Reagan signs historic California 18 year old rights bill
Gov. Ronald Reagan signs a bill making Californians 18 legally adults for most purposes but bars drinking and voting until older. The law grants 18 to 20 year olds jury service debt liability credit cards and adult criminal status while preserving juvenile court protections and discretionary sentencing to youth facilities for some offenses.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Paul Priolo
Pacific Palisades
U. S
Reagan
California Youth Authority
Dollar Devaluation Plans Backed by U.S. Officials
Washington reports that the dollar will be devalued as part of a plan announced in the Azores after meetings with President Pompidou. Congress and experts on Capitol Hill voiced support, with Rep. Henry Reuss urging a firm realignment to protect American jobs and prosperity.
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UPI
U.S
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Azores
Georges Pompidou
Henry Reuss
7.8 Quake in Pacific Triggers Tidal Warnings
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake east of Kamchatka prompted tidal wave warnings from Japan and Hawaii and possibly Russia. NEIC authenticated the quake from Rockville Maryland while Tokyo broadcast alerts and predicted high waves. Weather outlook for northern Japan noted sunny, windy and cool with specific tide times and temperatures.
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Tokyo
UPI
Soviet Union
Kamchatka Peninsula
Japan
Hawaii
Russia
National Earthquake Information Center
NEIC
Rockville
School board approves 5.5 per cent pay raise
The Lompoc school board approved a 5.5 per cent salary increase for teachers and administrators under Phase II wage policies. Beginning teachers will earn 7299 dollars and maximum pay reaches 14500. The raise costs the district 468,566 dollars and dates for the increase were set as December 14 with debate over earlier timing and administrative salary adjustments.
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Nixon
Wage Price Board
Lompoc Education Association
Alice Milligan
Dick Shiers
LEA
Shiers
Pakistan Walks Out of United Nations Amid Indo Pak War Row
Pakistani Foreign Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto denounced the UN as a fraud and left the Security Council after Russia vetoes blocked a cease fire. He criticized Britain and France for abstaining and vowed to return home to fight. The walkout followed delays that Bhutto blamed on the council during the India Pakistan war.
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United Press International
India
Dacca
A. A. K. Niazi
S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
United States
7Th Fleet
Bay of Bengal
Enterprise
Tripoli
New Delhi
U.S
Niazi
Rao Farman Ali
Rawalpindi
Kashmir
East Pakistan
United Nations
Pakistan
Calcutta
BP Rikhye
Manekshaw
Farman
Bangla Desh
Soviet Union
West Pakistan
U.N. Security Council
UPI
Security Council
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
U.N
Russia
Bhutto
Britain
France
House Approves 70.5 Billion Defense Bill Amid DC Debate
The House approved a 70.5 billion defense appropriation resolving DC funding disputes that threatened adjournment. A Senate end the war amendment on foreign aid looms as the next obstacle with filibusters expected.
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House
Washington
Senate
Pentagon
District of Columbia
Former POW Fecteau says six years in solitary in China camp
Richard Fecteau, recently released from a Communist Chinese prison camp, said five or six years were spent in solitary confinement. He identified fellow prisoner John T. Downey and others, and described a one hour trial and a statement he came to deliver without taking questions. He noted he knew about the moon landing and discussed a forthcoming Nixon visit to China.
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Phoenixville
UPI
Richard Fecteau
Fecteau
Mary Ann Harbert
Peking
John T. Downey
New Britain
Conn
China
Maj
Phil Smith
Cmdr Flynn
Downey
America
Nixon
Hen Kissinger
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