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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1972
Page
2
Al Ahram front page says Soviet tie is essential as Sadat orders out about 20 000 Soviet advisers over Moscow failing to fulfill arms promises. The piece contrasts U S opposition with Soviet support and stresses enduring Sino Soviet alignment benefits.
A 17 year old girl testified at a preliminary hearing that her boyfriend Donald Paul Antelo fired a shotgun at a passing car, killing 4 year old Joyce Ann Huff as she played in her yard in Hawaiian Gardens. Antelo Oscar Hernandez and Mike Ramirez face murder and related charges amid tensions from a recent stabbing and youth feuds.
Entry lists Lompoc Record as a second class mail paper in California with Sperior Court Decree No 47065 and details the publisher Lompoc Record Publications and staff roles led by Mrs. Kenneth L. Adam. It notes associations, subscription rate at 2.2 dollars per month, and daily except Sundays and Christmas Day publication.
McGovern rushed back from a South Dakota vacation to cast a Senate vote on a Democratic bill to raise the minimum wage to 2.20 and extend coverage to 8.4 million workers. Republicans backed a lower wage and narrower coverage while administration allies expected a tight margin.
The fifth game of the world chess championship began with Spassky as white and a 2% to 1% lead over Fischer. Fischer had protested prior games over TV cameras, missing the second game. Organizers awaited New York's decision on reintroducing cameras.
Legislative counsel calls ghost voting unconstitutional but Assembly leaders oppose a full ban. Speaker Bob Moretti favors tighter procedures rather than elimination while Republican Ray Seeley pushes to end the practice. Majority Leader Jack Fenton says no known abuses and resists change.
The Senate approved BART to renegotiate a Rohr Corp contract for 100 rapid transit cars at about 30 million, bypassing a public bidding process. Other measures include diverting harness race license funds to the state fair and several health and welfare proposals advancing to floor or finance committees.
Heat waves push temperatures into the nineties as power grids struggle to meet demand. NY residents dine by candlelight and Bay State Raceway lights fail in the sixth race. A National Weather Service advisory and EPA alert urge air conditioned refuges and curtail vehicle use amid widespread pollution advisories from CT to DC.
California agrees to drop attempts to force welfare mothers to answer district attorneys about the mothers sex lives and the fathers whereabouts. The stipulation filed in U S District Court states recipients won not be cut from welfare rules if they dismiss a non support criminal complaint against the father.
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