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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1971
Page
2
A brief Long Beach press telegram item from October 1971 notes local happenings with terse reporting. Names, places, and specific events are absent or unreadable in the fragment.
California Acting Gov Reinecke extended state emission controls to used cars and empowered the board to set standards for 1955 through 1965 models. He also signed a bill raising the price cap for a pollution central device on used cars from 365 to Shi, with supporters led by Assemblyman Craig Biddle asserting inflation necessitated the move.
Police said a bomb made of highway flares and aerosol cans slightly damaged the Playboy Club front-door paneling and an outdoor carpet in San Francisco. The device appeared planned at the entrance after closing for the night. A chef found the damage at 6 45 a.m.
Democratic leaders unveil an Assembly reapportionment plan that would extend Democratic control from 42 to at least 45 seats, abolish a San Francisco Democrat’s seat, and imperil several Republican incumbents including Flo Wakefield Charles Conrad Peter Schabarum and John Fora. The plan redraws districts to pair Wakefield with Democrat David Pierson and shifts districts to dilute Republican support, while maps may be released Thursday and formal announcement set for Friday.
Governor Ed Reinecke signed a bill by Assemblyman Kenneth Cory to preserve public access to beaches. The measure bars sale or lease of property owned by local agencies that lies between the ocean and the nearest street unless the public can reach the ocean through the property.
California lawmakers advance a near total ban on releasing mercury and its compounds into the environment as the Assembly Ways and Means Committee votes to send the antimercury measure to the full Assembly. Senator Nejedly restores the bill to its original ban form after prior Senate weakening.
The Board of Governors of California’s 93 community colleges will consider asking the Legislature for 25.6 million dollars in new funding at their meeting Thursday in San Diego.
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