Auditor set to publish scathing Lone Beach Airport report
City Auditor Robert Franke will issue a critical report on Lone Beach Airport operations claiming sloppy administration loose business procedures and inadequate controls. The document cites prior failures to tighten leasing and collection practices and notes officials used private planes to describe the airport situation. The report highlights unbid leases losses and inadequate rent reviews and says steps are being taken to curb unauthorized plane parking and renewals.
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Mission Viejo Lake project defies flow pause request
Developers of Lake Mission Viejo refuse to halt filling as they push ahead with plans to fill the 125 acre lake using Colorado River water. Phil Reilly of Mission Viejo company says the lake will provide recreation and 15 billion gallons of water storage for about 115000 residents across five Orange County districts and Metropolitan Water District support. A hearing is set for February 23 before the State Water Resources Control Board.
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Carter says unmarried couples gain from tax rules
President Carter told about 800 Agriculture Department workers that two people who live together but are not married have a tax advantage. He outlined a plan to raise the standard deduction to 2200 for individuals and 1100 for married couples, aiming to reduce incentives to cohabit. He noted revisions to reduce the unfair edge and pledged broader tax rule review to support stable families.
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Carter Cites Carter Understanding of Tax Rebate Ceiling
Washington AP report says President Carter is understanding of Ways and Means Committee plans to scale back tax rebates. The panel voted to limit rebates to those earning under 30,000 and to remove them above that threshold, rejecting a super rebate strategy. Ullman noted Democratic members voiced views in an hour long White House meeting, stressing equal treatment for all participants.
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Golden fleece goes to DEA for prison study waste
Washington AP Sen William Proxmire awards the February golden fleece to the U S Enforcement Assistance Administration for spending nearly $27000 on a study cited as biased by reliance on inmate responses. He questions why prisoners would assist in escaping and criticizes the study’s credibility.
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Atlantic oil sale voided by federal judge ruling
U S District Judge Jack Weinstein in Brooklyn voided a $1.1 billion Atlantic Ocean offshore drilling lease sale to 39 companies after finding former Interior Secretary Thomas Kleppe ignored environmental law. The leases are null and void, with a stay pending appeal and a halt to offshore activity. No immediate word from oil firms. Cyril Hyman said the ruling is under review for appeal. The decision blocks exploration in the Baltimore Canyon off Long Island to Delaware.
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House adjourns and auto raises take effect
The House adjourned for the weekend without a vote on an automatic pay raise for members of Congress and federal officials. The raise would apply at midnight Saturday, lifting salaries from 44,800 to 57,500 for lawmakers and high officials.
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Oil firm move hits Hercules taxes in tiny California town
Mayor Ernest Fawcett warned that relocation of Pacific Refining Co to Hercules will slash city revenues by about two million dollars from sales taxes, threatening to erase the city property tax. The shift shifts tax burden to Floricle counties, reshaping a town growing from 300 to 1,400 residents near San Pablo Bay. The mayor noted meetings grew from minutes to hours as change accelerates in the Bay Area comune.
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Carter backs Sakharov in human rights letter
Soviet dissident leader Andrei Sakharov said President Carter sent his first ever U S government letter, reaffirming a commitment to human rights. Sakharov, Nobel laureate, delivered thanks from his Academy of Sciences site, calling the message a great honor and a boost to the rights movement in the USSR and Eastern Europe.
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Two UC labs design nuclear weapons sparking regent protest
Report notes two University of California laboratories as major designers of atomic weapons provoking a protest at a UC regents meeting. Other items mention an Anglican archbishop in Uganda accusing officials, Amin’s death in a crash, and various page references.
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Weather Tonight and Friday Across Regions
TONIGHT foggy in the LB area with a low 52. Friday inland and mountains see fair skies. Law region clear. Mountains windy with high 65. deserts fair. LB high 78, Law high 89, Law low 45.
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