Bribe Case Lease Airs in Court
In Los Angeles Superior Court Onetime Harbor Commissioner George D. Watson faces bribery and conflict of interest charges tied to a 1967 deal involving Civic National Bank stock and a Harbor Department site plan for the ship Princess Louise. Administrator C Erwin Piper testified he had not heard of a 225000 site development proposal, saying its inclusion might have altered city approval.
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Eleanor Chambers
Bernard J. Caughlin
Cities Rally to Oppose Proposition 9 in Orange County
Twelve Orange County cities join a nationwide group to defeat Proposition 9 on the November ballot. Former Anaheim Mayor Charles A. Pearson named chairman of the County Committee Against the Tax Trap. Marilyn Russell of Bellflower Education Association warns that Prop 9 would devastate public schools and trigger economic confusion across the state.
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Anaheim
Pearson
Parent- Teacher Associations
Chambers of Commerce
Bellflower Education Association
Marilyn Russell
California
Russell
L A Firm Sues Assessor Watson for Two Million Dollars
Robinson & CVO., Inc. of Los Angeles filed a suit against County Assessor Philip E. Watson seeking more than two million dollars for services to obtain signatures for Prop 9 on the November 5 ballot. The Citizens Committee for Property Tax Limitation said Watson was hospitalized with heart trouble Sunday night and likely unaware of the suit.
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Robinson & Cvo., Inc
Citizens Committee For Property Tax Limitation
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Edison Bombing Probes Expand in Belmont Shore
Police widened the probe after a Thursday night explosion at the Southern California Edison power station in Belmont Shore. Witnesses report a tall man in a business suit left the scene in a red sports car carrying a briefcase, seconds before the blast that damaged nearby homes and sparked a broader utility sabotage inquiry across California.
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Southland
Santa Barbara News-Press Endorses Humphrey for President
The Santa Barbara News-Press endorsed Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey for president on Friday, backing his Democratic bid.
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State Abortion Law Faces First Big Test
The California Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Los Angeles physician Dr. Leon Belous, who was convicting of conspiracy to commit abortion and fined in 1967. The case challenges whether a woman has a personal right not to bear a child and whether contraception and abortion planning fall under that right.
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State Supreme Court
Belous
Cheryl Bryant
Miss Bryant
San Mateo Plumbers Win 374.80 Weekly Pay Rise
San Mateo County plumbers will earn 374.80 for a 40 hour week under a new contract effective this week. The pact provides an 88 cent per hour immediate increase with gradual raises to reach 9.37 per hour by July 1971.
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UPI
San Mateo County
Doubt Casts Castro's Return To Lincoln High School
Controversial Lincoln High School teacher Sal Castro, recently reinstated by the Los Angeles Board of Education, will likely not return by Oct. 14. He has taken a part time Justice Department consultant post in Washington, a move seen as a bid to place Castro and relieve the district from ongoing controversy.
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Lincoln High School
Los Angeles Board of Education
Castro
Washington
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