Onshore Exxon oil gas plant topic heats Santa Barbara debate
In Lompoc a crowded public forum debated Exxon’s plans for a 36 million dollar onshore oil and gas facility near Las Flores Canyon. Exxon executive W Monte Taylor and GO O founder Frank Sarguis clashed over offshore alternatives and environmental impact ahead of a May referendum.
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Steve LA Rue
Santa Barbara County
Exxon
Lompoc High School
W. Monte Taylor
Frank Sarguis
Taylor
Western Division
Clean Seas Inc
Sarguis
Las Flores Canyon
Corral Canyon
County Board of Supervisors
Santa Ynez
California
Santa
Sarquis
Interior Department
North County
Lompoc Valley
Democratic Club
House votes down funding for Viet refugees despite Ford plea
The House rejected a $327 million aid bill for South Vietnamese refugees 246 to 162 despite President Ford's ultimatum. Ford warned no new troops would be sent and urged quick action, saying over 70,000 evacuees would need care and transport. The vote leaves options open for a new or revised bill.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
House
Senate
Carl Albert
Vietnam
Congress
United States
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
House International Relations Committee
U.S
Philip Burton
Calif
Charles W. Whalen
Ohio
Morgan
House International
Girl reports attempted assault near La Purisima Mission
A Mission Hills teen told sheriff's deputies she was grabbed and dragged toward a school bus stop by a youth about five feet five inches tall in a hooded sweatshirt. She was bound and blinded, but not harmed. the assailant fled in apparent fear.
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Mission Hills
Sheriff's Deputies
la Purisima Mission
Mixed emotion shown over refugee influx
United Press International reports mixed reactions to the arrival of Vietnamese refugees in the United States. In Barlow Arkansas near Ft Chaffee tensions rise as locals protest while church leaders urge welcome. In Niceville Florida residents weigh the impact of new arrivals and the Pentagon notes limited capacity at Eglin AFB.
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United Press International
United States
Barlow
Ark
Ft. Chaffee
Johnnie Calhoun
Vietnam
Little Rock
Arkansas
Niceville
Fla
Eglin Air Force Base
Pentagon
Washington
Eglin
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Fort Chaffee
Last pockets of anti-Commie resistance crushed in South Vietnam
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces claim defeat of diehard South Vietnamese defenders in the Mekong Delta as the new regime seizes control. Radio Saigon and Bangkok monitored broadcasts report liberation of all delta provinces and confiscation of industrial, agricultural and commercial establishments as efforts to establish a Communist society proceed.
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United Press International
South Vietnam
Radio Saigon
Mekong
Bangkok
South
Vietnam
Viet Cong
New China News Agency
Peking
Some Valley horses have it bad
Local riders cite widespread neglect of horses in Lompoc Valley amid rising concerns over care costs and enforcement. Riders call for better owner education, stricter stable rules, and potential CUP enforcement to improve feeding and handling practices.
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Stan Tulledo
Lompoc Valley
Cyndie Hoard
UPI
Sacramento
Chino Ranch
Rex Ellsworth
Chuck Patton
la Salle Canyon Stable
Lompoc Valley Riders
Lompoc
County Health Department
Animal Control
Bernard Gustitus
V Street
Central Avenue
Santa Ynez Valley
Deveny
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cambodia
Dick Clark
D-lowa
Philip Habib
Saigon
Bob Whitfield
Liberation Army
Eleanor J. Robb
Mission Hills Stables
John Morgan
Farrier
Don Deveny
Hoard
Robb
Patton
John Gorin
Gorin
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