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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1968

Page

5

Dumke Urges Reagan to Reassess California State Colleges Budget

Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke pressed Gov. Ronald Reagan to reconsider the state colleges budget cut of 25.6 million and pushed for higher faculty salary increases. He cited a 361 million surplus and urged bipartisan action, noting 400 teaching positions remain unfilled with the new semester imminent.

Glenn S. Dumke Ronald Reagan California State Colleges Houston I. Flournoy California Dumke Los Angeles

Reagan Signs Welfare Reform Measure Into Law

Sacramento California Gov Ronald Reagan signed an administration backed bill to convert welfare checks into pay checks by employing about 12000 welfare recipients. Assemblyman Eugene Chappie R Cool authored the measure and it aims to shift welfare into continued work programs.

Sacramento UPI Ronald Reagan Eugene Chappie R-Cool Department of Employment Chappie Reagan Assembly Jesse M. Unruh D-Inglewood James Hayes Long Beach George E. Danielson Los Angeles Edwin L. O’berg D-Scramento Veterans Affairs Department Department of Veterans Affairs California Department Z’berg Vietnam Victor V. Veysey R-Brawley

Legislature Called to Special Session in California

California leaders debated tax reform and legality of a special session after a June to Sept. impasse. Gov. Reagan demanded a prior agreement with Senate and Assembly to call a special session, while Unruh accused the administration of budget obfuscation and pursued surplus evidence to justify tax relief and school aid programs.

Reagan Senate Assembly Senate Hugh M. Burns Fresno Robert H. Finch Miami Beach Fla Unruh Burns Assembly House Los Angeles Abe Levy

Wallace Forecasts Illinois Indiana Victory For Wallace Third Party

George C. Wallace, on a Midwest swing, predicted his third party will win Illinois and Indiana electoral votes in November. He spoke as Illinois Electoral Board certified his candidacy for the general election ballot in Hammond Indiana at the steel and oil sector near Lake Michigan.

George Wallace Comely Lass Chicago Midway Airport Hammond Ind UPI George C. Wallace Illinois Indiana Alabama Lake Michigan Illinois Electoral Board

Fund American reports six month net earnings decline

Fund American and its subsidiary firms Friday announced six month net earnings totaling 7.677 million dollars, 68 cents a share, down from 9.459 million dollars or 78 cents per share in the same period last year.

San Francisco UPI American

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