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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1971
Page
2
Readers share an awkward scene about nude swimming at a neighbor's pool and a mother’s fear about a nose hair. Abby sides with the hosts over nude swimming and advises medical advice for the nose hair and complexion concerns.
The Boy Scouts of Vandenberg AFB Troop 704 held a Court of Honor to recognize Tenderfoot through Senior Stripe advancements. Winners include Chris Cerrato and Greg Carl among Tenderfoot and First Class earners, with Star, Life, and Eagle paths noted. Merit badges, year pins, and camping awards were presented to multiple scouts.
A large winter storm moved from Iowa to Michigan and toward Canada bringing driving hazards. It dropped heavy snow and hail in Illinois and the Dakotas while floods threatened eastern Nebraska and Ohio. Tornadoes touched down in multiple states and new storms formed in the southwest as winds battered California deserts.
Pulitzer Prize winner Harold E. Martin rejects Governor Wallace's offer to join the Alabama State Board of Corrections. He accuses Wallace of attempts at censorship and economic pressure, declaring he will keep exposing corruption and taxpayer misdeeds. Emperor Hirohito may visit Europe. talks proceed with no public date set.
California Medical Association officials testified they warned the Reagan administration Medi Cal was financially strained, but were told no crisis. They also said providers were not consulted about December reductions, with CMA asserting a July forecast of a 50 to 100 million dollar shortfall and the crisis timing around early 1971. The suit, joined by several associations and counties, seeks to halt the December 10 cutbacks.
The first international checkers match in 1905 saw the United States defeated by a British group 73 to 34 with 284 draws, per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
The notice lists staff members including Tim Conner as Mechanical Superintendent Clete Lunny as Advertising Manager Wesley A Huffman as Circulation Manager Ray McCuen as News Editor Betty Laurent as Society Editor Scott Ostler as Sports Editor Wilma Jack as Feature Writer Vaughn Proctor as Staff Writer Dan Duffy as Photographer and mentions subscription rate of 2.25 dollars per month. It notes Home Delivery or Mail by mail in advance and that the paper is published daily except Sundays and Christmas Day.
In Los Angeles UPI reports Charles Manson used a raised arm gesture to influence three female defendants Patricia Krenwinkel Susan Atkins and Leslie Van Houten during the penalty phase. Krenwinkel testified of self guilt and acceptance of death while denying a clear motive for the killings and Van Houten did not finish her testimony before the weekend recess.
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