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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,\n1966-74: Press Unit\nFolder Title: Press Releases - March 1967\nBox: P7\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories\nvisit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue:\nhttps://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF ATOMIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nAND RADIATION DETECT\nN\nSacramento, California\nMAR 1 1967\nCALIFORNIA OFFICE OF PRESS ATOMIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES\nSYMPOSIUM ON RADIATION-PROCESSED WOOD-PLASTIC MATERIALS\nDevelopment of irradiated wood-plastic materials will be the\nsubject of a one-day symposium in Sacramento on June 9. The\nmeeting, sponsored by the State Office of Atomic Energy\nDevelopment and Radiation Protection, will be open to all\npersons interested in the production, marketing, and use of\nthese new materials.\nThe U. S. Atomic Energy Commission and private industry are\ncurrently spending a quarter of a million dollars per year\nin developing radiation-processed wood-plastic materials.\nThe material is produced by impregnating wood with liquid\nplastic chemicals, then subjecting it to gamma radiation.\nThe resulting product, which can still be processed with\nconventional woodworking equipment, is several hundred percent\nharder, is more resistant to abrasion, warping, a nd swelling,\nand has greater shear and static bending strength than\nnatural wood. It retains the natural wood grain and color,\nor it can be artificially colored throughout.\nPotential uses include indoor and outdoor furniture, floors,\nwindow frames, sills, doors, decorative trims, boat decks\nand fittings, dies and jigs, tool handles, and sporting goods.\nThe June 9 symposium will summarize development to date in\nimpregnation and irradiation techniques, review testing and\nevaluation programs, consider design and cost of requisite\nfacilities, and discuss the market potential for various\nwood-plastic materials and products. The meeting will also\nreport on the AEC's program of supplying to interested\ncompanies free custom processing of wood samples for sub-\nsequent product development, testing, and evaluation.\nPersons interested in attending the meeting are invited to\ncontact the Office of Atomic Energy Development and Radiation\nProtection, Room 1033, State Capitol, Sacramento 95814,\nfor further details.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.1.67\nPRESS MEMO\nPLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN THE GOVERNOR' PRESS\nTHURSDAY, MARCH 2\n12:00 noon\nDepart Friendship Airport, Maryland,\nAmerican Flight # 45\n2:05 pm\nArrive Los Angeles International Airport.\nALSO NOTE: The Governor's Council meeting for March 2 has been\ncancelled.\nJAK\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\nGovernor Ronald Reagan appointed today PRESS Kong\n3.1.67\nSan Francisco to the California Committee on Fulbright Scholarships.\nDr. Lee is president of Lincoln University in San Francisco,\nchairman of the Board of Trustees of Chinese Central High School\nand a member of the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Chapter\nof American National Red Cross.\nDr. Lee, 59, is also president of Kong Chow Benevolent\nAssociation.\nBorn in Canton, China, he is a naturalized citizen.\n# # #\nPB/99\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.1.67\nPRESS\nSacramento--Woodrow A. Miller, Colton businessman and\nconsultant to three federal secretaries of Agriculture, today\nwas named by Governor Ronald Reagan to the Board of Directors\nof the California State Fair and Exposition.\nMiller, operator of Miller's Honey Co., an international\nhoney firm, succeeds Joseph J. Crosetti of Watsonville. It is\nfor a one-year term.\nA Republican, he served on the Colton City Council for\n16 years, including the post of mayor for three years. He was\nan advisor to both Democratic and Republican Secretaries of\nAgriculture in Washington and is active in numerous San Berna-\ndino area civic and charitable organizations.\nMiller, 54, served as a director of the National Orange\nShow for 14 years, is a past president of the group and is\nnow the secretary-manager.\nA native of Logan, Utah, he is married and has three chil-\ndren.\nGov. Reagan also announced that he had designated George\nWhitney, vice-president and general manager of KFMB and KFMB-TV\nin San Diego as a member of the Board's executive committee.\nWhitney, who was appointed to the Board in 1964, succeeds H.C.\nMaginn, whose term on the Board has expired.\n# # #\nPB/100\nOFFICE OF THE GOV_ NOR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.1.67\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan today announced the following\nAgricul tural Assocation district appointments:\nNicasio\nHenry E. Tomasini of Petaluma, a savings and loan executive,\nwas named to the 4th District Board of Directors for a term expiring\nJan. 15, 1971. A Republican, he replaces W.L. Hepworth of Sebastopol.\nRobert W. Mackey of Petaluma, an attorney, was named to replace\nHerbert H. Angress of Marshall on the 4th District Board. He is a\nRepublican and his term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nDon S. Avery of Etna, former Siskiyou County Supervisor, was\nappointed to the 10th District Board of Directors for a term expir-\ning Jan. 15, 1971. A Republican, he replaces Esther B. Foulke of\nGazelle.\nHarry C. Hanna of Etna replaces Alice Hessig of Grenada on the\n10th District Board. A Republican, his term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nRobert A. Bryant of Yuba City was named to the 13th District\nBoard of Directors, replacing Howard W. Mayfield of Yuba City. A\nRepublican, Bryant's term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nJohn K.T. Forsman of Marysville replaces Harvey H. Sheehan of\nRackerby on the 13th District Board for a term expiring Jan. 15,\n1971. Forsman is a Republican.\nRobert S. Bryant of Redding, a building contractor, was named\nto a term expiring Jan 15, 1971 on the 27th District Board. A\nRepublican, Bryant replaces Colby G. Smith of Redding.\nFloyd N. Bidwell of Cassel was also appointed to the 27th\nDistrict-Board for a term expiring Jan. 15, 1971. A Republican, he\nreplaces William Charles Gover of Anderson.\nRobert W. Angel of Victorville, a businessman, was reappointed\nto the 28th District Board of Directors. He is a Republican and\nhis term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nWoodrow A. Miller of Colton was named to a term expiring\nJan. 15, 1971 on the 28th District Board. A Republican, he replaces\n(MORE)\n-2-\nAlvin J. Tatum of Victorville.\nWilliam Flournoy of Likely replaces Charles Bud Williams of\nLikely on the 34th District Board of Directors. He is a Republican\nand his term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nMrs. Rose Marie Coops of Cedarville, a registered nurse, was\nnamed to a term expiring Jan. 15, 1971 on the 34th District Board.\nA Republican, she replaces Mr. Francis R. Page of Cedarville.\nR. Richard Rodoni of Los Banos was appointed to the 35th\nDistrict Board of Directors for a term expiring Jan. 15, 1971. A\nRepublican, he replaces Donald J. Coelho of Los Banos.\nHerbert N. Clements of Dos Palos, a variety store owner, was\nnamed to replace Joe M. Vincent, Jr. of Dos Palos on the 35th Dis-\ntrict Board. A Republican, Clements' term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nVernon E. Schmeiser of Dixon was appointed to a term expiring\nJan. 15, 1971 on the 36th District Board of Directors. A Republican,\nhe replaces Melvin L. George of Dixon.\nE. Ray Crabtree of Suisun, a rancher, replaces Charles V.\nMisuraca, Sr. of Dixon on the 36th District Board. He is a Repub-\nlican and his term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nRandall G. Reiff of Woodland was appointed to the 40th District\nBoard of Directors for a term expiring Jan. 15, 1971. He is a\nRepublican and replaces Raymond J. Bell of Woodland.\nJohn E. Weaver, manager of the Woodland Wells Fargo Bank, was\nappointed to the 40th District Board for a term expiring Jan. 15,\n1971. A Republican, he replaces Richard B. Barlow of Davis.\nRichard A. Childs of Crescent City, a utility company execu-\ntive, replaces Thomas O. Cochran of Crescent City on the 41st Dis-\ntrict Board of Directors. A Republican, his term expires Jan. 15,\n1971.\nHarry T. Trehearne of Crescent City was appointed to the 41st\nDistrict Board, replacing George Yamor of Crescent City. He is a\nRepublican and his term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nMrs. Martha C. Salter of Kelseyville was named to a term\nexpiring Jan. 15, 1971 on the 49th District Board of Directors.\nShe is a Republican and replaces Philip Windrem of Kelseyville.\nJohn A. Olson of Clear Lake Highlands was reappointed to the\n49th District Board to a term expiring Jan. 15, 1971. He is a\nCalifornia Disaster Office\nP. O. Box 9577\nSacramento, California 95823\nMarch 1, 1967\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nThe public will be warned of an actual attack on this nation by the use of\nonly one warning signal in the future.\nA release from the California Disaster Office announcing the change,\neffective March 1, indicated that \"the attack warning signal will be the\nsounding of a three- to five-minute wavering tone on sirens or short blasts\non horns or other warning devices used by local governments. The attack\nwarning signal means that an attack against this country has been detected\nand that protective action should be taken immediately.\" It was emphasized\nthat the attack warning signal shall be used for no other purpose and have\nno other meanings.\nIt was further added that \"This national change in warning signals means\nthat the previous three- to five-minute steady tone alert signal may now\ne used, at the option of local officials, to advise the public to 'listen\nfor essential emergency information' over available broadcast stations or\nother news means. The steady tone signal may also be used by local govern-\nment, at their option and authority, to advise the public of impending\nnatural disaster such as floods and seismic sea waves. \"\nThe California Disaster Office receives attack warning information over\nthe National Warning System, which originates from the North American Air\nDefense Command, Colorado Springs, following official Cetermination of an\n-more-\nPress Release re Warning Signals - P. 2\ntual attack. The California Disaster Office utilizes the National\nWarning System and all necessary state communications systems to relay\nimmediately attack warning to local governments. Local warning devices are\nthen activated in accordance with local civil defense plans.\nnder the new procedure the attack warning signal will be repeated from\nnational, state, and local levels as many times as required to obtain\nnecessary response from the public to take protective action from an attack\nor subsequent arrival of radioactive fallout.\n1111111\nTITE\n(Note to Editors: Local Civil Defense and Disaster Directors can be\ncontacted for additional information relating to the type of warning\ndevices used in the local area and whether these devices are also used\nfor natural disaster warning.)\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\nPRESS\n445-4571\n3.2.67\nSacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today named four persons\nas members of the Educational Commission of the States.\nThe Commission was created by the 1966 Legislature.\nNamed were:\nCharles Luckman, Sr., Los Angeles architect and a member\nof the Board of Trustees of the California State Colleges; the\nMost Rev. Francis J. Furey, Bishop of San Diego; James E. Strat-\nten, executive director, Booker T. Washington Community Service\nCenter, San Francisco; and Dr. Max Rafferty, State Supt. of\nPublic Instruction.\n# # #\nPB/102\nOFFICE OF THE GOVI\nOR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.7.67\nSCHEDULE 3/8-12/67\nWEDNESDAY, MARCH 8\nDepart San Francisco PRESS Airport,\n10:00 am\nUnited Airlines Flight 24\n6:05 pm\nArrive Kennedy International Airport, New\nYork\novernight\nWaldorf Astoria Hotel, New York\nTHURSDAY, MARCH 9\n12:00 noon\nLuncheon: Time-Life Editors; Executive\nDining Room, Time-Life Bldg., New York\n8:00 pm\nDepart Kennedy International Airport, New\nYork, via Eastern Airlines shuttle\n8:48 pm\nArrive National Airport, Washington, D.C.\novernight\nMadison Hotel, Washington, D.C.\nFRIDAY, MARCH 10\n8:00 am\nBreakfast: GOP Conference, Rep. Mel Laird,\nhost; Room B-338, Rayburn House Office\nBldg., Washington\n9:30 am\nPress Conference; Room B-369 RHOB\n11:00 am\nMeeting: California Republican Delegation,\nRep. Glen Lipscomb, host; Room 2245 RHOB\n12:30 pm\nLuncheon: California Congressional Dele-\ngation, Gov. Reagan, host; Room B-338 RHOB\n6:00 pm\nReception: California State Society;\nRoom B-338 RHOB. Reception also honors\nMiss Sue May, California Cherry Blossom\nPrincess. Mrs. Reagan will attend.\novernight\nMadison Hotel, Washington, D.C.\nSATURDAY, MARCH 11\n7:00 pm\nGridiron Dinner, Statler-Hilton Hotel,\nWashington, D.C.\novernight\nMadison Hotel, Washington, D.C.\nSUNDAY, MARCH 12\nReturn to California\nJAK/103\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE' DR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.7.67\nA $574,000 emergency appropriation PRESS to meet the needs of\ncrippled children was agreed to today by Governor Ronald Reagan\nand Assemblyman Robert Crown (D), chairman of the Assembly Ways\nand Means Committee.\nThe bill is more than $400,000 less than Crown has been\nseeking but is $300,000 over the initial amount Reagan had been\ntold was necessary.