Demand for Democrat platform on economic power urged
Consumer and conservation groups press the 1972 Democratic platform to include antitrust enforcement and closing tax loopholes for big business. The San Francisco hearing drew 90 witnesses as Mayor Alioto and others argue for government commitment to curb corporate power and campaign reform.
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San Francisco
Democratic National Platform
Democratic Platform Committee
Platform
United States
Nixon
Joseph L. Alioto
Alioto
Frank C. Camrell Jr
Modesto
Consumer Federation of California
Democratic Party
Camrell
John Mitchell
Legislature Debates Smog Disaster Appeal and Key Bills
Governor meets five Southern California mayors urging smog disaster declaration. Assembly passes bills on teacher pay for after hours duties, DOT coordination, retirement, amber court-ordered vehicle lights, slave import regulations, tax form disclosures, minor liability, prisoner arson, motorcycle headlamps, and other measures. Senate action includes venereal disease instruction rules, vehicle parking limits for recreational vehicles, IQ testing, relocation aid, welfare records access, and public dog posting requirements.
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Vasconcellos
D-San Jose
Senate
Transportation
Department of Transportation
Dedden
D-Chula Vista
Los Angeles Unified School District
Knox
Richmond
Biddle
Riverside
Monagan
R-Tracy
Grunsky
R-Watsonville
Fong
Doakland
Richardson
Arcadia
United States
Roberts
Los Angeles
Brathwaite
McGovern California Victory Margin Narrow in Delegates
Final California results show McGovern leading Humphrey by 175,013 votes for 47.2 percent to 41.7 percent with over three million Democratic ballots cast. Write-ins in San Francisco County and Republican Nixon's 2,015,983 votes are noted as canvass proceeds and a legislative subcommittee investigates prolonged polling delays.
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Sacramento
George McGovern
California
McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
San Francisco
Humphrey
Shirley Chisholm
Edmund Muskie
Los Angeles
Sam
Sam Yorty
Eugene McCarthy
Henry Jackson
New York
John V. Lindsay
George Wallace
Nixon
Ohio
John Ashbrook
Benjamin Spock
Peace and Freedom Party
Wallace
Labor Leader Attacks “Scandalous Profits” at AFL-CIO CWA Meet
AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America head Joseph A. Beirne charged that wage increases are curbed while big corporations enjoy scandalous profits as the CWA opened its 34th annual convention. John F. Henning warned unemployment, high interest rates, and disastrous policies under Nixon, urging labor to remove him in November.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Joseph A. Beirne Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
CWA
Treasury
John Connally
John F. Henning
California
Afl-Cio
Richard Nixon
White House
Henning
Airport Noise Bill Seems Dead in California Legislature
In Sacramento the airport noise bill failed to advance after a 26 vote in the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Opponents mocked the measure as a license to pollute while 35 cases against Los Angeles over LAX noise remain pending.
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Sacramento
California
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Los Angeles
Los Angeles International Airport
John Knox
Richmond
Jerry Fadem
McGovern Plan Shows Explosive Campaign Promise
Senator George McGovern's plan to redraw the tax and welfare system aims to give every American a $1000 base payment funded by a large tax base, cut defense by 32.4 billion, and provide federal aid for education. Critics say the program risks security and the economy, while supporters cite voter appeal and initiative.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
George McGovern
Federal Treasury
McGovern
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Congressional Record
Treasury
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