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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1972
Page
3
U S carrier USS Saratoga aircraft struck Haiphong shipyard No 3 causing three large fires at the major North Vietnamese port. In the south Communist rockets hit Bien Hoa Air Base wounding Americans and Vietnamese, with one American and one Vietnamese dead and many injured.
The reports describe North Vietnamese use of wooden boats to ferry supplies near the coast and the dawn attack on Bien Hoa base housing 2,250 Americans. Thieu urges a regional ceasefire under international supervision, warning against a South Vietnam only peace. The U.S. deactivated 10 more army units totaling 1,007 men, including the 361st Aviation company Pink Panthers with AH1 Cobra gunships.
Daily Record reports Explorer Post 600 invites youths aged 14 to 18 for screening by a background check and oral board. Recruits will train starting September in traffic and crowd control, penal code, drill, criminal law, first aid, narcotics, and defensive tactics. Applications available at the county Sheriff Substation 133 South D Street. The Animal Control Shelter seeks tips on two dogs that bit two youths on Berkeley Drive Crestview Terrace yesterday around 5 p.m. One dog mixed tri colored, the other German shepherd mixed brown and white. Call RE 6 2913. The Vandenberg base procurement division awarded about 22,000 dollars to Arthur L. Moore Jr. of Lompoc to replace kitchen cabinets and install exhaust hoods at Cambria Air Force Station housing. Sixteen bids requested, three received.
Kathryn Heaton, 54, was booked in Lompoc Jail on charges of attempted murder after shooting her husband William Morton Heaton, 50, at their South O Street home. Heaton was in Vandenberg AFB hospital in satisfactory condition with a single .22 slug entry.
Democratic National Chairman Jean M. Westwood asked Congress to investigate the space shuttle contract awarded to North American Rockwell amid ethics concerns. She cited five directors' contributions to Nixon's 1968 campaign. Sen. Alan Cranston defended the award calling it not a boondoggle.
Fire officials investigate possible arson after a $10,000 stock car drag racer and parts burned in a garage at 229 South E St. The single car, unoccupied at the time, was rented by Steve Smith and Randy Simpson. Neighbors reported smoke about 10:30 p.m. and investigators weigh electrical short as a potential cause.
Diplomatic reports allege about 1,000 elite special forces under Brig. Gen. Samir El-Tanawi revolted in Egypt on May 25, seeking to oust or pressure President Anwar Sadat. Ten ringleaders, including Tanawi, were arrested as the plot spurred expulsion of Soviet advisers. Helicopters with commandos gathered near Cairo before the plan unraveled.
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