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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1971
Page
2
Eight people died and ten were injured in a chain reaction on US 101 near the Ventura County area as fuel tanks ruptured and a tractor trailer plowed into wreckage. Traffic halted for hours while seven fire units battled the gasoline blaze. The coroner later said identities were unavailable due to body condition.
U S Ambassador Kenneth Rush and colleagues from Britain France and the Soviet Union recessed after more than 14 hours of talks on the future of West Berlin. Rush said there was real progress and that the four powers would meet again Monday to review all points at issue and seek assured access along land corridors and continued ties to West Germany.
Two prisoners fled Santa Marta Acatitla in a blue helicopter landing inside the jail. Joel David Kaplan, 41, a New Yorker serving 28 years for manslaughter, and Venezuelan Carlos Antonio Contreras Castro, serving seven years for counterfeiting, are at large as authorities arrest prison officials. The helicopter vanished off radar near Mexico City International Airport and a full search is underway.
The administration seeks to delay desegregation in Corpus Christi Texas citing a lack of buses for 15 000 of the citys 46 000 students in the 1971 72 school year The move follows Nixon s directive to use busing only as a last resort for racial balance and marks the first such delay since prior requests in Mississippi two years ago The case centers on Mexican American student discrimination and involves a DEW plan modified locally with a stay request before Justice Black.
The West Coast Longshoremen's Union rejects the 90 day wage and price freeze and vows to keep the 50 day dock walkout in force. The strike ties up 150 ships and may continue as talks with PMA are reconsidered. Bridges accuses the government of favoring capital while seeking wage gains for workers.
Gov. Ronald Reagan issues an executive order urging state and local governments to follow Nixon's 90 day price wage and rent freeze closely. The move signals strong support and sets a cooperative example for localities to follow.
An appellate court ruled evidence against Charles Raymond 32 a state rehabilitation officer was obtained illegally after his son turned over marijuana found in the dresser. The court held the search violated the Fourth Amendment and cited the Biblical commandment to restrict government intrusion into the family home. The ruling surfaced in an eight page opinion by acting presiding Justice Leonard Friedman. In a separate note London reports bartenders Bert Rees and Ron Seeney recovered from temporary blindness after swapping spectacles at Heathrow, returning to normal.
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