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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers, 1966-74: Press Unit Folder Title: Press Releases - April 1969 Box: P9 To see more digitized collections visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ OFFICE OF THE GOVERN R MEMO TO THE PRESS Sacramento, Californ Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-1-69 #207 Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the following bills: AB 35 - Duffy Makes nonsubstantive amendments (Chapter 21) to the Medi-Cal statute. AB 531 - Crown Provides for cancellation or refund of (Chapter 22) two-thirds of the property taxes imposed for any fiscal year commencing in 1968 on property as to which the college property tax exemption would have been available if the property had been acquired earlier. Application for exemption must be made on or before April 15, 1969. AB 894 - Townsend Provides that the governing board of the (Chapter 23) Lawndale Elementary School District may call an election to put the school distric tax override measure that was defeated on March 4 before voters of the district egain, no later than May 15, 1969. SB 106 - Grunsky Requires the disclosure of the entire (Chapter 19) content of accident reports to any person having a proper interest in them. The bill also permits an attorney representing such persons to directly obtain copies of such reports. SB 257 - Dills Authorizes boards of supervisors or the (Chapter 20) legislative body of a chartered city which assesses and collects its own taxes to provide by ordinance for the reassessment of property damaged or destroyed by a majc disaster prior to April 1, 1969, in an area or region subsequently declared by the governor to be in a state of disaster. if such damage is in excess of $1,000. ###### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO1 RELEASE: Imm .iate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-2-69 #208 Governor Ronald Reagan today named Mrs. Carolyn H. Hume of San Francisco to a three-year term on the California Arts Commission. The appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays necessary travel expenses. Mrs. Hume, the wife of Jaquelin Hume, a San Francisco businessman, succeeds William T. Sesnon, Jr. of Los Angeles, who resigned. A Republican, Mrs. Hume is a member of the board of governors of the San Francisco Symphony and is a director of the Society for Asian Art. She is a member of the International Council for the Museum of Modern Art in New York; is a former member of the Toyn School for Boys; and is a past president of the San Francisco Youth Symphony Concerts. She is also a former treasurer of the Women's Board of the San Francisco Museum of Art. She and her husband are art collectors and have traveled widely. They live at 3355 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR MEMO TO THE PRESS Sacramento, Califoi la Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-4-69 #209 GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE April 7, 1969 through April 13, 1969 Monday, April 7 Afternoon Arrive Sacramento Metropolitan Airport. Overnight - Sacramento Tuesday, April 8 1:30 pm PRESS CONFERENCE 2:45 pm Proclamation signing for Livestock Week, Governor's Office. Overnight - Sacramento Wednesday, April 9 11:00 am Meeting with State political leaders, Governor's Office. 3:00 pm Greetings to Industry Chamber of Commerce, Governor's Office. Overnight - Sacramento Thursday, April 10 9:30 am Irrigation District Association of California, El Dorado Hotel. Remarks. 10:30 am State Environmental Quality Study Council and Governor's Task Force on Solid Waste Disposal, Governor's Council Room. Remarks. 2:00 pm Meeting with Student Body presidents of UC campuses, Governor's Office. 5:45 pm RR, NR arrive Sutter Club for reception they are hosting for San Francisco Consular Corps. Overnight - Sacramento Friday, April 11 am Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Bakersfield. 10:15 am Arrive Bakersfield - proceed to groundbreaking ceremony for new state college. 5:00 pm GOP fundraising reception, Petroleum Club. 6:30 pm Junior Achievement Dinner, Albert S. Goode Auditorium 9:00 pm Depart Auditorium for airport and Los Angeles. Overnight as Los Angeles Saturday, April 12 No appointments scheduled Overnight - Los Angeles Sunday, April 13 Afternoon Return to Sacramento Overnight - Sacramento #### PB E OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: diate amento, California ntact: Paul Beck 5-4571 4-4-69 #210 John T. Kehoe of Sacramento, director of governmental affairs for the Board of Trustees of the California State Colleges over the past 18 months, has been appointed a consultant for education to Governor Ronald Reagan, the Governor's Office announced today. Kehoe, who will be on leave from the office of Glenn S. Dumke, chancellor of the California State Colleges, will serve with Dr. Alex C. Sherriffs, Governor Reagan's education secretary. Reagan thanked Chancellor Dumke for making available the services "of such an able and energetic person as John Kehce" to assist the governor's staff. Kehoe, a 38-year-old Republican, will earn a monthly salary of $2,055. In commenting on Kehoe's appointment Chancellor Dumke said: "Mr. Kehoe has represented the California State Colleges exceedingly well. "I am particularly appreciative of his success in conveying to the Governor and to the legislature the nature of the problems on our campuses and our requirements for their continuing support if we are to meet the needs of higher education within the state college system. "Although we are very sorry to lose his services at this time I am pleased that his abilities have been given this special recognition and I look forward to his return to the California State Colleges when he completes his assignment for the Governor," Dumke said. In his new assignment Kehoe will be responsible for working on a variety of projects, including programs which emphasize the importance of grades 1 through 12 in the educational process. He will also act, with Dr. Sherriffs, as a limison between the governor's office and school districts in California, the State Board of Education, the Coordinating Council for Higher Education, and the governing boards of public higher education in California. Kehoe, who is currently completing work towards a Ph. D. degree in Public Administration from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., holds an M.A. degree from the University of Michigan (1957), and an A.B. degree in History (1951) from Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri. - 1 - #210 He volunteered for service in the U.S. Army in 1953, entering as a private. By the time he was discharged three years later, he had worked himself to the rank of captain in the Counter-Intelligence Corps. Following military service, Kehoe became an intern in the Hayward city manager's office. He was promoted to assistant city manager in 1958 In 1960, Kehoe became administrative assistant to Congressman George P. Miller of California. Three years ago, he joined the California State College system and opened its new Washington, D.C., office which he headed until October, 1967. He was then promoted to director of governmental affairs, in Sacramento. Kehoe is a former president of the Hayward Junior Chamber of Commerce and served as a statewide vice president for the Jaycees in 1960 He is a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, American Society of Public Administration, International City Managers' Association, American Society for Higher Education, and American Legion. He was a member of Rockhurst College's national championship debate team in 1951. In 1958 he helped organize a Hayward citizens' committee which was successful in helping to relocate a new state college campus in Hayward. Kehoe, his wife Mary Louise, and their two daughters, reside at 4720 North Avenue, Carmichael, ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR MEMO TO THE PRESS Sacramento, Californi Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4.7.69 The press conference scheduled for Tuesday, April 8, at 1:30 p.m. has been postponed to Wednesday, April 9, at 2 p.m. There will be a background briefing on tax reform presented by Cap Weinberger and members of the Finance Department at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 8 in News Conference Room #1190. Presenta- tion of the tax reform program is for background purposes only and therefore sound recording will not be permitted. Present plans indicate that the tax reform message will be embargoed for release at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8. # # # PB OFFICE OF THE GOVERN RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, Californ I Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-7-69 #211 Governor Ronald Reagan today named Whittier real estate executive G. Harvey Mydland to the State Veterans Board. The appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $20 per day per meeting, plus expenses. Mydland, 62, will fill the unexpired term of Edward M. Curran of Canoga Park who resigned. The term ends January 15, 1973. Mydland serves on the Oral Examining Board of the Los Angeles Police Department and is a member of the District Attorney's Advisory Council. He has long been active in the American Legion and is a member of the organization's National Security Commission. He served as executive secretary to Lieutenant Governor Goodwin J. Knight from 1947-48 and worked as regional coordinator for the California Disaster Office in Southern California from 1955-59. Since then, he has been engaged in real estate and investments in Whittier. He lives at 11506 Norino Drive, Whittier. He is a Republican. ###### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445=4571 4-7-69 #212 Governor Ronald Reagan today named Ronald B. Robie of Sacramento, consultant to the Assembly Water Committee, to the State Water Resources Control Board The appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $25,000 per year. Robie, a 32-year-old Democrat, will fill the unexpired term of George B. Maul of Placerville who resigned. The term ends January 15, 1971. Robie, a 1967 graduate of McGeorge School of Law, is a native of Oakland. He holds B. A. and M. A. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. He has served as consultant to the Assembly Water Committee since 1961. He has been administrative secretary to the California Advisory Committee on Western States Water Planning since 1966. He was a Ford Foundation legislative intern to the California Legislature from 1960-61, and previously worked as assistant manager of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce. Robie is a member of the Western Governmental Research Association, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the American, California and Sacramento County bar associations. He and his wife, Lynn, have two children. They live at 7820 East Parkway, Sacramento, ####### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, Californ. Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-7-69 #213 Governor Ronald Reagan today named Eureka newspaper publisher Michael W. Johnston and Richard C. Storre, a public accountant, to four-year terms on the board of directors of the 9th District Agricultura Association. The association operates the Redwood Fair. The Posts are non-salaried. Johnston, a Republican, publishes the Humboldt Times-Standard, Eureka. He succeeds Don O'Kane of Eureka. Storre, a 38-year-old Republican, replaces Harold W. Simmons of Bayside Heights. Terms of both outgoing members expired. Johnston is a director of the Eureka Chamber of Commerce; and is a member of the California Newspaper Publishers' Association and American Newspaper Publishers' Association. He attended Ventura College and U.C.L.A., and worked for the Santa Barbara News Press, Los Angeles Examiner and Oxnard Press Courier prior to moving to Eureka. He is a former director of the Oxnard Exchange Club and Chamber of Commerce. He lives at 1415 Buhne Street, Eureka. Storre attended the University of Oregon and Humboldt State College. He has been an accountant since 1954 and is presently a partner in the firm of Snyder, Smith, Storre and Company, Eureka. He is a director of Humboldt Fire District Number 1, and has served on the boards of directors of the American Red Cross, Boy Scouts of America and Northern California Small Business Advisory Council. He resides at 125 Edgewood Road, Eureka. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-8-69 #214 Governor Ronald Reagan today named Frank D. Nicol, chief deputy director of the State Department of Parks and Recreation for the past year and a half, as California's new Director of Veterans Affairs. The appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $23,625 per year. Nicol, 47, succeeds H. J. Johnson who has served as acting director of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the past six weeks. Johnson was named to head the department on a temporary basis when James E. Johnson, the former director, was appointed vice chairman of the U. S. Civil Service Commission in Washington D.C. by President Richard M. Nixon. Nicol, a Republican, joined the Reagan administration as deputy director of parks and recreation in February, 1967. He was elevated to chief deputy director the following November. He is a 1943 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, in Business Administration. He served as a naval officer during World War II. From 1946-50, he worked as a field representative, auditor and underwriter for the Industrial Indemnity Insurance Company, San Francisco. He then joined the St. Paul Insurance Companies and was promoted to manager of the firm's San Diego office in 1954. In 1961, he went into partnership to form the Hornaday-Nicol Insurance Agency, San Diego, where he worked until joining the administration in Sacramento. He is a former chairman of the Business Affairs Committee of the San Diego Kiwanis Club, and is a member of the San Diego Navy League and Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife, Jean, have three children and live at 638 Commons Drive, Sacramento. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR MEMO TO THE PRESS Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-8-69 Barry Goldwater, Jr., congressional candidate, will meet briefly with Governor Reagan at 2 p.m. in his office today. Photo coverage is invited. -o- At 3:15 p.m. today, Governor Reagan will sign the BART bill. # # # PB OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, Californ. Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-8-69 #215 Governor Ronald Reagan today called the appointment of Henry M. Shine, Jr., to a key post in the U.S. Department of the Interior "a fine choice, one which again compliments the high caliber of men serving in California state government." Shine, director of the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards over the past two years, was named assistant to the secretary and director of congressional liaison for the Department of the Interior today by Secretary Walter Hickel. As director of Professional and Vocational Standards, Shine headed an agency charged with the licensing and regulation of nearly 800,000 Californians through 40 boards, bureaus, committees and commissions, In a statement, the governor said: "The appointment of Henry Shine to this important federal post is a fine choice, one which again compliments the high caliber of men serving in California state government. "During the past two years, he has done an outstanding job as director of a large and important state agency. Under his leadership, the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards has made great strides toward improving its service to the people of California by providing increased consumer protection and tighter fiscal management, both very significant accomplishments. "We are sorry to see him go, but we wish him every success in his new national responsibilities," the governor said. Shine, in a letter to the governor, said he is leaving Sacramento "with mixed emotions. "I look forward to the new challenge in Washington, D.C., which hopefully will give me more time with my wife and two young daughters. On the other hand, I regret leaving until all of the objectives we set have been accomplished. "Nonetheless, substantial and important criteria have been created, thanks to your full and wholehearted support during the past two years, for which I am indeed grateful. "Thanks to your encouragement and support," Shine told the governor, "this department has realized a number of landmark achievements in the area of public protection and enlightenment. - 1 - #215 "I will continue to maintain a warm personal interest in you and your activities and I thank you for the privilege of serving the public with you. It has been the most challenging and rewarding experience of my life," Shine said. A native of Culver City, Shine, 47, completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University and took his law degree from the University of Notre Dame. He served as a naval officer during World War II in the Pacific. Prior to his return to California, he served in Washington, D.C., as a staff member with various interest groups and with the Hoover Commission under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He and his wife, Peggy, have two daughters and live at 4601 Crestwood Way, Sacramento. ######## -2- EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-8-69 #216 Governor Ronald Reagan today made the following statement: "The action I am taking here today that of adding my signature to this legislation- represents the climax of a long effort by citizens and legislators alike to insure that the people of San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties pay no more than is absolutely necessary to help solve the Bay Area Rapid Transit District's very serious financing problem. "The approach taken in this bill provides a fiscally sound solution to the problem. For, it gives the citizens of the three counties an opportunity to complete BART at a reasonable cost, free of high interest penalties. "I want to emphasize that this legislation is a significant example of how the state can cooperate with local agencies to provide them the tools they need to solve their own problems. "I am especially pleased that members of the legislature have taken this very important and responsible step to provide local communities in the BART counties the resources necessary to complete the project for the use of all citizens in the area. = ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR MEMO TO THE PRESS Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-9-69 Time will be available for photo coverage of state political leaders and Governor Reagan at 12 noon today in the Skyroom of the El Mirador Hotel just prior to their luncheon meeting. The meeting will be a closed-door session. This time cancels the original invitation for photo coverage at 11 a.m. in the Governor's Office. # # # PB OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-9-69 #217 Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Leighton Hatch, presiding officer of the State Office of Administrative Procedure for the past two years, as director of the California Depart- ment of Professional and Vocational Standards. Hatch, 40, played a key role in the formulation and passage of the California Administrative Discovery Act of 1968 which provides that both sides in license revocation hearings disclose to each other, in advance, evidence to be used in the proceedings. As presiding officer of the Office of Administrative Procedure, he has been responsible for the planning, organization, review and direction of the work of hearing officers who preside as impartial adjudicators at hearings which result primarily from accusations brought by state licensing agencies against their licenses, and denials of applications for licenses by state agencies. In his new assignment, which requires Senate confirmation and pays $22,575 per year, he will head an agency charged with the licensing of nearly 800,000 Californians through 40 boards, bureaus, committees and commissions. Hatch, a Republican, succeeds Henry M. Shine, Jr., who has accepted an appointment as assistant to the secretary and director of congressional liaison for the U.S. Department of the Interior. A native of Oakland, Hatch completed his elementary and secondary education in Martinez. He is a graduate of the city's Alhambra Union High School. He worked as a San Francisco attorney prior to joining the Reagan administration. He is a 1950 graduate of the University of Santa Clara and took his law degree from the University of San Francisco in 1954. During the Korean War he served as a lieutenant, artillery, and was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery in action. Following admission to the State Bar, he worked as a research attorney for the District Court of Appeal, San Francisco, and was an assistant district attorney in Contra Costa County from 1955-57. He was engaged in private law practice in San Francisco for seven years before entering state service. Hatch is a former instructor of law at the College of Marin and is a major in the Judge Advocate General Corps. He and his wife, Lynn, have four children and reside at 6649 Lake Park Drive, Sacramento, ####### EJG OFFICE Or THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-10-69 #218 Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to four-year terms on the California Exposition and Fair Executive Committee. The posts pay necessary expenses. Named were: -Rafael Vega, a Sherman Oaks restaurateur. Vega, a 62-year-old Republican, succeeds Donn B. Tatum of Pacific Palisades. Joseph Russ IV, 32, a Ferndale cattle rancher. A Republican, Russ replaces Clarence A. Azevedo of Sacramento. -Denis G. Babson of Palo Alto, a 45-year-old businessman. Babson, a Republican, succeeds John B. Milovich of Fresno. Terms of the outgoing members expired. Governor Reagan also announced he has reappointed Redding veterin- arian Conrad J. Ferreira. A Republican, Ferreira was first appointed July 15, 1968. His new term will end February 1, 1973. Vega is a native of Mexico. He and his son jointly own and operate Casa Vega Restaurants in Burbank, Encino and Sherman Oaks. He is a past president of the Los Angeles Mexican Chamber of Commerce and is a former vice president of the Pan American Optimist Club of Los Angeles. He has been a member of the Mexican American Patriotic Association for two decades and has long been active in the Club Mexicana. He lives at 14540 Valley Vista, Sherman Oaks. Russ, a native of Humboldt County, is a descendent of pioneer Joe Russ who served as an assemblyman and senator during the 1860s and 1870s. He is a 1959 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley where he earned a D.S. degree in business administration. He has been a rancher for 10 years and currently operates a 3,000-head livestock ranch as well an a dairy farm in the Ferndale area. He is a past state president of the Future Farmers of America and is currently a director of the UC-Davis Alumni Association. - 1 - #218 He is also a past member of the California Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee; is a former member of the Taxation and Zoning Committee of the California Cattlemen's Association and is presently serving on the organization's Legislation Committee; is chairman of the Predatory Animal Control Committee of the California Woolgrowers' Association; serves on the Redwood Region Conservation Council; is vice chairman of the Humboldt County Planning Commission; and is a vice president and director of the Humboldt County Farm Bureau. His address is Bunker Hill Ranch, Star Route, Ferndale. Babson, a 1943 graduate of Stanford University, is a Navy veteran of World War II. He operates a real estate and investments business in Palo Alto and has also had ranching interests for some 20 years. He lives at 360 Kellogg Avenue, Palo Alto. ####### EJG Sacramento, Californi Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-10-69 #219 Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the following bills: AB 62 - Hayes Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the (Chapter 26) Vehicle Code. AB 113 - Davis Provides that directors of the Tehama County (Chapter - 27) Flood Control and Water Conservation District will receive $25 for each day of attendance at official meetings of the district board. AB 133 - Stacey Prohibits the Kern County Water Agency from (Chapter - 33) levying its administrative tax on lands with- in the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency or the Devils Den Water District as long as each agency continues to have sub- stantially the same powers it now possesses and continues to have a contract with the state for a water supply. AB 160 - Veysey Extends for two years the Vehicle Code (Chapter 28) provisions authorizing a combination of vehicles consisting of a power unit and two cotton trailers to exceed a total length of 60 feet. Such vehicles cannot exceed a total length of 70 feet. AB 185 - Karabian Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the (Chapter 29) Revenue and Taxation Code. AB 283 - Z'berg Provides that certain sanitation districts (Chapter 30) which file a statement and map or plat as required by law on or before March 1, 1969 and certain zones