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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1971
Page
2
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin wrapped up an eight day Canadian stay and flew to Havana aboard an IL62D. He faced demonstrations and a banner protest in Toronto as thousands gathered outside the Ontario Science Center and nearby streets.
In Sacramento the Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee plans a redistricting bill with GOP support but delayed action as Republicans with Harmer and Reagan block votes. Dymally cites moves to shift Milton Marks and Lagomarsino’s Santa Barbara area, while Behr would be drawn with Marler Jr in the new map.
The list names Tim Conner and Clete Lunny among staff including Wesley Huffman Ray McCuen Betty Laurent Scott Ostler Wilma Jack Vaughn Proctor Dan Duffy and others. It notes Subscription Rate two dollars twenty five cents per month with home delivery or mail in advance. Published daily except Sundays and Christmas Day.
In New York and San Francisco Chinatowns, residents react with disappointment and mixed views to the UN's decision to admit Mainland China and expel Taiwan. Some urge action, others say they know little, while a few support the move citing mainland population.
Chinese officials in Geneva reiterated calls for a world summit on disarmament beyond the Geneva negotiations. They said Beijing has no instructions on joining the Geneva talks, favoring a summit level conference to discuss disarmament. The Geneva process has produced several treaties, none signed by China.
A Boeing 747 on American Airlines Flight 98 from New York to Puerto Rico was hijacked by an armed man. Three sky marshals and an off duty FBI agent aboard could not prevent the hijacking and the plane landed safely in Havana at 9 58 p m EDT. This marked the ninth US airliner hijacked to Cuba this year with several other attempts ending in Canada Nassau and Buenos Aires.
Art critic Jose Anna Moreno was arrested at Madrid University along with bystanders while preparing to deliver a lecture honoring Pablo Picasso on his 90th birthday. The event occurred as Spaniards commemorated Picasso with plaques and exhibitions nationwide.
At a congressional hearing both prison guards and inmate attorneys agreed violence will persist until root causes are addressed. Faye Stender and Moe Camacho blamed lawlessness and revolutionary movements, while calling for investigations and changes in how prisoners are managed.
A plane carrying former astronaut Walter Schirra and his wife Josephine and daughter Suzanne crashed Monday afternoon in Creede Colorado. Pilot Frank Compton of an environmental firm employed Schirra. no one was injured.
In Namur Beez mayor declines to attend the overpass opening citing traffic disruption during construction. Reports allege spray painting caused cow deaths from lead poisoning and contamination of nearby fruit and vegetables making local produce unsafe to eat.
Ten California bighorn sheep have been released in Lava Beds National Monument's northeastern corner after long extinction in the area. Eight ewes and two rams, shipped from British Columbia, are now free to establish a new herd under wildlife officials' plan.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev visited Paris calling his trip a turning point for Europe away from confrontation. Police freed 24 detainees after right wing protesters burned a Soviet flag on the Champs Elysees while chanting anti-Soviet slogans. Jewish groups protested at the Franco Soviet Friendship Society offices and a World War II memorial, described by police as minor demonstrations.
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