Finance Director Quits Amid California Budget Turmoil
Former Finance Director Smith resigns after clashes over Medi Cal funding and state budget. Reagan lauds Smith as key to fiscal reforms while Assembly leaders dispute the firing. Smith had offered to bet on remaining in his post amid mounting scrutiny. He previously earned a $100,000 salary with a consulting firm.
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Smith
Winfield Shoemaker
Assembly
Shoemaker
Ronald Reagan
Jesse M. Unmuh
Unruh
Reagan
Finance Department
Lyn Nofziger
California
Reagan says he will not accept vice presidential bid
California Governor Ronald Reagan states he would not accept the GOP VP nomination under any circumstances and rejects reports that he might join the national ticket. He says he can do more for the party as governor and will not campaign in primaries where his name can’t be on the ballot.
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Sacramento
Reagan
Gannett
Rea
California
Goveror
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
Richard M. Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Nixon
Diamonds Stolen From Auto Worth 250000 in Arcadia
Thieves took a car outside an Arcadia restaurant on Santa Anita Boulevard and Huntington Drive containing diamond samples worth 250000. The car was found nearby at Campus Drive and Santa Anita. The Allison Kaufman Co. offered a 25000 reward for recovery. Veteran salesman Arthur Lampert had left two sample cases in the trunk. This marks a second theft against Lampert in two years.
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Arcadia
DNS
Santa Anita Boulevard
Huntington Drive
Campus Drive
Santa Anita
Allison-Kaufman Co
Los Angeles
Arthur Lampert
Lampert
Art Expert Named to IRS Panel
Dr Richard F Brown former director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was named to a nine member IRS panel to judge the value of artworks donated to museums He now directs the Kum bell Foundation in Fort Worth Texas The panel will review photos and data submitted with deduction claims and may reject questionable claims under IRS plans announced in Washington by Commissioner Sheldon Cohen
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Los Angeles
CNS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Internal Revenue Service
Richard F. Brown
Brown
Kumbell Foundation
Ft. Worth
Tex
Washington
Sheldon 3. Cohen
Art
Cohen
Porter Backs Fifth Judge for Compton Court
Sacramento Assemblyman Carley Porter of Compton introduced a bill to raise Compton municipal court judges from four to five. The move follows a request by Presiding Judge Ralph Biggerstaff and the other three judges for additional judicial capacity.
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Sacramento
Carley V. Porter
D-Compton
Compton Municipal Court
Ralph Biggerstaff
Porter
Bank Bandits Robbery and FBI Agent Firefight in Pasadena
Four armed bandits robbed a Pasadena bank of $31 799 around 11 30 am. An FBI agent, Carl E Pickvist, fired three shots at the getaway car after fearing a gunfight endangering customers and staff. A red or maroon Cadillac, driven by a woman, became the new escape car. the initial stolen vehicle came from Los Angeles.
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Pasadena
CNS
Game Institution
U.S. National Bank
Don
Palmer
FBSL
Carl E. Pickvist
Los Angeles
UC Budget Rise Sparks Debate Over State Funding
State budget outlines about 295 million dollars for the University of California and 240 million for state colleges, a sizable increase from Reagan's austere 1968-69 plan. Officials had floated 311 million for UC and 243 million for colleges, as the Assembly Ways and Means Committee aims to finish by April’s end.
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Colleges
University of California
Reagan
Eeee
California
Assembly Ways and Means
Space Age Pioneers Mark Satellite Decade
Pasadena symposium marks ten years since Explorer 1 with Caltech leaders and JPL figures. Lt. Gen. Reits notes U.S. programs began after Sputnik while MOL funding faces cutbacks. Van Allen urges interplanetary probes to Venus, Mars and Jupiter radio emissions. Findlay and Kaplan also spoke.
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Pasadena
America
Caltech
William H. Pickering
Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S. Army-Jpl
Austin W. Reits
Army
U.S
Soviet Union
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
James A. van Allen
Towa State University
Ray
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Earth
John W. Findlay
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Joseph Kaplan
UCLA
International Geophysical Year
New Arrests For The Beard Theatre Controversy
Vice officers arrested producer Robert Barrows and actors Richard Bright and Alexandra Hay after the one act play The Beard, charged with lewd conduct and uttering obscene words. All three were released on 625 dollars bail. Director Robert Gist and author Michael McClure were not present.
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the Beard
Robert Barrows
Richard Bright
Alexandra Hay
Robert Gist
Michael McClure
Ski Lodge Bandits Hold Five Hostages In Colorado Heist
Two Texas men, Charles Hardin and Earl Sanders, hijacked a car and fled over the 10,603 foot Vail Pass with five hostages. They released some hostages, including a manager and a local resident, then escaped in a stolen car during a 300 mile chase across Colorado.
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Paul Danisil Denver
UPI
Texas
Colorado
Denver
United States
Charles Edward Hardin
Earl Wayne Sanders
Fort Worth
Tex
Hardin
Bill G. Tolleson
Tolleson
Maysville
Colo
Dick Jordan
Vail
Dick West
Bailey
Colorado Rock
Vail Lodge
Jordan
Ted Holmes
Dick Bradley
Audi
Tor
Holmes
Bradley
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Rockies
Antonio Gurule
Lee Gonzales
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