Water district cuts taxes by three cents
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District directors reduced the district tax rate from 15 to 12 cents while approving the 1975 76 budget showing expenses of 50 650 against 54 100 in income. Major expenditures include 17 000 for legal counsel and 20 000 for a special services and engineering fund for engineer Thomas M. Stetson.
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Vaughn Proctor
Santa Ynez River
Thomas M. Stetson
Nhe
Stetson
Lompoc
Santa Ynez
House OKs 50 Million Pay Hike Amid Federal Pay Dispute
The House approved a 50 million pay raise to address the disparity between government and private salaries. Rep. Bud Shuster attacked the plan on the floor, citing constitutional bans on raises during a term and opposing cost of living increases. Rep. Gene Snyder shouted. President Ford urged passage in a letter to Nelson Rockefeller calling it a vital first step to attract and retain top federal officials.
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Albert
Bud Shuster
Congress
Shuster
Gene Snyder
R-Ky
Snyder
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Wilson opens summit with warning to Moscow over Brezhnev doctrine
At Helsinki the 35 nation European security summit opened with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson denouncing any excuse to intervene in another state's internal affairs. The remarks challenge Moscow's Brezhnev doctrine as leaders pledge freer travel and cooperation across a divided Europe.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Harold Wilson
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Czechoslovakia
Wilson
Brezhnev
Europe
West
Bardelli case take turn as DA drops charges in murder plot
The District Attorney stated no legal action is pending against Lompoc liquor store owner Philip Bardelli though investigators continue. Bardelli, 32, is accused of soliciting murders of Lompoc detective John Coday, Kevin Coffelt, and rival Axel Jansson, with prior court rulings lifting conspiracy and solicitation charges but leaving possible refiling. The case remains unresolved and Bardelli maintains innocence.
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Vaughn Proctor
District Attorney’s Office
Lompoc
Philip Joseph Bardelli
Loren Sutton
Nevada
Las Vegas
Bardelli
Hasseling
Sutton
W. Ocean Ave
John Coday
Kevin Coffelt
Axel Jansson
Coday
Coffelt
Jansson
Solvang
Earle Swinpey
Eckhoff
Swinney
Constructive headway reported on arms control
President Ford and Soviet leader Brezhnev made constructive progress on nuclear arms control at a private Helsinki summit. The talks, focused on the prospective SALT II pact, delayed the main European security summit briefly as both leaders discussed technical snags and broader U S Soviet relations.
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API
Ford
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Finlandia Hall
Poland
Edward Gierek
Henry A. Kissinger
Finland
Urho Kekkonen
Kekkonen
Europe
Greece
U.S
Washington
White House
Ron Nes
Sen
Middle East
Cyprus
OAS ends Cuban diplomatic isolation in Western Hemisphere
The Organization of American States approved a freedom of action resolution by 16 to 3 with two abstentions, allowing member nations to set their own Cuba relations. The measure stops short of lifting sanctions but signals possible normalization, with the United States among backers and observers noting a potential first step toward resumed ties.
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Costa Rica
UPI
Organization of American States
Cuba
United States
OAS
Fidel Castro
William Mailliard
Argentina
Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
el Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
Peru
Dominican Republic
Trinidad Tobago
Venezuela
Chile
Uruguay
Paraguay
Brazil
Nicaragua
Castro provides McGovern with CIA plots documents
Senator George McGovern said Fidel Castro supplied English and Spanish records detailing 24 alleged CIA plots to kill Castro and associates. He will present the materials to the Senate Intelligence Committee, noting photos and weapons, and citing one 1971 incident linked to Jesus Dominguez Benitz.
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UPI
George McGovern
D-S.d
Fidel Castro
CIA
McGovern
Senate Select Intelligence Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Castro
Jesus Dominguez Benitz
Chile
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