Desalt Project Urged By California Congressmen
Washington California lawmakers urged wavering participants to press ahead with the nuclear desalting plant. In a telegram to Southern California Edison and the Metropolitan Water District they argued the project’s need outweighs possible cost overruns beyond 444 million dollars. Delays would raise costs. the plant on a man-made island off Orange County was described as a landmark research demonstration. The message, signed by 34 of 40 state lawmakers, said benefits would affect California and arid regions worldwide.
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Scions
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San Jose No to Minority Protest Plea
President Robert Clark denied a Mexican American group a small protest at Friday night commencement in Spartan Stadium. He rejected a proposal for a 4000 person march and a delegation address, saying it would disrupt an authorized college function. The group argued Mexican American interests and culture were neglected at the college.
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San Jose State College
Spartan Stadium
Robert Clark
Mexico-American Student Confederation
Clark
Tax Man Mum Back to Jail in Record-Destruction Case
Charles R Billings 39 of Los Alamitos ordered back to County Jail until he agrees to produce records and answer questions about a tax advisory firm. He and a former associate were found guilty of contempt of court for ignoring a court order seeking information about Americans Building Constitutionally- Their firm allegedly advised clients on charitable trusts to cut income tax payments. Billings jailed March 26 but released after 10 days. he invoked the Fifth Amendment. Thompson said appeals were refused and imposed the same indefinite sentence as Fahy of Long Beach who is traveling in Switzerland. Dixon appoints James R Dishman Sr 42 to City Council to complete term of Cilyle Ballard who died.
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Charles R. Billings
Los Alamitos
Billings
Johnson
Thompson
B. Douglas Fahy
Long Beach
Switzerland
Dixon, Ul
Dixon
James R. Dishman Sr
George Lindquist
Cilyle Ballard
Negroes Protest At San Mateo Supervisors Meeting
East Palo Alto youths led by civil rights worker Mrs. Gertrude Wilks disrupted the San Mateo County Supervisors meeting in Redwood City protesting the rejection of funds for summer work programs. The group demanded $82,000 but the federal allotment stood at $39,009 and the supervisors declined to cover the shortfall. Patrolman Karin O Connor asked the crowd to leave and the meeting adjourned. Mrs. Wilks warned she would return Friday.
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Redwood City
East Palo Alto
San Mateo
Karin O'Connor
Wilks
Nonresident Tuition Suit Filed Against UC San Francisco
Deborah Kirk a 22 year old Berkeley graduate student led a federal lawsuit challenging UC nonresident tuition. The suit claims higher fees discriminate unconstitutionally against nonresidents while noting California residents pay about $1,000 less per year after one year in state. Kirk’s husband Charles R B Kirk deputy state attorney general filed the suit as an individual. The case follows a welfare residence ruling current before the Supreme Court. The Kirks wed in Dayton Ohio last June and she enrolled at UC Berkeley last fall.
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University of California
Deborah Kirk
Berkeley
Charles RB. Kirk
U.S. Supreme Court
Kirks
Dayton
Ohio
Kirk
Four material contracts awarded by Long Beach council
The Long Beach City Council awarded four contracts for construction materials for the 1968-69 fiscal year. Sully-Miller Contracting Co. won two awards, one for furnishing and discharging asphalt concrete into city trucks worth 77,812 dollars and another for stockpiling asphalt concrete at 63,377 dollars. Industrial Asphalt Inc. of Van Nuys received 74,112 dollars for asphalt concrete, and Livingston-Graham Inc. of El Monte won 38,302 dollars for Portland cement concrete.
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Sully-Miller
Sully- Miller
Industrial Asphalt Inc. of
van Nuys
Livingston- Graham Inc
el Monte
Prank Switch Ruins Prize Strawberries Exhibit
In Ipswich England a prankster swapped a leaflet sign reading Please take one and replaced it near prize strawberries at the Suffolk County show. The berries vanished in about twenty seconds, drawing amused reactions from onlookers and officials.
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Eng
UPI
Suffolk
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