Petition squabble delays referendum date choice
County boards battle over the Exxon rezoning referendum as petition checks trigger a delay. Exxon attorney Stanley Hatch and Supervisor James Slater clash over petition verification and timing, with clerk Menzel warning of possible costs and further delays toward a May 27 vote or a later special election.
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Dick Praul
Exxon Corp
Stanley Hatch
James M. Slater
Board of Supervisors
Exxon
Slater
Hatch
UC Santa Barbara
Howard Menzel
Menzel
Aioe
Goleta Valley Citizens Planning Group
Francis Beattie
Isla Vista Community Council
Beattie
Harrell Fletcher
Isla Vista
Beattie and
Fletcher
Goleta
Two Lompoc street sweepers mark decades on city routes
Walter Emmons 59 and Albert Barreraz 31 sweep Lompoc streets, expanding from a single route to 18 as the city grew. Emmons, hired in 1956, covers ten routes. Barreraz since 1969 adds eight routes plus large contracts. Both describe monotony, hazards, and plans for the future as they balance work with schooling and life.
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Stan Tulledo
Walter Emmons
Albert Barreraz
Lompoc
Emmons
City Street Department
College
Willow Avenue
North Avenue
Pine Avenue
Vandenberg Afb
Wayne
Barreraz
Mobil
Vandenberg Village
Mission Hills
Mesa Oaks
Allan Hancock
G.I. Bill
Texaco
Santa Barbara
Emmon
Saudi King Faisal Assassinated Over Oil War Ties
Beir ut reports King Faisal of Saudi Arabia aged 70 was shot by his nephew Prince Faisal Bin Saad Bin Abdel Aziz while presiding over a court. The death alarms oil markets and could reshape Arab-Israeli diplomacy as Khalid succeeds the king.
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Beirut
UPI
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh Radio
United States
Middle East
State Department
U.S
Ford
Khalid
Russia
Cleveland
Fahd
Riyadh
Faisal bin Saad bin Abdel Aziz
Mohammed
California
Colorado
bin Musaed
Prince Musaid
San Francisco State College
University of Colorado At Boulder
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Palestine
Kissinger
Persian Gulf
Pentagon
Saudi
Soviet Union
Europe
France
London
Army chief heads to Saigon as Hue falls to Communists
President Ford sends Army Chief Frederick Weyand to South Vietnam to assess needs and push for renewed cease-fire talks. Hue evacuation accelerates as 20 000 troops withdraw under fire toward Da Nang, while Ha Tien falls and Da Nang faces isolation.
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Saigon
Hue
Congress
Ford
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Nelsen
Weyand
Washington
Tan My
South China Sea
da Nang
Pentagon
Hancock
Hawaii
Western Pacific
Indochina
Mekong Delta
Ha Tien
Thua Thien
South
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IVCC
Secretary of State
Air Force
SAC
Offutt
A.F.B
Omaha
Nebraska
Penny Galbraith
West Lime
Oxnard
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