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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1969
Page
3
San Francisco State College acting president S T Hayakawa announced rescinding emergency rules but warned classrooms show signs of underground strikes. He said outdoor rallies may resume, but overall normalcy has not returned. He noted minor suspensions from a months long walkout and said police presence remains uncertain.
UC Berkeley Chancellor Roger W. Heyns indirectly criticized Gov. Ronald Reagan’s push for firm discipline as the path to campus order. He defended Berkeley’s disciplinary record, calling the belief that discipline is not enforced there a Myth that survives outside the campus. He said public reaction to turmoil had not helped and noted outside demands from prominent figures in the area.
The California State Supreme Court unanimously upheld the death penalty for Dennis Counele McGautha in the February 14 1967 Los Angeles grocery store owner murder. The automatic appeal rejected claims that nine prospective jurors were improperly disqualified under the Witherspoon standard. Co-defendant William Rodney Wilkinson received first degree murder and life imprisonment. testimony identified McGautha as firing the fatal shot.
SACRAMENTO California public schools faced mild opposition in an Assembly committee hearing on a bill to honor Dr Martin Luther King Jr The measure would require schools to hold suitable exercises each April 4 the date of his death It aims to give black students a day honoring a man they identify with, though several committee members questioned naming King specifically instead of honoring all Negroes.
Sacramento The Assembly Judiciary Committee approved a bill to remove fault from divorce, allowing dissolution on irreconcilable differences or incurable insanity. It would shorten the waiting period from one year to six months. A Senate version would fund counseling services. Hayes’ bill does not. Both measures head to broader votes with possible compromises.
Republican senators moved closer to top leadership as three more joined Sen. Howard Way in pressuring Burns. Democrats held a secret caucus as Way claimed up to 14 GOP votes, but warned unity among Republicans failed. Reagan urged GOP control but kept a hands off stance.
SACRAMENTO The Senate approved a bill by Sen. George Devkmejian to shield Californians from charges made with intercepted unsolicited credit cards. The measure, passed 30 to 1 in the Assembly, requires card issuers to warn holders of obligations and takes effect January 1 1970.
SACRAMENTO F) A bill requiring oil companies to foot the bill for all oil drilling disaster won unanimous approval in the committee Monday despite industry claims of discrimination. The measure by Assembly Democratic Leader Jesse M. Unruh would impose absolute liability for all personal and property damages from spillage at on shore and offshore wells under amendments adapted by the committee. The bill stems from a massive leak earlier this year from a Union Oil Co. well in federal waters in the Santa Barbara Channel.
A conference committee reached a tentative deal to raise the gasoline tax by one cent for June 1 to November 30 to fund flood damage relief. If approved and signed by Governor Reagan the increase could be terminated by the governor after one month. The plan estimates about 50 million for repairs to streets and highways damaged by floods, plus 2.7 million from an emergency fund and 27.7 million more for local public works.
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The Nevada Gaming Control Board gave tentative approval Monday to an Howard Hughes bid to take over the Landmark Tower hotel casino near the Las Vegas Strip.
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