\nBoth Reagan and Crown said the new figure does not represent\na compromise, but instead is based on facts made available from a\nsurvey of the counties participating in the crippled children's\nprogram. It was pointed out that this is the first time the\nfigures have been available.\nThe governor and the assemblyman in a joint statement said\n\"we regret any earlier misunderstandings over this measure.\nCrippled children should not be denied needed help because of\npolitics.\"\nIt was decided that the current bill now before the Assembly\nwill be returned to committee and be rewritten to include the\n$574,000.\n# # #\nLN/104\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3. 67\nIMMED. 'E RELEASE\nSACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan and Lt. Gov. Robert Finch today\naccused Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz of an appalling disregard\nfor California farmers and housewives by his \"unilateral and un-\nwarranted action\" in raising the minimum wage for foreign supple-\nmental labor.\nIn a joint statement, Gov. Reagan and Lt. Gov. Finch said\nWirtz' announcement that California farmers must pat $1.60 an hour\ninstead of $1.40 an hour for foreign supplemental labor for harvest-\ning crops will not only result in inflationary food prices but also\nwill discriminate against farmers in this state.\n\"Mr. Wirtz' original experiment regarding foreign supplemental\nlabor has proven to be unworkable and has resulted in immeasurable\ndamage to California's No. 1 business--agriculture.\n\"Now, he is compounding this unrealistic scheme by ordering\nCalifornia farmers to pay unwarranted minimum wages for foreign\nimported labor.\n\"His unilateral action, taken without regard to California's\ncritical farm labor situation, will result in further denial of the\nnecessary labor force which this State's farmers need to harvest\ntheir crops and compete with farmers in other states.\n\"Mr. Wirtz' claim that the higher minimum wage would bring\nmore unemployed domestic workers into the fields is without founda-\ntion and cannot possibly be based on facts. As he should know from\nthe seriousness of the problem in recruiting farm labor in the past,\nactions such as this in reality make recruiting even more difficult.\n\"We strongly protest this discriminatory requirement against\nCalifornia agriculture and intend to seek its reversal.\n\"In addition, this new regulation will cause needless and undue\nhardship on the consumers of food produced in California. Mr. Wirtz\nand others in Washington continually preach against inflation and\ntell the American people they are seriously concerned with the high\ncost of living.\n\"If they were really concerned with the American housewife, they\nwould immediately see that the imposition of an unrealistic minimum\nwage for foreign supplemental labor will cause food prices to soar\neven higher.\nGov. Reagan and Lt. Gov. Finch said, \"It is time for Califor-\nnians--as well as all Americans--to raise their voices in protest\nagainst this tampering by Secretary Wirtz.\"\nPB/105\nOFFICE OF THE GOVL NOR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.7.67\nRELEASE: WEDNESDAY PMs\nFACT SHEET ON GOV. REAGAN'S REVENUE PROPOSALS\nSS\nProperty Tax Relief:\nGovernor Reagan is proposing legislation providing for\nlocal property tax relief\n1967-68\n1968-69\n(millions)\n(millions)\nDirect Property Tax Relief\n$120\n$300\nAid for Improvement of\nPublic School Programs\n50\n75\nPlus Medi-Cal costs shifted\nfrom Local Taxes to the State\n45\n50\nTotal: Relief to\nCalifornia Taxpayers\n$215\n$425\nGovernor Reagan is proposing the first property tax relief\nin 33 years.\nIn the last 10 years, property taxes have increased two-\nthirds more rapidly than personal income. Aggregate\nlevies have risen 164% from 1956-57, while aggregate per-\nsonal income rose only 97%.\nGovernor Reagan's proposals call for an additional $50\nmillion in 1967-68 as aid for improvement of public\nschool programs, thus relieving the pressure on property\ntaxpayers for school support.\nProperty tax relief will apply to all taxpayers in these\nareas: homeowners, farmers, businessmen.\nCalifornia's Additional Needs:\nTo reverse the inadequate financing policies established\nunder the previous administration, $865 million in new\nrevenue must be obtained immediately\n$443 million is urgently required to restore a sound\nfiscal operation to the State's General Fund, including:\n$153 million to meet the cash deficiency\n$266 million to provide adequate financing\nin the coming year\n$ 24 million to meet the obligations of the\nMedi-Cal program carried forward from\nlast year and the current fiscal period\nof 1966-67\n$252 million of other revenue needs include:\n$ 75 million to carry on the Medi-Cal plan\n(MORE)\n-2-\nin 1967-68. (Effects $45 million in\nproperty tax benefits.)\n$ 35 million for the continuation of the\nState's present appropriation for\nsupplementary aid to low wealth school\ndistricts\n$ 38 million allowance in lieu of tuition at\nthe University and State colleges in\n1967-68\n$ 39 million salary adjustments for State\nemployees\n$ 10 million for a cost-of-living adjustment\nfor retired school teachers\n$ 55 million as offsets to the General Fund\neconomy program resulting from recent\nbudget hearings\nHow the Governor Proposes to Finance these Additional Needs:\nRaising the present State sales tax rate to 4%\nRaising the excise tax on distilled spirits to $2.25\nper gallon, an increase of 15 cents on the one-fifth\ngallon bottle\nRaising the State cigarette tax to 6.5 cents per pack-\nage, and levying a tax of 25% of the wholesale purchase\nprice on cigars and smoking tobacco\nRaising the franchise tax rate on general corporations\nto 6.5%, and the bank tax maximum to 10.5%\nAmend the personal income tax by narrowing the bracket\nstructure to $2,000 in the first bracket and $1,500 in\nall subsequent brackets, with a 10% maximum rate and\nsubstituting a tax credit of $25 for a single individual,\n$50 for a married couple, and $8 for each dependent for\nthe present exemptions\nComments by Governor Reagan:\n\"My revenue program will achieve the basic objectives of:\n\"Restoring a sound fiscal position in the General Fund;\n\"Achieving a balanced budget;\n\"Facilitating the matching of income with outgo in\n1968-69; and\n\"Providing immediate property tax relief where the\nneed is greatest.\n\"I am hopeful the Legislature will take action to further\nreform the property tax. The job is not finished.\n\"Governmental frugality marked the beginning of this\nadministration, and it will continue to be one of our\nbasic objectives.\"\n/106\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.8.67\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nAn executive clemency hearing has been scheduled by Clemency\nSecretary Edwin Meese in the case of Paul Eugene LaVergne for\nWednesday, March 8, in the Council Room of the Governor's Office\nat 11:00 am. LaVergne was convicted of first degree murder,\nrobbery and felonious assualt in San Diego County. Execution is\nscheduled for March 15, 1967.\nThe following is background information on LaVergne:\nPaul Eugene LaVergne, now 23, was convicted of first degree\nmurder, robbery, and felonious assualt, on April 13, 1965, in the\nSuperior Court for San Diego County. These convictions arose out\nof the robbery of two taxicab drivers, one of whom died as the\nresult of a severe beating and strangulation inflicted by LaVergne\nand an accomplice. The murder was committed on Jan. 7, 1965, in\nImperial Beach, in San Diego County.\nTestimony presented at the trial of LaVergne revealed the\nfollowing facts:\nAt approximately 5:00 am on Jan. 7, 1965, Peter Giacolone, a\nLos Angeles cab driver, was beaten and strangled to death by\nLaVergne and his accomplice in an alley in Imperial Beach. In the\nvicinity of his cab, which was parked near the alley, were found\nvarious items belonging to the accomplice, a hat later identified\nas belonging to LaVergne and some loose bills. The trip sheet in\nthe cab showed $14.50 in fares since the commencement of the cab\ndriver's shift, but no money was found on his body, and his wallet\nwas not located. Quantities of blood were on the cab and the\nground near it. The victim had been brutally beaten, and then\nstrangled to death by use of a belt placed around his neck. The\nvictim's cries and moans as he was being beaten and killed were\nheard by people living in a nearby apartment, who called the police.\nThese persons also reported they heard what sounded like laughter\nwhile the crime was being committed. LaVergne and his accomplice\nfled from the area before the arrival of police.\nA few hours later, LaVergne, this time alone, entered a cab\nin Coronado and asked the driver to take him to San Diego. At the\ndestination, LaVergne dragged this cab driver from the taxi, admin-\nistered a severe beating to him, left him lying in the street and\nstole his cab. He was later apprehended in the stolen cab by the\nSan Diego police. At the time of his arrest, a note was found in\nhis pocket, indicating that he intended to commit another robbery.\nFollowing LaVergne's conviction, a penalty hearing was held,\nand the Jury imposed the death penalty by a verdict returned on\nApril 16, 1965.\nLaVergne's accomplice in the murder, Cecil Larry Watters, was\ntried separately on one count of murder, since he was not appre-\nhended until after the trial of LaVergne. Watters was not involved\nin the second robbery of felonious assault. He received a sentence\nof life imprisonment without possibility of parole.\nOn March 2, 1966, the conviction and the penalty imposed by\nthe Jury were unanimously affirmed by the Supreme Court of Califor-\nnia. The Superior Court for San Diego County has set the execution\ndate for March 15, 1967.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER R\nRELEASE:\nAmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-457\n3.8.67\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of a\nSacramento real estate man to the State Real Estate Commission for a\nterm expiring in January of 1971.\nFrank MacBride Jr. of MacBride Realty Co. was named to succeed\nJoseph H. Carter of Eureka, whose term expired.\nMacBride, 65, has been active in the general real estate and\ninsurance business since 1931 and established MacBride Realty Co. in\n1936.\nA former president of the California Real Estate Assn., MacBride\nhas been active in numerous civic affairs and has held office on re-\ngional and national real estate organizations.\nA Republican, he is married and has four children.\nGovernor Reagan also named James E. Kenney, vice president and\ngeneral manager of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., Los Angeles, to\nthe Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy,\nbetter known as the Little Hoover Commission.\nKenney, of Pasadena, replaces Richard E. Sherwood of Beverly\nHills.\nA Democrat, Kenney has been with Pacific Telephone since 1931\nexcept for World War II service. Kenney, 54, has been active in numer-\nous Los Angeles area civic and cultural affairs.\nGovernor Reagan also announced the reappointment of two trustees\nof the California State Colleges, both for eight-year terms. They are\nGeorge David Hart, president of G. D. Hart, Inc., San Francisco, and\nDaniel H. Ridder, co-publisher of the Long Beach Independent Press-\nTelegram.\nWing K. Fat, a native of Canton Province, China and vice presi-\ndent of Frank Fat's Inc., Sacramento, was reappointed to a four-year\nterm on the California Veterans Board.\nOther appointments announced today by Governor Reagan include:\nDr. Roy M. Swain, Ukiah, reappointed to a four-year term on the\nBoard of Trustees, Mendocino State Hospital.\nA. T. Richardson, editor and publisher of the Progress Bulletin,\nPomona; Greyson Lee Bryan, real estate developer of Pomona, and Mrs.\nJames S. Baker, Pomona, were reappointed to fcur-year terms on the Board\nof Trustees, Pacific State Hospital.\nWilliam B. Temple, general manager of Covina Irrigating Co.,\nCovina, was named to a four-year term on the Pacific State Hospital\nBoard, succeeding Anna Laura Myers of Covina.\nAll the hospital board appointments are subject to Senate con-\nfirmation.\n# # #\nPB/108\nCALIFORNIA COMMIS ON ON AGING\n1108 14th Street\nSacramento, California\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSACRAMENTO--Charles W. Skoien, Jr. of Los Angeles has been\nappointed Executive Director, California Commission on Aging, it\nwas announced today by the Commission.\nSkoien, 35, is a graduate of George Pepperdine College and\nhas worked in the field of recreation since 1949. For the past\nyear he has been employed as a Senior Recreation Director to\nplan, organize and direct activities in a major recreation area\nof Los Angeles.\nFor seven years prior to that, he was the director of\nsenior citizen activities for the Los Angeles City Department\nof Recreation and Parks.\nHe represented the City of Los Angeles at the White House\nConference on Aging in 1961 and has been a delegate to the\nGovernor's Conference on Aging and a member of the Governor's\nCommittee on Aging in California. He also organized the senior\ncitizens program for the City of Los Angeles, which includes\nmore than 300 clubs.\nMr. Skoien is married and has three children.\n--0--\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\nPRESS\n445-4571\n3.9.67\nSACRAMENTO--The Office of Gov. Ronald Reagan today announced\na number of Agricultural Association appointments.\nLeonard I. Will of Tulelake, a Republican, was named to re-\nplace Mr. Marion F. Palmer of Tulelake on the 10-A District Board\nof Directors and Mr. C.J. Main of Tulelake, also a Republican, was\nreappointed to the same Board. Their terms will expire Jan. 1971.