Drug smugglers target Santa Barbara County coasts and air routes
Sheriff's Lt. George Bregante warned the Board of Supervisors that narcotics smugglers are increasing landings by air and sea along Gaviota Refugio and the Channel Islands. He asked for 2500 to fund 1975 76 harbor costs for a sheriff search and underwater recovery vessel funded by a donor. He cited two tons of marijuana found and several smuggling cases while noting limited capabilities of other agencies for offshore investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara County
Board of Supervisors
George Bregante
Gaviota
Refugio
Channel Islands
Bregante
Sheriff's Department
County Administrative Office
Robert E. Kallman
John W. Carpenter
Lt. Bregante
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Santa Cruz Island
U.S
Coast Guard
Fish and Game Commission
Shortage of gym space limits Lompoc athletic programs
Lompoc Valley faces a serious lack of gymnasium space with no city gym and only four school facilities booked daily. The Parks and Recreation Department and local clubs host classes in unsuitable rooms while junior high gyms serve city programs, constraining youth and adult activities and delaying girls and boys athletic expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terri Cotten
Oscar Robertson
Lompoc Valley
Robertsons
Lompoc
Bill Jones
Park and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Department
Jones
Robert Mott
Mott
Harvey
Ken Dial
Tractor Mishap Kills Local Man Near Lompoc
Kenneth Ray Weilder, 28, of Jalama Ranch died after his tractor rolled over on a 25 foot embankment along Water Creek Canyon. He was found with major facial injuries and died at Lompoc Hospital. Funeral services were pending. Weather forecast calls for cloudiness with showers, clearing, and warmer temperatures.潮
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jalama Ranch
Lompoc
Kenneth Ray Weilder
Weilder
Lyle Henderson
Harry Day
McPeek Mortuary
Board requires hearings on exotic animal housing
The Board of Supervisors rules that anyone seeking to house exotic animals such as bears tigers or elephants in any zoning district must undergo public hearings to obtain a conditional use permit. They approved drafting housing standards and will consult the State Fish and Game Department the County Humane Society and the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum on individual applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Ted
Pat Derby
Buellton
Shirley Keith
Planning Department
State Fish and Game Department
County Humane Society
Santa Barbara Natural History Museum
Rebellion in Lisbon as Spinola Loyalists Attack Airport Barracks
Portuguese air force units loyal to former President Antonio de Spinola bombed a Lisbon military barracks at the civilian airport in a brief uprising against the leftist government. The government crushed the revolt, Spinola went underground, and the president warned citizens to stay calm to avoid civil war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
UPI
Antonio de Spinola
Spinola
Portugal
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Marcello Caetano
Costa Gomes
Law enforcement funds unfrozen in California CCCJ move
Governor Brown and officials in Sacramento freed funds for policing projects under the California Council for Criminal Justice. Lompoc seeks about 50 000 dollars total for a first phase ultra high frequency communications system with a 20 000 dollar CCCJ grant. 2300 dollars already earmarked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Brown
Sacramento
California Council For Criminal Justice
Lompoc
CCCJ
Ben Z. Woods
Woods
E. Kim Nelson
James D. Smith
Smith
Police Services Task Force
CCCI
Lompoc Police Department
Isla Vista
Mixed weather floods spill risk around Lompoc Valley dams
Intermittent showers and clear spells marked a mixed weather day as Juncal and Gibraltar Dams overflowed on the upper Santa Ynez River and Cachuma inflow barely spilled at 570.19 feet. Flood chief James Stubchaer reported Bradbury Dam reached 750.32 feet with no immediate spill danger, while Lompoc residents monitored slopes behind Willow Avenue after a recent slide. Local officials noted Lefkowitz drain system aided weather response and discussed potential drain and repaving plans along H Street to mitigate future floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc Valley
Juncal
Gibraltar
Santa Ynez River
Cachuma
James Stubchaer
Bradbury
Stubchaer
Lompoc
West Willow Avenue
Barry Gustafson
VA narrows site for new California national cemetery
The Veterans Administration excludes Vandenberg and pins hopes on March Air Force Base near Riverside Bakersfield farmland and a Los Banos federal land area as the candidates. Four California national cemeteries exist with one nearly full. A final decision by July 1 may select March AFB as the logical site for veterans’ burials into 2000 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Veterans Administration
March Air Force Base
Riverside
Bakersfield
Los Banos
Robert Lagomarsino
Vandenberg Afb
California
Adm
Jack McCain
March Afb
Vandenberg
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Board
Mexico
San Pedro
Cuyama Wall Foothills
Carpenter
James M. Slater
Naval Operations
Frank Frost
Ocean and
Albert Valla
Buellton Road
Louise Beaman
Santa Ynez Valley
Andersen
Animal Park
Africa
U.S.A
Rancho la Vega
Highway 101
1St Light Artillery Regiment
Republic
Vasco Dos Santos Goncalves
Goncalves
Valley
Gustafson
Lefkowitz
H Street
Chestnut
College and
Pine Avenues
State Division of Highways
D Street
Miguelito Channel
W Street
North Avenue
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