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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1976
Page
3
Premier Aldo Moro urged politicians to avoid turning relief efforts in northeast Italy into an election issue. A new 3.8 magnitude aftershock struck Friuli as recovery teams prepared quicklime to prevent disease. About 914 dead, 400 missing, 1,515 injured. 60,000–70,000 homeless. 12,000 job losses.
The California Department of Finance reports accelerating recovery with rising retail sales, lumber and steel output, and lower food and gas prices. Unemployment stands at 9.5 percent in March, 9.6 in April, with 8.4 million civilians employed. manufacturing growth remains slow due to aerospace softness while construction improves and prices rise modestly.
Unsettled weather stretches from the South through the Great Lakes to the northern Rockies with showers in Arkansas and Mississippi and warnings of flash floods. In Washington, CIA past actions draw no apology from Director Bush as Congress approves NRC funding. In Paris, Bolivian ambassador Zenteno Anaya is assassinated near the Seine, while Beirut sees renewed fighting and Lebanon peace efforts. Georgia Skelton dies by suicide in Rancho Mirage, and IRS notes over 80 million tax returns filed by end of April amid extensions.
Patricia Hearst will not be available to join Emily and William Harris at trial because of mental and physical condition. Federal officials warn she may need more than the 90 day psychiatric evaluation and will be brought to Los Angeles to enter pleas on 11 charges. The Harrises are to go to trial June 1 on an alleged 1974 May spree. Mayerson says Hearst likely faces trial after a Harrises verdict, with separate proceedings possible by law.
Las Vegas reports cite guards logs showing Howard Hughes did not exit his ninth floor Desert Inn suite from 1966 arrival until 1970 escape to the Bahamas. The records dispute Melvin Dummar’s desert road pickup tale and mention the disputed will naming Dummar as a one sixteenth beneficiary valued around 125 million dollars. Actress Terry Moore seeks probate updates while Brigham City DA declines to prosecute a deer rifle charge related to Dummar.
The longest city worker strike in San Francisco history ends with a settlement but taxpayers sue to block the removal of two anti labor ballot proposals. Superior Court Judge Drews set a hearing for Wednesday which could halt the changes as transit service returns to normal after a 39 day walkout. An estimated 300,000 people daily ride trolleys, cable cars and buses now back in service.
Edward Kehl quality control chief for G & G Packing Co Roxbury Massachusetts testified to a Senate subcommittee that his firm could gain nearly 200000 dollars daily by substituting cheap beef for top quality cuts in military orders. He said his QC title was a front and that substitutions left the military paying almost four dollars per pound for inferior meat.
The Senate Finance Committee rejected Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr's proposed flat 70 per month pay raise for nearly all state employees, with a 5-5 deadlock ending SB1555 at $242 million in salary and fringe benefits. The report cites the defeated measure as the panel split on party lines.
The column argues that thorough newspaper advertising is essential for any business, citing a 19th century maxim that “advertise liberally” to reach a broad audience. It emphasizes consistent, well-planned print ads as the foundation for progress, noting the paper remains committed to serving advertisers and inviting contact.
Brigham City Utah state officials will not prosecute Melvin Dummar on a receiving stolen property charge tied to a rifle. Box Elder County Attorney O Dee Lund says evidence is insufficient. Dummar, 31, is linked to a Howard Hughes purported will and a $125 million inheritance claim.
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