State lawmakers face cash boost amid employee pay flap
California labor groups challenge a State Board of Control decision to raise legislators and officials expenses from 25 to 30 dollars a day, plus mileages and auto expenses. Critics argue taxpayers cannot afford both raises and staff pay hikes while noting lavish perks and uneven distribution.
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Califia State Employes Association
State Board of Control
Promanent
Sand Alisturba
California
Kennedy says health care is fastest growing business
Countdown reports Senator Kennedy calling health care the fastest growing ailment in the nation and criticizing excessive medical intervention while noting other life facets are being doctored. a nun involved in a Kissinger kid nap plot case claims government tapped church phones. Teddy Kennedy is assigned a steering committee post, though described as losing influence behind the scenes.
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Sen. Kennedy
Kok Ok
Teddy
Escape from Castro Haunts Cuban Exodus at Sea
Henry J. Taylor reports on Cuban escapees fleeing to Florida by makeshift boats and rafts along a 700 mile coast. He details perilous journeys, survival tales, and the coast guard’s tireless efforts to rescue the desperate, including the voyage of 26 year old Guillermo Andrade and others from Mariel.
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Castro
Berlin Wall
Caribbean
Maj
L. Diaz Lenz
Coast Guard
HMS Turner
Cuba
Marathon
Fla
Guillermo Andrade
Mariel
Vincent Mayans Balcells
Oswald Marrero Rodriguez
Sik
Future Mama doll sparks debate on sex education ethics
A critic argues the Future Mama doll, debuted at Paris Toy Show, uses flowers without the facts to teach childbirth and sex, calling it poor advertising that misleads children. The spokesman suggests humor to deflect scrutiny, while defenders urge honest sex education for kids.
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America
Paris
Abe
Small claims courts gain attention in Britain
The London Financial Times reports Britain debates a US style small claims court to dispense inexpensive justice for petty grievances. MPs like Michael Meacher push private member bills to create a true people’s court with relaxed procedures, aiming to cut costs, speed up rulings, and widen access for ordinary citizens.
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London
Britain
United States
Neil
Ralph Nader
Michael Meacher
Labor Party
Meacher
House of Commons
Ad Men Must Reignite Economy and Sell Again
Paul Harvey argues advertising has driven economic growth and laments渐 lax industry ethics. He calls for ad men to restore integrity, boost output, and lead a renewed campaign to revive the market and 1971 boom.
Government morality and the dangers of statism in a republic
The piece argues that government cannot embody morality though people may be moral. Citing Albert Jay Nock and Herbert Spencer, it condemns centralized power as a danger, advocates a written constitution and bill of rights, and praises minimal state functions while warning that state power corrupts and erodes wisdom. It contrasts republican restraint with socialist and New Deal trends.
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Albert Jay Nock
Herbert Spencer
Noce
Nock
Spencer
Mr. Nixon
Paradise
Calley
Ellis
America
Vermont Joins the Union as Fourteenth State
A historical note lists Vermont becoming the 14th state, along with a 1901 inaugural milestone for Thomas Jefferson as the first president inaugurated in Washington. It recalls 1910s milestones for Frannie Rankin as the first woman in Congress and a 1963 Supreme Court case on railroad featherbedding, ending with a reflective thought from Ralph Wyldermersen.
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Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Sacramento Representatives for Southern Alameda County
State senators Petris Holmdahl and Bradley represent parts of Southern Alameda County. Assembly members Bee Crown Fong cover Hayward Union City Fremont Livermore Castro Valley and adjacent areas. Letters may be sent to the State Capitol Sacramento 96614.
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Alameda County
Nicholas C. Petris
John W. Holmdahl
Clark L. Bradley
Livermore-Amador Valley
Castro Valley
Carlet Bee
Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Lvermore-Amador Valley
Robert W. Crown
San Lorenzo
San Leandro
Mameda
Oakland
March K. Fong
Astrand
State Capitol
Sacramenty
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