Lawmakers debate pornography and tear gas use in California
In a California legislature heated by crime as a campaign issue, the Assembly Criminal Procedure Committee, now Republican-controlled, moved to kill the death penalty repeal and to advance anti pornography measures. Reagan backed bills on wiretapping and tear gas regulation face approval, while other gun control and mental health records proposals emerge.
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Tracy Wood
Sacramento
UPS
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Thomas C. Lynch
Assembly Criminal Procedure Committee
Senate
Lynch
Robert J. Lagomarsino
R -Ojas
Assembly
W. Craig Biddle
Riverside
Criminal Procedure Committee
Biddle
George Moscone
San Francisco
James R. Mills
San Diego
Department of Mental Hygiene
Lompoc
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Mre
Kenneth L. Adam
Doneld Adam
Secscsanenanes
Harry J. Crompe
Gaylen Jackson
Soviet protest note threatens troops over Czech disorders
Prague reports Moscow delivered a formal protest noting Soviet troops could be used to quell future anti Soviet demonstrations in Czechoslovakia. Vladimir Semyonov met Czech leaders after weekend clashes when the Soviets beat on the hockey team sparked unrest.
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Gerd
Soviet Union
Ludvik Svoboda
Oldrich Cernik
Brno
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Prague
Czechoslovak Army
Televi
Sion
Jaroslav Havelka
Press and Information Committee
Moscow
Havelka
Czechoslovakia
Andrei Grechko
Vladimir Semyov
April Fool’s Day Surrender Hoax Stuns Kempsey Readers
Macleay Argus Managing Editor Barry Chataway sparked a national uproar with an April Fool story claiming a Soviet fleet surrendered to Australia at Trial Bay. Radio stations interrupted, police received calls, and locals staged aid drives for the “Russians” while ships named The Joker The Titanic and Looflirpa appeared in the spoof.
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Kempsey
Australia
UPI
Barry Chataway
Macleay Argus
Orson Welle
Mars
Trial Bay
Drake
2KM
Seventh Day Adventists Church Welfare Committee
San Francisco Puts on Quake Party as City Faces Fears
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto plans a public quake party on April 18 the 63rd anniversary of the 1933 event. Coffee will be served in Union Square with Caruso records and a possible film showing, while Californians debate doom and scientists caution on predictions. Meanwhile at San Francisco State College acting president Si Hayakawa resists political talk and notes hiring cliques bias.
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American Public Works Association
Santa Maria Club
Santa Maria
Paul R. Jeschee
San Francisco
UPI
Joseph Alioto
Golden State
Army Field
Union Square
Caruso Records
Alioto
Jeanette MacDonald
Sacramento
Reagan
Charles Samson
Herb Caen
San Francisco Chronicle
Doubleday Books
Baghdad
Howard Hughes
Wags
Pacific Coast
California
Las Vegas Strip
U.S. Geological Survey
Menlo Park
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Charles Richter
Imperial Valley
San Andreas
Los Angeles
SI. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
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Thur
Jim Ainsworth
John Alexander
Wesley A. Huffman
E. C. Stevens
Bill Cockshott
Betty Laurent
Vaughn Proctor
Wilma Jack
Dan Duffy
California Newspaper Publishers Association
United Press International
International Press Institute
Inter-American Press Association
National Newspaper Association
California Press Association
Lompoc Valley Board of Realtors
California Real Estate Association
Steve Larsen
Lompoc Board of Education Committee
William W. Martin
Emmette T. Gatewood, Jr
Los Gatos
CREA
Elvin Dale Arnett
Czechoslovak Communist Party Presidium
Public Works Unit
S.M
Harold Purdy
County of
A.P.W.A
F. R. Schallert
Southern Counties Gas Company
Walnut
Calif
Torrance
Richard Charles Newell
Southern California
Newell
Oxnard
Harbor General Hospital
Here
Harbor General
Lompoc Theatre
Smith
Hiway
Walt Disney
Tomorr
Steve Micqueen AS
BU Lili
Warner Bros
Seven Arts
Peter Severs
Buce
Howeos Theatre
Sun
Technicolor
Panavision
Hayakawa
Sen
George Murphy
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Max Rafferty
SFSC
Our Lady Carrie
Karl
Lompoc Shopping Center
Honor
Aneanericard
New York
Lodge Coffee Shops
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