01 Jun 1973
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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1973
Page
1
A Colombian airliner carrying 25 hostages and six crew members flew from Aruba toward Lima after hijackers demanded ransom and safe conduct to Cuba. The two gunmen said they wanted to refuel and press on, with eleven of 89 hostages escaping during Aruba stops.
Archibald Cox attempted to stop the Senate Watergate hearings but the bid was rejected. Cox cited risk to future prosecutions and discussed with Cash possible ways to reduce harm while denying any plan to seek a court halt. Dash and Ervin commented on the report with varying statements.
Festival officials announce the Queen contest ticket deadline pushed to Friday June 8. Jim Hernandez says total tickets are down from last year and two candidates have not met the 1,500 minimum for finals. The coronation ball remains scheduled for Saturday June 9 at 8 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building. Tickets sold by Junior Alpha Club members banks beauty salons and festival committee members.
Overcast conditions along the coast spread inland night and morning through Saturday with sunny inland afternoons. Cool through the period. Highs in the upper 50s to upper 60s both days, lows near 50s. Winds west to northwest 10 to 20 mph. Tides: high 6.7 ft at 11:29 p.m. Saturday. low minus 1.8 ft at 6:02 a.m. and 2.0 ft at 5:11 p.m.
Houston UPI reports Skylab crews rest period while engineers push ahead with a possible in space repair to free a jammed solar wing and relieve the energy crisis. The next crew is slated to launch July 27, twelve days earlier than planned.
In Washington the Senate 63 19 and House 224 172 opposed further bombing in Cambodia. In Sacramento the Senate Finance Committee secretly approved a $9 billion budget behind closed doors, with a 10 0 vote and public barred.
About 15,000 laborers in 46 central and northern California counties will not get scheduled pay and fringe benefit increases Friday. The Laborers Union said Washington DC pay board failed to act on proposed raises of 25 cents per hour and 42 cents for fringe benefits.
The stalemate between Dr. Norbert McNamara and County Administrator Raymond Johnson flares as a possible resignation looms. Sources say a decision could come next week, with McNamara's $37 608 salary highlighted and a board vote already shifting pay scales for officials and department heads. Previous clashes, a grand jury critique, and personnel shakeups cushion potential changes as observers warn of staffing hurdles in replacing the health chief.
The article profiles ten current valley prisoners at Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution serving draft related sentences with more indictments anticipated. Resisters describe themselves as political prisoners, not criminals, and speak of returning to normal American life after time behind the grey fortress.
The Atomic Energy Commission staff recommended licensing two million kilowatt reactors at PG E Diablo Canyon near San Luis Obispo after a year long environmental study. Conditions include ongoing ecological monitoring and studies of marine life entrainment and thermal impact, with cooling seawater from the embayment and a limit on ambient temperature rise. The decision stops short of final license as hearings continue on unit I and ECCS safety issues.
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