California lawmakers fail tax reform compromise in Senate Finance
Governor Reagan and Assembly Speaker Moretti saw AB 1000 fail in the Senate Finance Committee amid partisan criticism. Pro Tem James Mills and Floor Leader George Moscone attacked Moretti over collaboration with the governor. The column questions lawmakers' commitment as they delay vacation to reattempt the measure before November elections.
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Sacramento
Reagan
Assembly
Moretti
Senate Finance Committee
James Mills
San Diego
George Moscone
San Francisco
Senate
Jane Fonda as Secretary of State in McGovern Win Prophecy
A column satirically imagines Jane Fonda as Secretary of State under George McGovern. It mocks her public activism, lecture circuit, and alleged influence while contrasting her views with U.S. policy and wartime concerns. It notes critics and supporters framing her as a polarizing figure with a permanent activist role.
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George McGovern
Jane Fonda
Miss Fonda
Vassar College
Fonda
Cesar Chavez
Life Magazine
Nixon
Grim
Hanoi
Richard Nixon
Bucher
North Korea
Lyndon Johnson
Pueblo
Kings River Project Tour Shows Ingenious Dams and Ducts
Harriet Adam recounts a PG&E hosted tour to the Kings River Project near Kings River Canyon. The trip visits Courtright Wishon and Haas facilities, detailing dams tunnels and penstocks, the 80 million dollar project cost, and public recreation areas while praising engineering feats and California scenery.
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Pg&e
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
California
Feather River
Kings River
Fresno
Lompoc Local Scene Reveals Oddments And Plans
A quirky roundup from Lompoc includes a mayoral election quip, Applegate family farming notes east of town, a veiled iris gift, a Cabrillo High School peace badge, and a plan to revive the Lompoc Valley Press Club. A state official will study Miguelito Channel improvements tomorrow.
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Lompoc
Miguelito Channel
Change H Street name debated by Lompoc planners
Lompoc Planning Commission will consider renaming H Street to Vandenberg Boulevard this evening. Separately, 45 military buildings at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County are to be sold August 4 to the highest bidders, with only two headquarters buildings remaining two stories. Senator Clair Engle says a salt water conversion plant site could be announced soon and has urged appropriations efforts to fund saline water conversion on the West Coast.
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Lompoc
Applegates
Lilley
Highway 246
Four Corners
H Street
Vandenberg Boulevard
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Santa Barbara County
U.S. Army Engineer District
Los Angeles
Clair Engle
Maurice H. Stans
Bureau of Budget
Fred A. Seaton
Interior
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Kings River Water Ass’n
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Wishon
Haas
Coos Bay
Haas Powerhouse
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San Joaquin Valley
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