California ballot blurs lines for Peace and Freedom Wallace parties
The Peace and Freedom Party and Wallace's American Independent Party qualify for California ballots, posing new challenges to Democrats and Republicans. Secretary of State Jordan notes strong registration drives. Democrats lead with 3.83 million voters, Republicans 2.93 million. Both new parties plan state conventions. primaries may complicate ballot access due to party membership rules and potential court challenges.
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Registration Switchers Clip Both Major Parties in County
Registration shifts show Democrats decline by about 6 percent and Republicans by roughly 7 percent in six weeks ending January 2, while overall county registration hits a January high. Long Beach counts rise for both major parties, minor parties gain, and new parties for the ballot include the American Independent and Peace and Freedom.
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Judge Dismisses Baez Tax Refund Suit Over Vietnam War
A federal judge in San Francisco dismissed a suit by Joan Baez and 56 other taxpayers seeking refunds of Vietnam era income taxes. Judge Alfonzo J. Zirpoli ruled taxes cannot be refunded to protect freedom of religion, stating moral arguments do not override law. The plaintiffs may appeal, and similar suits are planned in multiple states.
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U.S. Dist
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Lawmakers propose marine refuges at Laguna Beach areas
Assemblyman Robert Bah dam of Newport Beach introduced a bill to establish marine life refuges at Laguna Beach Newport Beach and South Laguna Beach. The measure aims to protect coastal ecosystems and regulate fishing and harvesting within the refuges.
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UPI
Robert Badham
Newport Beach
Laguna Beach
UCLA Chancellor OKs Plan Punishing Protesters
UCLA Chancellor Franklin Murphy approved a Student Conduct Committee ruling punishing four campus protesters for a sit in at the placement center and using loudspeakers. One student was suspended and three placed on probation with a provision to expel for further violations during probation.
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Joan Anderson
Dan Lund
Gary Coutin
Sandi Hebert
UC Group Praises Anti-U S Japanese Demonstrators
About 19 UC San Diego faculty members and 69 students telegrammed Japanese peers opposing the U S naval carrier Enterprise's arrival. The message to Zengakuren praised anti imperialist protests in Sasebo and Tokyo and urged continued opposition to war. Signers included Roy Harvey Pearce Richard Popkin Andrew Wright and Herbert Marcuse.
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Department of Literature
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Department of Philosophy
Andrew Wright
Herbert Marcuse
Bill Altering Pot Possession Penalty Heads to Assembly
SACRAMENTO APs Legislation to ease marijuana penalties and create a drugs commission moved in the Assembly. Assemblyman W Craig Biddle Riverside would allow judges to sentence a first offense marijuana possessor to county jail up to one year instead of the 1 to 10 year state prison term. The bill aligns marijuana and dangerous drug penalties and would appoint a 30 member California Commission on Drugs and Society to study effects and propose laws. Shoemaker Lompoc introduced the commission bill noting a need for new approaches. Last year a similar measure passed the Assembly but died in the Senate Rules Committee.
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