State safety division faces new charges of car misuse
Sacramento reports allege the Division of Industrial Safety used state-owned vehicles for personal trips and commuting. Tests show many cars permanently assigned, logs incomplete, and costs billed to the state. Assemblyman Vincent Thomas calls the improper use extreme while audits cite weekend and holiday personal use by multiple officials.
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Tax loophole costs California state revenue study says
A 56 page study by Project Loophole says California loses about 100 million since 1950 due to a home office property tax deduction used by 12 insurance firms in 1970 71. The group urges ending the deduction. Sen. Roberts introduces new legislation to close the loophole.
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Nixon selects news team for China trip
President Nixon will be accompanied to China by Walter Cronkite John Chancellor Harry Reasoner William F Buckley and 83 other correspondents photographers and technicians from a pool of over 2000 applicants The list includes three women Helen Thomas Barbara Walters and Fay Wells The White House cites circulation and viewpoint as selection criteria with Buckley representing conservative views and Kraft and Wilson placed as nonconservative
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British pubs to keep pint under metrication plan
Britain will convert to meters and liters by end of 1975 but pubs may continue selling by the pint or switch to metric measures. The government says exemptions apply to publicans and milkmen, with managers choosing one system to avoid confusion. The Licensed Victuallers Association welcomed the exemption.
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Dibble to leave private firm to avoid conflict
E F Dibble vice chairman of the California State Water Resources Control Board will divest his private engineering firm to prevent a conflict of interest. He had disclosed ownership of the Red lands firm and submitted documents to Norman B Livermore Jr who found no conflict but accepted the divestiture. Governor Reagan appointed Dibble in 1967 to a 25000 salary post. Ford noted the firm did no state business but did work for Mojave Water Agency.
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California Legislative Proposals Snapshot In Sacramento
The Senate advances bills on toll bridge operations SB190 Mills San Diego and PUC audits SB191 Alquist San Jose for utility inspections SB194 Roberts Los Angeles shifts noise costs. Assembly AB339 Barnes San Diego restores tax exemption for military income AB331 Briggs Fullerton caps property tax at 1 percent ACA30.
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State seeks court order to stop welfare income checks
Deputy AG Raymond Momboisse moved to dissolve a temporary restraining order blocking outside income checks for welfare recipients. Governor Reagan blasted Judge Gallaghers ruling while the state argues it protects honest welfare recipients and fights fraud. White will hear arguments Thursday at 9 a.m. as Golden Gate Welfare Rights faces questions over its corporate status.
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