within a county service area which file the required statment and map on or before Aprill 1969, are formed for assessment and taxation purposes for the 1969-70 fiscal year. AB 367 - Lewis Authorizes the Mojave Water Agency, for (Chapter 34) purposes of paying variable costs of purchasing up to 10,000 acre-feet of water from the State Water Project, to establish a zone of benefit within the area contiguous to Mojave River. AB 539 - Monagan Appropriates $770,000 to pay overtime (Chapter 32) compensation to those state employees required to receive such compensation by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. AB 709 - Quimby Authorizes the San Bernardino County Flood (Chapter 31) Control District to have specified work done and to acquire materials, equipment and supplies without advertising for bids under specified circumstances. The bill specifies that such provisions are applicable only to work in areas which have been declared as a disaster area by the governor and which are required to be done as a result of such disaster. SB 2 - Sherman Requires the board of directors of the San (Chapter 24) Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District to levy a one-half percent sales and use tax in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco to finance completion of the BART system. SB 125 - Danielson Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the (Chapter 25) Financial Code. #### OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-10-69 #220 Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has accepted "with sincere regret, matched by a deep sense of personal pride" the resig- nation of F. W. Boone who recommended that his job as coordinator of the State Office of Nuclear Energy be abolished because it is no longer necessary. Boone, 37, was named to the $20,000-a-year post last September. In a letter to the governor, Boone said: "The Office of Nuclear Energy no longer serves an essential function The one important activity in which it is engaged (power plant siting) does not justify its existence. "I cannot project useful work for myself beyond the end of March, " Boone said in the letter which he sent to the governor in February. "I believe it would be in the best interest of all concerned, particularly the taxpayer, if I resign from state employment. "May I express my most sincere appreciation for having been given this opportunity to be of service to the state, his letter concluded. Governor Reagan, in a letter of response, said: "I particularly wish to commend you for your analysis which prompted your decision that your office should be abolished. You have exemplified the true spirit of the objectives of this administration; that is, to reduce the cost of government wherever possible without reducing necessary services of government." The functions of radiation protection have been transferred to the Department of Public Health. The remaining functions of the office, including review of power plant siting, will be transferred to the Office of the Secretary for Resources. Boone, who is returning to Aerojet-General's nuclear division at San Ramon, recommended that: (a) The chairmanship of the Resources Agency Power Plant Siting Committee, vested in the coordinator, be transferred to a member of the Resources Agency staff; (b) The number of California representatives to the Western Interstate Nuclear Compact be reduced to one; (c) Technical and industrial strength be both retained and added to the Governor's Advisory Council on Nuclear Energy. - 1 - #220 A resident of Concord, Boone is a 1952 graduate of Villa Madonna College, Covington, Kentucky. He received an M.S. degree in Industrial Hygiene Engineering from Harvard University in 1957 and continued his graduate studies at the University of Idaho from 1957-60. He went to work for Aerojet-General Nucleonics in 1960 as deputy manager of the firm's Health and Safety Program. When the company's Security Department and Health and Safety Department were consolidated, he was named manager of the Plant Control Department. He assumed full responsibility for the company's security program in 1965 which he headed until joining state service. Before joining Aerojet, he worked for three years in General Electric's Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Department. ######## EJG - 2 - OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR MEMO TO THE F S Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-11-69 Governor Reagan will speak at a testimonial dinner for Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke at the Hollywood Palladium at 9:30 p. m. today. # # # EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR MEMO TO THE PRESS Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-11-69 #221 GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE April 14, 1969 through April 20, 1969 Monday, April 14 Office Appointments Overnight,- - Sacramento Tuesday, April 15 11:45 pm Brief remarks to 100 Kiwanis and Key Club members from Redondo Beach area, Governor's Office. 2:30 pm Meeting with 50 high school students participating in the Senate Youth Program, Governor's Office. 3:00 pm Picture with Boys Club of America Boy of the Year, Perry Ludy of Oxnard, Governor's Office. Overnight - Sacramento Wednesday, April 16 9:00 am Brief remarks to Institute for Mayors and City Councilmen, El Dorado Hotel. 1:00 pm Brief remarks to the Association for Metropolitan San Jose, El Mirador Hotel. Overnight - Sacramento Thursday, April 17 4:30 pm Brief remarks at the dedication of the Veterans Home as an historical landmark, Yountville. 4:50 pm Brief visit to Napa Junior Convention Center 1739 Green Street, Napa. 6:30 pm Dinner, Napa Elks Lodge, for Napa Dinner Club. Remarks. Overnight - Sacramento Friday, April 18 am Regents' meeting, Berkeley 6:30 pm Reception and dinner for Association of Catholic Newsmen (McQuade Award Dinner), S. F. Press Club, 555 Post Street, San Francisco. pm Depart San Francisco for Los Angeles Overnight - Los Angeles Saturday, April 19 4:00 pm Remarks on the occasion of the First Anniversary Ceremonies of the Dedication of the Armenian Martyrs' Day Commemoration, Bicknell Park, Montebell Overnight - Los Angeles Sunday, April 20 No appointments scheduled # # # EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Sacramento, California MEMO TO THE PRESS Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-11-69 The governor's press conference will be held on Tuesday, April 15, at 9:30 a.m. This was inadvertently omitted from the weekly schedule. ######## OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Sunday a.m. Sacramento, California April 13, 1969 Contact: Paul Beck #222 445-4571 4-13-69 PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE RELEASE. Governor Ronald Reagan today cited the creation of California's first ecological preserve as a landmark conservation achievement made possible through the combined efforts of private enterprise working with the executive and legislative branches of state government. The 135 acre wildlife sanctuary, located at Buena Vista Lagoon in San Diego County, is the first wildlife refuge of its kind since the passage of legislation last year which permitted the establishment of ecological reserves to preserve such lagoons as permanent wildlife areas. The legislation was carried by Assemblyman John Stull (Rep.-Leucadia). The State's Wildlife Conservation Board California Department of Fish and Game allocated $265,000 to purchase 65 acres for the preserve. The acreage will be added to 74 acres already owned by the Nature Conservancy a private conservation organization which will deed its acreage to the Wildlife Conservation Board to form the total preserve. The large freshwater lagoon is nationally known for its wildlife values. Some 200 species of land and water birds utilize the lagoon for feeding, nesting and resting. Concentrations of 60,000 to 70,000 ducks are not unusual. "The purchase of this valuable acreage by the Wildlife Conservation Board, together with the donation of adjoining land by the Nature Conservancy, has saved for future generations one of our priceless and fast-disappearing natural wildlife areas," the governor said. He also noted that the progress of civilization along the California coast has caused a series of threats to coastal lagoons, bays and estuaries that are so necessary to the preservation of wildlife. Governor Reagan said that, in some cases, it is no longer a case of saving these resources for hunting, but merely preserving them so that our people and their children can enjoy them in the future. The Buena Vista Lagoon lies along the northern boundary of the City of Carlsbad. The ocean is to the west and on the north and east sides is the city of Oceanside. The existing lagoon of about 190 surface acres, with depths up to six feet, is a remnant of a much larger one which has been gradually filled for commerical development. The area purchased by the Wildlife Conservation Board has been planned for development as a commercial development if the state had not stepped in to save it for wildlife. ####### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-14-69 #223 Governor Ronald Reagan today named veteran savings and loan official, Michael F. B. MacBan of Los Angeles, as California's new savings and loan commissioner. MacBan, until recently, was administrative vice president of the Metropolitan Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles. He succeeds Dr. Preston Martin who resigned the $24,500-a-year job to accept an appointment by President Richard M. Nixon as chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. MacBan, a 50-year-old Republican, will serve at the pleasure of the governor. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. He previously served on the staff of the California Savings and Loan League where he bagan his career in the industry 22 years ago. He joined the Metropolitan Savings and Loan Association in 1953. MacBan said that in his new post he plans to continue the policies which were put into practice by Dr. Martin. He said he also looks forward to a close working relationship with the board which Dr. Martin now heads. A graduate of the University of Southern California (1940) where he was student body president, MacBan has long been active in Southern California community affairs. He is a former staff vice president of the California Savings and Loan League and currently serves on its governmental relations and finance committees. In addition he is a past member of the civic development committee of the United States Savings and Loan League, and is a former trustee of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Savings and Loan Institute. He is also a member of the Savings Institutions Marketing Society. He was president of the U.S.C. Alumni Association from 1962-64 and is a member of both the Trojan Club and Commerce Associates, which is affiliated with the U.S.C. Graduate School of Business. He is also a member of the University Club of Los Angeles and serves on the construction industries committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. MacBan and his wife, Donna, have three children. They live at 15285 DePauw Street, Pacific Palisades. ##### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-14-69 #224 Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named Alhambra housewife Joyce Valdez to a four-year term on the State Industrial Welfare Commission. The post pays $20 per day, plus expenses. Mrs. Valdez, a Republican, succeeds Mrs. Ruth E. Compagnon of Glendale whose term expired. Mrs. Valdez has been engaged in the retail food industry in Southern California for the past 23 years, both as an employee and employer. From 1958-66, she and her husband, Frank, operated super- market chain outlets in Los Angeles and Orange counties. She is a graduate of El Monte Union High School and attended Pasadena Junior College from 1946-48. She is a member of the Alhambra Y.W.C.A. and is a charter member of the West Los Angeles Emotional Health Association. She has four children and lives at 1001 South Valencia Street, Alhambra. ######### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-14-69 #225 Governor Ronald Reagan has named Beverly Hills businessman John H. Rauch to the California Job Development Corporation Law Executive Board, The post pays necessary expenses. Rauch, a 38=year-old Democrat, will serve at the pleasure of the governor. The board was created by the 1968 legislature. Rauch is executive vice president of the Beverly Hills National Bank. He is a 1954 graduate of U.C.L.A. and took his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1961. A native of Vienna, Austria, he came to the United States in 1940 and became a naturalized citizen in 1945. He has been in the banking business since 1948 and served as an instructor in law and banking at the American Institute of Banking from 1962-63. He is president of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce and is a director of the Interracial Council for Business Opportunities, Los Angeles. He lives at 6508 Moore Drive, Los Angeles. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-14-69 #226 Governor Ronald Reagan today named Waller Reed of Chester and Markham E. Salsbury of Pasadena to four-year terms on the State Board of Forestry. The appointment pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirmation. Reed, a 55-year-old Republican, succeeds Leslie O. Cody of Red Bluff. Salsbury, 65, replaces Philip Abrams of Palm Springs. Terms of both outgoing members expired. Reed is manager of the Collins Pine Company, Chester. A professional forester, he earned a B.S. degree in forestry from Oregon State University in 1936. He is a past president and has been a long-time trustee of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association. He is also a member of the Western Wood Products Association and has served on its conservation committee. His address is P.O. Box 365, Chester. Salsbury, a Republican, is a consulting engineer and is the court- appointed watermaster for the San Gabriel River. From 1959-65, he worked as chief engineer and administrative head of the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. He is chairman of the Watershed Fire Council of Southern California and represents the City of Pasadena to the Los Angeles County Watershed Commission. He lives at 460 Lakeview Road, Pasadena. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-15-69 #227 Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the State Electronic Data Processing Policy Committee. The posts pay necessary expenses. Appointees serve at the pleasure of the governor. Named were: --Alfred R. Zipf, executive vice president of the Bank of America, San Francisco. Zipf, a 51-year-old Republican, heads up the planning and direction of domestic branches through the bank's area administration offices in California. He has been with the firm since 1936 and returned to school in 1951 to major in engineering at U.C.L.A. In 1953, he assumed the position of assistant vice president and directed the bank's systems and equipment research activities. This group was responsible for the installation of the first large-scale, general purpose computing system to be employed by the banking industry. He is a 1967 graduate of the Harvard Business School's advanced management program. He lives at 393 Chestnut Street, San Carlos. Marshall G. Mustain, 63, a management consultant to the Standard Oil Company of California. A Republican, Mustain is a native of Alamogordo, New Mexico. He is a 1930 graduate of Stanford University in chemical engineering. He joined Standard Oil the same year in the research and development field. Since 1950 he has served the corporation as a management trouble- shooter. He was a member of the executive committee of Governor Reagan's Survey on Efficiency and Cost Control for 12 months in 1967. He lives at 21 North Hill Court, Oakland. --Frank J. Cleary of Los Angeles, a 38-year-old Republican. Cleary is assistant controller for ITT-Gilfillan Corporation Los Angeles. He is responsible for the firm's systems and programming, financial analysis and project planning. cleary previously worked as an executive for the Aerojet-General Corporation. He holds a B.S. degree in industrial management from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. degree in accounting and finance from Rutgers Cleary is president of the Los Angeles Association for Systems Management and served on the executive committee of the Governor's Survey on Efficiency and Cost Control. He lives at 7010 Sepulveda Boulevard, Van Nuys. ####### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-15-69 #228 Governor Ronald Reagan, responding to notification from the Federal Highway Safety Bureau that California's Highway Safety Program meets the intent of the Highway Safety Act of 1966, today promised to continue pushing for action and legislation to improve the program even more. The program, which had been submitted under the provisions of the Federal Act, describes current safety activities at both state and local levels and outlines actions to be taken toward improvement. It was a part of Governor Reagan's report to the legislature earlier this year. "Priority attention this year, Governor Reagan told Acting Director of the National Bureau Robert Brenner, "is being given to legislation which would establish a presumptive limits statute in California." State Secretary of Business and Transportation Gordon C. Luce, Governor Reagan's representative for highway safety, explained that alcohol was involved in more than half of the 4,850 motor vehicle deaths in California last year. "A presumptive limits bill, which would set one tenth of one percent as the blood-alcohol concentration level at which a driver's ability is presumed to be impaired, was introduced early this year as a major step in improving our traffic safety program,' Luce said. Luce pointed out that enactment of the bill, authored by Assemblyman Craig Biddle of Riverside, would modernize the prosecution of drunk drivers and relieve the judiciary of some of the burden and expense involved in trials. "More importantly," he said, "it would help to save a number of lives on California streets and highways through its contribution to the removal of the drinking driver menace." Stronger methods to control the drunk driver is one of the 16 federal highway safety standards, Luce explained. He said California is one of only eight states which do not have a presumptive limits statute. "In most other standard areas,' he stated, "we equal or exceed the national standards, although our program calls for continuing improvement and evaluation." - 1 - #228 Luce explained that his Office of Transportation Safety presently is working closely with almost 100 local governmental jurisdictions to arrange federal participation in traffic safety improvement programs at city and county levels. "These projects include expansion of driver training and education programs, accident prevention through better records and surveillance, integrated traffic records systems, and intergovernmental traffic safety studies." Other safety projects, with financial participation from the National Highway Safety Bureau, are being conducted by the State Departments of the Highway Patrol, Motor Vehicles, Public Works, Education and Public Health. "All are being coordinated through the Office of Transportation Safety," Luce said, "the first time that the state has been able to channel the various safety efforts into a single, vital force." ####### EJG - 2 - OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Sacramento, California MEMO TO THE PRESS Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4=15-69 Mrs. Mildred Garrison of Long Beach will present some 200,000 signatures she collected urging members of the legislature to look into the backgrounds of persons engaged in campus disturbances---- to Governor Reagan at 4 p.m. in the Governor's Office. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-16-69 #229 Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has elevated Alameda County Superior Court Judge Thomas W. Caldecott to associate justice of the State Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three. Caldecott, 54, succeeds Judge Byrl R. Salsman of Palo Alto who resigned. The appointment, which pays $36,687 per year, has been submitted to the State Commission on Judicial Appointments for confirmation. Caldecott has served on the superior court bench since 1957. Prior to becoming a judge, he was a member of the State Assembly where he served from 1947-57, as chairman of both the Judiciary and Ways and Means committees. From 1954-56, he was chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of California. He was a member of the Advisory Board of California State College at Hayward from 1961-68 and served as its chairman for five years. He was also an advisory member of the State Judicial Council, and president of the California Conference of Judges, from 1967-68. He is a member of the American Bar Association, American Judicature Society and Alameda County Bar Association. Caldecott is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley where he also received his law degree. He completed additional graduate studies at the University of London (England) School of Law. He was admitted to the State Bar in 1940 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He has two stepchildren and five grandchildren. He and his wife, Rosalie, live at 430 Modoc Avenue, Oakland. ###### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-17-69 #230 Governor Ronald Reagan today named Chief Assistant District Attorney Francis W. Mayer to the San Francisco Superior Court bench. The post pays $30,800 per year. Mayer, 51, succeeds the late Judge Raymond O'Connor. A 1941 graduate of Hastings Law School, Mayer, a Republican, has been chief assistant district attorney in San Francisco since 1959. He began his legal career in 1941 as a research attorney for the District Court of Appeal, San Francisco, He left the job the following year to enlist in the U.S. Army. He served as an intelligence officer in Europe during World War II and was discharged as a major in 1945. Mayer then returned to his assignment with the District Court of Appeal until 1947 when he became an assistant district attorney in San Francisco. He is a former chairman of the Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure of the State Bar and has served as a director of the San Francisco Bar Association. He is also a member of the San Francisco Lawyers' Club, American Board of Trial Advocates, National Association of District Attorneys, California District Attorneys' Association, San Francisco Press Club and American Legion. He and his wife, Lois, have three children and reside at 5 Sea View Terrace, San Francisco. Mayer is a 1934 graduate of Lowell High School, San Francisco. ###### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-17-69 #231 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew will visit California May 6-7 at the personal request of Governor Ronald Reagan, the governor's office announced today. The vice president and Mrs. Agnew are scheduled to arrive by plane in Sacramento the morning of May 6. He will then attend a meeting of the governor's cabinet in the State Capitol, followed by an address to state employees on the west steps of the capitol. Governor Reagan will introduce the vice president to members of the California Capitol Press Corps at 12:30 p.m. in room 1190 at which time Mr. Agnew will hold a press conference. Both leaders will meet privately during the afternoon to discuss federal-state relationships. Governor and Mrs. Reagan will host a private reception in honor of Vice President and Mrs. Agnew at the executive residence from 5:30-7:30p. Following the reception they will attend a fund-raising dinner at the El Dorado Hotel sponsored by the Sacramento Republican Fund. The Agnews will spend the night at the home of Governor and Mrs. Reagan in Sacramento. The following morning the four will travel together to San Francisco where the vice president will address a noon luncheon of the Common- wealth Club of California. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR MEMO TO THE PRESS Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-18-69 #232 GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE April 21, 1969 through April 26, 1969 Monday, April 21 8:00 pm California Association of Christian Schools, Orange County Convention Center, Anaheim. Speech. Return to Sacramento Overnight - Sacramento Tuesday, April 22 1:30 pm PRESS CONFERENCE Overnight - Sacramento Wednesday, April 23 1:30 pm Brief remarks to Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, Governor's Council Room. Overnight - Sacramento Thursday, April 24 10:35 am Depart Sacramento for Los Angeles. 6:00 pm Fund raising reception for Congressional Candidate Barry Goldwater, Jr., Marvin Whiteman residence, 400 Truesdale Place, Beverly Hills. 