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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: 5 P.M., TUESDAY
Sacramento, California
February 3, 1970
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
2-2-70
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
RELEASE
BACKGROUNDER -- CHP MANPOWER LEVELS
The governor's CHP budget for 1970-71 shows a reduction of 413
authorized but unfilled uniformed officer positions.
This is a "paper reduction" only since it relates only to
unfilled positions and will not affect the maintenance of the CHP's
present service levels, including law enforcement and safety
effectiveness.
The 1965 legislative mandate to double the CHP has been
satisfied during the current budget year.
Filled uniformed officer positions will, in fact, be increased
by 119 over the 1969-70 level. This will insure continuance of present
service levels.
In addition, 40 uniformed officers will be freed for enforcement
activities, by using non-uniformed personnel for radio dispatch and
roadside vehicle inspection programs.
There also will be corresponding increases in non-uniformed
backup personnel to assure that no overall reduction in public service
occurs.
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: 5 P.M. TUESDAY
Sacramento, California
February 3, 1970
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-2-70
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
RELEASE.
BACKGROUNDER MENTAL HYGIENE
As noted in the Governor's Budget (Page A-17), the Department of
Mental Hygiene reached 100 percent of the new and higher staffing
standards for nursing personnel in hospitals for the mentally ill a
month ago (January 1, 1970) less than two years after the standards
were recommended and adopted.
This achievement came six months earlier than even the governor's
accelerated program to meet the standards had projected. (Governor
Reagan announced last October that he was accelerating the program to
achieve the standards by June 30, 1970).
Originally, the Department of Mental Hygiene intended to reach
100 percent of these standards by June 30, 1974, a goal considered highly
laudable because the previous and lower standards adopted in 1952 were
never attained, prior to 1967.
The new standards were recommended by a blue-ribbon California
Commission on Staffing Standards at the request of the State Senate and
with the support of Governor Reagan. They allocate the number of
treatment personnel actually needed, based on the patient's degree of
illness.
The number of patients in California's hospitals for the mentally
ill has been declining steadily for a decade. On June 30, 1959, there
were approximately 36,800 patients in hospitals for the mentally ill.
The current population is about 13,650, the smallest total in 40 years.
This is expected to drop another 2,300 by June 30, 1971, to an estimated
11,350.
As a result of this decline, plus the projected decline in patient
population, over the three-budget year period from fiscal year 1968-69
through the 1970-71 fiscal year, 7,124 beds in hospitals for the
mentally ill will be surplus to patient needs.
However, the Department of Mental Hygiene's budget for 1970-71
fiscal year will reflect an increase of 508 beds in the state hospitals
for the mentally retarded.
The result will be a net departmental reduction of approximately
6,600 beds, all in hospitals for the mentally ill where the decline in
patient population has been taking place.
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The reason for decline in patient population is the increasing
growth of community mental health programs under the Lanterman-Petris-
Short Act. As a result of this program, 90 percent financed by the state,
more mentally ill patients are being treated in their own communities
rather than being sent to state hospitals. More effective treatment
methods including use of tranquilizers also has contributed to the
overall reduction of the patient population in hospitals for the mentally
ill.
In keeping with recommendations by Legislative Analyst A. Alan Post,
the Department of Mental Hygiene is deactivating beds, wards and
buildings no longer required for patient use.
Insofar as possible, the phase out of excess beds will be
accomplished through closing unsuitable buildings. An example of this
policy was the decision in the 1969-70 budget year to phase out Modesto
State Hospital, an obsolete facility housed largely in surplus World
War II structures. The closure of this facility was recommended by the
legislative analyst for a number of years for reasons of economy and
because the patients at Modesto could be housed in more modern
institutions, often closer to their individual homes.
The Department of Mental Hygienewill maintain a bed capacity
approximately 15 percent greater than the projected patient population
in hospitals for the mentally ill. This moderate excess bed capacity is
required for flexibility of operations (unexpected increase in patient
loads, etc.)
The same decline in patient population which resulted in the excess
bed capacity also will result in excess personnel. Fewer patients require
fewer personnel. The patient population in hospitals for the mentally
ill (as noted above) has dropped from 36,800 in 1959 to an estimated
13,650 at present. By June 30,1971 the end of the forthcoming budget
year, the patient population is expected to decline another 2,300 to about
11,350.
This will result in an excess of 1009.8 positions, all in
hospitals for the mentally ill. The Department of Mental Hygiene will
continue to follow the present policy of abolishing these positions by
attrition as they become vacant and by offering any displaced employees
jobs in other hospitals as vacancies occur.
THERE WILL BE NC LAYOFFS.
The standards of care now in effect in hospitals for the mentally
ill will be maintained, despite the reduction in authorized personnel.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE:
5
M. TUESDAY
Sacramento, Californi-
February 3, 1970
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-2-70
MICHLIGHTS
TAX RELIEF
The local assistance portion of the proposed 1970-71 budget includes
$319.6 million for homeowner property tax relief and other forms of tax
$244.6 millic:
relief. This is $75 million more or 30.7 percent more than the
actual expenditures for tax relief in fiscal 1969-70.
Property tax relief for homeowners is up $20 million. The special
program of property tax relief for senior citizens is up $1.8 million.
STATE EMPLOYEE SALARIES
The 1970-71 budget includes funds for the equivalent of a 5 percent
salary increase for state employees, including academic and non-academic
employees of the University of California and the State Colleges. The
governor also has expressed his support for increasing the state's
contribution to employees' health insurance by $2 per employee during
the fiscal year 1970-71 from the present $8 to $10 per employee per month.
MENTAL HEALTH
million
The budget for 1970-71 includes a total of $291.1/for mental health,
$15.8 million more than the $275.3 million estimated actual expenditures
for mental health during the current 1969-70 fiscal year. Actual
expenditures is the amount estimated for the various programs after
including additional amounts authorized by legislative action. The
million
state is earmarking $172.6/to finance local mental health services
(Lanterman-Petris program, etc.) during 1970-71 or $22 million more than
actual expenditures for this purpose in 1969-70.
HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPPORT
The 1970-71 budget contains $697 million for higher education
(including approximately $30 million for salary increases).
State support for state colleges totals $329 million for fiscal
year 1970-71 (including salary increases), an increase of $40 million
over the $288.1 earmarked for state colleges in the 1969-70 budget.
The 1970-71 budget allocates $348 million for the University of
California, an increase of $18 million over the current fiscal year
(counting salary increases.
The budget allocates $16.646 million for the State Scholarship
and Loan Commission, $3.035 million more than the amount authorized
for student scholarships and loans in fiscal 1969-70.
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The amount alloc ed for community colleges or 1970-71 is
$151.983 million (not counting capital construction funds).
The 1970-71 budget proposes an allocation of $1,655.6 million for
public schools. This represents a 34.6 percent increase in public school
budget allocations over the past four years. It is $33.9 million higher
than the authorized General Fund expenditures for the 1969-70 fiscal
year.
(Background note: For the past four years, state support for higher
education has increased by an aggregate total of 65.2 percent, reflect-
ing the top priority given to higher education.)
SOCIAL WELFARE-MEDI-CAL
The 1970-71 budget earmarks $673 million from state funds for the
Department of Social Welfare's various assistance programs. This is an
increase of $83 million over comparable expenditures in the current
fiscal year. Average monthly caseloads for all assistance programs
are expected to total approximately 1.8 million cases or 210,000 more
than in 1969-70. This large increase exceeds the amount that should
be expected as a consequence of population growth, increase in cost of
living and social factors.
Court rulings (such as the Supreme Court decision eliminating
all state residency requirements for welfare) contribute to the
additional caseload.
Medical assistance (Medi-Cal) will provide benefits to an estimated
2,119,600 persons in fiscal year 1970-71 or 262,700 more than in
1969-70.
Expenditures from state funds for medical assistance are expected
to be $453 million in 1970-71, an increase of $65.3 million over the
current budget year.
Combined state spending for welfare and medical assistance programs
totals $1,126 billion.
(millions of dollars)
OVERALL BUDGET TOTALS:
1969-70
1970-71
Change %
General Fund
$4,616.1
$4,796.9
$180.8
3.9%
Special Funds
1,457.2
1,356.1
-101.1
-6.9%
Bond Funds
444.1
327.3
-116.8 -21.3%
Totals, all funds
$6,517.4
$6,480.3
- $37.1 - 0.6%
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO'
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-3-70
#70
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments
of Calaveras County Supervisor Robert W. Boles and Los Angeles landscape
architect Samuel W. Bridgers to four year terms on the Scenic Highway
Advisory Committee.
Boles, 55, a member of the Calaveras Board of Supervisors
since 1958, was recommended for the post by the California Roadside
Council. He succeeds Edwin S. Moore of San Francisco whose term has
expired.
Active in several highway improvement and beautification
groups, he is chairman of the Northern California Citizens for
Freeways and Highways and is a past president of the State Chamber Scenic
Highway Study Committee.
Boles and his wife Larraine live in Hathaway Pines.
Bridgers, 50, was recommended for his post by Chatsworth
Beautiful, a Southern California conservationist group. He succeeds
Richard M. Leonard of Berkeley, who has resigned.
He is a past president of the California Council of
Landscape Architects, a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape
Architects and a former resident landscape architect for the southern
campuses of the University of California.
Bridgers is also chairman of the Los Angeles Beautiful
Horticultural Committee and is active in the Los Angeles County Museum
Association and Los Angeles Beautiful.
He and his wife Pat have two children. The family home
is at 4539 Gloria Avenue, Encino.
Both appointees are Republicans. They will be paid
necessary expenses.
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-3-70
#71
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following
statement:
"My office and I have been working closely with State
Controller Houston Flournoy and Senate President Pro Tem Howard Way
and Assembly Speaker Bob Monagan. Together we have developed and are
proposing to the legislature what we think is a broad, fair share tax
reform program.
