Senate Democrats push 90 day wage price and profit freeze
In a closed caucus Democrats unanimously backed a 90 day freeze of wages prices rents profits and consumer interest rates to be attached to the first suitable bill. They noted public concern over inflation exceeds worry about Watergate and may seek to attach to the debt ceiling bill due by June 30.
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UPI
Senate
Nixon
Treasury
George P. Shultz
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Democrats
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
No presidential talk at governors meeting
At the Nevada conference, governors and reporters avoided explicit 1976 election talk. Reagan and Rockefeller gave evasive, noncommittal replies when asked about presidential plans, while Agnew was due to attend a keynote appearance that night.
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Nev
UPI
Nevada
Ronald Reagan
California
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Spiro T. Agnew
Reagan
Rockefeller
Gas tax fund bill reaches Senate floor
Senate bill SCA15 by James R. Mills advances to potential use of gas tax funds for rapid transit and other nonhighway projects. The measure passes Transportation Committee on a 5 to 2 vote amid constitutional limits and Division over shifting fuel tax dollars.
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Sacramento
James R. Mills
San Diego
Transportation Committee
John F. Foran
San Francisco
Assembly
State board to reconsider five million smog devices
The Air Resources Board will meet in Los Angeles to reconsider requiring five million used cars to be fitted with VSAD vacuum spark advance disconnect devices. Critics fear engine damage while the board weighs data before July 1.
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Sacramento
UPS
State Air Resources Board
Los Angeles
VSAD
Tornado Sightings Reported Across Multiple States
Thirty six tornadoes were sighted from the Central to the Ohio Valley Monday with no injuries. A tornado overturned a car in Indianapolis and twisters damaged structures in Dilton Oklahoma Rolla Missouri and near Charleston Illinois. Watches persisted for parts of Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Missouri as showers and storms ranged from the Plains to the Great Lakes with 60 mile per hour gusts in Sedalia Missouri and Bloomington Illinois.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Plains
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Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Alley
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Sedalia
Bloomington
Ill
California remap bills advance in legislature standoff looms
Senate approved reapportionment plans move to Assembly floor as Meade's parallel measure awaits Senate vote. Zenovich's SB195, amended to include Assembly Senate and 43 member House plans, aims to preserve the 20 20 Senate balance and adjust the Assembly margin amid vacancies. Critics decry incumbency protection and impacts on minority communities.
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UPI
Senate
California
Assembly
Robert H. Burke
Huntington Beach
Alex P. Garcia
Los Angeles
Irvin Sutley
Peace and Freedom Party
Meade
Richard Alatorre
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