California college name change bill faces uncertain fate
A heated bill allowing some California state colleges to rename as state universities awaits Reagan’s decision. The Assembly passed it 42-22, directing trustees to set criteria and confer the title. Opponents warn of mission shifts and funding for research, while supporters say no change in functions. Barnes pushed the measure through.
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Ronald Reagan
San Jose State University
Long Beach State University
University of California
E. Richard Barnes
San Diego
State College
Coordinating Council For Higher Education
State University
Assembly
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al Dows
Newton Russell
Rtujunga
Coordinating Council
Leo Ryan
D-Burtigame
John Vasconcellos
D-San Jose
Barnes
Africa
Coast Guard pair among three killed in California crashes
Two Coast Guard sailors Kenneth Don Fuller 19 and Bobby J. Thomas 20 died when their Volkswagen van crashed into a railroad curb at Long Beach Pier end. Fire crews freed them after responders arrived. the incident occurred before 2 am in a 15 mph zone. A second fatal crash in Bellflower killed 38 year old Robert Lea Wolfe.
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Fuller
Robert Lea Wolfe
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Rea
Compton Boulevard
Bayou Avenue
Bellflower
Robert L. Anson
Compton Blvd
Kaiser
L A County sues Navy over pollution actions
Los Angeles County will pursue legal action against the U S Navy for alleged air pollution violations following inspections of 2750 plants by the Air Pollution Control District. The Navy faces a prior sandblasting citation and possible injunctive relief under the Clean Air Act.
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Robrt J. Chass
Chass
Navy
Air Pollution Control District
Naval Shipyard
Terminal Island
Long Beach
ACPD
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Fernando
Sunday Thagard Co
South Gate
Associated Charter Bus Co
Los Angeles
Hach
Smog Crisis Triggers Emergency Action On 23 Plants
A high pollution reading prompted the first use of Clean Air Act emergency powers. U S steel, U S pipe, Connors Steel among 23 plants ordered to cut output. EPA says order applies to all, regardless of compliance. Hearing set for November ig. Health officials report several facilities resisted production cuts amid dangerous smog levels.
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Stockholm Valves and Fittings
American Cast Iron Pipe Co
George E. Hardy
Jefferson County Health Department
Three held in 30 L B robberies
Three suspects: Anthony Ray Stella Gonsales and Carlos Lopez Ruiz, all from 92 Washington Place in Long Beach, were arrested after a month long probe into a string of robberies. They allegedly robbed bars beauty salons motels and other businesses with customers and owners each robbed at gunpoint. The latest theft at a Broadway beer bar yielded $509. Loaded pistols were found in the apartment. The case ties to 30 Long Beach robberies across two months.
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Anthony Ray
Stella Gonsales
Carlos Lopez Ruiz
Washington Place
Tobbery
E. Broadway
La Costa Resort Aims High With Spa Golf and Oceanfront Wealth
An ACTION LINE item describes La Costa resort in Carlsbad as a 7000 acre jet set enclave off the San Diego Freeway offering a spa diet plans and mineral baths as low as 840 dollars per couple weekly. It boasts a golf course three pools 13 tennis courts a private beach and a medical clinic drawing famous guests daily. A reader from Buena Park reports a sister in a Paramount rest home and seeks help locating her. The tip notes a 77-year-old woman in Paramount and contact with her son and Missouri relatives.
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Buena Park
Action Line
Chinchilla investment woes prompt sale tips and cautions
A family faces losses after investing in five chinchillas to breed for profit. With 47 animals and poor demand, advisors warn many chinchillas struggle to sell, prices are depressed, and promoters exaggerate pelts value. Experts urge careful budgeting and cautious buying.
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Action Line
Paramount
Action
Harold Gentry
G and H
BKB
Nixon to discuss wage freeze with labor leaders
Nixon plans talks with key labor leaders on wage price controls as the AFL CIO considers legal and legislative action. Sources say the federation will push for court fights, lobbying, strikes, and boycotts to secure wage increases despite the ongoing 90 day wage price freeze.
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Labor
Congress
Afl-Cio
Senate Rejects Plan to Halt Vietnam War Funds
The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected 14 to 10 a measure to withhold Indochina war funds except for evacuating U.S. forces. Senator Clifford P. Case sided with the plan, while President Nixon’s stance prompted House and Senate debates on war funding and policy enforcement. Senators Church and Cooper pledged to push amendments to restrict funds further, citing congressional control over the purse.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
Clifford P. Case
R-N
Congress
Nixon
House
Frank Church
D Ldaho
Church
John Sherman Cooper
Rey
Dormitory Evacuated After Dorm Fire on Fourth Floor
A dormitory blaze prompted immediate evacuation on the first through fifth floors of Walker Tower. A resident described alerting friends and exiting via stairs as smoke filled the elevator and corridors. One student fainted. initial damage covered a heavily affected fourth and fifth floor with smoke and water, while most residents returned by 6 am with fourth floor still unsettled.
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Walker Tower
Bond set at 126000 for man in fatal car crash
James Anderson, 20, pleaded innocent to seven counts of vehicular homicide after a downtown Youngstown crash that killed seven and injured eight during a noon hour crowd. He faced charges of driving without a license and attempting to escape custody while in a hospital.
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UPI
James Anderson
Anderson
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