Merit system on ballot at County General Election
County supervisors vote 3-1 to place a county civil service merit system proposal on the November ballot. Support comes from the County Employees Association and AFL-CIO Social Workers Union, while skeptic Curtis Tunnell urges further study. The plan would extend the Sheriff's Civil Service to all county personnel with the current commission serving as the new body pending voter approval.
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Curtis Tunnell
Assa
Afl-Cio Social Workers’ Union
Allan S. Ghitterman
Sheriff's Benefit and Relief Assn
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Civil Service Commission
Sheriff's Association
Allen S. Ghitterman
Ghitterman
Zack L. Stringer
County Employes Assn
Leonard Roder
Agnew to brief Nixon on Asian mission
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew will brief President Nixon on his five nation 11 day Asian swing. Agnew arrives at El Toro and will discuss talks with Cambodian Premier Lon Nol and leaders in Vietnam Taiwan South Korea and Thailand. Nixon will also attend a top secret Middle East session with NSC members and officials. The statement notes allied fears of U S troop withdrawals and ongoing combat in Asia.
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San Clemente
API
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
U.S
Agnew
Honolulu
White House
Air Force Two
el Toro Marine Air Station
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Cambodia
Vietnam
Taiwan
South Korea
Thailand
Angew
Lon Nol
Asia
Middle East
National Security Council
Rogers
Defense
David Packard
Kissinger
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joseph Prisco
Richard C. Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Committee weighs home occupation permit rules
A Planning Commission committee debated the city home occupation permit ordinance for over an hour and a half. They will resume Sept 9 with officials hoping to see how other cities handle the issue.
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Planning Commission
William Fick
James Flegge
William Paulin
Merrijane Pritchard
City Atty
James Longtin
Dustin Griffith
County approves record tax rate hike for 1970 71
County officials unanimously approve a 3.01 per hundred dollar tax rate for 1970 71 after earlier plans for a 69 cent increase. Auditor A T Eaves Jr notes anticipated revenues of 37.4 million against a 62.2 million expenditures package and cites past 1920s one shot financing when rates neared three dollars. Local city rates vary from 10.61 to 12.39 with recent boosts of 1.35 to 1.45.
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Eaves
A.T. Eaves Jr
Lompoc
Carpinteria
Senate bill to end U.S. participation in Vietnam war
A U.S. Senate vote rejected a Hatfield McGovern amendment seeking a defined withdrawal deadline. The 55 to 39 result capped a tense debate as supporters argued for a concrete end date while opponents warned it could hinder peace talks and bargaining with North Vietnam.
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Senate
U.S
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Charles Percy
Illinois
Indochina
George McGovern
Ds.d
Congress
White House
Gulf of Tonkin
Israel to take harder stance against Egypt amid peace talks
Israel’s cabinet in Jerusalem votes for a tougher approach in New York talks with Egypt and Jordan as fighting flares along the Lebanon front. An Israeli soldier was killed and two wounded in night clashes, while a commando raid on Beir Lif hurt guerrilla bases. Lebanon says houses were destroyed and civilians injured in cross border shelling.
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United Press International
Jerusalem
Egypt
New York
Israel
United Nations
Jordan
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
Lebanon
Beir Lif
Shatula
Upper Galilee
Beirut
Lompoc Census Adds 56 Residents in Count Update
Mayor Art Scott announced that Lompoc gained 56 people in the Were You Counted campaign, raising the preliminary population to 24 037 and boosting annual state local revenue by about 15 to 16 dollars per resident. He urged missed residents to call City Hall as counts continue.
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Art Scott
Leonard C. Isley
U.S. Bureau of Census
Lompoc
Scott
Census Bureau
Board puts ranch rezoning on ballot in General Plan vote
The County Board of Supervisors opted for a referendum on the El Capitan Ranch rezoning rather than voiding the May ordinance. The 4 0 vote approved referendum wording amid a heated exchange with County Counsel Sarguis and Supervisor Tunnell. Opponents pressed for neutral wording to avoid bias.
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el Capitan Ranch
Board of Supervisors
Sarguis
George Rading
Curtis Tunnell
Berman
Kading
Virginia Burrell
Tunnell
Fred Eissler, Jr
Sue Higman
Citizens’ Committee
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Suez Canal
United States
Longtin
Gov. Reagan
Joe J. Callahan
Paul Comer
Center
Lompoc Valley
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Public Works
Interior
Aeronautics and Space Committee
Ken Palmer
Don MacGillivray
Sen
John Stennis
Dmiss
Barry M. Goldwater
Rariz
Cooper
Percy
Century
East North Avenue
von Honey
Santa Maria
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