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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1971
Page
1
School trustees will consider merit pay plans for veteran classified staff offering a 2 percent raise after three years at the top step, with a six year district tenure and high performance record required. Endorsed by Supt Glenn Wegner.
Israeli Premier Golda Meir and Foreign Minister Abba Eban met to draft Israel’s detailed reply to Egyptian peace proposals. Cairo talks center on a balanced document to push dialogue, while U S pressure and Sisco remarks draw cabinet ire and caution from Jerusalem.
Violent weather left 60 deaths in Mississippi and Louisiana with seven more in Sunflower County. Tornadoes cut a path from Delhi Louisiana through Mississippi Delta to near the Tennessee line, while blizzard conditions snarled the Plains with up to two feet of snow and 50 mph winds paralyzing Amarillo and surrounding areas. National Guardsmen rescued stranded motorists as schools and businesses closed, and many fatalities, injuries, and missing persons were reported across multiple states.
UPI reports that the South Vietnamese push into Laos to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail is a week behind schedule due to heavy Communist resistance. North Vietnamese reinforcements loom, and a major clash near Route 9 and Route 92 is anticipated as Abrams and Bunker assess the situation in Saigon.
Former Crum employee Jack Bybee testified before the Senate subcommittee that generals Earl Cole and Monk Meyer were among military recipients of alleged Crum payoffs to steer PX business to Crum in Vietnam. Bybee cited a $1000 monthly payment from Crum to General Cole. The Pentagon noted Cole’s retirement after demotion and loss of medals. Duffy supported some allegations, saying Cole helped Crum evade Vietnamese raids and store goods on U.S. reservations.
President Nixon urged Congress to pass a 1.9 billion higher education program offering grants, work study, and subsidized loans for undergraduates from low to middle income families. A national student loan association would raise private funds and guarantee federal aid. The plan includes a foundation for renewal and up to 100 million for education reform.
City planners brace for a large turnout at tonight’s 7:30 p.m. hearing moved to the auditorium. More than 200 signatures oppose a provision limiting recreational vehicle parking time and critics call the plan Beverly Hills style. The ordinance would abate nuisances such as abandoned buildings and unkempt properties after action by the Community Development Director and subsequent public hearings. Also on the agenda are a variance request by Sam Fox for Ocean Avenue parcel and a clock repair permit for Robert A. Stoll at 215 S. G St.
A six member Assembly committee released a 13 page report criticizing Reagan administration Medi Cal cutbacks. It found many reductions save no money and may cost taxpayers more, with at least a 100 million deficit if cuts had not been made, and noted 10 percent fee reductions and delayed non emergency care for beneficiaries.
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