associates seeks a central site near the high school, while city officials prefer Ryan Park or a park deed from the county amid traffic concerns.
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Lompoc
E. C. Stevens
BKB Associates
Ventura
Ryan Park
Alan Davidson
Davidson
Ford orders honorable discharges for Vietnam veterans
President Ford directs review and recharacterization of about 700 deserters who were wounded or decorated for valor in Vietnam to honorable conditions under his clemency program. Draft evaders receive no relief. veterans gain restored rights and medical benefits unless a compelling reason exists.
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Washington
Ford
Vietnam
White House
Council pushes four ordinances for animal control
Lompoc City Council introduced four ordinances tightening animal keeping while safeguarding youth projects like 44H and FFA. The measures would limit nonhousehold animals, restrict wild animals and bees, cap dogs over four months at four per residence, and provide early hearings on impounding. Public hearings set for February 1 with amendments to protect youth projects.
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Lompoc
FFA
Planning Commission
Charles Ward
H and I Streets
Ocean and
Cypress Avenues
Time Oil Company
H Street
Chestnut Avenue
W. J. Botroff
V Street
Laurel and
Maple Avenues
Inflation eases to 4.8 percent in 1976
UPI reports consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in December and 4.8 percent for 1976. Officials note Ford's goal of sub five percent inflation achieved, though economists expect little improvement in the next two years. The 1976 rate is the lowest since 1972.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Ford
Conrad to retire as president of Allan Hancock College
Walter E. Conrad, president of Allan Hancock College for 20 years, will retire June 30. He led the college from a few hundred students in 1957 to over 9,000 today with campuses in Santa Maria Lompoc and Vandenberg AFB. A search committee will interview top applicants for his successor under affirmative action policies.
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Walter E. Conrad
Allan Hancock College
Conrad
Santa Maria
Lompoc
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Hancock Airfield
Ment
Board of Trustees
Ernest Righetti
Duke University
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
California
University of California
Santa Barbara County
Santa Maria High School
Vandenberg Afb
Righetti High
Santa Ynez Valley
Snow hits Florida as Deep South hails record cold
Snow fell in Miami suburbs as arctic cold gripped the Deep South and northern plains. Amtrak suspended eight Midwest runs and the railway planned to move trains south to thaw them out. Florida saw two inches of snow at Cypress Gardens and temperatures dropped to 10 above zero in Pensacola.
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United Press International
Miami
Deep South
Amtrak
Midwest
National Railroad Agency
South
Florida
Alaska
Ted Stevens
Jimmy Carter
Cypress Gardens
Fla
Palm Beach County
Pensacola
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Vandenberg Village
Mission Hills
Sheriff's Department
Board of Supervisors
Department
Santa Barbara
Fillmore
Fillmore School
Washington, D.C
Robert O. Vincent
Stevens
Ryon Park
Ron Fairbanks
Mike Siminski
Parks and Recreation Commission
Rick
Public Works
Barry Gustafson
Lompocans
Charlotte Benton
Joe Valencia
Ward
Elinor Lefkowitz
Warner E. Newby
Samtec
Ocean Avenue
N Streets
LAFCO
Schuyler
Laurel and Chestnut Avenues
Seventh Street
Bailey Construction Co
General Services
Ric Rea
Alberta Morgan
Beattie Park
Service
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