Oil leases in Santa Barbara face costly backlash in hearings
Witnesses at Senate Interior Committee hearings warned that canceling offshore oil leases could trigger a national security risk and cost the federal government up to 9.3 billion dollars in lost income. Humble Oil official Thomas Barrow argued the bill would hinder development while Santa Barbara County Supervisor George Clyde called it tokenism.
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Washington
UPI
Santa Barbara Channel
Thomas D. Barrow
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Congress
George Murphy
R-Calif
Santa’ Barbara
George H. Clyde
Santa Barbara
Clyde
Barrow
Senate Interior Committee
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Moss
U.S
Lompoc Population Surges in Census Summary
Preliminary data show Lompoc gained over 9 000 residents from 1960 to the latest count. Adjusted city population reaches 23 981 with Federal Correctional Institution annex. county Lompoc Valley up 12 566 to 29 760. Sierra Santa Barbara County grows to 260 299. Official figure due from Bureau of the Census in December.
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Lompoc
Federal Correctional Institution
Bureau of the Census
Leonard C. Isley
Isley
Lompoc Valley
Santa Barbara County
State Department of Finance
Unicycle Tourer Heads to County Fair from Newport Beach
Jacquie Douglas of Newport Beach California rides a unicycle along California’s coast not using freeways. She aims to reach San Francisco after visiting the County Fair and crosses Harris Grade on U.S. 1 on her week long tour. She is photographed during a Solvang stop.
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Jacquie Douglas
Newport Beach
Calif
Jacquie
California
Harris Grade
U.S. 1
San Francisco
Solvang
Kennedy reports improving economy and policy gains
Treasury Secretary David M. Kennedy told Congress inflation pressures are easing and the economy is shifting from war to peace time. Labor Secretary Hodgson predicted unemployment rises can be avoided with anti inflation measures, while prices rose 0.4 percent in June due to higher costs for used cars homes and services.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Labor
James D. Hodgson
Six contend grand jury illegal near UCSB campus
Six people indicted for arson and rioting near the University of California Santa Barbara campus argue the grand jury was illegally formed. Defense attorney Richard Soloman says jurors lacked a fair cross section of Santa Barbara County, omitting students and Isla Vista residents. The petition cites state law on proportional ward selection and claims a decade of violations.
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San Francisco
UPI
University of California
Santa Barbara
Richard Soloman
Large increase planned for Lompoc recreation budget
Lompoc city officials propose a 25 cent tax rate hike to fund a 1970-71 recreation and park development budget boost of over 27 000. The plan raises capital outlay and adds park land purchases river park work and vandalism proof concession stand projects while trimming the park maintenance budget and shifting staff to other divisions.
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Lompoc
Ray McCuen
Parks and Recreation Department
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Recreation Division
River Park
North O Street
Floresta Park
Ryan Memorial Park
College Avenue
S Street
Thompson Park
Little League Baseball
Jack Anderson
Parks Department
Matt Howerton
US Nuclear Weapons Stationed Near Soviet Border Says Symington
Senator Stuart Symington asserts the United States has nuclear weapons on foreign soil near the Soviet Union and cites risks of escalation. He notes 1962 Cuba crisis near, and questions whether overseas arsenal affects U S commitments to defend host nations. The subcommittee probes Taiwan related nuclear deployment and asks about tactical weapons.
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Soviet Union
Washington
UPI
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
United States
Symington
Air Force
Cuba
U.S
Symington Subcommittee
Defense Department
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Subcommittee
U S
Taiwan
Chiang Kai- Shek
Richard G. Ciccolella
U.S. Army
Sen. J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Ciccolella
Committee forms to study beautification of Lompoc highway
A six man committee of regional government officials and agency heads was organized Monday night in Lompoc to study and plan beautification of the highway from downtown Lompoc to the Vandenberg AFB main gate. City Councilman E C Stevens will chair.
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Lompoc
Vandenberg Afb
Nixon says South Vietnam would share government with Communists
President Nixon said Saigon leaders are willing to share power with Communist groups if a free election leads to a coalition. He stressed the United States will not push a coalition before elections and that the Communists could participate in a free vote, with acceptance of the outcome. The remarks came ahead of a National Security Council meeting on Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
South Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
National Security Council
Vietnam
Paris
Nixon orders Bruce and Bunker home for new talks
President Nixon says David K. E. Bruce and Ellsworth Bunker will return to discuss proposals with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. He also warns he may veto a bill restricting imports with non textile quotas and notes inflation cooling while productivity may rise. The U S has not decided on Israel’s request for more war planes to support peace efforts.
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David K. E. Bruce
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
Nixon
Bruce
United States
Israel
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Solomon
William Holland
Walter J. Chesnavich
Gregg Knell
Robert Landfelder
Jeffrey Probst
Chris Alen Sherman
Charlotte Benton
Sol Lefkowitz
Art Scott
Francis Beattie
Ralph Patey
C of C
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Jim Longtin
Ken Dawson
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