Solvang man pitches 2.50 dollar bill called Betsy
Edward Mehren of Solvang writes Treasury Secretary William Simon proposing a 2.50 bill to ease change and cut costs. He would name it Betsy and feature Betsy Ross with the first American flag, arguing it avoids the bad luck superstition of the 2 bill.
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UPI
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Treasury
William E. Simon
Mehren
Betty Ross
Washington
Lincoln
Hamilton
Ulysses S. Grant
McKinley
Simon
Hustler plans nude Jackie Kennedy centerfold photos
Hustler Magazine announces five nude color photos of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in its August issue. The images, shot from a boat off Skorpios years ago, were sourced from an Italian photographer and published earlier in Europe. Flynt defends the layout as newsworthy and public domain, noting strong sales across the United States and a premature Lima rollout.
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UPI
Hustler Magazine
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Larry Flynt
Skorpios
Playboy
Flynt
Hustler
Jackie Pictures
Lima
Ohio
Playboy Magazine
Replica brig Pilgrim sails into Los Angeles maritime museum
The diesel powered replica of the Pilgrim arrives in San Diego on its voyage toward Los Angeles to become a maritime museum. Captain Harold Fowler says the crew worked like Dana would have, though modern crews include female sailors and diesel engines.
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UPS
Richard Henry Dana
Dana
Boston
California
Los Angeles
Harold Fowler
Harvard
Pilgrim
U.S
Sharon McDonald
Shreveport
Patricia Hess
Philadelphia
Jamaica
California halts highway construction as revenue slumps
California Administrator Brown orders an unprecedented halt to new highway construction and cuts in the Department of Transportation as inflation and declining revenues squeeze a 500 million dollar annual program. About 50 million in bids are set before July 1 while layoffs are staged later. Senate pushes SB100 to raise the gas tax to 8 cents per gallon to fund highways and rapid transit.
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UPI
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Howard C. Ullrich
Eea of Transportation
Ich
Department
California
Senate Finance Committee
James R. Mills
San Diego
Senate
Ullrich
Department of Transportation
California Senate balks at fast track on public employee bargaining
In Sacramento the Senate Finance Committee delayed SB4 as critics led by Sen. John Holmdahl demand careful study. Gov. Brown’s compromise aims to grant bargaining rights to 1.5 million public workers but not strikes. The panel approved a UC faculty clause 8-3, while excluding student assistants 3-7.
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UPI
Corbaee
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
John Holmdahl
Castro Valley
Senate Finance Committee
Brown
Ralph C. Dills
D-Gardena
Senate
Dills
Howard Berman
Beverly Hills
Assembly
Finance Committee
Lou Casanovich
Westlake Village
California Senate Advances Reform and Arbitration Proposals
The Senate approved measures tightening conflict of interest and disclosure rules under the Political Reform Act and moving medical malpractice suits to arbitration panels. Other actions include expense disclosures for lawmakers, a tax break proposal tied to higher brackets from inflation, and refugee policy developments plus a JFK assassination investigation request.
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United Press International
Senate
San Diego
Assembly
Carpenter
Newport Beach
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