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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1971
Page
1
Protests against the school board policy allowing up to 30 students per teacher and the use of combination classrooms continued as parents and teachers urged smaller classes. Officials cited declining enrollment and budget limits as factors while noting several schools exceed the state standard.
Silvestre Abad 31 known as Sofronio Falconi surrendered to Philippine Constabulary near Zam- bales Mountain 75 miles north west of Manila. He held Susan Butler 14, her Uncle Stewart Raab, and reporter Rutherford Batug as hostages after stealing from Charles Butler. He possessed 592 dollars of a 2500 ransom fund. four accomplices fled. Abad previously convicted of a 1953 airline robbery murder. Weather brief: slight warming midweek with upper 60s to upper 70s highs and low 30s to low 40s lows. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tides listed for Wednesday.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers called the Senate vote to kill the foreign aid program a very serious blow to U S foreign policy and Nixon’s leverage with world leaders. Senator George McGovern announced a new aid bill prioritizing economic aid and limiting military funds to Greece and Pakistan.
A U S Navy A6 Intruder bombed the Ho Chi Minh supply trail through Laos 100 miles northwest of the DMZ when two Soviet built SAMs fired on it. The fighter avoided damage and there was no immediate report on the missile site being hit.
Two European-born scientists now in North America win the 1971 Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry, each worth 90 000 dollars. Dennis Gabor, at CBS Laboratories Stamford, wins for holography, while Gerard Herzvert, a Canadian resident originally from Germany, wins for space chemistry.
On Amchitka Island in the Aleutians the five megaton Cannikin device was placed in a basalt cavity 5875 feet below the surface and prepared for detonation. Weather conditions and remote camera timing could delay the blast despite White House approval and AEC readiness.
Washington announces new classifications 2D and 4G and the abolition of 1-Y and 5A. Draft card carry rules loosen as men over 26 and those retired from deferral face new limits. Changes align with the Nixon era draft law signed September 23 and take effect in December across 4,000 local boards.
Lompoc City Council faces a park land pricing error after an offer to sell 10 acres north of La Canada School and east of O Street was withdrawn due to a listing at 1700 per acre. The meeting will also address parking rules, emergency powers, wastewater basin, an easement through the federal prison, and a youth services station wagon contract.
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie urged Senate approval of a large scale clean water program aiming to wipe out pollution in lakes rivers and streams by 1985. He described U S waters as sewers to the sea and pressed enforcement power on navigable waters with a 14 year phase in ending all discharges.
The Board may follow Orange and Riverside counties in banning lead in gasoline sold countywide. At the request of First District Supervisor George H. Clyde the county counsel office is to draft the ordinance with Air Pollution Control District input. A public hearing may be held once ready to hear all sides.
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