Unruh Rebukes Reagan Over Budget Fights In California
Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh condemned Ronald Reagan's budget cuts as harmful to urban areas. He pledged to seek over rides with possible Republican support while noting the two thirds vote requirement. The report covers reactions from Unruh, Monaghan, Miller, Moscone, and Veneman amid a 5.69 billion budget taking effect and UC and state college cuts.
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Ronald Reagan
Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
Senate
Unruh
Reagan
California
Ways and Means
Winfield A. Shoemaker
A. Alan Post
George Miller Jr
Martinez
Senate Finance Committee
University of California
Miller
George S. Moscone
San Francisco
John G. Veneman
Modesto
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Test Smog Control Devices With $200000 Funding Approved
The California Assembly approved 200000 for testing smog control devices in new state vehicles. The bill, authored by Assemblyman James Hayes, aims to measure air pollution reductions, with auto makers arguing devices may cut emissions while the industry disputes drastic results.
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Sacramento
UPS
Assembly
Senate
James Hayes
Long Beach
Hayes
Edison Seeks 9.6 Percent Rate Increase
Southern California Edison filed for a 9.6 percent rate hike to add about 1.50 monthly per household in Long Beach and nearby areas. The request would yield roughly 60 million dollars yearly, offset construction costs, higher interest rates, and federal tax increases. Chairman Jack K. Horton noted it is Edison’s first rise since 1957, following prior reductions totaling about 39 million annually.
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Southern California Edison Co
Long Beach
California
Los Angeles
Wilmington
San Pedro
Harbor City
State Public Utilities Commission
Jack K. Horton
Horton
Edison
Mom Guilty of Hiding Convict Son
Bettye Lee O'Brien pleaded guilty to harboring her son Jerry Lee O'Brien a condemned killer who escaped from a state camp and later fatally shot Torrance police officer David N Seibert in 1967 He received three years probation while acquitting her on aiding his escape.
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North Hollywood
Torrance
Bettye Lee O’brien
Jerry Lee O’brien
Superior Court
Newell Barrett
Tulare County
O’brien
David N. Seibert
Seibert
Salt Lake City
California
Baby OK after slaying of mother and self
Five month old Michael David Cervera survived after being found in a Wilton Street bedroom two days without care. His mother Yolanda Cervera, 19, was killed by gunfire and Paul Foreman, 29, shot himself after shooting her. The mother and Foreman had been found in the home with Foreman dead from a self inflicted wound. Michael remained in satisfactory condition at St Marys Hospital.
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Michael David Cervera
St. Mary’s Hospital
Wilton St
Yolanda
Paul Foreman
Foreman
Cervera
Psychiatric evaluation ordered for accused murderess
The Costa Mesa wife Irene Tucker, 37, appeared for arraignment on charges of murdering neighbor Harriet Westphal, 68. Held without bail, she was ordered to undergo a court appointed psychiatric exam to determine trial competence as police seek witnesses, weapons, and motive while awaiting lab results.
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Costa Mesa
Irene Tucker
Orange County Harbor Judicial District Court
Harriet Westphal
Minorca Place
Tucker
Infant Dies After Grabbing Live Wire in Temple City
A 9 month old infant died in Temple City after grabbing an exposed live electrical wire in the living room. Deputies report the child, James K. Robinson, crawled to the wire and suffered a fatal electric shock.
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Los Angeles
Temple City
James K. Robinson
Shot and arrest after sidewalk debt dispute in Long Beach
In a sidewalk confrontation over a $50 debt, shipyard worker George Johnson was shot in the stomach near the Lark Hotel in Long Beach. Marvin Marks was arrested on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder after an off duty officer retrieved a .22 revolver and witnesses said Marks drew the gun during the argument.
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Long Beach
George Johnson
Alhambra Court
St. Mary's Hospital
Lark Hotel
Anaheim St
Marvin Richard Marks
Lime Ave
Marks
Jerry Rice
Johnson
Rice
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