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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1973
Page
4
Saigon will proceed with senatorial elections on August 26 despite Viet Cong rejection of an internationally supervised general vote. A spokesman said the schedule stands, though a hitch in election laws blocks Viet Cong party participation in the Senate race.
Indians at Wounded Knee halted talks with the federal government to observe four days of mourning for Frank Clearwater a 47 year old Apache from Cherokee North Carolina who died in a Rapid City hospital of a head wound from the April 17 gun battle. The death marked the first fatality from the exchange and Clearwater’s widow Morning Star planned to bury him at Wounded Knee but Pine Ridge officials stated this would not be allowed since he was not Sioux.
Engineers run a joint countdown drill for Skylab and its Saturn 5 rocket from Cape Kennedy with a second rehearsal on the ferry ship. The test aims at mock launches May 14 15 and marks the first simultaneous countdown of two Saturn rockets on adjacent pads 8700 feet apart.
California tourism is headed for a record year in 1973 due to dollar devaluation and higher travel costs, says the state Chamber of Commerce. A report by State Controller Houston Flournoy shows bed tax collections up nearly 19 percent since 1969-70, with 1971-72 room expenditures at $28.9 million versus $20.8 million in 1969-70.
In Sacramento, Assembly Democrats introduce ACA62 a proposed constitutional amendment to grant a $75 tax refund to Californians 18 and older and to give the legislature broad power to raise taxes for property relief while Reagan pushes a separate 20 percent rebate and a November 6 election on his tax limit plan.
California state Board of Health, after Evelyn Tallman urged change with a three foot stuffed dog, rewrote a ban to permit animals on certain beaches with lifeguards, while excluding horse trails and keeping local control possible. Final approval postponed to next month.
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