Minh Calls Thieu to Quit as Saigon Evacuation Gathers
Gen Duong Van Minh urged President Thieu to resign to avoid Saigon becoming Phnom Penh. North Vietnamese regulars reported near Gia Dinh 10 miles from Saigon as U.S. plans a large evacuation through Tan Son Nhut.
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California Senate panel approves farm worker ballot elections
Senate committees approve industrial relations bills including SB308 to permit secret union ballot elections for farm workers. Other measures move to finance for liquor tax hikes to expand alcoholism programs, while insurance reform and marijuana sanctions face shifts. Weather advisories loom across Montana to North Dakota with rain and snow threats. Temperatures span 27 to 75 across western states.
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Teamster backed farm labor bill clears Senate committee
In Sacramento the Industrial Relations Committee advanced SB308 to the Finance Committee. The bill by Sen. George Zenovich would create an agricultural relations board to supervise secret ballot elections for farm workers between Cesar Chavez United Farm Workers and the Teamsters. It allows farm labor strikes but bans secondary boycotts.
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Insurance bill to shield doctors from policy cancellations fails
A California Senate committee rejected urgency legislation SB674 aimed at preventing insurers from refusing renewals or canceling malpractice polices through year end. Argument centered on Argonaut Insurance Co. facing potential collapse, losing about 5 million dollars monthly with a 28 million dollar surplus, raising doubts the measure would avert the crisis.
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Tax reform measure to end two thirds vote for business taxes advances
In Sacramento the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee approved SCA1 by Sen. Dunlap to let taxes be set by simple majority, removing the two thirds barrier for banks and corporations. Gov Brown backs the plan as a move toward meaningful reform amid prior Assembly defeat.
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Ford acts to delay railroad strike with emergency board
President Ford created a presidential emergency board to avert a national railroad strike set to begin Friday. The panel, chaired by Alexander B. Porter, includes James M. Harkless and Francis X. Quinn, to investigate contract disputes between the National Railway Labor Conference and the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks, under the National Railway Labor Act.
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Beirut truce holds after four days of clashes
In Beirut Palestinian guerrillas and Phalangists appear to honor a government brokered cease-fire. Fighting around Tal Zaatar continues faintly under rain as police report 132 dead and 250 wounded in four days of war.
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Pot measure clears key panel in California legislature
The Criminal Justice Committee approved SB 9 by Sen. George Moscone on a 5-1 vote, advancing to the Ways and Means Committee. The bill would remove felony sanctions for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana, issuing traffic-style citations with fines up to 100 dollars and purging records after two years.
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Magruder says Nixon could have chosen 1976 successor
Jeb Stuart Magruder, former Nixon aide and Watergate conspirator, told a Southern Colorado State College audience that Nixon could have hand-picked his successor in 1976 if the cover-up had not been exposed. He urged Senate confirmation for presidential assistants and defended the press overall.
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