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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1972
Page
12
The Record states its mission to present factual reporting in news columns and distinguish it from opinion pieces in editorials. The note emphasizes clarity between reporting and opinion and urges readers to discern content type.
A reflective commentary questions the fascination with Howard Hughes amid his secrecy and public scrutiny. It argues journalists chase a disembodied voice and trivial mysteries while real power players in crime, government, and business seek secrecy, shaping public discourse and policy.
Marquis Childs notes Nixon uses television and satellite coverage to push campaign goals. He cites a $54.6 million National Steel and Shipbuilding Co contract plus nine targeted tankers, a $5.5 billion space shuttle approval, and a bid for a broad, high profile foreign travelogue to shape voters.
Beverly Hills State Controller Houston I. Flournoy schedules an auction with 45 thousand dollars worth of jewelry as a featured item. The backstory traces unclaimed gems from a Bank of America safety deposit box in 1957, including a diamond brooch and three bracelets, later delivered to Flournoy’s office under a Uniform provision after years of attempts to locate the owner.
Highlights include a questioned blackout order and local wartime fund drives, plus a new $98 000 building project on North I Street behind the La Purisima Inn. Other items cover a 1952 diatomaceous earth plant, auto license renewals, veterans housing, and details of unclaimed property auctions with valuable jewelry consignments.
Capitol report outlines Nixon administration's weeks of trade talks with Canada Japan and European nations. Peter Peterson stresses domestic effort and competitiveness as key to long term balance of payments with a 350 billion dollar annual manufacturing output and rising import dependency by 2000.
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