"First, it will sharply reduce homeowner's property
taxes and it will hold them down. This is an addition to the tax
relief now afforded by the $750 exemption. For the overwhelming
majority of homeowners, this will mean cuts in their property tax
ranging from more than 20 percent in more expensive homes to about
40 percent on lower cost homes. The average taxpayer living in a
$20,000 house who now pays a property tax of $500 a year, would have a
reduction of $200.
"Second, each renter who files an income tax return
will receive a $50 credit against his tax; if he owes less than $50,
his entire income tax will be forgiven. (This is over and above the
double standard deduction for renters which was provided in 1968)
"Third, we propose a special school equalization
program which will produce additional funds for about 80 percent of
the 1,144 school districts. The program would increase the foundations
support program by placing the first $2.05 in the existing school tax
equally behind all the school children in California. I want to stress
that this is not a new or additional tax. It is a redirection of
existing resources into an equal education opportunity program.
"Fourth, and very important to us, we are proposing an
expenditure limit on counties and school districts to guarantee that
the property taxes will not go back up following our reductions.
Property tax rates would be adjusted annually to population and
cost-of-living factors, but beyond those levels they could only be
increased by a vote of the people.
"Fifth, the program includes relief of property tax
used to pay the cost of welfare programs. This will help all property
taxpayers--especially those in agricultural and urban areas with
heavy welfare caseloads. The county will pay the first 25-cents of the
property tax going to welfare; above that the cost will be borne 70
percent by the state and 30 percent by the counties.
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"Also proposed is a uniform sharing ratio between
the state and the county for the categorical aid programs, and a
shift in Medi-Cal financing that will place greater incentives on
holding down these rapidly escalating costs.
"Sixth, the business inventory tax would be permanently
reduced to 50 percent. This would provide a stimulus to our economy
and thus help attract industry and jobs to California.
"Finally, we propose to mandate the availability of the
use-assessment provisions of the Williamson Land Conservation Act,
and to provide replacement revenue to the counties. This will help
preserve our rapidly disappearing open spaces as well as provide tax
relief for agriculture.
"Those are the areas of tax relief--tax cuts, if you
will. To pay for these tax cuts, we propose to increase the state sales
tax by one cent; and add a new bracket to the personal income tax
for joint returns of $32,000 taxable income per year and above;
adjust our capital gains treatment to produce an additional $20 million
a year; adjust oil depletion allowances to produce another $15 million
a year; increase bank and corporations taxes by one-half of one percent
per year, and establish a minimum income tax to close the loop-holes
where, for example some now pay no tax at all.
"All of these leave roughly $150 million still to be
found to offset the reductions in the property tax. We all agreed
this should be obtained from the income tax and while this entire
program represents a joint effort on this particular point there was
no discussion beyond the decision to use the income tax as a source
for the remaining replacement revenue.
The decision was mine as to
the exact way this would be done.
"It is no secret I have always been philosophically
opposed to withholding; and yet faced with a choice between a 10 percent
increase in the income tax or obtaining the same amount of revenue with
no increase in the present rates, I cannot in good conscience advocate
the increase. Yesterday morning I informed these gentlemen that today
I would propose withholding as the means of making possible the
property tax reductions and renter relief we have agreed upon.
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#71
"That sound you hear is the concrete cracking around
my feet.
"I believe a majority of taxpayers- including many who
share my philosophy about withholding--have reluctantly come to the
conclusion that inflation and the increased emphasis on the income
tax as a source of revenue have made withholding inevitable.
"In recent years the amount of state revenues from
the income tax has increased 30 percent. This has accentuated the
cash flow problem and forced the state to increase its borrowing
during the lean months. There will be a considerable savings to the
taxpayers in reduced interest charges as a result of withholding.
"When withholding goes into effect, there is a
gigantic windfall in the transition year. We will return this one-
time windfall to the taxpayers. A year from this April, each citizen
will deduct somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 percent of his tax just
as he will deduct 10 percent this April. As nearly as can be figured
now the rebate will be more than $400 million.
"Our total fair share tax reform package provides
substantial and guaranteed relief to the beleagured homeowner; it shifts
certain tax burdens in an equitable manner; it is fair to the
homeowner and the renter and it is fair to business and agriculture;
it will close loop-holes; it will improve the method of financing our
public schools, and it will help to stimulate our economy and preserve
our open spaces."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
2-3-70
Joining Governor Reagan at his 1:30 press
conference today will be Controller Hugh Flournoy,
Speaker Robert Monagan, Senate President Pro Tem
Howard Way, Assemblyman William Bagley and Finance
Director Verne Orr.
Questions will be limited to one topic
which will be announced at the press
conference.
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
2-3-70
Governor Reagan will attend funeral services
for Congressman Glenard P. Lipscomb tomorrow at
1:00 p.m., Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood
Hills.
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califorr
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
2-4-70
#72
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Whitford B. Carter,
president of a Lancaster broadcasting company, to a four-year-term
on the State Board of Forestry, subject to Senate confirmation.
Carter, a Democrat, has served on the board since 1958. He
represents the public. The post pays actual and necessary expenses.
Carter lives at 45635 North Sierra Highway, Lancaster.
# # #
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul DE
445-4571
2-4-70
#73
Three members of the State Cemetery Board were re-appointed
to three-year-terms by Governor Ronald Reagan today, subject to Senate
confirmation.
They are:
Archie L. Hocking, 1833 Constitution Court, San Jose, executive
vice president of the Oak Hill Mortuary and Memorial Park. A Democrat,
he has served since 1950.
William A. Lahanier, 1000 Green Street, San Francisco, executive
vice president of the Woodlawn Memorial Park. A Republican, he has
served since 1961.
John A. Vibert, 1004 Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach, president and
general manager of the Pacific View Memorial Park. A Republican, he
has served since 1968.
Board members are paid $25 per diem for each day spent on
official duty.
# # #
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
2-4-70
#74
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
John LaMar Hill II, owner of a Los Angeles funeral home, to a three-
year-term on the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers.
Hill, who has served on the board since 1954, is a Republican.
He lives at 1225 Westchester Place, Los Angeles.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
####
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Califorr
a
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
2-4-70
#75
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of three
members to four-year-terms on the Board of Directors of the 32nd
District Agricultural Association (Orange County Fair)
They are:
Robert W. Krone, Santa Ana accountant, of 2237 Donnie Road,
Newport Beach. A Republican, he succeeds Franklin I. Remer of Newport
Beach, whose term has expired.
Mrs. Mildred Goldthorp of 1518 East Catalina Avenue, Santa
Ana, a civic leader and newspaper columnist. A Republican, she succeeds
Robert L. Humphreys of Costa Mesa, whose term has expired.
Dr. Maurice S. Nadridge, Placentia physician, of 13031 Malena
Drive, Santa Ana. A Democrat, he succeeds Norman J. Meyer of Costa
Mesa, whose term has expired.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
# # #
WAS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
2-4-;
#76
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Dr. John P. de Heras
of San Jose and Dr. Ray H. Ouibell of Redding to three year terms on
the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
De Heras, a Republican, has served on the board since 1967.
De Heras, who lives at 2958 Neet Avenue, San Jose, and Quibell,
whose address is P. O. Box 267, Redding, have served on the board
sunce 1967. Both are Republicans.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
# # #
WAS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
2-4-70
#77
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment
of three members to four-year-terms on the Board of Directors of the
26th District Agricultural Association (Amador County Fair).
They are Frederick G. Geis of 240 Walnut Street, Jackson,
a member since 1954; John A. Huberty of P. O. Box 104, Jackson,
who has served since 1960, and Leslie G. Pantle of Preston Avenue,
Ione, a member since 1955.
Geis and Pantle are Republicans and Huberty is a Democrat.
They receive no pay for service on the board.
# # #
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul BE
445-4571
2-4-70
#78
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
three members to four-year-terms on the Board of Directors of the
35A District Agricultural Association (Mariposa County Fair and
Homecoming).
They are:
Stanley Fiske, P. O. Box 218, Mariposa; La Verne E. Greeley,
P. O. Box 49, Greeley Hill Route, Coulterville, and Edward B Robertson,
P. O. Box 87, Catheys Valley.
All three members are Democrats. Fiske has served on the board
since 1950; Greeley has been a member since 1964 and Robertson has
served since 1969.
The posts are non-salaried.
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
a
Contact:
Paul Btck
445-4571
2-4-70
#79
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Hideo R. Yamasaki,
Auburn nursery owner, to a four-year-term on the Board of
Directors of the 20th District Agricultural Association (Auburn District
Fair) and reappointed two other members.
Re-named to the board were Alexander Ferreira, a rancher
of Route 2, Box 2559, Newcastle, and Mrs. Dorothy K. Perry, Route 1,
Box 1874 Luther Road, Auburn, a business woman.
Ferreira, who has served since 1961, is a Democrat. Mrs.
Perry, a board member since 1967, is a Republican.
Yamasaki, a Republican, succeeds Masayuki Yego of Penryn,
whose term has expired.
Active in numerous civic and service organizations including
the California Association of Nurserymen and the Japanese American
Citizens League and the Auburn Fair Boosters, Yamasaki was named Auburn's
Man of the Year in 1966 by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
He lives at Route 4, Box 4878, Auburn.
# # #
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVE JOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-4-70
#80
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Thomas A. Lipman, El
Monte businessman and civic leader, to a four year term on the
California Exposition and Fair Executive Committee and reappointed
two other members.
Reappointed were John H. Clifford, of Route 1, Box 20,
Kelseyville, a rancher who has served on the committee since 1968,
and George A. Whitney, 7229 Country Club Drive, La Jolla, vice
president of KFMB and KFMB-TV, a committee member since 1967.
Lipman, who lives at 2359 Caracas Street, La Crescenta, is
vice president and a director of Livingstone-Graham, Inc., an El
Monte rock and gravel firm. He succeeds Marvin E. Cardoza of San
Francisco, whose term has expired.
