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Folder Title: Press Releases - April 1970
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Imm liate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
#181
4-1-70
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments
of two new members, and the reappointment of one director to
four-year-terms on the board of the 15th District Agricultural Association
(Kern County Fair).
The new members are Kenneth E. Vetter, 41, an insurance
agency owner, of 129 Cypress Street, Bakersfield, and Don M. Johnston,
41, a farmer, of 5204 Greenbrier, Bakersfield.
Vetter succeeds Everett O. Baker of Shafter, whose term has
expired, and Johnston will replace Paul D. Spilsbury of Wasco, whose
term has also expired. Both Vetter and Johnston are Republicans.
The governor reappointed Kenneth N. Mebane, 47, a cattle
rancher, of Route 1, Box 396, Bakersfield. Mebane, a Republican, has
served on the board since 1966.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, Califor. a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-1-70
#182
Governor Ronald Reagan today proposed to the legislature stringent
new regulations setting acceptable noise standards for airports and
aircraft operating in California.
"These new regulations to control 'noise pollution' are the first
of their type in the nation and are examples of how government and the
private sector can work together to make California a better place to
live,' the governor said.
"For the first time," the governor said, "Californians residing in
the vicinity of airports who are subjected daily to the noise of airport
operations will have a specific legal means of determining actual
violations of the law.
"As I said when I signed legislation last year authorizing the
Department of Aeronautics to set standards, these regulations will
accomplish several major objectives, not the least of which is bringing
relief to ears of people who live near airports.
"It also will provide an incentive to airlines and aircraft
manufacturers to work for the development of quieter aircraft and will
alert airport management to consider the effect of noisy airport
operations when building new facilities or expanding existing airports, "
the governor said.
Aeronautics Director Joseph R. Crotti said the regulations were
developed by his department with the assistance of Wyle Laboratories, an
acoustical consulting firm of El Segundo. A seven-member noise advisory
committee, appointed by Governor Reagan last December, aided in
establishing the regulations.
With the concurrence of both houses of the state legislature, the
regulations will become effective January 1, 1971. After that date,
violations of the noise standards will become misdemeanors carrying a
$1,000 fine levied against the aircraft operator.
The Department's regulations establish the level of noise acceptable
to a reasonable person residing in the vicinity of an airport at 65 CdBA,
a decibel rating based on the actual noise emitted and the frequency of
the emission.
Crotti explained this should eventually result in a vast reduction
in noise at the typical metropolitan airport,
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The noise regulations will be applicable to all existing and future
airports in California operating under a valid permit issued by the
Department. They will apply to all operations of aircraft and aircraft
engines which produce noise and cover aircraft on the ground and in
flight. In addition, they will apply to operations of aircraft engines
whether or not they are affixed to aircraft.
Crotti said the regulations will provide a procedure to limit the
maximum allowable noise for an individual aircraft over-flight at
specified points in the vicinity of the airport. The noise limits are
spelled out in terms of the type of airport operations and location.
The regulations are designed to enable the airport proprietor,
aircraft operators, local governments, pilots and the Department of
Aeronautics to work cooperatively to diminish noise.
"We should be able to accomplish these ends by controlling and
reducing the 'noise impact area', the degree of noise affecting a
surrounding community and imposing 'single-event' or fly-over
noise limits, " Crotti said.
In establishing a noise impact area around airports, Crotti said
it also will be necessary to establish compatible land uses within the
area and to set up a way of controlling and reducing the noise.
Under the new regulations, the county where an airport is located
will be responsible for enforcement and the state will review the noise
level criteria at five-year intervals.
Crotti explained that within the next two months, the California
Aeronautics Board will conduct hearings in Los Angeles and San Francisco
concerning the new regulations and report back to the legislature on its
findings.
Legislation (AB 645, Foran) required the department to set standards
and resulted from interim hearings on airport noise held by the Assembly
Committee on Transportation in 1968. It was signed by Governor Reagan
in September, 1969.
Crotti credited the consultant and the Governor's Advisory Committee
on Airport Noise Standards for "the conscientious effort put forth to
meet the deadline set by the legislature for submission of the proposed
regulations."
Members of the Advisory Committee, made up of representatives of
homeowner groups, airport operators, cities and counties and the State
Departments of Education and Public Health include Mrs. Mary Lou Crockett,
Los Angeles; Daniel W. Emory, Newport Beach; R. E. Coykendall, San Mateo;
Daniel D. Mikesell, Ontario; Mayor Warren Boggess, Concord; Dr. John M.
Heslep, Berkeley; and Charles Dana Gibson, Sacramento.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Ir ediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-1-70
#183
Governor Ronald Reagan today strongly endorsed legislation to
create a comprehensive, integrated system for the prevention and
treatment of alcoholism.
The measure, introduced today by Assemblyman Frank Lanterman
(R-La Canada), creates a State Office of Alcohol Program Management to
coordinate a variety of programs now conducted by state and local
agencies.
The governor said the Human Relations Agency has already taken the
first administrative steps to implement the concept by assigning
Loran D. Archer, administrator of the Department of Rehabilitation's
alcoholism program, as alcoholism program coordinator for the state.
Archer, who currently serves as a consultant to the California
Medical Association Committee on Alcoholism, and the Conference of Local
Mental Health Directors' Subcommittee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, will be
responsible to Human Relations Secretary Lucian Vandegrift.
Creation of the office was recommended by a Human Relations Agency
Task Force which also developed an administration plan for a single
Department of Health.
Governor Reagan, noting that alcoholism is the tenth leading cause
of death in California, said "the disease causes untold personal tragedy
not only to the victim, but also to relatives and friends. While such
personal losses cannot be measured in dollars and cents, the strictly
economic loss to California is conservatively estimated at $1 billion a
year.
"During this administration, he said, "we have more than doubled
the level of support for local community alcoholism programs administered
by the Department of Rehabilitation
"This increase was accomplished through the more effective
utilization of existing funds, and with no increase in state and local
funds.
"These programs have been highly productive, both in the salvaging
of human lives, and in the return of such persons to a productive role in
the community.
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"During the past year, the earnings of alcoholics who have been
rehabilitated increased by over $5 million a year.
"The return in sales and income taxes alone from this group will
repay the entire cost of the community alcoholism program in slightly
over two years," the governor said.
Under the new Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, community mental health
services to alcoholics have been expanded. There are today 11 clinics
operated under the McAteer Act and another 14 specific alcoholism
treatment programs operated by community mental health services under
the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act. In all, 55 community mental health
programs offering general mental health services to alcoholics in
California. The state's mental hospitals also offer treatment programs
and some are engaged in research on alcoholism.
"By improving the coordination of such programs through the
development and implementation of a comprehensive system for prevention
and treatment of alcoholism, we will be better able than ever before to
combat this illness in California," the governor said.
"Assemblyman Lanterman's bill, 79 introduced today, will give us
the tools we need to reach this goal,' he added.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immed .te
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-1-70
#184
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Philip C. Stockwell
of Mammoth Lakes to the 18th District Agricultural Association Board
of Directors (Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair) and reappointed two
other directors.
Stockwell, 42, a hotel owner, will succeed William A. Alpers
of Bishop, whose term has expired. Stockwell is a Democrat. He
lives at the Royal Pines Hotel.
