07 Apr 1972
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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1972
Page
1
Government data show March wholesale prices for farm products and processed foods fell after February spikes, while industrial commodities rose 0.3 percent. Unemployment rose to 5.9 percent as total employment hit a record 81.2 million, with expectations that consumer grocery prices may ease in coming months.
Lompoc Mayor Art Scott told a Goleta luncheon that moving Vandenberg space launches to another site would profoundly hurt the central coast. He warned 200 base workers and their families would relocate and military missions could depart, threatening local aerospace jobs and activity.
North Vietnamese forces seized Loc Ninh 75 miles north of Saigon and pressed on An Loc five miles away as U.S. warplanes, including B52s, joined attacks in a widening Mekong Delta offensive amid heavy fighting in Quang Tri and rumors of air raids on Hanoi. Loc Ninh and An Loc faced shelling and mass evacuations near the battlefield.
The Air Force renews the FEC contract to operate and maintain range-technical facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base for three years with options for two more years. The cost plus incentive-fee deal totals 98.68 million dollars. FEC employs about 1,400 people. competitors included Philco-Ford and RCA.
IRA launches its most intensive bombing and shooting drive since Easter to halt Catholic peace moves in Ulster. A Belfast garage blast kills two, raising total to 297 dead in three years. Fire and gun battles reported in Londonderry as Sinn Fein rejects truce proposals.
Richard Mires Jr of the Housing Authority of Santa Barbara County says seniors spearheaded a ballot measure in Lompoc to develop 68 low rent dwellings for the elderly disabled and low income. A favorable vote would let officials seek federal funds with HUD priority. construction could occur in two to three phases funded by the federal government.
Deputy testifies Joel Honey grabbed a handcuffed prisoner by the hair and struck him in the face during the 1970 Isla Vista riot. He reportedly allowed slingshots against rioters and was fired for unprofessional conduct as commander of a seven-agency group.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson, 63, was taken by mobile coronary care unit to the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. Dr. Richard S. Crampton said he is comfortable and stable, but Johnson declined further comment on his condition.
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