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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1971
Page
2
UPI reports President Nixon’s economic package freezes rents and most prices until Nov 12, limits wage increases, and delays pay raises. It imposes a $5,000 fine for violations and outlines tax, import, and business tax changes with broader effects on consumers and the economy.
San Francisco Assemblyman Willie L. Brown Jr. calls projected welfare reform savings totally phony and predicts higher costs, while backers say the package will cut welfare spending by 120 million this year and over 180 million next year. He notes Medi Cal shifts costs to counties and warns tax reform remains the big issue.
Daniel Ellsberg planned to plead innocent at arraignment on charges of revealing the Vietnam War study. He said he did his duty as a responsible American and would answer to consequences. He is scheduled before U.S. Magistrate Ralph Geffen with a later judge to hear the case.
Juan V. Corona’s attorney Richard Hawk plans a change of venue motion after reviewing a $7,500 telephone poll by Field Research Corp. Results expected in about a week. Corona, 37, is set for an October 5 trial in Yuba City.
SAN FRANCISCO UP I The longshoremen s union negotiating committee meets this week and may set a date to resume talks with the Pacific Maritime Association ending a 47 day walkout. Harry Bridges urged locals to intensify and speed local issue talks as a prelude to coast negotiations.
San Quentin Prison may revert to old fashioned methods if stabbings persist, warns associate warden James Park after three stabbings in a week and a wounded guard case. Guard Robert Laurie, 24, was stabbed Saturday night but survived after grappling with his attacker who escaped. The knife used was strap steel and cells were unlocked for haircuts at the time.
In Compton police moved to remove Eugene Purnell a 46 year old minister after a shouting match at a Sunday school session. Purnell refused to leave claiming to be a messenger of God leading to five arrests by officers.
South Vietnamese forces with U.S. air and artillery struck slopes below Nui Ba Ho, nine miles south of the DMZ, where North Vietnamese troops overran a hilltop base. An American adviser and 50 Marines were rescued by helicopter, with 31 Vietnamese Marines killed and 200 Communists reported dead.
The Strategic Air Command tested the Airborne Launch Control System during a flight from Vandenberg AFB with Lt. Gen. Glen W. Martin aboard an EC-135. The 31st Western Test Range missile launch used ALCS, developed by Boeing, and required two officers to turn launch keys in unison after presidential orders. Gen. Martin served as airborne missile combat crew commander on his first ALCS launch.
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