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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1971
Page
1
Governor Reagan outlines a sweeping AFDC overhaul to county officials with tighter eligibility, a 40 percent caseload cut, and work requirements for employable recipients. The plan shifts from aid to employment and would shift more AFDC costs to local taxpayers.
A candy-eating burglar is being sought after four downtown Lompoc businesses were broken into last night in a one-block area. Targets included Perry's Auto Parts, McCabe Tire Co, and Jeffers Muffler among others.
California Democrats in the Assembly and Senate formed a solid opposition bloc to deny Governor Reagan a joint session on welfare reform. Speaker Moretti and Senate Leader Mills said no joint session, while Reagan planned a Town Hall speech in Los Angeles.
A federal grand jury indicted United Mine Workers president W A Tony Boyle on embezzlement conspiracy and corrupt campaign contributions including 49250 to campaigns. Also charged were John Owens and James Kmetz as aides in a broad probe of the union’s finances and political activity.
Governor Ronald Reagan will met March 10 in Sacramento with the California Space Shuttle Coordinating Committee to discuss bringing the NASA $6 billion space shuttle program to California and possibly Vandenberg AFB. Local leaders from Lompoc Santa Maria Buellton and San Luis Obispo are involved along with state officials and a state task force headed by Robert Volk. NASA will announce site selection this summer.
Washington UPI. Army bomb expert Capt. Edwin Joyner said the 15 to 20 pound dynamite charge is a hypothesis but not confirmed. He noted a clock-related device could be involved and that a briefcase-sized bomb would be easy to bring into the Capitol. Officials pursue leads as Mitchell cautions against assuming Weather Underground involvement.
UPI says the South Vietnamese push into Laos thwarted Communist dry season offensives and cut Ho Chi Minh Trail truck traffic by half through air strikes. Reinforcements by U.S. helicopters and Marines moved into Laos and North Vietnam border areas as Laotian forces launched a major northern assault. Cambodian oil refinery attack and heavy bombers against targets near the DMZ are also reported.
Assistant Defense Secretary Robert Froehlke testified before a Senate subcommittee that the Defense Central Index of Investigation holds about 25 million index cards on personalities and 760,000 on organizations and incidents. He noted daily activity of 12,000 requests and 20,000 changes and that the system will be placed under civilian control and limited.
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