Active in numerous civic groups, Lipman is chairman of the
Los Angeles County-West Covina Public Authority Board, the Associated
General Contractors, the Board of Directors of the President's
Circle of the University of Southern California and is a director
of the United States-Mexico City Sister Association.
He and his wife Barbara have two children.
Lipman, Clifford and Whitney are Republicans. They will
receive necessary and actual expenses.
# # #
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-4-70
CORRECTION
Paragraph two, Press Release 80 should be corrected to read:
"George A. Whitney, 7229 Country Club Drive, La Jolla, vice president
of PSA, a committee member since 1967."
# # #
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: I' ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-5-70
#81
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Charles D. Hobbs as Chief Deputy Director of the State Department
of Social Welfare. His salary will be $23,712.
Hobbs, 36, has spent the past 12 years managing the design,
development and operation of computer-based information systems for
military, commercial and public applications.
Among the projects are the Huntsville, Alabama, Model City
Program, the NASA Space Station and the design and installation of
a psychiatric data retrieval system at Camarillo State Hospital in
Ventura County.
A Republican, he succeeds F. Calvin Locher who has resigned.
Hobbs and his wife Joan have three sons.
# # #
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVER
JR
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-5-70
Members of the Capitol Press Corps are invited to a surprise
birthday party for Governor Reagan in his office (council room) at
4:30 p.m. today.
Actually, his birthday is tomorrow but because he will be out of
town then we are celebrating it today.
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOP
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
2-5-70
#82
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Miles W. Kratka,
executive secretary of the San Diego Farm Bureau, to the San Diego
County Board of Supervisors, Fifth District.
Kratka, 53, will fill the unexpired term of Robert Cozens
who resigned to become director of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
A Republican, Kratka has served as farm bureau executive
secretary for the past two years.
He is active in the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, the
Escondido Chamber of Commerce, the Riverside County Farm Bureau and is
a member of the Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Governor's
Industrial Safety Conference.
A native of Pasadena, Kratka is a graduate of the University
of California at Davis.
He and his wife Adele have six children. The family home is
at 2750 Bernardo Avenue, Escondido.
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: SUNDAY A.Ms.
Sacramento, California
February 8, 1970
Contact:
Paul Beck
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
445-4571
2-6-70
RELEASE.
#83
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced plans for the most intensive
and far-reaching Summer-Jobs-For-Youth campaign ever launched in
California with the goal of providing productive and meaningful
employment opportunities for every young person willing and able to work.
More than 450,000 young people, 16-21 years of age, are expected
to seek summer jobs this year, he said.
John T. Hay, general manager of the California State Chamber of
Commerce, who directed Governor Reagan's Summer-Jobs-For-Youth campaign
last year, said at least 325,000 young people are known to have been
placed in jobs during the overall 1969 summer vacation period.
The governor expressed his appreciation to Hay and others,
especially those who served on his blue-ribbon youth employment committee,
for their efforts in making last year's summer jobs campaign the success
it was.
To oversee and coordinate all aspects of the 1970 effort, Governor
Reagan designated Lt. Governor Ed Reinecke to chair a new and larger
blue ribbon Committee For Summer Youth Employment, including three of
the four persons who served with Hay on last year's committee:
Henry Sante of San Francisco, a public accountant and charter member of
the Mexican American Political Association; Charles Goady of Oakland,
a PG&E executive who has long been active in Bay Area black community
affairs; E. James Houseberg of Salinas, executive vice president of the
Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association of Central California.
Serving jointly as vice-chairmen under Reinecke will be Ernest
Loebbecke, president of the California State Chamber of Commerce; Albin
Gruhn, president of the California Federation of Labor-AFL/CIO; and
Dr. Richard D. De Lauer, regional chairman of the National Alliance for
Businessmen.
Others chosen to serve on the governor's committee are Manuel Dias,
vice president, California Federation of Labor-AFL/CIO; Richard Carpenter,
general manager, League of California Cities; Daniel Lopez, deputy
director, State Department of Human Resources Development; and Einar Mohn,
director, Western Conference of Teamsters.
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Richmond H. Mallory of Sacramento, an nerojet-General Corporation
executive, will take a leave from the firm to serve as the full-time
executive director of the campaign, under Reinecke.
Governor Reagan said the 1970 Summer-Jobs-For-Youth campaign will,
for the first time, bring together and coordinate the youth job
placement efforts of such diverse organizations as mayors' councils,
chambers of commerce, civic and fraternal groups, organized labor, the
National Alliance of Businessmen and the State Department of Human
Resources Development.
"This single, unified approach promises to improve communications
at the community level and eliminate unnecessary duplication of effort,
maximizing youth employment opportunities and insuring the most
intensive, far-reaching Summer-Jobs-For-Youth campaign ever launched
in California,' he said.
The governor noted that duplication in job solicitation, multiple
listing of employment openings, countless calls by job seekers and
competition for youth job placements between various public and private
agencies tended to dilute the potential effectiveness of past summer
youth employment programs.
"The 1970 campaign represents a blueprint which can, and I am sure
will, overcome such weaknesses,' he said.
"Our objective this year is to form a single organization in each
community and vest in it the authority for coordinating all youth job
campaign efforts. Summer youth coordinators will be appointed to carry
out the program.
"The major goal of our unified community approach is to promote full
participation, support and cooperation between employers, labor unions,
all levels of government and civic groups to insure maximum job
availability for every young person willing and able to work," the
governor added.
The Department of Human Resources Development, through its local
employment offices, Service Centers, HRD Centers and Youth Opportunity
Centers, will receive the job offers and administer the placement program
It will also provide technical help to the Governor's Committee and
provide liaison between the various job centers. In addition, the
department will handle summer youth employment in state agencies.
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Special liaison groups will work to make sure that young people in
our crowded inner cities are aware of our campaign.
"As in previous years, If the governor said, "we are enlisting the
help of three outstanding professional athletes. They are Les 'Speedy' ,
Duncan of the San Diego Chargers, Ron 'Pinto' Smith of the Los Angeles
Rams and George 'Butch' Atkinson of the Oakland Raiders.
"These men will work in areas where the need is greatest
personally calling on employers, service groups and the news media to
promote the summer job campaign.
"Through the joint efforts of all of us members of our blue ribbon
committee, chambers of commerce, business and professional associations,
civic and fraternal organizations, young people throughout the state,
and the tens of thousands of employers in California's business and
governmental sectors I am confident that our 1970 Summer-Jcbs-For-
Youth campaign can be far and away the most successful ever.
"Again, let me strongly urge every employer to take a hard and close
look at those jobs which can surely be provided where real work is
involved to justify the pay---and then match them, wherever and whenever
possible, to the employment needs of our young people.
"I can think of no better way to emphasize the merit of our free
enterprise system, " the governor said.
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
February 9, 1970
through
February 15, 1970
Monday, February 9
9:15 a.m.
Arrive California State College at Fullerton for
meeting with student leaders, faculty Club,
State College Avenue. (1 hour)
10:25 a.m.
Private meeting with small group of FSC students.
11:30 a.m.
Remarks and Q & A to Student Body, gymnasium.
(1 hour)
7:00 p.m.
Pepperdine College Dinner, Los Angeles Room,
Century Plaza Hotel. Speech.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Tuesday, February 10
a.m.
Depart Los Angeles for Sacramento.
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
2:30 p.m.
Picture with California Easter Seal Child,
Governor's Office.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, February 11
No Public Appointments Scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, February 12
6:00 p.m.
Lincoln Day reception, Del Paso Country Club
Lounge.
7:25 p.m.
Lincoln Day Dinner, Woodlake Inn. Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, February 13
No Public Appointments Scheduled
Saturday, February 14
No Public Appointments Scheduled
Sunday, February 15
No Public Appointments Scheduled
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
James B. Phelps, Redwood City attorney, as judge of the Palo Alto-
Mountain View Judicial District Municipal Court.
Phelps, 52, a Democrat, succeeds Judge John Brenner who has been
elevated to the Santa Clara County Superior Court. He will receive an
annual salary of $29,270.
A partner in the Redwood City law firm of Ropers, Majeski and
Phelps since 1963, the new municipal court judge is active in civic
and professional organizations.
He is a member of the California, American, San Mateo and San
Francisco Bar Associations, the Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers
Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the International
Association of Insurance Counsel, the Association of Defense Counsel of
Northern California, the Barristers Club of San Francisco, the
Bohemian Club, the San Francisco Guardsmen and Volunteers for a
Better Government.
He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and obtained his
law degree from Harvard Law School.
Phelps and his wife, Jean, have two children, and the family home
is in Palo Alto.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of eight
members to his Committee for Employment of the Handicapped.
They are:
Evan Maas, 6201 Winnetka Avenue, Woodland Hills; Dean of Admissions
and Guidance, Los Angeles Pierce College. A member of the San
Fernando Valley "Employ the Handicapped" committee for the past
11 years, he is a former member of the San Fernando Welfare Planning
Council and is active in youth affairs.
Donald Brown 1207 Embarcadero, Sacramento, owner of an advertising
and public relations firm; a volunteer member of the committee for the
past two years.
Mrs. Bernice Imlay, 1050 Rodeo Road, Pebble Beach; retired
vice principal of Aston School for the Physically and Orthopedically
Handicapped in Salinas.
Dr. Thomas Gucker III, 2400 South Flower Street, Los Angeles;
Director of Rehabilitation of the Orthopaedic Hospital, president of
the Southern California Chapter of the National Rehabilitation Association
Gary Harris, 451 South Detroit Street, Los Angeles; Director of the
Harcourt Foundation, member of the California Personnel Association,
the Western Management Association, the Southern California Psychometric
Society and Build Rehabilitation Industries Executive Committee.
Richard C. Davis, 6275 Green Valley Road, Placerville; vice
chairman of the North Area Work Training Center, Inc., Carmichael.
