Editorial: Third party talk would split GOP not help
The piece argues against forming a conservative third party tied to Richard Viguerie. It cites a poll of over 400 Reagan delegates showing a strong preference to support Ford-Dole rather than a third party. Reagan himself rejects third party talk, warning it would split the GOP and aid Democrats.
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Richard Viguerie
Conservative Digest
Associated Press
Ford-Dole
Reagan
Missouri
Sug
Viguerie
Ronald Reagan
Los Angeles
Ford
California budget hearings opened to public scrutiny
Burns announced that all business department hearings will be open to the public to scrutinize how tax dollars are spent. The 1977-78 fiscal year budget proposes about 44 million dollars for banking, real estate, housing, corporations, and more, affecting around 2,000 state employees.
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Brants
California
Donald Burs
Burns
Business Department
Platform contrasts in a partisan scorecard analysis
Kansas City columnist weighs Republican and Democratic platforms noting sharp, pervasive differences across welfare, education, health care, busing, and state rights. It argues conservatives favor local control and fiscal restraint while liberals push federal programs, concluding the partisan divide is real, persistent, and lively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
New York
District of Columbia
Federal Reserve
Repubiican
Right to death debate and real estate tax views stir readers
Letters touch on a death with dignity bill and opposition figures, then shift to critique of property tax methods, urging use of university computing power to assess base values. Readers urge city decisions on the Queen Mary, condemn supervisor inaction, and discuss a civil action in Compton redevelopment case without asserting criminal guilt.
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Barry Keene
Senate
Judiciary Committee
George Deukmejian
California Pro-Life Council
Friends of Mothers and Babies
United States District Court
Compton Penney Venture
Compton Community Redevelopment Agency
United States
Compton Land
Unfair Home Tax Assessments Prompt Call for Change
A letter argues that property tax law requires 100 percent market value but current LA County assessments cover only about half of homeowners. It claims 25 percent pay fully while 75 percent face non enforcement, creating discrimination and demanding immediate revocation until equitable application is possible.
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Los Angeles County
Readers urge action after pet mistreatment letter
Letters flood in after Charles Moody of Carson describes a dog abuse incident. Readers urge reporting to Humane Society and SPCA, advise care for the animal, and note local hotlines and offices in Garden Grove and Los Angeles County.
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Charles Moody
Carson
Moody
The
Humane Society
Wilmington
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