California approves 950 million in state housing loans plan
Negotiators reach a compromise on a 950 million bill to provide inexpensive state housing loans for low and middle income Californians. The measure aims to fund 20 000 housing units and 18 000 construction jobs, with regional income limits and a test in the November 1976 election.
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Sacramento
UPI
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Burns
Senate Assembly
California
Two House Conference Committee
Helms slips in back stairs to CIA Senate hearing
Richard Helms, former CIA chief and current ambassador to Iran, arrives for a Senate Intelligence hearing on his seven year CIA tenure using back stairs to avoid reporters. Senate chair Frank Church cites hard evidence of assassination plots and ties to domestic intelligence actions outlined in Rockefeller Commission findings.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Helms
Iran
Central Intelligence Agency
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Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Activities
Helms
Frank Church
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New York Times
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San Cristobal
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Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Congressional
Rockefeller Commission
Rockefeller
Langley
Johnson
Nixon
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Honolulu
John Mitchell
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pamphlet ban stops Fear City police pamphlets
Off duty police and firemen were served with a federal court order prohibiting distribution of pamphlets portraying New York as Fear City amid layoffs. The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association sought to overturn the injunction claiming violation of free speech.
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New York
UPI
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Brooklyn
PBA
Ken McFeeley
John Maye
Transit Police Benevolent Association
Richard Vizzini
Uniformed Firefighter's Association
Kennedy Airport
Maye
McFeeley
May
Vizzini
Apollo mission cleared for July 15 launch to rendezvous
Space officials report all systems are go for the Apollo Soyuz flight set to launch July 15 to rendezvous in orbit with a Soviet Soyuz craft. Flight readiness review hailed readiness across Saturn 1B, recovery, and comms networks while astronauts Stafford Brand and Slayton train in Houston.
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Fila
API
Apollo
Chester Lee
World Communications Network
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald Slayton
Houston
Lee
Glynn Lunney
United States
M.P. Frank
Walter Kapryan
Col
William Soloman
Tecwyn Roberts
California panel allows substitutions for generic drugs
The California Board of Pharmacy ended the ban on substituting cheaper generic drugs for brand name prescriptions. The rule change, urged by the Assembly and supported by the Brown administration, aims to trim costs by about 45 million dollars annually. Doctors may still prohibit substitution. a list of non substitutable brand drugs will be created. Consumers Union plans to press its lawsuit and pursue a consumer education campaign.
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Los Angeles
UPI
State Board of Pharmacy
State Assembly
Brown
State Department of Consumer Affairs
Consumers Union
Assembly
Board
James R. Gates
Gates
Ray Bonner
Federal Trade Commission
Citizens panel calls for reform of medical licensing board
In San Francisco a citizen committee urged consumer representation on the State Board of Medical Examiners and other licensing agencies. Led by Lola McAlpin Grant, the group backed binding arbitration, caps on attorney fees, and tougher disciplinary rules to curb malpractice and rising costs.
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San Francisco
UPI
Board of Medical Examiners
Lola McAlpin Grant
Grant
Loyola University Law School
California
Committee For
Teachers seek summer unemployment benefits nationwide loophole
Thousands of teachers in at least 10 states rush to collect unemployment during summer vacations, aiming to exploit a federal loophole tucked into a supplemental bill. If not resolved, the change could cost the government over 15 million dollars weekly.
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United Press International
Ford
Congress
House
Senate
California
Arkansas
Illinois
Vermont
Indiana
Washington
Mississippi
Oklahoma
State Employment Security Commission
Woody Lee
Illinois Education Association
Lee
Court orders new food stamp policy to ensure adequate diet
A federal appeals court ruled the current food stamp formula shortchanges recipients and instructed the Agriculture Department to devise an allotment plan within 120 days that guarantees enough aid for a nutritionally adequate diet. The ruling could raise benefits for millions and faces possible appeals by the government.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
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