Preserving California’s Capitol Past In Modern State
Editorial urges restoring and expanding California’s 105 year old Capitol rather than building a new one. Estimates put restoration at about 57 million dollars and a new capital at about 100 million. Governors Reagan Warren and Sen Collier favor restoration as a living link to history.
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California
Capitol
Ronald Reagan
Randolph Collier
Yreka Democrat
Karl Warren
United States
Warren
Sacramento
Prop 6 Advocates Open Meetings Clause for Legislature
The piece argues Prop 6 strengthens California open meetings by requiring both full legislature and committee sessions to be public unless a two thirds vote enables secrecy or a governor signed statute allows it. It notes existing public access for local bodies and urges a Yes vote to bolster democracy.
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Eifher House
Assembly
Senate
California
Maalot school attack and search for peace effort
The piece weighs the Maalot school massacre and the Palestinian refugee crisis as a catalyst for Middle East policy. It argues both sides suffer civilian casualties, condemns terrorism, and suggests an autonomous West Bank state could offer a path to peace if Arab support wanes and negotiations advance under Kissinger.
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Israel
West Bank
Maalot
Kissinger
Should Hearings Be Open In Nixon Impeachment Probe
Rep. Don Edwards argues hearings should be open to the public under Rule 11-27m, warning that secrecy could undermine fair process in the House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry. He says all impeachment related information must eventually be public, though timing remains undecided.
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Washington
Nixon
Don Edwards
Calif
House Judiciary
Peter Rodino
D-N.w
House of Representatives
House
Edwards
James) St
California
Nixon Tried to Break Liddy's Silence in Watergate Transcripts
White House transcripts show Nixon asked aides to pressure G Gordon Liddy to talk. He resisted, then signaled prosecutors to pursue Liddy, but the plan failed as Mitchell controlled the conspiracy and Liddy remained loyal, leaving Nixon with a fragile defense angle.
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G. Gordon Liddy
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Liddy
John Mitchell
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Mitchell
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John W Dean III
Dean
Gordon Strachan
FBI
Watergate
Adv
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Peterson
O.K
Mr. Nixon
Petersen
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Ron Ziegler
Marcel
Readers praise fair press and Nixon tape question
Laurence Dawson of San Francisco urges newspapers to maintain unbiased reporting on political campaigns. He notes delays in White House tape transcripts may relate to travel time and jokes about Nixon attorney James St. Clair sending more Clorox.
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Sassone
White House
Mexico
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