Pilot fought airline landing procedure in fatal crash inquiry
A Toronto inquiry heard Air Canada Captain Peter Hamilton opposed the line’s landing procedure for deploying spoilers on DC8 jets. First Officer Donald Rowland, also killed, was surprised by Hamilton’s stance and both men had discussed a compromise in Vienna. The inquiry notes an inadvertent spoiler deployment as a possible crash cause.
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Toronto
API
Peter Hamilton
Air Canada
Allan Clark
Department of Transport
Donald Rowland
Hamilton
Canadian Airline Pilots Association
Clark
Rowland
Vienna
Montreal
Los Angeles
B. J. MacKinnon
Dear Abby Readers Ask About Etiquette and Anniversary Pleas
A column of readers seeks guidance on signatures in season greetings, commemorating a fiftieth anniversary after a spouse dies, and a defender of modest dress from a larger realtor. Abby responds on formal signatures, honoring a deceased partner, and attire choices for larger women in real estate.
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Abby
Cabrillo High Band Wins Sweepstakes at Inglewood Parade
Cabrillo High School Band and Drill Team won the sweepstakes award at the annual Inglewood Christmas Parade. About 100 000 spectators lined the parade route and television audiences watched as Cabrillo under Glen Newcomb’s direction edged out more than twenty other groups to claim the trophy.
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Cabrillo High School
Inglewood
Glen Newcomb
Canyon eyed for mass motorbike recreation in Ellwood area
Goleta Valley developer Jack Swartz proposes a 1350 acre Ellwood Canyon plan to house 500 to 1000 recreational motorbikes with storage. The County Planning Commission plans a mid January public hearing to explore a conditional use permit to create distant riding grounds amid noise, erosion and access concerns from Goleta and Orcutt residents.
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Goleta Valley
County Planning Commission
Jack Swartz
Isla Vista
Ellwood Canyon
Swartz
Planning Commission
Highway Pact Narrow Width? Not in Conflict Found
The County Planning Commission found the proposed State Rt. 166 controlled access highway between Santa Mara and Guadalupe not in conflict with the county plan. Some members urged keeping the section width to a minimum from Bonita School Rd to Blosser Rd in Santa Maria Valley. County Flood
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Santa Mara
Guadalupe
County Planning Commission
Commission
Bonita School Rd
Blosser Rd
Santa Maria Valley
State Division of Highways
Officials Hear Call for Wider Right of Way for Flood Control
Control Engineer James Stubbner and State Division of Highways official Henry Case testified for a right of way wider than usual to accommodate flood control sewer lines and a four lane highway. Projections cited widths up to nearly 300 feet in some areas. The commission had planned to continue the matter but Santa Maria city officials’ appearance prompted action and the issue was resolved.
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James Stubbner
Henry Case
State Division of Highways
Santa Maria City
Thanksgiving holiday death toll trails last year
United Press International reports that Thanksgiving traffic deaths total 319 by 10 a.m. EST with California leading at 49 and New York 19. NSC estimates 670 to 770 fatalities possible by Sunday, but toll runs about 20 percent behind 1969.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
United Press
California
New York
Michigan
Tennessee
County faces bootleg subdivisions in land-splitting cases
Land-splitting problems persist in the county with 40acre parcels. County Planning Commission leaders warn the issue could create bootleg subdivisions, amid a statewide survey and questions from the Sierra Club chapter.
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County Planning Commission
Richard Clare
Clare
Mother Lode
The
Sierra Club
California
Death of Mrs. Emma Coker 93 Taft Former Lompoc Resident
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Emma Coker 93 of Taft former Lompoc resident. Graveside services are held today in Taft. She was the twin sister of Mrs. Clara Westrope of Lompoc who died in April. Born and raised in Lompoc she is survived by a niece Mrs. Agnes Hamilton and a nephew Neal Westrope in Lompoc.
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Emma Coker
Taft
Lompoc
Coker
Clara Westrope
Agnes Hamilton
Neal Westrope
Planning department lays groundwork for shoreline plan
County Planning Director Herbert Divelbiss said staff is setting criteria and standards for a shoreline plan to control beach areas, possibly in collaboration with UC Santa Barbara under a sea grant program. Commissioner Hassander urged strong protection to preserve recreational use of beaches.
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County Planning Department
Herbert Divelbiss
Divelbiss
Planning Commission
UC Santa Barbara
University
Pauline Hassander
California Finewire Co
Tanglewood Tract
Fannin Corp
Black Rd
Sandalwood Dr
Santa Maria Valley
Ten Die in Five-Vehicle Turnpike Crash Near Downingtown
Ten people including six children were killed and at least 11 injured in two related crashes on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Downingtown. A Philadelphia family en route to Reading was wiped out when the father attempting a U turn was struck broadside after a rig ran out of control in the westbound lane. Police said the first crash occurred at 5 15 p m when a well drilling rig overturned on a curve causing a chain reaction into eastbound traffic.
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Downingtown, Pa
UPI
Philadelphia
Reading
Franklin Summers
Turnpike
Summers
Regis Allen
Mildred
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