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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1977
Page
3
A UPI report from San Francisco notes Californians give Edmund G. Brown Jr. a good job rating at 39 percent while 15 percent rate him poor and 41 percent call his performance fair. Discontent grows though gains are statistically minor.
UPI reports a California study predicting 123000 farm labor jobs lost over the next decade due to new harvesting machines. The impact could cost taxpayers about 2.2 billion in welfare, with tomato sorting alone in 1976 eliminating 1500 jobs and unemployment above 30 percent among tomato harvest workers.
The United Mine Workers and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association face under three weeks to reach a new contract and avert a nationwide strike. Talks resume as a two week stalemate ends with proposals on benefits and penalties, with a Dec. 6 expiry and a Nov. 26 strike deadline.
Miss Lillian Carter travels with President Carter's mother Mrs Billie Ray and 250 Iowans to Dublin aboard a Friendship Force flight amid a labor dispute at Trans International Airlines. Police guarded the airport as pickets sought to cross the line but the group left safely in the governor's limousine. Mrs Carter expressed interest in learning from the eight day visit while noting she does not worry about strikes. She spent the night at Terrace Hill, the Iowa governor's mansion, calling it as good as the White House.
Crazy George a 33 year old Denver resident travels the country as a professional cheerleader earning as much as 500 dollars per game plus expenses. He performs at sports events with a drum and a shout GO while wearing cut off jeans and a jersey. He says retirement may come at 40 to enjoy a sailboat and hobbies like hang gliding and canoeing.
One of the sextuplets born Sept 18 to Cornelia Nijssen and steelworker Simon Nijssen died at Sofia children's hospital in Rotterdam. Dennis Nijssen, 51 days old, died at 2 a.m. from stomach and intestinal ailments after an operation to remove his small intestine last month. The other five siblings remain in good condition.
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger praised Richard Helms for providing evasive information to a congressional panel about U S involvement in Chile. He called Helms a patriot and said he regretted his conviction for giving false information about the overthrow of Marxist President Salvador Allende. He urged less strident foreign policy debate and noted U S action was limited to opposing Allende's democratic suppression.
Federal Home Loan Bank Board records show a loosely controlled imprest fund financed gala Christmas parties, theater tickets, limousines, and a mountain resort trip. Officials said new rules will curb spending. executives defended past expenses as routine, while critics called the practices improper.
Oakland judge orders Huey Newton bound over to Superior Court on charges of shooting a 17 year old prostitute to death and pistol whipping another person. Prostitution witnesses testified at a weeklong preliminary hearing that Aug 6 1974 shooting occurred. Trial date set for Nov 21. Newton had earlier fled to Cuba after a policeman killing conviction was overturned.
Heavy rain and gusty winds reduced early voting lines in the Virginia gubernatorial race between John Dalton and Henry Howell while New Jersey turnout lagged in the Byrne Bateman contest amid debate over the income tax. Voters also cast ballots in New York Detroit Cleveland and 34 other cities with statewide referendums in Ohio Oregon and Washington.
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