Water agency acts to prevent Cachuma overdraft
The County Water Agency urges its member districts and Santa Barbara to curb storage water use before the 1977 78 year to avoid exceeding the Cachuma Project’s safe yield of 27 800 acre feet annually. Storage credits have fallen from 15 198 to 5 098 acre feet as drought intensifies.
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Dick Praul
County Water Agency
Santa Ynez Mountains
Lake Cachuma
Santa Barbara
Cachuma
Cachuma Reservoir
Goleta Water
Water Agency
Charles Lawrance
Cachuma Project
Bureau of Reclamation
Wholesale prices rise 0.9 percent in February amid winter shortages
The Labor Department reports February wholesale prices up 0.9 percent led by fuel and food costs. Gas fuels jumped about 13 percent from January to February while farm and processed food prices also rose, signaling further retail inflation as winter tightens supplies.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Teamsters UFW settle long running dispute
The United Farm Workers and Teamsters unions signed a settlement at the Western Conference of Teamsters headquarters. Cesar Chavez and M E Anderson led the agreement with Teamsters President Frank Fitzii in attendance.
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Burlingame
UPI
United Farm Workers Union
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
UFW
Cesar Chavez
Western Teamsters
M.E. Anderson
Frank E. Fitziimons
Chavez
Fight Over Public Works Funds Heats Up in Senate
United States states clash over a $4 billion public works bill intended to create up to 600,000 jobs under President Carter’s stimulus plan. Debate centers on whether distribution should weight unemployment rates or total unemployed numbers, with Califor nia Massachusetts Michigan New York Oregon Washington among high-rate states.
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California
Massachusetts
Michigan
New York
Oregon
Washington
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Wisconsin
Senate
Carter
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
John Heinz
R-Pa
Congress
Worst yet to come in Lompoc pupil decline
The Lompoc Unified School District faces shrinking enrollment due to birthrate drops, aging families, and slow population growth. Projections show Cabrillo High School dropping to 1351 in 1981 82 and Lompoc High to 1679, with junior high enrollment under 1500, prompting staff and program adjustments.
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Lompoc
Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Unified
Alice Milligan
Milligan
Cabrillo High School
Lompoc High School
Power shortages loom but costs rise from drought
California utility leaders told the Energy Commission drought will force PG&E to cut hydro output by up to 42 percent, risking blackouts this summer. Extra oil generation could cost $460 million, with higher bills to customers. Officials seek cleaner gas use to limit air pollution.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Pg&e
State Energy Commission
al Arenal
Southern California Edison
Arenal
San Diego Gas & Electric
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Jim Henderson
San Diego
Jane Hall
State Air Resources Board
State Public Utilities Commission
Hanafi gunmen threaten death if City Hall stormed
Hanafi Muslim gunmen holding more than 100 people at city hall and two centers warn police they are prepared to die if officers raid their strongholds. Negotiations begin as traffic snarls back up into the morning rush hour.
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Washington
UPI
City Hall
B'nai B’rith Jewish Social Service
Islamic Center Mosque
Mohammed
Walter Washington
B'nai B'rith
Warnke outlines conditional Soviet control of arms
Paul Warnke, newly confirmed as chief arms negotiator, says Moscow would only curb strategic arms production if Kremlin leaders see advantage. He defended his nomination amid opposition, insisting the arms pact will stand on merits. If Russians prove untrustworthy, selling the agreement to the American public will be impossible.
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Washington
UPI
Paul Warnke
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Warnke
Energy study finds no need to shut pool or courts
A Parks and Recreation subcommittee concluded no modification to city programs is needed to conserve energy. They considered closing the Lompoc Municipal Pool and tennis courts but rejected both for cost and ongoing use. The panel backs a master plan for College Street Park with federal grant support and private racquetball and skateboard plans while budgeting higher utility and capital costs for 1977-78.
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Parks and Recreation Commission
Gus Froelich
Commission
Recreation Department
E.C. Stevens
Froelich
Lompoc
College Street Park
College Avenue
Mike Siminski
Beattie Park
Jack Anderson
Park and Recreation Department
Anderson
County names 15-member Resource Recovery Committee
At the request of Fourth District Supervisor Robert Hedlund of Lompoc the Board of Supervisors approved a 15 member County Resource Recovery Committee with three members from each supervisorial district The Solid Waste Management Plan was approved in house saving money Public Works Director Charles Wagner said Hedlund stated the committee will guide sound recovery programs to meet the plan goals The county supervisors act as enforcement agency during the interim until state statute designates otherwise.
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Milligan
Fourth District
Robert Hedlund
Lompoc
Board of Supervisors
Public Works
Charles Wagner
Hedlund
Wagner
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Lompoc Valley
Floresta Park
Jason Hernandez
Southland
Santa Barbara County
Alan Grip
City Council
Sterling Tucker
Grip
Rec
Bystan Tulledo
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