Water rate hike blocks funds for capital outlay in Lompoc
Water officials defend a 14 percent rate increase designed to cover operating costs and depreciation but not capital outlay. The Commission split 3-3 on deleting Cypress Avenue improvement with a 10 inch main. A consultant will be hired to assess recreation benefits and water pricing policy for the Lompoc Project as requested by the County Water Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Works
Ken Dawson
Dawson
Cypress Avenue
Commission
Rodgers, Mixsell
Bill Hansen
Fred Bock
Emil Scolari
Virgil Phelps
Lompoc
County Water Agency
Governor Appoints Williams Balloff To California Law Revision Commission
The governor named Stanford law professor Howard R. Williams and Los Angeles attorney John J. Balloff to the California Law Revision Commission. A $500-a-plate Nixon dinner in Los Angeles is announced. The Senate delayed a floor vote on the Democratic reapportionment plan after negotiations with Republicans. The Assembly passed a auto repair licensing bill SB51 Beilenson 57 0. Agriculture appropriates 1.5 million for vocational education SB1216 Zenovich 52 0. Waste disposal plan SB138 Nejedly 49 0. To Senate for concurrence.
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United Press International
Stanford
Howard R. Williams
Los Angeles
John J. Balloff
California Law Revision Commission
Nixon
Senate
Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Zenovich
Fresno
Nejedly
Walnut Creek
Infant Susan Avrin rites set for Lompoc
Funeral services for Susan Irene Avrin infant daughter of Sgt and Mrs Stephen Avrin will be Monday at 2 p.m. at McPeek's Family Mortuary chapel in Lompoc. Burial in Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Survivors include parents Marianne Tipton and Samuel Avrin grandparents and great grandparents in New York and Holland.
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McPeek’s
Susan Irene Avrin
Stephen Avrin
North M St
Apt. 4
Lompoc
Vandenberg Afb Hospital
Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery
Marianne Tipton
Samuel Avrin
The
Bronx
Petrus Hendriks
Holland
Lena Blank
Unemployment rate drops to 5.8 percent in October
The Labor Department reports the jobless rate at 5.8 percent in October, with 320000 more people employed bringing total employed to 79.8 million. Veterans unemployment falls to 7 percent and total civilian workforce rises to 84.8 million amid ongoing shifts in sectors and hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Planners to review wrecking yard improvement in Lompoc
Lompoc Planning Commission will review progress by Boys Auto Dismantling at 333 N Second St to install city mandated improvements. Deadline passed Oct 25. The panel will also weigh vacating Hickory Ave for Lompoc Hospital entrance and expansion.
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Lompoc
Hickory Avenue
Lompoc Hospital
Ocean and
Walnut
Demos Yield on Remap Plan Amid GOP Demands
In Sacramento UPI reports Senate Democrats yielded to Republican demands for further talks on a redistricting plan as two members were away and two more may back a rival GOP proposal. Gov. Reagan threatened a veto if sent to his desk while GOP Chairman John L Harmer presented a complete new plan seeking full Senate approval.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Ronald Reagan
GOP
John L Harmer
Auto repair bill clears Assembly to curb fraud
Legislation to curb auto repair fraud in a 2.5 billion dollar industry passed the Assembly 57 to 0. Sen. Anthony Beilenson proposed licensing auto repair dealers under a self-financing agency in the Department of Consumer Affairs, similar to the TV repair licensing program, and the measure moves to the Senate for concurrence.
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Sacramento
API
Assembly
Anthony Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Senate
Beilenson
Department of Consumer Affairs
Mosquitoes in California Develop Immunity to Pesticides
Public health officials warn California mosquitoes are rapidly becoming immune to common insecticides. Richard F. Peters states about 10 percent of irrigated farmland already has ineffective control, while 90 percent shows resistance to at least one or two potent chemicals, signaling an impending sleeping sickness outbreak.
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Berkeley
UPI
California
Richard F. Peters
State Public Health Service
Registrars to Register Voters at Lompoc High School
Voter registrars will be in the Lompoc High School cafeteria lobby Monday from 9 30 a m to 3 15 p m. Gail Steiger of the Lompoc Democratic Club cites new laws allowing 18 year olds to register or those who will be 18 by Jan 1 1972. Residency rules have been eased to 90 days and military wives or dependents may declare residency for voting purposes only.
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Lompoc High School
Gail Steiger
Lompoc
Democratic Club
Citizens Protest Planned Underground Nuclear Test
Citizens join Senators and a labor leader demanding cancellation of the Amchitka Island underground explosion planned for Saturday. Senators sent a telegram to President Nixon. AEC reports thousands of protests. RCMP warns of threats. Montreal police brace for demonstrations. Greenpeace ship monitored the site. ecologists warn of radiation and quake risks threatening Canada and Japan.
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United Press International
U.S. Senate
Amchitka Island
Aleutians
Canada
Nixon
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP
Montreal
U.S
Amchitka
Greepeace
Japan
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Susan Avrin
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics Bls
BLS
Capitol Hill
Geoffrey H Moore
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Moore
Gulf Coast
O'Henry Hilley
Environmental Quality Committee
Gresco Co
Highway 246
Santa Ynez
DuPont
Ous Teed
Daily Record
King's
Ture
Century
Sheppard
North E Street
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