Cal school test scores in decline in California
Bakersfield dispatch reports State Superintendent Wilson Riles noting sixth and twelfth grade achievement tests fell from the prior year. He linked the drop to fragmented statewide programs and described them as Bandaids while promising a formal score report to the State Board next week and urging priority in school finance and early childhood education.
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Bakersfield
UPI
Wilson Riles
Riles
Kern County School Board Association
State Board of Education
Reagan veto on LA EYCA grant upheld by CEO director
UPI reports California Governor Reagan's veto of an Office of Economic Opportunity grant to the Economic Youth Opportunities Agency of Los Angeles was sustained by EYCA Director Phillip V. Sanchez. The nine month grant was replaced by a five month award worth about 2.8 million dollars to serve Los Angeles County. Sanchez telegrammed Reagan that the action would help local officials move toward solutions for local problems hindering the agency's orderly operation.
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Washington
UPI
California
Reagan
Office of Economic Opportunity
Economic Youth Opportunities Agency of
Los Angeles
Phillip V. Sanchez
Sanchez
Community Action Agency
Los Angeles County
Board of
EYCA
Senate votes probe of PUC and activism fallout
In Sacramento the Senate gave final approval by 21 to 3 to a measure directing the auditor general to probe the Public Utilities Commission. The Assembly amendments were adopted without debate. no governor signature is required. Huey P. Newton faced concealed weapon charges in Oakland linked to a barroom incident, with arraignment on prior battery charges ongoing.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Public Utilities Commission
Assembly
James Q. Wedworth
Hawthorne
Wedworth
PAC
Oakland
Adsitt
Huey P. Newton
Newton
Sierra Club urges tighter curbs on lead additives
A Sierra Club representative urged the EPA to accelerate the phase-out of lead additives in gasoline and tighten deadlines for complete elimination. He warned no lead level is safe and criticized reliance on a supposed safe airborne lead threshold. Blanchard of Ethyl Corp countered by accusing the EPA of fear-mongering and ignoring key evidence. Kalman of the Environmental Defense Fund noted elevated blood lead levels in non-ghetto children, suggesting urban air or street dust as exposure sources.
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Sierra Club
Environmental Protection Agency
Rishard
Gaines
EPA
Los Angeles
Conservationist
Lawrence E. Blanchard Jr
Ethyl Corp
Blanchard
Sumner M. Kalman
The
Environmental Defense Fund
Reagan accuses media bias in NBC remarks
Governor Reagan told NBC affiliates at Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles that newsrooms must be objective and free of bias. He cited inflection and expressions as bias factors and warned management to restrain newsroom operations while NBC President Julian Goodman urged FCC action on prime time rule and FTC counter-commercial ideas.
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Reagan
NBC
Century Plaza
Los Angeles
Julian Goodman
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C
Goodman
FCC
America
Federal Trade Commission
Ex-BOA official indicted in six million loan scheme
A federal grand jury charged Edward D. Snead, 48, a former Bank of America vice president, with issuing 6 million in loans to Oceanographic Geophysical Corp and its Panamanian affiliate Oceantech Panama to benefit the Long Beach firm. He allegedly provided fraudulent information to obtain letters of credit and received 85,000 in payments. Evidence and status: Snead left the bank last August. arraignment expected in about three weeks as FBI continues probe.
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Bank of America
Long Beach
Edward D. Snead
Sunland
William Keller
Snead
Los Angeles
Oceanographic Geophysical Corp
W. Ocean Ave
Panamian
Oceantech Panama, Inc
Panama
Panamanian Corporation
Asst
U.S
Kenneth P. Snoke
Grand Jury
Snoke
FBI
California Bank
Spead
Santa Barbara Man Extradited From France in Tax Fraud Case
Santa Barbara resident and former tax accountant James A. Warden, 48, extradited from France after an Los Angeles indictment on two counts of assisting in the preparation of fraudulent federal tax returns. He was arrested April 28 in New York, held on $150,000 bond, and faces up to three years and fines up to $5,000 per count, plus penalties for failing to appear.
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James A. Warden
France
Los Angeles
Internal Revene Service
IRS
New York
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