California enters new fiscal year without budget
California begins a new fiscal year with no state budget as Governor Reagan rejects an emergency 30 day plan. Salaries are cut, workers told to work for free, and state payments halted. Reagan blames Assembly Democrats led by Jesse Unruh while Democrats demand 400 million more for local schools and tax relief.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Assembly Democrats
Jesse M. Unruh
Victor Veysey
House
Caspar Weinberger
Unruh
Frank Lanterman
Assembly
Senate
Interhouse
House Narrowly Passes Surtax Bill Under Presidential Pressure
The House approved a 210 to 205 vote to extend the 10 percent income surtax, sending the bill to the Senate where leaders expect months of review. Nixon pressed for the extension, seeking 10 percent through December then 5 percent to next June, while party opponents argued tax reform should be broader and not tied to the surtax.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Ford
John W. McCormack
Carl Albert
Ways and. Means
Truth in Lending Law Takes Effect Across Credit Sectors
The Truth in Lending Law becomes effective prompting lenders to reveal total credit costs and the interest charge to borrowers. It applies to banks, savings and loan associations, department stores, credit card issuers, credit unions, auto dealers, mortgage brokers, and others charging a finance fee.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dog bite prompts vaccination proof appeal
SPCA agent Ervin Cleveland reports that Doris Robertson aged 10 was bitten on the finger by a dog after reaching toward it in Frederick Heights. Owners came forward within an hour. vaccination proof sought to avoid rabies shots. Post Office will suspend window service on July 4 with mail delivery paused, but lockbox and special delivery service continue.
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Ervin Cleveland
SPCA
Doris Robertson
Frederick Heights
Doris
Joseph Haines
Blood donor Tech. Sgt Vernon Ding at Ent AFB noted
Colorado Springs reports Tech. Sgt. Vernon Dingwell at Ent Air Force Base has a rare A negative blood type and has donated 70 pints over 18 years, nearly the total in nine adults.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Vernon Dingwell
Ent Air Force Base
Richmond Wins 23 Square Mile Chesterfield Annexation
A three judge annexation court awarded the city of Richmond a 23 square mile portion of Chesterfield County with about 45 000 residents. The ruling follows a compromise line and would expand Richmond to roughly 62 square miles if not appealed.
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
Chesterfield
Henrico County
Pentagon to study defense overhauls urged by Nixon panel
President Nixon named a blue ribbon panel led by insurance executive Gil bert Fitzhugh to review Pentagon organization procurement and R and D. The year long study aims to boost efficiency and public confidence while saving taxpayer money. About 500000 dollars funds staff though panel members serve without pay.
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Insurance Industry
Pentagon
Nixon
Princeton
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Defense Department
Hoover Commission
Fitzhugh
Department
Farflung
Department of Defense
Charles Crowned Prince of Wales Amid Bomb Scares
Charles of Windsor was installed as Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle in a grand ceremony despite bomb threats and an explosion on nearby railway tracks. Queen Elizabeth II crowned him as thousands cheered, while two youths were arrested after disruptions including an egg thrown at the queen.
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Abergele
Wales
Caernarvon
Prince Charles
Prince of Wales
Caernarvon, Wales
Charles of Windsor
Britain
Principality of Wales
London
Tricia Nixon
Duke of Edinburgh
State of Siege In Argentina
Argentina declared a state of siege as terrorism and labor unrest continued during Nelson Rockefeller's Lat in America visit. A 24 hour general strike was planned by the CGT led by Raimundo Ongaro, whose headquarters were closed and Ongaro reportedly arrested. Augustin Vandor was killed in a daylight attack on the CGT office in Buenos Aires, part of a six week wave of antigovernment violence dating to a student death on May 19.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
New York
Juan Carlos Ongania
Rockefeller
Haiti
Ongania
Latin America
General Labor Confederation
CGT
Raimundo Ongaro
Ongaro
Augustin Vandor
Dry first half 1969 records 6.28 inches below average
Through June rainfall totals 11.89 inches at Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory on Rt 11 south, 56 year average is 18.17 inches. Only April exceeded its average of 3.10 inches with 3.24. January to June months all below normal.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
South
U S Armor Rakes North Vietnamese Near Tay Ninh City
Thirty American armored vehicles engaged North Vietnamese forces around Tay Ninh City for nearly three hours. U S spokesmen reported 42 enemy dead and one American killed with one wounded. The 9th Division elements were intercepted days earlier by U S troops.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh
Front Royal Warren County at Odds Over Water Sale
Front Royal and Warren County supervisors debated annexation as the root cause of failed talks to sell water to Happy Creek residents. Thomas Kerns urged that a county sanitary district and annexation complicate the deal, with FHA loan repayment and an easement issue cited as hurdles. A second option floated was bulk water purchase by the county or government consolidation.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Happy Creek
Thomas Kerns
Annne
Kerns
George B. Baggarly
Kerris
John K. Marlow
Richmond Weather Outlook With July 4th Garbage Notice
An easterly moving high pressure area will push a weak cold front through Virginia tonight bringing slightly cooler temperatures. Closed Wednesday afternoons July and August. G & M Music Center garbage and bus notice: no collections Friday July 4th due to holiday. garbage will be collected Tuesday July 8th.
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Richmond
Virginia
G & M Music Center
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