\nLouis J. Resetar, Jr. of Watsonville, a Republican, was re-\nappointed to a term expiring Jan. 15, 1971 on the 14th District\nBoard of Directors. He is a farmer and savings and loan director.\nJohn H.\nC. William Nielson of Watsonville was named to replace Lewis\nMencarich watsonville\nJ. Poletti of Santa Cruz on the 14th District board. He is a\nPeleHi remains\nRepublican and his term expires Jan. 15, 1971. on the board. His,\nterm expires 1-15-\nFrank H. Spanfelner, Jr. of Red Bluff was appointed to a term\nexpiring Jan. 15, 1971 on the 30th District Board of Directors.\nA Republican, he replaces Rudy Brodnansky of Red Bluff.\nRobert P. (Rob) Martin of Corning, a rancher, replaces Mrs.\nLucille Snelson on the 30th District board. He is a Republican\nand his term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nMichael J. Griffin of Ventura, a rancher, was named to replace\nScotty Harris of Ventura on the 31st District Board of Directors.\nA Republican, his term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nMrs. Pauline B. Bee of Ojai, a Republican, replaces David L.\nStrathearn, Jr. of Simi on the 31st District Board. Her term\nexpires Jan. 15, 1971.\nIrvin C. Chapman of Fullerton, a fruit grower, was named to\nreplace Huston Bouslog of Anaheim on the 32nd District Board of\nDirectors, and Cecil J. Marks of Santa Ana was named to replace\nA.E. Arnold of Cypress on the same board. Chapman and Marks are\nRepublicans and their terms expire Jan. 15, 1971.\nJAK/109\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Inudiate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.9.67\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that figures just compiled\nshow that hiring of state workers during February was reduced by more\nthan 46 percent from the same month a year ago.\n\"We have had a tremendously positive response to our directive on\nthe freeze on hiring,\" the governor said, \"and I am grateful for the\ncooperation we have received.\"\nThe governor, advised of the figures while in Washington Thursday,\nsaid the reduction in hiring was accomplished \"without curtailing any\nstate services.\"\n\"I want to congratulate every department head, supervisor and\nstate employee for making this reduction possible. It is a perfect\nexample of how government can stop the increasing spiral of growth,\"\nthe governor said.\n\"Because these figures are so significant,\" he added, \"I felt it\nwas my duty to immediately compliment all state employees on their\nefforts. I am sure this will give encouragement to our further efforts\nto effect economies and efficiencies in the state government of\nCalifornia.\"\nThe governor said that figures for February of 1966 showed there\nwas a total of 5,241 appointments made. But in February of this year,\nonly 2,789 appointments were made---a reduction of 46.8 percent.\nThe three-year average for February appointments is 4,470, the\ngovernor said. But last month's figures showed appointments were\n37.2 percent lower than the three-year average.\nGovernor Reagan also pointed out that State Personnel Board\nannual\nthe\npast.\nfigures show a 7 - 10 percent increase in state appointments\nProjections based on the February level this year indicate that \"we\ncan reasonably assume that appointments this year will actually be\nreduced very significantly.\"\n# # #\nPB/110\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER.OR\nMEMO TO PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.9.67\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N\nPRESS\nIn press release #109 dated today, please note that\nC. William Nielson of Watsonville was named to replace John H.\nMoncovich of Watsonville (and not Lewis J. Poletti of Santa Cruz).\nPoletti remains on the 14th district agricultural association board.\nHis term expires on January 15, 1968.\nrelease\nIn press/#110 dated today, the last paragraph should\nread as follows:\n\"Governor Reagan also pointed out that State Personnel\nBoard figures show an annual 7 - 10 percent increase in state\nappointments in the past. Projections based on the February level\nthis year indicate that 'we can reasonably assume that appointments\nthis year will actually be reduced very significantly. 11\n-o-\nGovernor's Schedule - Sunday, March 12\nDepart Friendship Airport (Washington, D.C.) via\nAmerican Airlines for Los Angeles International\nAirport. Arrive at 2:05 p.m.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER..\nR\nRELEASE: 1. ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced PRESS appointment\n3.10.67\nJ. Kirby, special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as\nDept.\ndirector of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.\nThe appointment to the $22,500-a-year post requires Senate\nconfirmation. He replaces James O. Reimel, who has resigned.\nKirby, of Santa Ana, was graduated with an AB from the University\nof Nebraska and also studied law there and at Georgetown University.\nHe joined the FBI in 1941 and has handled all phases of investi-\ngation with the bureau. For 19 years he was senior resident agent at\nSanta Ana, where he supervised personnel, public and press relations,\npolice liaison, training and all investigative operations.\nFor the last three and a half years he was supervisory special\nagent in the Los Angeles field office of the FBI. Kirby was\nresponsible for applicant recruiting and new agents, management com-\nmunications and procurement for the field office.\nDuring his time with the bureau, he had supervision of from 40\nto several hundred employees, depending on the area involved at the\ntime.\nKirby, a member of the Orange County Peace Officers Assn. and\nthe FBI Recreation Assn., is married and has three children.\n# # #\nPB/111\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE\nRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.10.67\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N\nPRESS\nIn press release #111 dated today, Edward J.\nKirby has been appointed as director of the Depart-\nment of Alcoholic Beverage Control.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: SUNDAY AMs\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.10.67\nSACRAMENTO--Gov Ronald Reagan today PRESS approved a plan of\nCalifornia Director of Agriculture Earl Coke to consolidate part\nof the Department, giving more emphasis and strength to agricultural\nmarketing.\nThe plan calls for a realignment of the duties of Coke's top\nstaff, effective April 1. It will coincide with the retirement of\nthe Department's Chief Deputy, Charles V. Dick, and the appointment\nof a new Deputy Director.\nRichard E. Lyng, 48, president of Ed. J. Lyng Company, Inc.,\nModesto, wholesale and retail seed firm, will be named Deputy\nDirector of Agriculture.\nLyng is a successful agricultural businessman with a lifetime\nof work in the processing and marketing of agricultural crops. His\nfirm operates statewide in the production of farm seeds and markets\nthem throughout the United States.\n\"Mr. Lyng thoroughly understands the problems farmers and\nranchers of California face, \" Coke said.\nLyng, a native of San Francisco, was a charter member and\nserved as president of the Stanislaus County Taxpayers Assn., and\nhas been a director of the California Crop Improvement Assn.\nHe is a former president of the California Seed Council and\nthe California Seed Assn. While president of the Greater Modesto\nChamber of Commerce, he worked for the betterment of farm-city\nrelations.\nLyng was graduated cum laude in business administration from\nthe University of Notre Dame. He served 30 months in the South\nPacific theater with the U.S. Army in World War II.\nCoke's plan, agreed upon by the Governor, consolidates and\nregroups the department's offices engaged in marketing activities.\nThe present Division of Agricultural Economics will be\nrenamed Division of Marketing Services. James Franklin Bennett,\nDeputy Director of Agriculture, will be chief of the division.\n(MORE)\nThe plan will bring the Division of Dairy Industry, presently\nheaded by William J. Hunt, Jr., under the new Division of Marketing\nServices. Hunt will be given a new civil service title.\nHarry Krade, presently Chief of the Division of Agricultural\nEconomics, will assume his former civil service classification of\nChief, Bureau of Marketing. The Chief of the Bureau of Marketing,\nVernon Shahbazian, will be assigned the position of Senior\nMarketing Economist.\nCoke said in a letter to Gov. Reagan that \"the changes will\ncreate a more compact, responsive and useful organization. The\ndepartment will be better adapted to meet the rapidly changing needs\nof agriculture and provide updated service to the people of\nCalifornia.\"\nCoke said \"We need to concentrate our services in the field\nwhere the need is greatest, and certainly the greatest need for\nattention is in agricultural marketing. 11\n\"The Department has done well in this area but we feel that\nit can do better, and this regrouping is intended to improve the\nquality of our marketing activities.\n# # #\nPB/112\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE. OR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.10.67\nSCHEDULE 3/13-19/67\nMONDAY, MARCH 13\nDepart Santa Monica PRESS\n10:00 am\n10:30 am\nArrive Palm Springs Airport\n12:00 noon\nLuncheon: General Dwight D. Eisenhower;\nEisenhower residence, Palm Springs\n3:00 pm\nDepart Palm Springs Airport, charter jet\n4:00 pm\nArrive Sacramento Airport\nTUESDAY, MARCH 14\n9:45 am\nPhoto Session: Assemblymen Mulford and\nConrad and representatives of DeMolay;\nGovernor's Office\n10:00 am\nMeeting: members of Association of Inde-\npendent Colleges; Governor's Office\n1:30 pm\nPress Conference; Room 1190\n3:00 pm\nMeeting: Student Body Presidents of the\nCalifornia State Colleges; Governor's Ofc.\nWEDNESDAY, MARCH 15\n3:15 pm\nPhoto Session: Senator Schrade and repre-\nsentatives of Sons of Italy; Governor's Ofc.\nTHURSDAY, MARCH 16\n7:00 am\nDepart Sacramento by car\n9:00 am\nArrive San Francisco Medical Center\nall day\nUniversity of California Board of Regents\nMeeting\novernight\nSt. Francis Hotel, San Francisco\nFRIDAY, MARCH 17\nDepart San Francisco International Airport\nFor Washington, D.C.\novernight\nMadison Hotel, Washington, D.C.\nSATURDAY, MARCH 18\nMeeting: President Lyndon B. Johnson;\nThe White House.\novernight\nMadison Hotel, Washington, D.C.\nSUNDAY, MARCH 19\nReturn to California\nJAK/113\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER R\nRELEASE: 1 esday A.M.\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.13.67\nMajor General Glenn C. Ames of Northridge today was named by\nGovernor Ronald Reagan as California's Adjutant General.\nThe nomination is subject to Senate confirmation. He replaces\nLt. Gen. Roderic L. Hill, who has resigned.\nGeneral Ames, an attorney with a law practice in Encino, has\nbeen connected with the military for more than 30 years.\nHe attended Freeport High School in Freeport, Ill. and was\ngraduated from the University of Illinois with an AB and from the\nUniversity of Southern California with an LLB.\nGeneral Ames, who will be 54 on March 28, was commissioned a\n2nd lieutenant in the Organized Reserve Corps upon graduation from the\nUniversity of Illinois in 1935. In 1937 he was assigned to the 11th\nCavalry Regiment, ORC, and three years later entered active duty with\nthe 11th Cavalry Regiment.\nIn 1942 he was assigned to the 41st Infantry Division at Fort\nLewis, Washington and was sent to the Asiatic Pacific Theater with the\n41st in April of 1942.\nService with the 41st included duty in Northern Australia, New\nGuinea, Papau, Hollandia, Aitap, Biak Island, Schouten Islands, Dutch\nEast Indies, Palawan Island, Zamboanga Peninsula, Jolo Islands and the\nSouthern Philippines.\nDuring this time he served as a platoon leader, troop commander,\nassistant division intelligence officer and division intelligence\nofficer.\nIn 1946 he was assigned to the U. S. Army Reserve and commanded\nthe 318th Mechanized Cavalry Squadron and the 310th Armored Cavalry\nRegiment.\nGeneral Ames was assigned in 1951 to the California Army\nNational Guard, serving as battalion commander, division artillery com-\nmander of the 40th Armored Division and assistant division commander of\nthe 40th.\nHe served as a lieutenant colonel through brigadier general\nwhile with the California National Guard and was promoted to major\ngeneral effective November 15, 1966.\nHis awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze\nStar with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal, Asiatic Pacific Medal with three\nstars and arrowhead, Philippine Liberation Medal and others.\nA Republican, he is married to the former June Jones. He is a\nmember of the San Fernando Valley Bar Assn. and served as chairman,\nNational Guard Assn. of California.\nAs adjutant general, he is entitled to the same pay and allow-\nances as a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army.\n# # #\nPB/114\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.13.67\nCalifornia Governor Ronald Reagan today called for\nCongressional legislation to satisfy the immediate needs of the\nPacific Southwest but which would also recognize the longer range\nrequirements of the Colorado River Basin.\nIn a statement presented to the House Subcommittee on\nIrrigation and Reclamation in Washington, D. C., by California's\nWater Resources Director William R. Gianelli on his behalf,\nGovernor Reagan opposed the position of Secretary of the Interior\nStewart Udall.\n\"We regard the National Administration's position as\na long step backward from the regional approach which Secretary\nUdall initiated in 1963\", the Governor said.