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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1971
Page
2
London reports Golda Meir told BBC Panorama she would not run in 1973, citing age and desire to be head of state. She said she never liked power and that most problems were solved once she became prime minister, and she forbids tributes or names after her death.
Attorney Mel Belli says he urged Governor Williams to commute Winnie Ruth Judd’s life sentence for the 1930s trunk killings. A Pardons Board recommendation to replace the death sentence with time served is before Williams. Judd, 66, once faced execution for Phoenix slayings. one body was shipped to Los Angeles in a trunk.
A tornado roared through parts of Minnesota injuring at least three as funnel clouds spanned the region. Winds reached up to 70 mph with hail the size of ping pong balls. Power lines down and communications disrupted. a separate brief tornado report near Jekins, Minnesota noted no damage or injuries. Elsewhere, warm dry to scattered thunder showers marked regional weather.
California Attorney General Evelle Younger urged declaring 18 year olds as adults with all rights and duties. He argued 18-year-olds should vote and drink, and said minors should vote at parents homes unless the law changes. He forecast young voters would vote like adults.
California moves toward Gov Reagan as welfare and Medi Cal reform bills clear key committees and head for final votes. The package aims to save 350 to 400 million from a 3.5 billion annual program serving 2.5 million low income residents, with counties wary of cost shifts.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations lists a monthly subscription rate of $2.25 for home delivery or mail. Subscriptions are to be paid in advance.
Doctors at SPACE CENTER Houston plan a second round of tests for Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin to assess readaptation to gravity after weightless flight. Scientists also reviewed the 171 pounds of lunar samples and released 10 photographs from the mission.
Full page ads from the PMA urge an end to the strike by West Coast Longshoremen. The California Growers Council reports $4.5 million in losses as harvests and exports stall, with 140 ships idle at 24 ports. Union leader Harry Bridges cites container handling jurisdiction as a core issue.
Coast Guard escorts the 75 foot Kamak to Honolulu as three ex servicemen, named Kerry Bryant Michael Melton and Mark Maynard, are taken into custody after the hijacking. The yacht was seized Friday night 250 miles southwest of Oahu and crewmen were released from a raft before rescue.
Juan V. Corona, accused of killing 25 transient farm workers, reportedly suffered another heart attack while hospitalized at Sutter County General Hospital. Doctors say his condition stabilized but he will remain in custody hospital care indefinitely as his trial date looms October 5.
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