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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1971
Page
2
President Nixon pursues intensive personal diplomacy across a string of summits starting December in Washington with Prime Minister Trudeau and extending to May talks with the Kremlin hierarchy. The aim is to reaffirm alliances and build new bases for U S relations with Canada Britain and the Soviet Union.
President Nixon may delay or alter his planned May summit in Moscow if the Soviet Union does not restrain the war in South Asia. A White House official warned a continued conflict could trigger a broader review of U.S.-Soviet relations and affect the Moscow visit.
In London a 300 to 27 Commons vote approved a 106 percent pay raise for Queen Elizabeth and the royal household totaling about 2.3 million dollars annually. MP William Hamilton attacked Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother, sparking an uproar as he criticized excessive pay and duties.
The Lompoc Record is issued as second class mail in Lompoc California under Act of Congress adjudicated legal newspaper by Superior Court Decree No 7065. It is published by Lompoc Record Publications, a California corporation with officers Mrs Kenneth Lo Adam president Harry J Crompe editor and vice president Lawrence Crossman vice president Donald Adam board member Gavilen Jackson business manager and secretary treasurer member audit bureau of circulations.
At Hawaii Dreamland in Yamagata Japan a privately run zoo killed ten large animals including two lions a tiger a leopard a bear a kangaroo a zebra a springbok and two condors to reduce monthly feeding expenses officials cited insolvency and failed sell attempts the killings were carried out by a taxidermist over about an hour and drew local protest from animal groups.
The Senate approved a compromise bill granting Alaska Natives 962.5 million dollars and 40 million acres of land. The House passed it 307 to 60, sending the measure to President Nixon for signature. It settles 1867 land claims dating to Alaska’s purchase from Russia. In Anchorage, AFN executive director Harry Carter called the bill a dream come true.
South Vietnamese armored units entered the Chup rubber plantation in eastern Cambodia and allied observers reported at least one battalion from the North Vietnamese 9th Infantry Division north of the plantation. The 7th and 9th divisions were thought to have taken shelter in the 100 square mile area, inactive due to fighting. A battalion of 9th division troops was seen across the Mekong River north of the plantation. A twin engine U.S. plane with Americans and Vietnamese aboard disappeared.
Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke convened a five member Republican dominated commission to reapportion California Senate and Assembly districts. He said action is needed after legislature failed to act by Dec 5 and warned all election processes could be affected. A lawsuit aimed at blocking the panel was expected in the State Supreme Court.
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