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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1973
Page
3
An Air Force helicopter began removing the burned bodies of four men and a woman killed when their car plunged from a coastal highway near San Simeon. None survived the crash. authorities expected identification later as a coroner said the bodies were burned beyond recognition.
California's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate falls to 4.9 percent in May, the lowest in years, with a record 8,575,000 people employed. Unemployment declines by 20,000 from April to May as farm jobs surge and overall employment reaches new highs.
Baccalaureate services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Lompoc and Cabrillo High Schools. Concert choirs and combined bands will perform at both sites. Rev. William J. Denton will speak at Lompoc and Chaplain Eugene Hanneman at Cabrillo. Senior team will follow ceremonies at both schools.
James J Brady 57 former president of the Lompoc Valley Board of Realtors died yesterday at Veterans Hospital Sepulveda after an long illness. Services Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Attery McKinley Mortuary Mission Hills interment Oakwood Memorial Park Chatsworth. He lived in Lompoc since retirement as a major from the Air Force in the 1960s. He was PIO of the 1st Strategic Aerospace Command at Vandenberg AFB from 1958 to 1960 and later owned JJB Realty. He is survived by wife Lucille daughter Linda Specht a grandson and brother Richard Brady. Contributions to Lompoc Hospital Coronary Unit or Santa Barbara County Heart Association.
The Reagan administration will push legislation to create a cabinet level Public Safety Department by regrouping 10 existing agencies including law enforcement military and corrections totaling about 20 000 workers The plan aims to streamline authority while maintaining current agency powers and could be filed by June 15 with a hoped passage in 1973 and implementation in 1974
County residents urge denial of Walnut Properties bid to open an adult movie theater in Orcutt urging a public hearing. Protests include 29 letters from area groups while Walnut seeks a continuance amid sheriff citations and a license denial based on county records.
Premier George Papadopoulos declared Greece a presidential republic and abolished the monarchy. He appointed himself president and called for a national referendum within two months to approve the move and promised parliamentary elections by 1974 end. He accused King Constantine of attempting a coup and cited years of unwisdom.
Dan Morse, general director of the Lompoc Valley YMCA, says registration for Camp Millwood in the High Sierras and Camp Ocean Pines at Cambria is near capacity. Registrations are taken at the Y on 222 North I Street or by phone at RE 6-9622. Camp Fire Day Camp registration extends to June 8 with sessions at Miguelito and Kenneth L. Adam Park, and the Camp Fire office at 116 F. E. College Ave handles signups. Mintz of Lompoc High School receives a California School Employees Association scholarship, not a California State Employees Association scholarship as previously reported.
The five inmates recount varied sentences under the Youth Corrections Act and a Straight six month term for draft resistance. They describe delays before indictments, self recognition on parole offers, and mixed views on conscientious objector status and amnesty. They condemn the draft system and express no remorse.
Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz warned President Nixon in a memorandum that France sought to undercut U S influence. He cautioned against settling concrete issues at the Reykjavik summit, noting Pompidou would push monetary and trade concessions in exchange for vague diplomatic and defense relaxations.
Sheriff Coroner John W. Carpenter released a 1972 deaths report showing 70 motor vehicle fatalities, up from 61. total county deaths reached 2,005 with 579 investigated by the coroner. Personal crisis reports declined to 40, homicides dropped to four, and miscellaneous accidents fell to 62.
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