Reappointed were Baldo Giorgi, 40, a Coleville rancher,
who has served since 1969, and Alan H. Jacobs, 61, a cattle rancher,
whose address is General Delivery, Topaz. Jacobs has served since 1954.
Both are Republicans.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE I
SS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4-1-70
Swearing-in ceremonies for Earl Brian, director of
Health Care Services, will be held Thursday, April 2 at
1:30 p.m. in the governor's office.
Press coverage is invited.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immed te
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-2-70
#185
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Frank E. Oliver, 53, Procurement Officer of the Department of General
Services, as Chief Deputy Director of General Services.
In the $2,158 per month post, Oliver will replace Donald G.
Livingston who yesterday was transferred to the position of Chief
Deputy Director in charge of policy matters and legislative liaison.
A retired Air Force colonel with an extensive background in
finance, budgeting, procurement and education, Oliver has served
state government since 1965, when he joined the Department of Parks and
Recreation as an assistant budget analyst.
From February 11, 1966, until January 28, 1967, when he was
named as Procurement Officer for General Services Oliver served in' the
Department of Water Resources as an associate budget analyst.
During his 24 years of service in the Air Force, he served as
Director of Procurement and Production of the Sacramento Air Materiel
Area at McClellan Air Force Base, as chief of the Pricing and
Negotiation Division of the Aeronautical Systems Division at Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and as chief of the Guided Air Rockets-
Missile Weapon System Project Office at Wright-Patterson.
His military service also includes duty as chief of the
Procurement Division of the Headquarters of the Joint U. S. Military
Group in Madrid, Spain.
Oliver holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from
Columbia University, a Bachelor of Education Degree from Duquesene
University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and a California Lifetime
Standard Teaching Credential with a specialization in secondary teaching.
He lives with his wife and two children at 1844 Carmelo Drive
Carmichael. He is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
Sacramento, Californi
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-3-70
Governor Reagan will announce the appointment of a new Secretary
of State at 10:30 a.m. today at a special ceremony in his office.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Im diate
Sacramento, Californ.
Contact:
Paul Beck
#186
445-4571
4-3-70
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"Five days ago, the people of California lost a secretary of state
who served them so exceedingly well they returned him to office for
seven consecutive terms.
"Now, he is gone. We will surely miss him.
As governor of California, it falls to me to assure that the
high office he leaves is filled.
"In arriving at this important decision, I tried to consider all
the alternatives available to me.
"One alternative was to take no action at all until after the
June 2 primary election, and then appoint the winner of my party's
nomination for the office. From a strictly political point of view,
I suppose this was the obvious thing to do.
"Certainly, it would have provided a made-to-order platform for
the nominee of the party.
"But, I rejected it.
"After a good deal of reflection, I rejected it because I believe
it would be basically wrong to use the appointive power vested in me as
governor for sheer partisan political advantage. Moreover, in an
election year, I believe that the people of California should have the
fullest possible opportunity to decide for themselves who they want as
their secretary of state during the coming four-year term. The award
of partisan political favor would surely impair the full realization of
that goal.
"A second alternative was to appoint a person not associated with
the secretary of state's office, nor a candidate for any elective office.
"I also rejected that alternative because of yet a third, and
very compelling one, which I decided to accept: to name a civil service
employee with a full knowledge of the workings and responsibilities of
the secretary of state's office.
"The compelling reason I am referring to is the civil servant
himself the person I am now appointing as California's new secretary
of state for the remainder of this term Henry Patrick Sullivan, known
to all of us as "Pat."
"During the past three years, as Frank Jordan's right hand man,
Pat Sullivan has earned the admiration and respect of all who have come
to know him.
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"As the registrar of voters in Santa Clara County from 1962-67,
he had already gained a solid reputation as an energetic, intelligent
and dedicated public servant before joining state service.
"He is an exponent of the same "open door" policy that marked
Frank Jordan's effective stewardship over the years, and is firmly
committed to the principle, and the practice, of rendering service to
all citizens on a completely impartial basis.
"I know I speak on behalf of your many friends Pat, both in and
out of government, who warmly welcome you to your new job and wish you
all the success in the world in it. Congratulations."
HENRY PATRICK "PAT" SULLIVAN
BIOGRAPHICAL
Age
48
Birthplace
New York City
Education
University of Pennsylvania-Wharton
School of Finance and Commerce,
B.S. Degree, 1942.
Military Service
U.S. Navy, 1942-46.
Professional
Sales organization of Chevrolet
Division, General Motors Corporation,
1947-54.
County of Santa Clara, 1954-67.
Was County Registrar of Voters,
1962-67.
Assistant Secretary of State,
Sacramento, March, 1967-April, 1970.
Family
Wife, Mary Walsh. Five children.
Residence
Carmichael, California
Registration
Republican
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immedi
e
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-2-70
#187
Governor Ronald Reagan today expressed strong support for
a joint plan by the University of California and State Department of
Finance to use $187,000 in university "urban crisis" funds far conducting
applied research into the problems of smog.
The funds were approved this week by State Finance Director
Verne Orr and will support 20 air pollution research projects on
university campuses across the state during the next three months.
"I am very pleased," the governor said, "that the university
has chosen to include 'air pollution' in its definition of 'urban
crisis.'
"Certainly, California's smog problems are most acute in
our urban areas. And, they will require all the technical and
scientific expertise our society can muster to solve them,
"The University of California, with its world renowned
research capabilities, has an important role to play in the state's
overall effort to reduce smog.
"The 20 separate air pollution research projects this money
will make possible can move us closer to our goal," he said.
Governor Reagan paid special tribute to Chancellor Ivan
Hinderaker of the Riverside campus, where the university's Statewide
Air Pollution Research Center is located, for helping to pave the way
toward making the project a reality. And, he expressed appreciation
to University President Charles J. Hitch for including the smog
research proposals in the "urban crisis" program.
The governor also praised Dean Stahrl Edmunds, of the
and Professor Ernest Starkman
Graduate School of Business at the Riverside campus,/ the department
of mechanical engineering at U-C Berkeley, for heading up a 10-member
faculty committee which detailed the research areas, and project
descriptions and budgets.
university's
Dean Edmunds is serving as chairman of the/"Project Clean
Air" committee.
Some of the 20 research projects are: The influence of lead
additives in fuel on vehicle emissions; catalytic afterburners to
remove air pollutants from auto exhaust emissions and stationary
combustion; the effects on human vigilance of such pollutants as
carbon monoxide; the removal of sulfur dioxide from stack gasses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
4-3-70
#188
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April_6, 1970
through
April 12, 1970
Monday, April 6
Noon
Private lunch with Coordinating Council for
Higher Education, El Mirador Hotel.
2:40 p.m.
Depart Sacramento Metropolitan Airport for Fresno.
3:50 p.m.
Arrive Fresno Air Terminal (North end of North
Concourse.) Depart for Hacienda Motel, Fresno.
4:45 p.m.
Press availability, San Joaquin Room, administration
building, Hacienda Motel.
6:30 p.m.
Reception in foyer of Las Vegas Room.
7:30 p.m.
Fund-raising dinner in Las Vegas Room. Speech.
Overnight - Fresno
Tuesday, April 7
8:40 a.m.
