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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1970
Page
1
A Santa Barbara Citizens Commission on Civil Disorders report drawn from over 150 testimonies links UCSB campus and Isla Vista disturbances to broad community problems. It urges better communication and cites housing, crime, drug attitudes, and police relations as local factors, warning action is needed to prevent further turmoil.
California Governor Ronald Reagan signs a bill delivering a $7.50 monthly Social Security net increase to disabled and low income seniors on aid. The same day, a $2.5 million three percent CHP raise is approved, with CHP union chief Vern Alexander urging a five percent boost via legislative override.
Don MacGillivray and Democrat Ken Palmer will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Press Club on 105 N. H St to field questions from newsmen and the audience. Republicans and Democrats plan delegations. public invited.
Prime Minister Lon Nol flies north by borrowed U S helicopter to brief commanders as 4 000 government troops push to break a week long Communist entrapment near Tank Kauk. Brig Gen Phan Moeung replaces Brig Gen Neak Sam who is said to have malaria.
King Hussein ordered an absolute and strict ceasefire in Amman as Syrian forces invade Jordan. The move follows heavy fighting around Irbid and Salt with Jordanian and Palestinian guerrillas reporting widespread casualties. Washington raised military alert for possible evacuation of U.S. citizens while fighting and tension escalate across the region.
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co and Chemical Bank led a half point cut in the commercial bank prime rate to 7.75 percent in New York. The move triggered quick discussions among bankers and prompted similar reductions nationwide, though consumer loan rates may not fall in tandem.
The Pentagon said American forces in the United States and Europe are on alert for possible evacuation of U.S. citizens from Jordan. About 400 Americans remain in Jordan with 54 hostages tied to four airliner hijackings, as Syria faces condemnation for military moves. The alert covers Mediterranean and Atlantic zones with units in Germany and at Fort Bragg ready to deploy.
A school district plumber, 40, and a city lighting worker, 49, were injured when their car plunged 175 feet into a canyon. Rescuers pulled them to safety eight hours after the crash as CHP and fire units reached the scene midday yesterday. Both men were treated at Lompoc Hospital with serious but improving condition.
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