Winter Storm Delivers Rain Across Santa Ynez Valley
A major storm brought rainfall to Lompoc Solvang and Santa Barbara areas with totals from 0.92 to 2.08 inches. High winds caused no major incidents as hydrologists noted limited reservoir inflow and lake levels well below spillover. Burpee Farms welcomed the moisture easing drought but crops had earlier suffered damage. Snow fell on Figueroa Mountain while Cachuma Reservoir showed little change.
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Cachuma Reservoir
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Bradbury Dam
Gibralter
Carter heads for town meeting in New England trip
President Carter begins his first major presidential journey by flying Air Force One for an overnight trip to Clinton Massachusetts and Charleston West Virginia before visiting New York City. He will meet Japanese Ambassador Fumihiko Togo and Irish Foreign Minister Garrett Fitzgerald prior to the outreach event.
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Jumblatt Assassinated in Lebanon Ambush
Kamal Jumblatt top Lebanese leftist leader and Druze chieftain was killed in a machine gun ambush near Kfarhim while en route to Moukhtara. His driver and bodyguard also died. Arab peacekeeping troops intensified roadblocks in Chouf and Beirut as crowds gathered at his home.
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Musaitbeh
Charlotte Benton First Woman Mayor Of Lompoc City
Lompoc elects Charlotte Benton as its first woman mayor by a 3 to 2 council vote with Joe Valencia and Elinor Lefkowitz as contenders. Benton had served on the council since 1964 with prior terms as mayor pro tem and urged two year terms for mayor selection. Deputy City Clerk Mineva Blades oversaw the ballot as the council debated direct election vs annual selection.
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Eugene C. Stevens
Lompoc
Joe Valencia
Robert C. Vincent
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Valencia
Mineva Blades
Elinor Lefkowitz
Charles Ward
Alan Davidson
Ward
Council
Davidson
Lefkowitz
Lompoc approves 60 day extension for wastewater plant
City Council grants a further 60 day extension to complete the Lompoc Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant and halves the retention from 10 to 5 percent while releasing 380 000 on March 18 and the remaining balance by April 8 if state funds arrive. The new completion date becomes June 1.
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Lompoc
Gentry-Rados
India votes in sixth national election amid peaceful turnout
Voters queued across India for hours as Indira Gandhi faces a verdict on her emergency rule. Officials reported heavy turnout with isolated incidents in Calcutta and Bihar deployed troops to deter extremist groups. Weather forecasts show showers and cool, windy conditions.
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Samachar
A.P. Mishra
Bihar
Calcutta
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