Fate of Lance now up to him
Sen. Charles Percy urged Bert Lance to resign for the good of the country and administration as the Lance hearings wrap a public phase. President Carter faces a decision linking loyalty to a friend with constitutional duties amid questions about overdrafts and Lance’s conduct.
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Lance
Carter
Washington
UPI
Charles Percy
Ill
Bert Lance
Percy
Senate
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
The
United States
Lompoc considers state water contract and cost impacts
Lompoc City Council will review a plan to begin receiving state water by 1986 and sign a contract to purchase up to 2,500 acre feet by 2000. Staff suggests an initial 780 acre feet in 1986. current use is 3,300 to 3,500 acre feet with a 3,000 acre foot overdraft.
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Lompoc
Alan Davidson
Santa Barbara County
Davidson
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District
Syrwcd
City to Hold Two Hearings on Block Grant Funds in Lompoc
The city will hold two public hearings on federal Block Grant proposals for 368000 dollars allocated to Lompoc. An informal session is Sept 21 in the library and a council meeting Oct 18 at 7 30 pm in the School Board Administration Room. The meetings explain the grant process and welcome citizen input on current projects such as the Senior Center and storm drain number three.
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James P. Sweeney
East North Ave
School Board
North Act
Lompoc
Conrad Montgomery
Two Teens Scattered Coins Across Ocean Avenue
Partly cloudy through Tuesday morning then sunny by afternoon. Highs 68 to 76 with Tuesday nights 52 to 58. Tides listed. Two teen girls run back and forth across Ocean Avenue dodging cars while picking up coins they had dropped.
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Ocean Avenue
H Street upgrading plan to be unveiled to council
Public Works will present a plan for mid street medians and six car left turn lanes on North H Street as part of the improvement project. Council members contested median length and safety, with a public hearing set for the Civic Center district and related ordinances and funding items on the agenda.
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James P. Sweeney
City Public Works Department
North H Street
City Council
Joe Valencia
Charles Ward
H Street
Valencia
Ward
Public Works
Barry
Gustafson
Council
School Administration Board
North
Civic Center
O Street
Laurel
Olive Avenues
Bob Livingston
Bold thief nets Shriners charity cash in Lompoc theft
Police investigate the brazen theft of about $1,000 in cash and several hundred dollars in checks from the Lompoc Shrine Club during a private event at Veterans Memorial Building. A third man grabbed a metal cash box and fled, car backed to exit with rear plate covered. No suspects in custody. club will decide how to recover funds for the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital.
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Vaughn Proctor
Police Today
Lompoc Shrine Club
Vern Freiley
Shriners’ Crippled Children’s Hospital
Shrine Club
Freiley
Veterans Memorial Building
Children’s Hospital
Santa Maria teachers strike over contract talks
Four Santa Maria high schools opened picket lines as a one day strike by district teachers began. Negotiations with the Santa Maria High School District Faculty Association and Myron Lieberman failed to resolve key issues including binding arbitration, hours, class size, benefits and contract length.
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Santa Maria
California Teachers Association
Myron Lieberman
Administration backs minority admission plans in Bakke brief
The Justice Department urged that race be considered in admissions to end discrimination but avoided endorsing rigid quotas. The brief defends race as a factor in Bakke v California while noting the California Medical School case record is unclear. Black leaders caution awaiting exact legal language before comment.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Bakke
California Supreme Court
Allan Bakke
Medical School
United States
Developer proposes billion dollar port in Santa Barbara County
Beverly Hills developer Hymie Singer seeks to build a large harbor along a mile of Santa Barbara County coast with a marina factories and canneries and space for ships including freighters oil tankers and even the S S Catalina bought for 70000. Officials express skepticism and warn the plan may not fit the coast. Singer says financing is secured and has hired a local real estate man to locate a site.
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Santa Barbara
Harrell Fletcher
Singer
CIA used prostitutes in mind control plots, journal claims
San Francisco papers report former CIA agent George Hunter White kept 1934 to 1970 journals detailing from the mid‑1950s onward experiments at a Greenwich Village apartment with microphones and two way mirrors. The notes describe Operation Midnight Climax and drug use as cover for domestic operations tied to the CIA and OSS.
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San Francisco
UPI
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
San Francisco Examiner
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills
Calif
George Hunter White
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Subcommittee On Health and Scientific Research
White
Greenwich Village
Bureau of Narcotics
Office of Strategic Services
Examiner
Journal
Pat
Gil
Nat
Carol C
Shannon
Dayan rounds with US on peace draft amid travel shuffle
Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan prepared to meet U S leaders in Washington after drafting a peace treaty. He flew Brussels Paris Tel Aviv amid speculation and planned talks with Secretary Vance then President Carter, with a Tuesday news conference and hearings with Congress before UN duties.
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Washington
UPI
Moshe Dayan
U.S
Brussels
New York
Dayan
Paris
Tel Aviv
Menahem Begin
Cyrus Vance
State Department
White House
Carter
Senate
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lompoc Plans Eight Hearings Including Boys Club
Lompoc Planning Commission will hold eight hearings at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. Items include a Boys Club conditional use permit for a West Ocean Avenue youth facility and related zoning changes, plus home businesses and ordinance amendments.
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Lompoc
Raymond J. Williams
E. Maple Ave
Jack L. Enright
N. Daisy St
Woodrow J. Brickner
South E St
Kenneth H. Dial
Boys’ Club
West Ocean Avenue
Public Heart
Beattie Park
Lompoc City Hall
Walnut Ave
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LaBelle
Ingram
Comptroller of Currency
Carlsberg Brewery
Solvang
King Merrill
Montgomery
Jack Lam
Shriners
N. County
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