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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1969
Page
2
A California Youth Authority report says the juvenile system has more delinquency oriented and emotionally disturbed youths than other systems. It urges reshuffling of facilities to treat a larger group of troubled youths, rejecting a new $106 million acute center.
In Los Angeles a Puerto Rican priest led Mass for about 100 Chicanos in a vacant lot opposite a church. Bishop Antunio Parrilla preached in communion with Rome and expressed support for the Chicano cause as 60 picketers from Catholics Por La Raza demonstrated peacefully. Police and deputies ushered the event, with five arrests for inciting to riot and disturbing the peace.
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Jr. son of the late Dominican dictator died at age 40 from injuries after a Dec. 17 automobile crash. He had been recovering from the injuries when a Christmas relapse occurred. He was buried today with his former wife Octavian and several of their six children at his bedside.
Assemblyman William Bagley of San Rafael predicts a meaningful state tax reform package in 1970 as Governor Reagan shifts from campaigning on a white horse to working with the Legislature. He cites a $1 billion shift from property taxes to other taxes, state take over of county welfare costs, and debates over income tax withholding.
James Earl Ray appeared in U S District Court amid maximum security for his appeal hearing. Ray, serving 99 years for the King assassination, contends solitary confinement in Tennessee State Prison is cruel and unusual. He also alleges deals between Foreman and prosecutors to keep him in maximum security and claims retaliation for withholding undisclosed information from officials and the FBI.
Prominent attorney Melvin Belli said he would meet Zodiac anywhere and at any time to help the killer who warned he may lose control and kill again. Zodiac claimed responsibility for multiple murders in the San Francisco Bay area and sent blood stained shirt fragments to addressers.
Evangelist Billy Graham, amid doubts he would be heard, was warmly received by about 2,500 young festival attendees at the Miami Hollywood speedway. He urged listeners to tune in to God while promoter Norman Johnson warned attendance may not meet break-even goals.
Twenty four U.S. seamen remain missing in 30 foot seas as rescue efforts continue 1500 miles northwest of Hawaii. The Badger State with bombs and rockets on board drifted after an explosion on Friday with at least 14 survivors rescued by the Greek ship Khian Star. A Navy tug Abnaki and the Flying Dragon aided the search while rain and heavy seas hampered visibility.
Two investigators from Washington state will review Alioto's San Francisco firm records before he became mayor. Alioto says he will open files, amid accusations of extra payments to aides and a separate inquiry into fees from antitrust suits in Oregon.
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