8:00 pm Speech before Nuevas Vistas Conference of Mexican- American Educators, Biltmore Hotel. Overnight - Los Angeles Friday, April 25 pm Depart Los Angeles for Sacramento 2:00 pm Groundbreaking ceremonies for "Big Four Building," Old Sacramento Historic Park. Brief remarks. Overnight - Sacramento Saturday, April 26 No appointments scheduled Overnight - Sacramento #### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO R RELEASE: In diate Sacramento, Califor. a Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #233 Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named 15 persons to the Board of Directors of the newly formed California Crime Technological Research Foundation. The appointments require Senate confirmation and pay necessary expenses. Appointees will serve at the pleasure of the governor. The foundation was created by the legislature (Title 7. Section 14000-14017) to encourage the development and application of science and technology for the prevention and detection of crime. The public corporation also will assist law enforcement to determine its needs in the area of technology to heighten the effectiveness of its operations. Named were: -Oroville J. Hawkins, deputy director of the Divisions of Law Enforcement, California Department of Justice, Sacramento. Governor Reagan designated Hawkins, a Republican, as chairman of the board. -Keith S. Griffiths, chief, Division of Research, Department of Youth Authority, Sacramento. He is a Democrat. -Milton Burdman, a Democrat, deputy director of the Division of Parole and Community Services, State Department of Corrections, Sacramento. -Ralph N. Kleps, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, State of California, San Francisco. He is a Democrat. --San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Allison Rouse, Redwood City, a Republican. --San Leandro Police Chief Thomas J. Rogers, a Republican. Sheriff Michael N. Canlis of San Joaquin County, Stockton, He is a Democrat. Lynn D. Compton, chief deputy district attorney, Los Angeles County. He is a Republican. --Paul L. Kirk, School of Criminology, University of California at Berkeley, a Republican. -Charles P. Smith of Sacramento, director of the Office of Management Services, State of California. He is a Republican. Paul M. Whisenand, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology at California State College, Long Beach, He is a Republican. #233 Frank T. Ruzic, vice president, Bank of America, San Francisco He is a Republican. William L. Faulstich, executive secretary of the California Peace Officers' Association, Sacramento. He is a Republican. --Alvin N. Taylor, director of the Alameda County Office of the Bay Area Social Planning Council, Oakland. He is a Democrat. --Charles I. Daniels, Jr., an official of the Golden Gate Distributing Company, San Rafael. He is a Republican. #### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #234 Governor Ronald Reagan has named Robert C. Lindsey, a San Jose trucking company official, to a four-year term on the California Women's Board of Terms and Parole. The post pays $8,500 per year, plus expenses. The governor also announced he has reappointed retired Richmond Police Chief Charles E. Brown. A 60-year-old Democrat, Brown was first appointed February 15, 1968. His new term will end March 15, 1973. He lives at 84 Miramonte Drive, Moraga. Lindsey, 50, has been president of Yolo Transport Company, Incorporated, since 1962. A Republican, he previously worked as assistant to the president, and vice president, of Security Truck Line, San Jose. From 1945-52, he was district managerof Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company in the Central Coast area. He is a director of the University Club of San Jose, California Trucking Association and Rehabilitation Mental Health Service Incorporated He is a committee chairman for Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara County and is a member of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Transportation Club, Metropolitan Associates, and the Navy League. He lives at 1344 Avalon Drive, San Jose. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #235 Governor Ronald Reagan today named Frank McCrary, a Davenport lumberman, to a four-year term on the board of directors of the 14th District Agricultural Association. The association operates the Santa Cruz County Fair. The post is non-salaried. The governor also announced he has reappointed Watsonville businessman Carl R. Hansen. A Republican, Hansen, 25, has served on the board since 1966. He operates the Krystal Ice-Oxygen Equipment Company, and lives at 203 Crescent Drive, Watsonville. McCrary, a 40-year-old Republican, succeeds Clarence O. Hansen of Felton whose term expired. McCrary owns and operates the Big Creek Lumber Company, Davenport. He is a native of Santa Cruz County and has been a rancher and lumberman in the area for a number of years. He lives on Swanton Road, Davenport. # # # EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #236 Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region. The posts pay necessary expenses. Named were: Robert L. Wall 38, planning director of Madera County. A Republican, he will fill the unexpired term of William B. Honegger of Hanford who resigned. The term will end September 30, 1971. Wall has served as county planning director for five years. He received an M.S. degree in city and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin in 1960. He serves as secretary of the Natural Resources Planning and Development Committee of Madera County. He lives at 22257 Road 281, Madera. Charles E. Glick of Visalia, a 62-year-old Republican and director of purchasing for Early California Foods. Prior to becoming a member of the company, he was a partner in an olive products manufacturing firm. Glick succeeds John W. Fox of Bakersfield whose term expired. Glick is a past president of the Corning Memorial Hospital, Corning Rotary and the Colusa County Historical Society. He is also a former district governor of Rotary International. He lives at 2611 Fairview Drive, Visalia. Vernie Raven, a 65-year-old Republican, and a Dos Palos area farmer. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Dos Palos Drainage District and is a director of the Poso Soil Conservation District. He replaces James E. Henley of Lemoore whose term expired. Raven farms a number of irrigated crops, including alfalfa and cotton. His address is Route 1, Box 64, Dos Palos. The terms of Glick and Raven will end September 30, 1972. ### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate sooramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #237 Governor Ronald Reagan today named Monterey newspaperman and civic leader Ted Durein to a four-year term on the 7th District Agricultural Association's board of directors. The association operates the Monterey County Fair. The post is non-salaried, The governor also announced he has reappointed King City cattle rancher Lester E. Smart. A Republican, Smart, 61, has served on the board since 1962. His new term will end January 15, 1973. Durein, a 59-year-old Republican, succeeds James F. Van Loben Sels of Carmel whose term expired. A native of Alameda, Durein has lived in Monterey County since 1935. He is a 1931 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley where he completed three years of graduate work in law and English. Durein is managing editor of the Monterey Penninsular Herald and has long been active in civic affairs. He is president of the Monterey History and Art Association, and is a past president of the Monterey Rotary Club, Monterey Council of the Navy League, Carmel Bach Festival, Monterey Paisano Club, and the California-Nevada Council of Associated Press News Executives. He is a director of the Visitor and Convention Bureau, Monterey Penninsula Sports Car Racing Association, Bing Crosby Youth Fund, Monterey Penninsula Airport Board, Japanese American Citizens' League, and the Bing Crosby Golf Tournament Executive Committee. He lives on Lazarro Road, Carmel. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #238 Governor Ronald Reagan today named seven persons to the newly formed State Board of Registration for Geologists. The posts pay expenses. The board was created by the 1968 legislature. Named to terms ending January 1, 1972, were: Wilferd W. Peak, 44, chief geologist in the Division of Safety of Dams of the State Department of Water Resources. He is a Republican and resides at 8332 Willowdale Avenue, Fair Oaks. -John F. Curran of Santa Barbara, a 51-year-old Republican, and a consulting geologist. He lives at 1010 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara. --Ted L. Bear, 51, a consulting geologist with offices in Los Angeles. Bear is a Republican and lives at 5385 Vista Lejana, La Canada. Named to terms ending January 1, 1971, were: --Gardner M. Pittman of Bakersfield, 46, a petroleum geologist employed by the Getty Oil Company. He is a Republican and lives at 3306 Wenatchee Avenue, Bakersfield. -Glenn A. Brown, 44, a Glendale consulting geologist. A Republican, he resides at 10001 Pali Avenue, Tujunga. Named to terms ending January 1, 1970, were: Dr. Ian Campbell of San Francisco, 69, chief of the Division of Mines and Geology of the State Department of Conservation. He is a Democrat and lives at 1333 Jones Street, San Francisco. --Joe M. Crosby, 49, president of California Liquid Fertilizer, Pasadena. He is a Republican and lives at 1524 Via Del Rey, South Pasadena. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #239 Governor Ronald Reagan today named Jack L. Olmstead of Fairfield and Robert C. Gill of Dixon to four-year terms on the board of directors of the 36th District Agricultural Association. The association operates the Dixon May Fair. The posts are non-salaried. Olmstead, a 31-year-old insurance man, succeeds Rudolph O. Freese of Birds Landing. Gill, a Dixon area farmer, replaces Charles McGimsey of Dixon. Both outgoing members' terms expired. Olmstead, a Republican, has been associated with the Farm Bureau Insurance Companies for 10 years. He is a native of Iowa and attended Iowa State University. He is a member of the Solano County Farm Bureau and is a strong supporter of the local 4-H program. He lives at 477 West Tabor Avenue, Fairfield. Gill, a 44-year-old Republican, raises tomatoes, beans, sugar, beets, alfalfa, grain, corn and sheep and cattle. He was elected "Farmer of the Year" by Dixon Soil Conservation District in 1960. He is a director of the Soil Conservation District and the local Advisory Board of the Bank of America. He lives at 915 Sievers, Dixon. ####### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Im' diate Sacramento, Californi Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #240 Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement: "Mrs. Reagan and I were shocked and deeply grieved to learn of the tragic death of our friend Alan Pattee. He was a good man, of unquestioned integrity, an able and energetic public servant who, during his many years in elective office, gained the respect and admiration of his colleagues in state government. He was a man of great compassion and understanding, a leader who demonstrated a deep and abiding sense of responsibility to the citizens he represented, and to the people of California. We will surely miss him, both as a friend and as a dedicated public servant. "We pray for the speedy recovery of Mrs. Pattee and extend our deepest sympathy to her and the family in this very sad and trying hour. May God grant to them the healing and comfort which He, alone, can give. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR MEMO TO PR 5 Sacramento, Calif nia Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 Governor Ronald Reagan will sign a proclamation designating April as Cancer Control Month April 22, 1969 at 4:45 pm in his office. Participating in the ceremony will be Mrs. William Talman, whose husband, District Attorney on the Perry Mason TV series, was the victim of lung cancer. # # # EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVE OR RELEASE: Im' diate Sacramento, Califo. la Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #241 Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the board of directors of the 23rd District Agricultural Association. The association operates the Contra Costa County Fair. The posts are non-salaried. Named were: Howard B. Richman, 55, of Pittsburg, a chemical engineer employed by the Dow Chemical Company. A Republican, Richman succeeds Charles J. Williams of Lafayette who resigned. Richman will fill out Williams' unexpired term which ends January 15, 1970. Richman lives at 1250 Maple Street, Pittsburg. Vance W. Perry, a 54-year-old Republican, of Walnut Creek. Perry is an importer of milk casein. He replaces Edmund R. Calisesi of Antioch whose term expired. Perry's four-year appointment will end January 15, 1973. He resides at 2655 Cherry Lane, Walnut Creek. Robert D. Gromm, Sr. of Bethel Island, a 50-year-old Republican. He succeeds Neno Enea of Pittsburg whose term expired. Gromm's appointment runs until January 15, 1973. Gromm owns and operates a trailer park. His address is P. O. Box 447, Bethel Island. # # # EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Im diate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #242 Governor Ronald Reagan today named El Centro insurance man James F. Tuttle to a four-year term on the board of directors of the 45th District Agricultural Association. The association operates the California Mid-Winter Fair. The post is non-salaried. The governor also announced he has reappointed El Centro trucker R. L. Thompson. A Republican, Thompson, 63, has served on the board since 1956. Like Tuttle, his new term will end January 15, 1973. Thompson lives at 1900 West Main Street, El Centro. Tuttle, 51, has operated his own insurance business in El Centro since 1952. A Republican, he is a 1937 graduate of San Diego State College and served as a member of the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II in North Africa and Italy. He succeeds Charles A. Jennings of Imperial whose term expired. Tuttle is a former secretary-treasurer of the El Centro Kiwanis Club and is a past commander of the Imperial County Post, American Legion. He has been a member of the Imperial County Board of Education since 1957 and is a past president of the Imperial County School Boards Association. He lives at 314 North G Street, Imperial. ######### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Imm liate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-21-69 #243 Governor Ronald Reagan today named James L. Rice of Potter Valley, assistant secretary-treasurer of the Redwood Empire Production Credit Association, to a four-year term on the board of directors of the 12th District Agricultural Association. The association operates the Redwood Empire Fair. The post is non-salaried. The governor also announced he has reappointed Fort Bragg nurseryman John S. Druecker. A Democrat, Druecker, 60, has served on the board since September 27, 1965. His address is P.O. Box 511, Fort Bragg. Rice, 35, is a cattle rancher and a member of the local Farm Bureau and the Mendocino County Cattlemen's Association. He also is a director of the Redwood Empire Quarter Horse Association and is on the executive committee of the Sonoma County Trail Blazers. A Republican, he succeeds John W. Poulos of Potter Valley. Rice's address is P.O. Box 155, Potter Valley. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Sacramento, California MEMO TO THE PRESS Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-22-69 Governor Reagan will greet Heisman Trophy winner O. J. Simpson and 35 boys and girls, ages 13-15, from the Watts area of Los Angeles, at 12 noon today in the governor's council room. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVER' RELEASE: 1-1 ediate Sacramento, Californ 10 Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-22-69 # 244 Governor Ronald Reagan read the following statement at his press conference today: "Before answering your questions, I want to take this opportunity to express my deep concern over the very serious implications for California of yesterday's Supreme Court decision which abolished residency requirements for welfare recipients in two states and the District of Columbia. "As you know, California has been unable to enforce its residency requirements since last April as the result of a temporary injunction by federal district court in San Francisco suspending such requirements. 11 We have appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court. However, because of the similarity of the case decided yesterday to our own, there is little reason to believe that a decision on our appeal will produce a different result. 11 I believe that the taxpayers of this state should know exactly how last year's federal court action is affecting California, how it is affecting their pocketbooks. During the current fiscal year alone, our taxpayers are being force to pay $26 million dollars more in federal, state and county taxes than would have been necessary to meet our welfare requirements had our residency requirments remained in effect. " And, next year, the taxpayers of California--on this basis-- will be forced to pay an additional $35 million to meet the costs of welfare as a direct result of the ruling. "Why? Because welfare recipients in a number of other states know very well that California's welfare payments are higher. They know that with our residency requirements removed they need do nothing more than cross our border and they're automatically on our welfare rolls. "And, who pays? In large part, the taxpayers of California are forced to foot the bill. 11 I want to make it clear that we recognize that the permanently and totally disabled citizens of our state, who meet the legizimate requirements of residency, are entitled to welfare. They need and deserve the assistance which the state provides. "But, the court rulings affecting residency go far beyond this concept. In fact, they create nothing less than a bonus for migrating to California---merely to get on our welfare rolls. "In my opinion, the court again has deliberately violated the principle of state's rights. Rather than encouraging state and local solutions to social problems, the court is telling us we MUST turn to Washington for answers. "Is the court, perhaps, suggesting that California lower its welfare standards to those of other states? How else could its decision be interpreted unless, of course, it cares little for the welfare of the taxpayers of California from whom the blessings of assistance flow. Certainly, yesterday's decision does nothing to encourage some states to meet their own responsibilities in this area. In fact, it actually encourages them to further lower their already inadequate assistance payments in hopes the poor will move away---to states like California. # If there is equity in the court's decision, I fail to see how it applies to California. For, in no way, can there be equity for the taxpayers of this state who are being forced to pay the additional bills. # # # EJG OFFICE F THE GOVERNO RELEASE: Imr diate Sacrame..to, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-23-69 #245 Governor Ronald Reagan today announced he has accepted the resignation of Albert C. Beeson as director of the State Department of Industrial Relations, effective May 1. Beeson, 61, has headed the department since April, 1967. He said he was resigning to return to private business. "I have greatly enjoyed my association with you and my colleagues in the Human Relations Agency over the past two years," he told the governor. "I have now decided the time has come for me to return to the management consulting field. "It has been, of course, an honor and a most interesting experience to have served you and the people of California in carrying out the work of the Department of Industrial Relations. The many problems still to be solved will be a challenge for my successor, and I am sure he will receive the fine support and cooperation your office has always shown me," Beeson said. "I will always be available to serve you and your Administration in any way. Please call upon me if I can be of help," he added. Governor Reagan wished Beeson "every success as you resume your role as a private citizen. We all owe you a debt of gratitude for your dedicated service to the state." The governor said he is appointing Peter Weinberger, 54, to succeed Beeson. Weinberger has served as director of the State Department of Employment since January, 1967. He will take up his new assignment as soon as possible, Governor Reagan said, in order to insure a smooth and orderly transition. The Department of Employment will be absorbed into the newly created Department of Human Resources Development (HRD) which is headed by Gilbert L. Sheffield, 39, and which will become fully operational later this year. Sheffield, a former Pacific Telephone executive, left his company post in San Francisco early this year to become director of the new department. He will assume the additional duties of Director of Employ- ment, on an interim basis and without additional compensation, until the job is phased out. - 1 - #245 The Department of Human Resources Development resulted from Governor Reagan's reorganization of the executive branch and legislation adopted by the 1968 legislature. It will be fully implemented prior to January 1, 1970. It will include those functions presently assigned to the Department of Employment, the Multi-Service Center Program and the State Office of Economic Opportunity. The Commission on Aging will be attached to HRD. The department is part of the Human Relations Agency headed by Spencer Williams. Governor Reagan called creation of the new department "a major step toward bringing together, in a single agency, the state's numerous and fragmented job training and placement programs as part of a massive effort to help train and place in jobs the hard-core unemployed, to help move them from the welfare rolls onto payrolls. "The new department." he said, "centralizes administration of this overall function, pinpoints responsibility and pools manpower development funds to make the most efficient use of taxpayers' dollars. " ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-23-69 The office of Governor Ronald Reagan has issued the following statement: "BY GENERAL AGREEMENT, AN EXTENSION OF 10 WORKING DAYS HAS BEEN GRANTED BY WESTERN REGIONAL OEO FOR THE GOVERNOR TO CONSIDER THE GRANT TO THE SACRAMENTO AREA EOC." # # # # (Telephoned to AP, UPI, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Union, San Prancisco Chronicle, KFBK Radio, KXTV, KCRA, KOVR television at approximately 10 p.m.) ras OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-23-69 #246 Governor Reagan sent the following telegram to Clare L. Berryhill, Republican candidate for the seat vacated by Assemb lyman John Veneman: "Nancy joins me in expressing our sincere congratulations on your outstanding victory. "We look forward to working with you in the general election to ensure continued Republican representation from the 30th Assembly District. "I was very pleased to hear that your primary opponents have endorsed you in the run-off election. "Again, our heartiest congratulations." The governor, in telegrams to Peter W. Johansen and Ray Simon, unsuccessful candidates in the Tuesday election, told them: "You can say with full justification that you fought the good fight and ran the good race. The issues and the thoughts you advanced during the campaign helped build a better informed electorate, and gave both the public and your opponent some guidelines to consider. In addition, you made a tremendous contribution to the total Republican effort in California. "I want to thank you for your immediate endorsement of Clare Berryhill in the run-off election. With your support, the 30th Assembly District will continue to have Republican representation. "Nancy joins with me in wishing you and your family the very best. You can take pride in the fact that you answered one of the noblest callings in our Republic---that of the citizen politician who willingly sacrifices himself and his resources in an effort to maintain and advance the cause of good government. "Again, my admiration and best regards." # # # PB OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-24-69 #247 Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed legislation "which will help insure the restoration of roads and bridges damaged by California's recent disastrous floods restoration which is vital to the everyday lives of millions of our citizens." The measure (AB-76, Davis) imposes a temporary one-cent gas tax increase to assist in the repair of damaged roadways. It also appropriates $25 million for the repair of public buildings which suffered damage. However, in signing the legislation, the governor reduced the $25 million allocation to $7.5 million because he said administration estimates indicate the full appropriation is unnecessary. At the same time, he said the administration will add an additional $2.5 million from funds collected, but never used, to meet a similiar flood crisis in Northern California several years ago. In a statement, the governor said: "I have today signed legislation which will help insure the restoration of roads and bridges damaged by California's recent disastrous floods restoration which is vital to the everyday lives of millions of our citizens. "I had hoped the legislature would provide the authority to free existing funds for this purpose, or at least have given the opportunity to choose between this alternative and raising the gas tax. "However, the legislature left me with but a single choice. "The sheer magnitude of the damage in flood-stricken areas, added to the potential danger of uncontrolled runoff from a record snowpack this Spring, requires that positive action be taken. "Failure to take such action- despite the single alternative provided would, in effect, deny the people whose areas were hit hardest by the floods their only recourse to prompt restoration of the roads and bridges they depend on for transportation each day. "No legislature and no governor can predict the kind of natural disasters we have experienced, The citizens of this state should, and do, expect courageous and forthright action from their elected leaders on occasions such as this. Anything else would amount to a shirking of responsibility. "I want to make it clear I will terminate the additional tax at the earliest possible moment. "I also want to assure every Californian that not a penny more than is absolutely necessary will be collected for this purpose. # # E.TG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO A MEMO TO THE PRESS Sacramento, Californi Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-24-69 #248 GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE April 27, 1969 through May 4, 1969 Sunday, April 27 a.m. Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport via San Francisco for New York City (JFK Airport) Overnight - Waldorf Astoria - New York City Monday, April 28 Noon Municipal Forum luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, Madison Avenue and 43rd Street. Speech. Overnight - Waldorf Astoria - New York City Tuesday, April 29 11:00 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE, Plaza Hotel 11:30 a.m. Proceed to reception and luncheon for California State Chamber hosts and New York guests, Terrace Room, Plaza Hotel 12:30 p.m. Luncheon. Remarks by Senator Collier, Speaker Monagan. Governor speaks, followed by Q & A. 3:40 p.m. Wheels up White Plains for Providence, Rhode (EDT) Island via charter jet. Governor Reagan and Speaker Monagan aboard. 4:30 p.m. Wheels down Providence, R. I. airport; Interna- tional Refueling Service, met by Secretary of the Navy John Chaffee; State GOP Chairman George De Stefano; National Committeeman Frederick Lippitt; National Committeewoman, Mrs. Eldredge Jackson; Dinner Chairman Raymond De Leo 4:35 p.m. Press availability in nearby conference room of airport terminal 5:15 p.m. Depart for Biltmore Hotel, Providence 7:00 p.m. Depart Biltmore Hotel for Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet, Cranston, Rhode Island 7:30 p.m. Rhode Island RSCC Recognition Dinner. Speech. 10:15 p.m. Wheels up Providence for White Plains, New York (EDT) 11:00 p.m. Wheels down, White Plains. Overnight - Waldorf Astoria - New York City -1- #248 Wednesday, April 30 a.m. Depart Newark Airport for Cincinnati Airport, Covington, Kentucky. Proceed to Lexington for RGA Conference. 6:00 p.m. Reception and dinner for governors, governors' wives and staff at the Keeneland Race Course Overnight - Lexington, Kentucky Thursday, May 1 10:00 a.m. First Business Session, Campbell House. Remarks: Governor Ronald Reagan Remarks: Governor Louie B. Nunn Remarks: Vice President Agnew Remarks: Hon. Rogers C. B. Morton 12:45 p.m. NEWS CONFERENCE Overnight - Lexington, Kentucky Friday, May 2 9:00 a.m. Second Business Session, Campbell House. Remarks: Hon. Gerald Ford Remarks: Governor Raymond P. Shafer Panel: Educational Problems Governor Warren P. Knowles Governor James A. Rhodes Governor Norbert T. Tiemann Campaign Committee Report Governor Louie B. Nunn Business Items Governor Reagan 12:45 p.m. NEWS CONFERENCE, following business session 8:00 p.m. State Dinner, Phoenix Hotel Overnight Lexington, Kentucky Saturday, May 3 1:30 p.m. Depart for Kentucky Derby Overnight - Lexington, Kentucky Sunday, May 4 11:00 a.m. Governor Reagan appears on CBS' "Face the Nation" taped in Louisville p.m. Depart Cincinnati Airport for Sacramento Overnight - Sacramento # # # -2- PB OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, Californi Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-24-69 #249 Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the formation of a Driver's License Medical Advisory Board, comprised of nine physicians, who will review current Department of Motor Vehicles procedures for issuing and/or denying driver's licenses for disabled and technically disabled citizens. The concept of the Medical Advisory Board--part of the governor's highway safety program--developed during discussions by the governor and Department of Motor Vehicles Director Verne Orr on present licensing practices and California's highway accident rates. State law now provides that physical or mental disabilities need not prevent the issuance of a driver's license as long as an applicant can exercise reasonable control of a motor vehicle. Making this determination is currently the responsibility of specially trained DMV analysts. As the first order of business the board is reviewing the manual which presently guides the DMV analysts in reaching their decisions as to whether a handicapped person's disability should prevent him from being licensed; requires restricted or conditional licensing or possibly is no bar at all to safe driving. The disabilities under study include those of persons who are diabetic, epileptic, partially paralyzed, amputees, or are subject to fainting, dizzy spells, heart attacks or strokes. In addition, the Board will advise on how often medical reports would be required on drivers who are gradually losing their vision or muscular control due to aging, multiple sclerosis or other factors. The members of the Board will serve voluntarily and without pay or othe remuneration. In announcing the formation of the board, Governor Reagan expressed his personal appreciation to the nine physicians. "They are giving their time and professional knowledge to assist us in insuring that the best interests of all who wish to use our highways are served", he said. - 1 - #249 "Proper therapy, medication, specially equipped vehicles and other modern techniques and devices can frequently allow persons with certain disabilities and handicaps to drive safely for many years. "It is certainly not our intent to penalize the handicapped who can safely operate a motor vehicle. On the other hand, we cannot allow the safety of the motoring public in general to be jeopardized by persons with mental and/or physical afflications which could make them potential menaces on our streets and highways. "Difficult decisions of a medical nature are required. We, therefor consider it to be important that the Department of Motor Vehicles analysts charged with such important decision making be given the best possible assistance and guidance on which to make these important judgments. "Verne Orr and I believe the formation of this board will be very beneficial to all parties concerned and will be another step forward in our continuing battle against mounting traffic accidents," the governor said. Physicians named to the board are: Arnold R. Friesen, Pasadena Thomas W. Lyons, La Mesa, Chairman Joseph F. Maguire, Ventura Laurence A. Mosier, Garden Grove Julian M. Sether, Los Angeles George G. Snively, Sacramento B. G. Steward, Bakersfield Robert Tour, San Francisco Irma West, Department of Public Health, Berkeley # # # # # # # # EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO RELEASE: J ediate Sacramento, Californ Contact: Paul Beck Pol. 445-4571 4-24-69 #250 Governor Ronald Reagan of California, chairman of the Republican Governors' Association, has announced the appointment of James R. Galbraith as director of Public Relations of the RGA. Galbraith, 33, brings to the governors' association a background of news and politics. He comes to the association from the National Republican Congressional Committee in Washington, D.C. where he was assistant director of Public Relations. Born in Crystal Falls, Michigan, he attended schools there and in California, including Pasadena City College, University of Southern California and Los Angeles State College. Galbraith spent five years with the Independent and Star-News newspapers in Pasadena, California. He came to Washington, D.C., in 1960, first serving as a congressional assistant and later as a magazine editor. He also was supreme court reporter for "Three Star Extra" on NBC radio. He joined the congressional committee in January 1964. At the RGA Galbraith joins Buehl J. Berentson, executive director, and Mrs. Margaret Hughes. administrative secretary. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Im adiate Sacramento, California Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 -24-69 #251 Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has approved the grant to the Sacramento Area Economic Opportunity Council under the federal poverty program. He said, "I am gratified by the cooperative and responsible efforts of many public officials, community leaders and officers of the SAEOC in resolving various issues concerning the refunding of this grant." Edwin Meese III, executive secretary to the governor, has been meeting throughout the past several days with Sacramento city and county officials, members of the SAEOC executive board, and other local leaders. Meese said these meetings, which continued through the early afternoon today, resulted in agreement by SAEOC, the western regional office of OEO and the governor's office on provisions of the grant which will promote satisfactory and responsible conduct of the programs being funded. Meese noted that an extension of ten working days for the governor to consider the grant was provided yesterday, but that the additional time will not now be necessary in view of the agreement reached today. ######### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, Californ Contact: Paul Be 445-4571 4-25-69 #252 Governor Ronald Reagan today promoted Paul A. Meaney of Novato from assistant chief to chief of the State Division of Fair Employment Practices. The appointment pays in the range of $19,512-$22,044 per year. Meaney, a 38-year-old Republican, will serve at the pleasure of the governor. He succeeds Peter R. Johnson of Mill Valley who resigned. Meaney WRS appointed assistant chief of the division April 1, 1967. A native of Massachusetts, he was educated in Southern California schools, including Loyola University and U.S.C. He served 10 years as a personnel supervisor at Hughes Aircraft, Culver City, and three years with Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo. He is married, has four children, and lives at 5 Hayes Street, Novato. ########## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: mediate Sacramento, Californ Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-25-69 # 253 Governor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed May as Anti-Litter Month: Text of the proclamation follows: "WHEREAS, The explosive population growth, economic development and urbanization have affected the quality of California's natural environment and conservation practices; and "WHEREAS, Public awareness is needed for assistance in the fields of air, water and land pollution; and "WHEREAS, The existing conditions which relate to and affect the appearance of the highways and byways of the State of California may make extra efforts by the residents of California desirable; and "WHEREAS, To help reduce the $50 million annual cost of litter pickup, it is urged that all Californians support Anti-Litter Month by their individual efforts for the beautification of the Golden State; and "WHEREAS, It is all-importent that Californians do not fall into a state of complacency, for it is only through the individual efforts of its citizenry that California will remain one of the cleanest and most beautiful states in the nation, NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REPGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby proclaim the month of May, 1969, as ANTI-LITTER MONTH". ###### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, Californi Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-25-69 #254 Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has appointed former Oakland newsman Jerry C. Martin as assistant secretary for research on the governor's staff. His alary will be $16,500 per year. Martin, 36, has been associated with the Oakland Tribune for the past six years as a political writer, legislative correspondent and for the past four years as chief editorial writer. Before joining The Tribune, he was a news editor and correspondent with The Associated Press and United Press International. In his new position, Martin will be responsible for a variety of research projects involved in planning and coordinating the major "creative society" programs of the Reagan administration. Martin studied at the University of Houston (Texas) and the University of California. He is an Air Force veteran of the Korean war, and is a Republican. He is a member of Signa Delta Chi, national journalism society, and the San Francisco Press Club. Martin and his wife, the former Helen Jean Rowland, reside in Sacramento, ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, Califor a Contact: Paul Book 445-4571 4-28-69 #255 Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed AB-602, Gonzalves, the so-called "raw milk"bill. In a letter to members of the Assembly, the governor said: "I am returning without my signature Assembly Bill No. 602 entitled, "An act to add Section 35928 to the Agricultural Code, relating to milk and milk products, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. " "AB-602 limits the authority of local health or milk inspection officers to prohibit the use, sale or disposal of certified raw milk or certified raw milk products. officers "The bill generally prevents local health/from taking certified raw milk off the market when disease organisms are found unless illness results which can be proved traceable to the consumption of certified raw milk. Exceptions are provided in the case of seven specified disease organisms. "In the case of several other disease producing organisms such as anthrax, botulism, cholera, para-typhoid fever and poliomyolitis, the local public health officer must go to the local county milk commission and obtain that body's approval to enjoin the distribution of milk containing such organisms. "It appears that the principal stimulus for the passage of AB-602 was alleged harassment by government officials. The remedy for such a situation, if true, is best provided by administrative action and the courts, rather than by general legislation which restricts all state and local health officers. These officials must have the power to control the distribution and sale of food products found to contain disease organisms. "I have no desire to restrict the right of people to use certified raw milk or certified raw milk products, but AB-602 unduly limits the authority of health officers to take necessary precautions for the protection of the public. "My decision in this matter is based also on the recommendations of the California Medical Association, the State Board of Public Health, local public health officers, and the State Departments of Agriculture and Public Health." ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, Califr ia Contact: Paul Becn. 445-4571 4-28-69 #256 Governor Ronald Reagan ennounced today that he has signed the following bills: AB 76 - Davis Appropriates $25,000,000 plus certain other (Chapter 52) described funds for repair, restoration or replacement of local non-highway public facilities damaged or destroyed by storms occurring between September 1, 1968 and December 31, 1969. The governor objected to the $25 million appropriation and reduced it to $7.5 million. The bill makes funds available in the Street and Highway Disaster Fund available for the repair of damage to state highways and local roads damaged or destroyed by storms occurring between September 1, 1968, and December 31, 1969 It also imposes a one cent per gallon increase in the gasoline and diesel fuel taxes for six months or until the governor proclaims that such tax increase is no longer needed. AB 89 - Pattee Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the (Chapter 41) Agricultural Code. AB 121 bad Porter Increases from $25 to $35 per month the (Chapter 42) maximum allowance that may be paid to a a member of a mosquito abatement board in lieu of payment of expenses incurred in connection with meetings or business of the board. AB 144 - Biddle Makes nonsubstantive amedments to the Penal (Chapter 43) Code. AB 209 - Johnson, H. Authorizes a court to order the return of (Chapter 44) depositions as well as exhibits, filed as well as introduced, to the attorneys filing as well as introducing them upon expiration of the appeal period in a civil action. AB 211 - Johnson, H Permits the destruction of records of a notary (Chapter 45) who leaves office after 10 years from the date of deposit with the county clerk if no request for or reference to the records has been made. PB 212 - Johnson, H. Requires that a copy of a foreign will which (Chapter 46) is offered for probate in this state and the order or decree admitting it to probate in the other state or foreign country satisfy prescribe requirements of the Evidence Code, rather than be duly authenticated or proved. AB 216 - Belotti Removes the expiration date from the Fish and (Chapter 47) Game Code provisions relating to the seasons for the taking of crabs. AB 276 - Burton Authorizes a court in any county, rather than (Chapter 48) only in counties of one million or more population, to order the destruction or disposal of any exhibit or deposition introduced in the trial of a civil action after a prescribed period of time. AB 80 - Monagan Extends the application of the Senior Citizens (Chapter 51) Property Tax Assistance Law to premises where the householder owns the dwelling or the land on which the dwelling is situated, or has a possessory interest in either. -1- -1- AB 278 - Russell Specifies that a mutual insurer which has (Chapter 49) completed specified voluntary mutualization proceedings or which has converted to a mutual legal reserve insurer is not subject to provisions generally applicable to mutual insurers. The bill specifies that this provision is declaratory of existing law. The bill further provides that a mutual insurer which completes specified voluntary mutualization proceedings may thereafter establish new classes of policyholders. SB 54 - Collier Imposes an additional recording fee of $1.00 (Chapter 36) for each reference to a previously recorded document, other than the first reference, requiring additional indexing. SB 78 - Wedworth Requires, rather than permits, the County of (Chapter 50) Los Angeles to perform the property tax assess- ment and collection functions for cities within the county without compensation. SB 124 - Danielson Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the (Chapter 37) Corporations Code. SB 136 - Grunsky Repeals the Government Code provisions (Chapter 38) authorizing issuance of writs of habeas corpus by justices of the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal. Provisions for the issuance of such writs are contained in the Constitution,, as adopted by the voters in 1966. The bill also revises provisions relating to the return of writs of habeas corpus. SB 138 - Beilenson Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the (Chapter 39) Government Code and Health and Safety Code. SB 150 - Deukmejian Deletes the requirement that jury and traffic (Chapter 40) commissioners of the Los Angeles Municipal Court be appointed from the staff of the Clerk of the Court. Jury and traffic commissioners must possess the same qualifications as a municipal court judge (five years of law practice). There is no requirement that employees of the clerk's office be lawyers. The present limitation in the law makes it difficult to find qualified persons for these posts. -2- EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVER R Sacramento, Califon a MEMO TO THE PRESS Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-28-69 Acting Governor Ed Reinecke will sign his first bill (AB-1, Badham) at a ceremony in the governor's office tomorrow, Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m. ######### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR RELEASE: Immediate Sacramento, Califor a Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-29-69 #257 Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of a Redwood Parks Special Study Commission The seven member commission will determine whether or not to recommend to the governor and the legislature that the three state redwood parks on California's north coast be transferred to the newly authorized Redwood National Park. If the commission recommends transfer, the members also will consider the conditions under which the parks should be transferred. "California's parks, Jedediah Smith, Del Norte Coast, and Prairie Creek Redwoods, make up 27,468 acres of the 58,000 acres proposed to be within the boundaries of the new National Park, " Reagan said. "The three state parks contain the vast majority of virgin redwoods and represent an investment of millions of dollars in state and private fund contributed on a matching basis over many years." The Governor noted that the legislation establishing the new Nation Park authorizes transfer of the state parks, but does not make transfer mandatory. Named to the commission were: -Thomas A. Black of Aptos, Chairman of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and an attorney in Santa Cruz. Mr. Black, a Republican, will be chairman of the commission. Whitford B. Carter of Lancaster, Chairman of the State Board of Forestry, a Democrat. Lawrence C. Merriam of Berkeley, retired Regional Director of the National Park Service. He declined to specify his party affiliation. Guy E. Rusher of Orick, Vice Chairman of the Humboldt County Boa: of Supervisors, a Republican. --C. Russell Johnson of San Francisco, President of the Union Lumb Company, a Republican. Richard M. Leonard, a San Francisco attorney, and a Democrat. Harry E. Sokolov of Beverly Hills, President of the California Parks and Recreation Commission, a Republican. ######## EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOF Sacramento, California MEMO TO THE RESS Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-29-69 Newsmen (including television film crews and photographers) who plan to cover the visit of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew in Sacramento, May 6, must notify Governor Reagan's press office no later than 10 a.m., Monday, May 5. On the basis of this notification, newsmen will need credentials to cover the vice president's 11:30 a.m. address from the west steps of the Capitol, his 12:15 p.m. press conference (room 1190, State Capitol), and his evening address (approximately 8:45 p.m. at the El Dorado Hotel), - all on May 6. The credentials will be available for pick up in the governor's press office the morning of May 6. Please inform the governor's press office of your needs and/or the needs of your radio-television network, newspaper or wire service, as soon as possible, preferably by early Friday afternoon, May 2. Also, indicate which of the three events you plan to cover. ######### EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVERN R RELEASE: J mediate Sacramento, Califor a Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-29-69 # 258 Acting Governor Ed Reinecke announced today he has signed the following bills: AB .1 - Badham Establishes the Dana Point and Doheny (Chapter 56) Beach Marine Life Refuges in Orange County. AB 45 - Cullen Allows a person who, after January 1, 1968, (Chapter 57) obtained a city carrier permit to convert that permit to a radial highway common carrier permit without any additional fee. If such a person already has a radial permit then the bill calls for a refund of the city carrier permit fee. AB 414 - Wakefield Amends the Vehicle Code to permit the (Chapter 58) Department of Motor Vehicles to accept a certificate of competence from law enforcement agencies for officers who operate two-wheel motorcycles in the course of their duties. SB 129 - Cologne Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the (Chapter 53) Business and Professions Code. SB 154 - Lagomarsino Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the (Chapter 54) Public Resources Code. SB 210 - Short Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the (Chapter 55) Fish and Game Code. # # # # # # EJG OFFICE OF THE GOVER) R Sacramento, Califor a MEMO TO THE PRESS Contact: Paul Beck 445-4571 4-30-69 Mrs. Spiro T. Agnew will be available to ladies of the press and their photographers at 11:30 a.m. at the Reagan Residence, 1341-45th Street, on Tuesday, May 6. ######## EJG

