Senate Votes to Keep California 6 Cent Gas Tax
Sacramento lawmakers move to retain the 6 cent per gallon gasoline tax and related motorist levies, extending funds for new roads for at least another year. The Senate approved 34 to 0, with final Assembly action expected amid broader budget negotiations and calls from farmers groups to curb nonessential programs.
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Sacramento
California
Senate
Donald Doyle R-Lafayette
Assembly
Knight
Francis Lindsay
R- Loomis
Assembly Conservation and Planning Committee
Lindsay
Associated Farmers of California
Associated Farmers
Stephen J. Teale
West Point
Commission
Teale
State
Alcoholic Rehabilitation Commission
California population shifts southward and coastward
A California Assembly committee reports population trends continue moving south and toward the coast. Chairman Charles J. Conrad notes surveys needed before the next reapportionment after the 1960 census. Senate proposals seek less than 10 percent district variation and nonpartisan offices, led by Sen. Richard Richards and Sen. Earl Besmond.
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Sacramento
Assembly
California
Charles J. Conrad
Sherman Oaks
San Joaquin Valley
Conrad
Senate
Richard Richards
Los Angeles
Earl D. Besmond
Desmond
Man killed as car hit by switch engine at Kaiser plant
Richard E. Bare, 29, a Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp employee from Oakland, was killed Monday night when the car he was in was struck by a switch engine at the Kaiser plant in Trentwood, Washington. Two other passengers in the rear escaped serious injury.
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San Mateo
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Trentwood
Wash
Richard EB. Bare
Kaiser
Tin Oakland
Milk bill would outlaw minimum price controls
Sacramento report on a proposed California bill to end minimum price controls on milk. Assembly debates measure backed by Safeway Stores and other grocers aiming to let retailers set prices freely, while opponents warn prices could rise. Justice department litigation and state milk control data are cited as context.
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Donald L. Grunsky
Watsonville
Charles W. Meyers
San Francisco
State Department of Agriculture
Sacramento
Safeway
Califorene
Ieee Conia
Charles W
Mar- Meyers Skat
Mona Ste. Te BF
Kings County Superior Court
Redding
State Bureau of Milk Control
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