California lawmakers approve pay raise bills to governor
The Senate sent AB1396 raising Assembly and Senate pay to 25 555 a year and the Assembly Ways and Means Committee advanced SB884, giving statewide officers except Brown an average 21 percent boost. Raises begin 1978 for officials and 1979 for legislators, with debate over a 5 percent three year cost of living increase.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate
Assembly
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
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Albert Rodda
Board of Equalization
Rodda
Drought loan demand strains federal disaster funds
Federal agencies expect nearly 8 billion in drought disaster loan applications from 1977 victims across 37 states. Funds already appropriated cover only a fraction as loans run 30 to 40 years, creating a multi billion dollar budgeting dilemma despite potential record farm output. SBA briefly halted new applications amid congressional pressure.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Agriculture Department
Small Business Administration
SBA
Berkowitz Accuses Press Beame of Lying About Him
New York killer Berkowitz claims the press and Mayor Beame are spreading lies about him and vows defiant remarks. In Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan seeks to revisit the Kennedy assassination scene to jog memory as DA objects to possible relief. A psychiatric report on Berkowitz is to be shown in Queens Supreme Court with possible independent exam requests.
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Press
Beame
NEW York
UPI
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Abraham Beame
Los Angeles
District Attorney's Office
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
Superior Court
William F. Hogeboom
Godfrey Isaac
Daily News
Jimmy Breslin
Breslin
Kings County Hospital
Queens Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Eugene Gold
Queens
D.A
John J. Santucci
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Weekend weather outlook for California coastal to desert regions
UPI reports extended forecasts for Northern Central and Southern California through Labor Day weekend. Coastal areas will see fair skies with night and morning low clouds, highs from the 60s to 90s inland, and coastal valleys reaching 80s to 90s. Deserts stay dry and warm with gusty winds, highs 95 to 110, while mountain areas reach 78 to 88 with cooler nights.
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UPI
California
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Central California
San Joaquin Valley
Owens Valley
Government to review nitrite cured meats for carcinogens
UPI reports federal agencies respond to cancer concerns over nitrosamines in sodium nitrite and nitrate used in bacon ham and other cured meats. FDA and Agriculture Department announce studies and possible bans on products containing proven cancer-causing agents with poultry given a separate review and a 60 day data submission window.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Agriculture Department
Carol Foreman
Consumer Federation of America
FDA
Foreman
Israel allows UNESCO tour of the West Bank
Israel will permit a UNESCO delegation to tour the occupied West Bank reversing prior refusals. The group will review archaeological work and will comprise members from countries with diplomatic ties to Israel or other high standing experts. Policy was under review after World Health Organization doctors visited as individuals last year.
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UPI
Israel
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
West Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
Egypt
Syria
Middle East
Unesco
United Nations
World Health Organization
Retiring state analyst pursues art and advisory work
A. Alan Post ends a 27 year California legislative analyst era and begins retirement with plans to paint in Spain and London while taking four new jobs. He will consult for Touche Ross & Co, lecture at USC, and volunteer for the LA School Board, returning to budget advice for Iran later.
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Sacramento
UPI
Alan Post
California
London
Spain
Iran
Post
Touche Ross & Co
Univer
Sity
Southern California Graduate School of Public Administration
Los Angeles School Board
Capitol
No Social Security age shift planned by President Carter
The Carter administration seeks to quell fears of raising the full Social Security retirement age from 65. Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps said no present-system change is imminent and she has offered no formal proposal. Kreps noted her comments sparked concern among retirees.
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Carter
Washington
UPI
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Kreps
Carter eyes 2700 mile Alaska to Midwest gas pipeline plan
Washington sources report President Carter will urge Congress to approve a 2700 mile gas line from Alaska across Canada to the American West and Midwest with two routes. Alcan favors a Y shaped North Slope to lower 48 route, while El Paso Alaska backs a south route to Valdez with tanker shipments south. Start could be fall 1982 with no federal subsidy. A $200 million Canadian trust fund is proposed to aid northern natives.
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UPI
Carter
Alaska
Canada
Midwest
Congress
Alcan Pipeline Co
Alberta
U.S
el Paso Alaska Co
Valdez
United States
Tornadoes hit Wisconsin and Michigan causing widespread damage
A tornado roared through Rib Mountain and Wausau Wisconsin causing heavy damage to 20 to 30 homes and cutting telephone service Marathon County authorities reported. Antigo Wisconsin also suffered damage from a separate twister as trees and antennas were blown over.
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United Press International
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Wausau
Wis
Rib Mountain
Ted Kohl
Marathon County
Antigo
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