City Denies Home Use Permit in Lompoc Hearing
Lompoc City Council voted 4 to 1 to deny Roy Williams's home use permit for a telephone answering service tied to an on site air conditioning and heating business. Opponents argued need for a shop building and potential unfair competition. Mayor Scott cited property value concerns and off site work as reasons to deny.
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Lompoc
City Planning Commission
Art Scott
Sol Lefkowitz
Roy Williams
N. Fifth Street
P.C. Shoemaker
Lompoc Sheet Metal Works
Bud Dyer
Dyer Heating and Sheet Metal, Inc
Williams
Jim Longtin
Lompoc Valley
Western Pacific Services Company
Mission Hills
Federal Correctional Institution
Vandenberg Disposal Company
Vandenberg Village
E.C. Stevens
Fourth District
Francis Beattie
Lompoc High School
George Barnes
Wendell Cotton
Cotton
Tax break for firms denied by County Board of Equalization
The County Board of Equalization denied seven oil firms requests to cut $2,080,372 from assessed valuations on offshore and Cuyama Valley properties. The board upheld Assessor Holmquist, citing royalty tax disputes over state and federal payments. Firms including Shell Oil Standard Oil Atlantic Richfield Phillips Signal Union and Humble sought reductions in mineral rights assessments.
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County Board of Equalization
Cuyama Valley
Harry W. Holmquist
Everett Dobson
Shell Oil
Molino Gas
Standard Oil Company
Gaviota
Atlantic- Richfield
Cuyama_ Valley fields
Phillips
Signal
Union
Humble
Clergyman Proposes Marry First Live Apart To Save For Home
Canon Murdoch Dahl of St. Albans Abbey suggests couples marry before living together to save money for homes and build a solid financial base. He adds they could stay together on weekends.
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ST. Albans
England
Murdoch Dahl
St. Albans Abbey
Canon Dahl
Dime-a-Dip and Political Events Highlight Local Notices
The American Legion Auxiliary hosts a dime-a-dip with Mexican dishes at 6 p m Friday September 18 at the Veterans Memorial Building hosted by Mrs Librado Carson and Miss Flora Carson The Community Development Center at 214 E Olive Ave closes all day Friday The Gary Hart campaign holds a Thursday 7 30 p m orientation for precinct canvassers and volunteers A Lions Inn dinner features State Sen Robert Lagomarsino discussing education and welfare with the Lompoc Valley Republican Women’s Club Marriages list includes multiple licenses in Lompoc and surrounding areas with names and residences various couples across Santa Barbara Vandenberg AFB Solvang Mission Hills Honolulu and Americus Ga
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American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Memorial Building
Librado Carson
Flora Carson
Robert Lagomarsino
Lions Inn
Lompoc Valley
Lompoc
Gary Edward Kirby
Santa Barbara
Linda Susan Mitchell
Sirius
Vandenberg Village
Brian Gale Dennis
Ash St
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Janis Pamela Swan
Lupine Ave
Walter Neil Bowen
Shelby Jean Bradley
Americus
Duance
Chester Buckley
Teamsters quit claim on growers in Salinas Valley dispute
Teamsters head Einar Kohn signed releases waiving representation of three Salinas Valley growers Freshpict Foods D Arrigo Farms and Delfino Farms. Talks with Cesar Chavez UFWOC continued while field organizers said new workers were still signing. About 3 500 workers are on local farms with Teamster pacts, some 2 500 under Chavez recognized as bargaining agent.
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Salinas
UPI
Teamsters Union
Salinas Valley
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
UFWOC
Einar Kohn
Teamsters
Freshpict Foods
D’ Arrigo Farms
Delfino Farms
Mohn
Santa Maria
Chavez
Grower-Shipper Association
Auto yards face opposition as abatement deadline looms
Critics say operators fail to find new sites amid strong local and environmental resistance. Yards are deemed necessary to remove junk autos, yet fencing and screening promises meet backlash. High costs and fluctuating disposal services keep resolution distant as the abatement deadline nears.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Lompoc Valley
Perry
Strike threatens county deputy pay rise and walkout
The 10 percent pay boost proposal would raise deputy salaries to 761 to 925 dollars monthly starting Jan 1, 1971, placing the department high among eight counties. Sheriff Webster warns of possible walkouts and notes mutual aid with five cities would not be available during civil disorder.
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Johnson
Sheriff's Benefit and Relief Assn
Ventura County
Sheriff's Association
James Webster
Webster
County appeals to halt drilling in Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara County and other California interests asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay further oil drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel. They seek review of 9th Circuit losses on non constitutional grounds while a three judge federal panel weighs related constitutional questions. The case traces to the January 28, 1969 oil blow-out and involves suits against Interior Secretary Hickel and Corps of Engineers officials demanding hearings before drilling permits are authorized.
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Washington
UPI
Santa Barbara County
California
Supreme Court
Santa Barbara
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Secretary of the Interior
Los Angeles
Robert J Malley
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Interior
Walter J Hickel
Corps of Engineers
Quirks in the News: Robbery Suspect Fleeing Court
In Denver District Judge Don D. Bowman calmly continued hearing cases as a robbery suspect fled the courtroom with three deputies in pursuit. The judge stayed focused and continued the calendar without interruption.
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Denver
Copenhagen man arrested for unprovoked violence after knife attack
Police in Copenhagen arrested a 22 year old man for unprovoked violence after he attacked a hippie with a knife. Officials quoted him saying it irritated him. The incident prompted police to detain him for questioning.
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Copenhagen
UPI
Letter To Toy Shop Sent To Peterborough Address
A letter addressed to a Peterborough toy shop arrived after a brief delay. The note described the shop as located on the left of the road toward the railway bridge near the British Railways car park, close to the A1.
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Peterborough
England
UPI
British Railways
Weatherman claims role in Leary prison escape
A letter allegedly from the Weather Underground claimed it helped Timothy Leary escape from the California Men's Colony at San Luis Obispo. The note signed Bernardine Bohr and a purported Leary letter were received by UPI in plain envelope.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Weatherman’ Group
Timothy Leary
United Press International
Leary
San Luis Obispo
Bernardine Bohr
Weatherman Underground
Lompoc Dam project questioned as costs rise and feasibility falls
In a 1970 meeting officials argued the flood control and recreation plan is not economically viable. Land prices, uncounted costs, and inflation drive up expenses while benefits shrink. Land inventory and mineral rights concerns loom as taxpayers face potential expenditures. Dorothy Robinson and Sonja Fenwick oppose the project.
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Lompoc
Penwell
Macias
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Lompoc Dam
Dorothy Robinson
Chm
E. Palmette
Sonja Fenwick
Treas
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Rohrbaugh and Co
Constellation Road
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