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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1974
Page
5
The California Assembly defeated a bill reducing prison terms for convicted rapists. It approved four measures to aid rape victims, including barring the term unchaste character in trials, requiring physician on call for victim exams, broad jury instructions, and loosening hiring standards to increase women in police ranks.
In Sacramento and Los Angeles County, the Department of Food and Agriculture praised the county weights and measures program. Walter Watson cited the county as standard in most areas and above average in others, noting recent statewide surveying to ensure compliance with uniform enforcement laws. He commended methods used in prepackaged meat inspection baker inspection and test purchases under the quality control program.
Sacramento AP reports the Joint Legislative Audit Committee urged denying a $2 million San Francisco office expansion to the State Bar Association, citing excess space in Los Angeles and lack of workload standards. The audit repeats concerns about future personnel needs and dues justification. In a separate item, Plumas County sheriff's deputies investigate theft at the county fair exhibit, where two five foot marijuana plants were stolen after being cared for since confiscation weeks earlier.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors declared the office of Supervisor R. W. Caspers Jr. vacant after his disappearance with the yacht Shooting Star off Baja California since June 13. Ten people died, including Caspers' two sons, Eric and Kris, in the sinking. Governor Reagan was asked to name two successors with terms to be shaped by courts and current law. A special election bill was killed, and the board adjourned in memory of Caspers and the others.
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