Measure for taxpayer financed state elections in California
Three Senate Democrats unveiled SB442 proposing public funding for general elections in California. The plan would match private donations with taxpayer dollars up to limits, costing about 1 million dollars yearly or 20 cents per resident, and would cap individual and group contributions. They argued public financing reduces big money influence amid a shaky budget forecast.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate Democrats
Senate
Finance Committee
Anthony C. Beilenson
Los Angeles
Omer L. Rains
Ventura
Arlen Gregorio
San Mateo
Beilenson
Cyanide found in abandoned building in Martinez
Lt. Stanley DeSilva of the state Fish and Game Department said three drums of cyanide in a derelict metal finishing site near the Brown & Brown Building could have poisoned a city if mixed with leaking sulphuric acid. A child's exposure to green sewer liquid prompted the discovery and cleanup. Possible misdemeanor charges may be filed against the building owners, though ownership is unclear as the structure is up for sale.
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Martinez
UPI
Stanley DeSilva
State Fish and Game Department
San Quentin
Contra Costa County Health Department
Fish and Game Department
DeSilva
Edward Simons
Brown & Brown
San Francisco Bay
Donald White
Chlorine sank from barge in Strait of Georgia incident
About 340 tons of liquid chlorine aboard four rail cars sank off the Strait of Georgia some 100 miles northwest of the U S coast. Canadian and U S authorities rushed to locate the tanks as a possible leak could force evacuations of Texada Island and Powell River. Navy help and Pisces submersible teams were prepared to assist in recovery.
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Vancouver
B.C
UPI
Strait of Georgia
United States
U.S
Texada Island
Powell River
U.S. Navy
Canadian Transport Ministry
Des Allard
California handicapped access push prompts enforcement drive
Attorney General Evelle Younger urged strict local enforcement of access laws for the handicapped and said he will mail letters to district attorneys and city attorneys. He will file lawsuits if compliance fails, citing laws guaranteeing full access to public accommodations and buildings. In Sacramento, a separate bill would add 120 million dollars to aid low and middle wealth districts, boosting state funding about 31 dollars per student next year.
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Sacramento
UPS
Evelle J. Younger
UPI
Senate Education Committee
Chiirman
Albert S. Rodda
Finance Committee
No reason to halt Diablo says NRC official
A Nuclear Reactor Commission spokesman stated the agency sees no reason to stop Diablo Canyon construction. Dr. Frank Walter said no evidence from hearings or current knowledge justifies halting work, though concerns about offshore earthquake faults were raised by Mothers March for Peace. Diablo Canyon has two reactors, one 92 percent done and the other about half finished.
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SAN Luis Obispo
UPI
Nuclear Reactor Commission
Diablo Canyon
Miles
Pg&e
Pressure on Ford and Congress to cut unemployment rises
Unemployed workers, leaders and several governors urge immediate action to create jobs as Ford policy chief Seidman says no quick fix. Amid new layoffs, Henry Ford II and UAW chief Woodcock warn unemployment could hit 9 or 10 percent, with millions affected and protests erupting in Michigan.
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United Press International Business and Labor
Ford
Congress
L. William Seidman
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Joint Economic Committee
Woodcock
Progressive Labor Party
Werewolf nickname drives brutal knife attack sentence
Richard Lough, an electronics worker nicknamed Werewolf, was sentenced in San Mateo County to one to 10 years for assaulting a 19 year old woman with a sharpened butter knife. A jury found him sane, and the judge urged psychiatric treatment in prison.
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Redwood City
Calif
UPI
Richard Lough
San Mateo County
Lough
Neak Luong shelling tightens grip on Mekong defense
Communist gunners intensified strikes on Neak Luong base 35 miles from Phnom Penh. More than 100 rounds wounded 10. three government navy boats were sunk in a failed amphibious assault ten miles upriver. Mekong shipping remains halted with civilian impact and rising food, fuel shortages.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Neak Luong
Mekong
Bangkok
Utapao
Thailand
U.S
Cambodia
Lon Ol
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Diablo
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Frank Walter
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