Pressure mounts for full Watergate facts as Liddy held
A harsh contempt sentence for G. Gordon Liddy and calls for White House aides to resign if they withhold testimony pushed for full disclosure in the Watergate case. Judge Sirica jailed Liddy for up to 18 months unless he talks. Sen Weicker urged Haldeman and others to quit. McCord interrogation paused for public hearing.
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UPI
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Federal
Washington Watergate Complex
Democratic National Committee
U.S
John J. Sirica
Liddy
District of Columbia
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
H. R
Bob’’ Haldeman
Nixon
Senate
Weicker
James W. McCord Jr
McCord
Magee murder trial awaits judge ruling Friday
Superior Court judge Morton Colvin will decide Friday if Ruchell Magee must stand trial again for murder and kidnapping in the 1970 Marin courthouse shootout. Magee, serving life at San Quentin, was mistried after an 11 to 1 split on murder and kidnapping charges following eight days of tense deliberations.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ruchell Magee
Marin County
Morton R. Colvin
Magee
San Quentin
Harold Haley
Marin
Angela Davis
Democrats Offer Plan to Use Budget Surplus
Assembly Democrats led by Bob Moretti propose delaying a one cent sales tax increase for 13 months and spending 70 million to buy parks and strengthen Capitol quake resistance. Moretti says the plan delivers “the whole meal” while criticizing Reagan’s surplus disposal as “an apple.”
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Sacramento
UPS
Ronald Reagan
Assembly
Bob Moretti
D-Van Nuys
Capitol
Moretti
Reagan
Sacramento Senate approves education and crime bills in session
The Senate passed loans for small school districts to upgrade earthquake safety and other measures including stricter murder solicitation penalties, changes to presidential primary timing, and housing reforms. Committees advanced several items to Ways and Means and opposed bills faced passage.
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United Press International
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Greene
Sacramento
Rodda
Assembly
State Department of Manpower
Lagomarsino
Rojas
Harmer
Glendale
Newport Beach
Assembly Committees
Brown
San Francisco
Boatwright
Concord
Grunsky
Watsonville
Z’berg
Former Oxnard publisher Thomas Fleming dies at 64
Thomas H. Fleming former publisher of the Oxnard Press Courier and former director of the California Newspaper Publishers Association died at age 64 after collapsing at his Oxnard home. He had been treated for hypertension and ulcers. A Youngstown Ohio native, he moved to Oxnard in 1963 as business manager of the Press Courier.
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Oxnard
UPI
Thomas H. Fleming
Oxnardress Courier
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Fleming
Youngstown
Ohio
The
Press Courier
Smoke ban testimony pushes bill for smokeless air
Sacramento witnesses from physicians to citizens urged the legislature to give nonsmokers the right to unpolluted air. Assemblyman Briggs proposed AB202 banning smoking in hospitals, public meetings and theaters and requiring nonsmoking areas in restaurants, with fines up to 50 dollars. The hearing paused for at least two weeks.
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Sacramento
UPI
Delbert Meyer
Assembly Criminal Justice Committee
John Briggs
Fullerton
Robert V. Wharton
Smoke-Watchers International
San Francisco
Brigg
Reagan Backers Reject Compromise on California Senate Redistricting
Senate leaders clash over a reapportionment plan favored by Governor Reagan. Democrat Mervyn Dymally proposes amendments to SB62 while Republican John Harmer and Zenovich back SB195. Behr and Collier districts are central to the fight as Behr faces possible protection and Collier seeks district extensions.
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Sacramento
Sen
George N. Zenovich
Fresno
Los Angeles County
Peter H. Behr
R-Tiburon
Behr
Dymally
Teday
Randolph Collier
Dureka
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