Flood control project vital to ranchlands
County supervisors voted 3-0 to back a co sponsorship with Lompoc Resource Conservation District and the U S Soil Conservation Service for a Guerra Ranch flood control project. A $100000 federal grant would fund a new check dam to protect upstream land and facilities amid ongoing creek erosion and heavy rains.
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Guerra Ranch
Lompoc
County Flood Control Agency
Mendez Ranch
Bob German
Guerra
Hoag-Santa Rita
Carl Chappell
Chappell
Hughes Charged by SEC in Air West Fraud Case
The SEC accuses Howard Hughes and eight others of $15 million securities fraud tied to the 1968 Air West deal. It alleges Hughes promised $22 a share to gain control, knowing he would not pay, leaving Air West shareholders with $8.75 per share.
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Hughes
SEC
Washington
UPI
Securities and Exchange Commission Today
Howard Hughes
Air West Inc
U.S. District Court
San Francisco
Commission
Air West
Bahamas
Hughes Airwest
Summa Corp
Hughes Air Corp
David B. Charnay
George Crockett
Chester C. Davis
Herman Greenspun
Patrick
Easter egg sales rise as town eyes bright season
Glimpses report stronger egg demand for Easter coloring. Lompoc residents see officials note Good Friday closures with banks and offices closing early. The Record offices shut at 2 pm while schools maintain half-day schedules amid spring vacation.
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Record
Glen Wegner
Lompoc
Walnut Avenue
Cypress Avenue
Housing Authority
West Ocean Avenue
East Walnut Avenue
Bank of America
Security Pacific National Bank and Crocker Bank
First Valley Bank
Weather Outlook With Frost Tonight and Tidal Details
Fair through Friday with high clouds and slightly warmer days. Frost possible tonight as lows drop to the 30s. NW winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts easing tonight. Friday highs in the 50s to 60s with high tides around 4.9 and 6.1 feet and low tides around minus 0.9 and 0.4 feet.
Simi youth stabbed at Refugio Beach amid football dispute
David Larry Church, 23, was stabbed on Refugio Beach at 12 40 a.m. He survived, listed in stable condition at Goleta Valley Hospital. Kenneth Kent Love, 18, of Santa Barbara County Jail, jailed on attempted murder charges with a $3000 bail after a dispute between rival camping groups over football.
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Simi
Refugio Beach
Lompoc
David Larry Chruch
Goleta Valley Hospital
Santa Barbara County
Kenneth Kent Love
North St
Chruch
Love
Faisal’s assassin to face trial in Saudi Arabia
A royal assassin, Prince Faisal Bin Musaed Bin Abdel Aziz, will be tried under Islamic law for Faisal’s death and likely executed by firing squad if found sane. King Khalid guides moderation as U.S. Vice President Rockefeller offers condolences during Riyadh talks.
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
UPS
Faisal
Faisal bin Musaed bin Abdel Aziz
United States
Khalid
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ford veto likely on tax slash
Congress passed a 24.8 billion tax cut bill with rebates and credits including increases in standard deductions and a one year 30 per person credit, but President Ford may veto over amendments such as oil depletion changes. If vetoed, rebates and cuts could be delayed weeks to months before resuming.
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Washington
Ford
House
GOP
John Rhodes
Senate Finance Committee
Russell Long
Congress
Long
Senate
Communists Gain Ground in Central Vietnam Amid Crackdown
In Saigon authorities arrest dozens of opposition leaders accusing them of plotting against President Thieu. In Da Nang frightened residents rush to leaves as Communist troops threaten key hubs. Ky denies involvement while acknowledging talks with anti Thieu factions. Military reports describe tank supported artillery pushing into Tam Quan and central plains.
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Saigon
UPI
Binh Dinh
South Vietnam
Central Plains
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
U.S
Central Highlands
Quang Ngai Province
Tam Quan
Binh Dinh Province
Interior Ministry
Return of French official in hostage exchange aborts
In Aden South Yemen officials halted a plane carrying two kidnapers and diplomat Jean Gueury forcing a land in Somalia. Paris said Aden reversed itself and France flew two African prisoners to Aden for the exchange.
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Paris
UPI
South Yemen
Somalia
Aden
Mogadishu
Jean Gueury
France
Rebels attack Phnom Penh airport as U S airlift continues
Rebels shelled Pochentong airport with 105mm artillery and rockets in a bid to stop the U S airlift. The attack wounded the city’s defenses while civilians and pilots kept delivering rice fuel and ammunition. Government forces retook nearby Tuol Leap but lost it again to Khmer Rouge fighters, widening the risk to the airlift.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Pochentong
United States
Tuol Leap
Khmer Rouge
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Lompocan
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Thieu
Shell Airport
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