Glen Rathbun, 1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto; In-Plant Coordinator
with Hewlitt Packard Company and active in programs to find employment
for the blind.
Arnold Laub, 5920 Ascot Drive, Oakland; attorney, civic leader and
President of the California Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was one of the
the Outstanding Young Men of America in 1969 and has served as
Executive Director of the California Service Alliance.
Committee members receive no compensation.
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#87
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of Joseph T.
Sneed, Stanford University law professor, and Assistant District
Attorney G. Bruce Gourley of Santa Barbara County and the reappointment
of Thomas E. Stanton, Jr., of San Francisco to the California Law
Revision Commission.
The appointments, to four-year-terms, require confirmation by
the Senate. Commissioners are paid $20 per day and necessary expenses.
sneed, 49, is a past president of the Association of American
Law Schools and is active in numerous professional associations. He
holds degrees from Southwestern University, the University of Texas and
Harvard and has served as a professor of law at Cornell University and
the University of Texas. He is a Republican. His home is at 634
Mirada Avenue, Stanford. Sneed succeeds Sho Sato of Kensington, whose
term has expired.
Gourley, 57, is a retired Los Angeles Police Captain, a former
investigator for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office and a
former Naval Intelligence officer. He has attended Los Angeles City
College, Northern Arizona University, Southwestern University and
Dartmouth College.
He was appointed Deputy District Attorney of Santa Barbara County
after his retirement from the Los Angeles Police Department.
He is a Republican. His home is at 4550 Lamplighter, Santa Maria.
Gourley succeeds William A. Yale of La Mesa who has been appointed
to the bench.
Stanton, 58, a member of the San Francisco law firm of Johnson
and Stanton, has served on the commission since 1954. A Republican,
he lives at 15 Tamalpais Avenue, Belvedere.
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#88
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Culver E. Heaton,
Pasadena architect, and John F. Swint, Anaheim building designer, to
three year terms on the Designers' Qualifications Advisory Committee.
Reaton, who lives at 488 Tamarac Drive, Pasadena, will represent
architects and Swint of 707 West North Street, Anaheim, will represent
journeymen. Both are Republicans. They will be paid per diem and
expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
six members to two-year-terms on the Apprenticeship Council.
They are:
Fred V. Adam, 15210 South Budlong Avenue, Gardena; business manager
of Carpet Linoleum and Soft Tile Installers, Los Angeles. He is
a Democrat.
George H. Henneberg, 2240 Parnal Avenue, Los Angeles; general
manager of Printing Industries Association. He is a Republican.
Richard M. Lane, 555 North Bristol Street, Los Angeles; owner of
the Richard M. Lane Construction Company, Los Angeles, He is a Republica
Bernard S. Miles, 2308 Cipriani Boulevard, Belmont; business
representative of the International Association of Machinists, Lodge 68,
San Francisco. He is a Democrat.
George W. Smith, 6730 Bedford Avenue, Los Angeles; business manager
of Local 18, IBEW, Los Angeles. He is a Democrat.
Fred A. Schmitz, 1494 Kings Lane, Palo Alto, a retired plumbing
and heating company owner. He is a Republican.
Council members are paid $25 for each day spent on official
duty.
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#90
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed three members to three-year
terms on the Social Worker and Marriage Counselor Qualifications Board,
subject to Senate confirmation.
They are:
Mrs. William Irvine, 4350 South Cove Avenue, Reedley, social
worker and staff member of the Kingsview Hospital, Reedley. She will
represent the clinical social workers on the board.
Mrs. Julie K. Rifkin, 1206 43rd Street, Sacramento, civic leader
and 1966 winner of Sacramento's "Woman of the Year" award for
distinguished community service. She will represent the public.
Dr. James J. Rue, 9923 South Downey Avenue, Downey, marriage and
family consultant. He will represent marriage counselors.
All are Republicans. They will receive $25 per diem while on
official duty.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
Dr. Ian Campbell of San Francisco and Joe M. Crosby of Pasadena to
three-year-terms on the State Board of Registration for Geologists.
Dr. Campbell of 133 Jones Street, San Francisco, is the retired
chief of the Division of Mines and Geology of the State Department
of Conservation. He is a Democrat.
Crosby of 1524 Via Del Rey, South Pasadena, is president of the
California Liquid Fertilizer Company. He is a Republican and will
represent the public on the board.
Board members are paid per diem and expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Charlie M. Taylor of Los Angeles and Richard Gable of Fairfax to the
State Board of Dry Cleaners, subject to Senate confirmation.
Taylor, a Democrat, is the owner of a Los Angeles dry cleaning
plant and assistant pastor of the Greater Page Temple of God in Christ.
He succeeds Charles R. Spats of Oakland, whose term has expired.
He lives at 4117 Fifth Avenue, Los Angeles.
Gable, owner of Miracle Norge Village in San Rafael, lives at
20 Meadow Lane, Fairfax. A Republican, he succeeds Steven D. Carroll
of Long Beach, whose term has expired.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of Nelson
Mills of Los Angeles and Willard T. Jordan of Costa Mesa to four-year-
terms on the Scenic Highway Advisory Committee.
Mills, vice president of the board of Pacific Outdoor Advertising
Company of Los Angeles, succeeds Harry P. Schmidt of Gustine, whose
term has expired.
A Republican, Mills is a director of the Los Angeles Area Chamber
of Commerce and the Southern California Visitors Council and a trustee
of the City of Hope.
He and his wife Virgie have three children. The family home is
at 1489 Waverly Road, San Marino.
Jordan, an architect and Costa Mesa City Councilman, succeeds
Bailey Justice of Alamo, who has resigned.
A Republican, Jordan is active in the Orange County Chapter of
the American Institute of Architects, the Costa Mesa Chamber of
Commerce, the Harbor Area Boys' Club, the California Council of the
A.I.A. and other civic and professional organizations.
He lives at 2269 Santa Ana, Costa Mesa.
Committee members receive necessary expenses.
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#94
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Allan Grant, president
of the California Farm Bureau Federation, as president of the State
Board of Agriculture.
Grant, 63, has served as president of the board since 1967. He
is a Republican.
Grant and his wife Irene have five children. The family home is
at 351 Hanover Street, Oakland.
The president of the board serves for one year.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Max K
Herzog, Petaluma dairy rancher and cattle judge, to a four year term
on the Board of Directors of the Fourth District Agricultural Association
(Sonoma-Marin District Fair) and reappointed two other members.
Re-named to the board were Albert P. Behrens, 100 Sixth Street,
Petaluma, retired bank manager, and Gene M. Benedetti, 8990 Poplar
Avenue, Cotati, Petaluma creamery manager. Behrens is a Republican and
Benedetti is a Democrat.
Herzog, a Republican, is a past president of the Sonoma County
Dairy Herd Improvement Association, a member of the University of
California at Davis Alumni Board and Agricultural Advisory Committee,
the California Commonwealth Club and is a past president of the Redwood
Empire Holstein Association. He lives at 7689 Lakeville Highway,
Petaluma.
Herzog succeeds I. A. Barlas of Petaluma, whose term has expired.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed three new members to four
year terms on the Board of Directors of the 19th District Agricultural
Association (Santa Barbara National Horse Show and Flower Show).
The three, all Republicans, are James J. Hollister III, an attorney
and rancher; Robert E. Kallman, president of a nursery company, and
Jim B. Worthen, a realtor.
Hollister, 38, of 125 East Victoria Street, is a native of Santa
Barbara. He attended Stanford University and received his law degree
from the University of California's Boalt Hall. He is president of
Child's Estate Foundation, a trustee of the Cate School in Carpinteria
and a director of the Planning and Conservation League.
Hollister succeeds Howard L. Sargent of Santa Barbara, whose term
has expired.
Kallman, 44, of 225 Lighthouse Road, is also a native of Santa
Barbara. A graduate of the University of California, he is active
in numerous civic groups including the Navy League, Old Spanish Days
Fiesta, Santa Barbara Mayor's Business Advisory Committee, the Child's
Estate Foundation, Mesa Improvement Association and the Good Shepherd
of the Rincon Club. He is a former president of the Santa Barbara
City Board of Education, Council for Retarded Children and the Santa
Barbara County Horticultural Society. He succeeds Kenneth A. Palmer
of Santa Barbara, who has retired.
Worthen, 29, of 4533 Nueces Drive, has attended Oakland City College,
and Santa Barbara City College, and is a graduate of the University
of California at Santa Barbara. He is active in civic affairs. He
succeeds Richard W. Robertson of Santa Barbara whose term has expired.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed three new members to four
year terms on the State Board of Education, subject to Senate
confirmation.
They are Clay N. Mitchell of South Laguna, president of the Orange
County Board of Education; Tony N. Sierra of Calexico, president of the
Calexico Unified School District Board of Trustees and Mrs. Jeanette S.
Ritchie of Menlo Park, an educator.
Mitchell, 58, a businessman and a retired Air Force major, succeeds
Dorman L. Commons of Fullerton, whose term has expired.
A Republican, Mitchell was first elected to the Orange County
Board of Education in 1962. He is active in civic affairs and is a
director of the South Laguna Sanitary District and a member of the
Citizens Advisory Committee for a Rapid Transportation System for Orange
County.
A graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, he is
a life member of the UCLA Alumni Association and Phi Kappa Psi, a
charter member of the Air Force Academy Athletic Association and a
member of the South Laguna Civic Association.
Mitchell and his wife Helen have one daughter. The family home
is at 11 South Alta Mira Road, Three Arch Bay, South Laguna.
Sierra, 46, a leader in the organization of educational programs
for the deaf and culturally deprived, succeeds Dr. Miguel Montes of
Los Angeles, whose term has expired. He is a Democrat.
A native of Mexico, Sierra worked his way through Arizona State
University and the University of Arizona after combat service in World
War II as an Army paratrooper.
