Reagan presses own tax reform plan in California
Sacramento Gov. Ronald Reagan outlined an independent approach to tax reform aimed at reducing reliance on property taxes while avoiding new burdens on citizens. He rejected the Flourny commission’s proposals including a statewide property tax and sales taxes on utilities and services and urged a reform plan within weeks.
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DE van L. Shumway
Sacramento
UPS
Ronald
Flournoy Commission
Advisory Commissions
Flournoy
Reagan
A. Alan Post
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Post
Nixon says Russ may aid peace in Mideast and Vietnam
President Nixon, in a 55 minute White House news conference, says the Soviet Union may play a peacemaking role in both the Mideast and Vietnam. He warns Hanoi against increased hostilities, notes four power UN talks may occur, and says a decision on ABM plans will come next week. The conference covered policy options, troop withdrawals, and potential bombing resumes.
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Michael J. Conlon Washington
UPI
Nixon
Hanoi
Mideast
Vietnam
White House
United States
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Red China
Vatican
Middle East
United Nations
Paris
North Vietnam
Supreme Court studies abortion law repeal
California's Supreme Court reviews an unprecedented appeal to overturn the 1850 abortion statute claiming it violates a woman's liberty. Attorneys for Dr. Leon Belous argue the law abridges due process and equal protection, with potential national implications.
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Supreme Court
Arthur Hutchinson
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
A.L. Wirin
Fred Okrand
Los Angeles
Leon Belous
Beverly Hills
State Court of Appeal
Wirin
United States Supreme Court
Beatings as psychological weapon on Pueblo crew
Navy sailor Earl Kisler testified at a five admiral court of inquiry that North Korean guards used beatings as a psychological tool to compel crew members to write propaganda. Kisler described repeated abuse and near death while recounting his refusal to sign a Newsweek apology, details that surfaced as the court reviewed the Pueblo incident from Jan. 23, 1968, and subsequent captivity.
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Earl M. Kisler
St. Louis
Navy
Kisler
John R. Brock
Judge Advocate General’s Office
Pueblo
Lloyd M. Bucher
Bucher
North Island Naval Air Station
Newsweek
United States
Kisser
Second F111A crash reported in desert near Nellis
The F111A fighter bomber crashed in a dry lake 85 miles north of Nellis AFB Nevada. Two pilots ejected safely. It was the second crash in under three weeks and the 13th since the program began in January 1967. An F111A vanished Feb 12 during a night training run over Nevada and Utah, with a massive search involving up to 50 planes failing to locate the six million dollar aircraft.
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Nellis Afb
Nev
UPI
Air Force
Nellis
Nevada
Utah
Clash over selection of judges in California
Sacramento clash as Governor Ronald Reagan and Senator Alan Short spar over removing judicial appointments from politics. Short calls Reagan's pledge a campaign promise while Reagan notes a screening process and admits many appointees are Republicans. Moscone's constitutional amendment to create commissions to review governor picks stalls in committee.
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Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
Alan Short
Reagan
Short
Stockton
Senate Governmental Efficiency Committee
Hippie hijacks jet passengers to Cuba
A hippie haired man armed with a .38 pistol hijacked National Airlines Flight 97 from New York to Miami. The Boeing 727 landed in Havana at 4 30 a.m. EST with 19 passengers and seven crew. FAA noted the hijacking was the 17th of the year and 12th involving a U S plane. no word on release conditions.
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Miami
UPI
National Airlines
Cuba
New York
Havana
Jose Marti Airport
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
U. S
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
National
Norfolk
Ed Buchser
Buchser
Sirhan tells feelings when angry
Sirhan B. Sirhan says provocation could drive him to kill Robert Kennedy or any who favor the Israeli cause. In court he ranted against Zionists and recalled watching Dayan and Israeli soldiers, admitting hatred after a TV documentary on Kennedy’s stance. He referenced earlier notes and declared he would have killed Kennedy before June 5, 1968.
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Jack V. Fox
Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan
B. Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Arthur Goldberg
Robert F. Kennedy
Moshe Dayan
Suez Canal
Johnson
Germany
America
Grant B. Cooper
Kennedy
Israel
Cooper
Nasser
Sirhan Sarhan remarks on writings about assassinations
Cooper reads Sirhan’s scribblings describing plans to assassinate the president and others. He asks if the writings claimed he would have killed Lyndon Johnson and the vice president and notes Sirhan’s dismissal that it was a maniac at the time.
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Cooper
Sirhan
Lyndon Johnson
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