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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1976
Page
3
Rival factions shifted from battlefield to election as Beirut and Mt Lebanon report a calm day. Despite 10 killed and 15 wounded in isolated shootings, total war casualties reach 17 900 dead and 37 300 wounded. Army officers patrol Martyrs Square and port districts as a 28th cease-fire holds.
Reagan gains in South Carolina Arizona Nevada and Kentucky steer delegates toward him while Minnesota loosens. Ford leads in Pennsylvania and Texas remains pivotal. Democratic contenders Carter Jackson Udall fight for delegates with Gallup showing Carter and Humphrey leading Ford in head to head matchups. In Lebanon Franjieh signs to enable early election, Edde and Sarkis silent on race. Hearst faces possible release as federal evaluation and security concerns persist.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says any Ford action on the Panama Canal will serve U S national security and guarantee free passage for ships. He rejects Reagan’s claim that Ford will “give away” the waterway and notes ongoing negotiations dating to Lyndon Johnson.
In a Florida to Georgia shooting spree Moses Pearson Jr. killed three and wounded 14 before dying of a self inflicted wound. He seized a car with Janda family inside and later fired on a Georgia officer, with investigators linking him to earlier killings in Jacksonville and a truck driver murder.
The defense and prosecution present final arguments in the Soliah robbery trial. If convicted Soliah faces life in prison for the April 21, 1975 SLA linked bank holdup in suburban Sacramento that killed Myrna Opsahl. Soliah testified about his relationship with Patricia Hearst and life with her in Berkeley after the 1974 police shootout.
President Ford warned Congress against a $413 billion budget and a Humphrey Hawkins plan he called dangerous. He said the spending blueprint could fuel another inflationary boom and a recession, urging vetoes to protect the economic recovery.
In Washington the Supreme Court hears cases from northern Virginia private schools that refused black admission seeking to overturn $5,500 damage judgments. The issue tests postwar desegregation aims as black parents cite a Civil War era rights law on property and contracts. The decision, due in June, affects private academies formed after 1950s rulings.
California Governor Ed Brown argues as president he would rely less on military power and more on moral leadership to regain the ideological initiative. He critiqued Ford and Reagan, promoted a new spirit of openness and universal principles, and urged a global focus on equality and self determination.
Israel moves ahead with a two year plan to abolish special allowances for one third of civil servants a protest slow down by about 60 000 workers with 40 000 unpaid and 20 000 benefiting from increments. The action disrupts train services and closes visa passport and licensing offices. Foreign Minister Yigal Allon postpones US trip to focus on West Bank settlement talks as tensions rise with Arab residents.
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