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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1972
Page
3
A gunman with an East European accent hijacked a parked plane in Frankfurt and threatened to dynamite it unless Czech issues were resolved. A noon Saturday ultimatum was issued in a note dropped from the aircraft.
East Germany won observer status at the United Nations after a formal application by Winzer. Secretary General Waldheim sent telegrams to GDR Foreign Minister Otto Winter and to Horst Grubert, named to head the observer mission, confirming the step while awaiting equal UN membership.
John Berger, 45, offered half the $11,750 Booker prize to the Black Panther movement to help blacks resist further exploitation. He singled out Booker McConnell International, co sponsors of the prize, noting their long Caribbean trading history and linking it to Caribbean poverty.
Snow sleet and freezing rain covered the southern and central Plains while fair conditions stretched from southern California to the northern Plains and the central Atlantic coast. Snow fell heavily at Clovis New Mexico and Mule Shoe Texas with six inches at Truth or Consequences New Mexico.
Friday results show Clarence Cunningham, incumbent, defeating Virginia Rogers 337 to 280 to lead the County Employee Association. Total votes 626 represent 41 percent of 1,520 members, largest in association history. Arley Kittle won vice president 335 to 269, with Mrs Bass as secretary. Installation set for February.
Guest speaker Mrs. Raymond Sanders owner of Handicraft Shop informs the Lompoc Arts Council meeting in Security Pacific National Bank community room about Art Appreciation Week plans for next April.
The county Technical Review Staff recommended approval Friday of 14 more negative declarations by developers and others amid projects including subdivisions, lot splits, a commercial building and a day nursery school. Santa Barbara Supervisor-elect Frank J. Frost protested an inadequate declaration for a 17 lot tract in Santa Ynez Valley and urged maps and trees considerations. The staff delayed action on the Hoolball and Ibsen declaration until the Nov. 30 meeting, with questions about what to do with 10 large trees near State Highway 246 and Refugio Rd.
Private cremation and memorial services are held for Amy E. Stockton 90 with interment in Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Born 1882 in Ohio, she moved to Lompoc in 1923 with Andres Stockton then lived there until 1941. Survived by daughters Gloria Middlestadt and Rebecca Brody and son Richard Stockton.
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