California Legislature Defeats Property Tax Relief Bill
In the final hours of the 1977 session the California Legislature rejected Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. property tax relief and its water plan. The tax bill failed 21 to 15 in the Senate with Republican opposition and one Democrat defecting. A companion water scheme, the Peripheral Canal, also failed 21 to 16, falling short of the two thirds needed. The Assembly adjourned after midnight as Brown announced a possible special session to revisit tax relief.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate
Walter W. Stiern
Bakersfield
Brown
Assembly
Lance Faces Senate Clash Over Banking Ethics
Democratic Sen. Thomas Eagleton declared Bert Lance’s reputation irrevocably tarnished by unfounded charges as Lance testified before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Eagleton faulted some members for McCarthy style tactics while Lance defended his actions amid bank overdraft questions and ongoing probes.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas Eagleton
Bert Lance
Eagleton
Carter
Senate
Lance
Georgia
John Danforth
D-Mo
Calhoun
LUSD approves 5.2 percent administrator salary hike
Lompoc Unified School District board approves a 5.2 per cent raise for certificated administrators and management, plus higher health benefits. Superintendent Clarence Bloom earns 42,372, with several directors and deputies receiving raises and added degree stipends, while hourly and substitute pay also increase.
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Sue Edelman
Lompoc Unified School
Lusd Board of Trustees
Clarence Bloom
Alice Milligan
Camille
Mel) Wilde
Milligan
Jack Helman
Robert Coe
Skeletons Found in Celery Field Near Lompoc
Skeletal remains were uncovered by farmworkers at a celery field edge west of Lompoc. The body was buried in a four to six foot trench beside the Santa Ynez River bed. Officials say decomposition is complete and no clothing was found. An UCSB anthropologist will help determine age race and sex.
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James P. Sweeney
Sheriff's
Lompoc
Central
Leege Avenues
Sheriff's Department
Santa Ynez
University of California, Santa Barbara
Watergate figures seek sentence reductions in prison terms
Attorneys for John Mitchell and H R Haldeman asked Judge Sirica to shorten their perjury and obstruction sentences. Haldeman seeks immediate release to reflect Nixon's televised confession. Mitchell cites hip surgery needs. Both were convicted Jan. 1, 1975, for roles in the Watergate cover up.
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Washington
UPI
John Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
John J. Sirica
Haldeman
John Wilson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Lompoc
Calif
Mitchell
William Hundley
Maxwell Afb
Montgomery
Ala
Handley
Wilson
Senate panel approves tax hikes for Social Security fund
The Senate Finance Committee voted to raise payroll taxes on both employers and workers to shore up the Social Security Trust Fund. Employers face a 1978 increase while employee taxes rise in 1979 and 1981. The panel also backed higher benefits for retirees 65 to 72 who work, phasing out the earnings offset to $4,500 in 1978 and $6,000 in 1979.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
Social Security Trust Fund
House
Lone bandit robs Santa Maria bank and flees
A lone robber passed a handwritten note demanding cash at Santa Maria Security Pacific Bank and escaped into the parking lot within a minute. Police describe the suspect as 25 to 30, five seven or eight, wearing a light blue coat and red beige striped shirt. Authorities note it is the third bank robbery in six months and ask for tips to the SMPD or FBI.
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James P. Sweeney
Santa Maria Security Pacific Bank
Santa Maria Police Department
SMPD
Security Pacific Bank
Santa Maria
Bank of America Santa Maria
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bill Ryle
James Wilkins
FBI
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