\n\"The piecemeal approach now proposed by the Secretary\navoids the fundamental water problem facing the entire West. It\nwould add materially to the burden of demand on the river without\nattempting to solve the basic problem of an insufficient supply\nin the Colorado. \"\nHe urged the Congress to continue to seek \"a regional\nsolution to what is truly a regional problem\".\nGovernor Reagan said, \"We ask first that the legisla-\ntion recognize the generally accepted fact that the dependable\nsupply of the Colorado River is insufficient to meet all compact\nand decree apportionments to the seven states of the Colorado\nRiver Basin. \"\nHe said consideration must be given to \"the further\nfact that the dependable supply available to the Lower Basin\nwill be unable to meet existing uses and the added burden of\nthe Central Arizona Project beyond perhaps 1990 or the turn of\nthe century, even with California's existing uses limited to\n4.4 million acre-feet per year.\n\"While it appears that the Lower Colorado supply has\nthe potential of satisfying existing uses and those of the Central\n-1-\nArizona Project for perhaps 25 years, this is .e case only because\nseveral of the other states are not at this time using all of the\nwater to which they are entitled and because California's present\nuses will be cut back from 5.1 to 4.4 million acre-feet per year\nwhen the Central Arizona Project goes into operation.\n\"The only certain way of assuring continued development\nand prosperity in the Pacific Southwest and of bringing peace to\nthe Colorado River is to increase the natural supplies of the\nregion.\n\"\nThe California Governor proposed that efforts continue\nto break the impasse between the Northwest and the Southwest by\nexpanding the common ground of agreement.\n\"Both regions endorse the concept that when studies of\nriver augmentation are undertaken, they must be objective and must\nencompass all real alternatives\", Governor Reagan said.\n\"It appears that the essential ingredients of a viable\naugmentation study are that it be conducted under the supervision\nof an impartial body; that it be completed on a timely basis; that\nthe rights of the states and regions be fully respected; that the\naffected states be permitted to participate effectively; that all\nrelated factors be considered, including those outside the purely\nengineering and economic fields; and that the expertise of existing\nstate and federal agencies be used to the maximum extent possible.\n\"It should be possible to reach agreement on each of\nthese elements and I urge the subcommittee to bend all efforts to\ndo so and to obtain agreement on the augmentation studies issue.\n\"We support authorization of the Central Arizona Project\nbut ask that authorization include, in addition to studies of\nmeans of augmenting the supply of the Colorado, protection of\nexisting uses until the River is adequately supplemented. \"\nGovernor Reagan also supported the inclusion of five new\nprojects in the Upper Basin, for which adequate water supply can\nreasonably be expected.\n#####\n-2-\nPB/115Q\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.13.67\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan announced late today that he will\nnot intervene in the scheduled execution of Paul Eugene LaVergne,\nsentenced by a Superior Court jury in San Diego County after being\nconvicted of first degree murder, robbery and felonious assault.\nGOV. Reagan said that after a careful review and consideration\nof all the facts of the case, he found no basis on which to grant\nexecutive clemency.\nThe Governor stated that the execution date of Wednesday, March\n15, was set by the Superior Court in San Diego County after the con-\nviction and penalty imposed by a jury was unanimously affirmed by the\nCalifornia State Supreme Court.\nA clemency hearing was held by the Governor's Office on March 8.\nLaVergne, now 23, was convicted April 13, 1965. The conviction\non first degree murder, robbery and felonious assault arose out of\nthe robberies of two taxicab drivers, one of whom died as the result\nof a severe beating and strangulation inflicted by LaVergne and an\naccomplice.\nThe murder occurred Jan. 7, 1965 in Imperial Beach. According\nto testimony in the trial, Peter Giacolone, a Los Angeles cab driver,\nwas beaten and strangled to death by LaVergne and his accomplice in\nan Imperial Beach alley.\nTestimony during the trial showed that Giacolone had been brutally\nbeaten and then strangled by a belt placed around his neck. The\nvictim's cries and moans as he was being beaten and killed were heard\nby persons nearby who called the police. These persons, the trial\ndisclosed, reported what they said sounded like laughter while the\ncrime was being committed.\nA few hours later, LaVergne dragged another cab driver from his\ntaxi in San Diego and administered a severe beating to the cab driver,\nleaving him lying in the street.\nThe Superior Court Jury imposed the death penalty on April 16, 1965.\nLaVergne's accomplice in the murder, Cecil Larry Watters, was\ntried separately on one count of murder, was convicted and sentenced\nto life imprisonment without possibility of parole.\nPB/115\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.14.67\nPRESS\nSACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan today named four persons to four-\nyear terms on the California Youth Authority Board.\nThe $20,500-a-year posts require Senate confirmation. Named were:\nRoger C. Chandler, Yuba City real estate broker;\nCapt. William L. Richey of the Los Angeles Police Dept.;\nChristopher R. Byrne of Los Angeles, administrative representa-\ntive of the Youth Authority Board; and\nJulio Gonzales of Pico Rivera, a Los Angeles police officer.\nChandler, 40, was graduated from UC, Davis with a B.S. degree and\nserved as an agent for a commercial nursery and as a fruit buyer for\ncanneries after graduation until 1949. Since then he has engaged in\noperating an orchard and has participated in the ranch management\nbusiness as well as heading Roger C. Chandler & Associates, a real\nestate firm.\nA native of Marysville, Chandler is a former member of the Sutter\nCounty Board of Education and the Sutter County Juvenile Justice\nCommission. He is a Republican, is married and has two children.\nRichey, 51, has been commander of the Juvenile Division of the\nLAPD since 1962, with supervision of 268 officers. From two years\nprior to that he was commander of the Van Nuys Division and commanded\nthe West Valley Division for a year before that.\nA graduate of California State College at Los Angeles, Richey\nhad service in all seven bureaus of the LAPD and is the current presi-\ndent of the California State Juvenile Officers Assn. He is a past\npresident of the Southern California Juvenile Officers Assn. and served\nas delinquency chairman of the California State Peace Officers Assn.\nRichey is a Navy veteran of World War II, is married and has\ntwo children.\nByrne, 62, has had 29 years of state service and was in the news-\npaper business for 10 years before that.\nHe joined the then Department of Institutions, since renamed as\n(MORE)\n-2-\nthe Department of Youth Authority and served for more than 10 years\nas a field and institution parole agent. During the past 15 years he\nhas acted as employment consultant with the Youth Authority and was\ninstrumental in founding Trade Advisory Councils at a number of Youth\nAuthority institutions.\nIn July of last year he was appointed to his present post as\nadministrative representative to the Board.\nGonzales, 50, is a native of Arizona and was graduated from the\nLos Angeles Police Academy in 1947. Since 1953 he has been assigned\nto the Public Information Division of the LAPD and is credited with\norganizing the Department's community relations program which has\nestablished an effective liaison with the City's Spanish-speaking\ncommunity.\nHe has served as president of the Civic Center Coordinating\nCouncil, president of Las Fiestas de las Americas and vice president\nof the Downey Adult Evening School Board.\nGonzales is on the Board of Directors of the Tuberculosis and\nHealth Assn. of Los Angeles County and the board of the Armando Castro\nScholarship Fund which has raised more than $35,000 for college\nscholarships in the East Los Angeles area.\nThe California Assn. of Secondary School Administrators honored\nGonzales for his devotion to youth and the Inter-American Club of Los\nAngeles paid tribute to him as the LAPD's \"Latin Ambassador of Good\nWill.\"\nHe is married and has one son.\nGonzales and Chandler fill positions created by the 1966 Legisla-\nture. Richey replaces Juan D. Acevedo of Montebello and Byrne replaces\nRobert R. Figone of San Francisco.\nPB/116\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.14.67\nPRESS\nSacramento-- Two appointments to the State Park Commission were\nannounced today by Gov. Ronald Reagan.\nHorace Parker, Balboa Island veterinarian, was nominated\nto succeed John P. Elsbach of Los Angeles, and Leonard S. Thom-\nson of Taft was named to replace George C. Fleharty of Ather-\nton.\nThe four year appointments require Senate confirmation.\nDr. Parker, 54, is a retired veterinarian who has been\nactive in conservation circles in the desert area. He is a mem-\nber of numerous conservation organizations, including the Sierra\nClub.\nHe also is a trustee and former president of the Board of\nTrustees of Orange Coast College. He is a Republican.\nThomson, 57, presently is in the stock brokerage business\nin Taft and formerly was associated with the Honolulu Oil Corp.\nLike Parker, Thomson is a member of the Sierra Club. He\nalso is a member of the Save-the-Redwoods-League and other out-\ndoor and conservation groups. He is a Republican.\n# # #\nPB/117\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.14.67\nRelease IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nS\nSACRAMENTO--Philip M. Battaglia, Executive Secretary to the\nGovernor, announced today that nearly 3,000 jobs in four areas of\nstate government will be eliminated without affecting the quality of\nstate services.\nThe action, Battaglia said, will result in annual savings to\nCalifornia taxpayers of more than $20 million.\nThe decision to cut back during this and next year came after a\nstudy of more than two months.\nBattaglia said the Department of Mental Hygiene will be affected\nthe most by the lay-offs because the mental hospital case load has\nbeen cut by nearly 40 percent since 1964.\nIn 1964, Battaglia said, there were 33,000 persons in state\nmental hospitals, but that hospital population has been reduced and\nthe projected number of 1967-68 is only 20,000.\nThe result would have been the same number of employees caring\nfor 13,000 fewer patients if the reduction in the work force had not\nbeen put into effect, Battaglia said.\n\"The number of Mental Hygiene employees that will remain on the\njob will guarantee that California state mental hospitals will continue\nto give care far above the national average,\" Battaglia said.\n\"I have instructed the State Employment Agency to work closely\nwith the State Personnel Board and private agencies to insure that\nstate employees affected by the cutback will be assured of maximum\nhelp in finding new jobs,\" he said.\nThe Executive Secretary said the Governor has received assurances\nfrom those departments affected that the cutbacks can be accomplished\nwithout affecting the level of service. \"In some areas, services may\nactually be improved due to increased efficiency,\" Battaglia said.\nThe major cutback will be in the Department of Mental Hygiene,\nwhere 2,632 workers will be affected out of a total of 22,078 positions.\nThe other areas affected are Corrections, 140 positions; General\n(MORE)\n-2-\nServices, 80 positions, and Industrial Relations, 40 positions. The\ntotal number of jobs eliminated will be 2,892.\n\"We have been assured by every department head that these are\nsurplus jobs,\" Battaglia said. \"They are not needed to maintain\nstate standards of excellence.\n\"This is in no sense a mass lay-off. It is deliberately being\nprogrammed over many months to allow us to do everything possible to\nplace those affected either in private sector jobs or in jobs that\nmust be filled in state government.\"\nBattaglia pointed out that 860 lay-offs will occur before June\n30 and the remainder will come at a rate of 170 a month.\n\"We have already been in contact with California business and\nindustry and expect complete cooperation in placing workers who will\nleave state service,\" he said.\nAt the same time, Battaglia said the freeze on state hiring will\nremain in effect.\n\"This, of course, was never meant to mean that essential jobs\nwill not be filled. And as these jobs open up those affected by the\nlay-offs will be given the first opportunity in creas where they\nqualify,\" Battaglia added.\nPB/118\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\nSwearing-in ceremonies for the four PRESS\n3.15.67\nAuthority Board appointees will take place in the Secretary\nof State's office at 10 a.m. today.\nPress is invited.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.15.67\nPRESS MEMO TO THE PRESS\nFor your information, specific figures on the reduction\nin the work force at individual state mental hospitals are\nnot available at this time. The reduction of 2,632 positions\nin the work force in the Department of Mental Hygiene was\nbased on the statewide figures of the hospital population.\nThat is, a reduction of 13,000 in the patient population\npermitted a parallel reduction of 2,632 positions on the\nwork force. The work force at individual hospitals is based\non the ratio of patients to staff and therefore it is impossible\nto give an individual breakdown for each hospital. There may\nbe hospitals with a low patient-staff ratio which obviously\nwould not have a reduction of employees to the extent that\nanother hospital with a high patient-staff ratio would have.