Supervisors may hold hearings outside county seat
The Brown Act amendments allow adjourned or special hearings outside Santa Barbara. The Harris Grade freeway pact hearing aimed for May 17 in Santa Barbara may move to Lompoc if properly noticed, despite opposition from PLUS. Local officials weigh practicality of hearing outside the county seat.
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Board of Supervisors
Harris Grade
Francis H. Beattie
Lompoc
PLUS
Ft. 1
Santa Maria
Beattie
Santa Barbara
Charles F. Catterlin
Catterlin
Tunnell
Lompoc Hospital Directors Approve Multiphase Expansion Plan
Directors approve a threephase twentyyear expansion for Lompoc District Hospital with a two year lead time to Phase I. Options include a separate nursing home at 1.5 million or adding a second story, with bed capacity rising to 240 after Phase III.
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Lompoc District Hospital
Ken Wicks
Wicks
Olive Avenue
Dollar rallies push modest gains on European markets
The U S dollar recovered slightly on European money markets with West German dealers buying dollars for the first time since Wednesday. Frankfurt fixed the floating rate at 3.5535 marks per dollar, higher than Monday, while Amsterdam Brussels and Zurich also showed firmer quotes as authorities dampen speculative pressure from the German mark float. The Bundesbank floated the mark to curb a dollar surge and hopes to see the market stabilize over coming days and weeks.
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Bonn
UPI
U.S
West Germany
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
Brussels
Zurich
Willy Brandt
California leaders convene tense budget summit on tax reform
Governor Ronald Reagan and Democratic and Republican leaders meet in Sacramento to seek a way to pass tax reform welfare reform and a balanced budget. The parties debate Reagan's six point seven three billion proposal with lawmakers urging compromise and action despite opposition.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Assembly
Bob Moretti
D-Van Nuys
Moretti
Ken Hall
Ways and Means
Capitol
Hall
Senate
Mansfield Pushes Amendment to Cut U S Forces in Europe
Senate Democrats seek to attach a draft extension bill amendment demanding a 150000 reduction in U S forces in Europe amid debate over two year extension. Mansfield argues current costs and a rising balance of payments deficit justify the move as filibuster threats grow and opposition to extending the draft increases.
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Senate
James Mills
San Diego
Reagan
Washington
Europe
Mansfield
Richard S. Sweicker
R-Pa
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Sen
William Saxbe
Ohio
Gravel
Vietnamese battalions drive enemy off ridge in A Shau action
Three ARVN battalions repelled Communist forces on a ridge in the A Shau Valley campaign as U S B 52 bombers hit approaches. ARVN claimed five enemy killed with no ARVN losses. In separate coastal clashes two Americans were killed.
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Saigon
OPS
Shau
South Vietnam
Americas
Americal
Mary Ann
U.S
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Scott
Me Toon
Robert Harvey
Clarence Ruth
Dollar
Switzerland
Germany
Dusseldorf
Hamburg
Flower Festival
North H Street
James Kenna
Flower Festival Committee
Arthur Scott
George Hutson
Francis Beattie
John Larsson
Festival Cochairman
U. S
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Army of the Republic of
173Rd Airborne Brigade
An Khe
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