Huge 700 Million Tax Increase Planned For California Highways
A California advisory commission urged the legislature to raise taxes by 700 million dollars to preserve current highway and public transit levels. Proposed boosts include 4 cent higher gasoline tax, up to 50 dollar increases in driver licenses and vehicle registrations, a quarter percent sales tax rise, and 60 million more in truck weight fees. The plan calls for reorganizing state transportation agencies and creating eight transportation accounts. The releases note the plan stems from budget cuts and layoffs in the Department of Transportation.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Highway Users Tax Study Commission
Department of Transportation
Department of Motor Vehicles
Highway Patrol
Air Resources Board
State Transportation Board and
Highway Commission
League of California Cities
The
County Supervisors Association
Legislature
California land bill moves to Senate over farm protection plan
Assembly advances AB15 to the Senate with a 41 to 36 vote. Democrat sponsor Charles Warren says the measure would create an Agricultural Resource Council with final veto over local zoning for prime agricultural lands though exempting 90 percent of cities. Opponents warn it hampers growth and shifts land use power away from local government.
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Sacramento
UPS
California
Assembly
Charles Warren
Los Angeles
Senate
State Agricultural Resource Council
Warren
Labor board says it is dead and closes petitions
The Agricultural Labor Relations Board announces it is nearly out of money and will accept final farm worker election petitions only for a brief period. With SB1292 stalled, the board faces layoffs and a skeleton operation after February 6 while negotiations and elections proceed for already conducted cases.
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Sacramento
UPI
Agricultural Labor Relations Board
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate
Brown
Angolan Civil War Flares Around Huambo Amid Skirmishes
Reports from Luanda and Lusaka via Tass describe pro Western National Union forces clashing with their ally against Soviet backed MPLA and FNL in Huambo. Tass cites a cocked radio outage while UNITA claims unit deployments behind enemy lines and a push toward Lobito and Benguela with Cuban support and mercenary involvement.
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United Press International
Angola
Huambo
Tass
Luanda
National Union For
National Front For the Liberation of
National Union
National Front
Lusaka
UNITA
MPLA
Lobito
Benguela
Zambia
Zaire
Silva Porto
Britain
Europe
Kinshasa
Fnlas
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Influenza Strain Kills Three Across Nation
A new A Victoria flu strain is linked to three deaths as it spreads from Minnesota to the West and East coasts. Health officials say the season may remain mild despite the early, wide outbreak touching Nevada Oregon California and many states.
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Atlanta
UPI
Michael Gregg
National Center For Disease Control
United States
Gregg
Minnesota
Nevada
Oregon
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Iowa
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Tennessee
Washington
Chelsea
Minn
Kissinger Says Trade Act Limits Use Of Trade Levers
Secretary of State Kissinger told the Senate Finance Committee that the 1974 trade act is too restrictive and "closed the door" on using trade to improve relations with communist nations. He urged considering easing MFN ties with the Soviet Union and other states while warning Congress has undermined U.S. foreign policy through intervention in presidential decisions. He described a broad review of U.S. foreign economic policy.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Congress
Kissinger
Senate Finance Committee
Ford
Soviet Union
Angola
Senate
U.S
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San Francisco
David A. Roberts
Huambo Radio
Las Vegas
Otto Ravenholt
Salem
Ore
Whiteaker Junior High
Portland
Pizza Village
Sporaxis
Chuck’s
E. Ocean Ave
Bankamericard
Lompoc
Elinor Lefkowitz
Bob Livingston
Jim Brightwell
Livingston
Western City Magazine
Brightwell
California Water Pollution Control Bulletin
Gerson Chanin
Lsbair
Firgt
North ‘H
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Finance Committee
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