A partner in a retail drug firm, he was first elected as a trustee
of the Calexico Unified School District in 1963. In addition to his
work in organizing educational programs for deaf and handicapped
youngsters, he has served as a director of the Imperial County School
Board Association, is a charter member of the Mexican-American Educators
Coordinating Council and one of the organizers of the "Nuevas Vistas"
conferences. In 1968, he received the group's first annual award for
"Outstanding Contributions to the Education of Mexican-American Students
in California."
Sierra and his wife Virginia have three children. The family home
is at 434 Ethel Street, Calexico.
Mrs. Ritchie, 29, who has served as a school nurse and a college
instructor, succeeds Mrs. Michaela Mathiesen of Fresno whose term has
expired.
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A native of Berkeley, Mrs. Ritchie has attended the University of
Utah and the University of California and holds degrees from
Stanford University.
A Republican, she is a registered nurse who has served on the Dean
of Women's staff at Stanford, as Assistant Head Nurse at Stanford
University Hospital and as instructor in the School of Education at
San Francisco State College.
She is a member of the San Francisco State Committee to Study
Minority Drop-outs and the author of the book "Safety for Children."
She lives at 1064 Creek Drive, Menlo Park.
Members of the State Board of Education are paid actual and
necessary travel expenses.
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
February 16, 1970
through
February 22, 1970
Monday, February 16
Office appointments
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, February 17
10:00 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
11:30 a.m.
Picture with Hugh Flournoy and Miss Mary C. Crouse,
designer of the 1970 Camellia Festival Button.
Miss Crouse, who won the design contest for the butto
in competition with art students from the three
college campuses in Sacramento last year, will sell
one of the buttons to Governor Reagan.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, February 18
Office appointments
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, February 19
afternoon
Depart Sacramento for Williams.
Arrive Williams (Colusa Airport) and proceed to
Migrant Farm Workers Housing Project for tour of
site.
Depart for San Francisco
Overnight - San Francisco
Friday, February 20
a.m.
Regents meeting - Richardson Hall, University
Extension Center, San Francisco.
6:30 p.m.
Football Hall of Fame reception and dinner,
Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco.
Depart for Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, February 21
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, February 22
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
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Four recently appointed community relations consultants to the
Governor will meet briefly with Governor Reagan in his office this
afternoon at 4:30 p.m. The informal session will be open to the press
for picture taking.
The new appointees are:
Henry Lane of Huntington Park, who will work in the South Central
Los Angeles service center (Watts). Lane, 33, has been a design engineer
for Sargent Industries, Huntington Park since 1966. He is a Marine
Corps veteran and a graduate of Los Angeles City College.
-Louis Ramos of Santa Monica who is being assigned to the East
Los Angeles service center. Ramos, 29, is a native of Mexico City,
Mexico, and attended the University of Texas, and Santa Monica City
College. He also holds an electronics certificate from the Texas School
of Electronics. An Air Force veteran, he has served as manager of Public
Finance Corporation, Los Angeles and as co-manager of a Los Angeles
furniture company.
Max Vigil of Los Angeles, who will work at the Venice Service
Center. Vigil, 40, has been a member of the marketing staff of Everest
and Jennings, Inc., Los Angeles, a rehabilitation equipment supplier for
handicapped persons. He is a graduate of Woodbury College and served
in both the Air Force and Army after World War II. Active in civic
affairs, he helped organize the East Los Angeles Junior Chamber of
Commerce and founded the Los Angeles Mexican-American Council,
David Jimenez of Fresno who has been assigned to the Fresno
Service Center. Jimenez, 46, has served as Director of Human Relations
for the city of Fresno since 1968. He previously was a Fresno police
officer. Jimenez holds a teaching credential from the Division of
Vocational Education, University of California, and has also taken courses
at Fresno State College and Fresno City College. He is a past president
of the community service organization, is a member of the board of the
Fresno Mexican Civic Committee and the family service center, and is
on the Fresno City Schools Advisory Board.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed William L. Lyon, Jr., of
Sacramento to a three year term on the California Advisory Board to
the Bureau of Employment Agencies.
Lyon, owner of a real estate and insurance firm, will represent
the public on the board. A Republican, he lives at 3400 Country Club
Drive, El Macero.
The post pays per diem and expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Rodney D. Baumbach, Jr.,
a Yreka farm implements dealer, to a four-year-term on the 10th
District Agricultural Association (Siskiyou County Fair) Board of
Directors and reappointed two other members.
Baumbach of 417 Fourth Street, Yreka, succeeds John K. Janson of
Yreka, whose term has expired.
Renamed to four-year-terms were Reginald D. Wetzel of Post Office
Box 836, McCloud, a realtor, and Frank R. Day of Route 1, Box 96,
Montague, a cattle rancher.
All three men are Republicans,
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"By now, you are familiar with last week's Superior Court
ruling in Los Angeles which would have the effect of requiring
compulsory bussing of school children throughout the Los Angeles City
Schools system.
"The far-reaching implications of this judicial ruling are of
deep concern to most Californians, of all ethnic backgrounds, in
every sector of the state.
"Mandatory bussing will shatter the concept of the neighborhood
school as the cornerstone of our educational system. What is worse,
it will seriously undermine all efforts to improve the quality of
our public schools.
"School officials in Los Angeles will be forced to siphon off an
estimated $42 million to pay for bussing during the first year alone.
"The same $42 million would pay for hiring 4,200 new teachers.
"Over the first eight years of the bussing program, an estimated
$200 million of taxpayers' money will be diverted from education to
this totally unnecessary and unwanted moving of children from their
home neighborhoods.
"To those who think we are making too much of this, let me point
out that the court ruling would make bussing mandatory--a top priority--
at the expense of such educational items as new classrooms, books,
instructional aids, and maintenance. This utterly ridiculous judicial
decision, which is questionable as to its legality, can only hamper
the quality of education our children receive and deprive them of the
natural environment of the neighborhood school.
"Now I know there are those who will charge that opposing
compulsory bussing is somehow equivalent to encouraging discrimination.
But those who make such a charge lack understanding of the real needs
of our children whatever their race or ethnic background.
"It was best explained by a mother who told me that what she really
wanted was a better education for her child in the meighborhood school
he was attending. She said, 'We want teachers to keep our children in
a grade until they learn what they are supposed to learn in that grade.
We want an end to passing them simply because they' ve come to the end
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"The fact is, some of the most innovative and forward-looking
projects for minority children in our public schools would be
imperiled if bussing becomes mandatory. For example, what would happen
to the vital teaching program for youngsters of Mexican descent in
Los Angeles schools which is now underway? More than 600 bilingual
specialists have been assigned to neighborhood schools in Spanish-
speaking areas of the city to assist in resolving these youngsters'
language problems. at the most critical period in their educational
lives.
"It is no wonder that so many parents of Mexican descent are
opposed to bussing.
"Indeed, over the past three years I have talked with countless
citizens from all minority groups in the state and I believe the vast
majority hold the same view.
"Somehow I doubt that in the separation of powers, the judiciary
was intended to legislate or run our schools. The 1964 Civil Rights
Act is very explicit in its denial of compulsory bussing to achieve a
social balance.
"Forced bussing is not a promise of improved education. It only
promises to jeopardize educational quality by diverting funds which
would otherwise be used for true educational purposes.
"Forcing children to be herded onto buses and carted across town
each day--away from their familiar home environments- represents a
vast and dehumanizing manipulation of school populations.
"Because I believe that last week's court ruling in Los Angeles poses
such a serious threat to the preservation of educational quality in our
public schools, I have asked the State Department of Education to
explore and recommend all possible alternatives to mandatory bussing.
"Furthermore, I have directed my legal staff to take all possible
action to assist the Los Angeles Board of Education in its efforts to
appeal the decision.
"In the meantime, it will be the continuing policy of this
legal
administration to vigorously oppose--by all/means--the forced bussing
of Calfornia school children."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today praised President Nixon for a quick
response in declaring 14 flood-stricken Northern California counties
a major disaster area and ordered state teams into the field to
cooperate in providing relief services to victims.
"This action by the President makes it possible for flood victims
to immediately begin the work of rebuilding and it provides them
with relief services that range from the removal of debris to
unemployment compensation," the governor said.
He also announced that a state support team, headed by State
Disaster Office Director Charles P. Samson, has joined federal teams
to assist in the recovery programs. It will operate out of a joint
OEP Disaster Field Office in the Shasta County Courthouse in Redding.
Federal and state teams will brief local government officials
on requirements for aid at meetings to be held Wednesday in Redding,
Thursday in Oroville and Friday in Lake County, Samson said.
Governor Reagan proclaimed the 14 counties a disaster area on
January 27 and on February 3 and asked the President to make his
declaration to qualify flood victims for additional federal aid.
The counties are Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Lassen, Marin,
Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
seven members to the California Industry and World Trade Commission.
The commission, created by the 1969 legislature, fosters and
promotes commerce and industry between foreign nations and California.
Members, who will serve at the pleasure of the Governor, are:
Jack L. Ashby, vice chairman of the board, Kaiser Steel Company,
Oakland. He lives at 64 Sharon Avenue, Piedmont. He is a Republican.
C. R. Campbell, director of contracts and marketing, Rohr Corporation
Chula Vista. He lives at 43 Corte Maria, Chula Vista. He is a
Republican.
Bruce Craver, chief of the Economic Development and Research
Department of the California State Chamber of Commerce. He lives at
430 Larch Lane, Sacramento, and is a Democrat.
Ralph J. Crawford, executive vice president, Wells Fargo Bank,
San Francisco. He lives at 3465 Blackhawk Road, Lafayette. He is
a Republican.
J. R. Dant, president of States Steamship Company, San Francisco.
He lives at 55 Elena Drive, Atherton. He is a Republican.
Paul C. Ely, Jr., general manager, Micro Wave Division, Hewlett-
Packard Corp., Palo Alto. He lives at 41 Linaria Way, Menlo Park. He
is a Republican.
