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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1971
Page
2
The Senate Armed Services Committee cautions that rising costs and complexity threaten minimum national security. It cites weapons costing per pound exceeding gold, expensive munitions, and tanks four times pricier than a decade ago, urging cost cuts to preserve force strength.
Gov. Ronald Reagan ordered the state Board of Corrections to conduct a thorough security procedures review in California prisons to reinforce safety for guards and inmates. The move follows the San Quentin escape attempt that killed three convicts and three guards, including George Jackson, amid claims of misrepresented events by revolutionary groups.
San Francisco officials pressed parents to comply with a federal court order to bus half of the city’s 48 000 elementary students amid warnings of potential street violence. Mayor Alioto vowed 1900 police to protect children while urging peaceful implementation and business voices to back orderly compliance.
Los Angeles reports defense psychiatrist Dr. John M. Suarez testified at Charles Tex Watson’s trial that Watson was programmed to act and acted efficiently as part of Charles Manson’s cult. He described Watson as delusional and robotlike, losing his identity under Manson’s control.
Notice records Lompoc Record as a second class legal newspaper under Superior Court Decree No. 47065. It lists individuals including Kenneth L. Adam and Harry J. Crompe and shows subscription rate of $2 per month by mail in advance.
Sen. Edmund Muskie told black leaders in Los Angeles he believed a ticket with a black vice presidential candidate could not be elected next year. He said the remark was frank and candid and acknowledged political implications, adding he expected the question to surface for all presidential contenders.
The United States completed removal of the last of about 13 000 tons of lethal gas from Okinawa after a 56 day operation. Three convoys moved 184 tons each to a pier for transport to Johnston Island. Final shipment to sail Friday amid past resident safety protests and evacuations.
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a resolution urging all American troops to leave Indochina by December 31, 1971. Mayor Yorty blasted it as politics while praising Nixon's war efforts and the measure was introduced by defeated rival Thomas Bradley.
In Sacramento UPI, Democratic Assembly reapportionment chief Henry Waxman called the Republican redistricting proposal incredible and warned it could cost Democrats seats. The plan would cut Assembly districts from 58 to 53 and shift seats away from key Moretti lieutenants, while boosting GOP districts to 14. Waxman accused Republicans of masking partisan aims under minority concerns.
Mrs Rose Kennedy stood in the red velvet box as the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened with Mass by Leonard Bernstein. She praised the performance saying it was beautiful and splendid and expressed a wish to see it again. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis remained abroad for private reasons.
Governor signs executive order directing the state Board of Corrections to conduct a thorough review of security procedures at California prisons. Several bills cover student fees at junior colleges, tax breaks for renters, and contraceptive access for minors, with mixed committee outcomes and ongoing reconsideration.
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