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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 - April 1969\nBox: P9\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 4-1-69\n#207\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the\nfollowing bills:\nAB 35 - Duffy\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments\n(Chapter 21)\nto the Medi-Cal statute.\nAB 531 - Crown\nProvides for cancellation or refund of\n(Chapter 22)\ntwo-thirds of the property taxes imposed\nfor any fiscal year commencing in\n1968 on property as to which the college\nproperty tax exemption would have been\navailable if the property had been\nacquired earlier. Application for\nexemption must be made on or before\nApril 15, 1969.\nAB 894 - Townsend\nProvides that the governing board of the\n(Chapter 23)\nLawndale Elementary School District may\ncall an election to put the school distric\ntax override measure that was defeated\non March 4 before voters of the district\negain, no later than May 15, 1969.\nSB 106 - Grunsky\nRequires the disclosure of the entire\n(Chapter 19)\ncontent of accident reports to any\nperson having a proper interest in them.\nThe bill also permits an attorney\nrepresenting such persons to directly\nobtain copies of such reports.\nSB 257 - Dills\nAuthorizes boards of supervisors or the\n(Chapter 20)\nlegislative body of a chartered city which\nassesses and collects its own taxes to\nprovide by ordinance for the reassessment\nof property damaged or destroyed by a majc\ndisaster prior to April 1, 1969, in an\narea or region subsequently declared by\nthe governor to be in a state of disaster.\nif such damage is in excess of $1,000.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO1\nRELEASE: Imm .iate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-2-69\n#208\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Mrs. Carolyn H. Hume of\nSan Francisco to a three-year term on the California Arts Commission.\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays necessary\ntravel expenses.\nMrs. Hume, the wife of Jaquelin Hume, a San Francisco businessman,\nsucceeds William T. Sesnon, Jr. of Los Angeles, who resigned.\nA Republican, Mrs. Hume is a member of the board of governors of\nthe San Francisco Symphony and is a director of the Society for Asian\nArt.\nShe is a member of the International Council for the Museum of\nModern Art in New York; is a former member of the Toyn School for Boys;\nand is a past president of the San Francisco Youth Symphony Concerts.\nShe is also a former treasurer of the Women's Board of the San Francisco\nMuseum of Art.\nShe and her husband are art collectors and have traveled widely.\nThey live at 3355 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Califoi la\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-4-69\n#209\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril 7, 1969\nthrough\nApril 13, 1969\nMonday, April 7\nAfternoon\nArrive Sacramento Metropolitan Airport.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, April 8\n1:30 pm\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n2:45 pm\nProclamation signing for Livestock Week, Governor's\nOffice.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, April 9\n11:00 am\nMeeting with State political leaders, Governor's\nOffice.\n3:00 pm\nGreetings to Industry Chamber of Commerce,\nGovernor's Office.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, April 10\n9:30 am\nIrrigation District Association of California,\nEl Dorado Hotel. Remarks.\n10:30 am\nState Environmental Quality Study Council and\nGovernor's Task Force on Solid Waste Disposal,\nGovernor's Council Room. Remarks.\n2:00 pm\nMeeting with Student Body presidents of UC\ncampuses, Governor's Office.\n5:45 pm\nRR, NR arrive Sutter Club for reception they are\nhosting for San Francisco Consular Corps.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, April 11\nam\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Bakersfield.\n10:15 am\nArrive Bakersfield - proceed to groundbreaking\nceremony for new state college.\n5:00 pm\nGOP fundraising reception, Petroleum Club.\n6:30 pm\nJunior Achievement Dinner, Albert S. Goode Auditorium\n9:00 pm\nDepart Auditorium for airport and Los Angeles.\nOvernight as Los Angeles\nSaturday, April 12\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, April 13\nAfternoon\nReturn to Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\n####\nPB\nE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: diate\namento, California\nntact:\nPaul Beck\n5-4571\n4-4-69\n#210\nJohn T. Kehoe of Sacramento, director of governmental affairs for\nthe Board of Trustees of the California State Colleges over the past\n18 months, has been appointed a consultant for education to Governor\nRonald Reagan, the Governor's Office announced today.\nKehoe, who will be on leave from the office of Glenn S. Dumke,\nchancellor of the California State Colleges, will serve with Dr. Alex C.\nSherriffs, Governor Reagan's education secretary.\nReagan thanked Chancellor Dumke for making available the services\n\"of such an able and energetic person as John Kehce\" to assist the\ngovernor's staff. Kehoe, a 38-year-old Republican, will earn a monthly\nsalary of $2,055.\nIn commenting on Kehoe's appointment Chancellor Dumke said:\n\"Mr. Kehoe has represented the California State Colleges exceedingly\nwell.\n\"I am particularly appreciative of his success in conveying to the\nGovernor and to the legislature the nature of the problems on our campuses\nand our requirements for their continuing support if we are to meet the\nneeds of higher education within the state college system.\n\"Although we are very sorry to lose his services at this time I am\npleased that his abilities have been given this special recognition and\nI look forward to his return to the California State Colleges when he\ncompletes his assignment for the Governor,\" Dumke said.\nIn his new assignment Kehoe will be responsible for working on a\nvariety of projects, including programs which emphasize the importance\nof grades 1 through 12 in the educational process. He will also act,\nwith Dr. Sherriffs, as a limison between the governor's office and school\ndistricts in California, the State Board of Education, the Coordinating\nCouncil for Higher Education, and the governing boards of public higher\neducation in California.\nKehoe, who is currently completing work towards a Ph. D. degree in\nPublic Administration from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.,\nholds an M.A. degree from the University of Michigan (1957), and an A.B.\ndegree in History (1951) from Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri.\n- 1 -\n#210\nHe volunteered for service in the U.S. Army in 1953, entering as\na private. By the time he was discharged three years later, he had\nworked himself to the rank of captain in the Counter-Intelligence Corps.\nFollowing military service, Kehoe became an intern in the Hayward\ncity manager's office. He was promoted to assistant city manager in 1958\nIn 1960, Kehoe became administrative assistant to Congressman\nGeorge P. Miller of California. Three years ago, he joined the California\nState College system and opened its new Washington, D.C., office which\nhe headed until October, 1967. He was then promoted to director of\ngovernmental affairs, in Sacramento.\nKehoe is a former president of the Hayward Junior Chamber of\nCommerce and served as a statewide vice president for the Jaycees in 1960\nHe is a member of the American Academy of Political and Social\nSciences, American Society of Public Administration, International\nCity Managers' Association, American Society for Higher Education,\nand American Legion.\nHe was a member of Rockhurst College's national championship\ndebate team in 1951.\nIn 1958 he helped organize a Hayward citizens' committee which was\nsuccessful in helping to relocate a new state college campus in Hayward.\nKehoe, his wife Mary Louise, and their two daughters, reside at\n4720 North Avenue, Carmichael,\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californi\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.7.69\nThe press conference scheduled for Tuesday,\nApril 8, at 1:30 p.m. has been postponed to\nWednesday, April 9, at 2 p.m.\nThere will be a background briefing on tax\nreform presented by Cap Weinberger and members of\nthe Finance Department at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday,\nApril 8 in News Conference Room #1190. Presenta-\ntion of the tax reform program is for background\npurposes only and therefore sound recording will\nnot be permitted.\nPresent plans indicate that the tax reform\nmessage will be embargoed for release at 5 p.m.\non Tuesday, April 8.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ I\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 4-7-69\n#211\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Whittier real estate\nexecutive G. Harvey Mydland to the State Veterans Board.\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $20 per\nday per meeting, plus expenses.\nMydland, 62, will fill the unexpired term of Edward M. Curran\nof Canoga Park who resigned. The term ends January 15, 1973.\nMydland serves on the Oral Examining Board of the Los Angeles\nPolice Department and is a member of the District Attorney's Advisory\nCouncil.\nHe has long been active in the American Legion and is a member\nof the organization's National Security Commission.\nHe served as executive secretary to Lieutenant Governor Goodwin J.\nKnight from 1947-48 and worked as regional coordinator for the\nCalifornia Disaster Office in Southern California from 1955-59. Since\nthen, he has been engaged in real estate and investments in Whittier.\nHe lives at 11506 Norino Drive, Whittier. He is a Republican.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445=4571 4-7-69\n#212\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Ronald B. Robie of Sacramento,\nconsultant to the Assembly Water Committee, to the State Water Resources\nControl Board\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $25,000\nper year.\nRobie, a 32-year-old Democrat, will fill the unexpired term of\nGeorge B. Maul of Placerville who resigned. The term ends January 15,\n1971.\nRobie, a 1967 graduate of McGeorge School of Law, is a native\nof Oakland. He holds B. A. and M. A. degrees from the University of\nCalifornia at Berkeley.\nHe has served as consultant to the Assembly Water Committee since\n1961. He has been administrative secretary to the California Advisory\nCommittee on Western States Water Planning since 1966.\nHe was a Ford Foundation legislative intern to the California\nLegislature from 1960-61, and previously worked as assistant manager\nof the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce.\nRobie is a member of the Western Governmental Research Association,\nthe American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the American,\nCalifornia and Sacramento County bar associations.\nHe and his wife, Lynn, have two children. They live at 7820 East\nParkway, Sacramento,\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-7-69\n#213\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Eureka newspaper publisher\nMichael W. Johnston and Richard C. Storre, a public accountant, to\nfour-year terms on the board of directors of the 9th District Agricultura\nAssociation. The association operates the Redwood Fair.\nThe Posts are non-salaried.\nJohnston, a Republican, publishes the Humboldt Times-Standard,\nEureka. He succeeds Don O'Kane of Eureka. Storre, a 38-year-old\nRepublican, replaces Harold W. Simmons of Bayside Heights. Terms of\nboth outgoing members expired.\nJohnston is a director of the Eureka Chamber of Commerce; and is\na member of the California Newspaper Publishers' Association and\nAmerican Newspaper Publishers' Association.\nHe attended Ventura College and U.C.L.A., and worked for the\nSanta Barbara News Press, Los Angeles Examiner and Oxnard Press Courier\nprior to moving to Eureka. He is a former director of the Oxnard\nExchange Club and Chamber of Commerce.\nHe lives at 1415 Buhne Street, Eureka.\nStorre attended the University of Oregon and Humboldt State College.\nHe has been an accountant since 1954 and is presently a partner in the\nfirm of Snyder, Smith, Storre and Company, Eureka.\nHe is a director of Humboldt Fire District Number 1, and has\nserved on the boards of directors of the American Red Cross, Boy Scouts\nof America and Northern California Small Business Advisory Council.\nHe resides at 125 Edgewood Road, Eureka.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-8-69\n#214\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Frank D. Nicol, chief deputy\ndirector of the State Department of Parks and Recreation for the past\nyear and a half, as California's new Director of Veterans Affairs.\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $23,625\nper year. Nicol, 47, succeeds H. J. Johnson who has served as acting\ndirector of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the past six weeks.\nJohnson was named to head the department on a temporary basis when\nJames E. Johnson, the former director, was appointed vice chairman of\nthe U. S. Civil Service Commission in Washington D.C. by President\nRichard M. Nixon.\nNicol, a Republican, joined the Reagan administration as deputy\ndirector of parks and recreation in February, 1967. He was elevated to\nchief deputy director the following November.\nHe is a 1943 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley,\nin Business Administration.\nHe served as a naval officer during World War II.\nFrom 1946-50, he worked as a field representative, auditor and\nunderwriter for the Industrial Indemnity Insurance Company, San Francisco.\nHe then joined the St. Paul Insurance Companies and was promoted to\nmanager of the firm's San Diego office in 1954.\nIn 1961, he went into partnership to form the Hornaday-Nicol\nInsurance Agency, San Diego, where he worked until joining the\nadministration in Sacramento.\nHe is a former chairman of the Business Affairs Committee of the\nSan Diego Kiwanis Club, and is a member of the San Diego Navy League and\nChamber of Commerce.\nHe and his wife, Jean, have three children and live at\n638 Commons Drive, Sacramento.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-8-69\nBarry Goldwater, Jr., congressional candidate,\nwill meet briefly with Governor Reagan at 2 p.m.\nin his office today.\nPhoto coverage is invited.\n-o-\nAt 3:15 p.m. today, Governor Reagan will\nsign the BART bill.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-8-69\n#215\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today called the appointment of Henry M.\nShine, Jr., to a key post in the U.S. Department of the Interior \"a\nfine choice, one which again compliments the high caliber of men\nserving in California state government.\"\nShine, director of the Department of Professional and Vocational\nStandards over the past two years, was named assistant to the secretary\nand director of congressional liaison for the Department of the Interior\ntoday by Secretary Walter Hickel.\nAs director of Professional and Vocational Standards, Shine headed\nan agency charged with the licensing and regulation of nearly 800,000\nCalifornians through 40 boards, bureaus, committees and commissions,\nIn a statement, the governor said:\n\"The appointment of Henry Shine to this important federal post is\na fine choice, one which again compliments the high caliber of men\nserving in California state government.\n\"During the past two years, he has done an outstanding job as\ndirector of a large and important state agency. Under his leadership,\nthe Department of Professional and Vocational Standards has made great\nstrides toward improving its service to the people of California by\nproviding increased consumer protection and tighter fiscal management,\nboth very significant accomplishments.\n\"We are sorry to see him go, but we wish him every success in his\nnew national responsibilities,\" the governor said.\nShine, in a letter to the governor, said he is leaving Sacramento\n\"with mixed emotions.\n\"I look forward to the new challenge in Washington, D.C., which\nhopefully will give me more time with my wife and two young daughters.\nOn the other hand, I regret leaving until all of the objectives we set\nhave been accomplished.\n\"Nonetheless, substantial and important criteria have been created,\nthanks to your full and wholehearted support during the past two years,\nfor which I am indeed grateful.\n\"Thanks to your encouragement and support,\" Shine told the governor,\n\"this department has realized a number of landmark achievements in the\narea of public protection and enlightenment.\n- 1 -\n#215\n\"I will continue to maintain a warm personal interest in you and\nyour activities and I thank you for the privilege of serving the public\nwith you. It has been the most challenging and rewarding experience of\nmy life,\" Shine said.\nA native of Culver City, Shine, 47, completed his undergraduate\nstudies at Harvard University and took his law degree from the University\nof Notre Dame.\nHe served as a naval officer during World War II in the Pacific.\nPrior to his return to California, he served in Washington, D.C.,\nas a staff member with various interest groups and with the Hoover\nCommission under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.\nHe and his wife, Peggy, have two daughters and live at 4601\nCrestwood Way, Sacramento.\n########\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-8-69\n#216\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today made the following statement:\n\"The action I am taking here today that of adding my signature\nto this legislation- represents the climax of a long effort by citizens\nand legislators alike to insure that the people of San Francisco,\nAlameda and Contra Costa counties pay no more than is absolutely\nnecessary to help solve the Bay Area Rapid Transit District's very\nserious financing problem.\n\"The approach taken in this bill provides a fiscally sound solution\nto the problem. For, it gives the citizens of the three counties an\nopportunity to complete BART at a reasonable cost, free of high interest\npenalties.\n\"I want to emphasize that this legislation is a significant example\nof how the state can cooperate with local agencies to provide them the\ntools they need to solve their own problems.\n\"I am especially pleased that members of the legislature have taken\nthis very important and responsible step to provide local communities\nin the BART counties the resources necessary to complete the project\nfor the use of all citizens in the area. =\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-9-69\nTime will be available for photo coverage\nof state political leaders and Governor Reagan\nat 12 noon today in the Skyroom of the El Mirador\nHotel just prior to their luncheon meeting.\nThe meeting will be a closed-door session.\nThis time cancels the original invitation\nfor photo coverage at 11 a.m. in the Governor's\nOffice.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-9-69\n#217\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nLeighton Hatch, presiding officer of the State Office of Administrative\nProcedure for the past two years, as director of the California Depart-\nment of Professional and Vocational Standards.\nHatch, 40, played a key role in the formulation and passage of the\nCalifornia Administrative Discovery Act of 1968 which provides that\nboth sides in license revocation hearings disclose to each other, in\nadvance, evidence to be used in the proceedings.\nAs presiding officer of the Office of Administrative Procedure, he\nhas been responsible for the planning, organization, review and direction\nof the work of hearing officers who preside as impartial adjudicators at\nhearings which result primarily from accusations brought by state\nlicensing agencies against their licenses, and denials of applications\nfor licenses by state agencies.\nIn his new assignment, which requires Senate confirmation and pays\n$22,575 per year, he will head an agency charged with the licensing of\nnearly 800,000 Californians through 40 boards, bureaus, committees and\ncommissions.\nHatch, a Republican, succeeds Henry M. Shine, Jr., who has accepted\nan appointment as assistant to the secretary and director of congressional\nliaison for the U.S. Department of the Interior.\nA native of Oakland, Hatch completed his elementary and secondary\neducation in Martinez. He is a graduate of the city's Alhambra Union\nHigh School. He worked as a San Francisco attorney prior to joining the\nReagan administration.\nHe is a 1950 graduate of the University of Santa Clara and took his\nlaw degree from the University of San Francisco in 1954.\nDuring the Korean War he served as a lieutenant, artillery, and was\nawarded the Bronze Star for bravery in action.\nFollowing admission to the State Bar, he worked as a research attorney\nfor the District Court of Appeal, San Francisco, and was an assistant\ndistrict attorney in Contra Costa County from 1955-57.\nHe was engaged in private law practice in San Francisco for seven\nyears before entering state service.\nHatch is a former instructor of law at the College of Marin and is\na major in the Judge Advocate General Corps.\nHe and his wife, Lynn, have four children and reside at 6649 Lake\nPark Drive, Sacramento,\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE Or THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-10-69\n#218\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to four-year terms\non the California Exposition and Fair Executive Committee.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nNamed were:\n-Rafael Vega, a Sherman Oaks restaurateur. Vega, a 62-year-old\nRepublican, succeeds Donn B. Tatum of Pacific Palisades.\nJoseph Russ IV, 32, a Ferndale cattle rancher. A Republican,\nRuss replaces Clarence A. Azevedo of Sacramento.\n-Denis G. Babson of Palo Alto, a 45-year-old businessman. Babson,\na Republican, succeeds John B. Milovich of Fresno.\nTerms of the outgoing members expired.\nGovernor Reagan also announced he has reappointed Redding veterin-\narian Conrad J. Ferreira. A Republican, Ferreira was first appointed\nJuly 15, 1968. His new term will end February 1, 1973.\nVega is a native of Mexico. He and his son jointly own and operate\nCasa Vega Restaurants in Burbank, Encino and Sherman Oaks.\nHe is a past president of the Los Angeles Mexican Chamber of\nCommerce and is a former vice president of the Pan American Optimist\nClub of Los Angeles. He has been a member of the Mexican American\nPatriotic Association for two decades and has long been active in the\nClub Mexicana.\nHe lives at 14540 Valley Vista, Sherman Oaks.\nRuss, a native of Humboldt County, is a descendent of pioneer\nJoe Russ who served as an assemblyman and senator during the 1860s and\n1870s.\nHe is a 1959 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley\nwhere he earned a D.S. degree in business administration. He has been\na rancher for 10 years and currently operates a 3,000-head livestock\nranch as well an a dairy farm in the Ferndale area.\nHe is a past state president of the Future Farmers of America and\nis currently a director of the UC-Davis Alumni Association.\n- 1 -\n#218\nHe is also a past member of the California Farm Bureau Resolutions\nCommittee; is a former member of the Taxation and Zoning Committee of\nthe California Cattlemen's Association and is presently serving on the\norganization's Legislation Committee; is chairman of the Predatory\nAnimal Control Committee of the California Woolgrowers' Association;\nserves on the Redwood Region Conservation Council; is vice chairman of\nthe Humboldt County Planning Commission; and is a vice president and\ndirector of the Humboldt County Farm Bureau.\nHis address is Bunker Hill Ranch, Star Route, Ferndale.\nBabson, a 1943 graduate of Stanford University, is a Navy veteran\nof World War II. He operates a real estate and investments business\nin Palo Alto and has also had ranching interests for some 20 years.\nHe lives at 360 Kellogg Avenue, Palo Alto.\n#######\nEJG\nSacramento, Californi\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 4-10-69\n#219\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the\nfollowing bills:\nAB 62 - Hayes\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the\n(Chapter 26)\nVehicle Code.\nAB 113 - Davis\nProvides that directors of the Tehama County\n(Chapter - 27)\nFlood Control and Water Conservation\nDistrict will receive $25 for each day of\nattendance at official meetings of the\ndistrict board.\nAB 133 - Stacey\nProhibits the Kern County Water Agency from\n(Chapter - 33)\nlevying its administrative tax on lands with-\nin the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water\nAgency or the Devils Den Water District as\nlong as each agency continues to have sub-\nstantially the same powers it now possesses\nand continues to have a contract with the\nstate for a water supply.\nAB 160 - Veysey\nExtends for two years the Vehicle Code\n(Chapter 28)\nprovisions authorizing a combination of\nvehicles consisting of a power unit and\ntwo cotton trailers to exceed a total length\nof 60 feet. Such vehicles cannot exceed\na total length of 70 feet.\nAB 185 - Karabian\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the\n(Chapter 29)\nRevenue and Taxation Code.\nAB 283 - Z'berg\nProvides that certain sanitation districts\n(Chapter 30)\nwhich file a statement and map or plat as\nrequired by law on or before March 1, 1969\nand certain zones within a county service\narea which file the required statment and map\non or before Aprill 1969, are formed for\nassessment and taxation purposes for the\n1969-70 fiscal year.\nAB 367 - Lewis\nAuthorizes the Mojave Water Agency, for\n(Chapter 34)\npurposes of paying variable costs of\npurchasing up to 10,000 acre-feet of water\nfrom the State Water Project, to establish\na zone of benefit within the area contiguous\nto Mojave River.\nAB 539 - Monagan\nAppropriates $770,000 to pay overtime\n(Chapter 32)\ncompensation to those state employees\nrequired to receive such compensation by\nthe Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.