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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1973
Page
2
In Sacramento the death penalty advocates won a key victory as the Assembly Criminal Justice Committee approved a death penalty vehicle after blocking it for three months. Fire crews near a breakthrough against Western forest fires scorching about 200000 acres.
The lawyer for J. Paul Getty's grandson family acknowledged the kidnapping case could be a hoax after six weeks, while the boy's mother Gail Getty maintains belief in an abduction and other hypotheses are being considered.
A 22 year old gunman Kay Robert Hanson expelled from the United States earlier this year holds four bank employees hostage in a Stockholm bank. He has kept police at bay with a submachine gun for more than 24 hours threatening to blow up the bank as a last resort. Three women and a man are among the hostages.
A committee led by Harley Craig reveals tentative recommendations to shape future travel. Six objectives include preserving area character, creating a local transit system for Lompoc Valley, improving service to Santa Maria and other counties, upgrading Lompoc Airport and roads, adding biking and hiking trails, and pushing city street and sidewalk improvements to boost pedestrian and bike travel.
The Los Angeles Times reports three former FBI officials say burglaries by agents occurred since the 1930s without authorization from higher administrations. They note past burglaries were limited operations against foreign targets and subversives, not doctors’ offices or cases with pending trials.
Closing stocks data furnished the Record through Rohrbaugh and Co at 3865 F Constellation Road Lompoc RE 33551.
A Minuteman III was launched at 6 35 p.m. Thursday from Vandenberg AFB by Air Force Systems Commands Space and Missile Test Center. The missile, the latest in the Minuteman line, was directed to a target area near the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean amid a series of community notices and local events.
Papers curb size and skip editions as shipments lag up to four weeks amid Canadian mill strikes. Laramie Daily Boomerang warns of late stock. St. Petersburg Times may drop 200 columns to 130. Tulsa papers face tough cuts. Sacramento Union avoids immediate impact by cutting waste. Arizona papers reduce earliest editions. Field Enterprises slashes newsprint by 10 percent.
Local groups announce annual dinners dances and fundraisers. The Lompoc Valley Historical Society and Lompoc Pioneer Society plan August 31 dinner honoring 1923 and 1948 high school classes. Other listings include Cabrillo Majorettes dance tonight, Mexican Social Organization dances, Pomona Grange beef barbecue, organist Norm Fuller event, Grace Temple rummage sale, Mexican Independence Day Queen selection, and MSRA barbecue with entry details and contact numbers.
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