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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1971
Page
12
The Record states its goal to present factual reporting in news columns while preserving opinions for editorial pages. It emphasizes separating objective coverage from interpretive content and upholding journalistic standards across sections.
City Council approves a comprehensive Emergency Services Plan detailing duties for each role in disasters from floods to nuclear threats. The bulky document also serves as a vehicle to secure federal funds, ensuring ongoing updates and staff work to keep assignments current.
Washington column compares Amchitka and Soviet Zemlya underground tests, noting large budgets for weapons programs. It cites AEC and Pentagon R and D spending, and highlights figures like John S. Foster Jr. and the Spartan missile link to Safeguard. It questions when the arms race ends.
Berry argues that despite moves toward SALT agreements in Helsinki, doubts persist and a next year deal may fail. He notes Soviet car production could hit 150,000 this year while the U S targets 10 million, illustrating inflation and poverty pressures in a totalitarian state.
Since 1946 this country has given 143 billion dollars in foreign aid to U N members who later criticized us. The text notes the impracticality of moving so much money in one dollar bills, estimating boxcar counts and a circumnavigation of the earth, based on items from press and TV editorials.
A critical expose reveals state agencies have spent nearly 32 million dollars on outside consultants since 1966 with many contracts awarded without competitive bidding. Examples include Price Waterhouse at 9000 dollars to review audits and MIT study funding of 137000 dollars. The piece calls for taxpayer action and an end to the practice.
In a world facing a possible Amchitka blast, Americans turn to the Supreme Court as the modern oracle. The piece argues the Court wields mystic power in democracy, shaping progress under Earl Warren and later nominees like Rehnquist, Powell, Burger, and Blackmun, while highlighting debates on civil rights, zoning, and economic segregation.
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