Santa Maria official suspended over Union Oil loan dealings
The Board of Supervisors suspended David K. Bickmore, 51, a Santa Maria petroleum engineer, after disclosure of a financial transaction with Union Oil involving a 12792 promissory note. The case centers on a debt tied to a mercury mine operation near Firebaugh and a Santa Cruz Island drilling permit linkage. County counsel and the DA will investigate potential ordinance violations while Sierra Club sought a public hearing.
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Board of Supervisors
David K. Bickmore
Santa Maria
Union Oil Co
David Milner
Ray
Sial
Santa Cruz Island
Sierra Club
Bickmore
Felix Hopkins
Firebaugh
Union
Bickmores
Union Oil
County Recorder’s Office
Park expansion prompts concern at Lompoc commission meeting
At the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting, members raised alarms over the city’s plan to acquire 15 more acres for River Park east of Lompoc near the Santa Ynez River. City administrator Gene Wahlers and planning director Clint Sherrod discussed revised boundaries, HUD approval, and a total park area purchase before Sept. 24, 1970 with a projected $150,000 cost split among HUD, state funds, and the city.
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Lompoc
Santa Ynez
Parks and Recreation Commission
Mike Siminski
Gene Wahlers
Clint Sherrod
State Division of Highways
Sherrod
Forbes
Stevens first to file papers in Lompoc council race
E C Stevens former Lompoc Record editor and Allan Hancock College public affairs director filed for a City Council seat for the April 14 election. filing for three seats opened today with mayor Robert MacClure Richard Jacoby and Brooks Speight as incumbents seeking re election. Voter registration closes February 19 and filing has no fee.
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Lompoc
Wilma Thomas
E. C. Stevens
Record
Stevens
E. Mango Ave
The
United Fund
Lompoc Valley Press Club
Visiting Nurse Service
Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce
Robert MacClure
MacClure
Jacoby
Speight
City Hall
Walnut Ave
S, D St
Santa Barbara oil spill event ends with protest and pledges
Demonstrators blocked the Santa Barbara channel pier during an anti oil drilling conference marking the spill anniversary. William Neely smashed his Pontiac in protest while about 500 police and protesters clashed briefly. Speakers urged halting drilling and reimbursing oil firms, as the Santa Barbara Declaration of Environmental Rights was read.
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Santa Barbara
UPI
William Neely
Neely
Interior
Morris Udall
Udall
SANTA BARBARA OIL FIRMS FACE US REMOVAL FIGHT
The district attorney plans to issue summons for Union Oil Mobil Gulf and Texaco after they failed to appear for arraignment on 343 pollution counts in Santa Barbara Channel. A petition seeks transfer to federal court in Los Angeles, triggering the case being removed from Municipal Court.
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Santa Barbara
UPI
Union
Mobil
Gulf
Texaco
U.S. District Court
Los Angeles
Joseph Lodge
U.S
David D. Milier
Suspects Questioned in Lompoc Pharmacy Narcotics Burglary
Detectives questioned two suspects in the narcotics theft at Medical Pharmacy on Ocean Avenue. The burglars stole narcotics pills and powders, a TV, and limited cash after breaking in from the rear. A large citywide search led to a truck found near a hotel with the TV nearby. one suspect was described as a painter from Torrance.
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Lompoc
Ocean Ave
Art Smith
Torrance
Getaway Driver Drunk Before Yablonski Killings
FBI testimony to a federal grand jury details the getaway driver’s inebriation outside Joseph A. Yablonski’s Clarksville Pennsylvania home after the miner union official and his family were murdered. Fingerprints on beer cans aided arrests. car purchases and associates tied to three suspects surfaced in the inquiry.
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Cleveland
UPI
Joseph A
Jock’’ Yablonski
FBI
Federal
Yablonski
Clarksville
Reagan declares war on narcotics in California plan
Gov Ronald Reagan unveils a comprehensive anti drug strategy starting in first grade classrooms and extending to courts and jails. He creates by executive order a state Office of Narcotics and Drug Abuse Coordination to coordinate prevention treatment and education efforts across the state.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
State Office of Narcotics and
Glimpses Comment on Helmet Spelling in Local Ad Copy
Kites dot the Lompoc sky as springlike weather continues. Local chess players prep for tonight s match at the FCI with inmate chess club. Temperatures hold in the upper 50s to mid 60s with lows 35 to 45. Winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday tides include 4.6 ft at 2 47 pm and 2.4 ft at 5 08 pm. lows 1.3 ft at 10 47 am and 2.3 ft at 7 53 pm.
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Lompoc
FCI
House starts work on new HEW bill in education funding clash
Washington UPI report says House lawmakers moved to craft a new education and welfare bill after President Nixon pledged to spend 450 million more on education than his initial proposal. The veto of a 19.7 billion Labor HEW bill stood, with 226 to 191 votes against the veto and 35 Democrats joining 156 Republicans to sustain Nixon.
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UPI
House
Nixon
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
House Appropriations
Subcommittee
Daniel J. Flood
D-Pa
Robert H. Michel
R-Dil
GOP
Flood
Congress
Executive Branch
Manson Judge Pleads Innocent Amid Courtroom Chaos
Charles Manson, who acted as his own attorney, urged delay while Judge George Dell entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. The hearing set the trial for February 9 though extradition fights may push delays. Manson appeared clean shaven and restless as he argued the indictment and court procedures.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Charles M. Manson
Sharon Tate - LaBianca
Manson
George M. Dell
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