Reagan keeps safety chief on payroll with “new teeth”
Gov Ronald Reagan declined to fire William C Hern director of the Department of Industrial Relations after a two page fact finding report. The panel criticized the Division of Industrial Safety for poor organization training and enforcement while endorsing suspending or revoking licenses of violators and barring unsafe contractors from state projects. The move follows hearings on the Sylmar tunnel deaths that led Democrats to demand resignations.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
William C. Hern
State Department of Industrial Relations
Reagan
Hern
State Division of Industrial Safety
Lawmakers urge suit over Queen Mary funds in Long Beach
In a stormy hearing, Assembly leaders pressed for a state lawsuit if audits show misspending of public funds on converting the Queen Mary into an attraction. Long Beach officials argued the issue belongs in court, while audits remain incomplete and investigations unsettled.
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Sacramento
UPI
Willie Brown Jr
Assembly
Ways and Means
Long Beach
Brown
Leonard Putnam
A. Alan Post
Queen Mary
Tidelands
State Lands Commission
Evelle Younger
Warren J. Abbott
Lands Commission
John Dunlap
Dnapa
Commission
New Drug Legislation Aims at Expanded Rehab in California
Sacramento California lawmaker introduces a bill to boost drug rehabilitation and place methadone maintenance centers under state health director supervision. The plan includes an 11 member advisory board and a statewide treatment strategy with projected cost of 15 to 20 million dollars.
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Sacramento
UPI
Campbell
State Director of Health
Lompoc
California
Act. of Congress
Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
Kenneth L. Adam
Harry J. Crompe
Lawrence C. Grossman
J. Donald Adam
Gaylen Jackson
Congress weighs tax hikes amid 1969 cutbacks
President Nixon says no tax increase this year as liberal Democrats push for higher levies. Treasury Secretary Connally disagrees warning that tax hikes could curb spending and affect the election.
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Congress
Martha W. Griffiths
D-Mich
Treasury
John B. Connally Jr
Connally
Maheu Sues Hughes Voice for 17.5 Million Over Slur
Robert Maheu sues the Hughes voice for 17.5 million claiming slander during a January telephone news conference. He alleges the voice, identifying as Howard Hughes, called him a dishonest thief and asserted false claims. The suit targets Hughes Tool Co and Byoir Associates in federal court.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Robert Maheu
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Voice
Howard R. Hughes
Maheu
Federal District Court
Hughes Tool
Carl Byoir and Associates
Richard Hannah Maheu
FBI
Hughes Empire of Land
Nevada
Las Vegas
Bahamas
Hughes-Maheu
Hughes Hannah
Buoir
Hughes Tool Co
Clifford Irving
Fresno high students run for offices in model elections
Roosevelt High School senior government class members 18 year olds campaign for real offices. One seeks the state Assembly two aim for county supervisor three run for school board and fifteen pursue county central committee seats for the two major parties.
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Fresno
UPI
Dale Doig
Roosevelt High School
Doig
Assembly
Community events fill Lompoc week with meetings and screenings
LOmpoc groups announce a busy calendar. LOVARC and Sierra Club call for youth volunteers. Knights of Columbus host a $5 family rib dinner. roller skating Sunday night at Santa Maria Roller Rink. Catholic Youth Organization car wash Saturday at Ken Calvert Mobil. Several talks, parties, and film nights scheduled through February and March.
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Knights of Columbus
Council Hall
Santa Maria
Catholic Youth Organization
Ken Calvert
Mobil Station
Ocean and
H Streets
Nixon presses Communists to answer peace plan in Paris talks
President Nixon warned Hanoi that the United States will not negotiate the surrender of South Vietnam or make further offers until the Communists respond to his eight point peace plan. He urged Democrats to consider how their remarks might delay negotiations until after the November election. He spoke at a White House news conference and outlined plans for a China trip starting February 17, calling the trip a watershed toward improved U.S. Chinese relations and possible broader communication.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
Oval
White House
Nguyen van Thieu
China
Paris
Thieu
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Tony del Pesco
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Charles Southwick
Carole Hanson
Capt. Hanson
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Lompoc Theatre
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Mom
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Man In
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Panavision’ Technicolor
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Broadway
Donovan Rod
Time Magazine
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Randa
SAT. JR. Matinee
Peppertree Theatre
Glen & Randa
Sun
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