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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1968
Page
8
A California wide effort to recruit faculty and students for campus law and order was unveiled at a Los Angeles press conference. Leaders urged broad support for a 250 million dollar education bond on the November ballot and discussed campus governance and free speech issues.
Legislators advance a tax package proposing a cap on property taxes for services like police and fire protection and repeal of the personal property tax. The plan would shift lost revenue to local agencies with uncertain totals. Only two no votes came from Gonsalves and McGee, as many absentees recorded votes for relief.
Senator Edmund S. Muskie on Thursday night described a new good neighbor policy for U.S. foreign relations. He said it accepts time’s changes, does not repudiate Johnson Humphrey policies, and rejects reliance on military pacts with unpopular governments. He spoke in Salt Lake City and Sacramento, noting optimism for the Democratic ticket in California.
The Senate deadlocked 16 to 16 on a bill to finance a 144 million construction deficit for the Bay Area Rapid Transit District and toll increases on the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. The measure lacked the 21 votes needed for passage, with the roll call open for absent senators to vote before the session ends.
The Legislature sped a bill to extend the deadline for property tax refunds under the 1967 Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance Act. Qualifying seniors with income under 3350 may receive up to a percent return. the new deadline is October 15, replacing August 31. Forms are available from the State Franchise Tax Board in Long Beach, 3905 Atlantic Ave.
Riverside attorney James H. Krieger warned at a Town Hall luncheon that the Watson tax initiative could halt sales of public bonds and force postponement or abandonment of major public works in Los Angeles County. He cited a debt limit provision capping borrowing at five percent of property values and overall district bonding at twenty percent, risking a near full stop of capital improvements statewide.
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