Ventura County Counsel Named Chief Assistant Attorney General
Ventura County Counsel Herbert L. Ashby, 41, was named chief assistant attorney general in charge of criminal cases. Ashby, on leave from his county post while serving as assistant secretary of the state Human Relations Agency, was sworn in by Attorney General Evelle Younger. He began as county counsel in 1966 and served in the district attorney’s office from 1961 to 1966.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ventura County
Herbert L. Ashby
State Justice Department
Ashby
State
Evelle J. Younger
Ventura
New Mexico Supreme Court
James B. McGhee
Rival teachers' group targets LA credit union board
Richard Mason of the Professional Educators of Los Angeles says United Teachers of Los Angeles UTLA seeks control of the credit union by backing a new board slate. UTLA disputes takeover claims saying it backs candidates to address under representation. the union cites support for a potential strike. The union’s board is led by retirees and administrators and manages over $67 million in holdings.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Professional Eduators of
Richard Mason
Werful United Teachers of
3 Angeles
UTLA
Board of Directors
Island birth marks first baby of year on Pitcairn Island
Jacqueline Beth Christian, seven pounds, born January 8 to Betty and Tom Christian, is the first Pitcairn Island baby in more than a year. She is the great great granddaughter of Fletcher Christian, who led the Bounty mutineers to Pitcairn on January 15, 1790. Pitcairn Island now has a population of 93. The birth was reported by Voice of Prophecy, the Seventh Day Adventist radio service on the island, with Dr. Guy Heywood of Maui assistingDelivering physician was on a Smithsonian Institute research vessel.
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Glendale
Calif
UPI
Pitcai Island
Jacqueline Beth Christian
Fletcher Christian
Pitcairn
Voice of Prophecy
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Pacific Island
Jacqueline
Betty
Tom Christian
Christian
Pitcaim
Guy Heywood
Maui
Hawaii
Smithsonian Institute
Agnew Backing Nixon Welfare Reform in California
Vice President Spiro Agnew urged Gov Ronald Reagan and state officials that welfare reform could not be solved by public works alone. He cited complex social judgments on family welfare and argued for reforms tied to Nixon’s program and revenue sharing. Reagan and Agnew differed on specifics about able bodied recipients and work requirements.
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Sacramento
UPI
Spiro T. Agnéw
Ronald Reagan
Agnew
State Capitol
Nixon
Reagan
County Supervisors Association of California
Gov
California
Beck
California State Employer Association
CSEA
University of California
Publisher pleads innocent in extortion case
LOS ANGELES UPI reports publisher Jack Regentstein aged 60 of Hollywood Diogeup magazine pleaded innocent to extortion and attempted extortion. He allegedly threatened to publish articles about Hal Wallis William Dozer Charles Martin Robert Evans and Richard Horton. A March trial date was set with a motion to dismiss for lack of evidence to be heard.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hollywood Diogeup
Jack Regentstein
Hollywood
Hal Wallis
William
Dozer
Charles Martin
Paramount
Robert Evans
Richard Horton
Los Angeles Citizen News
Superior Court
Malcolm ‘M. Lucas
New Grove Club Faces Money Trouble in Los Angeles
The Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel, renamed New Grove after a $1 million remodel, will close temporarily in early April due to severe financial problems amid a weak economy. Sammy Davis Jr. helped arrange entertainment for the revived venue, which saw peak revenues last summer before a decline. The spokesman said reopening next fall depends on the economy.
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Los, Angeles
UPI
Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
New Grove
Sammy Davis Jr
Runaway tow truck crashes into parked cars in San Francisco
A runaway tow truck rolled down a steep San Francisco hill injuring no one seriously and damaging 13 parked cars. The vehicle overturned and struck another car like a battering ram before stopping at a telephone pole. Driver Frank Stanich, 24, claimed brake failure. Victim Melveyn Weiner, 24, was treated and released. One car caught fire.