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.15.67\nPRESS*\nSACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan today reappointed four\npersons as members of the District Forest Practice Committee\nof the Coast Range Pine and Fir Forest District.\nRenamed to the district were James P. van Loben Sels,\nSan Francisco; Harold R. Crane Jr., Corning; Robert H. Barrett,\nArcata; and Albert L. Fearrien, Hydesville.\n# # #\nPB/119\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.16.67\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today presented his Economic Report\nto the California Legislature.\nIn the Economic Message he expressed his support of the full\nemployment policy enacted by the Legislature in 1963, and outlines ways\nin which his administration will attempt to fulfill the full employment\ngoal and bring about a Creative Society.\nHe noted that the local level of government should be given\nmore responsibility and the role of state government should emphasize\nthe necessity of assisting both public and private groups working for\nlocal development.\nGovernor Reagan also recommended creation of an advisory board\nto coordinate work by private enterprise and government.\nFull employment, an agricultural policy aimed at improving the\nsituation of both farmers and farm laborers and the coordinated use of\nthe state's natural resources are also singled out.\nThe report includes a technical section which reviews the 1966\neconomic situation in California and probable 1967 developments. A\nfinal section presents forecasts of California personal income to\n1975.\n# # #\nPB/120\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.1 67\nIMMEDI E RELEASE\nSACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan today named two persons to the\nCalifornia Aeronautics Board, reappointed a member of the State\nBoard of Corrections and a member of the Board of the State Compen-\nsation Insurance Fund and named members to two other State agencies.\nMervine W. Amerine of Oakdale was named to succeed Norman G.\nLarson of North Hollywood on the Aeronautics Board and Thomas H.\nHughes, San Jose attorney, was nominated to replace J. Walter Schaefer\nof Los Angeles. Both nominations require Senate confirmation.\nAmerine, 43, is a partner in Amerine Turkey Breeding Farms, Inc.\nand Amerine Air, Inc. He was an Air Force pilot during World War II\nand the Korean War after taking his first flight instruction in 1938.\nA Republican, he is a member of the State Aviation Education\nAdvisory Committee, the National Pilot Assn., the Aircraft Owners\nand Pilots Assn., the Flight Safety Foundation and the California\nAviation Assn. He flies between 800 and 1,000 hours a year.\nAmerine is married and has two children.\nHughes, 36, is associated with the San Jose law firm of Foley\n& Hughes and was graduated from Stanford with an LL.B. in 1960. He\nhas been an active pilot since 1950 and is past chairman of the\nlegislative committee of the California Council of Aviation Assn.s,\nwhich represents most aircraft owners and pilots in California.\nFor the past four years he has worked closely with the Division\nof Aeronautics in developing aviation legislation in California and\nhas testified before the Legislature on proposed aviation bills.\nHe is a Republican.\nKarl W. Holton of Newport Beach was reappointed by the Governor\nto the Board of Corrections, subject to Senate confirmation. Holton,\na Republican, was first appointed to the Board in 1963 after serving\nas director of the California Youth Authority and chief probation\nofficer in Los Angeles County. He retired in 1963.\nJoseph M. Lowery of the CPA firm of Ernst & Ernst, Los Angeles,\n(MORE)\n-2-\nwas renamed to a four-year term on the board O1 the State Compen-\nsation Insurance Fund. Lowery, a Republican, is former comptrol-\nler-auditor of\nLos Angeles County and was originally named\nto the board in 1959.\nGov. Reagan also reappointed Dr. Dwight H. Murray, Sr. to\nthe Board of Trustees of Napa State Hospital. The four-term re-\nquires Senate confirmation. Dr. Murray is a former president of\nthe California and American Medical Associations and is a Repub-\nlican. He lives in Napa.\nDale E. Walter, senior vice president of Redwood National\nBank, Napa, was named to the Napa Hospital Board by the Governor\nto replace Washington I. Mannering of Napa, as was Dr. Alvin L.\nBlock of Napa, named to succeed Lloyd T. Marshall, also of Napa.\nWalter, a Republican, is a graduate of the University of\nWisconsin. He has been associated with the Redwood National Bank\nsince 1962. He was assistant manager of Crocker Citizens National\nBank in Stockton for a year prior to that and previously was a\nfield examiner and credit analyst for the Northwest Bancorpora-\ntion, Minneapolis.\nDr. Block: has engaged in the private practice of medicine\nsince 1962. A Republican, he was graduated from Emory University\nwith an AB in philosophy and an MD degree. He served in the U.S.\nMarine Corps from 1955-57 and has been active in Napa area civic\nand cultural affairs.\nGov. Reagan also announced the appointment of Robert E. Leo-\nnard, Palm Springs, to a four-year term on the Mount San Jacinto\nWinter Park Authority. He succeeds Mitchell J. Hamilburg of\nPalm Springs.\nLeonard, who is semi-retired, was associated with Foster &\nKleiser and the Southern California Outdoor Advertising Company,\nwhich he subsequently sold. He is a Republican.\nPB/ 121\nOFFICE OF THE GOV NOR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.16.67\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan today announced the following\nAgricultural Association appointments:\nLloyd C. Ayers of Lone Pine, a businessman, was named to\nreplace William Wesley Hastings of Lone Pine on the 18th District\nBoard of Directors. A Republican, his term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nWm. Chris Mann, County Clerk, Auditor and Recorder of Alpine\nCounty, replaced the Hon. Hubert B. Bruns of Fredericksburg on the\n18th District Board. He is a Republican and his term expires Jan.\n15, 1971.\nDon Kurihara of Orosi, a Republican, was named to a term ex-\npiring Jan 15, 1971 on the 24th District Board of Directors. He\nreplaces Edward L. Merzoian of Visalia.\nHal A. Campbell of Porterville replaced Sam Miller of\nPorterville on the 24th District Board. He is a Republican and\nhis term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nMrs. Helen V. Callan of Mariposa was named to replace George\nC. Gordo of Cathay on the 35-A District Board of Directors. She is\na Republican and her term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\nLouie Erickson of Hornitos was appointed to the 35-A District\nBoard of Directors for a term expiring Jan. 15, 1971. He is a\nRepublican and replaces Lynn Gunther of Mariposa.\nHerman M. Sperber of Holtville replaces Lewis D. Hartshorn of\nHoltville, and Arthur H. Caston of Calipatria replaces Barney H.\nHowell of Niland on the 45th District Board of Directors. Sperber\nand Caston are Republicans and their terms expire Jan. 15, 1971.\nJAK/122\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, Californoa\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.17.67\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today gave Sen. J. Eugene\nMcAteer (D. - S. F.) a letter permitting legislative action on\nMcAteer's urgency bill to finance educational and for widows and\nchildren of dead and disabled California veterans.\nThe bill would add $206,812 to the current 1966-67 budget.\nUnder the State Constitution, emergency appropriations cannot be\nenacted by the Legislature without prior approval from the Governor.\nThe McAteer bill would erase a fund shortage in the State pro-\ngram that provides tuition and support for student dependents of\ndead or disabled veterans. The budget contained $1.9 million, which\nprovided benefits for about 7000 widows and children.\nHowever, an additional 800 applied and were being denied assis-\ntance because of a lack of funds.\n\"Sen. McAteer has demonstrated the need for this appropriation.\nIf the State provides benefits, it should provide them to all who\nare eligible. I commend the Senator for giving the Legislature and\nme a chance to correct this situation,\" Gov. Reagan said.\n\"The Governor deserves equal praise,\" McAteer said. \"Without\naction on his part, the Legislature could not act.\"\nMcAteer originally introduced a bill Jan. 2 which sought $457,000.\nThat amount was based on estimates of student enrollments from\nthe State Department of Veterans Affairs.\nHowever, the Department has since revised its estimates down-\nward because fewer students are remaining in school than expected.\nThis provides additional money for new applicants.\nMcAteer said he would amend the bill to reduce the amount to\n$206,812 when it is heard in the Senate Finance Committee.\nLast month the Senator received another letter from the Gover-\nnor to permit legislative action on a bill to continue California's\nalcoholism control program. The measure, which finances a statewide\nsystem of treatment clinics, passed the Legislature and was signed\nby Gov. Reagan Feb. 28.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.17.67\nPRESS\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N\nIn press release #123 dated today, the bill\nto finance educational aid for widows and children\nof deceased and disabled California veterans would\nadd $206,000 (instead of $206,812) to the current\n1966-67 budget.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named PRESS Carmichael\n3.17.67\nas procurement officer for the Department of General Services.\nOliver, 50, for the past 26 months has served in the budget\ndivision of the Department of Water Resources and before that was\ndirector of procurement at McClellan Air Force Base.\nThe post was created by the 1963 Legislature but never filled.\nThe salary range is set by the director of the department.\nGovernor Reagan also reappointed a member of the Industrial\nSafety Board of the Department of Industrial Relations and named one\nnew board member.\nRichard K. Humphries of Walnut Creek, a Democrat, president\nof Pacific Cement and Aggregates, was reappointed to a four-year term.\nAlbert W. Turner, supervisor for employee relations at the\nSouthern California Gas Co., Los Angeles, was named to succeed\nJack F. Hatton of Inglewood, who previously was appointed chief of\nthe Division of Industrial Safety.\nTurner, 58, of Glendale, is a Republican and was named to fill\nthe unexpired term of Hatton ending January 15, 1970.\nAlso appointed today by Governor Reagan was Miss Virginia Sue\nYee to the Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration. She\nreplaces Mrs. Mary G. Black of Torrance for a four year term.\nMiss Yee, of El Centro, is director of nursing of the Imperial\nCounty Health Department and a graduate of the University of Colorado\nand the University of Washington.\n# # #\nPB/124\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE. .OR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.17.67\nPRESS\nRetired Rear Admiral Ned W. Sprow of Huntington Beach today\nwas named by Governor Ronald Reagan as director of Harbors and\nWatercraft.\nAdmiral Sprow, 57, was commander of the 11th Coast Guard\nDistrict with headquarters in Long Beach until his recent retirement.\nHe replaces Lachlan M. Richards of Sacramento. Senate\nconfirmation is required for the $21,500-a-year post.\nAdmiral Sprow as commander of the 11th District was responsible\nfor Coast Guard activities in Southern California. The district has\nmore small craft and harbor business than any other district in the\nnation.\nHe was graduated from the U. S. Coast Guard Academy in 1931 and\nhas had assignments in Miami, Seattle, Honolulu, Washington, D.C.\nand Boston. He was transferred to Long Beach in 1960.\nAdmiral Sprow has been active in Long Beach civic and cultural\nactivities, including associations with the Boy Scouts and YMCA.\nA Republican, he is married and has two children.\n# # #\nPB/125\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRL\n3\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.17.67\nPRESS\nThe swearing-in ceremony for newly-\nappointed Adjutant General Glenn C. Ames\nwill be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 22,\nin Room 1190, State Capitol Building.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.17.67\nSCHEDULE MARCH 17-27\nFRIDAY, MARCH 17\nArrive Dulles Airport, PRESS\n5:00 pm\nTWA Flight 64\n7:30 pm\nMeeting: Republican Governors; Sheraton\nRoom, Sheraton-Carlton Hotel, Washington\novernight\nMadison Hotel, Washington, D.C.\nSATURDAY, MARCH 18\n9:00 am\nConference on Federal-State Relations; the\nWhite House\n7:00 pm\nWhite House Dinner. Mrs. Reagan will attend.\novernight\nMadison Hotel, Washington, D.C.\nSUNDAY, MARCH 19\n9:15 am\nDepart Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C.\nTWA Flight 49\n11:45 am\nArrive San Francisco International Airport\nDepart immediately for Sacramento\nMONDAY, MARCH 20\nNo public appointments scheduled at this time\nTUESDAY, MARCH 21\n9:30 am\nPress Conference; Room 1190\n10:40 am\nPhoto Session: Campfire Girls; Governor's\nOffice\n3:10 pm\nDepart San Francisco Airport, AA Flight 86\n5:38 pm\nArrive Phoenix Airport, Phoenix, Arizona\nWEDNESDAY, MARCH 22\nAs is their annual custom, Gov. and Mrs.\nthru\nReagan and their family will spend Easter\nSUNDAY, MARCH 27\nat the home of Mrs. Reagan's parents in\nPhoenix, Arizona.