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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1969
Page
2
Gov Ronald Reagan indicated he will not call a special session on tax reform before January 1970. He defended his plan amid Democratic criticism and will reinstate the reform proposal when the 1970 legislature convenes after the new year. The plan previously stalled in Assembly committees in 1969.
James Brown has agreed to pay child support for a one year old boy, resolving the paternity suit filed by Mary Florence Brown. Details were not disclosed but the settlement was described as fair and equitable, reached after two days of negotiations with Georgia State Sen. Leroy Johnson.
U S District Judge Gerald S Levin reaffirmed a ruling that the telephone company must turn over long distance call records of Look Magazine writers Richard Carlson and Lance Brisson to Alioto's attorneys. The contents will be sealed. A subsequent decision on Alioto's $12.5 million suit against Look and on depositions was postponed for a week.
In a Folsom Prison recreation yard incident, two inmates were stabbed to death and three others injured as attackers, not the victims, wounded them. Warden Jake Gunn said no employee witnesses exist and two prison knives were found at the scene. Victims were Philip Chew and Ralph Torrez.
A group of 65 of 77 staff civil rights attorneys in the Justice Department consider working from within to push for changes in Nixon era school desegregation policies. They rejected mass resignations or new public statements, though they called Asst. Atty. Gen. Jerris Leonard's Monday remarks disturbing as he answered their charges of political influence in the South.
United Press International reports fair weather dominates the nation with frost forecast for New England, upstate New York, North Dakota and Minnesota by dawn. Early cool lows reach 33 at Grand Forks with warm temperatures and heavy rain in Florida including nearly an inch at Gainesville in six hours.
Ford Motor Co will equip some new model cars with rayon tires after years of polyester fiberglass belts. Ford cites better ride as the reason and notes rayon tires match durability. Firestone backs the claim noting softer, smoother operation. highway authorities probe claims of rapid heat breakdown.
The Rev Bruce Johnson Jr 30 and his wife Jean 28 were found stabbed to death in their North Side Chicago apartment. Johnson's 18 chest and stomach wounds and Jean's 5 back and 14 chest wounds were reported. Three children aged 4 twins and 14 months were cared for by relatives. Police describe a bread knife found near Jean. Johnson had worked with the Young Lords and public urban renewal confrontations. The case ties to neighborhood tensions over a People's Park and church activities.
The U S plans to deploy a chemical spray that makes marijuana bitter when smoked as part of Operation Intercept. Sensors used in Vietnam to detect enemy troops will be adapted to locate marijuana and opium fields in Mexico. A Senate subcommittee heard Assistant Treasury Secretary Eugene T Rossides discuss these efforts alongside large marijuana seizures at an Arizona checkpoint.
A Dallas man identified as 25 year old Johnny Lee Thomas reportedly went berserk late Monday, fatally shooting a passerby and wounding seven others before police shot him dead at his home. A 4 year old girl, two women, and three officers were injured. the girl and women were in fair condition at Parkland Hospital.
Vancouver area residents flood officials with letters urging the AEC to cancel the Amchitka underground detonation planned for Thursday. Canadian officials warn of fault slippage and potential tsunamis, while Vancouver Island towns prepare EMO alerts and evacuee plans.
In Belfast the Northern Ireland Parliament reopened as Premier James Chichester Clark urged civil rights measures for Roman Catholics. Protestants warned of mass demonstrations as security forces bolster the province, with about 8 000 British troops now in the troubled area following a month of sectarian disturbances.
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