Income Tax Refund Measure Endorsed by Key Committee
In Sacramento a Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee endorsed a Democratic plan for a one time 125 million dollar personal income tax rebate for 1970. The bill would return 20 percent of 1968 taxes, with caps of 75 for singles, 150 for joint filers.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Ronald Reagan
George Moscone
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Finance Committee
Reagan
Sen
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Moscone
Assembly
Jess M. Unruh
Richard Lazansky
State Department of Finance
Lazansky
Unroh
Unruh
Caspar W. Weinberger
George R. Steffes
Steffes
Lawsuit claims sex bias in California bartending rules
Mary R. Krauss a Carmichael mother of two filed a federal suit against the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and four Sacramento hotels alleging sex discrimination in hiring for bartenders. State law limits women from tending bar unless owners are married to or own the business, and allows women to pour behind the bar only in certain eateries.
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Sacramento
UPS
Mary R. Krauss
Carmichael
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Sacramento Area
Krauss
ABC
Harry Grafe
Grafe
Senate approves pay raise for California lawmakers
The Senate voted 28 to 9 to raise legislators pay from 16000 to 19300 yearly starting 1971, the first increase since 1968. Sen Wedworth sponsored the measure amid opposition from Sen Harmer and Sen Sherman who warned on state spending and taxpayers revolt. A second 25 to 0 vote backed a bill to extend retirement benefits to senior legislative staff after 10 years in service.
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Sacramento
Senate
James Q. Wedworth
Hawthorne
Maters
Wedworth
John L. Harmer
Glendale
Lewis Sherman
Berkeley
Sherman
Assembly
Jack Schrade
San Diego
L A Mayor Predicts Los Angeles Market Lead
New York reports say Los Angeles mayor Sam Yorty told a St Regis Hotel audience that L A would surpass New York as the nation’s top market area. He called L A the most dynamic growing economy and predicted it would pass Chicago and then New York.
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New York
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
St. Regis
Chigage
Reagan backed drunk driving bill clears committee
SACRAMENTO Ups report says Gov Ronald Reagan backed a bill to set a 0.10 percent blood alcohol content as the drunk driving threshold with 0.05 percent to imply sobriety and a middle range without presumption. A related measure would allow professional drivers to keep licenses after misdemeanor DUI. Sen Alfred Long says license revocation would harm professional drivers. Assemblyman Don Mulford also sought approval to ban Capitol picketing.
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Sacramento
UPS
Ronald Reagan
Assembly Criminal Procedure Committee
Assembly
Alfred Long
Monterey Park
Senate Rejects Bill Allowing Flexible Pot Sentences
Sacramento reports the Senate voted 20 to 15 against a bill by Sen. George Moscone that would let courts set maximum and minimum sentences for marijuana or drug possession and permit probation for certain offenders with prior drug convictions.
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Sacramento
Senate
George R. Moscone
San Francisco
Thermostat beer can douses Jensen Beach fire
In Jensen Beach Florida a cigarette lighter under a car seat ignited upholstery and flames. as the fire grew the beer can warmed and exploded spraying the blaze. Chief Randolph Spinney notes the can helped halt the fire until firefighters arrived with standard equipment.
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Jensen Beach
Fla
Randolph Spinney
Norman Decker
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