Pair Face Bribery Charges as Harbor Board Trial Opens
Los Angeles harbor board bribery trial opens charging former commissioners Karl Rundberg and Robert Starr with accepting or seeking payoffs from Keith Smith and others. Prosecutor Montagna outlined alleged payoffs tied to World Trade Center lease and Cabrillo Marina plans, including two $5,000 checks routed via Technicron.
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Harbor Board
Karl L. Rundberg
Robert N
Nick) Starr
Harbor
Los Angeles Superior Court
Atly
Michael Montagna
Rundberg
Starr
Willian B. Keene
San Pedro
Keith Smith
Smith
Rundserg
Los Angeles
Harbor Commission
Montagna
Harbour Commission
Pacific Trade Center
World Trade Center
Altamire Constriction
Lorent Land
Channel Investment Corp
Cabrillo Marina
Motagana
Charlie Stillwell
Catalina Island
Technicron
New York
Medical Sciences Laboratories
L A Port Budget Approved for 1968 69
The Port of Los Angeles board approved a 22 226 793 dollar operating and development budget for fiscal 1968 69 financed entirely by harbor revenue and bond fund income. Projected receipts total 12 677 000 from shipping services land leases and other sources, with capital improvements salaries and debt service as major expenditures and a 1 million unappropriated balance.
Public Confidence Urged by Dumke for California Colleges
SAN FRANCISCO Dumke says vigorous action is needed to restore public confidence in California State Colleges. Campus disturbances have diverted attention from financial problems, pressuring colleges to defend themselves while education seeks more funding. He warns of a crisis between revenues and expenditures and the risk of a catastrophe tomorrow amid rising public anger over student dissent.
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San Francisco
California
Glenn
Dumke
Reagan Denies Utopia to Poor Demonstrators
Governor Reagan addressed a poor demonstrator crowd in the Capitol hall, rejecting promises the government could not keep and signaling a halt to escalating pledges. He turned away as chants of Come back here you pig echoed, while about 75 marchers pressed for aid legislation in a later Assembly Ways and Means meeting. Senate sessions were interrupted with the visitors’ gallery kept empty.
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Fice
Reagan
Capitol
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Mills Hayes Act exempts urban bus firms from diesel tax
Governor Reagan signed the Mills Hayes Act exempting publicly and privately owned urban bus companies from six cents of the seven cents per gallon diesel tax while one cent remains for highway maintenance. The Long Beach impact and support from business groups were noted as observers highlighted benefits for urban transit and relief for taxpayers.
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Sacramento
Gav
Ronald Reagan
James R. Mills
San Diego
James A. Hayes
Long Beach
William F. Farell
Long Beach Transportation Co
Reagan
Business and Transportation Agency
California Division of Highways
General Administration
Tie
Hayes
Reagan Says Property Tax Relief Hopes Dim
Gov. Ronald Reagan said the prospect of property tax relief this year was not very bright and accused Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh of betrayal. He noted amendments that made the bill unacceptable and that it sits before the Senate Finance Committee after Assembly passage. He warned against a yo yo approach of removing then reinstituting the sales tax. Reagan also said UC agricultural research funding cuts would be restored, amid a six member conference committee drafting the state's next fiscal year budget.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
Senate Finance Committee
Reagan
University of California Agricultural Research and Extension
Senate
False Claims Challenge Hypnosis Firm in State Suit
California Attorney General seeks injunction and seizure of funds against Hypnosis Society of America Inc and linked entities over alleged false claims to treat weight loss alcohol and smoking. Plaintiffs accuse unqualified operators calling themselves doctors and improper retail installment contracts in a broad consumer fraud and contract violation case.
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Hypnosis Society of America, Inc
Sherman Oaks
Hollywood
Anaheim
Alty
Thomas C. Lynch
Pany
Lynch
State Board of Medical Examiners
John Kappas
Gil Zearing
Mau- Teen White
Pauline Rosen
David Rosen
Nancing
California
Attys
Herschel Elvings
Herbert Davis
Full Demo Aid Pledged to Cranston Senate Campaign
The Democratic National Committee and California Democrats pledged full support for Alan Cranston’s Senate bid. Cranston met with National Chairman John Bailey and the Democratic House delegation during a two day Washington visit. He also talked briefly with Republican incumbent Kuchel, defeated by Maxwell Rafferty in the June 4 primary, who Cranston is set to face in November. The N Congress delegation indicated strong financial backing and expect strong backing for Rafferty in the California contest.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
California
Democratic
Senate
Alan Cranston
Cranston
John Bailey
Democratic House
Thomas Kuchel
Maxwell Rafferty
Rafferty
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