Budget Deadlock Breaks as Dems Aid Republicans
In Sacramento the Assembly Democrats join Republicans to pass a 6.3 billion budget for Reagan. The plan uses surplus funds to boost school aid, with 60 to 65 million over the governor's earlier 105 million proposal. Unruh says 14 Democrats will vote, totaling 54 yes votes.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly Democrats
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
Jess Unruh
Unruh
Reagan
New York’s
University of California
County urged to trim funds to reduce taxes
The Board of Supervisors faces a series of recommended cuts from the County Tax Bureau in its annual budget message. Proposals include reducing welfare programs, divesting regulatory powers from the State Social Welfare Board, and limiting sheriff’s personnel for a new county jail in Goleta Valley. A plan to divert 50 percent of highway violation fines to the general fund is debated, with road maintenance needs cited by Road Commissioner Leland Steward.
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Board of Supervisors
County Tax Bureau
Farm Bureau
Goleta Valley
Leland Steward
North County
Gun battle near Santo Domingo hotel leaves one dead
In Santo Domingo eight miles from the Hotel Ambassador shooting injures three and leaves one dead. Dominican army says 50 people were arrested after soldiers fired on civilians inside the Port Workers Union building. Eyewitnesses report confusion and conflicting accounts of who opened fire as Rockefeller crossed the city.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Nelson Rockefeller
Port Workers’ Union
Vicente Noble Street
New City
U.S
Air Force
Nationalist China gunboats raid Red ships sink three
A Nationalist Chinese flotilla raided a Communist naval base near Fuchou in the Min River mouth, sinking three ships and damaging a second gunboat as they escaped through the Formosa Strait. It was the first sea clash since January 1966, heightening cross strait tensions and prompting fears of retaliation.
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Taipei
UPS
Peking
Chinas
Min River
China
Fuchou
Formosa Strait
Senate panel cuts defense request by over two billion
The Senate Armed Services Committee trimmed more than 2 billion dollars from Nixon's 20 billion defense request, eliminating all funding for offensive chemical and biological weapons development. It also slashed research and development by about 1.0 billion, while safeguarding ABM funds including 345.5 million for deployment and 400.9 million for R D.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nixon
Committee
John C. Stennis
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
U.N
Thant
Laird
Stennis
Pentagon
Kwajalien Island
Pacific
Population at Vandenberg Holds Steady in County Census
County planners report a stable population trend with Vandenberg Air Force Base at an estimated 14 656 residents. Earlier figures cited 260 000 for the county as of April 1, while spring counts show varied area totals across Carpinteria Santa Barbara Lompoc Santa Maria and surrounding regions. Mission Canyon shows 72 875 residents.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Clifford Pauley
County Planning Department
Vandenberg
City of
Carpinteria
Santa Barbara
Lompoc
Santa Maria
City of Guadalupe
Montecito
Goleta Valley
Chamber uncovers error in 1969 Flower Festival queen count
Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce reports a miscalculation in the 1969 Flower Festival queen contest. The review shows Dawn Ebbert met the rules to be queen, resulting in two queens and the sharing of awards including the $500 scholarship and the queen’s trophy for Kay Wishard.
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Lompoc
Dawn Ebbert
Beattie
Queen Wishard
Queen Ebbert
Fireworks fund lags on eve of annual Fourth display
Valley residents prepare for the Fourth of July gala at Huyck Stadium while volunteers beg for last minute donations to reach about $1,000 needed to match last year. Fire Chief John Baker assures the show will go on, with cannisters in downtown businesses and the Fire Department accepting funds.
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John Baker
Huyck Stadium
South G
Lompoc High School
Valley
Lompoc
McGovern reveals secret talks with Hanoi and Viet Cong
Senator George S. McGovern detailing secret talks in Paris with North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front to assess their peace price. He insists no negotiation substance exists until U.S. military operations end and forces are withdrawn and Saigon’s Thieu regime is abandoned.
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Washington
UPI
Paris
Seu
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Hanoi
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Thiew Ky
Saigon
McGovern
Senate
National Liberation Front
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Fulbright
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Harold E. Hughes
Alowa
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry F. Byrd
DB Va
Byrd
State Department
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Juan Bosch
Burgos
Key Biscayne, Fla
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Cong
Agnew
J. William Fulbright
D Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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