Depart Fresno for Mariposa.
9:30 a.m.
Arrive Mariposa Airport.
10:05 a.m.
Depart for Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park.
11:30 a.m.
Arrive Ahwahnee Hotel
Noon
Annual meeting of Council of California Growers.
Speech.
3:40 p.m.
Depart Mariposa Airport for Bakersfield.
4:30 p.m.
Arrive Bakersfield Airport. Depart for Hill House,
Bakersfield.
6:45 p.m.
Press availability, Mardi Gras East Room.
7:45 p.m.
Depart Hill House for fund-raising dinner in
Albert Good Auditorium, Kern County Fairgrounds.
Remarks and 0 & A.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Wednesday, April 8
8:00 p.m.
Southern California fund-raising dinner, Main
Ballroom, Century Plaza Hotel.
Note: We have been advised the dinner has been
oversold. Press will be served dinner in
the Press Room. PA system will pipe
proceedings to Press Room. Correspondents
desiring to be present in ballroom during the
program may do SO.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, April 9
No public' appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, April 10
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, April 11
No public appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, April 12
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Californi
MEMO TO THE RESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-6-70
Governor Reagan will make a very important announcement in his
office today at 11:30 a.m.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Immed
:e
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-6-70
#189
Governor Reagan today issued the following statement:
" Early today four young California Highway Patrolmen gave their
lives to protect their fellow citizens. They did so without hesitation.
They did so because heroism and devotion to duty were things they simply
accepted as part of the job. If anything worthwhile comes from
this tragedy, it should be the realization by every citizen that often
the only thing that stands between him and the loss of everything he
holds dear is the man wearing the badge. On behalf of all Californians, I
want to express my deepest sympathy to the families of these brave
men. Their deaths in line of duty are a loss to the California Highway
Patrol, to the State of California and to every citizen they have sworn
to protect."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immedia'
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-6-70
#190
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Donald R. Wright of Pasadena,
associate justice of the State Court of Appeal, as chief justice of the
California Supreme Court.
The governor called him "a man committed to the principle of judicial
restraint, who can provide the leadership necessary to restore public
confidence in our court system and return it to the highest position of
integrity, dignity and respect."
Wright, 63, was elevated to the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate
District, by Governor Reagan in December, 1968. He succeeds Chief
Justice Roger J. Traynor who retired.
Wright previously served as a municipal and superior court judge in
Los Angeles.
Describing Wright as a "person with a demonstrated ability to
administer California's massive judicial system," the governor also
pointed to his "distinguished career as both a lawyer and a judge."
Governor Reagan said the appointment is "one of the most important
decisions I shall ever make as governor." He also said he conducted an
"exhaustive search" to find the new chief justice, a search which
"encompassed the entire judiciary and legal profession of the state."
Governor Reagan, calling for a return to the philosophy of judicial
restraint, warned that "without a return to the original compass heading
set by our forefathers in the constitution, we stand to lose our entire
judicial system, and in the end, freedom itself."
Here is the governor's announcement statement:
"I have called you here today to announce one of the most
important decisions I shall ever make as governor the selection of a
new chief justice of the California Supreme Court.
"Recognizing the magnitude of that responsibility, I undertock
an exhaustive search to find the person best suited for the job when
the former chief justice, Roger Traynor, announced his retirement plans
several months ago.
"Our search has encompassed the entire judiciary and legal
profession of the state.
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"We looked for a man committed to the principle of judicial
restraint, a man who could provide the leadership necessary to restore
public confidence in our court system and return it to the highest
position of integrity, dignity and respect.
"We also searched for a person with a demonstrated ability to
administer California's massive judicial system, as chairman of the
Judicial Council.
"Today, I am very happy, and very proud, to announce to you that
we have found such a man Justice Donald R. Wright of the State Court
of Appeal, Second Appellate District.
"The new chief justice of the California Supreme Court has a
distinguished career as both a lawyer and a judge.
"A native-born Californian, he received his elementary and secondary
training in the Pasadena public school system.
"After graduating cum laude from Stanford University, he went on to
receive his law degree from Harvard Law School, in 1932.
"He returned to Pasadena where he practiced law for the next two
decades, before being named to the municipal court bench in 1953 by
Governor Earl Warren.
"In 1960, he was elected to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
His first assignment was that of presiding judge of the court's Glendale
district. He became presiding judge of the entire court three years ago,
and was twice realected to that post by his colleagues until I appointed
him to the District Court of Appeal in December, 1968.
"In addition, he served as a member of the California Judicial
Council from 1967-68.
"It is my fervent hope that under Justice Wright's able leadership,
the court will return to a policy of judicial restraint.
"I say return, because down through the years the brightest lights
of the legal firmament have affirmed and reaffirmed the basic rightness
of such a philosophy.
"Three and a half centuries ago, Sir Francis Bacon said: 'Judges
ought to remember that their office is to interpret law, and not to
make law, or give law.'
"Sir William Blackstone, revered as one of the world's greatest
legal scholars, said in 1809 that the duty of the court is not to
'pronounce law, but to maintain and expound the old one.' I
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"If public confidence in, and respect for, the judiciary has
dropped in recent years---and public opinion surveys indicate this is
the case--I believe it is because the highest courts of our nation have
lost the art of judicial restraint. They have been too eager to
intervene, too inclined to reach out for supremacy over the other two
co-equal branches of government.
"An example of what I believe to bea proper judicial interpretation
is contained in the majority opinion of a recent California Supreme
Court case where the validity of the death penalty was challenged.
"The majority wrote:
"The fixing of penalties for a crime is a legislative function.
It is for the legislature and not this court to decide whether it is
sound public policy to empower the imposing of the death penalty.'
"I believe that it is time the judiciary returned to its traditional
role and reject the 'judicial activist' philosophy. In doing so, it
will not only regain the respect of the public, but also that of the law
enforcement and legal profession, and the other two branches of
government as well.
"I am confident that Justice Wright can and will provide the
leadership required to restore public faith in, and respect for, our
judicial process. Without a return to the original compass heading set
by our forefathers in the Constitution, we stand to lose our entire
judicial system, and in the end, freedom itself.
"Congratulations to you, Don, and your wife, Margaret. And, best
wishes again, as you assume this new and vitally important responsibility.
The annual salary of the chief justice of the State Supreme Court
is $43,269.
As Associate Justice of the State Court of Appeal, Wright's salary
was $38,179 per year.
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Biography
DONALD R. WRIGHT
Donald R. Wright, associate justice, Court of Appeal, Second
Appellate District, was born on February 2, 1907 in the City of
Placentia, California.
He is a third generation native born Californian, his grand-
parents and great grandparents having crossed the plains in covered
wagons.
He was educated in the public schools of Pasadena and attended
Stanford University from which he graduated cum laude in 1929. He then
enrolled in the Harvard Law School where he received an LLB degree in
1932.
Returning to Pasadena, Justice Wright entered into partnership
with John Dean Barrick in the general practice of law under the firm
name of Barrick and Wright (now Barrick, Poole and Olson).
In April of 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Force as a first
lieutenant and was discharged four years later as a lieutenant colonel.
During his military duty he graduated from both the C.I.C.
(Counter Intelligence Corps) and the Command and General Staff Schools.
