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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1971
Page
3
U.S. Air Force F105 Thunderchiefs using Wild Weasel radar gear fired Shrike missiles at SAM2 sites 25 miles northeast of Mu Gia Pass in North Vietnam and 30 miles northwest of Mu Gia Pass in Laos after radar lock warnings. It was unclear if the installations were destroyed.
Santa Maria detectives report amphetamine tests on the deceased 22 year old Selma youth show a strong positive reaction. Police say drugs including benzadrine and methadrine were found in the suspect’s car after the fatal act. Officer Loren Scruggs remains in extremely rare condition at Sierra Vista Hospital.
County Health Department reports no epidemic and calls rumors false. Five youths in Mission Hills and one adult in Lompoc are infected, but officials note cases are localized and not alarming. Children typically recover quickly.
An Air Force and industry team launched a Daily Record LAUNCH A satellite at 7 30 a m from Space and Missile Test Center Vandenberg AFB using a Titan 3B Agena combination. The report notes other local items including political caucus plans and traffic injuries.
Nearly 100 to 110 veterans were arrested on federal sit-in charges as they refused to halt a chanting antiwar demonstration on the Supreme Court steps. Police booked 108 men and 2 women for disorderly conduct, with women jailed separately. President Nixon planned weekend at Camp David amid a large antiwar rally.
Planning Director Diverbiss urged the commission to rule out large competitive tracks as environmentally incompatible. The panel withheld approval while a split arose over mandatory safeguards and potential conflicts of interest amid vocal residents and developers near Ellwood Canyon and Santa Barbara Airport.
Francois Papa Doc Duvalier, Haiti's long time president, died at 8 p.m. Wednesday aged 64. His son Jean Claude, 20, has taken over with a new cabinet and an army-led backing. Adrian Raymond named foreign minister amid Toussaint Macoute era fears.
Closing stock quotations for knitting } provided to The Record through Rohrbaugh and Co. at 3865-F Constellation Road Lompoc California. RE 3 3551.
Police say they solved a home burglary at 1529 W Cherry Ave. by detaining two youths a 15 year old and a 12 year old. The juveniles were turned over to juvenile authorities Wednesday and reside in the same neighborhood as the victimized property.
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