11 Apr 1977
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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1977
Page
1
Laos and Thailand region tense as Laotian communist forces shell rightist rebels on Ching Choo island in the Mekong near Vientiane. Border crossing at Nong Khai remains open. diplomats report calm but no official alert.
Officials report an alert near Sangkhi island as Laotian fire on border areas prompts Thai warnings. Rebels near Viengtiane face heavy weapons fire. civilians seek shelter in Vientiane while Nong Khai officials monitor the Mekong bank. No Thai fire reported midday.
Donald Adams and Robert Coe will be seated as new board members at the Lom poc Unified School District Board of Education organizational meeting. The board will elect a president vice president and clerk and choose representatives for bargaining negotiations salary review and county committee. James Swartz and his Westwings Elementary sixth grade class will present a marionette show at the 7 p.m. meeting.
A Tokyo paper said All Nippon Airways received more than 500000 from Boeing in a deal linked to a 12 million Lockheed payoff. ANA denied the figure, claiming only about 70000 in cooperation payments for publicity and a golf tournament.
Delegates at the Iran Conference on Transfer of Nuclear Technology say President Carter's decision to end commercial reprocessing of spent fuel and slow fast breeder reactors could strain U S ties with Japan and Western Europe. Sigvard Eklund of IAEA warns the policy may undermine the treaty and prompt withdrawals.
A 19 year old transient male was arrested inside La Canada School and booked on burglary charges. Bail was set at 2000. The weekend spree included eight burglaries with losses to Floyd Parkinson Stephen Caldwell Rogers Ronald Israel and Jack Enright. Stillman’s Cleaners also targeted. inventory and investigations continue. Community outreach and a home security seminar are planned at Cabrillo High School Little Theater Tuesday at 7 30 PM.
In Sacramento the Assembly returns from Easter recess to consider SB155 by Sen. George Deukmejian reinstating capital punishment for specified crimes. The measure passed the Senate 29-10, but faces tough scrutiny in the Assembly Criminal Justice Committee. A UPI poll notes potential pivotal votes from Assemblyman Richard Alatorre and others, with possible amendments from Terry Goggin.
The U S Coast Guard towed the 275 foot Taras Shevchenko into Boston Harbor after confiscating fish from the Soviet refrigerator ship Antanas Snechkus. About 93 crewmen waved from the trawler’s top deck as Rep Gerry Studds observed and suggested the vessel could become a museum in New Bedford. Civil or criminal charges on the Antanas Snechkus depend on later review of catches and documents.
Terry Wayne Harrison, 33, of Claremont Virginia, was arrested at Lompoc Hospital on charges of forging and grand theft after admitted to hospitals nationwide using another man’s ID. Bail set at 2500 dollars as FBI and police from several communities probe the case and unpaid bills exceed 8000 dollars.
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