\nMONDAY, MARCH 27\n8:00 am\nDepart Phoenix Airport, Western Flight 10\n9:28 pm\nArrive San Francisco Airport\n10:00 am\nDepart San Francisco Airport, Pacific\nAirlines 760\n10:29 am\nArrive Sacramento Airport\nJAK/126\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\nIMMEDIATE RELEASE\n445-4571\n3.17.67\nFriday\nSACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan said today he is pleased the\nfederal government has reversed its decision and released more\nfederal highway construction funds for California.\nThe Governor's comments, made in Washington where he is attending\na briefing for the nation's governorsheld by President Johnson, came\nin connection with the release of an additional $31.2 million in\nfunds for the federal-aid highway program in California.\n\"I am pleased that the Administration in Washington has finally\nrecognized the need for this money and has reversed--at least partially\n--its earlier decision to withhold funds paid by California motorists\nfor highways in our state.\n\"The decision to withhold this vitally needed money was a\ndecision that should never have been made.\n\"I am hopeful that the federal government will recognize that\nthese funds rightfully belong in the states where they are collected\nand that the additional money California deserves will be released\nimmediately.\n\"The release of part of this money is a fine example of how\ncooperation among the nation's governors and congressmen can achieve\nbeneficial results for all citizens throughout the nation and\nCalifornia,\" Gov. Reagan said.\nThe $31.2 million in funds released today in Washington was\npart of a $350 million release to all of the states.\nCalifornia, after lodging its original protest last month, has\nnow received approximately $46.8 million of the $70 million withheld\nby the federal government.\nGov. Reagan, who mobilized the nation's officials in an effort\nto obtain release of the funds, said intensive efforts will continue\nto seek the release of the remaining $23.2 million still due California\nby the federal government.\nIn addition, he said, California will continue pressing for the\nrelease of another $250 million for the Interstate Highway Program\nthat the federal government has refused to transfer from a San\nFrancisco freeway to the Century Freeway in Los Angeles.\n(MORE)\nThe San Francisco project was abandoned because agreement\ncould not be reached over location of the freeway. The state has\nsince sought to substitute the Century Freeway for that project.\nGordon Luce, state transportation agency administrator, said\nthe withholding of the funds for the federal-aid highway program\nhas already caused serious construction delays and has contributed\nto a worsening of the already severe unemployment problem in the\nconstruction industry.\n# # #\nPB/127\nOFFICE OF THE GOVF NOR\nSacramento, Califo lia\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.20.67\nRELEASE: IMMEDIATE\nSacramento--John Ed Bowe, operator of the Dinuba Hardware\nCo., Dinuba, today was named by Gov Ronald Reagan as chief of\nthe Division of Housing and Community Development.\nHe replaces Donald L. Stofle of Palo Alto to the $15,500-a-\nyear post.\nBowe, 48, served as adjutant at two Air Force bases during\nWorld War II and from 1946 to 1956 was the manager of a fruit and\nproduce firm. He has been associated with the Dinuba Hardware Co.\nsince 1956.\nA Republican, Bowe has been active in numerous civic organ-\nizations. He is married.\nGov. Reagan also named three persons as members of the Cali-\nfornia Water Commission--William P. Moses, Clair A. Hill and\nSamuel B. Nelson.\nMoses, a San Pablo attorney, is a Republican and succeeds\nRalph Brody of Fresno.\nHill, of Clair Hill & Associates, Redding engineering firm,\nis a Republican and succeeds John J. King of Petaluma.\nNelson, chief engineer of the Los Angeles Water & Power Dept.,\nis a Republican and replaces John W. Bryant of Riverside.\nThe appointments are for four-year terms and require Senate\nconfirmation. Retired Rear Adm. Leslie E. Gehres of La Mesa was\nnamed to the Board of Governors, California Maritime Academy for\na four-year term.\nAdmiral Gehres, 68, a veteran of 32 years of Navy service,\nreplaces August J. Felando of San Diego for a four-year term. He is\na Republican and has had a distinguished military career which\nincluded service as the Navy's first Aviation Commodore and com\nmander of the carrier USS Franklin during World War II.\nFollowing his retirement in 1949, Admiral Gehres became active\nin San Diego area civic affairs and from 1954 to 1960 was manager of\npersonnel and security of the Ryan Aeronautical Co. of San Diego.\nIn 1961 he became general manager, National Marine Terminal Inc.,\nSan Diego.\nTwo appointments were made to the Board of Trustees, Camarillo\nState Hospital.\nMrs. Alfrida P. Teague of Santa Paula was named to succeed\nLeslie H. Maland of Santa Paula and John S. Broome of Thousand Oaks\nwas named to succeed Mrs. Margaret Sharp Marbel of Santa Paula.\nMrs. Teague previously served on the board at the hospital and\nhas been prominent in numerous civic activities. She is the wife of\nMilton Teague, president of the Sunkist Corp.\nBroome, founder and director of the Conejo Savings & Loan Assn.\nof Thousands Oaks, is a prominent Ventura County civic and business\nleader and was graduated from Louisiana State University with a\ndegree in psychology.\nBoth appointments are for four years and require Senate\nconfirmation.\n#\n#\n#\nPB/128\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.20.67\nMEMO PRESS\nTo date, Governor Ronald Reagan has signed the following bills:\nJANUARY 24, 1967\nAB 62 - Chapter 1\nValidates continued legal existence of, and\nVeysey\nacts and proceedings undertaken by, county\nS: Unanimous\ncommittees on school district organization\nA: Unanimous\nduring period July 1 to July 8, 1966,\ninclusive.\nFEBRUARY 9, 1967\nAB 43 - Chapter 2\nValidates organization, boundaries, acts,\nLanterman\nproceedings, and bonds of counties, cities\nS: Unanimous\nand specified districts, agencies and\nA: Unanimous\nentities.\nFEBRUARY 10, 1967\nAB 8 - Chapter 3\nPermits election board to combine, rearrange,\nCrandall\nor enlarge precincts where punchcard voting\nS: Unanimous\nsystem is adopted without limitation as to\nA: 67 Ayes; 6 Noes\nnumber of voters in precinct for elections\nheld under Education Code.\nFEBRUARY 23, 1967\nSB 141 - Chapter 4\nAmends Ventura County Flood Control Act to\nLagomarsino\nfacilitate financing and construction of\nS: Unanimous\nflood control and storm drainage facilities\nA: Unanimous\nin Ventura County.\nFEBRUARY 28, 1967\nSB 25 - Chapter 5\nContinues statewide program for prevention,\nMcAteer\ntreatment and control of alcoholism.\nS: Unanimous\nA: Unanimous\nMARCH 6. 1967\nSB 165 - Chapter 6\nDeletes requirement that State Board of\nWay\nEqualization prescribe procedure and forms\nS: Unanimous\nfor claiming property tax exemption for\nA: Unanimous\nfruit and nut trees and vines authorized by\nConstitution.\nAB 120 - Chapter 7\nPermits nonprofit corporations to qualify\nKnox\nfor welfare property tax exemption for fiscal\nS: Unanimous\n1966-67 which would otherwise have qualified,\nA: Unanimous\nexcept that articles of incorporation did\nnot provide for required irrevocable dedi-\ncation of corporate to charitable, scientific,\nreligious, or hospital purpose. Also allows\nan otherwise eligible nonprofit corporation\nwhich received welfare tax exemption in\n1966-67 to receive it in 1967-68.\nMARCH 7. 1967\nAB 60 - Chapter 8\nMakes $3.8 million available to Department\nDavis\nof Finance for providing aid to local govern-\nS: Unanimous\nment pursuant to Emergency Flood Relief Law.\nA: Unanimous\nAlso increases to $2 million amount which\nmay be temporarily transferred from street\nand highway disaster fund for allocation to\ncities and counties for repair or restora-\ntion of local roads and bridges damaged or\ndestroyed by disaster.\n-1-\nMARCH 14, 1967\nSB 3 - Chapter 9\nMakes technical clarifying amendments to\nLagomarsino\nagricultural code provisions relating to\nS: Unanimous\nmilk products and milk stabilization.\nA: Unanimous\nSB 5 - Chapter 10\nMakes technical clarifying amendments to\nLagomarsino\nprovisions of agricultural code pertaining\nS: Unanimous\nto agricultural processing and marketing.\nA: Unanimous\nSB 6 - Chapter 11\nMakes technical clarifying amendments to\nLagomarsino\nprovisions of agricultural code relating to\nS: Unanimous\ncommercial feed and fertilizers\nA: Unanimous\nSB 7 - Chapter 12\nMakes technical clarifying amendments re-\nLagomarsino\nlating to bees and bee appliances.\nS: Unanimous\nA: Unanimous\nMARCH 14, 1967\nSB 8 - Chapter 13\nLimits use of livestock identification funds\nLagomarsino\nfor administration and enforcement of cattle\nS: Unanimous\nprotection laws; also makes technical\nA: Unanimous\nclarifying amendments relating to period\nof time livestock may be confined without\nfood and water, and definition of a lawful\nfence.\nSB 48 - Chapter 14\nEstablishes minimum maturity standard for\nCologne\ntangerines or mandarin oranges.\nS: Unanimous\nA: Unanimous\nMARCH 15, 1967\nSB 1 - Chapter 15\nRecodifies agricultural code without sub-\nLagomarsino\nstantive change and incorporates into code\nS: Unanimous\nCitrus Pest District Control Act.\nA: Unanimous\n# # #\nNote: This summary of bills signed will be available every Monday\nmorning---it will cover Monday through Sunday, inclusive, of\nthe previous week.\n129\nJAK\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.20.67\nRELEASE: PRESS\nSacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today announced the following\nappointments to the Board of Directors of the 1-A District Agri-\ncultural Association:\nWalter T. Rodman, of Redwood City, manager of the California\nBeef Council, was named to fill the unexpired term of the late\nLawrence W. Lane, Sr. Rodman is a Republican and his term will\nexpire Jan. 15, 1968.\nJoseph G. Moore of San Francisco, a Republican, was named\nto a term expiring Jan. 15, 1971, replacing L. C. Smith of Hills-\nborough.\nJohn R. Metcalf of San Francisco, an insurance agent, was\nappointed to replace Stephen A. Zolezzi, Jr. of San Francisco.\nHis term expires Jan. 15, 1971.\n-0-0-0\nSacramento--Two persons were named by Gov. Ronald Reagan\ntoday to the Board of Directors of the 37th District Agricultural\nAssociation.\nGaylen R. Jackson of Lompoc, who operates the Lompoc Record,\nwas named to a four-year term to replace Domenico Signorelli, also\nof Lompoc. Jackson is a Republican.\nTerrance W. Sheehy of Santa Maria was reappointed to a four-\nyear term.\nState Sen. Robert J. Lagomarsino (R-Ventura) said he concurred\nin the appointments.\n# # #\nJAK/130\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn No. .ger\n445-4571\n3.21.67\nRELEASE : IMMEDIATE\nSacramento--Gov. Ronald Reagan today made the following state-\nment:\nI have two items I would like to announce to you today.\nFirst, I have been informed by Gordon Luce, the Transportation\nAdministrator, that a departmental task force searching out areas\nof economies has come up with significant and substantial operating\nefficiencies in the Department of Public Works.\nWith less than one month's time to study, I am pleased to\nannounce that the Department of Public Works has been able to pro-\nject a savings of $15.6 million in its operating budget for next\nyear. Within the next six months, the department has advised me\nthat a total of 1,224 positions can be eliminated through attrition--\nnot by layoffs--but by not replacing employees who normally leave\nstate service.\nI want to emphasize that these positions will be eliminated\nthrough attrition--that employees affected who are not retiring or\nvoluntarily leaving state service will be transferred to posts where\ntheir services are most needed.\nIt should be pointed out that the savings of $15.6 million pro-\njected for the next fiscal uear will not impair the essential ser-\nvices of the department. To the contrary, cost-cutting at the oper-\nating level will make these funds available for construction--pri-\nmarily in the Division of Highways.\nBecause most of the department's funds come from highway user\ntaxes, these economies will enable California to move ahead faster\nwith our highway construction program because more money will be\navailable to finance it.\nI would like to thank all those involved in making such signi-\nficant economies possible. The taxpayers of California also owe\nthem a thanks. Meanwhile, new and detailed studies will be made by\nthe Survey on Efficiency and Cost Control to seek additional savings\nfor the people of this state.\nNow for the second item.\nThis administration's budget for the University of California\nwill be submitted--along with other supplementary budget figures--\nto the Legislature when it reconvenes next week.\nI would like to give you a few of the details on the proposed\nUniversity budget now. Specifics on other department budgets will\nMORE\nbe available to you next week.\nMy recommendation to the Legislature will call for a program\nbudget of $253,932,000 for the University during the next fiscal\nyear. The general fund expenditure totals $231,114,000.\nAs you know, the University submitted a proposed budget of\napproximately $278 million from the General Fund. We then set out\nto determine on what basis reductions could be made so that there\nwould be no decrease in the educational quality at the University\nand so that no qualified student would be denied admission.\nThat principle has been foremost in our discussions with offi-\ncials of the University. And it has been met. I would like to say\nnow that University officials have cooperated with this administra-\ntion in finding areas where expenditures can be cut.