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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1974
Page
3
President Nguyen Van Thieu appealed for support to survive politically and promised to root out corruption. He urged unity, proposed press law reform, and a ban on opposition parties while blaming violence on Communist backers amid nationwide protests in Saigon.
A severe, multi day storm system dumps record rain across Texas and Oklahoma causing floods and tornadoes. In Belton a 12 foot wall of water floods Central Avenue washing away a pickup and wrecking the courthouse doors. An unidentified body is found near Moore's Crossing.
UPI reports 1 week before the election Houston Flournoy cuts Jerry Brown lead to 8 points as Brown holds 48 percent to Flournoy 40 percent with 11 percent undecided. Cranston and Younger lead in other contests while Dymally tops Harmer 39-33 for lieutenant governor.
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Flournoy, buoyed by a new public opinion poll and President Ford, touts an impending upset as a bellwether for 1976. He cites polling gains against Edmund Brown Jr, as Reagan and Ford attend a fund raiser with 750 guests amid protests outside.
Edmund G. Brown Jr. criticized rate maneuvers by the Public Utilities Commission and utilities, saying hikes are rushed before his election. He spoke to Sears workers in San Diego and later in Los Angeles on Ford’s visit and inflation policy, pledging a utilities commission loyal to the people.
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