Welfare Clash and Budget Battles Shake County Supervisors
County supervisors rebuked department heads over proposed budget hikes and a $210 million spending increase, stressing a need to cut requests. They reiterated Gov. Reagan’s pledge against shifting welfare costs to counties, as tensions rose over pay raises and a $2 million Ardia Park clubhouse proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Murphy
Ardia Park
Frank Bonelli
Kenneth Hahn
Bonelli
Warren M. Dorn
Arthur G. Will
Will
Soledad Court Session Dismisses Civil Rights Injunctions
In Soledad Judge Walter Carpenetti dismissed a Civil Rights Act bid by Jackson Fleeta Drumgo and John Cluchette seeking to halt state proceedings and restrain prison officials. Federal Judge Lloyd H. Burke rejected the requests, ordering the three to remain in custody and denying transfer to San Francisco County Jail. A scuffle over a Black Panther newspaper led to property damage at Norwalk’s Thawaiian Village Apartments, with an estimated $10,000 loss from a unit fire and related damages.
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Walter Carpenetti
U.S. District Court
Lloyd H. Burke
Burke
Jackson
Fleeta Drumgo
John Cluchette
San Francisco
Calcagno
Black Panther
Norwalk
James
Thawaiian Village Apartments
Pioneer Blvd
Tax and wage questions answered inACTION LINE column
The column explains U S service members in Vietnam pay no income tax on Vietnam earnings while officers get a 500 monthly exemption and others abroad file like civilians. It covers service charges in restaurants, minimum wage rules, and a tax issue with National Home Life Assurance resolved after inquiries. It also confirms Sheila Graham is alive and active in syndication.
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H. W
Long Beach
Vietnam
Internal Revenue Service
Vietna
U.S
United States
National Home Life Assurance Co
Frazier
Pennsylvania
Presidential Life Insurance Co
National Life
M.N.M
Long Beach. A
Action Line
National Home Life Assurance
Ruth Grayson
Miss Grayson
Nixon clemency stance divides My Lai case
Attorney Daniel accuses President Nixon of political interference by promising further review of Lt. Calley’s court martial amid public calls for mercy. The letter argues the military justice system remained fair and urges support for the law and its processes.
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Calley
United States
Lt. Calley
Daniel
Nixon
UPL
Ff Benning
Orange
University of Virginia
University of Richmond
School of Law
Lis
Shirley
Yorty snubs Agnew at Los Angeles luncheon
Vice President Agnew, in town for a speaking engagement, faced a cold shoulder from Mayor Sam Yorty who declined the Chamber of Commerce head table invitation. Yorty demanded explanations for federal indictments against LAPD officers involved in a disputed "mistake shooting" during a raid. Agnew refused to comment on a grand jury action, noting indictments are a federal matter.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Chamber of Commerce
Agnew
Yorty
Yorly
Agdew
Los Angeles International Airport
Fourth Bank of America bombing hits California branches
Police report four Bank of America bombings in four days across California. A small Los Angeles branch suffered fire damage from an incendiary device, estimated at 22,500 dollars, while a nearby wall was damaged at the Almaden Valley prefab branch set to open April 28. A bomb shattered a Pico-Sycamore window and a Santa Cruz County branch had a rear wall hole blown in. A San Mateo Army recruiting office window also was damaged by a firebomb.
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Sheila Graham
H. W
Long Beach
Hollywood
Sheila
Miss Graham
Connecticut
Lily Sheila London
Mast London
London
New York
J. Scott Pitzgerald
Tulidel
San Josie
Bank of America
Liremen
Almaden Valley
Pico-Sycamore
Los Angeles
Calfornia
Ben Lomond
Santa Cruz County
San Francisco
California
San Mateo
Berkeley Mayoral Race Highlights Radical Coalition
Berkeley voters weighed a radical coalition platform proposing new city services for the poor rent controls and an income tax while a police reform plan drew stark opposition from mayoral candidates. The contest included charges of voter irregularities and a possible court challenge with Rep Ron Dellums backing the radicals and the police amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. DeBonis
Radical State
D'Army Bailey
Ran T. Simmons
Rick Brown
Ilona Hancock
Berkeley
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
California
Ron Dellums
Dcalif
Two 15-year-olds Die In Bellflower Motorcycle Crash
Deputies say cousins Gilbert Simmons of Bakersfield and David O Connor of Duarte were killed when their motorcycle struck a telephone pole in the 9500 block of Beach Street at 6 40 p m Two hours after the crash O Connor died at Bellflower Community Hospital Simmons was dead at the scene The vehicle jumped the curb hit a guy wire and slammed into the pole during the incident.
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Bellflower
Lakewood
San Diego Official Cleared in Yellow Cab Case
The last of eight San Diego officials charged with bribery and conspiracy in the Yellow Cab rate case was cleared. Superior Court Judge Leland Nielsen dropped the conspiracy to violate the State Election Code charge against Councilwoman Helen Cobb after the district attorney's office said conviction was doubtful. The eight 1967 council members were indicted after former Yellow Cab President Charles Pratt testified he bribed them for a 22 percent taxicab rate increase.
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San Diego
Yellow Cab
Superior Court
Leland Nielsen
Aganst
Helen Cobb
District Attorney’s
Charles Pratt
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Buena Park
Southern California Restaurant Association
California Industrial Welfare Department
Restaurant Association
Grafeity
White House
John Ehrlichman
Lichman
Hes
Agaist Calley
Ile
Ronald Ziegler
Harry F. Byrd Jr
William B. Spong Jr
Virginia
Harold Hughes
Iowa
George McGovern
South Dakota
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Robert Taft
Ohio
My Lai
McGovern
San Clemente
Ehrlichman
Spiro
D Bedding Products
Marshall of
Pacific Northwest
Portland
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Vancouver
Western
America
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