California Utilities Gains in State Board Valuation
The California Board of Equalization raised the market value of the ten largest utilities to 14.7 billion while setting assessment at 29 percent, down from 31 percent in 1970. Final figures due in August. Major values include Pacific Gas 3.75B and Pacific Telephone 4.60B with varied changes across firms.
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Sacramento
UPI
State Board of Equalization
California
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Pacific Lighting Group
San Diego Gas and Electric Co
Southern California Edison Co
General Telephone Co
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co
California space shuttle task force formed sparks state drive
The Steering Committee of the California Coordinating Committee for Space Shuttle previews new efforts in launch and manufacturing promotion. James Cook, executive director, cites Robert Volk’s plan to appoint two chairmen this week to lead the effort, while funding avenues include a possible 50000 from the California State Chamber of Commerce. Mayors Hobbs and Scott urged to attend Burlingame meeting with Ed Gillenwater, Gov. Reagan’s appointee promoting shuttle in California.
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California
James Cook
Robert Volk
NASA
Cook
California State Chamber of Commerce
Art Scott
George Hobbs
Santa Maria
State Chamber
Burlingame
Hobbs
Scott
Ed Gillenwater
State Department of Commerce
Gillenwater
Reagan
Glimpses of Texas License Plate Sparks Seniors Ditch Day
A fragment notes an automobile license from Texas with the phrase Get. Seniors enjoying ditch day yesterday. The readable text hints at a lighthearted senior outing captured in a brief, disconnected OCR line.
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Texas
Weather outlook with coastal to inland temperature range
Overcast conditions giving way to mostly fair afternoons through Wednesday. Temperatures reach low to mid 60s inland and upper 50s near the coast with nightly lows in the 40s to low 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph afternoon. Wednesday tides rise to 3.8 feet at 8 02 am and 4.8 feet at 8 26 pm with low tides of 1.3 feet at 1 14 am and 0.8 foot at 2 02 pm.
Board rejects peace treaty endorsement amid large antiwar crowd
The Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors unanimously refused to endorse the People to People peace treaty tied to the Vietnam War. They ruled they had no jurisdiction in foreign affairs and blocked discussion from demonstrators while riot police guarded the four story building. अंत
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Board of Supervisors
Daniel G. Grant
Greg Tutko
Santa Barbara
North
South
Vietnam
Tutko
Gallup
U.S
Police allow sidewalk march on Justice Department
Several thousand antiwar demonstrators paraded to the Justice Department as police indoors and out kept watch. The march, led by Chief Jerry V. Wilson, moved four abreast with traffic halted on side streets and marchers warned to stay on the sidewalk or risk arrest.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Jerry V. Wilson
Department
FBI
Wilson
Justice Building
Franklin Park
Destiny
Golden Faints
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Defense Department
Pentagon
Potomac
American Psychiatric Association
Committee votes to end CEO in California budget clash
An Assembly Fiscal Committee move to abolish the California Office of Economic Opportunity faced strong protests from witnesses representing the poor. The panel backed a separate bill to restore a $70,000 state appropriation and to require that half of CEO decision makers be poor people, with full ratification by the Ways and Means Committee pending.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Ronald Reagan
Willie Brown Jr
San Francisco
Ways and Means
Subcommittee
Frank Lanterman
R-La Canada
Lewis K. Uhler
Brown
California
Uhler
Los Angeles
Oakland
Treasury backing loan to save Lockheed jobs
Treasury Secretary John Connally urged a government guaranteed $250 million loan for Lockheed Aircraft to protect about 11 000 Lockheed workers and 14 000 subcontractors tied to the Tristar airbus project. President Nixon would seek congressional approval amid opposition from Senate Democrats led by Mike Mansfield.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
John Connally
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Senate
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Congress
Connally
Scott
Lockheed
Rolls Royce Company
Lompoc Teachers Seek Negotiation Changes and Budget Access
The Lompoc Education Association pushes for a revised negotiation process with the Lompoc Unified School District including access to a complete tentative budget and district records. They propose a three person panel from the employer and association to resolve persistent disagreements using an arbitration step, while cautioning against automatic policy changes. The group also seeks lower pupil teacher ratios from 30 to 1 at elementary to 22 to 1 across all grades, with current ratios at 30, 26.5, and 27.5 respectively.
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Harry J. Crompe
Lompoc
Lompoc Unified
Association For Inspection
Lompoc Education Association
American Arbitration Association
LEA
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Western Pacific Railroad
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AL Perry
Laurel Avenue
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Perry
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