Assembly Rejects Two Measures to Tax Oil Firms
The State Assembly voted 41 to 31 to reject Burton's plan to end the 27.12 percent depletion allowance for oil and gas, which would have let firms deduct actual drilling costs. Lanterman sought to reduce the depletion to 22 percent. Cory failed to table the amendments.
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Interior official wary on canceling Santa Barbara leases
Rogers Morton, secretary of the interior, says pushing a bill to cancel 35 Santa Barbara Channel leases through Congress will be tough. He notes compromise may be needed as conservationists press for more cancellations after the 1969 oil well blowout. Morton spoke after an Earth Day USC address and hinted at considering an Alaska pipeline on environmental grounds only.
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Greene Finds Token Efforts Lacking in State Hiring
Sacramento reports Assemblyman Bill Greene from Watts visited several state offices on Thursday to inspect minority hiring. He found employment levels below his expectations and criticized a perceived token approach while Gov. Reagan aides questioned the tour’s purpose and publicity value.
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Lunch program cut for 250000 children averted
State Superintendent Wilson C. Riles said a planned May 1 reduction in the school lunch program was stopped. The program will continue with full funding for the rest of the school year after $5 million in unused federal lunch funds was found in other states.
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