County Attorneys Seek Substantial Pay Hike in CA Counties
County government attorneys numbering 25 in the district attorney and public defender offices pressed for an immediate substantial pay raise. They seek salary parity with peers in Southern and Central California, a plan discussed with county supervisors on Monday. Barry Cappello led remarks as chief.
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Public Defender
California
Barry Cappello
Cappello
Santa Barbara
Isla Vista
City Prepares for Flower Festival in Lompoc
City crews and private citizens rush to ready Lompoc for the Flower Festival. Workers repaint curbing and refinish gutters on H Street and Ocean Avenue while gardeners finish park displays at Ryon Park. Officials install flags, set up festival booths, refurbish bandshell, add sanitation facilities, and prepare a special parade parking area west of Ryan Park.
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Lompoc
Chamber of Commerce
H Street
Ocean Avenue
Ryon Park
Festival Park
Ryan Park
Goleta Supervisors decline referendums on El Capitan Ranch rezoning
County supervisors declined to repeal the El Capitan Ranch rezoning or place it on November ballots. The East Goleta Valley Citizens Assn and Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference filed the request, which was merely filed. Environmental groups protest a large new residential area in the western Goleta Valley amid ongoing referendum efforts seeking 8 000 valid signatures.
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George B. Kading
Francis H. Beattie
East Goleta Valley
Preservation Conference, Inc
Goleta Valley
Sierra Club
UC Santa Barbara
Bid opening set for Route 154 work in Santa Ynez Valley
Bids will be opened in Sacramento on Wednesday June 24 for a four mile two lane highway project on Route 154 between Alta Street Los Olivos and near Route 246. The contract valued in the million range covers new 40 foot pavement with 8 foot shoulders and 12 foot lanes, replacements of dips, better sight distances, and a single crossing with minimal traffic delays. Work starts mid July with 115 working days to complete and a tentative January 1971 finish. A second larger contract extending pavement south to near the Santa Ynez River plus a new bridge raises total cost to about two million dollars with a bid opening on July 22 and mid-summer 1971 completion targeted.
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Sacramento
Santa Ynez Valley
Alta Street
Los Olivos
Santa Ynez River
County Weighs Census Recount After City Additions
Supervisor Francis H. Beattie of Lompoc called for a county census recount pending a forthcoming report from county and city planners. He suspects 2,000 inmates at the Federal Correctional Institute were omitted, potentially widening the gap from county estimates. Federal tallies pegged the county at 260,000, about 5,000 below what planners expect.
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Lompoc
Francis H. Beattie
Federal Correctional Institute
Meeting screening NET film at Lompoc Library
The Malcolm X organization will screen the NET film What Harvest for the Reaper during a meeting at Lompoc Library on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Nathaniel Davis, club coordinator, reports the event. The Sierra Club potluck set for June 26 is postponed to Friday July 10 with details to follow. Sarah Tait, 17, of 400 Milky Way, Vandenberg Village, was admitted to Vandenberg AFB Hospital for possible injuries after a motorcycle collision with a car driven by Cheryl Berry, 19, of 533 Sunbeam Ave., Vandenberg Village, at Solar Avenue and Milky Way at 5:35 p.m.. Berry uninjured. Burglars stole three transmissions from Perry's auto wrecking yard at 1313 W Laurel Aves, valued at about $115. incident occurred Sunday night, reported Monday. Michael Guerin, 20, of Santa Marta, injured when his car hit a deer on Jalama Road south of Heldacm, treated at Lompoc Hospital then transferred to a Santa hospital.
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Lompoc
Nathaniel Davis
Sarah Tait
Milky Way
Vandenberg Village
Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital
Cheryl Berry
Sunbeam Ave
Perry
W. Laurel Aves
Michael Guerin
Santa Marta
Jalama Road
California Highway Patrol
Heldacm
Guerin
Santa
Paroled 1940s California school killer set for release
Convicted murderer Verlin J. Spencer known as Doc, who killed fellow educators in 1940, won parole and will leave Vacaville Medical Facility Nov 9 to work with a Hawaii ex convict program. He was a model prisoner with minimal security and an active, athletic life behind bars.
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UPI
Verlin J. Spencer
Spencer
South Pasadena
California
Exconvicts
Hawaii
Max May
May
USC
Lompoc Planning Commission approves home dental lab use permit
Lompoc planners granted Roy Wahlberg a use permit to run a part time dental ceramic lab at 129 N Orchid St using small portable equipment. The permit runs until July 1 1971. The commission also allowed a church in the C 2 R zone with a use permit and postponed Hazel Allen’s pet supply store question pending more information. A joint meeting date with the county planning commission was rescheduled from July 15 to July 22.
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Lompoc
Roy Wahlberg
N. Orchid St
Hazel Allen
County Planning Commission
Supreme Court expands rights for suspects in multiple rulings
The Supreme Court strengthens protections for indigent defendants, extending right to counsel to preliminary hearings and custodial interrogations. It rules police need warrants for home searches but grants leeway for car searches, allows six-member juries in some cases, and upholds listing alibi witnesses before trial amid ongoing debates on individual liability of arresting agents.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Ragsdale Carl Dean Ragsdale Graveside Rites Set
Carl Dean Ragsdale 42 died Monday. Graveside services at 10 am Wednesday at Lompock Evergreen Cemetery officiated by Rev. Kenneth Boyd. Born June 15 1928 in Hagerville Arkansas survived by wife Billa Della and children James Edward Kim and Mark Pratt Ragsdale mother Glenna Mae Stewart brother Robert Ragsdale sister Jeannie Bartholomew MecPeek Family Mortuary in charge.
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Lompock Evergreen Cemetery
Carl Dean Ragsdale
Kenneth Boyd
United Presbyterian Church
Hagerville
Ark
Ragsdale
Perrys Garage
Billa Della Ragsdale
James Edward, Kim
Mark Pratt Ragsdale
Glenna Mae Stewart
Lompoc
Robert Ragsdale
Jeannie Bartholomew
MecPeek Family Mortuary
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