He served as chief of the intelligence of the 11th Air Force Service
Command and also as a squadron commander.
He resumed his law practice in Pasadena in 1946, and served as
an officer in the local bar association, and in 1949 was one of three
original incorporators of the Legal Aid Society of Pasadena.
He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the
Boys' Republic, and many other local charitable, educational and
cultural organizations.
He was appointed to the Pasadena Planning Commission and was
serving as chairman at the time he was appointed to the Municipal Court
of the Pasadena Judicial District in October of 1953 by Governor Earl
Warren.
In 1960, he was elected to the Superior Court of Los Angeles
County and his first assignment was as presiding judge of the Glendale
district of the court. He was then selected to preside over the master
calendar criminal department of the Superior Court, one of the largest
criminal courts in the United States.
His assignment as presiding judge of the Probate Court followed,
and in 1966, he was appointed assistant presiding judge of the entire
court with responsibility for the operation of the civil calendar as
well as other administrative duties.
In September of 1967, he was first elected by his colleagues
as presiding judge of the Superior Court to fill out the remainder of
the year. He was reelected as presiding judge for the year 1968, and
was also reelected for the year 1969. However, shortly after his last
election he was appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan as an associate
justice of the Court of Appeal, a position he has held since he was sworn
in on December 23, 1968.
Justice Wright also served as a member of the Judicial Council
for the term 1967-68, having been appointed to that body by Chief
Justice Roger J. Traynor.
Justice Wright is married to the former Margaret W. McLellan
of Seattle, Washington, and they maintain their home in Pasadena. He is
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced he has signed the
following bills:
AB 39 - Murphy
Extends the last date for making law library annual
(Chapter 38)
reports from July 15 to August 15.
AB 91 - Conrad
Amends the Elections Code to provide that any
(Chapter 36)
Republican elected or appointed to fill a vacancy
in a partisan office is a member of the Republican
State Central Committee. The bill grants such
persons the same right to make additional
appointments to the committee as is conferred upon
delegates to the state convention.
AB 198 - Cory
Provides that a member of the legislative body of
(Chapter 22)
a city whose territory is encompassed, in whole
or in part, by the boundaries of a sanitary
district is not disqualified from holding office
as a member of a district board solely because of
his membership on the legislative body.
AB 622 - Stull
Authorizes the district board of the Alpine
(Chapter 39)
Sanitation District in San Diego County to call
another bond election to be held within six months
after an election which failed if prescribed
conditions occur. The bill is operative until
January 1, 1971.
AB 665 - Britschgi
Authorizes the State Board of Forestry upon a
(Chapter 37)
finding of an emergency, to adopt temporary rules
effective for a period not to exceed 120 days.
The bill provides that such rules shall become
permanent upon adoption in accordance with
procedures for amending forest practice rules.
SB 49 - Lagomarsino
Extends the last date for making law library
(Chapter 40)
annual reports from July 15 to August 15.
SB 100 - Cologne
Requires that the petition for conservatorship by
(Chapter 35)
the office providing conservatorship investigation
under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act be filed in
the county of residence of the patient.
SB 266 - Cologne
Provides, for purposes of certain evidence of
(Chapter 41)
writings kept outside of United States that the
final statement certifying specified items may
be made by diplomatic or consular official of a
foreign country assigned or accredited to the United
States.
SB 342 - Lagomarsino
Permits the State Allocation Board in instances
(Chapter 23)
where more than two years have elapsed since approval
of an application and after having required a school
district to issue additional qualifying bonds as a
condition to making an additional apportionment, to
continue making such additional apportionments as
are needed for a period of two years from the
date the requalifying bonds were required.
SB 397 - McCarthy
Extends the time in which the statement, map or
(Chapter 42)
plat regarding annexation to a city may be filed
with the State Board of Equalization for the
annexation to be effective for assessment and tax
purposes for the 1970-71 fiscal year.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Charles E. Brown, retired
Richmond Police Chief, to the Adult Authority, subject to Senate
confirmation, and named Addison H. Fording, retired Berkeley Police
Chief, to succeed Brown on the California Women's Board of Terms and
Parole. Both terms are for four years.
Brown, 61, a Democrat, was named to succeed William H. Madden of
Covina, who has resigned, in the $25,000 a year post.
Fording, 70, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of
$10,710.
A member of the Women's Board of Terms and Parole since 1968, Brown
retired from the police force in 1967 after 24 years of service during
which he worked his way up through the ranks from patrolman to chief.
He is active in numerous local, state and national peace officers'
groups and in Contra Costa County community affairs. He lives at
84 Miramonte Drive, Moraga.
Fording, a nationally known consultant on police matters and
instructor in police sciences, served as chief of Berkeley's Police
Department from 1960 to 1966. He is active in community affairs and
state, local and national law enforcement groups.
Fording lives at 1106 Miller Avenue, Berkeley.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Everett W. Dickey, Assistant
District Attorney of Orange County, as judge of the Orange County Harbor
Judicial District Municipal Court.
Dickey, 35, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of $29,270.
He succeeds Judge J. Edgar T. Rutter III, who was elevated to the
Orange County Superior Court.
A native of Los Angeles, Dickey holds Bachelor of Arts and Juris
Doctor degrees from the University of Southern California. He is also
a graduate of the United States Naval Justice School at Newport,
Rhode Island.
He joined the Orange County District Attorney's office in 1962 and
was promoted to Assistant District Attorney in 1967.
He is a member of the State Bar of California, the Orange County
Bar Association, the Orange County Criminal Courts Bar Association and
the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Dickey and his wife, Freddie Louise, have two daughters. The
family home is in San Clemente.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Robert G. Eckhoff, Public
Defender of Santa Barbara County, to the California Council on Criminal
Justice. He succeeds John D. Nunes of Oakland, who has resigned.
Eckhoff, 41, was appointed as Santa Barbara County's first public
defender in May of 1969 after serving a year as District Attorney of
Butte County.
He joined the Butte County District Attorney's Office in 1965 after
service as a Deputy District Attorney in San Bernardino County and
private practice in San Francisco.
He has also been a law instructor at Yuba Junior College, Butte
Junior College and the Feather River Police Academy.
A native of San Francisco, he attended the University of California
at Berkeley and received his law degree from Hastings School of Law
in 1959.
Eckhoff is a member of the California State Bar, the Santa Barbara
Bar Association, the California Peace Officers Association, the
California Public Defenders Association and the University of California
Alumni Association.
He and his wife, Lois, have two children. The family home is in
Santa Barbara.
Eckhoff will represent public defenders on the council. He is a
Republican.
Council members are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that Apollo 11 Astronaut
Neil A. Armstrong will visit Sacramento, Saturday, April 18, to
participate in two events scheduled in conjunction with the California
display of the Apollo 11 command ship, Columbia, and moon rock samples
gathered on man's first visit to the surface of the moon.
California's State Capitol was selected by NASA as the first of
the 50 to receive the Apollo 11 display which will eventually be
exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
The Apollo 11 command ship and moon rock samples will be displayed
in a special NASA exhibit outside the East (Capitol Park) entrance to
the State Capitol. The exhibit will be open to the public from
10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., April 17 through 22. A special line will be
maintained for guided school groups from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
beginning April 18.
