Reagan Brown clash over California ballot measures dispute
California battle over four initiatives heats up as Governor Reagan and Secretary of State Brown clash. Brown accuses possible signature fraud and asks for probes, while Attorney General Younger dismisses the request as a fishing expedition unless substantial evidence is provided. Brown also calls for district attorney investigations and alleges dodger cards were used in petitions.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Farm Labor Relations Initiative
Younger
Los Angeles
Alameda
Fresno
Robert Walters
Reagan
Senate approves 40.5 million anti hijacking bill
The Senate passed a 40.5 million anti hijacking bill by 75 to 1 to boost air security. It requires FAA to install weapons detection devices at airports and funds a security force with authority to search passengers and baggage and arrest without warrants.
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Washington
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Senate
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
United States
County Debates Desalting Plans and Feather River Bond
The County Water Advisory Committee doubts cheap desalinated water from a SLO County plant and shifts focus to the State Water Project. They discuss funding a possible $40,000–$50,000 update of water studies to place a bond issue on the ballot, with some saying updates are vital even if the measure fails.
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Dick Praul
County Water Advisory Committee
San Luis Obispo
Jose Martinez
Goleta County
State Department of Water Resources
Robert M Edmonston
Feather River
Edmonston
Martinez
Alan Eschenroeder
John Hamilton
California Assembly to probe campaign tactics and ads
Assembly Speaker Bob Moretti announced a two week plan for a state inquiry into political advertising and tactics used by California public relations firms. Whitaker and Baxter, backing Proposition 20, will be first witnesses under subpoena for billboard messaging critics call misleading.
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Assembly
Bob Moretti
California
Moretti
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Whitaker and Baxter
Paratrooper Push Into Communist Territory Near Quang Tri
South Vietnamese paratroopers crossed Thach Han River into Communist area near Quang Tri City for the first time since the counteroffensive began 86 days ago. US jets destroyed 23 bridges in North Vietnam, and an unarmed recon jet was shot down but crew survived.
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Saigon
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Quang Tri City
Thach Han River
North Vietnam
North
Tonkin Gulf
Donald A. Davis
Ai Tu
Quang Tri
Davis
Welfare workfare bill advances in Senate Finance Committee
The committee approved a plan to cut 40 percent of welfare families from benefits, targeting households with all children over six. It would place heads of these families in private jobs or government payrolls while boosting aid to the elderly and disabled and expanding Social Security and Medicare with substantial costs.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate votes blocked as antiwar forces push Indochina end
Senate debate opens on an end the war amendment with both parties aiming for a Tuesday afternoon vote. But past fate suggests another defeat as antiwar efforts repeatedly fail to pass in Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Congress
Probe of Watergate fundraising to end after election
Attorney General Richard Kleindienst said the FBI investigation into alleged criminal violations in funds raised for Nixon’s re election will not be finished before the November 7 election. He argued against a rushed inquiry as a whitewash and noted a court ruling delaying civil suits tied to the Watergate break in until the criminal case is resolved.
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Richard G. Kleindienst
FBI
Nixon
Kleindienst
US District Court
Charles R. Richey
Democratic National
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