Rains Wins Third Straight Frog Jump Title in Calaveras
State Senator Omer Rains of Ventura captured his third straight Legislators Frog Jump at the Capito lawn ahead of the Calaveras County contest. His Sierra Sunshine II beat Norman Waters’ H20 in a jump-off after judges required tiebreaker. Waters claimed unawareness of the jump-off rule. Angels Camp hosts the main event on May 22.
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Omer Rains
Calaveras County
Capito Lawn
Ventura Democrat
Norman Waters
Waters
Angels Camp
Rains
Waters’ree
Mark Twain
Wright to head water law panel
Gov. Brown creates a state water rights commission and names retired Chief Justice Donald Wright to lead it. The panel will propose changes by June 30, 1978, with a staff headed by Harrison Dunning of UC Davis, and a $150,000 budget partly from federal funds.
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Brown
Donald Wright
Wright
California
Commission
Harrison Dunning
UC Davis
William Atwater
State Water Resources Control Board
Charles Meyers
Stanford University Law School
Court of Appeals
James Cobey
Pasadena
Merced
Senate Water Resources Committee
Ira Chrisman
Visalia
California Water Commission
Artiss Ungar
Lafayette
State League of Women Voters
Arthur Littleworth
Riverside
Marianne Mark
Palo Alto
Army Corps of Engineers
The
Sierra Club
David Hansen
Dizon
State Board of Food and Agriculture
Thomas Zuckerman
Stockton
Central Delta Water Agency
Ronald Robie
John Bryson
State Water Bravery Control Board
Ford on USC campus quotes Nixon remarks and Watergate views
Former President Gerald Ford visits the University of Southern California, addressing classes and fielding student questions about his 25 years in government. He declines to comment on David Erost's Nixon interviews, defends the Nixon pardon, and regrets handling of Solzhenitsyn's White House visit.
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Gerald Ford
University of Southern California
Ford
David Erost
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Oval Office
White House
Deak backs guns for judges in concealed carry bill
California judges from all courts may carry concealed pistols without permits under a bill introduced by Sen. George Deukmejian. The measure follows reports that judges feel threatened amid violent times and disclosure laws. Current law allows permits via fingerprinting and training, but some agencies reject them. Los Angeles officials weigh legal opinions on permit denial.
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Sacramento
California
Los Angeles Daily Journal
George Deukmejian
Tony Cimarusti
Deukmejian
County Grand Jury backs California death penalty
The Los Angeles County Grand Jury voiced support for Senator Benjamin Deukmejian’s Senate Bill 155 to reinstate the death penalty in California. In a letter to the Board of Supervisors the jury cited interviews with judges attorneys and law enforcement and said the bill meets U.S. and state legal standards and allows for mitigating considerations after a first degree murder conviction without mitigating factors.
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Ben. Georges Deukmejian
A-Long Beach
California
Board of Supervisors
U.S
State Supreme Courts
Deukmejian
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Woodland Hills
Tony Berin
L.A. Berean
Hitachi
Dooley
Warrenty
Comford
Doolay
Gibson
Elec Dooley
Hotpoint
Yves
Ens
TET Elcom
Long Beach Blvd
North Long Beach
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