Reagan vows to clean up California environment
Gov. Ronald Reagan tells 900 delegates at the Changing Environment Conference that the administration will pursue serious solutions to pollution. He cites soil loss, air and water quality actions, and park expansions as proof of progress while outlining plans for nationwide river cleanup by the Interior Department within 60 days.
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Bob Houser
Los Angeles
California
Ronald Reagan
Ambassador Hotel
Reagan
Secretary of the Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Congress
Long Beach Receives Cleanup Award and $1000 Check
Long Beach is honored for cleanliness as the Long Beach Beautiful Committee and Chamber of Commerce receive a $1000 award. Mrs. George Taubman Jr. and Mayor Edwin Wade accepted the honor at a Los Angeles luncheon Monday.
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Long Beach Beautiful Committee
Chamber of Commerce
George Taubman Jr
Edwin Wade
Los Angeles
Hickel targets clean waters as top national goal
Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel told the Governor's Conference on California's Changing Environment in Los Angeles that cleaning the nation’s waters should be the overriding objective for the next decade. He urged at least 10 billion dollars in assured funding over six to seven years and discussed long term financing over 30 years to support waste treatment. Apollo 8 astronaut William A. Anders urged a national environmental purpose from the moon and noted satellite tools to measure pollution and track conservation efforts.
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Walter J. Hickel
Interior
Los Angeles
Alaska
Ronald Reagan
California
Congress
Hickle
Coconut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
William A. Anders
Spiro T. Agnew
Anders
Earth
Spencer Williams
Secretary of Human Relations Agency
John D. Ehrlichman
Eahinee
Amestic Affairs
Independent Tuesday November 18 1969 Section B
A brief newspaper card fragment from the section header notes the edition date and page designation indicating content for Section B on Tuesday November 18 1969. No further readable story text is provided in this fragment.
Beach combing criticism of Moratorium protests sparks debate
An opinion piece argues that about 6000 Washington Moratorium demonstrators avoided mass violence, while condemning sponsors and supporters for permitting unrest. It calls for accountability and urges humanitarian causes with similar public involvement. Investment advice suggests buying if the Dow Jones approaches 840.
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San Francisco
United Crusade
Long Beach
Tunnel named for Carley V Porter, 4.8 miles through Tehachapis
Progress Edition notes Carley V Porter, Compton assemblyman, and VC official for the California water project celebrated with a tunnel hole through the Tehachapi mountains. The 4.8 mile conduit faced an earthquake fault and four years of work. Porter attended as water committee chair. A reader correction fixes Piers Anderson spelling. A humorous letter from Rib Restaurant on Signal Hill and a $100 donation to the LB Flying Wheels at the VA Hospital are mentioned.
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Carley V. Porter
Compton
L.B. City College
Tehachapi Mountains
California
Assemblyman
Porter
Assembly Water Committee
Piers Anderton
Signal Hill
Marion Elpery
Citizens Air Views on Smog at California Conference
About 100 panelists explored air issues at the Governor's Conference on California's Changing Environment in the Ambassador Hotel. The air panel discussed smog solutions including a technology to punch a chimney through the Los Angeles basin's inversion, noting it would require 12 days of state petroleum output and raise ground temperatures to 110 or 115 degrees. Closing sessions will yield recommendations on air water land and urban society. Sierra Club president Phil Berry criticized the conference format as public relations.
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California
Ambassador Hotel
Brannigan
Phil Berry
Sierra Club
Calvin Hamilton
Gov. Reagan
California students press for environmental fund from surplus
A Stanford tied group from the 1st Student Environmental Congress urged a state Environmental Quality Fund funded by a $300 to $500 million budget surplus. The move gained broad support from Gov Reagan conference delegates and was led by Stephanie Mills with Calvin Hamilton backing the plan to use the money for research and quality of life projects.
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California
Water Plan Brings Smog Along With Drought Debate
At the Governor's Conference on California's Changing Environment in Los Angeles a panelist warned that adding water via a Northern to Southern ditch worsens smog as immigrants are drawn to the region. Harold F. Wise of a D C planning firm spoke among 100 panelists calling for a real estate tax to fund pollution cleanup.
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Harold F. Wise
Washington, D.C
California
Noon‑India Week at Long Beach offers lectures and concerts
California State College at Long Beach presents a packed program. At 2 p.m. Sarod Concert by Dr. Kalyan Mukherjee and a 3 p.m. lecture on eroticism in Indian literature by Dr. Ed Dimock. Evening events include Ellen T. Ballard’s illustrated talk on Tanzania at 7:30 p.m. and a drama class with Tom Moses at the Actors Workshop. An astronomy lecture by Dr. Albert Hibbs follows at 8 p.m. at multiple venues including LA Harbor College and Seahawk Center.
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California State College At
Long Beach
Kalyan Mukherjee
Ed Dimock
CSCLE
Tanzania
Ellen T. Ballard
Boyd High School
E. Eighth St
Tom Moses
California Recreation Center
California Ave
Albert Hibbs
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Seahawk Center
Los Angeles Harbor College
Figueroa Place
Wilmington
Cosby All Stars Tour Draws Long Beach Benefit Night
Bill Cosby brought his All Stars to Poly High School for a Mayor's Youth Council charity game and drew 1,800 local fans. Cosby played most of the night after a prior missed event, joined by ex-Ram Bernie Casey and guests Rev. Jesse Jackson and actors Jophery and Galvin Brown.
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Bill Cosby
Long Beach
Poly High
Cosby
All Stars
New York
Hollywood
Bernie Casey
Jessie Jackson
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Jophery
Galvin Brown
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Stauffer
Anti-Litter League
Norman B. Livermore Jr
Hickel
Malcolm Epley
Washington
Los Angeles County Basin
Charles Sutton
California College
Stanford University
Hamilton
City of
Stephanie Mills
Planned Parenthood
Wise
Long Beach Area
John Rambo
Poly’s
Ed Nichols
Tom Shaw
Sammy Davis JR
Willie Richardson
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