Tricia Campbell Crowned 1976 Flower Festival Queen
Tricia Campbell was crowned 1976 Flower Festival queen Saturday night after selling 10 040 in tickets double the runner up Gail Kranig 4 461 Debra Sue Hatcher 2 773 placed third. Campbell sponsored by the Elks Club is a 17 year old Lom poc High School senior. Flower Festival activities continue Saturday with events at Lompoc High School La Salle Canyon arena and the Lompoc Senior High Cafetorium.
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Gail Kranig
Miss Kranig
Rotary Club
Debra Sue Hatcher
Vandenberg Afb
Chamber Mmere Earle
Sweetland
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Elks Clubh
Lompoc High School
Veterans Memorial Hall
Lompoc
LaSalle Canyon Arena
Lompoc Senior High
Tornadoes Rage Through Chicago Area Killing and Injuring Dozens
Severe storms lashed Chicago and the Midwest on Sunday killing four and injuring dozens. In Lemont two dead and scores injured as homes unroofed and cars tossed. power lines felled cutting electricity to about 30 000 homes. A South Side man electrocuted near his home. In Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa injuries and property losses followed as motorists faced floods and gunfire by youths on flooded Dan Ryan expressway. Police report multiple assaults amid storm chaos.
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Dan Ryan
Chicago
Lemont, Ill
Preston
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
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Hildebrand
Gilbert
Lemont
Joyce Arnold
James Brann
Europe
Downers Grove
Phyllis Anderson
Leo
Andersons
Anderson
Fire merger showdown as Santa Barbara County weighs state takeover
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors heard a report on transferring the Fire Department to the State Division of Forestry with thousands of petition signatures opposing the move. Firefighters and supporters gathered for the all day session while staff weighed economy driven consolidation alongside other agenda items. The day also covered veterans and civil defense office consolidations, county policy on Upper Santa Ynez vandalism, Arroyo Burro Trail easements, and Les Lewis's appeal of a ranchette project near Buellton and Lompoc.
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Forestry Division
Veterans Service Officer
Civil Defense
Santa Ynez River
Los Padres National Forest
Arroyo Burro
South Coast
Santa Ynez Valley
Les Lewis
Ning Commission
Bueliton
Lompoc
Ford seeks disclosure law to curb foreign bribes
President Ford announces a push for legislation requiring U S firms to disclose payments to influence foreign transactions and to bar falsifying related records. He backs a global stand on questionable corporate payments, citing Cabinet task force findings and recent disclosures involving Lockheed and other companies.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
U.S
Ad- Commission
White House
Commerce
Elliot L. Richardson
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lompoc Planning Commission to Hold Three Public Hearings Tonight
Lompoc Planning Commission will hold three public hearings on a revised animal control ordinance off street parking for outdoor nurseries and annual review of home occupation permits. The session includes city goals an antique store definition and land division actions with other zoning items. Weather turns warmer inland highs near 70 to 75 with tides noted. A bicycle accident on Miguelito Canyon Road required extraction from a wire fence. Local residents Lynda Schickram Janice Foulger Glenda Schemerhorn and Eileen Dags seen at a drive through aisle in an informal note.
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Lompoc
H Street
Chestnut Avenue
Olive Avenue
Fifth Street
South O Street
Lynda Schickram
Janice Foulger
Glenda Schemerhorn
Eileen Dags
Budget and Bus Purchases Head City Council Agenda
Lompoc City Council plans to adopt the 1976 77 budget and approve purchasing two Mercedes Benz diesel mini buses for a pilot transit program. The package includes options for wheelchair lifts noise suppression radios fare boxes and sales tax totaling 38414 40. Also up for second reading is an ordinance easing outdoor sales in C 2 zones.
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Lompoc
Jack Lam
Carter gains momentum as Church withdraws from race
Sen Frank Church of Idaho quit the Democratic presidential contest and endorsed Jimmy Carter. Carter's delegates reached 1,346 with 159 needed, while Ford led Reagan in the GOP race but eyed future delegate contests. Church freed 74 delegates and urged unity for Carter as Carter wooed New York's big delegation.
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United Press International
Jimmy Carter
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Georgia
UPI
Carter
New York
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Church
Montana
Nebraska
Oregon
Supervisors cut planning commission to five members
The Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to reduce the nine member County Planning Commission to five, effective the first week of January 1977. Savings exceed $12,000 based on dropping a proposed 10th commissioner and the 1976 77 Planning Department budget. Current members include Dr. M.V. Duncan and Boyd Bettencourt.
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Planning Commission
Dick Praul
Board of Supervisors
County Planning Commission
Robert E. Kallman
Kallman
Robert Lilley
Robert Hedlund
M.V. Duncan
Lompoc
Boyd Bettencourt
Santa Ynez
Lompoc Valley
Santa Ynez Valley
Solvang
Buellton
Slater
Frank J. Frost
Harrell Fletcher
Francis H. Beattie
James M. Slater
Fletcher
Planning Department
Britt Johnson
Democratic platform faces multiple critiques at first Plat form Committee session
The 153 member committee heard objections from former Senator Joseph Clark and Rep. Bella Abzug who urged stronger welfare funding and equal employment emphasis. Debates centered on draft amnesty versus amnesty for deserters, anti discrimination scope, and calls for presidential press conferences. Dukakis praised the plan as fiscally sound and includes health insurance and an income floor funded by reduced unemployment.
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Washington
UPI
Joseph Clark
Pennsylvania
Pentagon
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Susan Wiencke
Wisconsin
New York
Massachusetts
Michael S. Dukakis
Court rejects busing challenge in Boston desegregation case
The Supreme Court denied appeals contesting Boston’s desegregation plan and left intact lower court rulings upholding the busing program. The decision also clears enforcement of lead content reductions in gasoline, cites health risk, and upholds minimum police height rules as non discriminatory.
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UPI
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U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of All
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Ohio
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Paul Floyd
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Edward Levi
Kevin White
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