Assembly Unit Urges New Plans for State Agencies
Sacramento delegates back a plan to streamline government calling for a single state department to handle taxes and consolidation of agencies within departments. The report by Assembly Government Organization Committee notes the Little Hoover Commission parallels and recommends merging the Franchise Tax Board, Board of Equalization, and controller’s office into a Department of Revenue. It backs self appraisal of estates and court accountability for appraisers, and urges reform of inheritance tax appraisal practices.
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Sacramento
Assembly
California
Little Hoover Commission
Assembly Government Organization Committee
Milton Marks
San Francisco
Ghy. Brown
Marks
Eugene A. Chappie
Cool
Commission 4150
State Franchise Tax Board
Board of Equalization
Contoller
Department of Revenue
Assembly Committee
Commission
Jury Finds Seven Guilty in Boston Bribery Case
In Boston, a Superior Court jury convicted seven men including two former state officials and three companies of bribery related to efforts to block interest rate reductions. The 22 week trial, costliest in Massachusetts history, ended with verdicts delivered at 4:20 PM after limited deliberation across three days.
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Boston
UPLA
Night
Massachusetts
Negro Senator Brooke Wins Jewish Seminary Medal
In New York, Sen elect Edward W Brooke of Massachusetts received the Hebert H Lehn medal from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Rabbi Louis Finkelstein presented the award at a banquet in the New York Hilton attended by about 500 persons. Brooke, the first Negro elected to the Senate in a century, was praised for his unwavering concern for humanity and the probity of his life and politics.
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New York
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Hebert H. Lehn
Louis Finkelstein
Brooke
New York Hillton
Parsons
Senate
Fraudulent Claims Threaten Workmen's Compensation Costs
The Independent survey details rising fraud and “complaints” in California workmen’s compensation. Experts cite back injuries and pre existing conditions, with industry pushing stricter pre employment checks, perjury laws, and limits on subjective pain claims. Regulators warn costs threaten national policy, urging clear proof and timely wage loss before awards.
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San Francisco
Warren Hanna
Harvard Medical School
Jerry Crowley
Cypress Insurance Co
Crowley
James Cagney
William Kaplan
Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board
Clarance Johnson
Industrial Indemnity Co
California
Thomas N. Saunders
State Division of Industrial Accidents
Union Carbide Co
Orange County
Index System
John T. Gurash
Pacific Employers Insurance Co
Los Angeles
Independent, Press-Telegram
United States
Workmen's compensation and injured workers debate
The Independent Press Telegram series examines how the Workmen's Compensation system fails seriously injured laborers. Attorney Victor Beauzay cites poverty risks from insufficient benefits, while a claims chief notes destitution and long wait times. AFL CIO official Clinton Fair argues costs are modest and calls for better law administration.
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Independent
Victor Beauzay
San Jose
Tation
Clinton Fair
Soving Insurance
California Federation of Labor
Aflcio
Fair
Tahoe Study Group Rejects Toll Fee Proposal
A bi state study committee meeting in South Lake Tahoe rejected a plan to charge a toll on each visiting motorist entering the Lake Tahoe Basin. The panel also settled groundwork for a proposed regional agency to coordinate basin needs funded by a tax of up to 1.70 per 100 of assessed property value, with recommendations to go to the 1987 California and Nevada legislatures.
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South Lake Tahoe
California
Hevada
Air Terminal Evacuated by Second Bomb at Lambert St Louis
At Lambert St Louis Airport the air terminal was evacuated after a suspected tear gas bomb exploded in a construction area. Fire officials said fumes circulated through the building via the air system and many travelers suffered eye irritation. The incident followed a separate dynamite discovery the previous night near the terminal chair.
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St, Louts
UPI
Lambert St.Louis
Ben Visenso
Iishes
Group Prods Reagan on Water Resources
In Glendale and Washington reports, the Feather River Project Association advocates for California water planning while Sen. Williams announces subcommittee hearings on elderly consumer problems and related programs. The California Water Resources Association, newly named from the 1955 group, lists key water issues for 1967 to Gov-elect Reagan and calls for early coordination of scheduling and financing. Many named entities include Ronald Reagan, E. F. Dibble, and Williams.
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Glendale
UPI
Feather River Project Association
Washington
Harrison A. Williams
Williams
Senate
Special Committee On
California Water Plan
E. F. Dibble
California Water Resources Association
Ronald Reagan
California
Dibble
Reagan
Incomplete river projects cited with varied Vantaa Canal figures
Fragmentary text lists several proposed water works and river projects in California, mentioning the San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento River system, and multiple multi million dollar plans including figures like 774 nillion, 82 million and 80m. The prose is garbled with misread names and terms.
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Tomer
Siset
Teylia
Colorado River
San Joaquin Valley
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