Ford Motor Co. Accused of Tax-Free Insurance Accounts
Senate subcommittee hears claims that Ford overpaid insurance premiums and parked excess funds in Bermuda tax free accounts for executives. witness Philip Wilson, a convicted fraudster cooperating with investigators, says Trans Global Insurance and later Transcon Insurance handled the transfers. Ford denies the charges, calling them absurd and ridiculous.
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Washington
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Bermuda
Ford
Senate
Philip M. Wilson
Permanent Investigations
Boston
Trans Global Insurance Co., Ltd
Hamilton
Wilson
St. Louis
Justice Department
Boston Insurance Agency
Final interviews held for county mental health director post
County authorities completed final interviews with three finalists for the vacant county mental health director position. A recommendation will go to the Board of Supervisors at the upcoming Monday meeting. Dr Norbert McNamara left the post earlier this year amid staff disputes and jury criticism but was praised for building up the department.
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Board of Supervisors
David Smith
Norbert McNamara
Grand Jury
Lompoc filmmaker IV Tournament gains 16 mm rights
Paul Kyriazi and Ed Diokno report Threshold Films of Hollywood bought the 16 mm college distribution rights to The Tournament, a 65 minute black and white action-costume film. A Bay Area investor agreed to back a color follow up with a $150,000 executive production, aiming to finish a more ambitious project and continue promoting The Tournament after a Gemini Cinema showing in Lompoc.
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Paul Kyriazi
Bay Area
Lompoc
Joshua Johnson
Kyriazi
Threshold Films of
Hollywood
Threshold
Vandenberg
Ed Diokno
Diokno Kyriazi
New York
Lompoc Wye zoning shifts amid mission land concerns
The Lompoc zoning debate centered on a 1000 foot strip facing the mission, with RAO bulk land and 40 acre limits favored by some, while opponents warned of higher density and impact on front valley land. The advisory committee urged estate designations east of Mission Hills and paused hearings on multiple surrounding parcels.
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Pagel
Robert Hibbitts
Lompoc Valley
Rt. 246
M.V. Duncan
Hugh Young
Mission
Ra-O
Mission Hills
Lompoc Wye
Air quality shows downward trend in Santa Barbara South Coast
County health department and air pollution control authorities report a downward trend in air pollutant concentrations since 1966 based on the new Air Quality Summary 1959 to 1973. Director Clifton J. Seymour credits county control measures, car emission devices, and the State Air Resources Board program for reducing carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides amid growth.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara South Coast
Clifton J. Seymour
Seymour
State Air Resources Board
Charges Refiled Against Nudists on Padaro Beach
District Attorney David D Milier says felony charges are being refiled against two out of county men Howard Donald Brown 29 Los Angeles and Lee Rucker 46 Camarillo for sex deviation on Padaro Beach where Judge Lodge had dismissed the case due to expectation of privacy. Deputy D A Hayes says there is no expectation of privacy on a public beach and the pair face another preliminary hearing in Santa Barbara Municipal Court in October. A second pair will have a preliminary hearing before Judge Arnold Gowans on October 5.
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Roger Merel Pigmore
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara-Goleta
Pigmore
McKinley Elementary School
Prigmore
David D. Milier
Padaro la. Beach
Joseph Lodge
Howard Donald Brown
Los Angeles
Lee Rucker
Camarillo
Lodge
Douglas Russell Hayes
Milier
Arnold Gowans
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Ford Co
County Post
Starbuck
McPeek
North H Street
Diokno
Cruikshank Golf
Old Camp Cooke Access Rd
Torino
Ford Ltd
LTD
Beattie Motors
Calif
By Barnes
Harbor View
First Valley Bank of
North
H’’ & Walnut Ave
Hablamos Espanol
Lompoc, Calif
Iauto Financing & Insurance
Constellation
Vandenberg Village
GEICO
Washington, Od
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