03 Aug 1973
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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1973
Page
1
United Press International reports the IRS cited 42 of 76 wholesalers and 155 of 743 retailers in New York City for price increases violating Phase IV. The agency aims to curb noncompliant pricing as the program tightens oversight.
Former Acting FBI Chief L Patrick Gray III told the Senate Watergate Committee he burned Watergate related documents with his family trash because senior White House officials wanted evidence destroyed He said he warned President Nixon on July 6 1972 that aides would mortally wound the President by using the CIA and FBI He described reading the documents before tossing them into a fire and traced their disposal from his Washington apartment to a Connecticut safe Gray also said a State Department cable implicating Kennedy officials in the Diem assassination appeared authentic but was likely fabricated by E Hunt Jr
Local grocers Williams Bros Jordano's and Safeway report at least a 50 percent cutback in beef orders next week with price hikes on poultry and pork. Meat managers note strong sales amid shortages, freezer beef orders rising, and a looming Sept. 12 price freeze. Hospital district orders continue to be filled from Jordano's.
NASA ground teams set up a rescue mission for Skylab 2 crew Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma as the first space rescue scenario. The Apollo ferry suffered steering rocket failures but remains flyable and ready to return the crew next month if needed. Early reports say the trio is in good health aboard Skylab 270 miles above Earth and proceeding with Earth resources research.
County officials hailed a landmark ruling by the State Coastal Conservation Commission aimed at protecting coastal agricultural land from development along miles of the Santa Barbara shoreline. The Reeder Development Corp. appeal for a 116 unit project west of Orpasorse was rejected, marking a breakthrough for land-use controls and signaling potential limits on future housing near Goleta, Carpinteria, and Refugio areas.
The highway rerouting dispute in Lompoc nears closing arguments as Judge Marion A. Smith weighs legal questions. The state has spent about 80 000 of an estimated 172 000 for utility relocations with 90 percent of gas lines moved and Teleprompter lines fully relocated.
Keith McPeek confirms 17 Lombardy Poplars at the McPeek Family Mortuary on North H Street will be cut down after discovery the trees host Lettuce Root Aphid a pest of lettuce. He notes evergreens will be planted to replace them and urges others with Lombardy Poplars to consider similar action.
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