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Newspaper

Lompoc Record

Location

Lompoc, California, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1972

Page

2

Wallace Favored in Twin Primaries Amid Wounding

Wallace, 52, seriously wounded in an assassination attempt, was expected to sweep Michigan and Maryland primaries. McGovern and Humphrey paused campaigning as Wallace faced emergency surgery, with Humphrey rushing to the hospital and McGovern urging prayers for Wallace and the nation. Rep. Shirley Chisholm secured Secret Service protection and commented on a troubling American climate.

United Press International George C. Wallace Michigan Maryland Laurel Alabama George S. McGovern Hubert H. Humphrey Wallace Humphrey Baltimore Secret Service State Patrol Silver Spring Kalamazoo Mich Flint McGovern Shirley Chisholm New York Nixon

Agnew Visits Bangkok in Indochina Talks

Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived in Bangkok to confer with Thai leaders on Indochina. He plans a one day side trip to Saigon on Wednesday after a Tokyo visit for Okinawa ceremony. Agnew was greeted at the airport by Pete Sarasin and US Ambassador Leonard Unger. A dinner with Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn was on the schedule. He will meet Wednesday afternoon and depart Thursday morning.

Bangkok UPI Spiro T. Agnew Indochina Saigon Agnew Tokyo Nixon Okinawa Japan Pete Sarasin National Executive Council Leonard Unger Thanom Kittikachorn Thailand

Staff credits for circulation and editing roles

The note lists Wesley A. Huffman as Manager, Ray McCuen as Circulation Manager, Betty Laurent as News Editor and Society Editor, and mentions the Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.

Wesley A. Huffman Ray McCuen Betty Laurent Member Audit Bureau of Circulations

California Water Project Phase Two Price Tag Given

William R. Gianelli, director of the Department of Water Resources, estimated that 451 million dollars are needed to complete Phase Two of the California Water Project. Phase One is 99.7 percent complete and should operate by mid 1973, moving Feather River water to Riverside County. Of the Phase Two funds, 330 million is already available in cash and water bond authorization, with revenue bond issues proposed to raise the rest.

Los Angeles UPI State Department of Water Resources California William R. Gianelli Feather River Riverside

Opposition leaders drop objections to nonaggression pacts

In Bonn the opposition Christian Democrats abandon resistance to Germany’s pacts with Poland and Russia after 18 months of wrangling. The measures, tied to Brandt’s diplomatic gains, appear set for approval by a large parliament majority when voted Wednesday night.

Bonn UPI Poland Russia Willy Brandt Rainer Barzel Christian Democratic Brandt

Los Angeles Mother Throws Sons From Freeway Overpass

A 32 year old mother threw her two young sons onto the Harbor Freeway from an overpass then jumped. Police said Daniel 9 and John 5 were placed near traffic and both were seriously injured but survived. Mrs Johnson also sustained serious injuries after rebounding off a car hood and hitting the pavement.

Los Angeles UPI Anna L. Johnson Daniel John Harbor Freeway

Davis diary cited in closing for murder conspiracy case

Prosecutor reads diary passages to jurors suggesting Angela Davis was deeply in love with George Jackson and helped plot freeing him, linking to the Marin County courthouse shootings that killed four. Judge bars irrelevant sections of the diary as prejudicial.

San Jose Calif UPI Angela Davis George Jackson Miss Davis Jackson Marin County Albert W. Harris Jr Richard E. Arnason

Sacramento Debates Voluntary State Employee Life Insurance Plan

Governor proposes a voluntary group life program for 135000 state workers to offset last year’s pay increase withholding. Senate approved bills include whale ban provisions and coastal development controls. Committees advance revenue and tax changes while inheritance limits of 1 million are debated.

United Press International Insure Senate Ryan Burlingame Richardson Arcadia Carpenter Newport Beach Grunsky Watsonville Assembly Brown San Francisco

West Coast dock union accepts Pay Board contract cuts

San Francisco UPI reports the longshoremen's union approved wage-cut concessions in a new contract with shippers under the Pay Board, reducing promised increases from 72 to 42 cents an hour. The move averts a threatened West Coast dock strike after earlier union threats.

San Francisco UPI U.S

Unruh hires Reagan campaign firm for LA mayor bid

Los Angeles politics shifts as Jess Unruh hires Spencer-Roberts and Associates, the group that ran Ronald Reagan’s 1966 and 1970 campaigns. Unruh, moving toward a mayoral run, acknowledges the late decision while noting he is not yet a candidate. Spencer-Roberts sees value in past opposition experience shaping Unruh’s campaign.

Sacramento UPI Ronald Reagan Jess Unruh Unruh Los Angeles Creed Spencer-Roberts and Associates Reagan Spencer-Roberts William E. Roberts Assembly Roberts Inglewood Sam Yorty Tom Bradley Yorty

Suspicious Notebook Reveals Bremer Portrait in Wallace Case

Milwaukee based report describes Arthur Bremer as a lonely confused man whose West Side apartment yielded a notebook tracing life and death, politics and love. The writings mention George Wallace and include lines on bigotry and identity. Bremer, now held in Laurel Maryland after Monday’s shooting.

Milwaukee Wis UPI Arthur Bremer Laurel Alabama George Wallace William Arthur

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