\nAB 709 - Quimby\nAuthorizes the San Bernardino County Flood\n(Chapter 31)\nControl District to have specified work done\nand to acquire materials, equipment and supplies\nwithout advertising for bids under specified\ncircumstances. The bill specifies that such\nprovisions are applicable only to work in areas\nwhich have been declared as a disaster area\nby the governor and which are required to be\ndone as a result of such disaster.\nSB 2 - Sherman\nRequires the board of directors of the San\n(Chapter 24)\nFrancisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District\nto levy a one-half percent sales and use\ntax in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa\nand San Francisco to finance completion of\nthe BART system.\nSB 125 - Danielson\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the\n(Chapter 25)\nFinancial Code.\n####\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-10-69\n#220\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has accepted \"with\nsincere regret, matched by a deep sense of personal pride\" the resig-\nnation of F. W. Boone who recommended that his job as coordinator of\nthe State Office of Nuclear Energy be abolished because it is no longer\nnecessary.\nBoone, 37, was named to the $20,000-a-year post last September.\nIn a letter to the governor, Boone said:\n\"The Office of Nuclear Energy no longer serves an essential function\nThe one important activity in which it is engaged (power plant siting)\ndoes not justify its existence.\n\"I cannot project useful work for myself beyond the end of March, \"\nBoone said in the letter which he sent to the governor in February.\n\"I believe it would be in the best interest of all concerned,\nparticularly the taxpayer, if I resign from state employment.\n\"May I express my most sincere appreciation for having been given\nthis opportunity to be of service to the state, his letter concluded.\nGovernor Reagan, in a letter of response, said:\n\"I particularly wish to commend you for your analysis which prompted\nyour decision that your office should be abolished. You have exemplified\nthe true spirit of the objectives of this administration; that is, to\nreduce the cost of government wherever possible without reducing\nnecessary services of government.\"\nThe functions of radiation protection have been transferred to the\nDepartment of Public Health. The remaining functions of the office,\nincluding review of power plant siting, will be transferred to the\nOffice of the Secretary for Resources.\nBoone, who is returning to Aerojet-General's nuclear division at\nSan Ramon, recommended that:\n(a) The chairmanship of the Resources Agency Power Plant Siting\nCommittee, vested in the coordinator, be transferred to a member of the\nResources Agency staff;\n(b) The number of California representatives to the Western\nInterstate Nuclear Compact be reduced to one;\n(c) Technical and industrial strength be both retained and added\nto the Governor's Advisory Council on Nuclear Energy.\n- 1 -\n#220\nA resident of Concord, Boone is a 1952 graduate of Villa Madonna\nCollege, Covington, Kentucky. He received an M.S. degree in Industrial\nHygiene Engineering from Harvard University in 1957 and continued his\ngraduate studies at the University of Idaho from 1957-60.\nHe went to work for Aerojet-General Nucleonics in 1960 as deputy\nmanager of the firm's Health and Safety Program. When the company's\nSecurity Department and Health and Safety Department were consolidated,\nhe was named manager of the Plant Control Department. He assumed full\nresponsibility for the company's security program in 1965 which he\nheaded until joining state service.\nBefore joining Aerojet, he worked for three years in General\nElectric's Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Department.\n########\nEJG\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE F\nS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-11-69\nGovernor Reagan will speak at a testimonial dinner for\nLieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke at the Hollywood Palladium at\n9:30 p. m. today.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-11-69\n#221\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril 14, 1969\nthrough\nApril 20, 1969\nMonday, April 14\nOffice Appointments\nOvernight,- - Sacramento\nTuesday, April 15\n11:45 pm\nBrief remarks to 100 Kiwanis and Key Club members\nfrom Redondo Beach area, Governor's Office.\n2:30 pm\nMeeting with 50 high school students participating\nin the Senate Youth Program, Governor's Office.\n3:00 pm\nPicture with Boys Club of America Boy of the Year,\nPerry Ludy of Oxnard, Governor's Office.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, April 16\n9:00 am\nBrief remarks to Institute for Mayors and City\nCouncilmen, El Dorado Hotel.\n1:00 pm\nBrief remarks to the Association for Metropolitan\nSan Jose, El Mirador Hotel.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, April 17\n4:30 pm\nBrief remarks at the dedication of the Veterans\nHome as an historical landmark, Yountville.\n4:50 pm\nBrief visit to Napa Junior Convention Center\n1739 Green Street, Napa.\n6:30 pm\nDinner, Napa Elks Lodge, for Napa Dinner Club.\nRemarks.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, April 18\nam\nRegents' meeting, Berkeley\n6:30 pm\nReception and dinner for Association of Catholic\nNewsmen (McQuade Award Dinner), S. F. Press Club,\n555 Post Street, San Francisco.\npm\nDepart San Francisco for Los Angeles\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, April 19\n4:00 pm\nRemarks on the occasion of the First Anniversary\nCeremonies of the Dedication of the Armenian\nMartyrs' Day Commemoration, Bicknell Park, Montebell\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, April 20\nNo appointments scheduled\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-11-69\nThe governor's press conference will be held on Tuesday,\nApril 15, at 9:30 a.m.\nThis was inadvertently omitted from the weekly schedule.\n########\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Sunday a.m.\nSacramento, California\nApril 13, 1969\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n#222\n445-4571\n4-13-69\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE\nRELEASE.\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today cited the creation of California's\nfirst ecological preserve as a landmark conservation achievement made\npossible through the combined efforts of private enterprise working with\nthe executive and legislative branches of state government.\nThe 135 acre wildlife sanctuary, located at Buena Vista Lagoon in\nSan Diego County, is the first wildlife refuge of its kind since the\npassage of legislation last year which permitted the establishment of\necological reserves to preserve such lagoons as permanent wildlife areas.\nThe legislation was carried by Assemblyman John Stull (Rep.-Leucadia).\nThe State's Wildlife Conservation Board California Department of\nFish and Game allocated $265,000 to purchase 65 acres for the preserve.\nThe acreage will be added to 74 acres already owned by the Nature\nConservancy a private conservation organization which will deed its\nacreage to the Wildlife Conservation Board to form the total preserve.\nThe large freshwater lagoon is nationally known for its wildlife\nvalues.\nSome 200 species of land and water birds utilize the lagoon for\nfeeding, nesting and resting. Concentrations of 60,000 to 70,000 ducks\nare not unusual.\n\"The purchase of this valuable acreage by the Wildlife Conservation\nBoard, together with the donation of adjoining land by the Nature\nConservancy, has saved for future generations one of our priceless and\nfast-disappearing natural wildlife areas,\" the governor said.\nHe also noted that the progress of civilization along the California\ncoast has caused a series of threats to coastal lagoons, bays and\nestuaries that are so necessary to the preservation of wildlife.\nGovernor Reagan said that, in some cases, it is no longer a case\nof saving these resources for hunting, but merely preserving them so that\nour people and their children can enjoy them in the future.\nThe Buena Vista Lagoon lies along the northern boundary of the City\nof Carlsbad. The ocean is to the west and on the north and east sides is\nthe city of Oceanside. The existing lagoon of about 190 surface acres,\nwith depths up to six feet, is a remnant of a much larger one which has\nbeen gradually filled for commerical development.\nThe area purchased by the Wildlife Conservation Board has been\nplanned for development as a commercial development if the state had not\nstepped in to save it for wildlife.\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-14-69\n#223\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named veteran savings and loan\nofficial, Michael F. B. MacBan of Los Angeles, as California's new\nsavings and loan commissioner.\nMacBan, until recently, was administrative vice president of\nthe Metropolitan Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles.\nHe succeeds Dr. Preston Martin who resigned the $24,500-a-year job\nto accept an appointment by President Richard M. Nixon as chairman of the\nFederal Home Loan Bank Board.\nMacBan, a 50-year-old Republican, will serve at the pleasure of\nthe governor. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.\nHe previously served on the staff of the California Savings\nand Loan League where he bagan his career in the industry 22 years ago.\nHe joined the Metropolitan Savings and Loan Association in 1953.\nMacBan said that in his new post he plans to continue the policies\nwhich were put into practice by Dr. Martin. He said he also looks\nforward to a close working relationship with the board which Dr. Martin\nnow heads.\nA graduate of the University of Southern California (1940) where\nhe was student body president, MacBan has long been active in Southern\nCalifornia community affairs.\nHe is a former staff vice president of the California Savings and\nLoan League and currently serves on its governmental relations and\nfinance committees. In addition he is a past member of the civic\ndevelopment committee of the United States Savings and Loan League, and\nis a former trustee of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Savings and\nLoan Institute. He is also a member of the Savings Institutions Marketing\nSociety.\nHe was president of the U.S.C. Alumni Association from 1962-64\nand is a member of both the Trojan Club and Commerce Associates, which\nis affiliated with the U.S.C. Graduate School of Business. He is also\na member of the University Club of Los Angeles and serves on the\nconstruction industries committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.\nMacBan and his wife, Donna, have three children. They live at\n15285 DePauw Street, Pacific Palisades.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-14-69\n#224\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named Alhambra\nhousewife Joyce Valdez to a four-year term on the State Industrial\nWelfare Commission.\nThe post pays $20 per day, plus expenses.\nMrs. Valdez, a Republican, succeeds Mrs. Ruth E. Compagnon of\nGlendale whose term expired.\nMrs. Valdez has been engaged in the retail food industry in\nSouthern California for the past 23 years, both as an employee and\nemployer. From 1958-66, she and her husband, Frank, operated super-\nmarket chain outlets in Los Angeles and Orange counties.\nShe is a graduate of El Monte Union High School and attended\nPasadena Junior College from 1946-48.\nShe is a member of the Alhambra Y.W.C.A. and is a charter member\nof the West Los Angeles Emotional Health Association.\nShe has four children and lives at 1001 South Valencia Street,\nAlhambra.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-14-69\n#225\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named Beverly Hills businessman\nJohn H. Rauch to the California Job Development Corporation Law\nExecutive Board,\nThe post pays necessary expenses. Rauch, a 38=year-old Democrat,\nwill serve at the pleasure of the governor.\nThe board was created by the 1968 legislature.\nRauch is executive vice president of the Beverly Hills National\nBank.\nHe is a 1954 graduate of U.C.L.A. and took his law degree from the\nUniversity of Southern California in 1961.\nA native of Vienna, Austria, he came to the United States in 1940\nand became a naturalized citizen in 1945.\nHe has been in the banking business since 1948 and served as an\ninstructor in law and banking at the American Institute of Banking from\n1962-63.\nHe is president of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce and is\na director of the Interracial Council for Business Opportunities,\nLos Angeles.\nHe lives at 6508 Moore Drive, Los Angeles.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-14-69\n#226\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Waller Reed of Chester and\nMarkham E. Salsbury of Pasadena to four-year terms on the State Board\nof Forestry.\nThe appointment pays necessary expenses and requires Senate\nconfirmation.\nReed, a 55-year-old Republican, succeeds Leslie O. Cody of\nRed Bluff. Salsbury, 65, replaces Philip Abrams of Palm Springs.\nTerms of both outgoing members expired.\nReed is manager of the Collins Pine Company, Chester. A professional\nforester, he earned a B.S. degree in forestry from Oregon State\nUniversity in 1936. He is a past president and has been a long-time\ntrustee of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association. He is\nalso a member of the Western Wood Products Association and has served\non its conservation committee.\nHis address is P.O. Box 365, Chester.\nSalsbury, a Republican, is a consulting engineer and is the court-\nappointed watermaster for the San Gabriel River. From 1959-65, he\nworked as chief engineer and administrative head of the Los Angeles\nCounty Flood Control District.\nHe is chairman of the Watershed Fire Council of Southern California\nand represents the City of Pasadena to the Los Angeles County Watershed\nCommission. He lives at 460 Lakeview Road, Pasadena.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-15-69\n#227\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the State\nElectronic Data Processing Policy Committee.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses. Appointees serve at the\npleasure of the governor.\nNamed were:\n--Alfred R. Zipf, executive vice president of the Bank of America,\nSan Francisco. Zipf, a 51-year-old Republican, heads up the planning\nand direction of domestic branches through the bank's area administration\noffices in California.\nHe has been with the firm since 1936 and returned to school in 1951\nto major in engineering at U.C.L.A.\nIn 1953, he assumed the position of assistant vice president and\ndirected the bank's systems and equipment research activities. This\ngroup was responsible for the installation of the first large-scale,\ngeneral purpose computing system to be employed by the banking industry.\nHe is a 1967 graduate of the Harvard Business School's advanced\nmanagement program. He lives at 393 Chestnut Street, San Carlos.\nMarshall G. Mustain, 63, a management consultant to the Standard\nOil Company of California. A Republican, Mustain is a native of\nAlamogordo, New Mexico.\nHe is a 1930 graduate of Stanford University in chemical engineering.\nHe joined Standard Oil the same year in the research and development field.\nSince 1950 he has served the corporation as a management trouble-\nshooter.\nHe was a member of the executive committee of Governor Reagan's\nSurvey on Efficiency and Cost Control for 12 months in 1967.\nHe lives at 21 North Hill Court, Oakland.\n--Frank J. Cleary of Los Angeles, a 38-year-old Republican. Cleary\nis assistant controller for ITT-Gilfillan Corporation Los Angeles.\nHe is responsible for the firm's systems and programming, financial\nanalysis and project planning.\ncleary previously worked as an executive for the Aerojet-General\nCorporation.\nHe holds a B.S. degree in industrial management from the University\nof Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. degree in accounting and finance from Rutgers\nCleary is president of the Los Angeles Association for Systems\nManagement and served on the executive committee of the Governor's Survey\non Efficiency and Cost Control.\nHe lives at 7010 Sepulveda Boulevard, Van Nuys.\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-15-69\n#228\nGovernor Ronald Reagan, responding to notification from the Federal\nHighway Safety Bureau that California's Highway Safety Program meets the\nintent of the Highway Safety Act of 1966, today promised to continue\npushing for action and legislation to improve the program even more.\nThe program, which had been submitted under the provisions of the\nFederal Act, describes current safety activities at both state and\nlocal levels and outlines actions to be taken toward improvement. It\nwas a part of Governor Reagan's report to the legislature earlier this\nyear.\n\"Priority attention this year, Governor Reagan told Acting Director\nof the National Bureau Robert Brenner, \"is being given to legislation\nwhich would establish a presumptive limits statute in California.\"\nState Secretary of Business and Transportation Gordon C. Luce,\nGovernor Reagan's representative for highway safety, explained that\nalcohol was involved in more than half of the 4,850 motor vehicle deaths\nin California last year.\n\"A presumptive limits bill, which would set one tenth of one percent\nas the blood-alcohol concentration level at which a driver's ability is\npresumed to be impaired, was introduced early this year as a major step\nin improving our traffic safety program,' Luce said.\nLuce pointed out that enactment of the bill, authored by Assemblyman\nCraig Biddle of Riverside, would modernize the prosecution of drunk\ndrivers and relieve the judiciary of some of the burden and expense\ninvolved in trials.\n\"More importantly,\" he said, \"it would help to save a number of\nlives on California streets and highways through its contribution to the\nremoval of the drinking driver menace.\"\nStronger methods to control the drunk driver is one of the 16 federal\nhighway safety standards, Luce explained.\nHe said California is one of only eight states which do not have a\npresumptive limits statute. \"In most other standard areas,' he stated,\n\"we equal or exceed the national standards, although our program calls\nfor continuing improvement and evaluation.\"\n- 1 -\n#228\nLuce explained that his Office of Transportation Safety presently\nis working closely with almost 100 local governmental jurisdictions to\narrange federal participation in traffic safety improvement programs at\ncity and county levels.\n\"These projects include expansion of driver training and education\nprograms, accident prevention through better records and surveillance,\nintegrated traffic records systems, and intergovernmental traffic safety\nstudies.\"\nOther safety projects, with financial participation from the National\nHighway Safety Bureau, are being conducted by the State Departments of\nthe Highway Patrol, Motor Vehicles, Public Works, Education and Public\nHealth.\n\"All are being coordinated through the Office of Transportation\nSafety,\" Luce said, \"the first time that the state has been able to\nchannel the various safety efforts into a single, vital force.\"\n#######\nEJG\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4=15-69\nMrs. Mildred Garrison of Long Beach will present some 200,000\nsignatures she collected urging members of the legislature to\nlook into the backgrounds of persons engaged in campus disturbances----\nto Governor Reagan at 4 p.m. in the Governor's Office.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-16-69\n#229\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has elevated Alameda\nCounty Superior Court Judge Thomas W. Caldecott to associate justice\nof the State Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three.\nCaldecott, 54, succeeds Judge Byrl R. Salsman of Palo Alto who\nresigned. The appointment, which pays $36,687 per year, has been\nsubmitted to the State Commission on Judicial Appointments for\nconfirmation.\nCaldecott has served on the superior court bench since 1957. Prior\nto becoming a judge, he was a member of the State Assembly where he\nserved from 1947-57, as chairman of both the Judiciary and Ways and\nMeans committees.\nFrom 1954-56, he was chairman of the Republican State Central\nCommittee of California.\nHe was a member of the Advisory Board of California State College\nat Hayward from 1961-68 and served as its chairman for five years.\nHe was also an advisory member of the State Judicial Council, and\npresident of the California Conference of Judges, from 1967-68.\nHe is a member of the American Bar Association, American Judicature\nSociety and Alameda County Bar Association.\nCaldecott is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley\nwhere he also received his law degree. He completed additional graduate\nstudies at the University of London (England) School of Law.\nHe was admitted to the State Bar in 1940 and served in the U.S.\nArmy during World War II.\nHe has two stepchildren and five grandchildren. He and his wife,\nRosalie, live at 430 Modoc Avenue, Oakland.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-17-69\n#230\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Chief Assistant District\nAttorney Francis W. Mayer to the San Francisco Superior Court bench.\nThe post pays $30,800 per year.\nMayer, 51, succeeds the late Judge Raymond O'Connor.\nA 1941 graduate of Hastings Law School, Mayer, a Republican, has\nbeen chief assistant district attorney in San Francisco since 1959.\nHe began his legal career in 1941 as a research attorney for the\nDistrict Court of Appeal, San Francisco, He left the job the following\nyear to enlist in the U.S. Army. He served as an intelligence officer\nin Europe during World War II and was discharged as a major in 1945.\nMayer then returned to his assignment with the District Court\nof Appeal until 1947 when he became an assistant district attorney in\nSan Francisco.\nHe is a former chairman of the Committee on Criminal Law and\nProcedure of the State Bar and has served as a director of the San\nFrancisco Bar Association.\nHe is also a member of the San Francisco Lawyers' Club, American\nBoard of Trial Advocates, National Association of District Attorneys,\nCalifornia District Attorneys' Association, San Francisco Press Club\nand American Legion.\nHe and his wife, Lois, have three children and reside at 5 Sea View\nTerrace, San Francisco.\nMayer is a 1934 graduate of Lowell High School, San Francisco.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-17-69\n#231\nVice President Spiro T. Agnew will visit California May 6-7 at\nthe personal request of Governor Ronald Reagan, the governor's office\nannounced today.\nThe vice president and Mrs. Agnew are scheduled to arrive by plane\nin Sacramento the morning of May 6.\nHe will then attend a meeting of the governor's cabinet in the\nState Capitol, followed by an address to state employees on the west\nsteps of the capitol.\nGovernor Reagan will introduce the vice president to members of the\nCalifornia Capitol Press Corps at 12:30 p.m. in room 1190 at which time\nMr. Agnew will hold a press conference.\nBoth leaders will meet privately during the afternoon to discuss\nfederal-state relationships.\nGovernor and Mrs. Reagan will host a private reception in honor of\nVice President and Mrs. Agnew at the executive residence from 5:30-7:30p.\nFollowing the reception they will attend a fund-raising dinner at\nthe El Dorado Hotel sponsored by the Sacramento Republican Fund.\nThe Agnews will spend the night at the home of Governor and\nMrs. Reagan in Sacramento.\nThe following morning the four will travel together to San Francisco\nwhere the vice president will address a noon luncheon of the Common-\nwealth Club of California.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-18-69\n#232\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril 21, 1969\nthrough\nApril 26, 1969\nMonday, April 21\n8:00 pm\nCalifornia Association of Christian Schools, Orange\nCounty Convention Center, Anaheim. Speech.\nReturn to Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, April 22\n1:30 pm\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, April 23\n1:30 pm\nBrief remarks to Pasadena Chamber of Commerce,\nGovernor's Council Room.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, April 24\n10:35 am\nDepart Sacramento for Los Angeles.\n6:00 pm\nFund raising reception for Congressional Candidate\nBarry Goldwater, Jr., Marvin Whiteman residence,\n400 Truesdale Place, Beverly Hills.\n8:00 pm\nSpeech before Nuevas Vistas Conference of Mexican-\nAmerican Educators, Biltmore Hotel.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nFriday, April 25\npm\nDepart Los Angeles for Sacramento\n2:00 pm\nGroundbreaking ceremonies for \"Big Four Building,\"\nOld Sacramento Historic Park. Brief remarks.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSaturday, April 26\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\n####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO R\nRELEASE: In diate\nSacramento, Califor. a\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 4-21-69\n#233\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named 15\npersons to the Board of Directors of the newly formed California\nCrime Technological Research Foundation.