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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1964
Page
2
The Senate approved its 1964-55 budget of 3.66 billion dollars, with Republicans and Democrats at odds over welfare and a $17 million funding gap. Assembly leaders indicated a larger figure but both chambers plan a joint conference to iron out differences. The move counters adjournment hopes and keeps a budget path open during the session.
A political maneuver in progress involves a possible bill to remove Eagle from the ballot if he wins the Democratic nomination. The State Central Committee could appoint another candidate to fill the slot. The Senate meanwhile adopted a resolution urging Congress to rename the Tehama-Cotexa canal after Engle.
Backers of an initiative would seek a November ballot, claiming 150,523 Los Angeles County signatures certify the effort. They propose a 10 year lottery monopoly with 33 percent of proceeds to schools and prizes, estimated at 500 million yearly. Total certified signatures near Sacramento and Los Angeles total 437,654 with thousands more being checked.
Stanislaus County fire and police said two Modesto fires this week at a house a Mississippi Negro buyer planned to move into were the work of an arsonist. Wilford Hayes had placed the first escrow payment on the $5,500 property when the first blaze broke out in a closet Tuesday night.
Sacramento report states the Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to raise school district tax rates. Sponsored by Assemblyman Richard J. Donovan the measure would let elementary districts levy up to 1.35 dollars per 100 assessed value for operating funding and set ceilings for high schools unified districts junior colleges at broader limits.
A Japanese made car and passenger ferry will start service by July 1, exiting La Paz port in Baja California Sur for Mazatlan on the mainland. The crew of the vessel is training in Japan.
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