County Officials Criticize State Drug Diversion Bills
Mendocino County supervisors protest state bills SB 714 and a drunk driving diversion addition, saying they would impose at least $35,000 in new costs for two probation officers a clerk and supplies. They consider suing to challenge funding gaps while noting potential court load reductions from rehabilitation.
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Mendocino County
Historian argues against the presidency and for cabinet rule
Historian says the presidency has expanded beyond the Constitution and argues for abolishing the office in favor of a six-man cabinet directorate elected as a slate. She notes dangers of executive dominance and cites Congress failing to curb power, suggesting a Swiss-like system or dynastic ceremonial alternative.
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Global welfare and the UN plan for world welfare
The piece traces welfare evolving from a moral to a legal duty and notes a United Nations Geneva conference proposal for a global welfare tax on rich nations to aid poorer ones. It mentions Mexican delegate Jorge Casteneda and cautions against adding a guaranteed annual income to the plan.
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United Nations
Geneva
Jorge Casteneda
U.N. Conference For Trade and Development
Supreme Court widens state legislature seat decisions
The Virginia ruling marks a shift toward balancing fairness and mathematical precision under the one man, one vote principle. Since 1962, courts have pushed precise reapportionment. this decision, the first since the 1970 census, signals the court's mood for the decade and a trend toward weighing fairness alongside math.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
United States of America
Virginia
Trade rivalries pinch have-nots
Washington reports that the global trade picture favors the super producers the United States Japan and Western Europe while poorer nations in Latin America Africa and Asia lose share and face growing barriers. Rising protectionism threatens to widen the gap as low technology exporters struggle with falling prices unemployment and reliance on imports for food and machinery.
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Washington
NEA
United States
Japan
Europe
Taiwan
South Korea
America
U.S
Nixon
Debate Over Partisan Local Elections in California
OTTO KREISHER reports Democratic leaders urge restoring party designations in city and county races to revive accountability, while Republican leaders and officials stress the value of nonpartisan local elections. Critics warn partisan labels raise costs and risk corruption, and note no evident public demand for change after five decades of nonpartisan practice.
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Otto Kreisher
Copley
Hiram Johnson
Southern Pacific Railroad
California
Democratic State Central Committee
Sacramento
Statehouse
Charles’ Manatt
Southern California
Manatt
Gordon C.luce
Luce
Chicago
Charles Campbell
New York
ITT and Watergate strands entangle in political scandal
Washington grapples with a sprawling web as Watergate links to the ITT affair. Reports detail the Beard memo, alleged attempts to discredit it, and involvement of Hunt Gray and the FBI. The piece traces hearings, testimony, and alleged white house coordination with ITT and Intertel. It notes tax dodging critiques and Shell Oil as Tax Avoider of the Week.
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ITT
Richard Kleindienst
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
FBI
Dita Beard
White House
Washington Post
E. Howard Hunt
Denver
Robert Beard
Hunt
Dita ‘Beard
Eastland
Justice Department
Pat Gray
Anderson
Jack Anderson
James McCord
Nixon
McCord
Fred Harris
Institute
Shell Oil
Shell
Internal Revenue Service
The California energy crisis and the Rand report
Barry Keene reports on the 1965 Great Blackout in the Northeast and California's response. The assembly reviews Rand Corporation proposals to curb energy use and expand clean, safer power sources while criticizing nuclear plans as needing caution. The hearings set the stage for legislative action to prevent a future blackout.
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Sacramento
New York
Boston
Manhattan
Canada
United States
California
State Assembly
Rand Corporation
Assembly
Charles Warren
Los Angeles
Rand
Mendocino
Point Arena
Pacific Gas and Electric
October bill looms for uninstalled humidifier purchase
A blunt reflection on bills and mortgage weight. The speaker notes paying for a humidifier bought last spring but never installed and mocks the urge to take drastic action amid debt. The mood shifts to a warning that action, not thoughts, drives costs.
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