Carter criticizes Israeli settlements as hurdle to peace
President Carter urged that Israel’s legalization of new settlements on occupied lands complicates Middle East peace and may meet global opposition. He noted talks with Prime Minister Begin and stressed concern over new settlements more than existing ones.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Israel
Middle East
Occupied
Territories
Menahem Begin
Begin
Egypt
Sudan
Somalia
Soviet Union
West Bank
Jordan River
Mission Hills Council readies petition for water district
Mission Hills officials plan a door to door petition drive to form a water and sewer service district replacing private utilities. The group targets 35 percent of 1,237 voters to qualify for a Local Agency Formation Commission review and potential election.
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Vaughn Proctor
Mission Hills Community Council
Bill Holmes
Holmes
LAFCO
Mission Hills
Mesa Oaks
Mission Hills Water Company
Lompoc Utility Services Co
Mission Hills Utility Co
Kite flyer blamed for disastrous SB blaze
Santa Barbara officials ruled the Sycamore Fire accidental caused by a kite entangled with a 16,000 volt line. The brush blaze burned 729 acres in Montecito and Santa Barbara, with property losses over 40 million dollars and hundreds of firefighters reassigned to mop up.
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Dick Praul
Stanley Roden
Sycamore
Santa Barbara City Foothills
Boden
Santa Barbara
Roden
Forest Service
Montecito
Body Found Triggers Large-Scale Investigation
A woman in her twenties was found along Highway 101 near Nojoqui Grade, prompting a major probe. A 15-year-old found the body as his father repaired a broken down motorhome. Death cause undetermined. authorities mobilized Lompoc Search and Rescue to assist Santa Barbara officials. Damages from a separate incident could reach $40 million as 200+ homes burned or damaged. Fire and flood crews plan preventative measures for potential flooding and hillside stabilization ahead of fall rains.
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Highway 101
Highway 1
Nojoqui Grade
Lompoc
Lynn Whittemore
Lompoc Teachers to Learn Terms at Special Meeting
LEA directors set August 30 for a special meeting to present and explain the tentative contract to teachers who will vote on ratification. The two year deal includes reopeners on salary and benefits and a contingency fund may cover up to seven or eight percent raises.
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Lompoc
Lompoc Education Association
LEA
Ruth Hadley
Lompoc Unified School District
Hadley
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
LFT
Commissioners to examine basic water question
City Water Commission meets to decide if supple mental water is needed and how much. City attorney Alan Davidson outlines decision making with factors and costs. A final recommendation to the City Council on state project water is due by Sept. 20 to the County Water Agency. Meeting 7:30 p.m. in City Hall.
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City Council
Planning Commission
City Water Commission
Alan Davidson
County Water Agency
Weather outlook shows sunny days with warm inland highs
Mostly sunny today and Friday with slightly cooler trend. Coastal highs reach the 70s while inland areas hit 80s to 90s. Lows around 60 to 66. Friday tides include high tides of 4.5 feet at 10 34 a.m. and 6.8 feet at 9 55 p.m. and low tides of 1.2 feet at 4 17 a.m. and 1.5 feet at 3 47 p.m.
Island call about Santa Barbara fire prompts inquiry
Henry Hurlbut phoned his mother Mrs. Marjorie Halstead from an Indian Ocean island to check on the Santa Barbara blaze. A city utility truck struck a telephone drop line Wednesday afternoon triggering a 12 minute outage in the northeast city area.
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Henry Hurlbut
Marjorie Halstead
Indian Ocean
Santa Barbara
President's food stamp plan assured of passage
The Carter plan to extend free food stamps to millions gains final congressional approval after House passage 317 to 102. The bill cuts income eligibility, tightens fraud rules, imposes job search in able bodied adults, and expands benefits to high cost areas.
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UPI
Carter
Senate
House
House Agriculture Committee
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Midwest
Northeast
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