Downtown street tree plan favors Iron Bark Eucalyptus overhaul
Cal Poly proposed Iron Bark Eucalyptus to replace 128 Elms in downtown beautification plans. The Downtown Revitalization Committee urged urgent involvement and the commission endorsed portable six by six planter benches and the pink blossoming Indian Hawthorne as a taller alternative.
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Wye
Reagan drops 1982 deadline for retarded care phaseout
The Reagan administration abandoned plans to phase out state mental retardation hospitals by 1982. A Health and Welfare Agency spokesman said the date was dropped as a planning factor. A long range outline for care to the Legislature may be presented next week, with no reference to 1982.
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Waters criticizes planned Health and Welfare agency reorg
In Columbus Ohio a mock disaster drill at Port Columbus Airport was postponed as a real emergency occurred on the weekend. A small plane lost a wheel but landed safely on a foam runway with no injuries. The piece notes Governor Reagan’s stance against large government and questions the reorganization to a single agency overseeing health and welfare programs. Dr. Earl Brian heads the new Health and Welfare Agency amid public concerns about board elimination and reduced public participation.
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Medical Board
Earl Brian
Vietnam
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Brian
Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Port Columbus
Nixon death penalty proposal cited as likely to be upheld
An administration spokesman told the Senate Criminal Laws subcommittee that Nixon's plan to restore the death penalty for treason sabotage espionage and murder has an excellent chance of Supreme Court support. Senator McClellan voiced strong backing, arguing the measure protects society from brutal crimes. Dixon defended the proposal as sound penal policy.
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UPI
Congress
Nixon
Supreme Court
Robert G. Dixon
Senate Criminal Laws Subcommittee
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Dixon
U S vows veto against Arabs at UN over Israel resolution
The United States warned it will veto a one sided Arab drafted resolution condemning Israel at an emergency UN Security Council session on the Beirut raid. Scali would veto if needed. sanctions measures unlikely to pass.
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UPI
United States
Security Council
Israel
Mohammed H. el- Zayyat
Egypt
Council
Lebanon
Beirut
Scali
U.S
Officials order tighter county spending in final quarter
The Board of Supervisors voted to have department heads curb expenditures in the last quarter of the fiscal year ending June 30. County Auditor-Controller Paul Floyd noted this could boost the unexpended budget balance for 1973-74 and improve the general government budget by about 8 million. The County Taxpayers Association urged restraint on late-year spending. Floyd cautioned the $8.1 million figure is overstated and tax savings of $1.25 were possible.
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Board of Supervisors
Paul Floyd
Floyd
County Taxpayers Association, Inc
Chester Knutila
Taxpayers’ Association
Murder charges filed against arson suspect
District Attorney David Minier announces a murder indictment against Patrick William Russ 39 for the 1971 Romero fire in Los Padres National Forest north of Santa Barbara. Four firefighters died and eight arson counts relate to a 1970 brush fire near Alisal Ranch Solvang.
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Patrick William Russ
Romero
Los Padres National Forest
Santa Barbara
Minier
Russ
California
Milner
Alisal Ranch
Solvang
Thomas Klepperich
Kelbert de Loach
Richard Cumor
U.S. Forest Service
Inyo National Forest
Bishop
James Mineau
Arroyo Grande
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