Editorials Offill for assemblyman in 58th district
In the 58th Assembly District race Democrat Fred Chel faces Republican Sumner Offill. The editorial favors Offill, praising his seven years as chief assistant to State Senator Deukmejian and his legislative record. It notes Offill's education, work on youth and tax acts, and his fiscal conservatism and pledge to public income tax transparency. It concludes Offill would be a thoughtful honest legislator representing Sacramento.
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Fred Chel
Sumner Offill
Offill
Chel
George Deukmejian
39Th Assembly
Bill Bond
Assembly
Congress
Youth Service Bureau
Ifill
Sacramento
Harmer and Dymally: qualify for lieutenant governor
The editorial argues both Republican John Harmer and Democrat Mervyn Dymally are well qualified for lieutenant governor. It urges unity by party, noting Harmer’s Senate service and policy on education funding, and endorses Republican Houston Flournoy for governor to back Harmer’s reelection.
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John Harmer
Dymally
Harmer
State Senate
Reagan
Ed Reinecke
University of Utah
George Washington University
Sen
No on Proposition 17 in 1966 dam plan urged
The Army Corps began New Melones Dam construction on the Stanislaus River under federal acts to flood control irrigation power and recreation. Proposition 17 seeks to block funding by preserving a nine mile whitewater stretch, but officials argue it cannot halt the project and urge a No vote citing downstream releases and approvals by state and federal governments.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Melones Dam
Stanislaus River
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valleys
California
Stanislaus
United States
Pope Paul VI Convenes Fourth Synod Amid Tension With Bishops
The 206 bishops at the Vatican synod, meeting Sept 27 to the following Saturday, faced a Pope guided agenda with no independent decisions allowed. While bishops pressed for family discussion and local adaptation, the theme remained evangelization in the modern world and scrutiny of church structures. African bishops urged indigenization, Latin American prelates pushed for conscientization, and Asian voices stressed broader reform.
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Rome
John XXII
Paul VI
Paul
Africa
Angelo Fernandes
New Delhi
Concensus
Sipna
Gordon Joseph Cardinal Gray
St. Andrews
Edinburgh
Joachim Ruhuha
Ruyici
Burundi
Letters on sales tax and inflation policy debate
A reader argues for wholesale collection of sales tax to simplify administration and reduce staffing, suggesting price moves could offset lower tax collection costs. Other letters defend workers amid inflation, call for wage and price controls, and critique windfall profits. A Vatican synod report highlights bishops’ mixed reactions, language shifts, and calls for better procedures, with the Pope asserting ultimate papal authority.
Ford on wrong tick editorials lift party prestige
President Ford barnstorms to boost his party's standing by blaming the Democrats for the nation's woes. The text hints at a final assessment at a west coast location and frames Ford as cautious rather than prophetic in predicting outcomes.
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Teamsters
Long Beach
Walt Courtney
Ford
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Nixon
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Durban
South Africa
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Oklahoma City
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