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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
1
The Selective Service System matched birth dates and numbers from drums to select 2 million men born in 1952 for possible drafting next year. Priority went to December 4 births. leap year Feb 29 received near certainty of missing the draft. Also reports from Saigon discuss battles in Cambodia and South Vietnam.
Dr. W B Jamison was elected the first chairman of the newly created City Beautification and Appearance Commission. David Schwark became vice chairman with Jamison as alternate. Nicholas Bevilacqua named secretary, succeeding Jack Anderson. The group set priority projects including a street tree master plan, flower renaming of streets, mini parks, a fundraising program, and continued island planter work.
SAS declined involvement but confirmed it was approached by a private West German party about flying 187 American prisoners from Laos to New York via Vientiane and Hanoi. The plan, linked to Paris peace talks and topped by H. Ross Perot potential interest, was reportedly abandoned before publication.
Alfred Worden stepped from the Apollo 15 spacecraft for a 20 minute EVA out of Earth orbit to retrieve film from the service module. James Irwin assisted with an oxygen hose while David Scott piloted, as Worden inspected the craft exterior and viewed the Moon from 44 000 miles away.
District Attorney to file two counts of manslaughter and two counts of reckless driving with injury against Daniel Guevarra Trejo 21 for the weekend traffic death of Ivory Lee Turner 21 and his infant son Sean 3 months and injuring Gwendolyn Turner 20. Trejo remains hospitalized and a deputy injured in a collision tied to the incident.
The South Vietnamese Supreme Court ruled Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and minor candidate Nguyen Tran cannot run in the Oct. 3 elections for lacking backers. Gen. Duong Van Minh threatened to withdraw, accusing the Thieu government of rigging the election and harassing antigovernment candidates.
County Planning Commission voices frustration over lack of a clear method to handle General Plan amendments. Chair Robert C. Lilley urges formal guidelines and orderly procedures as supervisors set Oct 10 for a firm policy hearing amid decisions on a multi million dollar shopping center and condo project. The panel deadlocked on Larkin Manor motel restaurant gas station proposal but asks staff to reexamine for a final decision.
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