\nAnd I am convinced that the General Fund appropriation of\n$231 million --with a program budget of $254 million--will meet all\nthe legitimate needs of the University for the coming fiscal year.\nI would like to re-emphasize what I have said on numerous\noccasions. The budget for the University--like the budgets for\nevery other department of state government--reflects what CAN be\ndone this year in light of California's critical financial situa-\ntion.\nIt is not a question of will or won't. It is a matter of what\nis available--based on the overriding principle that quality will\nremain at its unexcelled level and that every qualified student\nwill be enrolled.\n# # #\nPB/131\nOFFICE OF THE C ERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.21.67\nRELEASE: IMMEDIATE\nSacramento--Two new members were named by Gov. Ronald Rea-\ngan today to the California Advisory Committee to the Western\nStates Water Council and two other members were reappointed.\nTheodore J. George, Marysville engineer, was named to\nreplace Gilmore Tillman of Sherman Oaks and James F. Sorenson,\nVisalia engineer, was selected to fill the vacancy caused when\nWilliam Gianelli of Sacramento was named Director of the Depart-\nment of Water Resources.\nGov. Reagan reappointed Jercme Gilbert, general manager of\nthe North Marin County Water District, and Joseph Jensen, chair-\nman of the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern\nCalifornia.\nAll terms are at the pleasure of the Governor.\n# # #\nPB/132\nOFFICE OF THE Gr ERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.22.67\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento Gov. Ronald Reagan today urged state employees\nto observe Good Friday by attending religious services of their\nchoice.\nAllistate offices will be closed from noon to 3 p.m. on\nFriday to enable employees to observe religious services, the\nGovernor said.\nPB/133\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.22.67\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento--Four judges--two for Superior Courts and two for\nMunicipal Courts--were appointed today by Gov. Ronald Reagan.\nMunicipal Judge Charles Zook Sutton of the Oakland Piedmont Judi-\ncial District was elevated to the Alameda County Superior Court, re-\nplacing Judge S. Victor Wagler, who retired.\nKenneth M. Eymann, Santa Rosa attorney, was named to the Sonoma\nCounty Superior Court, replacing Judge Charles J. McGoldrick, who\nretired.\nRalph A. Biggerstaff, Compton attorney, was named to the Compton\nMunicipal Court to replace Judge Ralph C. Dills, who was elected to\nthe State Senate.\nWilliam H. Woodward, Stockton attorney, was named to the Stockton\nMunicipal Court to replace Judge John B. Cechini, who was elected to\nthe Superior Court.\nJudge Sutton, 44, was elected to the Municipal Court in 1964\nand is an Oakland native.\nHe was graduated from Stanford with an AB and following Navy ser-\nvice in World War II received his law degree from the same University.\nHe was admitted to the practice of law in 1950 and served in the Ala-\nmeda County District Attorney's office from 1951 to 1962 when he re-\nsigned to enter private practice.\nA Republican, Judge Sutton was a partner in the firm of Wagner,\nJewett, Lynch, Sutton and Curren until his election in 1964. He\nserved as president of the Alameda County Lawyers Club in 1962. He\nis married, has four children and lives in Piedmont.\nJudge Eymann, 48, is a native Californian and has lived in\nSonoma County since 1927. He was graduated from Stanford with an\nAB and LLB and is a veteran of the Pacific Campaign during World War\nII. As an ensign, he was on the USS West Virginia when it was sunk\nat Pearl Harbor.\nJudge Eymann, a Republican, entered private law practice in\nSonoma County in 1948 and has been active in numerous civic acti vitie\nincluding the Red Cross, Salvation Army and Cerebral Palsy Assn.\nJudge Biggerstaff was associated with the Compton law firm of\nBlock, Toler, Bulloch, Biggerstaff & Scully in 1952 and served part\ntime as assistant city attorney and prosecutor.\n2-2-2-2-2\nHe was graduated from Southwestern University with an Llb and\nadmitted to practice in California in 1951.\nJudge Biggerstaff, 44, is a Navy veteran of World War II and a\nmember of the California State Bar Assn., the Southeast Judicial\nDistrict Bar Assn. and the Compton Lawyers Club.\nHe is a past president of the Compton Judicial District Bar\nAssn. and has been active in numerous civic and charitab..e activities.\nA Republican, he is married and has two children.\nJudge Woodward was associated with the Stockton law firm of\nWarmke, Woodward & Konig since 1952. His father, M.G. Woodward,\nserved as a Superior Court Judge in San Joaquin County from ..930 to\n1960 and his father-in-law, John Hancock, formerly was a Superior\nCourt judge in Calaveras County.\nHe was graduated from Stanford with AB and Llb degrees and\npracticed law in Stockton prior to entering the Navy in World War II.\nHe returned to the private practice of law in 1946.\nJudge Woodward, 51, is a Republican. He is married, has three\nchildren and has been active in numerous civic and cultural activi-\nties in the Stockton area, including the past presidency of the San\nJoaquin County Bar Assn.\n# # #\nPB/134\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Inunediate\nSacramento, California\n445-4571\n3.23.67\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed three persons as members\nof the Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners.\nDr. Clarence T. Halburg of Redlands was named to succeed Dr. James\nF. Garner of Sacramento; Mildred A. White of Pomona was named to re-\nplace Gerald R. Miller of San Bernardino and Buna Mae Mewhirter (cq)\nof Modesto was appointed to succeed Oren W. Tremonti of Sonoma.\nThe terms are for four years.\nDr. Halburg, a Republican, is a diplomate of the National Board of\nMedical Examiners and a fellow of the American Society of Abdominal\nSurgeons and the International College of Surgeons.\nHe has had a long record of varied community and professional\nexperience, including past membership on the Loma Linda University\nBoard of Trustees; former police surgeon at Burbank and Redlands; past\npresident of the California Academy of General Practice; 20 years\nservice on the San Bernardino County Medical Society's board of\ndirectors; past president of the San Bernardino County General Hospital\nStaff and instructor in medicine at Loma Linda University School of\nMedicine.\nDr. Halburg, 60, is married and has three children.\nMrs. Mewhirter is senior psychiatric technician at Modesto State\nHospital.\nShe has been active in the YWCA, working with teenagers, and\nattends night school at Modesto Junior College. She is a Democrat.\nMrs. White, assistant superintendent of nursing services at Pacific\nState Hospital, is a native of Iowa and was graduated from Chaffey\nCollege with a science degree, majoring in nursing. She is a\nRepublican.\n# # #\nPB/135\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nContact: Lyn Nofzig-\n445-4571\n3.24.67\nSCHEDULE 3/27-4/2/67\nMONDAY, MARCH 27\nPhoto session: PRESS Robert O'Connor and Robert\n1:30 pm\nD. Goodier, winners of 1967 Governor's Execu-\ntive Development Scholarships; Gov. Ofc.\n3:45 pm\nMeeting: Delegation of California Indians\nand representatives of Bureau of Indian\nAffairs; Governor's Office\nTUESDAY, MARCH 28\n11:30 am\nMeeting: Dr. Ted Lauer, president, Calif.\nState Employees Assn., Sam Hanson, general\nmanager, CSEA, Tom Jordan, chief counsel,\nCSEA, George Fienberg, division chief, CSEA,\nJohn Bailey, press relations, CSEA, Dan\nTrolio, legislative representative, CSEA;\nGovernor's Office\n1:30 m.\nPress Conterence\n2:45 pm\nMeeting: Officials of the City of Monterey,\nSenator Grunsky; Governor's Office\nWEDNESDAY, MARCH 29\n4:00 pm\nPhoto session: Miss Roberta Scott of Tulsa,\nOklahoma, National Amputee Skiers Assn.\nMemorial Race Queen; Governor's Office\nTHURSDAY, MARCH 30\n10:45 am\nMeeting: Japanese Rotarians; Gov. Ofc.\n2:45 pm\nAirport Reception: Commission of the\nCalifornias; Sacramento Airport\nFRIDAY, MARCH 31\n6:30 pm\nReception: Commission of the Californias;\nExecutive Mansion. Lt. Gov. Robert Finch,\nchairman of the Commission, co-host\n8:00 pm\nDinner: Commission of the Californias;\nSutter Club\nSATURDAY, APRIL 1\n6:25 pm\nDepart Sacramento Airport, PSA Flight 684\n7:15 pm\nArrive Los Angeles International Airport\n8:30 pm\nBanquet: California Republican Assembly;\nLaFayette Hotel, Los Angeles\n9:15 pm\nSpeech\novernight\nLos Angeles\nSUNDAY, APRIL 2\nNo public appointments scheduled at this time.\nJAK/136\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nMEMO TO THE\nRESS\nSacramento, Californ_a\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.27.67\nPRESS\nGovernor Reagan will meet tomorrow\n(March 28) at 11:30 a.m. with representatives\nof the California State Employees Association\nin the Governor's Office.\n# # #\nDEF MENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE\nPUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE\nMEMORANDUM TO THE PRESS\n1500 FIFTH STREET\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA\nPHONE: 445-6921\nMARCH 27, 1967\nStaff reductions in the Department of Mental Hygiene will be effected in the follow-\ning manner:\n1. A total of about 3,700 positions will be eliminated, 2,200 by July 1, 1967, and\n1,500 during the coming fiscal year.\n2. Of the 3,700 positions to be eliminated, 1,460 persons will be laid off by\nJuly 1, 1967 in the following manner: 200 positions in April, 200 in May, and\n200 in June and 860 on June 30, 1967. During the 1967-68 fiscal year, 125\npositions will be abolished each month as they become vacant and by lay-offs.\n3. Vacancies in hospitals for the mentally retarded will be filled by transfer from\nhospitals for the mentally ill.\n4. Few permanent employees will face lay-off until July 1, 1967, to allow the\nDepartment and the individuals an opportunity to effect transfers to other agencies\nor to find jobs outside state service. Employees who have not yet attained\npermanent civil service status will be dismissed first. In the hospitals for\nthe mentally ill, the psychiatric technician trainees will be dismissed first\n(none have civil service status).\n5. Administrative and professional personnel at headquarters will be cut by 10\npercent.\n6. Research and training programs, in headquarters and the hospitals will be\ndecreased.\n7. The staffing of the mental retardation center at the Neuropsychiatric Institute\nat U.C.L.A. will be delayed from January 1968 to May 1968.\n8. State operation of the Day Treatment Centers at San Francisco, Los Angeles, and\nSan Diego; the Mental Retardation and Preadmission Services at San Diego,\nLos Angeles, Sacramento and San Jose; the Geriatric Screening Program at\nSan Francisco; the Alcoholic Treatment Program at Mendocino State Hospital; and\nthe Preadmission and Aftercare Clinics in Fresno, North Long Beach, Los Angeles,\nNorth Hollywood, Sacramento, and San Diego will be terminated. These kinds of\nservices are provided under the Short-Doyle Act, if the counties in which they\nare located decide to provide them.\n9. In the hospitals for the mentally ill, non-treatment personnel will be reduced\nby almost 500 positions, and about 2,200 treatment personnel positions will be\neliminated. The special geriatric program at Agnews State Hospital will be\neliminated. There are also plans to revise farm operations to help effect savings.\n10. In the hospitals for the mentally retarded, about 400 non-treatment positions\nwill be eliminated. The positions are business administration, maintenance,\nand housekeeping.\nAttached are two lists. List Number 1 shows the positions which will be eliminated\nfrom the Department's budget. Some of these positions are not now filled. The list\ntotals approximately 3,200 positions. In addition to the 3,200 positions, there will\nbe approximately 500 more positions which will be vacated during the freeze on hiring\nbetween now and June 30, 1967; the Department is unable to supply a detailed list of\nthese positions until they become vacant.\nList Number 2 totals 1,460 positions, detailing the lay-offs--people who are presently\nin jobs--at the Department headquarters and the hospitals for the mentally ill and\nthe mentally retarded and other facilities of the Department which will be effected\nbetween now and June 30, 1967.\n#\nLIST NUMBER 1\nMEMORANDUM TO THE PRESS\nchiatric Director\n3\nServices and Supply Officer\n5\nrsychiatric Nursing Education\nStorekeeper\n14\nDirector\n8\nJanitor Foreman I\n13\nSenior Psychiatric Nurse\n12\nJanitor\n48\nSenior Psychiatric Technician II\n85\nLaundryman\n4\nSenior Psychiatric Technician I\n268\nLaundress\n7\nPsychiatric Technician\n1,356\nLaundry Assistant\n13\nSupervising Psychiatric Tech.\n4\nPainter I\n22\nychiatric Technician Trainee\n458\nPlumber I\n10\nCychiatric Tech. Group Leader\n20\nCarpenter I\n14\nSupv. Psychiatric Social Worker I\n9\nBuilding Maintenance Man\n24\nPsychiatric Social Worker\n51\nGroundsman\n18\nOccupational Therapist\n10\nElectrician I\n7\nRecreational Therapist\n12\nAutomotive Equipment Operator I\n17\nSupv. Rehabil. Service\n3\nVegetable Gardner\n2\nChief Psychiatrist\n5\nAsst. Vegetable Gardner\n2\nSenior Psychiatrist\n7\nSupv. Cook I\n17\nPhysician and Surgeon II\n17\nCook\n74\nStaff Psychiatrist\n62\nBaker I\n7\nResident Psychiatrist II\n22\nFood Service Assistant I\n3\nStaff Psychologist\n38\nAssistant Seamstress\n5\nlinicial Laboratory Technician\nI\nHousekeeper\n3\nentist\n9\nBeauty Shop Manager\n13\nDental Assistant\n9\nStationary Engineer\n3\nAsst. Supt. Nursing Services RN\n12\nChief, Bureau of Psychology\n1\nAsst. Supt. Nursing Services PT\n11\nChief, Bureau of Patients Accounts\nI\nInternships and Student\nAsst. Director, Nursing Services\n1\nProfessional Assistant\n70\nAssociate Personnel Analyst\n1\nPatients Estates and Accounts\nLegal Stenographer\n2\nSpecialist\n2\nAccountant I\n14\nSenior Stenographer\n23\nIntermediate Stenographer\n28\nSenior Typist Clerk\n8\nIntermediate Typist Clerk\n50\nIntermediate Clerk\n21\nSenior Account Clerk\n3\nAdministrative Assistant II\n4\nIntermediate Account Clerk\n9\nUpholster\n2\nOther individual positions totaling about 20\nAttached are two lists. List Number I shows the positions which will be eliminated from\nthe Department's budget, Some of these positions are not now filled. The list totals\napproximately 3,200 positions. In addition to the 3,200 positions, there will be approxi-\nmately 500 more positions which will be vacated during the freeze on hiring between now\nand June 30, 1967; the Department is unable to supply a detailed list of these positions\nuntil they become vacant. See List Number 2.