City Council to study historic budget with no property tax hike
The council will review a 1969 70 operating budget of 3 438 671 up 215 188 from last year funded by a 1 24 tax rate per 100 assessed valuation The plan preserves services expands recreation and caps capital projects while keeping taxes steady A fire improvement bond may be retired by reallocating the Civic Center fund to avoid any rate increase
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Gene Wahlers
Thompson
Pioneer
Floresta
Tee Fe
Civic Center
Coastline development tied to Air Force study at Pentagon
A Vandenberg study on coastal land from South Vandenberg to Gaviota could shape private and public development. At a Vandenberg AFB meeting, Maj. Gen. Gerald W. Johnson and Maj. Gen. Clifford J. Kronauer outlined safety zones, mission-based impact limits, and possible private land acquisition to ensure safe space launches. Macco Development urged speed as it seeks 14,000 acres for a 6,000 second-home project, while county planners stressed land use and flood control concerns over Air Force safety.
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Vandenberg
Gaviota
Pentagon
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Gerald W. Johnson
Vanderberg
Clifford J. Kronauer
Air Force
William Fick
Fick
Air Force For Research and Development
Macco Development Co
Patrick Munn
Lilley
Macco
State Department of Harbors and Water Craft
Cojo Bay
Corps of Engineers
City Employees Near 6.25 to 11.25 Percent Salary Hikes
City Administrator Gene Wahlers reports negotiated raises for about 200 workers totaling 109000 dollars with no property tax increase. Most classified staff get 5 percent July, 2.5 percent Jan 1 1970. police and fire get 10 percent July plus 2.5 percent Jan 1. exceptions include fire captains 7.5 percent and engineers 5 percent July with 2.5 percent Jan 1. Executives receive 7.5 percent July and 2.5 percent Jan 1. The plan faced dissent and prompted a split from the City Employe Association. Council action is possible Tuesday during budget review. Jacoby to Europe for vacation may affect timing. Fire Chief Baker promotes the fire improvement bond ahead of Election Day. Reports of a nude woman on Highway 246 could not be confirmed. City precincts quiet as residents vacation and city staff finalize the budget.
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Wahlers
Richard K. Jacoby
Europe
John Baker
Nation mourns not, celebrates Memorial Day as traffic toll rises
United Press International reports Memorial Day kicks off a long holiday weekend with 65 traffic deaths by 11 a.m. EDT and a total of 69 including drownings and miscellaneous causes. The National Safety Council forecasts 550 to 650 deaths during the period ending Sunday night. In Lompoc and nearby, coastal weather offers fair skies through Saturday with highs in the 70s to 80s inland and 65 to 70 at the coast, and modest northwest winds. Coastal tides Saturday include 11:32 a.m. high at 3.7 feet and 10:20 p.m. high at 6.8 feet. Low tides are 4:56 a.m. at minus 1.6 feet and 3:56 p.m. at 2.0 feet.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Lompoc
Central
Dirksen aide named as bank director earns fee
An aide to Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen reportedly received 5000 for serving as director of a Chicago bank controlled by Roy Cohn who is under indictment. Harold E. Rainville, in charge of Dirksen's Chicago office, denied wrongdoing and could not be reached for comment. Cohn, once McCarthy’s lieutenant, was indicted last year over his handling of a parent company to the bank and awaits trial.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Chicago
Roy Cohn
New York
Leslie H. Whitten
Hearst Newspapers
Washington Bureau
Harold E. Rainville
Dirksen
Cohn
Bank
Rainville
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Ryan and
Thompson Parks
Air Force Study
Kronauer
Robert C. Lilley
County Planning Commission
Sen. Dirksen
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