Rural judge jailed speeders after court fines ruled unconstitutional
Sacramento report notes Judge Fred L. May ordered four speeders jailed rather than pay fines, citing a Supreme Court decision. Colleague Judge Thomas Wallner condemned the move as cruel and possibly unconstitutional, while Chief Deputy Public Defender Farris Salamy criticized the sentencing as arbitrary and unfair.
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Sacramento
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Fred L. May
Elk Grove-Galt
Thomas Wallner
Wallner
Farris Salamy
Antipollution Act petitions filed for June ballot
The People's Lobby reports filing over 250000 signatures with 31 county registrars to place the Clean Environment Act on the June 1972 ballot. The group needs 325000 valid signatures and has 60 days left to reach the goal. If on the ballot a majority would pass it into law. the measure would ban offshore drilling, impose a five year moratorium on new atomic plants, tax polluting firms, offer fines rebates for stopping pollution, phase out lead in fuels, and curb conflicts on state boards.
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People's Lobby Group
State Agriculture Board
Air Resources Board
Harold Carter
Los Angeles County Registrary
People’s Lobby
Secretary of State
Koupal
Law proposes counseling and reporting penalties to curb child beating
Sacramento Assemblyman Leo J. Ryan introduced a bill to curb child beating calling it a pernicious disease. The measure would require counseling for abusive parents and make failure to report suspected abuse a misdemeanor, with three panels including a doctor, lawyer and juvenile probation official to investigate reports.
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Sacramento
Leo J. Ryan
Burlingame Democrat
State aims tougher push on runaway fathers
A Reagan welfare task force urged an intensified effort to compel absent fathers to support their children in California. It cites about 195 500 of 230 000 absent welfare fathers shift the burden to taxpayers and recommends 40 remedial actions, including moving enforcement to district attorneys and filing child support orders as liens, with potential $100 million recovery. The report also calls for a change in attitudes among social agencies and law enforcement. Governor Reagan seeks nationwide support as a test bed for welfare reform.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Reagan
Robert Mitchell
State Social Welfare Board
Mitchell
Mild quake near Lake Isabella rocks Kern County
A moderate earthquake trembled near Lake Isabella at 3 08 p m Monday, measured by UC Berkeley seismographs and the University of Nevada Reno at about 4 75 on the Richter scale. The event caused little to no damage, with a prior 4 magnitude quake recorded in the same area on March 3.
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Berkeley
Lake Isabella
Bakersfield
University of California
University of Nevada
Reno
Unveiling in doubt for Medi Cal reform
Sacramento reports that Gov Reagan’s welfare and Medi Cal reform package may be introduced Monday, though Reagan aides dispute timing. Dr Earl W Brian Jr said both reform proposals will be submitted as legislation, aiming to save about 700 million dollars in welfare costs and tighten Medi Cal use. Senator Randolph Collier pressed for prompt action.
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Reagan
Earl W. Brian Jr
State Department of Health Care Services
Senate Finance Committee
Brian
Finance Committee
Randolph Collier
D-Yreka
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