\nMarch 27, 1967\nLIST NUMBER TWO\nFacility\nApril\nMay\nJune\nJune 30, 1967\nTotal\nAgnews\n29\n31\n30\n101\n191\nAtascadero\n-\n0\n0\n16\n17\nCamarillo\n43\n44\n35\n151\n273\nDeWitt\n14\n16\n21\n49\n105\nMendocino\n9\n11\n16\n37\n73\nMetropolitan\n13\n15\n20\n60\n109\nModesto\n12\n6\n0\n62\n80\nNapa\n27\n29\n34\n91\n181\nPatton\n27\n29\n20\n98\n174\nStockton\n17\n19\n24\n65\n125\nFairview\n2\n0\n0\n27\n29\nPacific\n1\n0\n0\n31\n32\nPorterville\n2\n0\n0\n28\n30\nSonoma\n3\n0\n0\n31\n34\nHeadquarters\n0\n0\n0\n12\n12\nList Number 2 details the lay-offs--people who are presently in jobs--at the Department headquarters and the\nhospitals for the mentally ill and the mentally retarded and other facilities of the Department which will be\neffected between now and June 30, 1967.\nMarch 27, 196\nMEMORANDUM TO THE\nRESS\nDEPARTME. OF MENTAL HYGIENE\nPUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n1500 FIFTH STREET\nSACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA\nMARCH 27, 1967\nPHONE: PRESS\nFor your information, here are some of the facts concerning the\nDepartment of Mental Hygiene and the reduction in staff which\nis designed to keep California above the national average in the\narea of Mental Hygiene:\nHow does California compare with other major sister states?\nIn comparison with New York, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania,\nCalifornia has maintained the number one position in every\nimportant category.\nFIRST in the number of full-time employees per 100 patients\nin public mental hospitals (47.8 compared to Illinois at 42.6 --\nNew York only has 37.8)\nFIRST in the number of professional patient-care personnel\nper 100 patients (8.3 compared to number two, Illinois, which\nhas only 6.2)\nFIRST in the number of public mental hospital physicians\nper 100 patients (1.97 compared to Illinois at 1.07)\nFIRST in the average daily maintenance expenditures per\npatient in public mental hospitals ($11.67 compared to $9.02 for\nIllinois and double the expenditure by New York.)\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.28.67\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento--George B. Maul, Placerville attorney, today was\nnominated by Gov. Ronald Reagan to the State Water Rights Board.\nHe replaces Kent Silverthorne of Sacramento, whose term expired.\nAppointment to the four-year term requires Senate confirmation.\nThe post pays $20,500 a year.\nMaul, 51, has been a partner in the law firm of Hughes, Maul,\nFogerty & Dezzani since 1947. He entered law practice in 1942 and\nserved for three years in the Army during World War II.\nA graduate of Hastings College of Law with an Llb, Maul for-\nmerly served as Placerville city attorney and since 1950 has been\ncounsel for the El Dorado Irrigation District.\nHe has been associated with several water projects involving\nthe Bureau of Reclamation and has served as an attorney for public\nutility districts. A Republican, he also has been active in numerous\ncivic and charitable activities in the Placerville area, including\nservice as the first secretary and original board member for Marshall\nHospital, a non-profit community hospital in Placerville.\nHe is married and has two children.\nGov. Reagan also announced the nomination of Robert L. Harkness\nof Carmichael as State Planning Officer. Appointment to the $20,000-\na-year post requires Senate confirmation. He replaces Leslie E.\nCarbert of Sacramento.\nHarkness' present post in the Finance Department will be left\nvacant.\nNine appointments to the State Advisory Council of the Depart-\nment of Employment were also announced today by Gov. Reagan. Appoin-\ntees serve at the pleasure of the governor and are paid travel expen-\nses. Those named:\nFay W. Hunter (Mr.) of Calistoga was named to replace Miss Eddie\nM. Armstrong of Los Angeles.\nRobert D. Gray, Caltech professor, was named to succeed Sam\nKagel of San Francisco. Gray is a Republican.\nMrs. H. F. (Elsie) Buchenau of Madera, a Republican, was named\nto succeed Eduardo L. Quevedo of Burbank.\nEiner O. Mohn, of Menlo Park, president of the Western Conference\nof Teamsters, will replace Charles P. Scully of San Francisco.\nBryan P. Deavers of San Pablo, president of the Building Trades\nCouncil, AFL-CIO, will succeed Harry Finks of Sacramento.\nJohn H. Snider, Northridge, of the International Assn. of Machin-\nists, will replace Ronald T. Weakley of Walnut Creek. Snider is a\nDemocret.\nDavid G. Soash, Altadena, executive vice president, Merchants\nand Manufacturers Assn., was named to replace Adrian A. Kragan of\nBerkeley. Soash is a Republican.\nVincent D. Kennedy, Ross, of the California Retailers Assn.,\nand Leland B. Groezinger of San Francisco, an attorney, were reap-\npointed. Both are Republicans.\n#\n#\n#\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, Calif iia\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.28.67\nFOR WED. AMS RELEASE\nSacramento--Mrs. Carma R. Leigh, state librarian for more than\n15 years, was reappointed to that post today by Gov. Ronald Reagan.\nSenate confirmation is required for the post, which pays $15,500\na year.\nMrs. Leigh, a Democrat, was first named to the position in 1951.\nShe lives in Sacramento.\nGov. Reagan also named Vincent P. Cicone of Glendale to the\nState Board of Barber Examiners. The $8,400-a-year post requires\nSenate confirmation.\nCicone, 50, succeeds Paul S. Mercurio for a 4-year term on the\nboard. A Republican, he is associated with the barber shop at Para-\nmount Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles.\nOther appointments announced today by Gov. Reagan include:\nTheodore J. Todd. Corona, executive vice president of the Todd\nRanch Co., to a four-year term on the Industrial Welfare Commission.\nHe succeeds Leonard P. LeBlanc of Fresno.\nTodd, 44, is a Republican and has been associated with numerous\nagricultural activities in the Riverside County area.\nJoseph J. Diviny, international vice president of the Western\nTeamsters Union, San Francisco, to the California Toll Bridge Autho-\nrity. Diviny, 63, is a Democrat. He succeeds Robert M. Haynie of\nHillsborough.\nCharles C. Parker, Redlands realtor, to a four-year term on the\nBoard of Trustees of Patton State Hospital. A Republican, he succeeds\nGordon Fields of San Bernardino. The post requires Senate confirma-\ntion.\nThree members of the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the bays\nof San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun also were announced by Gov.\nReagan. The terms are at the pleasure of the governor but may not\nexceed four years. Senate confirmation is required.\nCapt. Joseph W. Dickover, vice president, operations, State Steal\nship Co., San Francisco, was named to succeed Capt. Henry Simonsen\nof Walnut Creek. Dickover, 50 is a Republican and lives in San Rafael\nRobert E. Mayer of the Todd Shipyards Corp., San Francisco was selec-\nted to succeed D. N. Lillevand of Alameda. Mayer, 51, lives in San\nMateo.\nCapt. Charles F. White, Ross, was appointed to replace Eugene\nL. Gartland, Jr. of San Francisco. White, 69, served for 27 years as\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.28.67\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nKenneth Pryor, chairman of the executive committee of the\nSurvey on Efficiency and Cost Control within state government,\nwill answer questions about the survey and the citizens' task\nforce at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 30. This will be in place\nof the regular press briefing at 10 a.m.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.28.67\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nLt. Gov. Robert H. Finch will be available at the press\nbriefing Wednesday, March 29 at 10 a.m. with information\nabout the visit of the officials attending the Commission of\nthe Californias meeting Thursday and Friday.\nThose officials include Gov. Raul Sanchez Diaz, Governor\nof Baja California and Ricardo Garcia Soto, a special repre-\nsentative for the Governor of the Territory of Baja California\nSur.\nLt. Gov. Finch will provide schedules and biographical\ninformation for Gov. Diaz and Mr. Soto.\n# # #\nLN\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.30.67\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today vetoed a request for renewal of\na\n$109,520 federal office of Economic Opportunity grant sought by the\nCalifornia Self-Help Service Corp. of Del Rey.\nThe firm, which had originally received approval of the grant\nduring the previous administration, operates the California Center\nfor Community Development. Under the law, the governor has the right\nto disapprove such requests.\n\"I certainly respect the right to organize and to strike,\" Governor\nReagan said in announcing his decision. \"But I do not feel that any\njustification can be made for approving the renewal of this grant.\n\"There is no reason why the taxpayers should be forced to pay for\na program in which people are trained in methods of striking and\ndemonstrating,\" he said.\nActivities of the center have included efforts to organize farm\nworkers.\nThe center has loaned its personnel to the United Farm Workers\nOrganizing Committee and its predecessor, the National Farm Workers\nAssn. in Delano, for extended periods to help in unionizing farm\nworkers.\nLeaders of the center have publicly stated that they have sought\nto encourage farm workers to organize, strike and boycott. Ed Dutton\nof Fresno is director of the center, which has operations in Fresno\nand Santa Clara counties.\nGovernor Reagan noted that legislators whose districts are covered\nby the center's program have concurred in his veto of the request for\nfunds.\n# # #\nPB/139\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n2.30.67\nFOR PRESS\nSacramento- Gov. Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment\nof three persons to four-year terms on the board of Harbor Com-\nmissioners for Humboldt Bay. The appointments are subject to\nSenate confirmation.\nFrank N. Blagen, Samoa lumberman, was named to replace Richard\nW.\nSaukko of Eureka, whose name was not sent to the Senate. Bla-\ngen, 47, is a Republican.\nRobin P. Arkley of the Arkley Lumber Co., Arcata, was nomina-\nted to replace Judson L. Brown of Arcata, whose name was not sent\nto the Senate. Arkley, 41, is a Republican.\nLeslie M. Westfall, president and manager, Westfall Stevedoring\nCo., Eureka, was named to replace Jim H. Berry of Eureka, whose\nname was not sent to the Senate. Westfall, 49, is a Republican\nand was named as ex-officio surveyor and secretary of the board.\nWestfall's post pays $1,800 a year. The other members are\npaid $500 annually.\nPB/140\n#\n#\n#\nSacramento--Four persons were reappointed to the District\nForest Practice Committee of the Redwood Forest District today by\nGov. Ronald Reagan.\nNamed.were:\nAlfred H. Merrill, 48, a Republican, of the Georgia Pacific\nCorp., Arcata.\nHarold D. Prior, 62, of Eureka, a private timber owner and\na Republican.\nBernard Z. Agrons, 44, of Ft. Bragg, a Democrat and Vice Pres-\nident and General Manager, Rockport Redwood Co., Westport.\nEdgar E. Carriger, 73, Santa Cruz Republican who is manager\nof the Santa Cruz Lumber Co.\nPB/141\n#:\n#\n#\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\nMrs. A. Louise Hughell of Atascadero today PRESS by\n3.30.67\nGovernor Ronald Reagan to the Board of Trustees at Atascadero State\nHospital.\nNomination to the four-year term requires Senate confirmation.\nShe succeeds Harold C. Goodale of Paso Robles, whose term expired.\nMrs. Hughell, wife of Dr. J. Edward Hughell, has been active in\nnumerous civic and social organizations. She and her husband have\nfive children.\n# # #\nPB/142\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Im ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.30.67\nPRESS\nDr. Victor H. Vogel, chairman of the Narcotic Addict Evaluation\nAuthority, today was reappointed to a four-year term by Governor\nReagan.\nDr. Vogel, of Ben Lomond, is an internationally recognized\nauthority on drug addiction. He is a former superintendent of the\nFederal Narcotics Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky.\nDr. Vogel, 61, was first named to the post in 1963. He is a\npsychiatrist and author of \"Narcotics and Narcotic Admission,\" a\ndefinitive work on the subject.\n# # #\nPB/143\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imi. liate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Lyn Nofziger\n445-4571\n3.30.67\nPRESS\nTwo persons were reappointed today by Governor\nRonald Reagan to the District Forest Practice Com-\nmittee of the South Sierra Pine Forest District.\nReappointed were Cecil L. Wetsel of the Wetsel-Oviatt\nLumbering Co., Omo Ranch, and George H. Volz of\nPlacerville.\n# # #\nPB/144"
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