City Hall bid call eyed as plans near completion
City officials prepare to bid the first new Lompoc City Hall. Council to approve a contract change for architect Bob Wong and authorize bid advertising once plans finish. A $1.36 million Public Works grant funds more than half the estimated $2.25 million Civic Center cost.
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James Sweeney
Lompoc
Economic Development Administration
Council
San Francisco
Wong
City Hall
Civic Center
Electric
General
North
Richard Dickerson
College Park
A. J. Diani Construction Co
Beattie Park
Caltrans
H Street
Chestnut
College Avenues
Santa Ynez river district signs water subscription
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District approves a subscription of 2550 acre feet of state project water bringing total to 32450 acre feet sought by county purveyors. The 2500 af covers 2000 af for Improvement District 1 and 550 af for Buellton Community Services District. SMID declines to indicate need for water prompting district anger and a plan to invite SMID directors to a joint session.
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Vaughn Proctor
Santa Ynez River
Virgil Phelps
Improvement District
Buellton Community Services District
Solvang Municipal Improvement District
SMID
Santa Ynez
Improvement District 1
Water District
Weather and water options discussed for Santa Barbara County
Low clouds and drizzle early Tuesday with inland clearing by noon and cooler highs near 70 to mid 70s. Tides show high 3.2 and 4.2 feet, low 3.1 and 1.3 feet. District explores supplemental state water for 2,550 acres and contemplates a county tax. Purveyors express interest in portions of the 57 700 acre feet entitlement.
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Charles Lawrance
County Water Agency
Lawrance
Santa Barbara County
Hijackers end terror release all hostages in Algiers
Japanese Red Army hijackers released the remaining hostages after landing in Algiers aboard a JAL DC-8. The plane arrived from Damascus with 19 hostages, six coconspirators freed, and $6 million in ransom linked to the release. Authorities indicated possible asylum or safe passage remains undecided.
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Algiers
Algeria
API
Red Army
Japan Air Lines
Damascus
Syria
India
APS
Red Army Commando
JAL
Tokyo
Dar el Beida
U.S
Bombay
Dacca
Bangladesh
William D. McLean
Eric Weiss
T. Phelan
Kuwait
Bangkok
Supervisors Rescind 32 Percent Pay Boost for Officials
The Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to rescind last week’s approval of a 32 percent pay raise for themselves and major increases for county officials and management staff. The action would have cost about $150,000 annually and was set for December. Voting for rescission were Wallace Hedlund Kahlman. opposing were Fletcher Yager.
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Board of Supervisors
County Tax Action Association
George Clyde
Robert Kahlman
Kahlman
William Wallace
Robert Hedlund
Harrell Fletcher
David Yager
Wallace
Hedlund
Kahiman
Indira Gandhi Arrested on Corruption Charge in India
Indira Gandhi was arrested in New Delhi under the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly abusing her position during her election campaign. Police, led by senior officials, served a magistrate signed warrant at her home and planned to remand her for possible bail.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
Indira Gandhi
Negotiators near an arms agreement in Geneva
American Soviet and British negotiators open formal talks in Geneva on a comprehensive nuclear test ban aiming to end a 20 year deadlock. Officials forecast a three to four week session to draft proposals for the 31 nation Disarmament Conference amid renewed optimism and noted obstacles resolvable.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
U.S
China
France
New York
Glimpses of Cadillac Pushing a Mercedes Benz Event
A report notes Bob Lilley unveiling his new storefront while Cadillac imagery appears pushing a Mercedes Benz. The scene captures a promotional moment and a dealer showcase with local intrigue.
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Cadillac
Bob Lilley
Supreme Court to Hear Broad Range of Cases This Term
The Court agreed to hear cases on child sterilization, sex segregation in pensions, and attorney solicitation while upholding desegregation in Wilmington. It rejected rulings on minority fire area actions, police quotas, and Kiwanis Club gender exclusion, and ruled on cross ownership of media, a mother's sterilization petition, and pension and wage protections amid plant closures.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Chicago
Kiwanis Club
Wilmington
Del
Richard Nixon
White House
Capitol
Frank DeMarco Jr
Nixon
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Indiana
Stanford Daily
Maryland
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Syrwcd
Boyd Bettencourt
Sis Ag
Stanley C. Hatch
Hatch
Public Utilities Commission
Thomas M. Stetson
Park Water Co
Mission Hills Water Co
State Water
High Court
Tennessee
Allan Bakke
St. Louis
Tacoma
Wash
James Gaylord
Arkansas
Erwin Charles Simants
Kellie
Sutherland
Georgia
Florida
Oregon
Eugene
California
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
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