New Bicentennial Salute In California Phone Directory
A new General Telephone directory set will run July 9 to 22 with a bicentennial cover painting by Dohanos. It covers 18 subsidiaries in California and lists 56 000 directories with 20 500 names, including top surnames Smith and Johnson. Yellow pages exceed 12 000 entries. Pink pages return, and deliveries finish within ten days with extra copies at Santa Maria and Lompoc offices.
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General Telephone Company
Dohanos
General Telephone and Electronics
California
Aagaard
Solvang
Zydron
Santa Maria
Smith and Johnson
Andersons
Browns
Davises
Joneses
Martins
Millers
Williamses
Wilsons
John Spencer
General
Spencer
Lompoc
Bradley warns LA needs new cash to stay solvent
Mayor Tom Bradley told the Los Angeles City Council in a state of the city address that solvency hinges on finding new revenue sources. He cited budget cuts over the past two years and warned postponing street work and equipment purchases would eventually catch up, adding that tax hikes cannot be the default solution.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Tom Bradley
Bradley
Indians seek fort restore with historic pen at Hum boldt
Eureka column reports Humboldt Indians push to include a 80 foot diameter pen at Ft Humboldt reconstruction to reflect their history. State funds around 300000 are guaranteed, while some residents question the pen's necessity. Indian language instructor Jack Norton advocates preserving the penal feature to avoid forgetting.
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Eureka
UPI
Ft. Humboldt
Jack Norton
Humboldt State University
Severe winds tear through Chickasha supermarket and area
Seventy mile per hour winds ripped the Chickasha supermarket roof and damaged homes. Three people were injured, none seriously, as the central Oklahoma storm also produced up to four inches of rain in some spots and funnel clouds observed by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
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United Press International
Oklahoma
Chickasha
Mercury
Hobart
Okla
Wichita Falls
Tex
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Alabama
Anniston
Ala
Birmingham
Oxford
Red River
North Dakota
Minnesota
Whitewater
Elba
Whitewater State Park
State Bar opens meetings to public in California
The State Bar of California will open its Board of Governors meetings to press and public. Bar President Brent M. Abel cited lack of public funding and no legal requirement for openness, while noting some topics may still be handled in closed sessions such as litigation, discipline, judicial recommendations, and membership hearings.
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San Francisco
UPI
State Bar of California
Board of Governors
Bar
Brent M. Abel
Abel
Refugees Learn U S English At Camp Pendleton Class
At Camp Pendleton a two hour nightly class helps Vietnamese refugees adapt to life in the United States. Led by Mrs. Kelly De Sare the program teaches English and practical life skills to about 500 students nightly with guidance from Tang Vinh Tai.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
UPI
Kelly de Sare
Tang Vinh Tai
U.S
Saigon
Vishae
Eight killed in arson fire at Pomona Hotel skid row
An arson fire on skid row in Portland Oregon killed eight men and injured 26, eight critically, at the Pomona Hotel. John A. Newvine 62 was charged with arson and homicide as investigators said there was no reason for the blaze. Firefighters describe a perilous rescue as victims clung to ledges and windows.
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Portland, Ore
UPI
Pomona
Skid Row
John A. Newvine
Portland Police Bureau
Richard Walker
Walker
Portland Fire Bureau
Wayne Lambeth
GOP asks probe into state officers in California
Sacramento UPI The Republican state chairman urged Gov. Edmund Brown Jr to demand a legislative investigation into alleged misconduct by Lt. Gov. Mervyn Dymally Controller Ken Cory Senate leaders James Mills and Bill Greene. Haerle cited misuse of Urban Affairs Institute funds and ethics questions surrounding tax referees and a scholarship link.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Mervyn Dymally
Ken Cory
GOP
Paul Haerle
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Dymally
Cory
Senate
James R. Mills
San Diego
Bill Greene
Los Angeles
Brown
Haerle
Lly
Greene
Urban Affairs Institute
Mills
Alphabetical ballot lists unconstitutional court rules
California Supreme Court rules that placing an incumbent first or ordering candidates alphabetically on ballots violates equal protection. The decision, involving Renee Gould and Richard Palmer of Santa Monica, upholds a lower court ruling and finds no compelling interest in the city’s practice.
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San Francisco
UPI
California Supreme Court
Renee Gould
Richard Palmer
Santa Monica
Mathew Tobriner
California
State High Court
Los Angeles
Supreme Court
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Tie
Poliday Ofr
State Bar
Portland
Bob Harris
Harris
Virgil Howard
Lambeth
Adrian Byerly
Dean Johnston
Bill Inglesby
Electrolux
David Gait
Sentative Rantee
Commercial Credit Corporation Homeowner Loans
Santa Barbara
H Street
LaCumbre Plaza
S. Hope Ave
East Main Street
Credit Life
Sah
Federal
All Mission Federal
Mission Federal Savings and Loan Association
North H Street
E. Main Street
You Cowdrey
Lompoc, Calif
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