State PAC Aide Urges Yes on Prop 9
Los Angeles public utilities commissioner William M. Bennett urged passage of Proposition 9 at a news conference arguing defeat would spur voter opposition to all future school bond issues. He criticized claims sales and income taxes would double to offset lost revenue. The event featured debates on Prop 9 and Prop 1A with supporters saying Prop 9 cuts taxes, opponents warning of local government funding harm.
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Los Angeles
William M. Bennett
Bennett
Joseph A. Gonsalves
D-La Mirada
Philip E. Watson
Gonsalves
Ronald Reagan
Gonslaves
Margaret Coffey
Music Center
Collins
Girl Who Wowed GIs Ends Life in California
Barbara Oberhansly 24 known for Armed Forces Television weathercasts in Vietnam killed herself at Dr Stephen Sakulsky’s home in San Pedro after taking 25 Darvon tablets. She had met Sakulsky in Vietnam and faced a postponed marriage, with prior war service and Red Cross work noted. Her death followed a night of pills on October 20 and medical care at Ft MacArthur and Harbor General before transfer.
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Barbara
Bobbie) Oberhansly
Vietnam
Armed Forces
San Pedro
Harbor Division
Miss Oberhansly
Tacoma
Wash
Harbor General Hospital
Stephen Sakulsky
Paseo del Mar
Robert Wright
Winning Coin Not Faked. Smith Clears Bills and Banks
Mrs. Ethel Smith held a winning coin momentarily, paying off all her bills and buying items before saving money in the bank. The brief episode shows her managing finances with a stroke of luck on a Monday.
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Ethel Smith
Beach Firm Wins Space Contract From Our National Bureau
AEC awarded a design and development contract to TRW Systems of Redondo Beach for an atomic powered generator to power Navy navigational satellites. The unit must produce 20 watts for five years, weigh under 20 pounds, and use plutonium 238.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
TRW Systems Group
Redondo Beach
Navy
Friars Club cheating trial recessed for judicial conference
The Friars Club card cheating conspiracy trial in Los Angeles pauses as Judge William P. Gray attends a judicial conference in Washington. Proceedings will resume next Monday.
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Friars Club
Los Angeles
U.S
William P. Gray
Washington, D.C
Los Angeles School Segregation Trial Opens
A five year suit charging the Los Angeles public schools with de facto segregation went to trial in Superior Court. Judge Alfred E. Gitelson, with no jury, recommended continuing pending a California Board of Education meeting on policy changes. Bayard F. Berman of the ACLU represented five plaintiffs. objections were overruled and the trial proceeded.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Alfred E. Gitelson
California Board of Education
The Electric Campaign Revolution
The piece extols how TV radio teleprinters high speed presses and data processing bring immediate live election coverage. It notes electric voting machines faster accurate returns and cheap access letting voters follow campaigns as never before.
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Los Angeles County
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Taxpayers Educational Forum
Rockwell Space Division
Downey
Apollo
George W. Jeffs
Roger Coar
Oberhansly
Sakulsky
Sgt. Wright
Miss Obehansly
American Red Cross
Ft. MacArthur Army Hospital
Rialto
Santa Fe Ave
Long Beach Blvd
Artesia
L.A
Bayard F. Berman
American Civil Liberties Union
Gitison
JIM Warner Jewelers
W. Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
WISC
Kentucky
Southern California Edison
Joe Kennick
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