California transport chief predicts no gas tax hike expected
Sacramento AP records California transportation chief Adriana Gianturco saying no gas tax increase is anticipated for six years. She outlines a 5.6 billion six year highway program focusing on maintenance and congestion relief. Critics urge inflation-aware funding. Brown reiterates no general tax increase through 1977-78.
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Sacramento
California
Adriana Gianturco
Brown
State Highway Commission
Letaney Palmn
Commission
Interstate 15
Corona
Escondido
Gianturea
Herman Bistrin
Collision kills Cal man near Stratford Texas
California man Richard Gunn, 48, died when his car crossed the center line and collided with a tractor-trailer near Stratford. His wife Barbara, 44, and their three daughters were seriously injured, while the truck driver remained uninjured.
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Stratford, Tex
California
Here
Richard Gun
North Highland
Gunn
Barbara
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
California Gasoline Sales Reach Near Record May
California motorists purchased 920 million gallons of gasoline in May, just behind the August 1973 peak before the Arab oil embargo. It marked the sixth straight month of record monthly use, with officials noting a billion gallons monthly target could be reached before summer’s end.
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Sacramento
California
Sid Mandel
Alpine County Officials Alarm Over Possible Voter Fraud
Secretary of State March Fong Eu said hundreds of Alpine County voters might be illegally registered. Atty. Thomas Kelly noted two names on Eu’s 317-person list were county supervisors. The country’s sparse population and summer cabin residents fuel concerns some visitors vote here, while some names may lack licenses or Alpine addresses.
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March Fong EU
Alpine County
Albine Dist
Thomas Kelly
Kelly
Ms. EU
Alpine
Down Home
Jack Doyle
Stine
Mshu
Caren Daniels
Department of Motor Vehicles
Four dead in head on I-5 collision near Roseburg Ore
Four people died in a head on crash on Interstate 5 north of Roseburg early Thursday. Police identified three victims Kathy Drabik 22 Vancouver Washington Lee Nard 26 and Jerry McCoughey 28 with an unidentified fourth man about 20. The other car occupants David and Christine Dunlap of Sacramento California were treated for noncritical injuries.
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Roseburg
Ore
Kathy Diane Drabik
Vancouver
Wash
Lee Alien Nard
Jerry RK. McCoughey
David
Christine Dunlap
Sacramento
Cabif
Power crunch warning as PG&E urges energy conservation
Pacific Gas and Electric warned of a summer power emergency with hot dry weather driving demand near rolling brownouts. CEO Joseph De Young urged customers to cut electric use from noon to 6 pm and develop plans to avoid peak loads amid hydro limits and construction delays delaying Diablo Canyon units.
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de Young
Pg&e
Diablo Canyon
Aueast
Three Baby Bears Escape In Sacramento Night
In Sacramento police report three six month old baby bears escaped from a cage and roamed neighborhoods at 1 30 a m before being recaptured. State Fish and Game wardens planned to hold them at Sacramento State until ready for placement with an agency. The mother bear had a prior record including Yosemite and Tahoe incidents.
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Lake Tahoe
Mama Bear
Yosemite National Park
Wally McGregor
Tax relief after couple’s tale of woe and loss
A San Francisco Bay Area couple that faced a $3,700 tax debt after losses from robbery eviction and illness had their unpaid sales tax bill cancelled and their $876 income tax refund refunded after State Controller Ken Cory verified their destitution. The action followed an appeal to Governor Brown and a state senator. The second story notes the San Francisco ferry repair delay after a fire in the engine room, delaying restoration of the vessel for six to eight months and extending the ferry system’s repair timeline.
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San Francisco Bay Area
Brown
John Tolmdahl
Dcastro Valley
State Board of Equalization
Husha
Ken Cory
Board of Equalization
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
San Diego
Campbell Industries
Judge sick but set to jail Farr for five days
Los Angeles judge Charles H. Older, recovering from heart surgery, will return to sentence reporter William Farr who previously refused to reveal a source. Farr said the move startled him and questioned whether Older, who presided over the Manson trial, will suspend the five day sentence. Farr’s attorney urged suspension, while another judge had transferred the case earlier.
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Manson
William Farr
Los Angeles
Charles H. Older
Farr
Superior Court
Jack EB. Goertzen
Older
Parr
Superior
William Keene
Keene
Charles Manson
U.S. Supreme Court
Mark Hurwitz
Probe in renewal extortion widens
Federal officials said the probe into alleged extortion by a San Francisco Redevelopment Agency official has spread to top RDA executives. Indictments charged Morris A. Phillips Jr. and James Beasley with extortion and conspiracy to extort over a $40,000 demand tied to a $400,000 trucking claim. The case involves an alleged scheme to pressure payment from Chester C. Smith Trucking Co. for RDA projects.
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Franciscu Ari
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
RDA
Morris A. Phillips Jr
Bayview
Hunters Point
James Beasley
San Francisco
Edmund Lyons
U.S. Justice Department
Grand Jury
Chester C. Smith
Smith
Phillips
Bayview Hunters
Pott
Purge racist guards urged at San Quentin prison
Marin County Grand Jury declares racist attitudes among San Quentin guards are systemic and linked to injuries and tension. It urges purging racist personnel, warning reforms cannot succeed without removing such staff. Warden Rees acknowledged the issue but downplayed its extent. The report, based on 150 inmates and 70 guards, is to be released later this month.
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San Quentin Prison
Marin County Grand Jury
San Francisco Examiner
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