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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1968

Page

15

Author of School Proposition Says Fee Inaccurate

SACRAMENTO The author of Proposition 3 accuses the opposition ballot argument writer of an inaccurate interpretation. State Sen. Albert S. Rodda contends the voter will draw incorrect inferences, impairing judgment on the measure. Proposition 3 would authorize $200 million in bonds for UC and California State College facilities and $50 million for upgrading pre-1943 urban schools.

Sacramento Albert S. Rodda John L. Harmer Glendale Rodda Harmer University of California California State College System

Misstated bond cost dispute in Woody's World letters

Harmer claimed Proposition 3 would add 16.5 million dollars yearly to state interest payments. Rodda rebutted that the 16.5 million covers both interest and principal repayment, not just interest, questioning the accuracy of the financial interpretation for higher education housing needs.

Rodda Senate Education Committee McAteer California Harmer Alan K. Browne Bank of America Paul Uhl United California Bank

Port Return to S F Urged by Governor Reagan

Governor Reagan urged San Francisco voters to approve Proposition B on the November ballot to transfer port control back to the city and assume 6.3 million dollars in bonded indebtedness. He spoke briefly at the World Trade Center and declined to answer politics questions. The note also mentions a Sierra Club fall meeting in Santa Ana with the Orange County chapter tonight at 8 p.m.

Reagan San Francisco World Trade Center Orange County The Sierra Club Spurgeon Santa Ana

Ward's Buys Hoffman Products in $2.7 Million Deal

Hoffman Electronics Corp sold its 51 percent stake in Hoffman Products Corp to Montgomery Ward & Co for 2.7 million dollars. D C Arnold, president of Hoffman Electronics, said the firm had formed the joint venture with Ward in 1964.

EL Monte Hoffman Electronics Corp Hoffman Products Corp Montgomery Ward D. C. Arnold Hoffman Electronics

Ward unit to run Hoffman under existing management

A spokesman for Montgomery Ward announced Hoffman Products Corp will continue operating under the present management structure. The statement appeared in the Independent Press Telegram edition dated Tuesday October 1 1968 from Long Beach California.

Independent Press-Telegram Long Beach Calif Montgomery Ward Hoffman Products Corp

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