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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1971
Page
3
Gov. Reagan says electronic data processing from 58 counties enabled his welfare return plan. He says earlier administration lacked information to implement reforms, and he asserts California’s computer capability makes the current proposals feasible now.
Governor Reagan said California avoided mass layoffs or salary cuts due to four years of a steady state work force. He cited no cost of living raise this year but noted proposed better retirement benefits and 1.5 million dollars in fringe benefits. He contrasted with New York facing 8,000 layoffs and New York City potentially 90,000 public employees affected.
In Sacramento the 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled that Gene A. White cannot collect damages from the state for false criminal information. The court found no malice by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation in listing him as a forgery record, a note stemming from a 1941 Merced police report. White had sued in 1968 seeking damages of 3311,050 after losing police jobs in National City and Clovis over the erroneous entry.
Sacramento AP The Assembly Criminal Justice Committee rejected ACA 72 by Assemblyman Ray Johnson Chi oo, ending a bid to allow felony verdicts by ten to two votes rather than unanimous. Johnson vowed to try again next session, calling current criminal trial methods an expensive disgrace.
State Senate approves a bill requiring new cars sold in California in 1974 to have bumpers that prevent damage in five mile per hour collisions. Senator John L. Harmer says the measure is a property protection one and will save Californians millions annually. the bill moves to the Assembly on a unanimous 26 to 0 vote.
Senate Judiciary Committee killed legislation to curb hitchhiking saying it would hurt the poor without better transit. The bill would have banned thumb rides at intersections red curb zones crosswalks driveways and freeway entrances. Proponents argued it would cut crimes. opponents said the poor and servicemen would suffer most.
Assembly Republican Caucus Chairman derides Senator Hubert Humphrey's appearance before a joint session as blatant partisan exhibitionism. Assemblyman John Stull blasts Democratic leadership for inviting a presidential contender and says the legislature is being used as an appendage of the Democratic campaign committee.
The Associated Press summarizes May legislative activity in California. Gov. Reagan voices low confidence in outcomes of a federal probe. Noted measures include California Ecology Corps, school unification voting rules, rabies and building code violations upgraded from misdemeanors, and community college fee changes. Proposed safety, insurance, and car bumper requirements are discussed along with funding for emergencies.
Former Philadelphia police commissioner Frank L. Rizzo won the Democratic nomination in a high turnout primary, defeating U.S. Rep. William J. Green and State Rep. Hardy Williams amid Gov. Milton Shapp’s intervention. Rizzo led with 176,621 votes to Green’s 127,902 and Williams’s 45,024 as 99 percent of votes were counted.
Villagers from Sant'Alfia and Farnazzo abandon homes on Mount Etna as lava streams threaten five towns. Dozens of families relocate to relatives' houses while priests lead processions with statues to pray lava away. Earlier eruptions in 1928 spared Sant'Allio, and authorities monitor the shifting lava paths.
In Jerusalem a clash erupts between Jewish Black Panthers and police as non European Jews from Africa and Asia protest discrimination. About 74 demonstrators are arrested after a six hour confrontation. ten officers and several protesters are injured in Israel's worst rioting in years.
In Houston, Susie Butler found a well preserved mummified man’s remains in her late husband Joseph Cutler’s old trunk. Investigators said the body appears to be that of a man who died decades ago, likely an indigent or body donated for science, identity unknown.
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