\nThe appointments require Senate confirmation and pay necessary\nexpenses. Appointees will serve at the pleasure of the governor.\nThe foundation was created by the legislature (Title 7. Section\n14000-14017) to encourage the development and application of science\nand technology for the prevention and detection of crime. The public\ncorporation also will assist law enforcement to determine its needs\nin the area of technology to heighten the effectiveness of its\noperations.\nNamed were:\n-Oroville J. Hawkins, deputy director of the Divisions of Law\nEnforcement, California Department of Justice, Sacramento.\nGovernor Reagan designated Hawkins, a Republican, as chairman\nof the board.\n-Keith S. Griffiths, chief, Division of Research, Department of\nYouth Authority, Sacramento. He is a Democrat.\n-Milton Burdman, a Democrat, deputy director of the Division\nof Parole and Community Services, State Department of Corrections,\nSacramento.\n-Ralph N. Kleps, director of the Administrative Office of the\nCourts, State of California, San Francisco. He is a Democrat.\n--San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Allison Rouse, Redwood\nCity, a Republican.\n--San Leandro Police Chief Thomas J. Rogers, a Republican.\nSheriff Michael N. Canlis of San Joaquin County, Stockton,\nHe is a Democrat.\nLynn D. Compton, chief deputy district attorney, Los Angeles\nCounty. He is a Republican.\n--Paul L. Kirk, School of Criminology, University of California\nat Berkeley, a Republican.\n-Charles P. Smith of Sacramento, director of the Office of\nManagement Services, State of California. He is a Republican.\nPaul M. Whisenand, an assistant professor in the Department\nof Criminology at California State College, Long Beach, He is a\nRepublican.\n#233\nFrank T. Ruzic, vice president, Bank of America, San Francisco\nHe is a Republican.\nWilliam L. Faulstich, executive secretary of the California\nPeace Officers' Association, Sacramento. He is a Republican.\n--Alvin N. Taylor, director of the Alameda County Office of the\nBay Area Social Planning Council, Oakland. He is a Democrat.\n--Charles I. Daniels, Jr., an official of the Golden Gate\nDistributing Company, San Rafael. He is a Republican.\n####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\n#234\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named Robert C. Lindsey, a San Jose\ntrucking company official, to a four-year term on the California Women's\nBoard of Terms and Parole.\nThe post pays $8,500 per year, plus expenses.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed retired Richmond\nPolice Chief Charles E. Brown. A 60-year-old Democrat, Brown was first\nappointed February 15, 1968. His new term will end March 15, 1973. He\nlives at 84 Miramonte Drive, Moraga.\nLindsey, 50, has been president of Yolo Transport Company,\nIncorporated, since 1962. A Republican, he previously worked as\nassistant to the president, and vice president, of Security Truck Line,\nSan Jose.\nFrom 1945-52, he was district managerof Penn Mutual Life Insurance\nCompany in the Central Coast area.\nHe is a director of the University Club of San Jose, California\nTrucking Association and Rehabilitation Mental Health Service Incorporated\nHe is a committee chairman for Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara\nCounty and is a member of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Transportation\nClub, Metropolitan Associates, and the Navy League.\nHe lives at 1344 Avalon Drive, San Jose.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\n#235\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Frank McCrary, a Davenport\nlumberman, to a four-year term on the board of directors of the 14th\nDistrict Agricultural Association. The association operates the Santa\nCruz County Fair.\nThe post is non-salaried.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed Watsonville\nbusinessman Carl R. Hansen. A Republican, Hansen, 25, has served on\nthe board since 1966. He operates the Krystal Ice-Oxygen Equipment\nCompany, and lives at 203 Crescent Drive, Watsonville.\nMcCrary, a 40-year-old Republican, succeeds Clarence O. Hansen\nof Felton whose term expired.\nMcCrary owns and operates the Big Creek Lumber Company, Davenport.\nHe is a native of Santa Cruz County and has been a rancher and\nlumberman in the area for a number of years.\nHe lives on Swanton Road, Davenport.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\n#236\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the\nRegional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nNamed were:\nRobert L. Wall 38, planning director of Madera County. A\nRepublican, he will fill the unexpired term of William B. Honegger of\nHanford who resigned. The term will end September 30, 1971.\nWall has served as county planning director for five years. He\nreceived an M.S. degree in city and regional planning from the University\nof Wisconsin in 1960.\nHe serves as secretary of the Natural Resources Planning and\nDevelopment Committee of Madera County.\nHe lives at 22257 Road 281, Madera.\nCharles E. Glick of Visalia, a 62-year-old Republican and\ndirector of purchasing for Early California Foods. Prior to becoming\na member of the company, he was a partner in an olive products\nmanufacturing firm.\nGlick succeeds John W. Fox of Bakersfield whose term expired.\nGlick is a past president of the Corning Memorial Hospital,\nCorning Rotary and the Colusa County Historical Society. He is also\na former district governor of Rotary International.\nHe lives at 2611 Fairview Drive, Visalia.\nVernie Raven, a 65-year-old Republican, and a Dos Palos area\nfarmer. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Dos Palos\nDrainage District and is a director of the Poso Soil Conservation\nDistrict.\nHe replaces James E. Henley of Lemoore whose term expired.\nRaven farms a number of irrigated crops, including alfalfa and\ncotton.\nHis address is Route 1, Box 64, Dos Palos.\nThe terms of Glick and Raven will end September 30, 1972.\n###\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nsooramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\n#237\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Monterey newspaperman and civic\nleader Ted Durein to a four-year term on the 7th District Agricultural\nAssociation's board of directors. The association operates the Monterey\nCounty Fair.\nThe post is non-salaried,\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed King City cattle\nrancher Lester E. Smart. A Republican, Smart, 61, has served on the\nboard since 1962. His new term will end January 15, 1973.\nDurein, a 59-year-old Republican, succeeds James F. Van Loben Sels\nof Carmel whose term expired.\nA native of Alameda, Durein has lived in Monterey County since 1935.\nHe is a 1931 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley\nwhere he completed three years of graduate work in law and English.\nDurein is managing editor of the Monterey Penninsular Herald and\nhas long been active in civic affairs.\nHe is president of the Monterey History and Art Association, and\nis a past president of the Monterey Rotary Club, Monterey Council of\nthe Navy League, Carmel Bach Festival, Monterey Paisano Club, and the\nCalifornia-Nevada Council of Associated Press News Executives.\nHe is a director of the Visitor and Convention Bureau, Monterey\nPenninsula Sports Car Racing Association, Bing Crosby Youth Fund,\nMonterey Penninsula Airport Board, Japanese American Citizens' League,\nand the Bing Crosby Golf Tournament Executive Committee.\nHe lives on Lazarro Road, Carmel.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\n#238\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named seven persons to the newly\nformed State Board of Registration for Geologists.\nThe posts pay expenses.\nThe board was created by the 1968 legislature.\nNamed to terms ending January 1, 1972, were:\nWilferd W. Peak, 44, chief geologist in the Division of Safety\nof Dams of the State Department of Water Resources. He is a Republican\nand resides at 8332 Willowdale Avenue, Fair Oaks.\n-John F. Curran of Santa Barbara, a 51-year-old Republican, and\na consulting geologist. He lives at 1010 Mission Canyon Road, Santa\nBarbara.\n--Ted L. Bear, 51, a consulting geologist with offices in Los\nAngeles. Bear is a Republican and lives at 5385 Vista Lejana, La Canada.\nNamed to terms ending January 1, 1971, were:\n--Gardner M. Pittman of Bakersfield, 46, a petroleum geologist\nemployed by the Getty Oil Company. He is a Republican and lives at\n3306 Wenatchee Avenue, Bakersfield.\n-Glenn A. Brown, 44, a Glendale consulting geologist. A Republican,\nhe resides at 10001 Pali Avenue, Tujunga.\nNamed to terms ending January 1, 1970, were:\nDr. Ian Campbell of San Francisco, 69, chief of the Division of\nMines and Geology of the State Department of Conservation. He is a\nDemocrat and lives at 1333 Jones Street, San Francisco.\n--Joe M. Crosby, 49, president of California Liquid Fertilizer,\nPasadena. He is a Republican and lives at 1524 Via Del Rey, South\nPasadena.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\n#239\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Jack L. Olmstead of Fairfield\nand Robert C. Gill of Dixon to four-year terms on the board of directors\nof the 36th District Agricultural Association. The association operates\nthe Dixon May Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nOlmstead, a 31-year-old insurance man, succeeds Rudolph O. Freese\nof Birds Landing.\nGill, a Dixon area farmer, replaces Charles McGimsey of Dixon.\nBoth outgoing members' terms expired.\nOlmstead, a Republican, has been associated with the Farm Bureau\nInsurance Companies for 10 years. He is a native of Iowa and attended\nIowa State University. He is a member of the Solano County Farm Bureau\nand is a strong supporter of the local 4-H program. He lives at 477\nWest Tabor Avenue, Fairfield.\nGill, a 44-year-old Republican, raises tomatoes, beans, sugar,\nbeets, alfalfa, grain, corn and sheep and cattle. He was elected\n\"Farmer of the Year\" by Dixon Soil Conservation District in 1960. He\nis a director of the Soil Conservation District and the local Advisory\nBoard of the Bank of America. He lives at 915 Sievers, Dixon.\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Im' diate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\n#240\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"Mrs. Reagan and I were shocked and deeply grieved to learn of\nthe tragic death of our friend Alan Pattee. He was a good man, of\nunquestioned integrity, an able and energetic public servant who,\nduring his many years in elective office, gained the respect and\nadmiration of his colleagues in state government. He was a man of\ngreat compassion and understanding, a leader who demonstrated a deep\nand abiding sense of responsibility to the citizens he represented,\nand to the people of California. We will surely miss him, both as a\nfriend and as a dedicated public servant.\n\"We pray for the speedy recovery of Mrs. Pattee and extend our\ndeepest sympathy to her and the family in this very sad and trying hour.\nMay God grant to them the healing and comfort which He, alone, can give.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO PR\n5\nSacramento, Calif nia\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\nGovernor Ronald Reagan will sign a proclamation designating\nApril as Cancer Control Month April 22, 1969 at 4:45 pm in his office.\nParticipating in the ceremony will be Mrs. William Talman,\nwhose husband, District Attorney on the Perry Mason TV series, was\nthe victim of lung cancer.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE OR\nRELEASE: Im' diate\nSacramento, Califo. la\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\n#241\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the\nboard of directors of the 23rd District Agricultural Association.\nThe association operates the Contra Costa County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nNamed were:\nHoward B. Richman, 55, of Pittsburg, a chemical engineer\nemployed by the Dow Chemical Company. A Republican, Richman succeeds\nCharles J. Williams of Lafayette who resigned. Richman will fill\nout Williams' unexpired term which ends January 15, 1970. Richman\nlives at 1250 Maple Street, Pittsburg.\nVance W. Perry, a 54-year-old Republican, of Walnut Creek.\nPerry is an importer of milk casein. He replaces Edmund R. Calisesi\nof Antioch whose term expired. Perry's four-year appointment will\nend January 15, 1973. He resides at 2655 Cherry Lane, Walnut Creek.\nRobert D. Gromm, Sr. of Bethel Island, a 50-year-old\nRepublican. He succeeds Neno Enea of Pittsburg whose term expired.\nGromm's appointment runs until January 15, 1973. Gromm owns and\noperates a trailer park. His address is P. O. Box 447, Bethel Island.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\n#242\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named El Centro insurance man\nJames F. Tuttle to a four-year term on the board of directors of the\n45th District Agricultural Association. The association operates the\nCalifornia Mid-Winter Fair.\nThe post is non-salaried.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed El Centro trucker\nR. L. Thompson. A Republican, Thompson, 63, has served on the board\nsince 1956. Like Tuttle, his new term will end January 15, 1973.\nThompson lives at 1900 West Main Street, El Centro.\nTuttle, 51, has operated his own insurance business in El Centro\nsince 1952. A Republican, he is a 1937 graduate of San Diego State\nCollege and served as a member of the U.S. Army Air Force during World\nWar II in North Africa and Italy.\nHe succeeds Charles A. Jennings of Imperial whose term expired.\nTuttle is a former secretary-treasurer of the El Centro Kiwanis\nClub and is a past commander of the Imperial County Post, American Legion.\nHe has been a member of the Imperial County Board of Education\nsince 1957 and is a past president of the Imperial County School\nBoards Association. He lives at 314 North G Street, Imperial.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Imm liate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-69\n#243\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named James L. Rice of Potter Valley,\nassistant secretary-treasurer of the Redwood Empire Production Credit\nAssociation, to a four-year term on the board of directors of the\n12th District Agricultural Association. The association operates the\nRedwood Empire Fair.\nThe post is non-salaried.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed Fort Bragg\nnurseryman John S. Druecker. A Democrat, Druecker, 60, has served on\nthe board since September 27, 1965. His address is P.O. Box 511,\nFort Bragg.\nRice, 35, is a cattle rancher and a member of the local Farm Bureau\nand the Mendocino County Cattlemen's Association. He also is a director\nof the Redwood Empire Quarter Horse Association and is on the executive\ncommittee of the Sonoma County Trail Blazers. A Republican, he succeeds\nJohn W. Poulos of Potter Valley.\nRice's address is P.O. Box 155, Potter Valley.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-22-69\nGovernor Reagan will greet Heisman Trophy winner O. J. Simpson\nand 35 boys and girls, ages 13-15, from the Watts area of Los Angeles,\nat 12 noon today in the governor's council room.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER'\nRELEASE:\n1-1\nediate\nSacramento, Californ\n10\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-22-69\n# 244\nGovernor Ronald Reagan read the following statement at his\npress conference today:\n\"Before answering your questions, I want to take this\nopportunity to express my deep concern over the very serious implications\nfor California of yesterday's Supreme Court decision which abolished\nresidency requirements for welfare recipients in two states and the\nDistrict of Columbia.\n\"As you know, California has been unable to enforce its\nresidency requirements since last April as the result of a temporary\ninjunction by federal district court in San Francisco suspending such\nrequirements.\n11 We have appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court. However,\nbecause of the similarity of the case decided yesterday to our own, there\nis little reason to believe that a decision on our appeal will produce a\ndifferent result.\n11 I believe that the taxpayers of this state should know\nexactly how last year's federal court action is affecting California, how\nit is affecting their pocketbooks. During the current fiscal year alone,\nour taxpayers are being force to pay $26 million dollars more in federal,\nstate and county taxes than would have been necessary to meet our welfare\nrequirements had our residency requirments remained in effect.\n\" And, next year, the taxpayers of California--on this basis--\nwill be forced to pay an additional $35 million to meet the costs of\nwelfare as a direct result of the ruling.\n\"Why? Because welfare recipients in a number of other states\nknow very well that California's welfare payments are higher. They know\nthat with our residency requirements removed they need do nothing more\nthan cross our border and they're automatically on our welfare rolls.\n\"And, who pays? In large part, the taxpayers of California\nare forced to foot the bill.\n11\nI want to make it clear that we recognize that the permanently\nand totally disabled citizens of our state, who meet the legizimate\nrequirements of residency, are entitled to welfare. They need and deserve\nthe assistance which the state provides.\n\"But, the court rulings affecting residency go far beyond this\nconcept. In fact, they create nothing less than a bonus for migrating\nto California---merely to get on our welfare rolls.\n\"In my opinion, the court again has deliberately violated the\nprinciple of state's rights. Rather than encouraging state and local\nsolutions to social problems, the court is telling us we MUST turn to\nWashington for answers.\n\"Is the court, perhaps, suggesting that California lower its\nwelfare standards to those of other states? How else could its decision\nbe interpreted unless, of course, it cares little for the welfare of the\ntaxpayers of California from whom the blessings of assistance flow.\nCertainly, yesterday's decision does nothing to encourage\nsome states to meet their own responsibilities in this area. In fact,\nit actually encourages them to further lower their already inadequate\nassistance payments in hopes the poor will move away---to states like\nCalifornia.\n#\nIf there is equity in the court's decision, I fail to see\nhow it applies to California. For, in no way, can there be equity for\nthe taxpayers of this state who are being forced to pay the additional bills.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE\nF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Imr diate\nSacrame..to, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-23-69\n#245\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced he has accepted the\nresignation of Albert C. Beeson as director of the State Department of\nIndustrial Relations, effective May 1.\nBeeson, 61, has headed the department since April, 1967. He said\nhe was resigning to return to private business.\n\"I have greatly enjoyed my association with you and my colleagues\nin the Human Relations Agency over the past two years,\" he told the\ngovernor. \"I have now decided the time has come for me to return to the\nmanagement consulting field.\n\"It has been, of course, an honor and a most interesting experience\nto have served you and the people of California in carrying out the work\nof the Department of Industrial Relations. The many problems still to be\nsolved will be a challenge for my successor, and I am sure he will\nreceive the fine support and cooperation your office has always shown\nme,\" Beeson said.\n\"I will always be available to serve you and your Administration\nin any way. Please call upon me if I can be of help,\" he added.\nGovernor Reagan wished Beeson \"every success as you resume your role\nas a private citizen. We all owe you a debt of gratitude for your\ndedicated service to the state.\"\nThe governor said he is appointing Peter Weinberger, 54, to succeed\nBeeson. Weinberger has served as director of the State Department of\nEmployment since January, 1967. He will take up his new assignment as\nsoon as possible, Governor Reagan said, in order to insure a smooth and\norderly transition.\nThe Department of Employment will be absorbed into the newly created\nDepartment of Human Resources Development (HRD) which is headed by\nGilbert L. Sheffield, 39, and which will become fully operational later\nthis year.\nSheffield, a former Pacific Telephone executive, left his company\npost in San Francisco early this year to become director of the new\ndepartment. He will assume the additional duties of Director of Employ-\nment, on an interim basis and without additional compensation, until\nthe job is phased out.\n- 1 -\n#245\nThe Department of Human Resources Development resulted from\nGovernor Reagan's reorganization of the executive branch and legislation\nadopted by the 1968 legislature. It will be fully implemented prior\nto January 1, 1970.\nIt will include those functions presently assigned to the\nDepartment of Employment, the Multi-Service Center Program and the\nState Office of Economic Opportunity. The Commission on Aging will be\nattached to HRD.\nThe department is part of the Human Relations Agency headed by\nSpencer Williams.\nGovernor Reagan called creation of the new department \"a major\nstep toward bringing together, in a single agency, the state's numerous\nand fragmented job training and placement programs as part of a massive\neffort to help train and place in jobs the hard-core unemployed, to\nhelp move them from the welfare rolls onto payrolls.\n\"The new department.\" he said, \"centralizes administration of\nthis overall function, pinpoints responsibility and pools manpower\ndevelopment funds to make the most efficient use of taxpayers' dollars. \"\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-23-69\nThe office of Governor Ronald Reagan has issued\nthe following statement:\n\"BY GENERAL AGREEMENT, AN EXTENSION OF 10 WORKING\nDAYS HAS BEEN GRANTED BY WESTERN REGIONAL OEO FOR THE\nGOVERNOR TO CONSIDER THE GRANT TO THE SACRAMENTO AREA\nEOC.\"\n# # # #\n(Telephoned to AP, UPI, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento\nUnion, San Prancisco Chronicle, KFBK\nRadio, KXTV, KCRA, KOVR television\nat approximately 10 p.m.)\nras\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-23-69\n#246\nGovernor Reagan sent the following telegram to Clare L. Berryhill,\nRepublican candidate for the seat vacated by Assemb lyman John Veneman:\n\"Nancy joins me in expressing our sincere congratulations on\nyour outstanding victory.\n\"We look forward to working with you in the general election to\nensure continued Republican representation from the 30th Assembly\nDistrict.\n\"I was very pleased to hear that your primary opponents have\nendorsed you in the run-off election.\n\"Again, our heartiest congratulations.\"\nThe governor, in telegrams to Peter W. Johansen and Ray Simon,\nunsuccessful candidates in the Tuesday election, told them:\n\"You can say with full justification that you fought the good\nfight and ran the good race. The issues and the thoughts you advanced\nduring the campaign helped build a better informed electorate, and\ngave both the public and your opponent some guidelines to consider.\nIn addition, you made a tremendous contribution to the total\nRepublican effort in California.\n\"I want to thank you for your immediate endorsement of Clare\nBerryhill in the run-off election. With your support, the 30th\nAssembly District will continue to have Republican representation.\n\"Nancy joins with me in wishing you and your family the very best.\nYou can take pride in the fact that you answered one of the noblest\ncallings in our Republic---that of the citizen politician who willingly\nsacrifices himself and his resources in an effort to maintain and\nadvance the cause of good government.\n\"Again, my admiration and best regards.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-24-69\n#247\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed legislation\n\"which will help insure the restoration of roads and bridges damaged by\nCalifornia's recent disastrous floods restoration which is vital to\nthe everyday lives of millions of our citizens.\"\nThe measure (AB-76, Davis) imposes a temporary one-cent gas tax\nincrease to assist in the repair of damaged roadways. It also\nappropriates $25 million for the repair of public buildings which\nsuffered damage.\nHowever, in signing the legislation, the governor reduced the $25\nmillion allocation to $7.5 million because he said administration\nestimates indicate the full appropriation is unnecessary.\nAt the same time, he said the administration will add an additional\n$2.5 million from funds collected, but never used, to meet a similiar\nflood crisis in Northern California several years ago.\nIn a statement, the governor said:\n\"I have today signed legislation which will help insure the\nrestoration of roads and bridges damaged by California's recent disastrous\nfloods restoration which is vital to the everyday lives of millions of\nour citizens.