Armstrong, the first human to ever set foot on the lunar surface,
will appear at a special luncheon for 400 high school students at noon,
Saturday.
(Details concerning the luncheon will be announced shortly by the
Lt. Governor's office.)
Following the luncheon, Armstrong, Lt. Governor and Mrs. Reinecke
will tour the Apollo 11 display.
"All Californians are honored that Neil Armstrong will visit the
Apollo 11 exhibit in Sacramento, as the display begins its tour of 50
state capitols. He and his fellow crewmen have made all Americans
stand taller and prouder," Governor Reagan said.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Municipal
Judge Thomas M. Haldorsen to the San Bernardino County Superior Court,
and the appointment of Roy E. Chapman to succeed him on the San
Bernardino Judicial District Municipal Court bench.
Judge Haldorsen, 57, who has served as judge of the municipal court
since 1956, succeeds Judge Carl B. Hilliard who has retired. He will
receive an annual salary of $31,816.
Chapman, 52, who has been in private practice in San Bernardino
since 1946, will receive an annual salary of $29,270.
Prior to his appointment to the municipal court, Judge Haldorsen
was a chief trial deputy in the San Bernardino County District Attorney's
Office from 1950 to 1956.
He is a graduate of the University of Redlands and received his law
degree from Harvard Law School.
A Republican, he is active in numerous civic and service
organizations, including the Little League and Goodwill Industries. He
is also a member of the American Judicature Society and the National
Association of Municipal Court Judges.
Chapman, a Democrat, is a graduate of the Long Beach Junior College
and the University of Montana, where he received his law degree.
He is president of the San Bernardino City Schools Board of
Education and is active in numerous educational, civic and service groups.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"This week the people of California received a tragic reminder
of the devotion to duty that is a part of the code of every good law
enforcement officer.
"The four young men who wore the uniform of the California
Highway Patrol demonstrated with their lives the basic truth of
what law and order is all about in a free society.
"Officers George M. Alleyn, Walter C. Frago, Roger Gore and
James E. Pence Jr. were all young men with full lives to live. They
had sworn an oath to protect their fellow citizens and they died in
fulfillment of that oath.
"At a time when the forces of law and order are under attack
by those who derive the full protection of our laws, I believe that
every Californian should pause to consider the sacrifices that they
made and the sacrifices that all men who wear the badge may be called
upon to make.
"They accepted the task of enforcing the laws that we, as
citizens, have given them. They did so because they believe in a
society where citizens can make their laws.
"Today I ask all Californians to join me in mourning these four
men. And I ask my fellow citizens to make this tribute part of a
larger tribute to all other men who value the code for which they
gave their lives."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Dr. William L. Cunningham of Corona Del Mar and Newton L. Steward of
Eureka to the Governor's Commission on Educational Reform.
They succeed Dr. Conrad Briner, professor and chairman of the
department of education, Claremont Graduate School, who has resigned,
and Tony N. Sierra, president of the school board of the Calexico Unified
School District, who has accepted an appointment to the State Board
of Education.
Cunningham is superintendent of the Newport-Mesa Unified School
District, Newport Beach. He is a member of the American Association of
School Administrators and of the California Association of School
Administrators.
He has an extensive background in school administration, and served
the San Juan Union High School District, Sacramento, as director of
personnel in 1948-49, and as assistant superintendent, 1950-53. Prior
to his present position, he was superintendent of the Hayward Unified
School District. He is a Republican.
Steward is vice president and director of news and public affairs
for KIEM-TV and KRED radio in Eureka. He is also vice president and
treasurer of the California-Oregon Radio Company, director of the
Humboldt Bay Video Company and director of the California Broadcasters
Association.
Active in educational affairs, he has served on the Accreditation
Committee for the Eureka Senior High School, and was instrumental
in the formation of the Junior College District for the College of the
Redwoods. He is a Republican.
Members of the Commission receive necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed four members of the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to four-year
terms, subject to Senate confirmation.
The members, all of whom have served since 1968, are:
The Reverend Paul C. Cox, 49, 355 Avenue E, Redondo Beach, pastor
of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and a member of the Redondo Beach
Elementary School Board. He is a Republican.
Benjamin N. Scott, 51, 1337 West 17th Street, San Pedro, secretary-
treasurer of the Retail Clerks Union, Local 905, AFL-CIO, Los Angeles
Harbor Area. He is a Democrat.
Charles E. Smoot, 54, 304 Grand Canal, Balboa, owner of a
Whittier Travel Agency and former member of the Los Angeles City Board
of Education. He is a Republican.
Harold F. Wolters, 35, Route 1, Box 880, Grass Valley, an attorney
and a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sierra College,
Nevada County. He is a Republican.
Board members are paid actual and necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed three directors of the
24a District Agricultural Association (Kings District Fair) to four-year-
terms.
They are Elbert Montgomery, 6040 Excelsior Avenue, Hanford, a
rancher and member of the board since 1960; Louis A. Hansen, 1508 North
Avenue, Corcoran, a rancher and board member since 1947; and
Joseph F. Costa, 9151 Grangeville Boulevard, Hanford, a livestock man
and rodeo performer, who has served since 1953.
Montgomery is a Democrat. Hansen and Costa are Republicans.
Board members are paid necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of John J.
Hunter, Thousand Oaks attorney, as judge of the Ventura Judicial District
Municipal Court.
Hunter, 36, a Republican, succeeds Judge Philip West who has been
elevated to the Ventura County Superior Court. He will receive an annual
salary of $29,270.
A partner in the law firm of Roberts, Carmack, Brown, Johnson and
Hunter since 1967, Hunter served in the Ventura County District Attorney'
Office from 1963 until he joined the firm.
A native of Los Angeles, he is a graduate of Brigham Young
University at Provo, Utah, and earned his law degree from the University
of Southern California School of Law.
He is a member of the California State Bar, the American Bar
Association, the Ventura County Bar Association, the American Trial
Lawyers Association and the California Trial Lawyers Association.
He is also active in the American Cancer Society, the Citizens
Delinquency Prevention Institute and the Ventura County Council of
the Boy Scouts of America.
Hunter and his wife Louine have seven children.
The family home is in Thousand Oaks.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today again urged California taxpayers
to take advantage of a 10 percent reduction in their income taxes.
The reduction, part of the $633 million in direct tax relief
which has been passed on to the State's taxpayers during the Reagan
administration, was approved last year by the legislature at the
Governor's request,
The legislature authorized the rebate for 1969 income, up to
$100 on a single return and up to $200 on a joint return, but only if
the tax is paid in full by April 15,
"I urge all California taxpayers to pay by April 15, so that
they can take advantage of this rebate. It is their money and they
are entitled to have it returned when we can make economies in
government," the Governor said.
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 13, 1970
through
April 19, 1970
Monday, April 13
3:45 p.m.
Brief picture with winners of Governor's Executive
Development Scholarship program.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, April 14
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
2:15 p.m.
Brief remarks to California Service Alliance,
Council Room.
2:30 p.m.
Picture with Cal Poly Students presenting Governor
Reagan with key for Polly Week, Governor's Office.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, April 15
9:20 a.m.
Visit to clean air caravan sponsored by Western
Liquified Gas, Capitol Steps (East).
