Water district records show $50,000 spent on engineers and counsel
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, funded by property taxes, paid engineer Thomas M. Stetson and attorney Stanley C. Hatch about $50,000 over two years. Hatch earned a $708 monthly retainer plus time and extra fees. Stetson's bills covered engineering work on the Lompoc Narrows Dam plan and related travel and costs.
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Bureau
Lawmakers clash over budget as Unruh seeks governorship
In Sacramento, Assembly Republican leaders accuse Jess Unruh of using budget talks to push his gubernatorial bid. They say the budget stalemate and halted state services threaten the legislature’s image while Gov. Reagan’s team remains firm.
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Ture
Assembly Democratic
Jess Unruh
Assembly
Robert Monagan
Unruh
Tracy
Senate
Howard Way
Roxeter
Franchise Tax Board
Monagan
Reagan
Pickets Protest City Contract Payments as Council Acts
Pickets opposed city dealings with contractors outside the meeting chamber. Schuyler Lawn Care owner George Schuyler claimed he had not been paid for weed abatement work. The council ordered immediate payment for three lots and a two week review of four more disputed sites.
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Schuyler
John Baker
James Longtin
Art Scott
Scott
Robert D. MacClure
Council
City urged to fund Fourth of July fireworks show
Fire Chief John Baker says the 1969 Fourth of July display faces a shortfall with only about 600 to 700 dollars raised toward a 2500 dollar goal to match last year. City Council offered up to 500 dollars if voluntary contributions fail to reach 2500, and may withhold funds if donors meet the target. Baker appealed for public and business donations to avoid cutting the show.
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John Baker
Baker
Central Coast
Weather Brief For Lompoc And Central Coast Areas
Overcast conditions persist in Lompoc and the central coast through Thursday with clearing inland and along the coast in the afternoons. Daytime highs reach the mid sixties near the coast to near eighty inland, with tonight’s lows in the 50s and northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Thursday tides show high tides of 6.1 and 4.5 feet and low tides of minus 0.9 and 2.2 feet.
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Lompoc
Central
Major air clash over Gulf of Suez marked crisis rise
United Press International reports a major dogfight over the Gulf of Suez with Israel claiming four Soviet MIG21s shot down and Egypt stating two Israeli Mirages were destroyed. The fighting followed night commando strikes south of Suez City and large fires from Israeli artillery as tensions edge toward open warfare. Foreign Minister Abba Eban warned in Nairobi that war remains possible but not inevitable.
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Egypt
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Suez City
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Suez
Suez Canal
Abba Eban
Nairobi
Kenya
US ready for strategic arms talks with Moscow Rogers
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said the United States is prepared to begin strategic arms talks with the Soviet Union as soon as possible. He noted no response yet from Moscow on start dates between July 31 and August 13, and stressed mutual interest in slowing the arms race. Rogers also discussed Nixon’s trip plans, Paris peace talks, South Vietnam lull, Middle East issues, and U S relations with Cambodia. William H. Fick was reappointed to the City Planning Commission for a four year term, praised by council members Charlotte Benton and Arthur Scott.
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Washington
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Moscow
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Sen
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Paris
South Vietnam
Middle East
William H. Fick
City Planning Commission
Fick
Charlotte Benton
Arthur Scott
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