Peace groups Wallace independents on California ballot
The Peace and Freedom Party and George Wallace's American Independent Party qualified for California ballots, challenging Democrats and Republicans. Secretary of State Jordan reported strong registration gains for both minor parties and noted the primary hurdles for state ballots and party conventions.
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Berkeley
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Los Angeles
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Charles Warren
Peace and Freedom Party
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Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Registration-Switchers Clip Both Major Parties in County
County wide voter rolls show Democrats down 6 percent with 11 509 new registrants from Nov 22 to Jan 2 while Republicans fall 7.7 percent losing 7 755 registrants. Despite losses overall county registration hits a January record of 2 669 112. Long Beach bucks trend with Dems rising to 78 710 and Republicans to 89 627. Minor parties gain including Independent 8 172 and Prohibitionists 600. The piece notes final drives by American Independent and Peace and Freedom Parties and hints which major party may be hurt most.
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Ray E. Lee
Peace and Freedom Party
George Wallace
Americar Independent Party
Long Beach
Independent
Constitutional
Bull Mouse Party
Black Panthers
New Textbook Bill Introduced in Sacramento
UPI reports Senator Albert Rodde of Sacramento introduced a bill to require the State Board of Education to adopt supplementary textbooks for elementary schools in addition to basic texts. The board would select supplementary materials for subjects where they contribute to maximum pupil learning.
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UPI
Albert
Rodde
Judge Dismisses Baez Suit For Vietnam Tax Refund
Federal Judge Alfonzo J. Zirpoli dismissed a suit by Joan Baez and 56 other taxpayers seeking a refund of Vietnam war taxes on grounds it would violate the First Amendment. The plaintiffs argued the war was illegal and taxes unlawful. Baez said she would appeal.
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San Francisco
UPI
Joan Baez
U.S. Dist
Alfonzo J. Zirpoli
Santa Rita Prison Farm
Oakland Army Induction Center
Zirpoli
Congress
Vietnam
Marine Legislation Seeks Refuges at Laguna Beaches
Sacramento United Press International reports Assemblyman Robert Badham of Newport Beach introduced a bill to create marine life refuges at Laguna Beach Newport Beach and South Laguna Beach. The proposal aims to protect ocean habitats and regulate fishing and access.
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UPI
Robert Badham
Newport Beach
Laguna Beach
UCLA Chancellor Approves Punishment Plan for Protesters
UCLA chancellor Franklin D Murphy accepts a Student Conduct Committee plan punishing four protesters from a sit in at the campus placement center against Dow Chemical recruiters. One student faces suspension and three are on probation with expulsion possible for further violations.
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UCLA
Munday
Dow Chemical Co
Vietnam
TNE
Jerry Palmer
Joan Andersen
Dan Lund
Gary Coutin
Sandi Hebert
UC group praises anti U S Japanese students
About 19 UCSD faculty and 69 students sent a telegram to Zengakuren congratulating Japanese students for anti imperialist actions in Sasebo and Tokyo against the U S nuclear carrier Enterprise. Signers included department chairs Roy Harvey Pearce Richard Popkin Andrew Wright and Herbert Marcuse.
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Roy Harvey Pearce
Department of Literature
Richard Popkin
Department of Philosophy
Andrew Wright
Herbert Marcuse
Bill Aims to Ease Pot Possession Penalty in Assembly
Sacramento lawmakers introduced bills to relax marijuana penalties and study hallucinogenic drug use. Assemblyman W Craig Biddie would allow judges to sentence a marijuana offender to county jail for up to one year instead of a 1 to 10 year state prison term. A 30 member California Commission on Drugs and Society would study drug effects and urge new laws, as Assemblyman Shoemarker proposed last year.
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Criminal Procedure Committee
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