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, April 16
Noon
Arrive Woodlake Inn for Annual CSEA Institute
on Government. Speech.
p.m.
Depart for San Francisco.
Overnight - San Francisco
Friday, April 17
9:30 a.m.
Brief meeting at Great Western Savings and Loan
Association, San Francisco, for Arts Commission
Exhibit.
10:30 a.m.
Regents Meeting
6:30 p.m.
National Conference of Christians and Jews Banquet,
Fairmont Hotel.
Saturday, April 18
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Sunday, April 19
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Directors of the California Service Alliance will report on
their progress in mobilizing volunteer service activities in 40
California communities during a meeting with Governor Ronald Reagan
at 2:15 p.m. tomorrow in his office.
Formed last year by the California Jaycees and the Governor's
office, the alliance is made up of representatives of major service,
fraternal and women's organizations and includes leaders in the
fields of business, labor and the professions.
It was organized to stimulate and coordinate citizen action in
dealing with human problems at the community level.
With local Jaycee chapters serving as catalysts, the local
alliances studied the scope and effectiveness of community projects,
assessed community needs, sought the participation of service groups
which were not involved and initiated new coordinated programs.
Governor Reagan described their efforts as "a commonsense way of more
effectively marshaling available community resources to help solve
human problems."
Neil C. Sandberg, chairman of the board of the Service Alliance
and regional director of the American Jewish Committee, will preside
at the meeting.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that Robert J. Datel, Chief
of the Highway Systems Planning Office of the State Department of Public
Works, and Garold Raff, Jr., Program and Policy Consultant to the State
Director of Finance, have been selected as this year's winners of the
annual Governor's Executive Development Scholarships.
They will participate in an intensive four-week course of study
designed to provide administrators with direction in making sound
management decisions in a rapidly changing environment.
The course, to be held at the University of California at Berkeley,
April 26, through May 22, will include Economic Analysis and Business
Forecasting, Global Economic Development, International Affairs and
Issues and Trends in Urban Management.
Datel, 44, has been employed by the Department of Public Works
and the Division of Highways since 1948. As chief of highway systems
planning, a position he has held for the past year, he is responsible
for providing department-wide leadership and guidance to the planning,
programming, capital outlay budgeting, and evaluation of the statewide
highway system.
In 1963, he was appointed District Engineer for District Five of the
Division of Highways where he was responsible for planning, construction
and maintenance of the state highway system in the counties of Monterey
San Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. In 1968, he became District
Engineer for District Ten, composed of the counties of Solano, San
Joaquin, Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mariposa and
Merced.
Datel was born in Wessington, South Dakota, and educated at the
University of Minnesota where he received a Bachelor of Science degree
in Naval Technology in 1945 and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree
in 1948.
Married and the father of two daughters, he resides at 2250 Woodside
Lane, Sacramento.
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As program and policy consultant in the office of the State
Director of Finance, Raff is chiefly responsible for advising the
Governor and his cabinet officers in the development of major state
policy, legislation, and means of improving the management of state
government.
Raff, 34, was born in Huntington Park and educated at the
University of California at Berkeley, where he received a Bachelor of
Science degree in Landscape Architecture in 1959. In 1963, he was
awarded a Master's degree in City Planning from Harvard University.
Prior to joining the office of the director of finance, April,
1967, he was a planner for the state office of planning for two years.
From May, 1963, to January, 1967, he was employed as a planner in the
office of the Governor of the Virgin Islands.
Active in local community programs, Raff serves as vice president
of the Crocker Art Gallery Association. He and his wife, Judith,
reside at 1547 Fifth Street, Sacramento.
The selections were made by Douglas Romney, assistant secretary
of the Business and Transportation Agency and chairman of the
Governor's Scholarship Committee, assisted by Al Hill, assistant
secretary of the Resources Agency; Bernard Donnelly, assistant
secretary of the Human Relations Agency; Kenneth Hall, assistant secretary
of the Agriculture and Services Agency, Matthias McDonald, assistant
director of Finance and Don Livingston, deputy director, Department
of General Services. Each major agency of state government
had submitted two candidates for consideration by the Scholarship
Committee, a unit of the state Personnel Development Advisory Committee.
The original nominees were narrowed down to four finalists for oral
interviews, from which the two winners were selected.
According to Romney, the month long seminar will be limited to
a small group of executives from business organizations and governmental
agencies. It will provide an opportunity for small, formalized
discussions on likely future trends in the national and international
environment of business and government.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that two members of the
administration will serve as panelists during the first Western White
House conference on federal-state cooperation in major disasters,
April 16 and 17, in San Clemente.
Charles P. Samson, chief of the California Disaster Office, and
his assistant, Gordon C. Larkin, will discuss federal and state
preparations for--and response to--floods, earthquakes, forest and
grass fires. The meeting will be attended by 40 disaster experts from
17 states.
"When disaster strikes, it is essential that local, state and
federal governments move swiftly and efficiently to bring relief to
its victims," Governor Reagan said.
"During the past year, state government, in cooperation with the
federal government and local agencies, has responded quickly and
efficiently during flood and other disasters.
"I am pleased that Chuck Samson and Gordon Larkin have been
invited to share what we have learned with other states during the
President's conference at the Western White House," the governor added.
Sponsored by the President's Office of Emergency Preparedness,
the conference will focus on methods to improve regional, state and
local capabilities to effectively meet the challenges posed by
disasters before they strike, during the crisis and in the recovery
period, according to OEP Director, George A. Lincoln.
He said discussions also will concern cooperative programs to
meet other catastrophes, such as pollution accidents involving
hazardous materials.
Samson, Larkin and representatives from other western states
governors' offices, along with Donald Eddy of the OEP's Midwestern
region, Ralph Burns of the Far West and Creath Tooley of the Northwestern
region, will serve as the President's field commanders for disasters
in the Western United States, Lincoln reported.
"Passage of a profusion of disaster laws by local, state and
federal governments requires close cooperation to insure that every
victim and every level of government is aware of the many aids available
in time of crisis," Lincoln pointed out, adding that "careful planning is
necessary to make certain that disaster response plans mesh at every
level."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that brief ceremonies
at 10:00 a.m. Friday will precede the official opening of the Apollo 11
exhibit on the Capitol grounds at the east entrance to the State
Capitol.
Immediately following the official "ribbon cutting", the NASA
display containing the Apollo 11 command ship, Columbia, and moon rock
samples gathered during the Apollo 11 mission, will be opened to the
public.
Governor Reagan will be represented at the ceremonies by
Mrs. Ed Reinecke. Governor Reagan and Lieutenant Governor Reinecke
will both be attending a University of California Board of Regents
meeting.
Mayor Richard Marriott will represent the people of Sacramento
in welcoming the Apollo 11 exhibit to the capital city.
NASA will be represented by Elwood Johnson, director of the
Apollo 11 tour.
The display will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. until
8:00 p.m. April 17 through 22, with a special line for guided school
tours from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. beginning April 18.
Following the six-day display here, the NASA exhibit moves on
to Carson City, Nevada.
After it has toured all 50 state capitals, the Apollo 11
spacecraft and other artifacts in the exhibit will be displayed
permanently in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Joseph L. Sonka, a rancher, and Mrs. Oakley (Fern Ann) Porter, a
housewife, and the reappointment of Joseph E. Kelley, a businessman, to
the 29th District Agricultural Association (Mother Lode Fair).
