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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1971
Page
2
Community groups announce fundraisers and activities for Flower Festival Queen candidates. Events include paper drives, golf days, enchilada sales, bake sales, car washes, a rock dance, a laser show, a bazaar and barbecue, a chamber meeting, and a horse show with trophies. many list contact numbers and hours.
After four years in prison James R. Hoffa resigns as Teamsters president in a letter to the executive board. He will remain president of Michigan Conference of Teamsters and Local 299 while Frank E. Fitzsimmons is chosen as new leader of the 2 million member union. Hoffa seeks parole by shedding top post though still backed by many members.
Treasury figures show tax expenditures cost nearly 44 billion dollars in fiscal 1971, about 20 percent of annual government spending and far below the 80 billion collected in individual income taxes. Sen. William Proxmire urges a congressional review of these provisions as potential public priorities.
Mountain climber Bill Alves, the sole survivor of a blizzard that killed four companions near Mt Ritter in the High Sierra, vows to retry the climb by Labor Day. The four California climbers—Glenn Welsh, Gordon Howe, Bob Smith, and Richard Schroeder—died as they sought the summit amid 60 to 70 mph winds and freezing conditions.
A 24 year old cousin Kathy Timberlake writes to President Nixon from Cotati California seeking help for illness and welfare needs. The White House confirms the cousin relationship but offers no comment. The letter was sent to Bay Area media via carbon copies.
The bodies of Siv Argov and three Santa Maria residents were recovered after a Piper Cherokee vanished April 19. Civil Air Patrol found the wreckage in Whitewater Canyon. NTSB will investigate the crash cause.
Extreme weather swept the plains with funnel clouds and tornadoes sighted in southeast Montana and near Sterling Colorado. A tornado damaged an airplane and hangar at Broadus Montana while another carried a barn across a farmhouse. Twisters appeared around Sioux Falls but caused no damage. Watches were posted for New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Wyoming and Nebraska amid widespread rain. Glasgow Montana received nearly an inch of rain and Sioux Center Iowa recorded two inches. Clouds stretched from Montana to Texas Panhandle.
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