U.S. oil giants win bid for Atlantic drilling tracts
Three American oil majors Exxon Chevron and Shell led a $1 billion auction for Atlantic Ocean drilling rights 50 miles offshore New Jersey. A New Jersey official warned antitrust risks could void leasing sales. The Interior Department auctioned 101 tracts with Exxon spending 349 million for 34 tracts while Chevron and Shell led other bids.
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Natural death bill clears Senate panel
A heated Judiciary Committee vote 6-2 sends AB3060 to the Revenue and Taxation Committee after an emotional hearing. Proponents say the measure would let terminally ill patients refuse life-sustaining treatment while opponents warn it could lead to euthanasia and Nazi Germany comparisons.
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Carter defends record amid civil rights clash at convention
In Plains Georgia Jim Carter rebuts Ford administration charges that he is a civil rights leader arguing the accuser is a Republican functionary. He says he had no authority over Plains town government and notes the jail there was small and used briefly. He criticizes Coleman’s position as partisan and deflects questions on the convention attacks.
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GOP
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Plains
Jimmy Carter
Coleman
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Carter
Gas tax hike measure fails in Senate committee
Senate-passed SB100 by Sen. James R. Mills was defeated 4-5 in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. The bill would have raised the gasoline tax from 7 to 10 cents per gallon with funds for cities and construction projects, opposed by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.
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Assembly Ways and Means
James R. Mills
San Diego
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Nance
Construction
Ways and Means
Alfred Alquist
San Jose
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Demonstrators Protest Soviet Failure to Meet Shipping Accord
In a coast to coast action seamen joined by AFL CIO and the Committee of U.S. Flag Shipping Companies picketed in Baltimore Norfolk Seattle Mobile Philadelphia New Orleans New York Chicago Detroit and Houston. Leaflets urged U S flag shipping to carry at least one third of bilateral cargoes with Soviet adherence demanded. State Department discussions of the issue were noted with plans to raise the matter at a Maritime Council meeting.
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U.S
Soviet Union
United States
Baltimore
Stat
Senate Committees Approve Key Health and Tax Measures
The Senate Judiciary committee approves a death with patient consent bill. The Assembly backs a mansion sale bill, and prison work fee extension moves to floor. Education overhaul of California’s K12 system advances. A gas tax increase to fund highways fails 4 to 5 in committee.
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Behr
R-Ti
D-Napa
Mansion sale bill clears Senate to Assembly floor
California lawmakers consider SB1521 to sell the governor s mansion on the American River for no less than 800000 to fund a new Capitol-adjacent residence. The measure faces warning that a low sale could trigger a two-decade budget dispute and potential losses up to 700000. If unsold by April the property may be used for conferences despite local traffic concerns.
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Capitol Grounds
John Vickerman
Legislative Analyst's Office
Edmund G. Brown Jr
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