Lompoc, County strike racquetball site pact
City negotiates a 50 year lease of 4.5 acres between Lompoc Shopping Center and the high school for a park area with private BKB Associates to develop a $400000 racquetball facility. The agreement allows a noncancelable lease and a token $1 yearly rent while outlining funding for park development and potential county tax withholding if court action occurs. The final lease goes before the City Council after county approval set for February 14.
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Lompoc
Gene L. Wahlers
County of Santa Barbara
E.C. Stevens
Robert Hedlund
BKB Associates
Ventura
BKB
Board of Supervisors
Wahlers
Ryan Park
Hedlund
Stevens
Freddie Prinze Dies Suspected Suicide Shot at Home
Hollywood actor Freddie Prinze 22 shot himself in the head at his Wilshire Boulevard apartment after a troubled divorce and upcoming court date. He was in critical condition at UCLA hospital as doctors weighed immediate surgery. Police said a note and a phone call to his family preceded the tragedy.
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Hollywood
UPI
Freddie Prinze
Prinze
Chico and
the Man
Ucla Hospital
Marvin Snyder
Tom Gilmartin
Kathy Elaine
Freddie
Dan Cooke
Mondale meets OECD official in Paris on economic stimulus
Vice President Mondale spoke with Emile Van Lennep secretary general of OECD about Carter administration policies. Van Lennep said the talks left him encouraged and noted potential gains for member nations including a rising gross national product. They discussed energy cooperation and international monetary issues.
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Paris
UPI
Walter Mondale
U.S
Mondale
London
United States
France
Emile van Lennep
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
van Lennep
Netherlands
Carter
OECD
International Energy Agency
Miguelito Channel Project Faces Board Review And Bids
The Board of Supervisors will discuss Miguelito Channel improvements as county engineers compare alternate plans with 10.5 million and 11.9 million price tags. The plan enlarges the debris basin at O Street and Olive Avenue and widens the channel to Santa Ynez River, with fencing along the entire length. Design starts in March and construction could begin this year or in 1978, with three phases totaling about 24 to 30 months.
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Miguelito Channel
Board of Supervisors
Jim Stubchaer
Stubchaer
Energy chief urges immediate action on gas crisis
UPI reports James R. Schlesinger asks Congress to pass an emergency natural gas bill to ease shortages this winter. He warns homes and hospitals may face gas cuts, urging conservation and swift action instead of long term deregulation.
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Washington
UPI
James R. Schlesinger
Congress
Schlesinger
House Energy Subcommittee
Carter
Midwest
Senate
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
United States
Energy Subcommittee
House Commerce Committee
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Federal Power Commission
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Lloyd M. Bentsen
D-Tex
Nine injured in area accidents from rain slicked highways
Over the past 24 hours nine people sustained injuries in three separate crashes. The most serious case involved Trey Kelley a 17 year old from Atascadero with a head injury after a pickup rolled over on Highway 101 near Las Cruces. James Mitchell 18 of Beverly Hills driver of the truck was treated for a back injury. Two other occupants Mark Francis 18 West Hollywood and Gary Barnes 17 Atascadero were released after treatment. A second crash on the boulevard stop at Santa Rosa Road and Highway 1 injured Jorge Monreal 19 Oxnard and passengers Martha Cordova 15 Florentino Perez 21 and Adalia Espinosa 23 all from Oxnard or Lompoc with Espinosa the most serious released today. The third crash near Gaviota Rest Stop injured Kwok Lim Stephen Lau 26 Pomona with a head cut while his car rolled over on Highway 101. He was treated and released.
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California Highway Patrol
Santa Rosa Road
Highway 1
CHP
Trey Kelley
Atascadero
Cottage Hospital
Kelley
Las Cruces
James Mitchell
Beverly Hills
Mark Francis
W. Hollywood
Gary
Oxnard
Florentino Perez
J St
Kwok-Lim Stephen Lau
Pomona
Highway 101
Gaviota
Lau
Goleta Valley Hospital
Blizzard shuts down Midwest and Northeast amid severe storm
A deep Midwest to East blizzard halted travel and closed thousands of schools and highways. Wind chills reached 80 below in parts of Illinois as governors declared emergencies and National Guard units aided snow removal across Ohio Michigan Minnesota New York and surrounding areas. A Windsor Ontario woman was found frozen on the Detroit River ice.
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United Press International
Midwest
Minnesota
Iowa
Appalachians
Missouri
Maryland
Virginia
Illinois
National Weather Service
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
New York
Chicago
National Guard
Lincoln
Ill
Muskegon
Grand Rapids
Windsor, Ont
Detroit River
Ambassador Bridge
Convalescent bed rates rise as CCC seeks funding
The Convalescent Care Center board raised intermediate care beds from 18 to 21 dollars and skilled nursing beds from 25 to 27 dollars daily starting March 1 to curb losses. They urge community letters to lawmakers for licensing 13 more intermediate beds, hoping to halve the deficit if approved.
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Stan Tulledo
Hospital Board of Trustees
Gary Hart
Omar Rains
Frank Signorelli
CCC
Ventura-Santa Barbara Health Systems Agency
Sacramento
L.E. Heiges
Barry Coughlin
William Diebner
Coughlin
Mike Palmer
Rains and
Hart
Signorelli
Rains
CDC
Medi-Cal
Lompoc
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Mondale Report
General Services
Ric Rea
Anderson
Bailey Construction Company of
Santa Barbara
Rea
Adalia Espinosa
North
N St
Espinosa
East
New Jersey
James Rhodes
Rhodes
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