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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1975
Page
3
In Washington, a House approved oil price control extension bogged down in the Senate despite a phone call to President Ford. Senate Republicans met resistance as Democrats and Ford remained unmoved, with no agreement by week’s end.
The FBI seeks to retain a car tied to James Hoffa’s abduction after dogs detected Hoffa scent in its back seat and trunk. The vehicle owned by Joseph Giacalone, son of Detroit crime figure Anthony Giacalone, is under suit as a federal grand jury demands its return. The FBI appeals a judge’s order to hand it back while a 6th Circuit ruling decision looms in Cincinnati.
In San Francisco a suspect, named as a hospital employee and ex convict, was arrested on parole violation and for threatening calls to Attorney General Evelle Younger. The calls warned of kidnapping and a hospital bombing but no bomb was found.
Berkeley native Robert Gordon Sproul, who rose from UC Berkeley cashier to president for 28 years, died after a long illness at his Berkeley home. He led the university through landmark science work including atomic research and produced Nobel Prize winners. Sproul clashed with WWII neutrality supporters in the 1930s and was a strong advocate for nations resisting the Axis powers.
The Army focuses on legal precedent from William Calley's My Lai conviction, aiming to uphold court martial authority. Calley, set for parole after serving part of his sentence, will not return to Ft. Leavenworth prison, according to a Pentagon spokesman.
In Lisbon Portugal military rulers warned Antonio de Spinola that he would be arrested if he returned to Portugal Spinola had fled after being accused of involvement in a right wing coup. The Revolutionary Council stated Spinola would face a military tribunal if he entered territories under Portuguese administration. Premier-designate Azevedo reported efforts to form a cabinet but coalition talks stalled with Socialists and Popular Democrats demanding broader roles.
A roundup details multiple bills signed or advanced in California including veterans home loan increases to thirty thousand dollars and a ban on questions about mental illness on licenses. Other items restructure smog oversight, unemployment contributions, bank record access, generic drug substitution, and a early retirement option for DOT workers.
Tony Boyle, former United Mine Workers chief, received three consecutive life terms for the 1969 murders of Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter. He was 73, proclaimed innocence, and will serve in Dallas Prison after a pending federal sentence for union funds misuse.
Sacramento reports a measure to ease tax increases on big business won final legislative approval and will appear on the June primary ballot. The Dunlap constitutional amendment lowers the needed vote from two-thirds to a simple majority in the legislature to raise or lower taxes on banks, corporations, and insurance firms.
Fighting erupts on the outskirts of Beirut after an army buffer zone is set in northern Lebanon. Militias from Nassera and Ras Al Nabeh clash with rockets and bullets as troops hold positions between Tripoli and Zghorta. About 400 killed or wounded in 12 days of fighting.
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