State Water Project hearings postponed again
Santa Barbara County supervisors postponed further action on joining a new State Water Project agency amid a debate over Feather River water and land use. The session paused when Supervisor Daniel G. Grant left for Sacramento, with critics labeling Edmonston a lobbyist and questioning the agency’s value.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara
Feather River
Daniel G. Grant
Sacramento
Grant
County Supervisors’ Assn
State Capitol
Robert M. Edmonson
George H. Clyde
Edmonston
Robert E. Robinson
Sue Higman
Richard Temple
Secret session urged in Lompoc council dispute over hiring rules
Longtin fended off changes to 1969 personnel rules as minor. The council sparred over city administrator authority to hire department heads without prior council approval. Sharpe urged regrouping and proposed major reforms including shorter probation for heads and a tighter control of hiring criteria. The committee planned individual recommendations for the December 9 meeting and debated whether to hold an executive session.
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Longtin
Wahlers
Sharpe
Lompoc
William Fick
Public Works Department
Council
Fick
Art Heinrich
Steve Cox
Sol Lefkowitz
George Cotsenmeyer
Lefkowitz
Harley Craig
Girl burns hand fighting grass fire near home
A 15 year-old Mission Hills girl Toni Operania suffered second degree burns on one hand when she tripped and fell while fighting a grass fire across from her home at 3466 Rucker Rd. She connected two garden hoses to reach the blaze and had it contained before county firefighters arrived. The cause remains undetermined.
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Mission Hills
Toni Operania
Rucker Rd
Rucker Road
Burton Mesa Boulevard
Closing Stocks Report From Rohrbaugh and Co
The Record provides a closing stock quotations update through Rohrbaugh and Co at 3865-F Constellation Road Lompoc RE 3-3551. The notice lists end of day prices for multiple securities and market movers as recorded by the broker.
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Rohrbaugh and Co
Constellation Road
Lompoc
Buellton man charged with second offense drunk driving
George Steven Lizotte, 25, of Santa Rosa Road Buellton faced court action today on charges of second offense drunk driving. He was arrested in Buellton and booked in Lompoc Jail with bail set at 760 dollars.
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George Steven Lizotte
Santa Rosa Road
Buellton
Lizotte
Lompoc
Robert Max Robb
North D St. Apt. B
Robb
Vandenberg Air Force Base
School Board Defends Federal Library Grant Application
The school board approves an $18,000 Title II Phase I ESEA Library Resources Project grant for new books. Audience member Virgil Casey questions need versus availability, but Supt Glen Wegner and district staff defend the request, emphasizing library enrichment and cautious use of federal funds. Trustees Karl Braun DeWayne Holmdahl Nagle and Timmer back the decision.
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ESEA
Virgil Casey
Glen Wegner
Casey
Archie Nogle
Nogle
John Beattie
Arthur Timmer
Wegner
Wayne Hastings
Timmer
Karl Braun
DeWayne Holmdahl
Nagle
Lompoc Commission backs tree friendly Central Avenue plan
The Beautification Commission endorsed a State Highway Department plan to extend Central Avenue with a curved route near 95 mature trees. The recommendation to the City Council on December 7 hinges on three conditions including noise walls, buffer setbacks for Bush Avenue, and 200 new trees for rapid landscaping.
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Steve LaRue
Lompoc
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Bush Ave
Lompoc Reading Tests Show Above Average Scores
Lompoc Unified School District students scored above average on state achievement tests for 1969 70 in reading spelling and mathematics. Dr Irwin Wapner noted consistent five year above average results while marking multiplication mastery as a potential area for improvement.
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Lompoc Unified School
Irwin Wapner
Wapner
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Daily Record
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Space and Missile Test Center
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