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San Francisco
UPI
Frank Stanich
Melveyn Weiner
Mission Emergency Hospital
Welfare cuts ordered for rest homes in Alameda County
Alameda County Welfare Director Hrayr Terian ordered a cut in rest homes and ended social services for compensatory education in schools. Both programs were grant funded by the state and reduced payments to residents range from 163 to 20 dollars monthly. Reducing them by 25 dollars will stretch the grants to end of June.
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Oakland
UPI
Alameda
Reagan appoints two Republicans to North County Municipal Court
Gov Ronald Reagan named Carlsbad City Attorney Stuart C Wilson and Vista City Attorney Don Martinson to two seats in the North County Judicial District Municipal Court. Both are Republicans and will earn 30724 dollars yearly. Wilson, 42, was city attorney since 1963 after service in the San Diego district attorney's office and as a deputy city attorney. Martinson, 47, was a San Diego County sheriff's deputy before becoming a lawyer.
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Sacramenty
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Carlsbad
Stuart C. Wilson
Vista
Don Martinson
North County Judicial District
Wilson
San Diego
Martinson
Navy hydrofoil High Point demonstrates first operation off Long Beach
The Navy debuted its first operational hydrofoil, the 115 foot USS High Point, gliding at 40 knots off Long Beach Harbor. The craft displaces 110 tons, drafts five feet, and uses two 4,190 hp gas turbines with a single honed diesel engine for surface propulsion. Designed for one officer and 18 enlisted, it can carry four torpedo tubes. the welded aluminum hull and winged foils mirror aircraft construction.
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Long Beach
UPI
Navy
Long Beach Harbor
High Point
California study finds no evidence smog causes lung cancer
California health officials say a 1970 report finds no link between community air pollution and respiratory cancer, though smog may worsen emphysema asthma and other nonmalignant diseases. The study notes possible increased heart attack deaths and minor role in traffic accidents during high pollution periods.
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Sacramento
UPI
State Department of Public Health
Air Resources Board
Health Department
UFI
California
London
New York City
Isi
Indian group wins permit for surplus land near Davis
In San Francisco the Alcatraz occupation momentum yields a breakthrough as a federal unit grants a temporary permit to a coalition of American Indian and Mexican-American demonstrators to use a 41 acre surplus Army site near Davis for a proposed Degenawidah Quetzelcoatl University. Dr. Jack Forbes says 16 volunteers will teach about 190 students in March aiming for 5000 in five years.
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San Francisco
California
Washington
Alcatraz Island
Davis
Calif
Degenawidah- Quetzelcoatl
D-Qu
Grace Thorpe
Jimy Thorpe
San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz
Miss Thorpe
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Army
University of California
Ft. Lawtor
Seattle
Wash
Jack Forbes
DQ U
Forbes
D QU
DQU
Deganawidah
Iroqusis Federation
Quetzalcoatl
Orans
Esmen
170 State workers lose building jobs
The Reagan administration announced lay offs of 170 employees in the Office of Architecture and Construction due to a slump in new state building since this budget year. The cutback equals 42 percent of the agency staff and takes effect on or before July 1.
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Sacramento
UPI
Reagan
Office of Architecture and Construction
Ronald Reagan
Edwin Meese
J. B. Dixon
General Services Department
OAC
Fancy San Francisco market plan ends after default
A San Francisco plan to build a vast waterfront market center near Telegraph Hill has been scrapped as North Waterfront Associates defaulted on the mortgage of its last land holding. The four million square foot complex would have included a home furnishings mart, international trade mart, and an upscale hotel, with an auction set for February 2. The project faced legal challenges over street sales and zoning limits, plus a $4 million loss for the investors. Mayor Alioto had touted the project as a major economic boost and payroll creator.
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UPI
Telegraph Hill
North Waterfront Associates
Title Insurance & Trust Company
Joseph Alioto
North Waterfront
Montgomery and
Lombard Streets
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