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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1972
Page
2
U S B52s dropped 600 tons on Quang Tri City as 800 government marines were surrounded by North Vietnamese forces. Ninety seven communists died around the embattled city with five tanks knocked out and government losses listed as five killed and 26 wounded.
Hundreds of British troops seized a former Protestant estate in Lenadoon Avenue after an IRA Provisional wing assault. The battle, part of a 26 hour surge, left five soldiers and three civilians dead, raising Northern Ireland violence toll to 431 since the recent flare up. The Provisional IRA ended its cease-fire and entrenched in the Lenadoon area after troops fired rubber bullets at a Catholic crowd.
President Nixon plans to appoint John B. Connally to a high profile government post after his 35 day round the world mission as a special envoy. Connally returns from meetings with foreign leaders amid ongoing reelection strategy discussions. Meanwhile Bobby Fischer misses a second chess game against Boris Spassky prompting a ruling and a committee review.
Laguna Hills reports the death of Frasier the Lion, famed Mexican circus roustabout turned international star. He died of old age and a kidney ailment, surrounded by medical care. an autopsy by doctors led by Dr Anthony W Orlandella was planned to study his notable virility. Frasier to be buried at Lion Country Safari on a grassy knoll with massed mourners.
UPI reports Tom Eagleton, Missouri senator, went from jovial convention delegate to vice presidential nominee. McGovern offered the spot amid late afternoon discussions with aides and other candidates, with several senators turning down the role before Eagleton's unanimous selection.
The California Board of Education opens a campaign to curb alleged reprehensible homosexual teachings. A policy panel led by Eugene Ragle proposes new training for teachers, limits on outside resources, and citizen study committees. The board weighs links between expanded sex education, venereal disease, and abortions.
A Sacramento day notes passage of a statewide solid waste management program and a reform of the drug abuse rehabilitation system through Senate approval. Other items include onion quality standards, agency transfer proposals, freeway contracts, smog exemptions, and noise controls with votes ranging from 24 to 30 in favor.
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