Final plea urges across the board county budget cuts
Santa Barbara Apartment House Owners Assn representative Christopher Story asks the Board of Supervisors to trim county department budgets by 5 percent to avoid a tax rate increase for 1969-70. County Farm Bureau executive secretary Robert Hunt supports efficiency moves as he warns of a growing taxpayer protest movement in Lompoc Valley. supervisors approve a $47.2 million budget after prior trimming. Johnson proposes to assume the Local Agency Formation Commission executive role, with duties absorbed by his staff.
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Santa Barbara
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Robert Hunt
County Farm Bureau
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Whitemore
Hunt
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Story
Sacramento
Communists deny political signaling in Vietnam lull
An Allied official at the Paris peace talks said Hanoi and the Viet Cong have not signaled any political meaning to the current drop in ground fighting. In Saigon 51 of 134 lawmakers warned Thieu against further concessions, while Thieu downplayed the criticism as disagreement. The lull coincides with a U.S. withdrawal plan of 25 000 troops and substitution with better equipped South Vietnamese forces.
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Nguyen Thi) Binh
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Foes in Senate Revise ABM Proposal Barring Deployment
Senate opponents of the antiballistic missile system plan to unveil a revised amendment to a defense bill. It would bar deployment for one year while keeping funds for radar, computers, missiles and other components eligible, though it clarifies the proposal’s purpose.
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UPI
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D-Mich
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Rky
United States
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R Cole
Cooper
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Legislation to Save SF Bay Faces Senate Test
Legislation to extend the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission's life cleared the Senate Finance Committee but faced bitter criticism over amendments that would not extend shoreline jurisdiction. Assemblyman John T. Knox said the bill, written with Senators Colwig Petris and Marks, must pass both houses. Hundreds attended the three hour hearing as debate focused on bay fill versus shoreline development and conservation goals.
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Committee approves a plan for shredded lettuce standards
The Assembly Ways and Means Committee backed SB 535 by Senator Robert J. Lagomarsino to allow the director of agriculture to set quality standards for shredded or chopped lettuce, noting current law lacks such standards. A second Lagomarsino measure, SB 658, also cleared, would require annual certified financial statements from applicants for a commission merchant or produce dealer license.
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Ventura
Santa Barbara
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Johns-Manville Reports Improved Second Quarter Sales
Johns Manville Corp reports stronger second quarter 1969 sales at 152.3 million dollars versus 141.7 million a year earlier. earnings reached 12.08 million dollars or 72 cents per share, up from 9.73 million or 58 cents. Year-to-date sales total 274.95 million, up from 255.25 million, with earnings of 19.37 million or 1.15 per share reflecting a 2-for-1 stock split approved March 13.
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C.B. Burnett
Indonesian malnutrition hits Jogjakarta residents
About 1 722 Indonesians in Jogjakarta Central Java are reported to suffer malnutrition. Officials in Jakarta relay the figures and describe the ongoing hunger crisis affecting local communities.
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UPI
Jogjakarta
Central Java
California Senate pushes pesticide control bills in 1960s push
The Assembly faces key votes on three pesticide bills. One bans DDT by 1972 with possible one year delay for substitutes. another expands Agriculture Department flexibility. a third requires disclosure on pesticide sales. Reagan expresses cautious stance while supporting light on the issue. The Nejedly DDT ban passed 29 to 0. Beilenson bills advance 22 to 2 and earlier Senate approval.
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California
State Department of Agriculture
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Walnut Creek
Ronald Reagan
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Nejedly
Anthony Beilenson
Beverly Hills
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Assessment hearings set to begin September 10 in Santa Maria
The County Board of Equalization will open property tax assessment protest hearings on September 10 at 10 a.m. in the County Administration Building Santa Maria. About 470 cases are expected with up to 10 percent protesting reductions due to winter floods. Refunds aim for quick processing after expedited handling.
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Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
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Righetti High School
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Darlene Skeeters Dadds
Jim Carey
Sacramento
County Board of Equalization
Howard Menzel
Board of Equalization
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Largest dog show set in Santa Barbara
Judging and obedience trials begin Sunday at 8 a.m. at the Santa Barbara Dog Show the nation’s largest one day beached show. A record 3345 dogs across 120 of 128 AKC breeds compete under a 130 by 780 foot tent at the polo club grounds.
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Highway 101
Nidever Rd
American Kennel Club
United States
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