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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1974
Page
5
Two Symbionese Liberation Army members pled not guilty to the November killing of Oakland school superintendent Marcus Foster. Joseph Remiro and Russell Little were arraigned on murder charges for cyanide bullet deaths and scheduled for a preliminary hearing in April.
The U S Air Force sent a plane from West Germany to hunt for Thomas Gatch Jr 48 in a bid to cross the Atlantic in a pressurized gondola The search focuses 800 miles south southwest of the Azores and 950 miles west of the Spanish Sahara with air and sea units aided by weather and tracking data from authorities.
The Senate passed bills affecting local historical commissions and tax changes while expanding rules on tire chains for snow conditions. Other actions include urging international fishing accords, raising California legislator salaries, emissions standards for motorcycles, plea bargaining in municipal felony cases, a state wide ERA referendum, and regional governance tweaks in Orange County.
Secretary of State Edmund G Brown Jr tops the Democratic field with 46 percent in a California Poll by Mervin D Field. San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto is at 20 percent and Assembly Speaker Robert Moretti at 14 percent with Waldie 5 percent Hafif 2 percent Roth 1 percent. Poll conducted Feb 2011 on Democratic voters only.
The Atomic Energy Commission will set off an underground nuclear blast near Las Vegas at 10 a.m. PDT Wednesday evacuating two mills two mines and a Beatty club with minimal outside damage expected. GOP chairman Christopher Nicholas debunks a Santa Barbara Ventura county suit delaying the March 5 special election calling it a partisan ploy.
Postmaster Perry W. Martin warns new USPS rates take effect Saturday. First class mail goes to 10 cents per ounce. airmail 13 cents. post cards eight cents. By mail orders customers may avoid trips to the post office. Second class and fourth class increases are spread through mid 1982. International rates rise about 20 percent, Canada and Mexico align with domestic rates.
A London caller claiming a West Indian origin demanded 1.15 million in food for Grenada as ransom for the stolen Vermeer painting The Guitar Player worth about 2.3 million and kept in Highgate The theft from Kenwood House follows claims the value could exceed 23 million with potential for higher auction prices.
The goal emphasizes hard work to provide adequate and well trained police, with special emphasis on strengthening community relations and trust between officers and residents.
The Hearst kidnap food giveaway reopening is postponed to Thursday to avert further disorders. The People in Need PIN program faltered during its chaotic opening, delaying fresh distribution and sparking concern among organizers and participants.
A bill in the California Senate would raise the 120 legislators salaries from 19 200 to 21 120 on Dec 2 and then to 23 040 on Jan 1 1975, matching a 5 percent annual cap and a 20 percent four year rise.
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