Sonka, who is active in farm circles and is a past president
of the Tuolumne County Farm Bureau, succeeds Max Robertson of
Sonora, whose term has expired. He lives at Route 2, Box 825, Sonora.
Mrs. Porter, who assists her husband in the cattle business
has been active in 4-H Club work and has served as chairman of the
Junior Livestock Auction. She succeeds Marion Sanguinetti of Sonora,
who has resigned. Mrs. Porter lives at Route 1, Box 718B, Sonora.
Kelley, a member of the fair board since 1946, lives at
100 Green Street, Sonora. He is a Democrat. Both Mrs. Porter and
Sonka are Republicans.
Board members serve for four years and receive necessary
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Governor Ronald Reagan has presented Certificates of
Appreciation to 18 local chapters of the California Service Alliance for
their efforts to coordinate and stimulate citizen action in dealing
with human problems at the local level.
In making the presentations at a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the California Service Alliance in his office on Tuesday,
Governor Reagan paid tribute to the local chapters for their
"commonsense way of more effectively marshaling available community
resources to help solve human problems."
The certificates went to alliances in Belmont, Cupertino,
Danville, Eureka, Fairfield, San Luis Obispo County, Novato, Palm Springs,
Palo Alto, Redding, Roseville, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara,
Stockton, Thousand Oaks, Turlock and Visalia.
The California Service Alliance was formed last year by the
California Jaycees and the Governor's office and includes
representatives of major service, fraternal and women's organizations
and leaders in business, labor and the professions.
Members of local Jaycee chapters served as catalysts for the
local projects.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Clifton L. Allen, Pomona attorney and civic leader, as judge of
the San Bernardino County West Valley Division Judicial District
Municipal Court.
Allen, 45, a Republican, succeeds Judge William E. Walk, Jr.,
who has resigned. He will receive an annual salary of $29,270.
A partner in a Pomona law firm since 1956, Allen has been
active in the YMCA, United Crusade, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, Junior
Chamber of Commerce, Pomona Valley Mental and Emotional Health
Association, the San Gabriel Valley Lawyers Reference Service and the
San Gabriel Valley Neighborhood Legal Aid Society.
He is also a member of the State Bar, the Western San
Bernardino County Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association
and the Pomona Valley Bar Association.
He is a graduate of Beloit College at Beloit, Wisconsin
and earned his law degree from DePaul University Law School in Chicago.
Allen and his wife Virginia have two sons. The family home
is in Upland.
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The NASA van containing the Apollo 11 display will
arrive at the east entrance to the Capitol at 10:10 a.m. today.
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 20, 1970
through
April 26, 1970
Monday, April 20
1:30 p.m.
Brief tour of Apollo 11 Exhibit in Capitol Park.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, April 21
10:00 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, April 22
Evening
California Federation of Republican Women
Dinner, Cal Expo, Sacramento. Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, April 23
Office appointments.
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, April 24
Afternoon
Legislative Press Golf Tournament, El Macero
Country Club, Davis.
Overnight - Sacramento
Saturday, April 25
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
Sunday, April 26
No appointments scheduled.
Overnight - Sacramento
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Governor Ronald Reagan today asked public officials throughout
California to nominate deserving young people for Young American Medals
for Bravery and Service.
Young people under the age of 19, who have performed outstanding
acts of courage or service during 1969, are eligible for consideration.
Those who, in the opinion of the governor and his Advisory Committee
on Children and Youth, are most worthy of consideration will be
recommended to the Attorney General for the national medals and will
receive the California Medallion.
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, is chairman of the national
Nominations Committee.
The Young American Medal for Bravery will be awarded to a youth who
has "exhibited exceptional courage, attended by extraordinary decision,
presence of mind, and unusual swiftness of action, regardless of his
or her own personal safety, in an effort to save or in saving the
life of any person or persons in actual imminent danger,"
The Young American Medal for Service is awarded on the basis of
"character attained and service accomplished as to make his or her
achievement worthy of public report."
Each nomination should include a birth certificate of the
nominee, a recent photograph and reasonable documentation of the
youth's performance.
All information on the nominees must be forwarded by June 1, to
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert R. Temple, Jr., Military Aide to the
Governor, the Governor's Office, Sacramento, California 95814.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today opened his Capitol press conference
with the following opening statement:
"Good morning:
"On nimerous occasions since becoming governor I have called for
the passage of federal legislation to protect the legitimate interests
of both farmers and farm workers as well as our universally common
interests as consumers.
"As you know, the need for such legislation is especially critical
to California, since the overall well-being of our state economy is
dependent on the financial health of our agricultural industry.
"Today, as we face the forthcoming summer harvest season, California
agriculture urgently requires an orderly and equitable set of rules for
handling and helping to resolve farm labor-management problems.
"Legislation now before the U.S. Senate, authored by Senator George
Murphy of California, would not only write such rules into federal law
and fill the present void, but would do so responsibly and fairly-
protecting the consumer, grower and farm worker alike.
"Known as the "Consumer Agricultural Food Protection Act (S.2203), 1
the bill would guarantee farm workers the right to organize, to join
unions and bargain collectively. To protect against coercion, a secret
ballot would be required to determine each employee's own choice
whether to join a union and, if so, which one.
"To protect the grower from the prospect of crops rotting in the
field, Senator Murphy's bill would set up legal machinery to restrict
strikes at harvest time, and make such things as secondary boycotts
illegal.
"As the National Labor Relations Board now exercies jurisdiction over
labor-management affairs in industry, the Murphy bill would create a
Farm Labor Relations Board which would recognize the special problems
associated with agriculture in administering the law.
"Finally, the Murphy bill would protect the ordinary consumer such
as you and me by insuring a free flow of food from the fields to the
marketplace- at reasonable prices.
"I know that Senator Murphy has received strong support for his
legislation from every section of the country. It has been drafted with
meticulous care to cover the principal component parts of the nation's
agricultural system, and to treat each fairly.
"I, therefore, urge every member of the U.S. Senate to heed these
expressions of support and give the legislation the careful consideration
and backing it deserves.
"Its enactment into law will assure the continued promise of the
kind of healthy climate which has enabled California to remain as the
nation's leading agricultural state for more than two decades."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Arthur J. Anderson, Susanville attorney, to the Nevada County Superior
Court.
Anderson, 63, a Republican, succeeds Judge Vernon Stoll who
has retired. He will receive an annual salary of $31,816.
A former Deputy District Attorney and District Attorney of
Lassen County, Anderson has practiced law in Susanville since 1945.
He is president of the Lassen County Bar Association.
Anderson received his law degree from the University of
San Francisco.
He and his wife Erma live in Susanville.
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Governor Reagan will greet 10 young 4-H'ers from San Joaquin County
along with puppies they are training to become future guide dogs for
the blind, at 11 a.m. today near the east steps of the Capitol building.
The governor recently arranged with officials of the Agricultural
Extension Service and Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. for the issuance
of special identification cards to 4-H'ers involved in the training
program, cards which can be shown to merchants and public officials when
the youngsters wish to enter buildings with their dogs where animals are
normally prohibited. He has asked the State Police to honor the cards
for visits to the Capitol building.
