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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1974
Page
2
President Nixon asks Congress for a $13.6 billion year ahead for veterans benefits including an 8 percent rise in education aid and higher pensions. He notes lower Vietnam veteran unemployment and cites five key measures while criticizing changes to Veterans Day observance.
Allan Hancock College presents The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail directed by Stuart Sutton with Mark Harlik as Thoreau. The cast includes Gary Roberts as John Thoreau and Jeffrey McCarthy as Sam Staples, in a stage production blending expressionist sets and lights. Curtain times are 8 p.m. with performances Jan 30–Feb 2.
London authorities say five firearms and 150 rounds were found in a suitcase carried by Allison Thompson. Moroccan Abdelkhir El Hakkaoui and Pakistani Ather Naseem, both Santa Barbara residents, with Thompson, face charges of contravening the firearms act at the Old Bailey. The trio pleaded not guilty.
Lompoc police investigated a Saturday evening robbery in the 1200 block of West Olive Avenue. A 10-year-old boy was approached by a teen about 13 to 16 years old who brandished a two inch knife and demanded the gum, then fled. The victim was unharmed.
Water rights attorney Samay C. Hatch will discuss the history of Santa Barbara County water problems at a Feb. 2 workshop in Lompoc. The AAUW event also features Al Thompson of Lompoc, a Vandenberg AFB representative, and Norman Caldwell of the public works department.
Two teenagers, Alan Keith Rucker and David Wayne Rapozo, were jailed on burglary conspiracy and malicious mischief charges after a Friday night arrest at 1037 N Seventh St. A stolen car battery was recovered, and police reported multiple burglaries over the weekend including a church and a car, with losses totaling hundreds of dollars.
Police hunt a young man who reportedly stole a 28 gauge shotgun from Moore's Department Store at 116 W Ocean Ave then dropped the weapon and fled Friday afternoon. The report notes the break in occurred in the afternoon and details are from the daily record POLICE column.
The Record presents closing stock quotations supplied by Lang and Co of Lompoc. Details include stock prices and market moves as of the day’s session.
Administration sources say William Simon may be named treasury secretary while remaining head of the Federal Energy Office. George Shultz plans to resign next spring and Simon, then deputy, may take both posts to avoid an energy czar shift.
An Los Angeles advertisement touts a Vitamin E Plus C diet claiming average losses of at least a pound daily without exercise. It promises easy weight reduction while eating many foods, with high-potency tablets and a mail order program from Diet 309 N Kings Rd Los Angeles CA with a money-back guarantee.
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