Obledo vows to quit if state executes inmates
Sacramento AP Mario Obledo Health and Welfare Secretary says he would resign rather than consent to prisoner executions. He notes he could not approve taking a life, even if the corrections department remains under his agency amid a possible reorganization. He warned a death penalty would put him “out” if forced to stay in office and hinted at legal challenges to California’s death penalty law. He also spoke on Indian issues unemployment housing and other statewide welfare matters during a broader news conference.
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Van Houten says she is no longer sorry for killings
Leslie Van Houten testified in her murder and conspiracy retrial in Los Angeles that she once believed the La Bianca murders were needed to spur a race war influenced by Charles Manson. She said she no longer feels that way, describing a painful journey during the Tate and La Bianca case proceedings and a 1969 desert trip with Manson followers.
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Arles Manson
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Ronald Hughes
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Governor Brown accuses Legislature of LNG terminal stalling
Sacramento AP Governor Brown pressed lawmakers to act on a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in California warning the state may face gas shortages in the early 1980s. He rejected claims of family influence and urged a quick PUC Coastal Commission or other agency decision, noting the Goggin bill seeks a September 1978 offshore feasibility ruling.
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Goggin
Andrus seeks amicable Redwood pact at SF breakfast
San Francisco AP Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus pledged to seek an amicable resolution to the controversy over federal plans to expand Redwood National Park. He supported a plan to add 48,000 acres to the 58,000 acre park and stressed protecting the entire ecosystem for future generations.
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