Ex-Gl addicts testify on Viet drug abuse at Senate hearing
Ex-GI addicts risk jobs and social ostracism to reveal how drugs were easy to obtain in Vietnam and how help after discharge was hard to find. They urged programs like Aquarian Effort and greater VA support, criticising amnesty schemes and calling for nonpunitive treatment paths.
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Elmer W. Lammi Washington
UPI
Senate
Alan Cranston
Calif
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Far East
Don Juhl
Aquarian
Sacramento
Veterans Administration
Juhl
Larry Turner
Turner
California
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Tony Hand
Davis
Roy Newton
San Francisco
Gary Estrada
John West
Sam Anglin
Hanzo
Navy
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Newton
Vietnam
McCaffery
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California voters unlikely to accept simple bond vote majority
The California Poll finds little chance of lowering bond passage to a simple majority, despite a recent U S Supreme Court ruling allowing states to require more than a simple majority. In 1969, 43 percent favored two-thirds versus 23 percent for a simple majority, with 44 percent backing 60 percent and 13 percent undecided.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
California Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Melvin D. Field
Moscone Seeks One Third Cut in Interest Rate
California Senator George R. Moscone urged a constitutional amendment to drop the maximum interest rate from 18 percent to 12 percent. He said lenders could still profit while passing savings to consumers. The hearing paused as financial institutions opposed the measure.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
San Francisco
George R. Moscone
Senate
Judiciary Committee
William F. Robinson
Transamerica Financial Corp
Franklin Roosevelt's record electoral vote total stands
Franklin D. Roosevelt remains the only U S president to exceed five hundred electoral votes. He earned 523 in the 1936 election, a historic margin that underscored New Deal support and party dominance during his first term.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
Invasion of California desert endangers wildlife
Editor notes the California desert is being ravaged by dune buggies motorcycles and people. A planned six year 28 million study may lead to a protective desert plan with a 50 person ranger force. BLM warns of habitat loss pollution and damage to rare species and Indian artifacts.
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Jack Webb
Copley
California Desert
California
Bureau of Land Management
Washington
BLM
San Bernardino National Forest
Penny
Pennys
Judge refuses bail for Angela Davis in capital case
Judge Richard E. Arnason of San Rafael California denies bail citing state law prohibiting release in a capital case. Angela Davis, 27, faces murder kidnapping and conspiracy charges with potential death penalty. pretrial hearings recessed pending federal court rulings on jurisdiction.
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Donald B. Thackrey
San Rafael
Calif
UPI
Richard E. Arnason
Angela Davis
Arnason
Ruchell Magee
Miss Davis
UCLA
Magee
San Quentino
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