08 Feb 1972
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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1972
Page
1
President Nixon urged businessmen to abandon complaints and embrace economic freedom as the nation aims for price stability and full employment. He defended temporary controls to curb inflation and warned about short term pain while pledging to remove controls once goals are met.
Lompoc Mayor Arthur Scott will fly to Sacramento with Santa Maria official George Hobbs to brief Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke on California’s space shuttle efforts. The meeting aims to discuss launch and recovery site decisions possibly announced next month as the state’s shuttle task force undergoes changes. Scott will miss a City Council Water Commission meeting due to the trip.
Mayor Art Scott proclaims POW MIA Week for February 12 19 designating February 19 Captain Stephen Hanson Day. Lompoc Jaycees run an information booth at the shopping center to collect petitions letters and donations while adopting Hanson as a representative of MIAs. Community events include a luncheon at the Lion's Inn with Mrs Hanson and Mrs Southwick among honored guests.
Reports say Communist forces fired mortars and rocket grenades on an American supply convoy in the Central Highlands wounding one soldier before helicopter gunships and convoy fire drove the attackers off. Abrams expected to issue alert restricting 133,000 U.S. troops to bases amid Tet tensions.
A machine gun attack wounded two off duty British soldiers in Omagh while gunmen exchanged fire with British troops in Londonderry. Civil rights protests continued with thousands at Newry before a march was halted. Bernadette Devlin faces court summons. IRA leader Francis McGuigan escaped from Long Kesh.
President Nixon issued an executive order banning poisoning of eagles hawks coyotes falcons and other predators on government lands and proposed legislation to stop shooting or trapping them. Interior Secretary Morton described rancher killings of livestock attacking predators as alarming while Congress heard mass eagle shootings. Nixon urged expedited action to identify endangered species and protect the bald eagle.
The open program at Cabrillo High School Little Theater features Dr Wallace Ault from the County Mental Health Department and Dawn House representatives. Karl Braun and Harry J Crompe will speak on drugs and the coordinating council. The lecture starts at 7 p.m. and ends with a public debate on marijuana legalization next Tuesday.
Congress faced a Wednesday deadline to pass emergency legislation ending the West Coast dock strike now in its 23rd day of a second phase. Senate leaders urged a binding arbitration plan matching Nixon’s proposal, while the House considered a limited back-to-work order and cargo exemptions.
Lompoc officials discuss a controversial 20 per cent water rate increase in a joint meeting with the City Water Commission. Mayor Arthur Scott opposes the ordinance as written, while commissioners and other council members weigh depreciation issues and funding implications amid criticism from water commissioner Fred Bock.
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