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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1960

Page

7

Councilmen Puff in Spite of No Smoking Rules

In a City Council chamber known for smoking, four members light up despite clear no smoking signs. Vice Mayor Bert Read urges restraint while Mavikawin Wade pushes for action. Councilmen Emmet Sullivan and Robert Crow openly smoke, recalling past norms. Nonsmoker Andrew Baird stays indifferent as Bond notes an existing municipal ordinance.

Bert Read Mavikawin Wade Crow Andrew Baird Bond Council

State officials urged abolition of elective offices

In Sacramento legislative debates, analyst Alan Post proposed abolishing most elective state executive offices except governor and lieutenant governor. He cited inefficiency and scandals in the controller, treasurer, secretary of state, board of equalization, superintendent of public instruction, and attorney general. The plan aims to centralize control under the governor’s reorganizational study as the Assembly panel weighed Gov. Brown’s reform proposal. Political friction and committee positions influenced the motion, with smokers vs nonsmokers notes appearing in related discussions.

Sacramento UPI Alan Post Assembly Committee Board of Equalization Post Edmund G. Brown Sullivan Wade Bond Crow William A. Graham Baird Virgil Spongberg Ray Kealer Lewis Reese Caryl

Coca Cola and Minute Maid Announce Merger Plan

Coca Cola Co and Minute Maid Corp propose a friendly merger valued around 56 million dollars. Shareholders will exchange one Coca Cola share for 2.2 Minute Maid shares, creating a combined company with expanded distribution while management remains in place and the two brands operate separately until final approval.

Atlanta UPI Sgiant Coca-Cola. Co Minute Maid Corp Curities & Exchange Underi Was Coca-Cola Minute Maid SEC

Post remarks on study committee and changing possibilities

Post said he was aware that some things are possible today and others tomorrow. He noted it is always difficult to reorganize, stressing the challenge of implementing changes within the study committee context.

Post Mittee

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