Activists push regional Democratic groups to reform umbrella
Charles Gant of DOSC says three regional groups DOSC DOCC and DONC demand a state umbrella organization for volunteers. They reject CDC branding and warn consolidation could appear as a personal campaign for a future CDC president. CDC convention in Long Beach split over Vietnam.
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Bakersfield
CDC
California Democratic Council
Democrats of
Southern California
DOSC
Central California
DOCC
Northern California
DONC
Long Beach
San Jose
John Burton
Charles Gant
Santa Ana
Neal Norman
Placerville
Kenneth Wing
Stockton
Wing
Gerald Hill
Hill
Gant
Los Angeles
George McGovern
South Dakota
John O’hara
Democratic State Central Committee
John V. Tunney
D-Riverside
Assembly
Jess Unruh
Edmund G. Brown
O’hara
San Francisco
Joseph L. Alioto
CDC Platform Draft Attacks Nixon and Vietnam Policy
The California Democratic Council criticizes Nixon for proposing a thin ABM system and failing to withdraw U S troops from Vietnam. The draft platform calls for immediate disengagement in Southeast Asia, expanded antipoverty programs, and reconciliation with party leaders, while stressing reform of the state central committee and county structures ahead of 1970 elections.
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San Jose
California
Democratic Council
Nixon
Vietnam
Survival of Mankind
CDC
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic Party
United States
Southeast Asia
Deukemejian Signals Interest in State Attorney General Run
State Senator George Deukmejian of Long Beach hinted at possible candidacy for California attorney general at a Fresno news conference. He said he was not yet a declared GOP candidate but was encouraged by party support. He criticized campus disruptions and noted ambition to oust Democrat Thomas Lynch. Burglars stole jewelry valued at 460 dollars from Fred Thornton’s home on West First Street after forcing a rear door.
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George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Fresno
Republican Party
GOP
Deukmejian
Senate
Thomas Lynch
Fred Thornton
First St
Assembly Moves to Five Day Week into June Target
In Sacramento the Assembly adopted a five day work week through the 1969 session aiming for adjournment by June 6. Only 21 of 79 members attended as the body passed 22 minor bills and resolutions to clear pending measures per Speaker pro tem Charles J. Conrad. The Senate took the day off and adjourned until Monday.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Senate
Charles J. Conrad
Sherman Oaks
Knight Sued in Alleged Land Fraud
A Los Angeles lawsuit seeks 390 million dollars in damages claiming former Governor Goodwin J. Knight and several ex-state officials conspired to transfer 26 153 acres of Kern County land to developers California City for ten dollars. The suit names ex Lt. Gov Harold J. Powers Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan former Lands Commission official Rufus Putnam former commission chairman John M. Peirce and former State Controller Robert C. Kirkwood and asserts overstepping constitutional powers in a conspiracy.
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LOS Angeles
Goodwin J. Knight
Kern County
California
Diane L. Trasher
Harold J. Powers
Frank M. Jordan
Rufus W. Putnam
State Lands Commission
Commission
John M. Peirce
Robert C. Kirkwood
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