L 4 M_y N E X U S Vol. 60 N o j r ' y b University of California. Santa Barbara Thursday, January 10,1980 County Gets New Funds for Energy By KENNA HIMES develoDment and the ramifications Santa Barbara and Ventura thereof is the coastal commission’s counties were recently awarded objective,” said Jack O’Connell, $612,302 by the California Coastal Santa Barbara administrative Commission for their dealings with assistant to State Senator Omer the effects of energy related Rains, D-Santa Barbara. developments. Rains believes that coastal “ Helping smaller cities and energy development, especially rural towns prepare for potential offshore oil drilling, requires special care and professional assistance because of the economic, environmental, and Goleta Resident social impact upon coastal states and local communities. “ A federal grant in 1976, derived Accused Killer from taxes, set up the mechanization for such funding; a vehicle for these monies to be To remind the students of what they have to look forward to in nine weeks, we Of I.V. Women given later. In the past year, dutifully present this view of a sea of bikes parked in front of the library during last $2,910,000 was awarded through quarter’s finals. A tentative trial date of March 17 the Coastal Energy Impact has been set for Thor Christiansen, Program,” said O’Connell. accused of killing three Isla Vista “ It is my opinion that the funds women in 1976 and 1977. authorized by the Coastal Zone Christiansen’s attorney, James Management Act allows smaller CAPE Reaches Impasse With Westwick, has entered a plea of not cities which often don’t have funds guilty by reason of insanity. to do environmental impact Christiansen, a Goleta resident, studies to bring in professional Public Oil Ownership Initiative was arrested July 29, 1979 and help. Also, the commission is more arraigned on three counts of first in touch with where money should By KAREN CLABEAUX head of CAPE, Veronica Sissons initiative being put on the next degree murder in Santa Barbara go,” added O’Connell. The California Alliance for stated, “ The attorney general is ballot. Municipal court on Aug. 8.8. Several important projects in Public Energy has met an impass required to be impartial, but he Finally, the alliance could The three women, Patricia Santa Barbara county have been in its efforts to reach California rewrote the initiative in a discard the present draft and in­ Marie Laney, Jaqueline Rode and granted nearly $309,000 from the voters with a proposed initiative politically biased manner, turning stead submit a new initiative. This Mary Anne Sarris, were killed by coastal commission. supporting public ownership of all around all of its meaning. ’ ’ could be negated, however, by the small caliber gunshot wounds in In addition to $32,740 being oil companies in the state of Three options are available to attorney general arguing that the the head. On two occasions when awarded to assist the Guadalupe California. the alliance at this time. The first first proposal must be resolved Christiansen was stopped in his car Dunes Project, $16,000 and $24,000 After submitting the first draft of is to print up the petition as revised before a new one may be sub­ by police, .22 caliber pistols were will be given to the county for two the initiative to Attorney General and approved by the attorney mitted. found. lease sales. George Deukmejian, CAPE general which CAPE feels might “ The options for action have Although the bodies were badly According to Bob Moore, received an approval, only to find turn the public against the been submitted to the CAPE decomposed when found, two Sacramento legislative assistant to Deukmejian’s changes in form and initiative, resulting in a waste of steering committee for recom­ showed evidence of sexual Rains, “There will be en­ wording unfavorable to the pur­ both time and money. mendation,” said Sissons. “ So far molestation. vironmental studies for proposed pose of the proposal. As a second option, CAPE could three members have favored the (Please turn top.12, col.l) (Please turn to p.12, col.l) Coordinator and organizational go to court asking for a writ of idea of dropping this draft and mandate requiring Deukmejian to rewriting a new one.” reconsider the proposal. However, CAPE was formed several the time involved in court months ago by a small group of proceedings would take away individuals concerned with finding virtually any chance of the (Please turn to p.12. col.l) UCSB Students Win Engineering Awards By WENDY DINNER is entered regularly by such well- Six UCSB students have received known schools as M IT and Cal awards in the 1979 James F. Tech, as well as others. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation The purpose of the contest is “ to engineering design competition. educate the students in principles The students, all mechanical of design and to add to mankind’s engineering majors, entered knowledge,” Hickman said. projects designed as a part of their Comprised of several different course work for Mechanical categories, the contest is open to Engineering 156 — Senior Project engineers in all fields. Design. UCSB students have received Cary J. Abul-Haj and Khai awards in the contest con­ Xuyen Kan received a second- secutively for the past eight years. place prize of $750 for their design According to Hickman, most of the of a spinal stabilization device. credit for UCSB’s strong showing Pico Adobe, a famous Santa Barbara landmark, remains the center of con­ Their project, a significant ad­ belongs to Professor Robert B. troversy between Professor Richard Oglesby and the Santa Barbara Trust for dition in the treatment of broken Roemer, who Hickman called,“ the Historic Preservation. spines, will be used for further real sparkplug in the class.” study by this year’s students in Students work in teams of two to M.E. 156. five and submit proposals in the William R. Rich and William R. spring of their junior year. Actual Oglesby Residence Results In Van Dalsem were awarded $500 for work on the projects is begun in the their submission of a diffuser- fall of the senior year. The augmented wind turbine. following spring, a local contest is Problem With Historic Society Two additional UCSB graduates, held to determine which entries Richard Di Tommaso and James will be sent to the national com­ By PATRICIA TURNER property manager John Wood­ trustees unless proven to be ad­ K. Suzuki designed a low-cost petition. UCSB history professor Dr. ward, Oglesby’s renting of the vantageous to the trust, Abbey seismograph that can be used in Hickman added that designs in Richard Oglesby has yet to vacate adobe at only $225 a month said, “ At the time Oglesby entered homes or small businesses for the past have ranged from the historic landmark Pico Adobe, represents a definite “ conflict of into the transaction, it was strictly recording building acceleration. wheelchair design to windmills despite his statement at a news interest.” prohibited. Even under the new Ranging from an underwater and hang gliders. Noting that conference Nov. 30 that he would “ It’s clearly illegal,” Woodward law, there’s a very good case for bicycle to a solar still used to many of last year’s entries were move from Santa Barbara’s oldest said. “ I think it’s a breach of its him moving.” transform salt water into fresh service-oriented, Hickman stated private residence due to the public trust for the board to permit The 18-member board, although water, the projects were the result that this was a “ reflection of the controversy surrounding his two it.” largely supportive of Oglesby, of “ a process of negotiation be­ students at UCSB — they are very and a half year residence. Deputy Attorney General remains divided on the issue. tween students and faculty spon­ service-oriented. ” Controversy centers on Oglesby’s William Abbey, who is currently Former board president Mary Lou sors,” according to Mechanical A majority of the projects are position as board president of the conducting an investigation into Days feels that his residing at Pico Engineering Department Chair actually built and according to Santa Barbara Trust for Historic the trust’s activities, agrees. Adobe is in the trusts’ best in­ RoyS. Hickman. Hickman, “ employers look at Preservation, which controls the Citing a recently updated section terests. “ He’s in a sense a The competition, which Hick­ these projects very closely — these lease and renovation of the of the California Civil Code which caretaker, as well as a tenant/’ man terms an “old, well- designs may completely change a building. According to former restricts all “self-dealing” of ( Please turn to p.3, col.l) established, well-known contest,” career.” r KADUNEDS The State_____ The Nation The World____ LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Two major sports NEW YORK — The United States will seek Commission, in a third report stemming from events are coming up shortly: the Super Bowl, economic sanctions against Iran that would the Eulia Love shooting case, moved Tuesday this country’s premier professional show, and block all imports except food and medical to improve traditionally poor Police Depart­ the Winter Olympics, part of the world’s most supplies and sharply restrict loans and ment relations with the black community and important amateur games. credits. The proposal is expected to be put to a called for a tightening of police training on the vote in the Security Council Thursday. The use of deadly force. WASHINGTON D.C. — Moving swiftly to U.S. request is regarded as certain to draw a Soviet veto.