Gas tax funds voted to rapid transit and smog research
California senators approved diverting one cent of the seven cent gas tax to fund mass transit development and smog research amid debate over highway construction tradeoffs. The measure aims to reduce air pollution and fund a California Air Pollution Research Fund, with opposition from several officials and groups.
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Tevenee
Snore
Fred Marler
Redding
Wid Tor Carrell
San Fernando
Joiner Oltier
Walsh
Lan Burdick
California
Counc
Gimog Research
California Air Pollution Research Fund
Dodd Receives Demo Campaign Funds for Reelection
The Senate Democratic Campaign Committee gave Senator Dodd ten thousand dollars on January 14 to support his bid for reelection against fellow Democrats. The move follows a 1967 censure for diverting sixty six thousand in campaign funds. The funds aim to keep the Democrats dominant in the Senate with early distribution to key incumbents.
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Washington
UPL
Domzere
Sen. Thomas
Dodd
Senate
Democratic Campaign Committee
John Managan
D-Conn
House
GOP
American Medical Association
Afl-Cio
Senate Democratic Commmitee
Abraham Ribbcoff
Danisl K. Irouge
Hawaii
Parcel post rate hikes sought by Post Office
Postmaster General Winton M. Blount asked House appropriations panels to approve higher parcel post rates and the four other classes, estimating parcel post would yield 7 to 50 million extra annually. He spoke of a priority mail plan with potential 10 cent per ounce rates and up to 400 million yearly revenue, while noting existing fourth class adjustments.
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Washington
UPI
Post Office Department
Pasmmaster
Winton M. Blount
House Appropriations
Postmaster General
Interstate Commerce Commission
Blount
Congress
Senate
House
Post Office
Senate Debates Tuition at State Colleges in California
SACRAMENTO UPS The Democratic chairman of the Senate Education Committee predicted passage of tuition legislation for state colleges despite opposition from fellow Democrats. Gov Reagan supports tuition while a board of trustees urged legislative approval with waivers for poor students and delayed payments. University tuition rises to 150 this fall, 360 next year for graduates.
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UPS
Senate Education Committee
Albert $. Redda
Redda
Howald Reagan
State College Board of Trustees
University of California
Assembly
Robert C. Monagan
R-Tracy
Monagan
Assembly Education Committee
Congress
Donald L. Grunsky
Watsonville
Senate Finance Committee
Grunsky
Assembly Democratic
Jess Unruh
George N. Zenovich
Senate
Democratic
George Moscone
Unruh
Moscone
Zenovich
San Francisco Move To Lift Bay Construction Ban
Mayor Joseph Alioto met with state and regional water officials to negotiate lifting a citywide ban on millions of dollars in construction in the Yerba Buena and Golden Gate redevelopment areas. The ban arose from pollution concerns in San Francisco Bay as the boards seek a sewage disposal plan while treatment upgrades proceed.
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San Francisco
UPI
Joseph Alloto
San Francisco Bay
Alisto
California
Monagan seeks new disclosure law after court ruling
Sacramento Assembly Speaker Robert T. Monagan is empowered to draft a rewritten conflict of interest disclosure law after the Supreme Court declared the 1969 statute unconstitutional for being too broad. The move follows a push to address privacy concerns and potential resignations by local officials.
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Sacramento
UPJ
Assembly
Robert T. Monagan
Tracy
State Supreme Court
Joss Unrth
Supreme Court
Monagan
Senate Governmental Organization Committee
Bill Monagan
Senate approves tax data theft ban in California
The California Senate passed a bill to criminalize selling clients tax data by income tax firms. The measure, authored by Sen Milton Marks, would make peddling confidential information a misdemeanor with up to 400 dollars fine and six months jail. Taxpayers could seek up to 1000 dollars punitive damages. The bill now goes to Governor Reagan for signing.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Milton Marks
San Francisco
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
BYU ads predict Negro priests in LDS church
BYU announced full page ads in Washington and Oregon stating the time will come when Black men may hold priesthood in the Mormon Church. Ernest L. Wilkinson signs the piece, asserting eventual priests for Negroes while reaffirming beliefs that all men are brothers and that priesthood is not for young children or women. The move follows demonstrations at the University of Washington and BYU athletic tensions, with Stanford threatening to cut athletic ties. About 600,000 of 2.8 million LDS members hold priesthood today.
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Provo
Utah
UPI
Brigham Young University
Washington
Oregon
Mormon Church
Ernest L. Wilkinson
BYU
Portland
Ore
Stanford University
Utah College
Wyoming
University of New Mexico
Colorado State
Arms cache found in Oregon farmhouse near Hillsboro
Detectives led by Capt. George McCloud inspected a military arms cache unearthed yesterday in a farmhouse near Hillsboro Oregon. Authorities said 223 weapons were found in four military type trailers in a rented house. Neither owner nor renter knew weapons were on site. The arms were discovered by children playing in the unused structure.
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George McCloud
Hillsboro
Ore
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