California study tallies 194 sex discrimination laws
A legislative counsel study for Assembly Speaker Moretti identifies 194 California laws that discriminate on sex grounds, spanning topics from marriage authority and community property to payroll and voting terms. Some provisions favor men, while others award benefits to women, and multiple bills seek elimination or reform.
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UPI
California
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Bob Moretti
Moretti
van Nuys
U.S
U.S. 9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Henry Waxman
Los Angeles
Sen
George Moscone
San Francisco
Ronald Reagan
Oglala Indians Block Supplies at Wounded Knee
At Wounded Knee in Pine Ridge South Dakota Oglala Sioux block a helicopter with medical supplies from entering the hamlet in a bid to force militants to end a 48 day occupation. Federal roadblock stops the flight as AIM leaders face a court appearance in Pierre.
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S.D
UPI
Wounded Knee
American Indian Movement
AIM
New York
George Coats
U.S. District Court
Pierre
Moscone Abandons Los Angeles Senate Office
Senate Democratic leader George Moscone says he will not use the Los Angeles branch office he narrowly won to create. He cites misunderstood motives and announces the decision at a news conference prepared statement at the Biltmore Hotel in San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Senate
George Moscone
Moscone
San Francisco
Biltmore Hotel
Teamsters Court Growers In Grape Boycott Bid
Teamsters announce they secured four year contracts with most large table grape growers aligned with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. About three million lugs of red and white grapes shipped nationwide from the Southern California desert region may fall under Teamster control, signaling a broader labor dispute shift.
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Coachella
UPI
Teamsters
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Union
UWAF
California
Coffee price stabilize hopes amid U S shift on price supports
UPI reports that a 62 nation International Coffee Council decided to end the 10 year price support system for green coffee. U.S. sources say this may not immediately raise retail coffee prices but could trigger a coffee war as exporting nations form a marketing group to prop up prices. South American delegates accuse the United States of high handed conduct.
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London
UPI
U.S
International Coffee Council
United States
John J. Ingersoll
U.S. State Department
Tropical Products Division
Congressmen to Receive Base Closing Information Today
Pentagon to hand carry to every senator and congressman details of bases to be closed or reduced to save about 1 billion dollars yearly. The list will be released publicly 24 hours later, likely before lawmakers publish much of it themselves. The cutbacks may affect tens of thousands of jobs.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Defense Department
Nixon plans grand European tour this fall
President Nixon outlined a fall European trip to Great Britain France West Germany and Italy during a White House service. Aides said the visit would cover major Western European nations as Soviet leader Brezhnev to visit Washington in late June for talks.
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UPI
Nixon
Europe
White House
Great Britain
France
West Germany
Italy
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Moscow
Georges Pompidou
GM urged to recall 1959 60 Cadillacs over steering flaw
Ralph Nader backed group accuses General Motors of not recalling 100000 Cadillacs with a defective control arm that could snap and cause sudden steering loss. Lowell Dodge asks Congress to empower recalls and cites GM internal records to a House subcommittee as hearings consider a mandatory recall bill.
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Washington
UPI
Dodge
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