Smoke Signals and a Quit Smoking Telephone Mixup
Robert Sparks of Covina who quit smoking after two packs a day faced a bizarre disruption when Sacramento based quit line calls overflowed to his home. The constant ringing and a brush with a San Gabriel attorney triggered stress, leading to a temporary relapse before he changed his number and stopped smoking again.
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UPS
Robert Sparks
Sacramento
California
Sparks
San Gabriel
Welfare and Labor Funds Pass in Senate Vote
The Senate approved a $10.5 billion welfare and labor funds bill after rejecting Republican moves to cut $390 million. The measure, tied to House action, moves toward final conference smoothing differences between Welfare and Labor departments.
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Senate
House
Differences and Labor Departments
Billion Slashed From School Aid Bill Faces Senate Rejection
A battle over federal education funding unfolds as Senate Republicans led by Everett Dirksen push to trim more than a billion dollars from the measure. The plan, tied to defense and health provisions, would alter grade and high school allocations and send the bill back for revisions. The Senate vote stalled 40 to 24, with Johnson-backed programs facing reductions totaling around seven to seven and a half billion in two years.
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Everett
Senate Labor Committees
M. Dirksen
Ilindig Soughe
Appropriations Committee
Ealing
Johnson
Senate
Judge refuses to restrain KKK reactivation in California
Los Angeles Superior Judge Ralph H. Nutter refused to issue a preliminary injunction to block the Ku Klux Klan reactivation in California. He cited a constitutional right to be stupid and allowed the plan to proceed while noting a legal technicality preventing action against William Fowler of La Crescenta.
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UPI
Ralph H. Nutter
Ku Klux Klan
California
Nutter
William Vv. Fowler
la Crescenta
KKK
Reagan Defends Pay for Party's Chairman
Reagan defends using campaign funds for Republican State Chairman Parkinson reimbursement for lost income. He says Parkinson acted as Reagan backer and front man, criticizing Democratic fundraising methods and noting Parkinson remained neutral in the primary race.
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Federal Home Loan Bank
Home Board
Los Angeles
Parkinson
Ronald Reagan
GOP
Gaylord Parkinson
Reagan
Parkin
Ee Son
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