Leslie M. Westfall, manager of Westfall Stevedoring Company,
Eureka. He lives at 1316 Madrone Street, Eureka. He is a Republican.
Commissioners are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed the
City of Sonora a disaster area to enable the city
to recover from a devastating fire.
Extensive damage to property was caused by
a fire on January 27. Both the City of Sonora
and the County of Tuolumne requested the
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On Thursday, February 19, weather permitting, Governor Reagan will
visit migrant workers housing units under construction by the
Production Training Corporation at Williams.
The governor will tour the site with Bert Reynes, President of
Rohr Corporation of Chula Vista, which has provided manufacturing
machinery and personnel for this program.
Governor Reagan is scheduled to arrive at the Colusa airport at
2:30 p.m. and proceed to the facility. Reynes will brief the press
on the project and conduct the governor on a short walking tour of
the site at 3:10 p.m.
The site can be reached from the San Francisco Bay Area by
taking Interstate 80 to the Highway 16 off ramp near Vacaville.
Proceed to Interstate 5. The site is located approximately nine
miles north of Arbuckle (right turn off Interstate 5, across from the
Sundown Drive-In Theatre.)
From Sacramento, proceed to Woodland, then take Interstate 5 as
directed above.
Estimated driving time from San Francisco, two hours; from
Sacramento, one and one-half hours.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of Jack W.
Bradley, Bakersfield attorney, and Arthur J. Costamagna, Deputy
Director of the State Department of Commerce to the Workmen's
Compensation Appeals Board, and the reappointment of Albert G. Boardman,
San Mateo engineer and labor leader.
The appointments require Senate confirmation. Board members, who
serve for four years, are paid $31,816.
Bradley, 60, a senior partner in the Bakersfield law firm of
Bradley, Wagy, Bunker, Hislop and Leddy, has served as Special Counsel
for the State Compensation Insurance Fund in Kern County since 1957.
He succeeds William Kaplan of Tujunga whose term has expired.
A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Bradley
received his law degree from University of California's Boalt Hall.
He is active in Bakersfield civic and service organizations and is a
member of the Kern County, State and American Bar Associations, the
Judge Advocates Association and the International Associates of
Insurance Counsel. His home is at 935 Fairway Drive, Bakersfield.
Costamagna, 36, joined the Reagan administration in June, 1967,
as Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Professional and
Vocational Standards. Since April of 1969, he has served as Deputy
Director of the Department of Commerce.
He succeeds the late Elvin Connolly of San Mateo.
A native of San Francisco, Costamagna is a graduate of the
University of San Francisco and received his law degree from
University of San Francisco in 1959.
Prior to joining the administration, he was active in the San
Francisco business community and in civic affairs.
He and his wife, Joan, have two daughters. They live at 1254 Lucio
Lane, Sacramento.
Boardman, of 200 12th Avenue, San Mateo, has served on the board
since 1965. He is a civil engineer, a former member of the San Mateo
Planning Commission and has held executive positions with Local Three
of the Operating Engineers. He has served the San Mateo Building
Construction Trades Council and the Mid-Peninsula Council for Civic
Unity. He is a Democrat.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Roy G. Johnston, Los Angeles structural engineer, and Kenward S.
Oliphant, San Francisco consulting engineer, to four year terms on
the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.
Johnston, 56, a partner in the firm of Brandow and Johnston
Associates of Los Angeles, will represent structural eugineers on
the board. He succeeds John K. Minasian of Altadena, whose term has
expired.
A Registered Civil and Structural Engineer, Johnston is a past
president of the Structural Engineers Association of California and
Southern California, a director of the Earthquake Engineering Research
Institute, a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the
American Concrete Institute.
In addition, he is a trustee of Westmont College in Santa Barbara,
a director of the Southern California Association of Independent
Colleges, the Building Committee of the Los Angeles County Welfare
Planning Council and the American Arbitration Association.
Johnston and his wife Naomi have two children. The family
home is at 3311 Villa Mesa Road, Pasadena.
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Oliphant, 48, president and chief engineer of a San Francisco
consulting firm, is a Registered Electrical and Mechanical Engineer.
He will represent electrical engineers on the board, succeeding Charles
J. Helin of Pasadena, whose term has expired.
Oliphant holds degrees from the University of Oregon and Stanford
University, and has served as president of the Consulting Engineers
Association of California, chairman of the Mechanical and Electric
Consulting Engineer Council of California and a board member of the
Consulting Engineers Council of the United States.
In addition, he is active in the Acoustical Society of America,
the American Institute of Physics, the Illumination Engineering
Society, the National Council of Acoustical Consultants, the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Society for
Testing and Materials.
He and his wife Dorothy have two children. The family home is at
198 Upland Drive, San Francisco.
Both Johnston and Oliphant are Republicans. They will be paid
$25 per diem while on official duty.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed three members to four-
year-terms on the Board of Directors of the 23rd District Agricultural
Association (Contra Costa County Fair).
They are John M. Jawad, 5962 Wallace Drive, Clayton, a Clayton
restaurant owner; Robert V. McKeen, 55, Loma Vista Drive, Orinda,
an Oakland real estate broker; and Verne L. Roberts, 95 West Lake Drive,
Antioch, an Antioch City Councilman.
Jawad, a former cattle rancher and brand inspector for the state,
is a member of the Clayton Planning Commission, the California
Cattlemen's Association and the Contra Costa County Farm Bureau.
He succeeds Gay C. Vargas of Richmond, whose term has expired.
McKeen, a former Oakland City Councilman, is active in the
Oakland Chamber of Commerce and other civic groups. He succeeds
Judith J. Rooney of Martinez, whose term has expired.
Roberts, who served on the Antioch City Planning and Recreation
Commissions prior to his election to the City Council, also served
two terms as mayor. He succeeds Howard B. Richman of Pittsburg
whose term has expired.
All three men are Republicans. They will be paid necessary
expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of three
directors to four-year-terms on the 16th District Agricultural
Association (San Luis Obispo County Fair) Board of Directors.
They are Mrs. F. Ray Bryant, 125 Sunset Street, Paso Robles; Joseph
M. Ryan, P. O. Box 728, Creston and Fred C. Voris. Route 2, Box 677,
San Luis Obispo.
Mrs. Bryant, a Republican, has served on the board since 1967;
Ryan, a Democrat, has served since 1960, and Vorie, a Republican, has
been a member since 1965.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 51 - Chappie
Extends until April 6, 1970, the time within
(Chapter 3)
which candidates must file a financial
disclosure statement. Present law requires
the filing of such statements within 10 days
of filing of the declaration of candidacy or
declaration of acceptance.
AB 355 - Monagan
Provides that the annual rate of interest on
(Chapter 2)
bonds authorized pursuant to the University of
California Health Science Facilities Construc-
tion Program Act of 1969 may be set by the
legislature as provided by Senate Constitutional
Amendment 26 of the 1969 legislative session.
SCA 26 is listed as Proposition #7 on the June
primary ballot. The health facilities bond
act is Proposition #1.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following letter to U.S.
Attorney General John Mitchell:
"Monday, the citizens of Berkeley were once again subjected to a
series of savage and senseless acts of sabotage and terrorism by
rampaging bands of vandals. One Bay Area newspaper called it 'one of
the worst riots in Berkeley's history.'
"The indiscriminate destruction caused by the unprovoked mob
violence of these street guerrillas and anarchist revolutionaries will
exceed $100,000.
"Six Berkeley policemen were injured, several seriously, while
attempting to carry out their duties to protect life and property.
"On the same day, a bomb planted in a San Francisco police station
exploded end sent shrapnel ripping into walls and police officers,
killing on officer and wounding eight others, some seriously.
"Only three days earlier, last Friday, two other bombs detonated in
the parking lot of the Berkeley Police Department. One officer was
seriously wounded, six others were injured, and three cars were destroyed
"Other outbreaks of guerrilla terrorism and mob violence occurred
this week at other locations around California as well as in Seattle and
New York,
"There is evidence that at least the Berkeley riot was not
spontaneous, but was well planned in advance. This city has suffered
from a long series of violent confrontations planned by mindless
revolutionaries who are dedicated to the overthrow of our democratic
system of government and free way of life.
"The enclosed report of my staff on the Peoples' Park riot details
some of this history.
"State government and local law enforcement agencies in California
are doing all in their power to bring to a halt these violent
confrontations.
"We intend to continue in these efforts,
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"However, to enhance the effectiveness of our own actions at the
state and local levels, I am requesting that the Department of Justice
immediately convene a federal grand jury, and that your agency begin an
investigation as soon as possible to determine whether there have been
any violations of federal laws by those persons fomenting and
participating in these riots, and, in particular, whether any of the
individuals involved in this recent terrorism crossed state lines to
incite riots, or for other unlawful purposes.
"I strongly believe that the recent violence by the mob in Berkeley,
including its identifiable leaders, willfully violated the civil rights
of literally hundreds of law-abiding citizens.
"I, therefore, urgently request that the investigation of the
Justice Department include an immediate, thorough and continuing inquiry
into the cowardly acts of terrorism and destruction I have cited.
"The people of California have simply had enough of this sort of
thing. They are fed up with the continuing assaults against their
personal safety and property and against their law enforcement officers. "
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Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed William French Smith,
Edwin W. Pauley and Robert 0. Reynolds to the University of California
Board of Regents.
Pauley, who has served on the board for 30 years, twice as its
chairman, will fill out the balance of the term currently held by
Reynolds, which expires March 1, 1972.
Reynolds, along with Smith, is being named to a full 16-year term.
The appointments are effective March 1.
Smith, 52, is a prominent Los Angeles attorney and civic leader.
He has been a regent since December, 1968, when he was named to succeed
Mrs. Dorothy B. Chandler who resigned after 14 years on the board.
