At Large Vote Plan Filed in California Supreme Court
San Jose attorneys filed a suit in the California Supreme Court seeking an all at large election system for Congress and state legislatures. The Rippon team asks to bar drawing new district lines and to place all candidates on a single ballot with one vote per office, arguing it would expand minority representation and simplify ballots. The plan envisions a large ballot with hundreds of names and potential runoffs, but maintains one vote per office.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
State Supreme Court
San Jose
Eugene
Wayne Rippon
Ronald Reagan
State Senate
State Assembly
Rippons
Assembly
Congress
Budget Fair invites church members to new programming look
First Southern Baptist Church hosts a Budget Fair tomorrow night at 6 30 with booths modeled after county fairs. The event highlights church programs youth music men women Bible teaching and preaching. A 6 30 supper precedes guided tours of booths for groups, dessert in the fellowship hall, and a devotional by the pastor. No charge or offering.
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Rick Storms
Jack Parker
1St Southern Baptist Church
First Southern Baptist Church
Booth
Fellowship Hall
Kennedy Center chief blasts cost overruns and mismanagement
Roger L. Stevens, chair of the Kennedy Center trustees, denounces sloppy craftsmanship and design at the six month old $70 million center. He cites unpaid bills and $6 million in damage claims while aiming to cut claims in half through negotiations and counterclaims.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower Theater
Roger L. Stevens
Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Stevens
Empire State Building
John F. Kennedy
Longshoremen merger plan unsatisfactory
San Francisco reports Harry Bridges says talks on merging the West Coast ILWU with the International Longshoremen's Association ended without progress. He cites ILA opposition to a full merger and notes ILA would not permit sea land work disruptions to aid a strike. The plan would have kept ILWU as a West Coast Hawaii district.
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San Francisco
UPI
International Longshoremen's Association
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Association
Bridges
The
Dispatcher
Hawaii
British Columbia
Gulf Coast
Ers
ILWU
ILA
Teddy Gleason
Afl-Cio
East Coast
West Coast
New Jersey
Reagan rebukes NEA over California education ranking
Gov. Ronald Reagan blasted a National Education Association study that ranked California 31st per capita in public school expenditures, calling the data incomplete and biased and accusing the NEA of apples and oranges math. He argued California pays high teacher salaries and educates more students than most states, yet faces criticism of funding.
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Sacramento
UPI
National Education Association
California
Ronald Reagan
NEA
Reagan
Arctic cold wave grips northern Plains with snow and high winds
A fresh surge of arctic air pushes into Montana North Dakota Nebraska and Wyoming triggering cold wave warnings. Great Falls records three inches of snow in six hours while Livingston reports winds to 67 mph. Elsewhere warm conditions persist in eastern regions with scattered rain along the coast.
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Plains
Montana
North Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Great Falls
Mont
Livingston
Florida
Pacific Coast
South
Texas
Cut Bank
Miami
Fla
Rare victory over state computer ends automation era switch
In Sacramento a $1.5 million computer was fired and credential processing moved to manual. George Gustafson said the change cut the teacher credential period from 95 days to 10 and reduced staff from 240 to 106 while hiring 50 minority students to aid the transition. In Singapore a 21 year old woman survived a 11 story fall. In Chapel Hill NC Betty Smith author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn died at 75. Memorial service planned in Chapel Hill.
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Sacramento
UPI
George Gustafson
Singpore
Jane Ho
A_ newspaper
Gustafson
State
Chapel Hill
New York
Betty Smith
Brooklyn
Miss Smith
University of North Carolina
Shelton
Conn
St. Thomas More Church
Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery
Marine life recovers a year after San Francisco Bay oil spill
A biology team led by Dr. Gordon L. Chan reports marine populations near San Francisco Bay showing signs of recovery one year after two Standard Oil tankers spilled 840000 gallons of bunker oil. Thousands of sea birds died and millions of creatures perished, but reef life is rebounding with crabs and shore species returning.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco Bay
Standard Oil Co
Golden Gate Bridge
Gordon L. Chan
College of Marin
Chan
Marin County
Duxbury Reef
Bolinas Mesa
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Charles Frazer
Donna Whiting
Terri Mullins
Randy Thompson
Ron Sumners
Jim Ward
Andy Gulick
Daniel Pentecost
Lisa Parker
Robert Beatty
Craig Cox
Lee Wilkes
Fae Storms
Billie Alexander
Max Alexander
Dieter Linde
Carl Polston
Jim Neal
Hershel Wright
Lee Summers
Joanne Thorsen
Ann Zachary
Sybil Taylor
Joyce Summers
Betsy Mendiola
Mary Jeffries
Mary Mayhugh
Sally Neal
Cleo McDonald
Cora Malesky
Jan Linde
Rosemary Kellum
Bessie Hilton
Rita Hartsfield
Wilma Harris
Merda Duncan
Helen Dobbins
Vickie Cox
Evelyn Cleveland
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Mickie Betts
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Lompoc Record
Lompoc Record Publications
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Harry J. Crompe
Lawrence C. Grossman
J Donald Adam
Gaylen Jackson
Tim Conner
Clete Lunny
Wesley A. Huffman
Ray McCuen
Betty Laurent
Scott Ostler
Trudy Schoenfeld
Steve LaRue
Vaughn Proctor
Dan Duffy
Res California News, Publishers Association, Shed Press International
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Lincoln Center
New York Times
Arthur F. Sampson
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GSA
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United Press International
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Lompoc Shopping Center
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