California approves expansion of water project to 21st century
California water officials announced a agreement by the State Department of Water Resources and key agencies including the Metropolitan Water District to modify the Northern California water project. The plan allows future enlargement of aqueducts such as Tehachapi and Antelope Valley, with MWD bearing an extra $6 million. First deliveries are slated for 1971 at Castaic and 1972 at Perris, while other sources depend on engineering and politics.
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Deukmejian Faces Hard Task with Tax Bill
Long Beach legislator George Deukmejian is chosen to pilot Reagan administration tax legislation through the California Senate. As ranking Republican on the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee and head of the governor's task force, he faces a large $860 million package amid heavy scrutiny from veteran Democrats. His performance could raise his stature in the California GOP and even boost prospects for statewide office.
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Gambling Can Be Too Educating
Britain has expelled US gangland figures from London casinos while Bahamas premier Pin dilating debates casinos. The piece warns that expanding legalized gambling to fix education budgets may backfire, citing foreign examples and California interest in state protected gambling as a tuition solution.
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Freshmen Seek Moral Shakeup in Congress
Jet reports freshmen representatives press for a new morality as they join Congress. The piece notes their push contrasts with long standing traditions and cites Nixon’s forecast of a wide open 1968 Republican convention. Romney meets Landon as Maine and Vermont are discussed.
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Open Forum on Paper Edits and Typesetting Errors
A reader voices frustration with missing final paragraphs and garbled text in recent issues. The editor explains ongoing typesetting adjustments and asks readers to bear with the gradual improvements.
California State Lands Mystery Deepens Across Vast Holdings
A legislative study concludes California cannot say exactly what land the state owns or what is on it. Bureaucrats and 23 agencies fail to provide a master inventory, though shoreline assets are valued around 10 billion dollars. Lawmakers, led by Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh, vow a deeper probe to force proper land management.
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California faces record borrowing to cover General Fund deficit
Assemblyman Mike Cullen cites State Controller Houston Flournoy announcing a 130 million borrowing, pushing the fiscal year total to 560 million as cash assets show 4.7837 billion on January 1 1967. He argues the treasury holds enough for a 12 month budget without taxes, challenging insolvency claims and noting securities may be borrowed against rather than converted to cash.
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Houston I. Flournoy
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Floymory
Mike Cullen
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Long Beach
Smile Worth Million and Faith Love Quote Card
Elva Loraini and RobertS Roberts acknowledge Bob Sanders article Hand the Down Ideas Resented as right. A self description as a long time babysitter near senior citizens. The note closes with a quotation about faith hope and love.
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Draft Lottery Won't Solve Uncertainties
Washington coverage explains selective service uses a birth date based system now. It argues the lottery analogy misleads since liability depends on date of birth and the process inducts men starting at age 25 in a straightforward fashion.
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Debate on Selective Service lottery fairness and certainty
The author argues that a birth-date lottery would not guarantee certainty about military call order or future needs. They contend the Defense Department cannot predict long term needs, enlistments, or physical eligibility, and that any system preserves some uncertainty about who will be called and when. War conditions add variability.
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Ties Across Cultures Mirror Uneasy Global Divisions
The piece links India’s caste and election tensions with U S racial justice battles. It notes Gandhi era politics and Hindu beef norms clash with famine and education gaps across 800 million in villages, alongside Southern segregation and spiritual cost of unequal schooling.
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