Assembly backs $3 billion California school finance bill
Sacramento Assembly approves AB65 aimed at equalizing funding across districts within 200 per pupil and shifting funds to low wealth areas. The measure would phase out basic aid and boost bilingual, special education, and teachers retirement funding while capping high wealth district tax rates.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Assembly
Assembly Education Committee
Leroy Greene
Senate
Greene
California
Michael Wornum
D-Mill Valley
United States
Leo McCarthy
Jerry Lewis
R-Highland
Young entremanures battle the tax man
Ramona California UPI reports a 12 year old corporation president Richard Ces sna Jr leads Kidco Inc a manure recycling business with sisters Ne Ne 9 Bette 11 and June Cole 14 The state Board of Equalization demands a sales license and 6 percent sales tax on back manure sales plus interest and penalties arguing manure is tangible property and taxable under the law
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Ramona
Calif
Richard Cessna Jr
Ne-Ne
Bette
June Cole
Richard
McFarland
Banks Extradition Judge Ruling Prompting Governor Appeal
The governor announced plans to appeal a court ruling ordering extradition of Dennis Banks, AIM leader, to South Dakota for sentencing on an assault conviction. Senate committees advanced several finance and governance bills including SB170, SB234, and SB4, while Assembly action approved Turtle sales of green sea turtle meat through 1980.
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Banks
American Indian Movement
Dennis Banks
South Dakota
California
Nejedly
Walnut Creek
Telephone light transmission touted as cheaper system
General Telephone Co. reports a new glass strand optical system that converts speech to light, travels via glass cables, and reconverts to sound. It promises the same capacity as 2,100 copper wire pairs at lower costs, with initial test between Long Beach and Artesia.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Gneral Telephone Co
Lee L. Davenport
GTE
Senate panel rejects Rains bottle deposit bill in California
Senate Finance Committee defeated SB4 by 5-7 after hours of testimony. Senator Omer Rains championed a two or five cent deposit to curb litter, citing Oregon and Vermont models. Opponents warned of thousands of plant layoffs and higher food costs, while supporters argued of reduced litter and resource use.
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UPI
Senate Finance Committee
California
Omer Rains
Ventura
Rains
Oregon
Vermont
Joseph Vanpool
Glass Bottle Blowers Association
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