Senate Approves Reagan Tough Pornography Bills
The California Senate backed Gov Ronald Reagan antipornography bills tightening control of sellers of sexual books magazines and films to youths and adults. One measure defines pornography for under 18s with penalties up to 5000 fine and two years in jail for first offenses and up to five years for second. another creates a separate obscenity category targeting material for certain groups. The bills face Assembly review amid debate on press freedom and advertising of lurid material.
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Senate
Ronald Reagan
George Moscone
San Francisco
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Robert Lagomarsino
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Assembly
Thomas C. Lynch
Regents Plan Screening of Promotions Sparks Berkeley Debate
Berkeley professors Sandford Kadish and John Raleigh urged defeat of a motion by Regent Edwin Pauley to require regents approval for faculty promotions. They warned the plan, timed amid campus unrest, would curb academic controversy and need broader approval for associate and full professor promotions. The Regents faced a vote at UCLA with Friday sessions noted.
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Berkeley
University of California At Berkeley
Edwin Pauley
Sandford Kadish
Berkeley Acomic
John Raleigh
Senate
Richard Powell
Berkeley Academic Senate
UCLA
Kadish
Raleigi
Assemblyman Crown Amend Drug-Labeling Bill
Assemblyman Robert W. Crown said on Wednesday he amended his truth in drug labeling bill to grant manufacturers more time to comply, aiming to overcome opposition and push the measure forward in Sacramento.
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Sacramento
Robert W. Crown
Recall Drive Fund Ban Passes Assembly
A bill prohibiting personal use of funds donated to initiative referendum and recall drives won overwhelming approval in the Assembly. The 67 to 1 vote sends the measure to the Senate and imposes up to a 5000 dollar fine and two years in prison for violators plus required campaign expenditure reports.
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Sacramento
Assembly
James A. Hayes
Long Beach
Senate
Secretary of State
Hayes
Assembly Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee
Savings and Loan Company
Reagan
Bingo bill dies in California assembly committee
Sacramento and Fremont item: An Assembly committee killed a bill to legalize bingo amid clergy and lawmaker opposition arguing gambling is a disease. Assemblyman William M. Ketchum said strong support existed from religious and charitable groups. The bill would have allowed counties to permit bingo in nonprofits. the panel split on a party-line vote. the amendment required two thirds to go to voters. Also, Fremont Police Chief Clinton Wright, 52, resigned after a bar fight. he was hospitalized following the incident.
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William M. Ketchum
Paso Robles
Ketchum
Harvey Chinn
Faith United Methodist Church
Northern
California
Fremont
Clinton Wright
Don Driges
Wright
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