Salsipuedes Creek project urged as county water focus
County water officials were urged to prioritize the Salsipuedes Creek dam study on the lower Santa Ynez River near Lompoc as the county’s top water-supply option. Critics questioned hiring outside consultants after previously expanding in-house staff.
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Dick Praul
Salsipuedes Creek
Santa Ynez
Lompoc
County Water Agency
Charles Lawrence
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Salsipuedes Dam
County Water Advisory Committee
Willam Bollay
Goleta
Bradbury Dam
Lake Cachurmna
Round Corral
Santa Marta
Salsipuedes
Bollay
Lawrence
Twitchell
Robert Edmonston
Curtis Tunnell
Edmonston and Bookman
Reagan victory energizes NC primary bid
Ronald Reagan revived his faltering campaign with a 6 percent win over Ford in North Carolina as Carter crushed George Wallace by 19 percent. Carter leads the Democratic field while Reagan contemplates a national TV speech and fund-raising plea amid mounting debt.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Ford
North Carolina
Jimmy Carter
George Wallace
Carter
Wallace
Alabama
New Hampshire
Reagan
Wisconsin
Sen
Henry Jackson
Washington
Morris Udall
Arizona
New York
Sachusetts
California
PUC weighs multi million PG E refund amid overcharges
California Public Utilities Commission discussed a possible 80 million refund to PG E customers with three votes in favor and two against. A separate Edison refund around 105 million was also considered. Deliberations delay final decision until April 5 in San Francisco with hearings to set exact amounts and schedule refunds over six months.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company
California Public Utilities Commission
PUC
San Francisco
Carole Kretzer
Los Angeles
Calfornia Edison
Kretzer
Commission
First annual surplus reported in U S balance of payments
The Commerce Department announced 1975 showed a $14 billion basic balance of payments surplus, the first since 1960. The current account balance was up $119 billion in surplus while overall balances fluctuated, aided by gains in Q2 and Q3 and near balance in Q4.
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U.S
Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
United States
Trustees reject delay in Lompoc school closures
Lompoc Unified trustees, facing 4202 petitions against closing Miguelito and La Mesa, heard hours of testimony before declining to delay closures. They cited enrollment, finances, and safety concerns while promoting a Williams committee update and revised downtown boundary changes.
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Lompoc Unified
la Honda
Gail Steiger
Clarence Bloom
Karl Braun
Save Our Schools
SOS
Miguelito
la Mesa
Citizens’ Advisory
Barbara Berg
Jack Helman
Sacramento
Braun
Richard K Jacoby
Williams
Steiger
Alberta Morgan
Norman Larson
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
LFT
Fred Bucker
Vandenberg Village
Larson
Don Adams
Tom Page
Page
Gillespie
Lompoc
Bloom
Clarence Ruth School
la Canada
Ruth Pta
Coup in Argentina as Peron is Arrested by Military Junta
The armed forces seized control in Buenos Aires placing President Isabel Peron under arrest and forming a military junta to stabilize the country. Troops moved through major cities, with Cordoba seeing brief worker strikes as a wave of censorship and arrests followed.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
Isabel Peron
Cordoba
Casa Rosada
Peron
Andean
Nenquen
Europe
Jorge Videla
Adm
Euardo Massera
Orlando Agosti
US State Department
Washington
Lorenzo Miguel
Julio Gonzales
Osvaldo Papaleo
Plaza de Mayo
Lompoc Trustees Explain Closures as Budget Pressures Grow
Lompoc Unified School District Trustees announced closures of two elementary schools citing inflation, declining enrollment, and rising costs. They rejected alternatives including program cuts and reserves, warned of federal funding risks, and defended staff salary expectations while stressing accountability for Feb 3 decisions.
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Lompoc Unified
Board of Trustees
Hearst to make one day Los Angeles trip for arraignment
Patricia Hearst will fly to Los Angeles for a quick arraignment on kidnapping and robbery charges and return the same day. US Marshal Frank Klein said plans to move her to Los Angeles and back with no warning were ordered to accommodate security and the pending April 12 sentencing.
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Patty
Los Angeles
San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
US Marshal's Office
Miss Hearst
Frank Klein
Oliver J) Carter
Harry W. Schloetter
Charles J. Roberts
Roberts
San Mateo County
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Dianna Boehm
Suzanne Watkins
Mike Henderson
Allan Hancock College
N.C
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Harry Truman
Pg&e
By Vaughn Proctor
John Beattie
Lompoc Valley
Walter Holmdahl
Sherman Hansen
Peter van Draanen
Judy Neilsen
Dorothy Gillespie
David Wulfrange
Annetta Goodrick
Janet Hofmeister
Hapgood School Pta
Juan D. Peron
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