Takeover of Lompoc Airport Reviewed by Supervisors
Lompoc County Supervisors hear a report on the emergency takeover of operations at Lompoc County Airport after the local fixed base operator defaulted. Public Works Director Norman Caldwell said plans may be made to name a new operator as the county absorbs revenues and pays bills. An audit by Auditor-Controller Paul Floyd is ordered to determine the flight service’s money owed to the county.
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Board of Supervisors
Lompoc County
Public Works
Norman Caldwell
Lompoc Flight Service
Caldwell
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Flying Service
Bill Riggs
Paul Floyd
George Miller
Lompoc
Santa Barbara
George Rading
Floyd
Paul Price
Price
Santa Ynez
Stan Tulledo
County probes legality of quarry near scenic Cabrillo Highway
County officials study whether Henry Antolini and Son's rock removal on San Julian Ranch near Lompoc violates scenic corridor rules. If the activity is as damaging as unfenced plowing beyond 18 inches deep, permits and screening may be required, with decision hinging on visibility from the highway.
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Steve LA Rue
Winter County
Lompoc
Cabrillo Highway
Henry Antolini
Santa Maria
San Julian Ranch
Mile Post 12
Carl Kraemer
Antolini
Kraemer
Russian wheat sale blamed for high prices in U S
Congressional investigators faulted the 1972 deal selling 750 million dollars of U S wheat to the Soviet Union for triggering higher prices at home. The GAO criticized the Agriculture Department for poor sale management and subsidies, while noting benefits to the balance of payments and farm income.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Soviet Union
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Agriculture Department
Nixon
Lompoc to honor centennial with flower festival cover
The new Lompoc telephone directory features a paintni color cover celebrating the centennial and flower festival. It lists 11,714 entries in 804 pages with 34,479 copies printed and 11,793 to be mailed locally.
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California
Lompoc Hills
General Telephone
Lompoc
E. C. Stevens
Fran Underwood
Peace Corps volunteers freed after Amin clears them
One hundred eleven American Peace Corps volunteers detained since Saturday in Uganda are released after Mobutu Sese Seko assures they are Peace Corps workers. They depart Entebbe aboard East African Airways VC10, headed for Kinshasa, as Amin faces diplomatic pressure from the United States and Tanzania's Nyerere.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Peace Corps
Uganda
Idi Amin
Kampala
Amin
Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
U.S
United States
Belgian Congo
East African Airways
Julius Kambarage Nyerere
Tanzania
Mobutu
Morley
Lompoc Planning Commission to Hold Consistency Hearing
Santa Barbara County Planning Commission will hold a 7:30 p.m. hearing in Lompoc City Hall on Wednesday to review the Fourth Supervisorial District Advisory Committee work guiding the General Plan. Chairman Hugh D. Young cites goals to harmonize zoning with the plan and protect agricultural land amid growth pressures.
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Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Lompoc City Hall
Hugh D. Young
Buellton
Pacific Ocean
Gaviota
Harris Grade
Young
Mitchell Interviewed By Senate Watergate Counsel
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell, Nixon adviser and campaign manager during the Watergate era, met with Senate Watergate committee staff lawyers ahead of his public testimony. He appeared in good spirits and spoke briefly with reporters, offering little substantive detail.
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Washington
UPI
John N. Mitchell
Senate Watergate Committee
Mitchell
Nixon
Fred D. Thompson
Martha
Phase IV rules out gasoline rationing says Simon
Deputy Treasury Secretary William E. Simon states the administration will not pursue gasoline rationing amid shortages and notes a voluntary allocation system is working. Senator Henry M. Jackson calls for FTC study results on oil industry structure and possible divestiture of pipelines and refineries to ensure fair competition.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
Congress
Jackson
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Robert C. Lilley
Russia
Richard Daniel Axline
Polaris Ave
Vandenberg Village
Lompoc Hospital
Thomas Allen Turner
Torrance
Highway 1
California Highway Patrol
Turner
Betty Turner
Kinshasha
Entebbe
Uganda Radio Today
Gary Morley
State Department
John Mitchell
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
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