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California smog bill defeated after long committee hearing
The Assembly Transportation Committee rejected Sen. Nicholas Petris’s plan to ban new internal combustion engine sales and enforce strict emissions by 1975. Detroit manufacturers and experts argued feasibility concerns, while supporters urged faster action for a near smog-free California by 1980.
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Dennis J. Opatrny
Sacramento
UPI
California
Assembly Transportation Committee
Nicholas C. Petris
Oakland
Petris
Detroit
D. A. Jensen
Ford Motor Co
Jensen
Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc
Air Resources Board
California Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board
Fred Bowditch
General Motors Corp
Frank Stead
State Division of Environmental Sanitation
Stead