Reynolds, a 55-year-old Los Angeles business executive, was first
appointed to the board in January, 1969, to fill out the term of Regent
Samuel B. Mosher who resigned.
Governor Reagan lauded Pauley for his "long and dedicated service
as a regent of the university over the past three decades.
"He is truly a pillar of the University of California, and I am
very pleased that he will continue to serve as a member of its governing
board, the governor said.
Pauley, 67, is a 1922 graduate of the University of California at
Berkeley where he received a Master of Science degree one year late.
He was named to the Board of Regents by Governor Culbert Olson in
1940. As a regent, he twice bestowed honorary degrees on presidents of
the United States President Kennedy in 1962, and President Johnson two
years later.
He served as chairman of the Board of Regents from 1956-58 and
again from 1960-62.
He is founder and chairman of the board of Pauley Petroleum, Inc.,
Los Angeles. In addition, he is a director of Western Airlines, Inc.,
and is a member of the boards of trustees of Occidental and Pepperdine
Colleges, and of the governing board of Georgia Military Academy.
From 1945-47, he served as United States representative, with the
rank of ambassador, to the Reparations Commission. He also was an
advisor to the secretary of state on economic affairs, and a special
assistant to the secretary of the army, in 1947.
Pauley lives in Los Angeles.
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Smith graduated summa cum laude from the University of California
at Los Angeles in 1939. Three years later, he took his law degree from
Harvard University,
He is a senior partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Gibson,
Dunn and Crutcher.
A World War II naval officer, Smith was named a director
of the California State Chamber of Commerce in 1963. He served on the
California Congressional Recognition Council from 1957-60 and from
1964-66.
He is a former national vice president and chairman of the Harvard
Law School Association Af Southern California.
Reynolds, a 1936 graduate of Stanford University, is president of
the California Angels Baseball Club, of which he is a part owner. Prior
to devoting his full time to the Angels ballclub, in the summer of 1968,
he served as president of Golden West Broadcasters, a group of radio
stations, for 16 years.
He also is a vice president of the Los Angeles Rams pro football
team, and is a former director of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Reynolds has been active in Los Angeles community affairs for many
years, having served a lengthy term as president of the board of Webb
School in Claremont, a private boys' preparatory school.
He also is a past director of the Stanford Alumni Association.
Pauley is a Democrat. Smith and Reynolds are Republicans.
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
February 23, 1970
through
March 1, 1970
Monday, February 23
a.m.
Depart Los Angeles for Sacramento.
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, February 24
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
p.m.
Depart for Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Wednesday, February 25
Trustees Meeting, State Colleges Headquarters,
Los Angeles.
p.m.
Depart Los Angeles for Sacramento.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, February 26
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, February 27
noon
Commonwealth Club luncheon, Fairmont Hotel,
San Francisco. RR will offer welcoming remarks.
French President Georges Pompidou will be
featured speaker.
Overnight - San Francisco
Saturday, February 28
noon
Republican State Central Committee luncheon,
Hilton Hotel. Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento
Sunday, March 1
No appointments scheduled
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Governor Reagan will make an important announcement to the
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"As you know I have submitted to the legislature a battle plan for
an all-out war on drug abuse.
"This is a war in every sense of the word because our future as a
free society could well depend upon the outcome. There can be no
compromise with the menace of drug abuse. If we surrender, we run the
very real risk of losing an entire generation.
"Therefore, I have asked for the cooperation of all federal, state
and local agencies and I have asked educators, the medical profession,
drug manufacturers, law enforcement officers and every citizen to enlist
in this fight.
"The task of marshalling these forces will be handled by the State
Office of Narcotics and Drug Abuse Coordination which I have created
by executive order.
"The man who heads this department office and will serve as field commander
of this campaign, must have very special qualifications.
"He must have knowledge of the entire drug scene. He must be able
to work with educators, legislators, law enforcement agencies and all
those concerned with the problem- especially our youth who are the
chief targets of the drug pushers.
"But most important of all, he must be totally dedicated to this
fight against drug abuse.
"Today I am happy to announce that we completed our search for the
man we believe has these unique qualifications.
"I am pleased to announce the appointment of Arthur Suddjian as
Coordinator of the State Department Offine of Narcotics and Drug Abuse
Coordination.
"I am going to ask Human Relations Secretary Lucian Vandegrift to
introduce Art because his office will be located in the Human Relations
Agency.
"The majority of the state departments already actively engaged in
fighting narcotics addiction and drug abuse are located in the agency,
including Corrections, Youth Authority, Mental Hygiene, Public Health
and Rehabilitation,
"But before I introduce Van, I want to say a few words about Art.
"Art is coordinator of the School Health Education and Drug Abuse
Information Center of the Fresno City Unified School District,
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"Art is a former police officer, a correctional officer, and an
educator who has helped to establish drug abuse prevention and education
programs throughout the state. In addition he has served as a consultant
on drug abuse problems to governors of seven western states.
"He is an active participant in state and national conferences on
problems on drug addiction. He has served on several state commissions
concerned with the problem and he participated in Operation Intercept-
a program to stop the trans-border shipment of dangerous drugs. And he
is a consultant to the Commission of the Californias an organization
of state and Mexican law enforcement, public health and education
officials who are tackling the problem on an international scale.
"I would like to mention one more thing before I ask Lucian to
introduce Art.
"In 1968, Art was named 'Man of the Year' by the PTA for his
community youth work.
We expect that he will be our 'Man of the Year' for this campaign.'
BIOGRAPHY
Arthur H. Suddjian Coordinator of the State Office of Narcotics
and Drug Abuse Coordination. Salary: $18,000
Native of Redwood City. Age 43.
Married. Wife: Alice; two children: Gale, 16; Debbie, 12.
Party affiliation: Democrat.
Education: B.A. Criminology/Psychology
Fresno State
M.A. Guidance and Counseling/
School Administration
Fresno State
Past Experience:
Military - United StatesNavy-Communications
Radioman PO2/c-2½ years W.W.II
Teacher - Fresno City Schools-12 years.
Teacher - Fresno State College-part time
Counselor - Fresno City Schools - - 4 yrs.
Coordinator of Minoxity group counselors-Fresno Schools.
Evaluator/consultant for Compensatory Educ. Progs.
Fresno City & Dairyland Sch. Dist./Madera 3 yrs.
Counselor - Calif. Youth Authority - 3 yrs.
Law Enforcement - Fresno Police Dept. - patrol,
detective, and desk sgt. - 2 yrs.
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Present Responsibilities:
Coordinator - Fresno City Schools Health Educ. K-12
Director of Fresno City Drug Abuse Information Center
Coordinator - Fresno City Schools Family Life and Sex Educ.
Member of California Interagency Council on Drug Abuse
CMA's Task Force on Education
Member of California's Council on Criminal Justice -
Narcotics, Drug and Alcoholic Abuse
Task Force - Region VII (South)
Consultant to:
State of California - Bureau of Health Educ. State
Department of Education - in the field of drug abuse.
Consultant to:
Department of Education - Evaluator of the State's
Education Instructional T.V. Programs-Videotapes and
films on drug abuse.
Consultant to Drug Abuse Prevention and Educational Programs to
the states of Utah, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and Idaho.
Lockheed Missiles & Space - Educational Systems Division
Consultant - program and film development of a drug abuse
educational program.
Western Governors' Conference - Seattle, Washington, Summer 1969.
National District Attorneys Association.
Commission of the Californias - "Operation Intercept"
Community action programs:
PTA - 11th District School Health Chairman
Assist with parent and teacher drug education
programs, series of ITV programs - county-wide.
Youth Conferences and Drug Abuse Information Center
for Parents and Teachers.
Fresno Community Council - Three-phase drug abuse program-
information center, community volunteers and law
enforcement and other agencies cooperation phase.
Fresno Community Coordinating Council on Drug Abuse - Key
administrators from all agencies dealing with young
people.
Fresno County and City Schools Health and Safety Committee
instructional television programs and materials,
FACTS Program - Finding answers -- caring thru' service -
Community volunteer "Drug Hot Line" 24 hr. telephone
answering service. (inservice and training programs)
FACTS Foundation - 24 hr. Crisis Center - "The Fire House"
Member of the Advisory Board.
Consultant to - inservice and training programs:
Fresno Police Dept.'s SRO program (School Resource Officers
drug and juvenile prevention programs in the elementary and
junior high schools of Fresno.
County Probation officers - juvenile and adult.
California Youth Authority trainees.
Presented with Honorary Life Membership Award - PTA.
Presented "Man of the Year" award in 1968 - for community youth work.
Articles published in Calif. Teachers Assoc. Action Paper and in the
California Guidance and Counseling Association Journal.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Joseph E. Regan, 45, a
design illustrator and member of the California Correctional Industries
Commission, to a four-year-term on the California Women's Board of
Terms and Parole.
Regan, a Democrat, has served on the CCIC since 1967. He succeeds
Robert C. Lindsey of San Jose, who has resigned. Members of the board
receive an annual salary of $10,710 plus necessary expenses.
Regan lives at 587 South Hill Avenue, Pasadena.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Dr. James
B. D. Mark, professor of surgery at Stanford University School of
Medicine, to a four-year-term on the Health Review and Program Council
Dr. Mark, 40, a Republican, succeeds Charles E. Dixon of Riverbank
on the council, which advises the Department of Health Care Services
on Medi-Cal programs. Dixon has resigned.
In addition to his professorship at Stanford, Dr. Mark is
chairman of the department of surgery at Santa Clara Valley Medical
Center in San Jose.
A graduate of Vanderbilt University and its school of medicine, he
taught at the Yale University School of Medicine prior to joining the
staff at Stanford.
He is a member of the American Board of Surgery, the Board of
Thoracic Surgery, an American Cancer Society Fellow in Surgery, a member
of the America Association for the Advancement of Science, the
American College of Chest Surgeons, the American Association for
Thoracic Surgery, the American Medical Association, the California
Academy of Medicine, the California Medical Association, the Pacific
Coast Surgical Association, the Santa Clara County Medical Association
and the San Francisco and San Jose Surgical Societies.
