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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1972
Page
2
Hubert H. Humphrey faced a hard choice in California’s June 6 primary. He decided to attack George S McGovern and risked hurting their friendship to avoid certain defeat and blunt McGovern’s lead. He accused McGovern of liberal proposals on military spending welfare and taxes.
In Los Angeles, George S. McGovern counters Hubert H. Humphrey's broad attack on military, tax and welfare plans during their second Democratic presidential debate on NBC Meet the Press. The clash focuses on Vietnam War records ahead of California primary June 6 as voters show low turnout from the prior encounter.
Gov. George C. Wallace, recovering from a May 15 shooting, plans a saturation radio and TV campaign for write-in votes in California. A 40 minute rally film will be shown on eight stations to indoctrinate voters on writing his name in. Wallace is not on the ballot in the June 6 California delegate primary.
Mayor Sam Yorty returns to federal court to demand inclusion in the Humphrey McGovern California Democratic primary debate. He argues equal time laws require his participation and notes he is a nomination candidate.
The Angela Davis case moves into its 14th week as prosecutors plan at least one rebuttal witness before closing arguments. The all white jury is expected to hear defense and prosecution wrap up after Memorial Day, with jurors possibly deliberating by week’s end.
Harvey Glenn McLeod, a 22 year old janitor, killed three people and wounded eight in a Raleigh parking lot before taking his own life with a rifle. Senator B Everett Jordan was nearby. his aides were wounded. Police report McLeod bought a Marlin carbine, hid past offenses, and fired 14 shots in two minutes before the fatal exit.
The flag draped body of King Edward VIII lay in his rented Paris home with close family in attendance. Fans queued at the British embassy to sign a condolence book for the duchess Wallis Simpson as the duke, who reigned 327 days in 1936, dies at 77, possibly of cancer. His remains will be flown to England for Windsor Castle and Frogmore burial with Pompidou ordering military honors on departure from France.
About 2,100 residents in east central Illinois were evacuated after a Penn Central freight train derailed near Ashmore releasing nitric acid. Twelve people sought treatment for inhalation symptoms. eight hour evacuation covered 40 square miles between Ashmore and Oakland. The derailed tank car carried over 15,000 gallons of acid. most of the load spilled along the track and into a wheat field.
Brezhnev, an auto enthusiast, receives a black 1972 Cadillac sedan from President Nixon. Cadillac Division of General Motors donates the car, already in Moscow, amid a range of gifts including hunting rifles for Kosygin and Podgorny and Accutron clocks.
Congress reports added 1 billion to the President's budget for the 12 months starting July 1 with calls for possible further increases. The panel notes most funds fund miners with black lung benefits while warning that other bills could widen the deficit and fuel tax-increase talk.
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