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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1976
Page
3
The Ford veto on higher milk supports persists but is softened by a White House plan to peg marketing year prices at about 8.10 per hundredweight, up from 7.71, via administrative action to aid farmers.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told the House panel there is no padding in the 1977 budget of 112.7 billion, though a memo allegedly circulated within the White House budget office may exist. He said the White House budget director has repudiated it and no DoD memo confirms the claim. He warned of shifting military power unless funding trends are reversed.
French authorities ordered 5,000 provincial troops to war time alert after a border clash with Somalia over a dramatic rescue of 30 schoolchildren. Eight people died including six guerrillas a girl hostage and a Somali soldier.
IRS Commissioner Donald Alexander is slated to testify before a federal grand jury next week about alleged interference in tax investigations. He and senior IRS officials will appear at the Justice Department's request amid claims he and associates stalled probes in Florida and the Bahamas. Treasury Secretary William Simon defended the official and called for swift action amid leaks and accusations. Roosevelt Grier testified as a character witness for Deputy Mayor Maurice Weiner, who faces a sexual conduct trial after alleged advances toward a policeman in a movie theater. He praised Weiner as honest and rated his morals highly.
A 30 second quake devastated Guatemala City and surrounding areas killing about 1,200 with 2,000 to 2,300 injured. Rescue workers recovered bodies, hospitals overflowed, and authorities declared a public calamity while aid flowed from several nations.
Pro Western forces in Angola report halting a major Soviet backed offensive about 250 miles from their base. They say mines and behind the lines raids disrupted the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola which is backed by Cuban troops and Soviet tanks. The conflict surrounds Huambo Silva Porto Lobito and Benguela as South African and Angolan factions shift their positions.
Transporta tion Secretary William Coleman defended a 16 month trial allowing six daily Concorde flights to Washington and New York. He argued ozone impact would be negligible despite past moon shots and hydrogen bomb tests, while acknowledging potential noise issues and promising testing under operational conditions. Justice Blackmun and wife arrived in Rochester for a routine medical checkup.
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