Members of the council are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Nat R.
Scatena, Stockton farmer and grower, to a four-year-term on the
Local Applications Advisory Board.
The board accepts applications for and allocates funds for the
construction of housing for migrant workers.
Scatena, who lives at 209 West Banbury Drive, Stockton, is a
Republican. He will represent growers and agricultural commodities
on the board, succeeding Mike Schultz of El Centro, who has resigned.
Members of the board are paid necessary expenses.
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#117
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement.
"Just a month ago---on January 22---I urged the legislature to
pass the most comprehensive and far-reaching Omnibus Clean Air Law to
battle smog ever proposed by any state or nation.
"The provisions of such legislation, based on the findings and
recommendations of our Air Resources Board, would give us the tools we
need to enforce drastic reductions in smog emissions from automobile
engines during the decade of the 70s and could cut hydrocarben fumes
more than 80 percent and reduce nitrogen oxides in the air by at least
half, by the year 1980. As you know, these are the principal ingredients
of automobile-produced smog.
"In spite of the increased number of cars and trucks on our highways
smog is on the decline in California.
"We can and must help speed that decline.
"For this reason, I am today taking the unusual step of calling on
the State Air Resources Board and its technical advisory committee to
convene a special two-day session in Sacramento, March 4 and 5, which
could provide the impetus necessary to further speed the decline of smog
caused by automobiles.
"Top executives of the nation's major automobile manufacturing firms
and oil refining companies are being invited to this special meeting to
discuss the feasibility of significantly increasing the use of lead-free
gasolines in new cars sold in California. The heads of the Ethyl
Corporation and the DuPont Company producers of the lead compounds used
in
fuel are also being asked to participate.
"In addition, we are hopeful that these leaders will be able to
bring key members of their technical staffs.
"Engines with high compression ratios, in many of today's new
automobiles, require the use of gasolines containing lead compounds
or in everyday language, ethyl. Although such engines PROUIde promise high
performance, they produce substantially greater amounts of nitrogen
oxide fumes.
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"During the past several weeks, the Air Resources Board has noted
reports from auto manufacturers of the need for engines to operate on
non-leaded gasolines, if they are to meet California's increasingly
tougher emission standards. At the same time, the board has received
other reports that some petroleum companies may be planning to market
better lead-free gasolines, thus reducing the need for engines with
high compression ratios.
"Because these reports raise many important questions about the
availability of fuel and the prospects for greatly improved automobile
smog control systems, it is imperative that the top officials of our
auto and oil refining industries come together in a single forum to
fully and frankly discuss their problems and needs with us.
"This will enable our Air Resources Board and its technical advisory
committee to act as a focal point for working closely with both sides.
"I am confident that the knowledge to be gained from this special
session of the Air Resources Board will contribute greatly to our
ability to insure the decline of air pollution in the skies above
California."
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CORRECTION
Please correct the last sentence in the last paragraph on page 1
of release #117 to read:
"Although such engines provide (sted of promise), etc.
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#118
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Dr. John Saidy of
Hillsborough to fill an unexpired term on the Citizens Advisory
Council of the Department of Mental Hygiene and re-appointed three
other council members to three year terms.
Reappointed were:
Dr. Saul M. Brown, chief of Child Psychiatry, Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, who represents child psychiatrists on the board.
Dr. Brown lives at 321 South Willaman, Los Angeles. He is a Democrat.
Dr. Albert G. Feldman, professor of social work, University of
Southern California School of Social Work. A Democrat, he represents
social workers on the board. His home is at 765 South San Rafael,
Pasadena.
Dr. Hiawatha Harris, director of the Central City Community
Mental Health Center, Los Angeles. A Democrat, he will represent
psychiatrists on the board. He lives at 1547 West 48th Street, Los
Angeles.
Dr. Saidy was named to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Carl E.
Anderson of Santa Rosa which ends on January 10, 1972. Dr. Anderson
has resigned.
A graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine,
Dr. Saidy practices in San Mateo. He is a past president of the
San Mateo County Medical Association and is vice chairman of the
California Medical Association.
A Republican, he lives at 715 Chiltern Road, Hillsborough with
his wife and two children.
Dr. Saidy will represent general medicine on the council.
Council members are paid necessary expenses.
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#119
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Mrs. Nancy C. Keating of Los Angeles to a three-year-term on
the Physical Therapy Examining Committee of the Department of
Professional and Vocational Standards.
Mrs. Keating, Chief Physical Therapist of the California
Hospital Medical Center, succeeds Nicholas D. Macoulis of Reseda,
whose term has expired.
She will represent physical therapists on the committee.
Mrs. Keating is a Republican. She lives at 542 South Mariposa
Avenue, Los Angeles.
Committee members are paid $25 per day while on official duty.
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#120
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of John I.
Kelly of Bakersfield to a three-year-term on the Certified Shorthand
Reporters Board of the Department of Professional and Vocational
Standards, subject to Senate confirmation.
Kelly, a Kern County civic leader and member of the
Bakersfield firm of Bultman, Bianchi and Kelly, succeeds J. Kimball
Walker of Bellflower, whose term has expired.
Kelly lives at 300 Jamaica Way, Bakersfield. He is a Republican.
Board members are paid $25 per diem while on official duty.
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Governor Reagan is enroute to Santa Barbara to
confer with local officials, arriving at the County
Courthouse at approximately 2:30 p.m.
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#121
Governor Ronald Reagan flew to Santa Barbara County Thursday
afternoon to confer with local officials about the rioting and burning
at Isla Vista. Following the meeting, the governor issued this
statement:
"Throughout last night and into the early hours of this morning, a
lawless mob of approximately 1,000 persons roamed through the town of
Isla Vista in Santa Barbara County committing wanton acts of violence
and destruction. This mob engaged in such criminal offenses as arson,
felonious assault, rioting, and the malicious destruction of property.
"In response to the request of local authorities, I ordered officers
of the Callfornia Highway Patrol into the area to provide mutual aid to
the Sheriff's officers and police departments from Santa Barbara County
and the surrounding cities and counties who joined together to meet
this attack on the peace and order of that community.
"To prevent any reoccurrence of the tragic and useless events of
additional
last night, I am now taking the following/steps:
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(1) A' the request of local authorities, I am declaring a state
of extreme emergency in Isla Vista and the surrounding area.
" (2) Sufficient California Highway Patrol officers--and the
National Guard if needed--are being ordered into Santa Barbara County
to insure the protection of life and property.
" (3) In cooperation with the Board of Supervisors and sheriff of
Santa Barbara County, we are developing special emergency regulations
which would prohibit the forming of mobs on the streets or in public
places throughout the period of this emergency.
" (4) I have asked the state attorney general to assist local law
enforcement in the investigation of yesterday's events, leading to the
identification of those who incited and led the rioting, SC that they
may be arrested and prosecuted for their crimes. This will include an
Kunstler
investigation of the conduct of William Kuntzler, the figure involved in
the recent Chicago conspiracy trials, who spoke on the campus of the
University of California at Santa Barbara immediately prior to the
rioting, to determine whether or not he participated in, encouraged, or
advocated the lawless conduct that followed his speech.
"At the same time, I would like to point out that a number of UC
Santa Barbara students were reported as assisting law enforcement
officers in urging the rioters to leave, in helping extinguish fires and
generally attempting to ease tensions. I would like to congratulate
those students for their mature and responsible action."
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#122
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Dr. Robert S. Nichols of Vallejo to a three year term as a member of
the Podiatry Examining Committee.
Dr. Nichols, who has served as president of the California
Podiatry Association and a trustee of the California College of
Podiatric Medicine, succeeds Dr. Howard M. Joseph of Sacramento, whose
term has expired.
Dr. Nichols, a Republican, lives at 658 Washington Street, Vallejo.
Committee members are paid $25 per day while on official duty.
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#123
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Mrs. Pauline Galleano of Madera to a four-year-term on the Board of
Directors of the 21A District Agricultural Association (Madera District
Fair)
Mrs. Galeano succeeds the late Charles C. Gill of Chowchilla.
Active in community youth groups, Mrs. Galleano is a past president
of the California Young Homemaker Organization, the Howard Community
Club and Howard 4-H Clubs.
Her husband, Joseph, who is active in farm circles, was named
California, State and National "Outstanding Young Farmer" for 1967 and
1968.
Mrs. Galleano is a Democrat. She and her husband live at 20512
Avenue 14, Madera, with their five children.
Fair directors are paid necessary expenses.
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#124
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the fol-
lowing bills:
AB 69 - Lanterman
Validates organization, boundaries, acts,
(Chapter 4)
proceedings, and bonds of counties, cities
and specific districts, agencies and entities.
AB 102 - Hayes
Authorizes cities which have included items in
(Chapter 5)
their annual operating budgets for the 1969-70
fiscal year which are financed by other means
to provide by ordinance either for a refund of
that portion of the first installment of tax
due on property on the secured roll which
reflects the amount on the second installment
or for a refund of such amount as paid for
both installments. The bill also establishes
procedures to adjust the rate of tax on the
unsecured roll for the following year and for
canceling a part of the interest and penalties
on tax delinquent property on the secured roll.
The bill's provisions become inoperative on the
61st day following final adjournment of the
1971 regular session of the legislature.
AB 133 - MacGillivray
Specifies that property otherwise eligible for
(Chapter 6)
assessment as open-space lands to be so assessed
if the instrument reflecting the fact the
property is enforceably restricted to open-
space uses is signed or recorded on or before
May 15, 1970. The present deadline is March 1,
1970
AB 235 - Beverly
Authorizes the Savings and Loan Commissioner
(Chapter 7)
to increase the limit on gifts or premiums
which savings and loan associations may give
as inducements to make deposits to the limits
set for federally chartered associations.
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