Watson tax limit may curb county special districts
County Administrative Officer Raymond D Johnson warned the Watson tax limitation initiative, if approved in June, could prevent county special districts from funding services starting 1977-78. A 50 cent cap would likely restrict districts to no more than 40 percent of 1971-72 requirements, risking service cuts without new funding sources.
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Board of Supervisors
Raymond D Johnson
Johnson
Los Angeles
Philip Watson
Watson
Rezoning bid seeks 68 unit Solvang area development
ESI Land Technology will ask the County Planning Commission for rezoning from one acre family estate agricultural and limited commercial to DR 1 design residential to permit a cluster style 68 unit development near Solvang. A 10 am public hearing starts the all day meeting in the County Administration Building.
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ESI Land Technology
County Planning Commission
Solvang
Janin Acres
University Properties
Pine Ave
Hollister Ave
Goleta Valley
County Subdivision Committee
Willard J. Boston
Drum Canyon Rd
Lompoc Valley
Turnpike Rd
Cathedral Oaks Rd
Seaside Oil Co
Finney St
Cary Place
Summerland
Vista del Montecito
Santa Barbara
Biltmore
Montecito
Board of Supervisors
County Administration
Commission
Joel B. Honey
Hopi Navajo fence clash on land dispute headlines in Arizona
Hopi Indians tear down a two mile fence built by their Navajo neighbors as a dispute over 18 million acres of land worsens. Hopi delegates plan to meet with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Nixon aide staff in Washington to discuss the joint-use claim.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
Arizona
Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Nixon
Allan Hancock College outlines 1972 scholarship program
Meg Urbach, AHC financial aids officer, says the 1972 awards will be presented in May. The program honors students qualified for various scholarships, with criteria ranging from academics to community service and need. Dozens of local organizations sponsor funds, and interested students or groups can call WA 27711 Ext. 229 for details.
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Allan Hancock College
Meg Urbach
Hancock
Urbach
Miss Urbach
UC Santa Barbara grad seeks release from Atascadero State Hospital
Billy McCoy Hunter 25 seeks court hearing to determine if he improved enough to no longer be a danger after slaying Robert B. Sinclair 64 in Montecito January 3 1971. He was found guilty of second degree murder then not guilty by reason of insanity. The hearing could be set in early April with Hunter still jailed in Goleta Valley. The Sinclair family filed a civil suit for 752025 against the county over his prior release.
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Billy McCoy Hunter
UC Santa Barbara
Atascadero State Hospital
Montecito
Hunter
Superior Court
Charles S. Stevens
Robert B. Sinclair
Goleta Valley
Sinclair
Hot Springs Rd
Athorities
A happy ending after tent life for a trucker family
A New Jersey man Eugene Nichols and his wife with six children lived four months in a tent at Pacific Beach San Diego after welfare and publicity. A rent free 90 year old house was offered then Nichols found a job and the family now pays rent and the children attend school.
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National City
UPI
San Diego
Eugene Nichols
New Jersey
Pacific Beach
Nichols
Cavemen of Tasaday Tribe Found Living in Limestone Caves
An expedition including Charles Lindbergh discovers the Tasaday tribe in South Cotabato Philippines living in three limestone caves high in the forest. Anthropologists say the group, cut off 1,500 to 2,000 years, lacks basic crops and tools known to nearby tribes.
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Manila
UPI
Charles A. Lindbergh
Philippines
Cotabato
Robert B. Fox
Philippine National Museum
Frank Lynch
Tasaday Country
Charles Lindberg
Boycott Planned Against Ramona's Food Products Plant
Five Mexican American groups announce a nationwide boycott of Ramona's Food Products in Gardena protesting alleged exploitation of Mexican workers. Spokesman Burt Corona says the action targets the plant while denying ties to a worker strike. Federal agents note raids over illegal labor. no law bans employing illegal aliens, a state statute having been struck down.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ramona’s_ Food Products
Ramona _ Banuelos
United States
Gardena
Burt Corona
Banuelos
Lompoc Valley Economic Development Association Annual Meeting
The Lompoc Valley Economic Development Association holds its annual meeting Tuesday at the Lions Inn with a 5 30 p m cocktail hour and 6 30 p m dinner followed by the business session. Seven directors will be elected from candidates including Ausbrooks Burger Johnson Kranig Kranseler Larsson Paulin Phelps Pico Renault Sesto Smith. Reports will be given by Kranig and committee chairs. open to members spouses and guests.
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Lompoc Valley
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Charles Crow, Jr
Charles Crow
Harriet Rex
American Red Cross
Harriet
Red Cross
Little Charles
Washington, D.C
Charlie
Korea
Harriet Rexes
America
AHC
Association of Mexican - American Educators
Santa Maria Kennel Club
The
American Legion Post No. 56
Lompoc Rebekah Lodge
Santa Maria - Lompoc Legal Secretaries Assoc
Santa Maria Young Farmers
Santa Maria Elementary Assoc
Minerva Club
California School Employees Assoc
AHC Faculty Wives Assoc
AHC Faculty Assoc
Women's Auxiliary
County Medical Society
Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Mu
Heather
Anthony Sinclair
New York City
Lynch
Panamin Company
Manuel Elizade Jr
Panamin
Tasadays
Casa, Mecha, Justicia, Carnalismo
Corona
Federal
Mrs.Banuelos
Association
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