Pioneer family faces land seizure for mission park area
The state plans to acquire 215 acres near La Purisima Mission Park, including about 90 acres from the Rivaldi dairy family. An estimated nine owners would be affected. Rivaldi and supporters fear loss of farming and the area’s character, while officials cite protecting the mission entrance from development and preserving agriculture.
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Vaughn Proctor
la Purisima
Mission Park
Lompoc
Henry Rivaldi
Lawrence
Rivaldi
Lompoc-Casmalia Road
Mission Entrance
Sacramento
State Parks Commission
Jack Mason
Mason
Crossman
State Public Works Department
Louis Rivaldi
Italy
Rivalli
Henry
Atillio
Kathryn
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc High School
la Purisima Mission Park
Budget panel restores project fund
The House Budget Committee reversed course and voted 14-10 to include 240 million dollars in the 1978 budget for water development projects after lobbying by Jim Wright. The panel also added 25 million for economic development public works and held out hope on ending a controversial school aid program for federal employee children.
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Washington
UPI
House Budget Committee
Carter
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Congress
Wright
Lompoc Council reviews cable franchise proposal in detail
City Attorney Alan Davidson led a paragraph by paragraph review of the Cable Television Franchise Ordinance at an adjourned meeting. The council made no major changes or decisions, but eyed options including municipal ownership renegotiation or bidding. TelePrompter of Lompoc signaled possible terms under renegotiation or more flexible bids. The panel plans a decision before April 19 with an early agenda item and limited public input.
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Lompoc
Alan Davidson
Davidson
Michael Palmer
TelePrompTer
Palmer
Lompoc Highway Upgrades Revived On Ocean Avenue and H Street
State resumes major road work in Lompoc aligning Ocean Avenue and H Street with a revived program. City plans include Ocean Avenue improvements from Seventh Street to city limits, H Street repairs with asphalt concrete overlay, curb openings, upgraded drainage, and new traffic signals at Chestnut Avenue and H Street plus possible Laurel Avenue cross signal changes.
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Gustafson
Highway 1
Lompoc
Ocean Avenue
H Street
Seventh Street
Pine Avenue
Walnut
College and
Pine Avenues
Chestnut Avenue
Laurel Avenue
Southern Pacific Railroad
Wye
Lompoc-Casmalia Road
Burton-Mesa Boulevard
Walnut Avenue
Carter plans ten messages to Congress on tax rebate and policy
President Carter faces his first major partisan test with a $50 tax rebate and will send about ten messages to Congress on topics including the energy program welfare reform and a consumer agency. An energy program consumer agency food stamp reform and environmental program are due in coming weeks with health reform and arms sales policy also outlined.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
Jody Powell
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Califano
White House
Rex Granum
Interagency
National Security Council
Powell
Senate
GOP
Disarmament proposals rejected by Soviet Union
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance announced the Soviet Union rejected both Carter disarmament proposals. He said the Soviets found neither acceptable and proposed nothing new. Vance planned May talks with Andrei Gromyko and said ten working groups would continue diplomatic and military discussions. Brezhnev declined to comment on the proposals.
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Moscow
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Soviet Union
Carter
Vance
Middle East
U.S
Malcolm Toon
Britain
West Germany
France
Brezhnev
Kremlin
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Annetta Crossman
Partsi
Council
Lompoc Public Works
Barry Gustafson
Cabrillo High School
Lompoc Boys
Lompoc Rotary Club
Juana Rios
Leonid Brezhnev
Gromyko
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