Uniform water plan urged at Santa Barbara Chamber luncheon
Virgil Phelps urged a county-wide uniform taxation and support program for all water projects. He cited overdraft in Lompoc Basin, argued locally developed water is cheaper, and outlined costs for state water and the coastal aqueduct. He noted funding choices and future decisions on pricing and financing.
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Santa Barbara County
Virgil Phelps
Chamber of Commerce
Phelps
Lompoc
Feather River
San Luis Obispo County
City Water Commission
Santa Ynez River
San Luis Obispo
Santa Maria River
Cachuma Dam
Lomp
Nixon seeks immediate Social Security tax rise to fund benefits
President Nixon asks Congress to raise Social Security taxes now to cover a 10 percent boost in old age benefits, replacing the current $405 annual deduction with $468 for those earning $9,000 or more. The $3.6 billion yearly increase was signed, delaying tax hikes to next year.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Egypt Rejects U.S. Peace Plan and Warns of War
United Press International reports rising strain as Israel under Prime Minister Golda Meir rejects Washington’s Middle East peace framework. Dayan criticizes Rogers proposals while Cairo sources warn that without Israeli withdrawal from occupied Egyptian territory another war is likely. Eban in New York discusses deemphasizing borders and focusing on refugees, Suez, and guerrilla control.
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Israel
United States
Golda Meir
Washington
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
U.S
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Cairo
Egypt
Meir
Ha'aretz
Arab World
Nida al Watan
Beirut
L’orient
Gunnar V. Jarring
U. N
Tel Aviv
Eban
Suez Canal
Pen
New York
Cyprus
Geneva
EPA delays DDT ban while expediting review of hazards
The EPA will not ban DDT and Zin immediately, instead promising a yearlong review on whether to ban them. Aldrin, Dieldrin, and Mirex also enter review with potential bans. Administrator Ruckelshaus notes possible temporary increases in DDT use and urges Congress to empower EPA to restrict hazardous insecticides, citing malaria control and cotton crops.
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Washington
EPA
William D. Ruckelshaus
Congress
Ruckelshaus
Mobile savings unit plan withdrawn amid new state rules
A Buellton Solvang mobile savings unit plan faced distrust as the county planning commission heard a state regulation from the savings and loan commissioner. The Lompoc Savings and Loan Assn. withdrew its application for the mobile branch, after planning officials noted the regulation.
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County Planning Commission
State Savings and Loan Commissioner's Office
Buellton
Solvang
Planning Department
Lompoc Savings and Loan Assn
Commission
Robert Lilley
Commissioner's Office
County considers mobile units under new zoning rule
Officials debated a proposed zoning ordinance affecting trailer use in the county. Savings and loans would need a mobile facility first to qualify under state directive, and permanent branches could not be set up without market proof. Commissioners warned the rule could extend to other businesses and uses. The Solvang orange seller case was cited as background.
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Lilley
Herbert H. Diverbiss
Solvang
Welfare fraud complaints in local series conclusion
The final installment examines welfare fraud concerns among elderly recipients and questionable cases. Officials note low monthly cash grants, legal leniency, and 63 regulatory changes in 1970. cases include people traveling abroad on welfare and others using aliases for duplicate checks.
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Family Services
Gene Hewitt
Frank Frey
Santa Barbara
Santa Ynez Valley
Denmark
Lompoc
Troops flown in to stem North Vietnamese Laos drive
U.S. helicopters struggled through heavy fire to ferry South Vietnamese marine and Ranger reinforcements into Laos and evacuate 2,000 infantrymen from Khe Sanh area as a major assault pressed from the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Firebase A Loui near Route 9 faced siege with 160 defenders ordered to break out after heavy casualties.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Laos
Khe Sanh
Brown
Lolo
Loui
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hoang Xuan Lam
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Valley Club
United Press International
Dick Meier
Meier
Lompoc and
Santa Maria
Allan Hancock College
Shere
Mobile Savings and Loan Unit
M. W. Duncan
Boyd Bettencourt
Donald R. Sansum
Wilma Jack
Ernest Bailey
Senior Citizens
Nuts and Bolts Band
Bailey
Kay Holser
Frank Sprague
William Bailey
Seattle
William Westmoreland
Army
Vietnam
A Loui
Highway 9
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