Longtime County Clerk Lewis Resigns Effective December
Veteran County Clerk J. E. Lewis submits resignation effective December 1 after 37 years in office. He recommends Howard C. Menzel as successor, while Lewis is critically ill in Santa Barbara. Menzel notes his appointment as top deputy would honor Lewis’s legacy. The retirement board will review Lewis’s benefits and survivor provisions for his wife in January.
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Jack) Lewis
Howard C. Menzel
Board of Supervisors
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Redding
County Supervisors Association
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Santa Barbara
County Retirement Board
Trustees vote 3 2 to oppose Proposition 1 at board meeting
The school board narrowly opposed Proposition 1 with Trustees Jacoby, Steiger, and Braun in support and Nagle Beattie opposing. Superintendent Wegner warned of reduced education revenues while Nagle urged the measure to cap spending. The session also touched on pay for trustees and accreditation news from Lompoc High School.
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Gail Steiger
Karl Braun
Archie Nagle
John Beattie
Glen Wegner
Nagle
Beattie
the American
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Paisola
Association
Jacoby
Water district vows to resist south county water demands
The Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District directors pledged to hold the line against unwarranted Cachuma water demands by south county users. They met three hours and met again in executive session with legal counsel Stanley C. Hatch and engineer Thomas M. Stetson to plan steps. Hatch urged immediate state imported water applications as backup and warned depletion could threaten downstream rights. The board also noted a Fish and Game protest of two Lompoc Narrows water filings, with Stetson to file papers supporting the city.
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Hatch
South County
State Department of Fish and Game
Lompoc
Narrows
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Second cease fire in effect as truce holds in Middle East
United Nations observers head to the fronts as Israel and Egypt trade charges over violations while the cease-fire takes hold. Nixon cancels a Watergate speech to focus on Mideast efforts. Israel says Egypt’s Third Army was encircled near Suez and fought back. Egypt claims advances and air combat losses as lights return across Israel.
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White House
Nixon
Watergate
Mideast
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Damascus
Syria
Suez Canal
World Organization
Ismailia
Suez City
Abdul Munem Wazel
U.N. adopts second Middle East cease fire resolution
The Security Council approved a new cease-fire plan by a 14 to 0 vote with China not voting. U.N. truce teams were ordered to supervise the cease-fire on the Egyptian and Israeli fronts, with Syria agreeing to withdraw to pre 1967 boundaries.
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Middle East
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Waldheim
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Security Council
China
Hearings to Begin on Cox Firing
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to start hearings Monday on President Nixon’s dismissal of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Cox will be the first witness, with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy urging the inquiry.
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Washington
UPI
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Archibald Cox
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Nixon cancels national TV speech to press Middle East cease fire
President Nixon abandons a planned national broadcast citing focus on pursuing a Middle East cease fire and will instead hold a news conference Thursday from the White House East Room. White House aides say the pause follows ongoing peace efforts and media scrutiny over Watergate.
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