State board upholds downstream water rights in Cachuma dispute
The State Water Resources Control Board overruled the Bureau of Reclamation, granting priority to Patanor Alisal Ranch Buellton and the Santa Ynez River Conservation District over Cachuma underground resources. The decision affects the Livestream agreement and floods discussants in Santa Ynez Valley, Lompoc, and surrounding areas as officials await further talks.
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Cachuma
State Water Resources Control Board
Bureau of Reclamation
Stetson
Phil Macias
Santa Barbara County
Bureau
Sacramento
Hatch
Santa Ynez River
Congress presses income disclosure for Supreme Court justices
Republican leaders Dirksen and Ford called for legislation to require Supreme Court justices to disclose all outside income sources following a White House meeting with President Nixon. They cited the Abe Fortas controversy as a prompt for greater financial transparency.
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Family Foundation
Nixon
Ford
High Court
Michigan
Fortas
Congress
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Griffin
Supreme Court
Rep
H. R. Gross
Louis E. Wolfson
American Bar Association
D-Mass
Life Magazine
Proxmire presses CIA contract probe and cost overruns
Sen. William Proxmire demands immediate federal probes into CIA cargo plane program, cites inconsistencies and potential criminal violations, and urges Defense Secretary Laird to freeze giant aircraft funds. He warns of billions in overruns and calls for Fortas conflict scrutiny. debate widens to Fortas ethics and possible resignation.
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UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Joint Economics Committee
CIA
Proxmire
Justice Department
Securities Exchange Commission
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Air Force
Mideast clashes and Pueblo court martial decisions unfold
Jordanian forces shell Israeli settlements in the Jordan and Beisan Valleys as clashes along Israel's borders with Syria and Egypt continue. In Washington Navy Secretary Chafee rejects court martial recommendations for the USS Pueblo crew, citing sufficient punishment and no need for further proceedings.
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United Press International
Jordan
Beisan
Sea of Galilee
Tel Aviv
Israel
Syria
Egypt
Beirut
Mideast
Cairo
al Ahram
Tel-Katzir
Jordan Valley
Hamdiya
Neve
Pueblo
Chafee
Lloyd M. Bucher
San Diego
Calif
Stephen R. Harris
Jacksonville
Fla
Coronado
Board of Admirals
Edward R. Murphy Jr
Frank L. Johnson
Newport
R.I
U.S. Naval
Japan
Everett B. Gladding
Greenville
Tex
Pacific Naval Security Group
Bucher
Johnson
Gladding
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded in 53rd Ceremony at Columbia
The Los Angeles Times led with two wins as Norman Mailer captured nonfiction for The Armies of the Night and N Scott Momaday won fiction for House Made of Dawn. Howard Sackler's The Great White Hope won drama. Awards honor journalism, letters, and music with $1000 prizes.
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UPI
New York City
Los Angeles Times
Columbia University
Norman Mailer
Washington
Mailer
N. Scott Momaday
Momaday
University of California
Howard Sackler
Public Service
Los Angeles
Times
William Tuohy
Beirut
Lebanon
Robert Cahn
Christian Science Monitor
Boston
John Fetterman
Louisville Times and Courier-Journal
Vietnam
Albert L. Delugach
Denny Walsh
St. Louis Globe - Democrat
St. Louis Steamfitters Union
John Fischetti
Chicago Daily News
Walt Disney
Rene Jules Dubos
Delegation Debate Shapes ABM Launch Authority
The House Armed Services Committee, after secret hearings, agrees the President must delegate launch authority for an ABM system to subordinates for effective defense. Opponents push this issue as a new debate dimension in Nixon era missile policy under the Atomic Energy Act which assigns ultimate control to the President.
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Washington
UPI
House
Armed Services Committee
Nixon
Fire protection bond costs explained by Fire Chief Baker
Chief Baker explains the $500,000 June 3 bond issue financing new fire fighting facilities. He says the tax impact is about 12 cents on the rate, roughly $6 per year for the average home, with no tax-rate increase needed due to the Civic Center Acquisition Fund. He notes possible insurance savings may offset some costs and discusses merchant pass-through effects on prices.
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John Baker
Baker
Civic Center Acquisition Fund
Civic Center
Cost of dentures and glasses weigh on Labour losses
London reports local elections added pressure on Britain's Labour Party as MPs protested price increases for dentures and eyeglasses. Early results from 70 councils show Labour shedding 37 seats while the Conservatives gain 34. Labour won just over half of 92 contests.
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Labor Party
London
UPI
Britain
Labor
Wilson
Conservative
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