Annual J M chess tourney to start tomorrow night
Northern Santa Barbara County stars lead the fifth Johns Manville Title Chess Tournament opening Friday at 7 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Building. Jay Spewart defends the title with rivals Lee Stanchfield Lynn Newcomb Ken Horne Vance Ray Rajan Ayyar and more. Six prizes awarded with entry fees 3 for adults 2 for juniors and 1 of the junior fee returned after all games.
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Mission Hills
Lee Stanchfield
Solvang
Lompoc Valley
Lynn Newcomb
Ken Horne
Lompoc
Vance Ray
Rajan Ayyar
Santa Maria
United States Chess Federation
Veterans Memorial Building
H Street
Locust Avenue
Beilenson accuses Reagan aides of lying over Medi Cal screenings
Sen. Anthony Beilenson angrily charged Reagan administration officials with lying about a health screening program for 1.2 million Medi Cal children. State Health Director J M Stubblebine defended the effort, saying officials were doing their level best amid major problems during Wednesday hearings in Sacramento.
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UPI
A_ Senate
Reagan Administration
Sen
Anthony Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Health and
J.M. Stubblebine
Solvang rezoning denied in county planning vote
The County Planning Commission rejected the proposed Environmental Development Co. plan for a 34 unit condominium on 19 acres north of Elsinore Drive and Chalk Hill Road, citing a single family area and concern over setting a precedent. The 4-3 vote followed absences and split positions among Lompoc Valley and Santa Barbara members.
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Solvang Area
Viking Hills
County Planning Commission
Planned Environmental Development Co
James Bartlett
Santa Ynez Valley Commission
Lompoc Valley
Bartlett
Robert Lilley
Elsinore Dr
Chalk Hill
Lilley
Lompoc
Mlv. Duncan
Duncan
Robert Sansum
Santa Barbara
Sansum
Oil policy clash stalls moratorium vote and tax fears
In a heated session, county officials spar over resuming tidelands oil drilling and preserving assessed value. Tunnell pushes for lifting the moratorium, claiming tax losses from $22.5 million to $4 million, while others note the dip followed a drop in oil activity. Sacramento meanwhile advances a no fault auto insurance bill backed by the California Trial Lawyers Association, promising a 15 percent premium reduction on AB801.
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Tunnell
Sarguis
Beattie
George B. Kading
State Commission
Slater
Tidelands
Kading
Sacramento
UPI
California Trial Lawyers Association
Assembly
Ways and Means
John F. Foran
San Francisco
Flower Festival ticket winners announced by committee chair
Jim Hernandez, chair of the 1973 Flower Festival Committee, announced this week’s ticket prize winners and the top queen contest seller. Kathi Costa leads ticket sales. Winners include Jo Montana Pauline Beach and Marcie Distefano. prizes available at the Lompoc Chamber of Commerce. Gifts donated by Sears Roebuck Village Fashions Gemini Theater. Grand prizes await ticket holders. A nonsmokers bill of rights was defeated by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee on a 78 vote.
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Jim Hernandez
Kathi Costa
The
Elks Lodge
Jo Montana
E. Locust
Lompoc
Pauline Beach
N. Pine
Genini
Marcie Distefano
W. Hickory
Sacramento
UPI
Assembly Ways and Means
John V. Briggs
California to teach metric system in schools by 1976
State Superintendent Wilson Riles proposes replacing customary units with the metric system in California schools by 1976. He cites global adoption, industry shifts, and easier decimal-based learning, forming a committee to study the move and seeking broad government and media cooperation.
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