California budget stalemate looms as deadline nears
Sacramento UPI report notes a six man panel reached general agreement on a 6.2 billion budget, but tax reform disputes threaten midnight enactment. Democrats demand meaningful tax reform and school aid while Republicans push for a two thirds vote to pass.
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George Skelton
Sacramento
UPI
California
Assembly
Robert Crown
D-Alameda
Bob Moretti
D-Van Nuys
Robert Monagan
R Tracy
Ronald Reagan
Jess Unruh
Crown
Edmund G. Brown
Senate
GOP
Victor Veysey
R-Brawley
Ways and Means
Reagan
House
Moretti
W. Craig Biddle
Riverside
B 52s Press Ben Het Besieged by North Vietnamese
U S air power targets near Ben Het as B 52 strikes and fighter bombers pound the siege area. Lt Col Andrew Marquis says the bombardment whittles down the attackers while supplies reach the garrison. 284 enemy deaths in 20 days. Allied losses 21 dead 107 wounded. Rockets strike Saigon injuring civilians.
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Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
United States
Ben Het
Andrew Marquis
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S
Khe Sanh
Dak
Bart Lytton, Ex-Communist Financier, Dies at 56
Bart Lytton, once owner of a $500 million savings and loan empire, died of a heart attack at 56 in Los Angeles. The flamboyant former reporter and publicist built Lytton Savings & Loan before creditors ousted him, years after a high profile Hollywood lifestyle and political donations. He had been treated for a coronary condition about a year and a half prior.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Bart Lytton
Beth
Sam Ellis
Lytton
Lytton Savings & Loan
Hollywood
Savings and
House Committee On
Rider’s death after volunteering to ride shotgun at Ben Het
A young GI, nicknamed born to die on a cigarette lighter, volunteers to ride shotgun for a Dak To to Ben Het convoy. He is killed in action during sustained bombardment at the besieged Central Highlands camp. The day’s routine remains deadly as artillery shells strike the outpost and troops endure harsh conditions and fear of further losses.
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David Lamb Ben Het
Vietnam
UPI
Dak
Central Highlands
Ben Het
Jesus
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San Rafael
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