\n\"I had hoped the legislature would provide the authority to free\nexisting funds for this purpose, or at least have given the opportunity\nto choose between this alternative and raising the gas tax.\n\"However, the legislature left me with but a single choice.\n\"The sheer magnitude of the damage in flood-stricken areas, added\nto the potential danger of uncontrolled runoff from a record snowpack\nthis Spring, requires that positive action be taken.\n\"Failure to take such action- despite the single alternative\nprovided would, in effect, deny the people whose areas were hit hardest\nby the floods their only recourse to prompt restoration of the roads and\nbridges they depend on for transportation each day.\n\"No legislature and no governor can predict the kind of natural\ndisasters we have experienced, The citizens of this state should, and do,\nexpect courageous and forthright action from their elected leaders on\noccasions such as this. Anything else would amount to a shirking of\nresponsibility.\n\"I want to make it clear I will terminate the additional tax at the\nearliest possible moment.\n\"I also want to assure every Californian that not a penny more than\nis absolutely necessary will be collected for this purpose.\n#\n#\nE.TG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nA\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californi\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-24-69\n#248\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril 27, 1969\nthrough\nMay 4, 1969\nSunday, April 27\na.m.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport via San\nFrancisco for New York City (JFK Airport)\nOvernight - Waldorf Astoria - New York City\nMonday, April 28\nNoon\nMunicipal Forum luncheon, Biltmore Hotel,\nMadison Avenue and 43rd Street. Speech.\nOvernight - Waldorf Astoria - New York City\nTuesday, April 29\n11:00 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE, Plaza Hotel\n11:30 a.m.\nProceed to reception and luncheon for California\nState Chamber hosts and New York guests, Terrace\nRoom, Plaza Hotel\n12:30 p.m.\nLuncheon. Remarks by Senator Collier, Speaker\nMonagan. Governor speaks, followed by Q & A.\n3:40 p.m.\nWheels up White Plains for Providence, Rhode\n(EDT)\nIsland via charter jet. Governor Reagan and\nSpeaker Monagan aboard.\n4:30 p.m.\nWheels down Providence, R. I. airport; Interna-\ntional Refueling Service, met by Secretary of the\nNavy John Chaffee; State GOP Chairman George\nDe Stefano; National Committeeman Frederick\nLippitt; National Committeewoman, Mrs. Eldredge\nJackson; Dinner Chairman Raymond De Leo\n4:35 p.m.\nPress availability in nearby conference room of\nairport terminal\n5:15 p.m.\nDepart for Biltmore Hotel, Providence\n7:00 p.m.\nDepart Biltmore Hotel for Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet,\nCranston, Rhode Island\n7:30 p.m.\nRhode Island RSCC Recognition Dinner. Speech.\n10:15 p.m.\nWheels up Providence for White Plains, New York\n(EDT)\n11:00 p.m.\nWheels down, White Plains.\nOvernight - Waldorf Astoria - New York City\n-1-\n#248\nWednesday, April 30\na.m.\nDepart Newark Airport for Cincinnati Airport,\nCovington, Kentucky. Proceed to Lexington for\nRGA Conference.\n6:00 p.m.\nReception and dinner for governors, governors'\nwives and staff at the Keeneland Race Course\nOvernight - Lexington, Kentucky\nThursday, May 1\n10:00 a.m.\nFirst Business Session, Campbell House.\nRemarks: Governor Ronald Reagan\nRemarks: Governor Louie B. Nunn\nRemarks: Vice President Agnew\nRemarks: Hon. Rogers C. B. Morton\n12:45 p.m.\nNEWS CONFERENCE\nOvernight - Lexington, Kentucky\nFriday, May 2\n9:00 a.m.\nSecond Business Session, Campbell House.\nRemarks: Hon. Gerald Ford\nRemarks: Governor Raymond P. Shafer\nPanel: Educational Problems\nGovernor Warren P. Knowles\nGovernor James A. Rhodes\nGovernor Norbert T. Tiemann\nCampaign Committee Report\nGovernor Louie B. Nunn\nBusiness Items\nGovernor Reagan\n12:45 p.m.\nNEWS CONFERENCE, following business session\n8:00 p.m.\nState Dinner, Phoenix Hotel\nOvernight Lexington, Kentucky\nSaturday, May 3\n1:30 p.m.\nDepart for Kentucky Derby\nOvernight - Lexington, Kentucky\nSunday, May 4\n11:00 a.m.\nGovernor Reagan appears on CBS' \"Face the Nation\"\ntaped in Louisville\np.m.\nDepart Cincinnati Airport for Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\n# # #\n-2-\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-24-69\n#249\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the formation of a Driver's\nLicense Medical Advisory Board, comprised of nine physicians, who will\nreview current Department of Motor Vehicles procedures for issuing\nand/or denying driver's licenses for disabled and technically disabled\ncitizens.\nThe concept of the Medical Advisory Board--part of the governor's\nhighway safety program--developed during discussions by the governor\nand Department of Motor Vehicles Director Verne Orr on present licensing\npractices and California's highway accident rates.\nState law now provides that physical or mental disabilities need\nnot prevent the issuance of a driver's license as long as an applicant\ncan exercise reasonable control of a motor vehicle. Making this\ndetermination is currently the responsibility of specially trained DMV\nanalysts.\nAs the first order of business the board is reviewing the manual\nwhich presently guides the DMV analysts in reaching their decisions as\nto whether a handicapped person's disability should prevent him from\nbeing licensed; requires restricted or conditional licensing or possibly\nis no bar at all to safe driving.\nThe disabilities under study include those of persons who are\ndiabetic, epileptic, partially paralyzed, amputees, or are subject to\nfainting, dizzy spells, heart attacks or strokes. In addition, the\nBoard will advise on how often medical reports would be required on\ndrivers who are gradually losing their vision or muscular control due\nto aging, multiple sclerosis or other factors.\nThe members of the Board will serve voluntarily and without pay\nor othe remuneration.\nIn announcing the formation of the board, Governor Reagan expressed\nhis personal appreciation to the nine physicians.\n\"They are giving their time and professional knowledge to assist us\nin insuring that the best interests of all who wish to use our highways\nare served\", he said.\n- 1 -\n#249\n\"Proper therapy, medication, specially equipped vehicles and other\nmodern techniques and devices can frequently allow persons with certain\ndisabilities and handicaps to drive safely for many years.\n\"It is certainly not our intent to penalize the handicapped who can\nsafely operate a motor vehicle. On the other hand, we cannot allow the\nsafety of the motoring public in general to be jeopardized by persons\nwith mental and/or physical afflications which could make them potential\nmenaces on our streets and highways.\n\"Difficult decisions of a medical nature are required. We, therefor\nconsider it to be important that the Department of Motor Vehicles\nanalysts charged with such important decision making be given the best\npossible assistance and guidance on which to make these important\njudgments.\n\"Verne Orr and I believe the formation of this board will be very\nbeneficial to all parties concerned and will be another step forward in\nour continuing battle against mounting traffic accidents,\" the governor\nsaid.\nPhysicians named to the board are:\nArnold R. Friesen, Pasadena\nThomas W. Lyons, La Mesa, Chairman\nJoseph F. Maguire, Ventura\nLaurence A. Mosier, Garden Grove\nJulian M. Sether, Los Angeles\nGeorge G. Snively, Sacramento\nB. G. Steward, Bakersfield\nRobert Tour, San Francisco\nIrma West, Department of Public Health, Berkeley\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: J ediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\nPol.\n445-4571\n4-24-69\n#250\nGovernor Ronald Reagan of California, chairman of the Republican\nGovernors' Association, has announced the appointment of James R.\nGalbraith as director of Public Relations of the RGA.\nGalbraith, 33, brings to the governors' association a background\nof news and politics. He comes to the association from the National\nRepublican Congressional Committee in Washington, D.C. where he was\nassistant director of Public Relations.\nBorn in Crystal Falls, Michigan, he attended schools there and in\nCalifornia, including Pasadena City College, University of Southern\nCalifornia and Los Angeles State College.\nGalbraith spent five years with the Independent and Star-News\nnewspapers in Pasadena, California. He came to Washington, D.C., in 1960,\nfirst serving as a congressional assistant and later as a magazine\neditor. He also was supreme court reporter for \"Three Star Extra\" on\nNBC radio. He joined the congressional committee in January 1964.\nAt the RGA Galbraith joins Buehl J. Berentson, executive director,\nand Mrs. Margaret Hughes. administrative secretary.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Im adiate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n-24-69\n#251\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has approved the grant\nto the Sacramento Area Economic Opportunity Council under the federal\npoverty program.\nHe said, \"I am gratified by the cooperative and responsible efforts\nof many public officials, community leaders and officers of the SAEOC\nin resolving various issues concerning the refunding of this grant.\"\nEdwin Meese III, executive secretary to the governor, has been\nmeeting throughout the past several days with Sacramento city and county\nofficials, members of the SAEOC executive board, and other local leaders.\nMeese said these meetings, which continued through the early\nafternoon today, resulted in agreement by SAEOC, the western regional\noffice of OEO and the governor's office on provisions of the grant which\nwill promote satisfactory and responsible conduct of the programs being\nfunded.\nMeese noted that an extension of ten working days for the governor\nto consider the grant was provided yesterday, but that the additional\ntime will not now be necessary in view of the agreement reached today.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Be\n445-4571\n4-25-69\n#252\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today promoted Paul A. Meaney of Novato\nfrom assistant chief to chief of the State Division of Fair Employment\nPractices.\nThe appointment pays in the range of $19,512-$22,044 per year.\nMeaney, a 38-year-old Republican, will serve at the pleasure of the\ngovernor.\nHe succeeds Peter R. Johnson of Mill Valley who resigned.\nMeaney WRS appointed assistant chief of the division April 1, 1967.\nA native of Massachusetts, he was educated in Southern California\nschools, including Loyola University and U.S.C.\nHe served 10 years as a personnel supervisor at Hughes Aircraft,\nCulver City, and three years with Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo.\nHe is married, has four children, and lives at 5 Hayes Street,\nNovato.\n##########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 4-25-69\n# 253\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed May as Anti-Litter\nMonth: Text of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, The explosive population growth, economic development\nand urbanization have affected the quality of California's natural\nenvironment and conservation practices; and\n\"WHEREAS, Public awareness is needed for assistance in the\nfields of air, water and land pollution; and\n\"WHEREAS, The existing conditions which relate to and affect\nthe appearance of the highways and byways of the State of California\nmay make extra efforts by the residents of California desirable; and\n\"WHEREAS, To help reduce the $50 million annual cost of litter\npickup, it is urged that all Californians support Anti-Litter Month\nby their individual efforts for the beautification of the Golden State;\nand\n\"WHEREAS, It is all-importent that Californians do not fall into\na state of complacency, for it is only through the individual efforts\nof its citizenry that California will remain one of the cleanest and\nmost beautiful states in the nation,\nNOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REPGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby\nproclaim the month of May, 1969, as ANTI-LITTER MONTH\".\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-25-69\n#254\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has appointed former\nOakland newsman Jerry C. Martin as assistant secretary for research\non the governor's staff.\nHis alary will be $16,500 per year.\nMartin, 36, has been associated with the Oakland Tribune for the\npast six years as a political writer, legislative correspondent and\nfor the past four years as chief editorial writer. Before joining\nThe Tribune, he was a news editor and correspondent with The Associated\nPress and United Press International.\nIn his new position, Martin will be responsible for a variety of\nresearch projects involved in planning and coordinating the major\n\"creative society\" programs of the Reagan administration.\nMartin studied at the University of Houston (Texas) and the\nUniversity of California. He is an Air Force veteran of the Korean\nwar, and is a Republican.\nHe is a member of Signa Delta Chi, national journalism society,\nand the San Francisco Press Club.\nMartin and his wife, the former Helen Jean Rowland, reside in\nSacramento,\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor\na\nContact:\nPaul Book\n445-4571\n4-28-69\n#255\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed AB-602,\nGonzalves, the so-called \"raw milk\"bill.\nIn a letter to members of the Assembly, the governor said:\n\"I am returning without my signature Assembly Bill No. 602 entitled,\n\"An act to add Section 35928 to the Agricultural Code, relating to milk\nand milk products, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect\nimmediately. \"\n\"AB-602 limits the authority of local health or milk inspection\nofficers to prohibit the use, sale or disposal of certified raw milk or\ncertified raw milk products.\nofficers\n\"The bill generally prevents local health/from taking certified raw\nmilk off the market when disease organisms are found unless illness\nresults which can be proved traceable to the consumption of certified\nraw milk. Exceptions are provided in the case of seven specified\ndisease organisms.\n\"In the case of several other disease producing organisms such as\nanthrax, botulism, cholera, para-typhoid fever and poliomyolitis, the\nlocal public health officer must go to the local county milk commission\nand obtain that body's approval to enjoin the distribution of milk\ncontaining such organisms.\n\"It appears that the principal stimulus for the passage of AB-602\nwas alleged harassment by government officials. The remedy for such a\nsituation, if true, is best provided by administrative action and the\ncourts, rather than by general legislation which restricts all state and\nlocal health officers. These officials must have the power to control\nthe distribution and sale of food products found to contain disease\norganisms.\n\"I have no desire to restrict the right of people to use certified\nraw milk or certified raw milk products, but AB-602 unduly limits the\nauthority of health officers to take necessary precautions for the\nprotection of the public.\n\"My decision in this matter is based also on the recommendations of\nthe California Medical Association, the State Board of Public Health,\nlocal public health officers, and the State Departments of Agriculture\nand Public Health.\"\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califr ia\nContact: Paul Becn.\n445-4571 4-28-69\n#256\nGovernor Ronald Reagan ennounced today that he has signed the\nfollowing bills:\nAB 76 - Davis\nAppropriates $25,000,000 plus certain other\n(Chapter 52)\ndescribed funds for repair, restoration or\nreplacement of local non-highway public\nfacilities damaged or destroyed by storms\noccurring between September 1, 1968 and\nDecember 31, 1969.\nThe governor objected to the $25 million\nappropriation and reduced it to $7.5 million.\nThe bill makes funds available in the Street\nand Highway Disaster Fund available for the\nrepair of damage to state highways and local\nroads damaged or destroyed by storms occurring\nbetween September 1, 1968, and December 31, 1969\nIt also imposes a one cent per gallon increase\nin the gasoline and diesel fuel taxes for six\nmonths or until the governor proclaims that such\ntax increase is no longer needed.\nAB 89 - Pattee\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the\n(Chapter 41)\nAgricultural Code.\nAB 121 bad Porter\nIncreases from $25 to $35 per month the\n(Chapter 42)\nmaximum allowance that may be paid to a\na member of a mosquito abatement board in\nlieu of payment of expenses incurred in\nconnection with meetings or business of the\nboard.\nAB 144 - Biddle\nMakes nonsubstantive amedments to the Penal\n(Chapter 43)\nCode.\nAB 209 - Johnson, H.\nAuthorizes a court to order the return of\n(Chapter 44)\ndepositions as well as exhibits, filed as\nwell as introduced, to the attorneys filing\nas well as introducing them upon expiration\nof the appeal period in a civil action.\nAB 211 - Johnson, H\nPermits the destruction of records of a notary\n(Chapter 45)\nwho leaves office after 10 years from the date\nof deposit with the county clerk if no request\nfor or reference to the records has been made.\nPB 212 - Johnson, H.\nRequires that a copy of a foreign will which\n(Chapter 46)\nis offered for probate in this state and the\norder or decree admitting it to probate in the\nother state or foreign country satisfy prescribe\nrequirements of the Evidence Code, rather than\nbe duly authenticated or proved.\nAB 216 - Belotti\nRemoves the expiration date from the Fish and\n(Chapter 47)\nGame Code provisions relating to the seasons for\nthe taking of crabs.\nAB 276 - Burton\nAuthorizes a court in any county, rather than\n(Chapter 48)\nonly in counties of one million or more\npopulation, to order the destruction or disposal\nof any exhibit or deposition introduced in the\ntrial of a civil action after a prescribed\nperiod of time.\nAB 80 - Monagan\nExtends the application of the Senior Citizens\n(Chapter 51)\nProperty Tax Assistance Law to premises where\nthe householder owns the dwelling or the land\non which the dwelling is situated, or has a\npossessory interest in either.\n-1-\n-1-\nAB 278 - Russell\nSpecifies that a mutual insurer which has\n(Chapter 49)\ncompleted specified voluntary mutualization\nproceedings or which has converted to a mutual\nlegal reserve insurer is not subject to\nprovisions generally applicable to mutual\ninsurers. The bill specifies that this\nprovision is declaratory of existing law.\nThe bill further provides that a mutual insurer\nwhich completes specified voluntary mutualization\nproceedings may thereafter establish new classes\nof policyholders.\nSB 54 - Collier\nImposes an additional recording fee of $1.00\n(Chapter 36)\nfor each reference to a previously recorded\ndocument, other than the first reference,\nrequiring additional indexing.\nSB 78 - Wedworth\nRequires, rather than permits, the County of\n(Chapter 50)\nLos Angeles to perform the property tax assess-\nment and collection functions for cities within\nthe county without compensation.\nSB 124 - Danielson\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the\n(Chapter 37)\nCorporations Code.\nSB 136 - Grunsky\nRepeals the Government Code provisions\n(Chapter 38)\nauthorizing issuance of writs of habeas corpus\nby justices of the Supreme Court and Courts\nof Appeal. Provisions for the issuance of such\nwrits are contained in the Constitution,, as\nadopted by the voters in 1966. The bill also\nrevises provisions relating to the return\nof writs of habeas corpus.\nSB 138 - Beilenson\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the\n(Chapter 39)\nGovernment Code and Health and Safety Code.\nSB 150 - Deukmejian\nDeletes the requirement that jury and traffic\n(Chapter 40)\ncommissioners of the Los Angeles Municipal Court\nbe appointed from the staff of the Clerk of the\nCourt.\nJury and traffic commissioners must possess\nthe same qualifications as a municipal court\njudge (five years of law practice). There\nis no requirement that employees of the clerk's\noffice be lawyers. The present limitation\nin the law makes it difficult to find qualified\npersons for these posts.\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nSacramento, Califon\na\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-28-69\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke will sign his first bill (AB-1, Badham)\nat a ceremony in the governor's office tomorrow, Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor\na\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-29-69\n#257\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of a\nRedwood Parks Special Study Commission\nThe seven member commission will determine whether or not to\nrecommend to the governor and the legislature that the three state\nredwood parks on California's north coast be transferred to the newly\nauthorized Redwood National Park. If the commission recommends transfer,\nthe members also will consider the conditions under which the parks\nshould be transferred.\n\"California's parks, Jedediah Smith, Del Norte Coast, and Prairie\nCreek Redwoods, make up 27,468 acres of the 58,000 acres proposed to be\nwithin the boundaries of the new National Park, \" Reagan said. \"The\nthree state parks contain the vast majority of virgin redwoods and\nrepresent an investment of millions of dollars in state and private fund\ncontributed on a matching basis over many years.\"\nThe Governor noted that the legislation establishing the new Nation\nPark authorizes transfer of the state parks, but does not make transfer\nmandatory.\nNamed to the commission were:\n-Thomas A. Black of Aptos, Chairman of the Santa Cruz County Board\nof Supervisors and an attorney in Santa Cruz. Mr. Black, a Republican,\nwill be chairman of the commission.\nWhitford B. Carter of Lancaster, Chairman of the State Board of\nForestry, a Democrat.\nLawrence C. Merriam of Berkeley, retired Regional Director of the\nNational Park Service. He declined to specify his party affiliation.\nGuy E. Rusher of Orick, Vice Chairman of the Humboldt County Boa:\nof Supervisors, a Republican.\n--C. Russell Johnson of San Francisco, President of the Union Lumb\nCompany, a Republican.\nRichard M. Leonard, a San Francisco attorney, and a Democrat.\nHarry E. Sokolov of Beverly Hills, President of the California\nParks and Recreation Commission, a Republican.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOF\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE RESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-29-69\nNewsmen (including television film crews and photographers) who\nplan to cover the visit of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew in Sacramento,\nMay 6, must notify Governor Reagan's press office no later than 10 a.m.,\nMonday, May 5.\nOn the basis of this notification, newsmen will need credentials\nto cover the vice president's 11:30 a.m. address from the west steps of\nthe Capitol, his 12:15 p.m. press conference (room 1190, State Capitol),\nand his evening address (approximately 8:45 p.m. at the El Dorado Hotel),\n-\nall on May 6.\nThe credentials will be available for pick up\nin the governor's press office the morning of May 6.\nPlease inform the governor's press office of your needs and/or the\nneeds of your radio-television network, newspaper or wire service, as\nsoon as possible, preferably by early Friday afternoon, May 2.\nAlso, indicate which of the three events you plan to cover.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nR\nRELEASE: J mediate\nSacramento, Califor a\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 4-29-69\n# 258\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke announced today he has signed\nthe following bills:\nAB .1 - Badham\nEstablishes the Dana Point and Doheny\n(Chapter 56)\nBeach Marine Life Refuges in Orange County.\nAB 45 - Cullen\nAllows a person who, after January 1, 1968,\n(Chapter 57)\nobtained a city carrier permit to convert\nthat permit to a radial highway common\ncarrier permit without any additional\nfee. If such a person already has a\nradial permit then the bill calls for a\nrefund of the city carrier permit fee.\nAB 414 - Wakefield\nAmends the Vehicle Code to permit the\n(Chapter 58)\nDepartment of Motor Vehicles to accept\na certificate of competence from law\nenforcement agencies for officers who\noperate two-wheel motorcycles in the\ncourse of their duties.\nSB 129 - Cologne\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the\n(Chapter 53)\nBusiness and Professions Code.\nSB 154 - Lagomarsino\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the\n(Chapter 54)\nPublic Resources Code.\nSB 210 - Short\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the\n(Chapter 55)\nFish and Game Code.\n# # # # # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER) R\nSacramento, Califor a\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-30-69\nMrs. Spiro T. Agnew will be available to ladies of the press\nand their photographers at 11:30 a.m. at the Reagan Residence,\n1341-45th Street, on Tuesday, May 6.\n########\nEJG"
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