Campaign funding bill killed by state panel
A California bill proposing public financing for campaigns was killed 3-1 by the Senate Finance Committee. SB1660 would have let statewide and legislative candidates choose public funds or private fundraising, with an advisory question for voters on November ballots. The governor and major statewide officers would have received specific public funds. critics cited potential taxpayer costs.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Senate Finance Committee
Arlen Gregorio
San Mateo
Senate
State bill would shift welfare costs to property taxes
Senate Finance Committee approved SB1886 to have California take over about 118 million dollars in welfare costs now paid by counties. The plan would phase in lower property tax levies over five years and could trigger a statewide tax increase per opponents.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Alfred E. Alquist
San Jose
Senate Finance Committee
Alquist
Albert Brown
Reagan Administration
Finance Department
Washington, D.C
California Senate pay rise plan dies in Assembly committee
A Senate backed amendment to raise lawmaker salaries with inflation failed in the Assembly Constitutional Amendments Committee. SCR51 would have tied increases to the California CPI, but no motion to approve was made. Current pay is 19 200 a year, rising to 21 120 next year, with a 5 percent annual cap.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Assembly kills measure to ease school bond approvals
The Assembly defeated ACA61 by John F. Dunlap 36-30, ending a bid to lower the capital outlay bond passage threshold from two-thirds to a majority. Backers argued it would aid districts after $560 million in last year's bonds won majorities but failed on the high standard. Opponents warned of higher homeowners taxes and urged state funding for education instead. Vincent Thomas warned Los Angeles schools face serious financial trouble with a $20 million deficit.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
John F. Dunlap
D-Napa
Dunlap
Vincent Thomas
D-San Pedro
Los Angeles
Senate
Measles vaccine rule advances to Senate floor
A bill SB1967 by Sen. Anthony Beilenson would require children under 12 to receive two measles vaccines before school enrollment. The measure passed the House committee on an 11 vote and moves to the Senate floor. The extra shot targets rubella to reduce birth deformities from maternal infection.
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Anthony C. Beilenson
Los Angeles
Senate
Florida hit by tropical low and cold front weather clash
A tropical low over the eastern Gulf sent strong winds along Florida’s west coast from Homosassa Bay to Naples while a northern cold front triggered thunderstorms in the state. Tides rose two feet causing erosion and floods in low areas as showers spread across the Atlantic coast and parts of New Mexico and Montana. Shreveport set a 62 degree record low as Needles noted 103 and Marquette reported 39.
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United Press International
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Homosassa Bay
Naples
Atlantic
New Mexico
Montana
Rocky Mountains
California
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Shreveport
Needles
Calif
Marquette County
Michigan
County to keep 25-cent bus fare all week
Los Angeles County supervisors voted to extend the 25-cent bus fare for all seven days rather than keep the 10-cent Sunday rate. They cited low success and joy riding by youngsters. The plan costs about 46 million dollars for the 1974-75 year. The board also cut 1.5 cents from an 86-cent tax increase in the proposed 2.8 billion budget.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ernest E. Debs
Trunk Victim Freed After 12 Hours By Two Robbers
An 80 year old real estate broker Henry Bratter was forced into a car trunk by two armed thieves after being accosted near a restaurant in Los Angeles. He freed himself after 12 hours, was found by witnesses, and treated for heat exhaustion at Marina Mercy Hospital. The suspects fled with about $50.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Henry Bratter
Marina Mercy Hospital
Bratter
Westchester
Water bill advances after removing Delta provision
A California Senate Finance Committee approved SB1873 by Sen. Howard Way 10-0, sending it to the floor after deleting a Delta related clause. The measure would require weighing dam release needs for ecosystems against water users in dry years and faced environmental opposition before redrafting.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
Senate
Howard Way
Roxeter
Finance Committee
San Joaquin
Water Resources Control Board
Way
Agriculture and Water Resources Committee
Board
DDT slows tussock moth larvae near Potlatch Idaho
Dr. Ladd Livingston reports DDT contact kills tussock moth larvae within 20 minutes during Mosco Mountain spray runs as part of the North Idaho Douglas Fair Tussock Moth Control project. The Potlatch area project covers about 400,000 acres across Washington Oregon Idaho.
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Livingston
Potlatch
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Day in Sacramento and Capitol actions summarized
California lawmakers debated bravery ceremonies in the Capitol. The Senate advanced earthquake loan funds for low wealth districts, acupuncture legalization measures moved to the Assembly, welfare cost shifts to state taxpayers were approved, and several bills on public rewards, pharcies sales, foster care reform, vaccination requirements, campaign financing, senate expansion, pregnancy leave, spousal rape penalties, and bond issue voting thresholds progressed through committees or floors.
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United Press International
Brave
California
Capitol
Senate
Green
Sacramento
Assembly
Moscone
San Francisco
Bravery medals awarded to California youngsters for heroism
Governor Reagan presented Young Americans Medallions for Bravery to Ronald Barreras 15 Pico Rivera Richard Karp 18 Concord and Anthony Mata Jr 14 Carlesbad. Barreras saved a friend from a train tracks incident, losing a foot and part of a leg. Karp rescued his sister from a burning home and Mata saved a friend from a shirt fire at a barbecue.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Ronald Barreras
Pico Rivera
Richard Karp
Concord
Anthony M. Mata Jr
Carlesbad
Barreras
Hope Alvarado
Karp
Mata
Oregon governor calls for return to simpler things
Oregon Governor Tom McCall urged a steady state economy and reduced consumption to avoid resource depletion. He spoke in San Francisco on television and radio, proposing lower electricity use and a shift away from growth driven demands. He advocated a third political force from voters unhappy with the two major parties.
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San Francisco
UPI
Oregon
Tom McCall
McCall
San Francisco State University
Existance
Third Force
Talks continue on SF nurses' walkout
Negotiations under federal mediator W. J. Usery Jr. extended past 12 hours as the 4,400 California Nurses Association members strike 41 hospitals from San Jose to Sacramento. The CNA seeks a voice in staffing decisions. Caspar Weinberger urges a speedy settlement prioritizing patient health.
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San Francisco
UPS
W. J. Usery Jr
Federal Mediation Service
California Nurses Association
San Jose
Sacramento
CNA
Usery
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar Weinberger
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