County poll finds residents favor slow growth statewide
A countywide survey of 4 500 registered voters shows Santa Barbara residents mostly back a slow growth pace around one to two percent. North County favors faster growth than the South Coast, with Lompoc and Santa Maria preferring a moderate rate near two percent.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara
North County
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Comprehensive Plan Office
Board of Supervisors
Frank Cline, Jr
Lompoc
Santa Maria
South Coast Area
California doctors widen boycott to San Mateo and Sacramento counties
A 12 day work stoppage spreads to Northern California urban areas as doctors seek government action to curb malpractice insurance rate hikes up to 600 percent. Gov Brown faces a decision on a possible special legislative session while hospitals report massive layoffs and financial losses across Alameda Contra Costa Solano counties.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Sanford Marcus
Men of American Physicians and Dentists
Edmund G. Brown Jr
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Sacramento
Los Angeles Medical Association
Assembly
Leo T. McCarthy
McCarthy
East
Teamsters threaten broad strike over farm labor bill
About 25,000 Teamsters may strike in California Arizona New Mexico and Colorado if contracts with some 400 growers lapse on July 15. The walkout stems from Gov Brown's farm labor bill halting negotiations and voiding existing contracts, with potential 50 000 workers affected. Demonstrations on Capitol steps pitted Teamsters against UFW supporters over representational rights.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Western Growers Association
Ralph Cotner
Teamsters
Agricultural Workers
Cotner
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Gov. Brown
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers
Capitol Steps
Cesar
UFW
Brown
Chavez
Conner
Viet Cong promises elections in Saigon amid no fixed date
UPI dispatch from Saigon reports Gen. Tran Van Tra announcing a general election will occur after the military government removes the word Provisional from its title. He linked the plan to normalize life and to suppress security threats while refusing to set a date.
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United Press International
Saigon
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
North
UPI
Military Management Committee
Tran van Tra
Viet Cong’s Provisional Revolutionary Government
Tra
Hong Kong
Hanoi
Alan Dawson
Leon Daniel
Gen. Tra
Pathet Lao moves to seize Laos military power
The Pathet Lao took action to seize control of loyalist forces in Laos while already dominating the cabinet. Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma appealed on radio to calm fears as refugees flee the country. A Defense Ministry communique ordered loyalty to the coalition and warned defiant units.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Indochina
Washington
State Department
Kham Ouane Boupha
Defense Ministry
National Political Consultative Council
Pather Lao
Confab on school pay set tonight in Lompoc
School assistant superintendent Alice Milligan will meet the Certificated Employe Council to resolve the salary dispute in the Lompoc Unified School District. If the meeting yields nothing, teachers will join a demonstration before the May 13 board meeting.
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Vaughn Proctor
Alice Milligan
Lompoc Unified
la Purisima
Lompoc Education Association
Lompoc Federation of Teachers
CEC
LFT
LEA
North Act
Lompoc School Board to Hear Three Proposed Educational Changes
Trustees of Lompoc Unified School District will consider three Ed Rodgers proposed changes including a separate vocational education department smaller class sizes in reading writing and math and a district financed alternative school for dissatisfied parents. Also on the agenda are bilingual report cards a teacher telephone extension proposal and policy updates with Title I and Early Childhood Education applications. The meeting is set for 3 30 p m at the District Administration Building 1301 North Act.
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Lompoc
North H St
Laurel Avenue
O Street
Cypress Avenue
Lompoc City Hall
Walnut Ave
Lompoc Unified School District
Ed Rodgers
Rodgers
Richard Diddel
North Act
Mothers Day Picnic for Manfrina Family at Ocean Park
Glimpses show about 47 members of the pioneer Manfrina family gathering for their annual Mother's Day picnic at Ocean Park, enjoying a community reunion and outdoor leisure.
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Manfrina
Ocean Park
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Nosoqui Falls
Dan Duffy
Lompoc Lions Club
la Salle Canyon
PRG
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