Offill for Assemblyman in 38th District Race
Editorial endorses Sumner Offill over Democrat Fred Chel in the 38th Assembly District race. Offill, a longtime liberal cause spokesman and former chief assistant to State Senator Deukmejian, has a strong legislative record and priorities including nuclear power expansion, offshore drilling safeguards, prison vocational programs, and limits on corporate campaign contributions. He pledges fiscal conservatism, no new programs costing over a million without new revenue, and ongoing income tax transparency.
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Fred Chel
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Offill
Chel
George Deukmojian
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Bill Bond
Assembly
Congress
Youth Service Bureau
Offil
Sacramento
Endorsement favors Republican Hartner for reelection in California
The editorial argues both major party lieutenant governor candidates are qualified. It profiles John Harmer and Mervyn Dymally, noting Harmer's Senate service and education, Dymally's degrees and Assembly to Senate rise. It warns California to keep governor and lieutenant governor from the same party for continuity and endorses Republican Houston Flournoy for governor and Lt. Gov. John L. Hartner for reelection.
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John Harmer
Dymally
Harmer
State Senate
Reagan
Ed Reinecke
University of Utah
George Washington University
Sen
Ate Republican Caucus
Chaiman
Joint Committee On
Houston I. Flournoy
John L. Hartner
No on Proposition 17 backs New Melones Dam plan
An editorials urges a No vote on Proposition 17 opposing the Stanislaus River New Melones Dam project. It notes the dam's $260 million cost, federal and state approvals, and potential nine miles of whitewater loss balanced by downstream flow, irrigation, power, and recreation goals.
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Melones Dam
Stanislaus River
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valleys
California
Stanislaus
United States
Bishops Clash With Pope Over Vatican II Synod Outcomes
Rome Vatican II bishops, meeting under Pope Paul VI, challenged the papal agenda as the fourth synod concluded. They pressed for broader collegial participation, autonomy in decisions, and issues from evangelization to social, economic, and cultural reform. African, Latin American, and Asian bishops urged indigenous rites, liberation concerns, and broader reform.
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Rome
John XXII
Paul VI
Paul
Sions
Africa
Agelist
8 OX
Angelo Fernandes
New Delhi
Concensus
Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray
St. Andrews
Edinburgh
Joachim Ruhuna
Rugigi
Burundi
Readers Debate Sales Tax Shifts and Inflation Fixes
In letters to the editor readers argue over sales tax collection by wholesalers, wage and price controls as a cure for inflation, and critique of church synod handling. Names cited include L B Justus Stewart A Bansod Sr Walt Courtney and figures from European church discussions.
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Oregon
L. B. Justus Heaneanan Garcens
Teamsters
Long Beach
Walt Courtney
High profits urged to curb shortages and inflation
The writer argues windfall profits do not cause shortages or inflation and that high profits push production, while blaming government deficit spending and easy money for inflation. The letter cites Nixon era politics and defends Kent Henderson against hostile mail, signed by Bruce W. Nusbaum.
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Kent Henderson
Nixon
Henderson
Bruce W. Nusbaum
San Francisco
Ford Barnstorming Probes Party Woes and Deluge Parable
President Ford tours the nation in a bid to rally party support by blaming Democratic faults for global woes, except for the biblical deluge reference. The text notes he lacks prophetic authority yet predicts future judgments on his efforts.
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Ford
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