Danish Queen Margrethe Visits Solvang in Bicentennial Tour
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Prince Henrik spent about three hours in Solvang on a nationwide bicentennial tour. She spoke to 247 luncheon guests at Bethania Lutheran Church and praised Solvang for preserving Danish heritage while remaining loyal U.S. citizens. The visit referenced greetings from Queen Ingrid and a 1939 Solvang visit, as the royals arrived near Svendsgaard's Motel amid bustling crowds.
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Merrill
Santa Ynez Valley
Margrethe II
Denmark
Solvang
United States
Margrethe
Prince Henrik
Bethania Lutheran Church
Arne Madsen
Solvang R
King Merrill
Lompoc trustees set budget study session and hearings
Lompoc Unified School District trustees plan a budget study session tomorrow night after the regular agenda. The 1976 77 budget preliminarily exceeds the current by a few hundred dollars but lowers the general fund tax rate to 52 cents per $100. Total tax is estimated at 4.99 per 100, down from 5.19, with noCOLA included yet. The board will also review a conflict of interest code, ITA alternatives, a Vocational Education Council, summer school offerings, and enrollment reports. The session is at 7 p.m. in the Central Administration Building.
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Lompoc Unified School District
Vocational Education Council
Hancock College
Six primary elections in one day spotlight race
United Press International reports a historic six primaries on Tuesday with Ford expanding his delegate lead through caucuses in Kansas Vermont and Alaska and uncommitted Pennsylvanians plus anticipated New York support. Reagan campaigns in Oregon while Carter Udall Jackson and Brown gain elsewhere amid write in bids and policy clashes.
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United Press Internation
Oregon
Ford
Kansas
Vermont
Alaska
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Idaho
Nevada
Sen
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Cbs-Tv
Baker
Oregon State University
Jimmy Carter
Virginia
Morris Udall
Henry Jackson
Jerry Brown
Church
Brown
California
Carter
Nelson Rockefeller
Robert Taft
Ohio
One-year-old boy killed by horse in California canyon
Justin Craft Patton, age one, died after a horse trampled him while brushing near a mobile home in La Salle Canyon. He was injured around 2 p.m., treated at Lompoc Hospital, then pronounced dead at Marian Hospital in Santa Maria at 4:41 p.m. The stroller was struck by the horse, causing the tragedy. Chuck and Judy Patton reported the incident to sheriffs deputies.
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Lompoc
la Salle Canyon
Justin Craft Patton
Marian Hospital
Santa Maria
Lompoc Hospital
la Salle Canyon Road
Chuck
Judy Patton
Patton
Hijacking ends in death aboard Philippine jetliner
UPI reports a Philippine Airlines jet in Zamboanga City was stormed by antihijacking troops after six hijackers held 14 hostages. The 15 minute battle left 13 dead including the hijacker leader and two other gunmen, with 22+ injured. Passengers escaped as the plane burned.
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Zamboanga City
Palippines
UPI
Philippines
Libya
Philippine Air Lines
Baciii
John Mallette
Painesville
Ohio
United Brands
Andy Max
Tacoma, Wash
Ford campaign in California urges death penalty policy
President Ford in Anaheim before the California Peace Officers Association urged a death penalty in federal murder, espionage, and serious drug cases. He said those who profit from others’ misery must pay the price and rejected broad gun owner registration while aiming to win California’s 167 winner take all delegates.
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Anaheim
UPI
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California Peace Officers Association
Feder
California
Reagan
City budget sources many for general fund amid 1976 77 plan
The proposed 1976 77 general fund budget details revenue sources led by property tax, sales taxes, and transfers from electric and water utilities. It notes a 698,575 property tax contribution, 665,000 in sales and use taxes, and 364,328 beginning balance. New items include a 500 bicycle licensing fee and multiple fee and tax streams totaling 1,829,295 in general fund revenues and 1,978,155 in transfers to the fund. The city oversees 19 other funds with 9,079,061 total estimated revenue for 1976 77.
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General Fund
Robert C. Vincent
Lompoc
Village Branch
Electric Utility
Water Utility
Police Department
P.O
Civic Center
Transportation Fund
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Solvangr
Ingrid
Frederik IX
Svendsgaard
Santa Bar
Jimmy Long
Toyota
Air Force Times
AIC
Debra Hatcher
Kara
Erik Pedersen
Viggo Tarnow
Order of the Knight of
Dannebrog
Ferdinand Sorensen
Rev
Vagn
Sonny Faust
Independence Hall
Faust
Carlo Petersen
Bethania Church
Madsen
Prince
Solvang Lutheran Santa Ynez Valley Recovery
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Defense Department
Mare Gnas
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