City Council orders Reade to reconvert garage to a two car space
In a 5 0 vote the Lompoc City Council ordered Francis Reade of 113 Somerset Place to remove an added room and restore the garage space citing zoning and building code violations. The action followed claims a permit was required and that illegal weekend work is widespread.
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Lompoc
Francis Reade
Somerset Place
al Autry
Autry
Reade
Lompoc Reade
Kenneth R. Boyd
Reagan signs two bills to clean up politics
Governor Ronald Reagan signs two Watergate inspired measures tightening conflict-of-interest and campaign reporting rules. The SB716 by George Moscone requires state and local officials to annually report investments over 1000 dollars and income gifts and loans over 250 dollars likely to pose conflicts.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Watergate
Reagan
Los Angeles
George Moscone
San Francisco
Moscone
Assembly
Bob Moretti
van Nuys
Reagan vetoes energy crisis commission bill and more
Gov. Ronald Reagan vetoed a statewide energy crisis commission and a Southern California antismog agency. He set a personal record by vetoing 171 bills this session, with other notable vetoes including public vending machine prophylactics and a $27 million school lunch program. The ledger shows year by year totals as his veto power remains unchecked while lawmakers consider overrides.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Senate
Friend W. Richardson
Reagan
Los Angeles
Ivy Baker Priest
Alfred E. Alquist
San Jose
Charles Warren
Two Million Voter Pamphlets Tossed Over Ballot Word Error
Sacramento officials discarded two million voter pamphlets after a transmitting error dropped the word except from Prop 1. The mistake, blamed on fatigued staff, occurred in the transmission from Los Angeles to Sacramento, wasting about $10,000 and prompting recycling of nearly 35 tons of printed material.
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Sacramento
UPI
Secretary of State
Ronald Reagan
Tom Quinn
Los Angeles
Quinn
State Printing Office
Roosevelt denies charges in Bahamas assassination claim
Elliott Roosevelt, son of President F D Roosevelt, said the accusations he offered a securities swindler 100000 to kill the Bahamas prime minister are vicious lies. He testified to the permanent investigations subcommittee that the two accusers perjured themselves.
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Washington
UPI
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bahamas
Roosevelt
Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Icelandic gunboats guard disputed fishing zone
Icelandic gunboats steamed into the Atlantic to force British ships from a 50 mile fishing zone amid the cooling Cold War stand off. Prime Minister Olafur Johannesson said Britain’s withdrawal was agreed and Heath promised ships would be gone by mid afternoon. Johannesson kept cautious optimism for a settlement and scheduled talks in London October 15.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
UPI
Edward Heath
Olafur Johannesson
Heath
Johannesson
London
Station owner goes berserk detains Arco tanker
In Costa Mesa California Bob Smith halted an Arco Oil tanker blocking its path to fix a pickup and drain its oil after a $130.65 price spike on 8800 gallons. Police ruled no crime and noted city law against roadside mechanical work, despite six Arco executives arriving from San Diego and Los Angeles.
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Costa Mesa
Calif
UPI
Bob Smith
Arco Oil Company
Smith
Arco
Lou Henry
Henry
San Diego
Los Angeles
Jacob Staub
Calley case appeals to military Court of Appeals
The Calley My Lai case faces the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, a civilian panel, for 90 minutes of arguments over his 1968 massacre conviction and 20 years at hard labor. Outcomes range from upholding to full clearing or remanding for a new hearing.
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Washington
UPI
My Lai
William L. Calley
Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Calley
Army
Howard H. Callaway
Nixon
Speed Reading Course To Begin In Lompoc
The Institute of Speed Reading inc offers a 24 hour speed reading course for anyone over 13 promising tripling reading speed and better comprehension after eight weeks. It includes study techniques and test taking skills with one weekly class and free orientation lectures at Village Inn, Lompoc-Casmalia Road, Vandenberg Village.
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Institute of Speed Reading, Inc
Lompoc-Casmalia Road
Vandenberg Village
Pd. Adv
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Gene Wahlers
Rocco
Teddy
Leipzig
East Germany
Energy Crisis Commission
Starbuck
McPeek
North H Street
Ocean
Central Business District
Moore Charge
Diet Watchers
Lompoc Grange Hall
North G Street
Solvang ST. Mark’s Episcopal Church
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