Visits to public buildings are considered a necessary part of the
training program for dogs destined to be guide dogs for the blind.
The governor will present the identification cards to the youngsters
and then escort them and their puppies into the Capitol, where they will
then be taken on a tour of the building by Assembly Speaker Robert
Monagan and Guy Oates, chief of the Division of State Police.
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At 11:15 a.m. in the governor's office. Governor Reagan will be
presented an honorary membership in the statewide Babe Ruth Baseball
League by Jerry Tresca of Sacramento, state director of the organization.
Also on hand, and in uniform, will be Ron Valine, Ron Sesstito
and Dave Craine, all 14-year-old Babe Ruth League ballplayers from
Sacramento.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Leonard E. Lindberg,
Anderson logging manager, as a member of the District Forest Practice
Committee of the Coast Range Pine and Forest District.
He succeeds David M. Williams of Redding, who has resigned,
as private timber owner-operator representative on the committee.
Lindberg is logging manager of Shasta Operations for the
U. S. Plywood-Champion Corporation at Anderson. He is a Republican.
Committee members serve four-year-terms and receive
necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Richard V. Patton
of Burlingame, vice president and general manager of the California
State Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau, to the
Automobile Accident Study commission, subject to Senate confirmation.
Patton, a registered non-partisan, succeeds John Gurash
of Pasadena, who has resigned. The term is for four years and pays
necessary expenses.
Active in numerous civic and safety organizations,
Patton is also a member of the Governor's Study Committee on Emergency
Hospital Care.
He and his wife, Sally, have two sons. The family home is
at 2801 Mariposa Drive, Burlingame.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Marc W. Sandstrom,
the
former assistant secretary of/Business and Transportation Agency, to
a four-year-term on the California Law Revision Commission, subject
to Senate confirmation.
Sandstrom, 35, who resigned his post in the administration
on March 30, to accept a position as vice president-counsel with the
San Diego Federal Savings and Loan Association, succeeds Richard H.
Wolford of Santa Monica, who has resigned.
A graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Law School,
Sandstrom joined the State Department of Public Works in 1958, after
practicing law in Palo Alto.
In 1967, he moved into the Business and Transportation
Agency and in 1968 was appointed assistant secretary of that agency,
moving up to the number two position as chief deputy to Gordon C. Luce,
then secretary of Business and Transportation.
Sandstrom, a Republican, his wife, Ann, and their three
sons live at 6675 Avenida Andorra, La Jolla.
Members of the Commission receive $20 per day and expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Brian Van Camp, a Sacramento attorney and civic leader, as assistant
secretary of the California Business and Transportation Agency.
He succeeds Marc Sandstrom in the $25,908 per year post.
Sandstrom resigned March 30, to enter private business in San Diego.
Van Camp, 29, was recently selected as a national finalist
by the President's Commission on White House Fellows but turned down
an opportunity to serve as an assistant to a federal cabinet secretary
to accept the state post, according to Business and Transportation
Secretary James M. Hall.
"We are indeed fortunate to be able to attract a young
man of Van Camp's character and abilities to state government," Hall
said.
Van Camp, who will join Hall's staff April 27, 1970, has
served as agency attorney for the Sacramento Redevelopment Agency since
August, 1967. Prior to the appointment to the Redevelopment Agency
he was employed as deputy attorney general for the state for two
years following his graduation in 1965 from the University of California
School of Law at Boalt Hall.
As assistant secretary, Van Camp will aid in the formulation
and implementation of legislative programs for the eleven departments
within the Business and Transportation Agency. These departments
include Aeronautics, Banking, Corporations, California Highway Patrol,
Housing and Community Development, Insurance, Motor Vehicles, Public
Works, Savings and Loan, Real Estate and Alcoholic Beverage Control.
He will also be responsible for liaison and coordination
of activities between the departments and the agency secretary's office.
Van Camp was selected by the Junior Chamber of Commerce as
Sacramento's "Young Man of the Year" for 1969 following a long record
of community service.
In 1964, while a law student at the University of California,
Van Camp worked for the summer as a student legal assistant for the
legal division, State Department of Public Works. While there he
wrote a research paper, which has since become operational procedure,
on the legal aspects of the use of airspace above and below the freeways
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Van Camp's civic activities include a number of
community and church projects. He is a member of the Board of Directors
for the Washington Neighborhood Center and was on the Citizens Advisory
Committee on School Financing for the Sacramento City Unified School
District.
Van Camp was born in Halstead, Kansas, August 23, 1940.
In 1946, the family moved to Folsom, California, where his father
published a weekly newspaper.
He and his wife, Moni, have two daughters. They live at
1227 Swanston Drive, Sacramento. He is a Republican.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the
reappointment of three directors of the 42nd District Agricultural
Association (Glenn County Fair) to four-year-terms.
They are:
Glen P. Eidman, Star Route, Willows, a rancher and
livestock judge, who was first appointed to the board in 1960.
Walter H. Jasper, Route 1, Box 284, Orland, a farmer,
who has served since 1963.
Eugene Schonauer, P. O. Box 216, Orland, a farmer
and member of the board since 1964.
Eidman is a Republican. Both Jasper and Schonauer
are Democrats.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Donald D.
Diers, 47, manager of administration of the El Segundo Division of
Hughes Aircraft, to fill an unexpired term on the State Commission on
Fair Employment Practice.
He was appointed, subject to Senate confirmation, to
succeed George C. Bond of Pasadena, whose term ends September 18, 1971.
Bond has resigned.
Diers, who has an extensive background in employment,
personnel and industrial relations, has served as manager of
administration for the Hughes El Segundo Division since 1968.
He is a graduate of Lincoln College in Illinois,
Arizona State College and took graduate work in personnel administration
at the University of Arizona. He is a Republican.
Diers is marriedand has four children. The family
home is at 562 South Esplanade Street, Orange.
Commission members are paid $50 per day while on
official duty and serve four-year-terms.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment
of Armand L. Fontaine, 46, of Los Angeles, vice president of the
American Building Contractors Association, as a director of the State
Compensation Insurance Fund.
Fontaine, a Republican, will succeed Walton Smith
of San Francisco, whose term has expired.
Active in numerous state and national contractors
groups, he has served as editor of the American Building Contractor and
headed a Construction Industry Task Force, appointed by the Small
Business Administration to assist minority contractors and employees.
He is a graduate of the University of Southern Californ:
and has taken post graduate studies at the University of Paris (Sorbonne),
McGill University of Montreal and the University of the Americas in
Mexico City.
He is married and has one son. The family home is at
12727 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.
Directors of the fund receive $25 per day and
necessary expenses while on duty.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Dr. John H. Lawrence,
director of the Donner Laboratory at Berkeley to the University of
California Board of Regents.
Dr. Lawrence, 66, a pioneer in the development of radiation
protection and the use of isotopes in medicine, is the third university
faculty member to be appointed to the board by the governor. (Dr. W.
Glenn Campbell and Dr. Dean A. Watkins both served on the Stanford
University faculty.)
Dr. Lawrence
has resigned his post as director of Donner
Laboratory on the UC campus and taken early retirement as a faculty
member. He will fill the unexpired term of Philip L. Boyd of Riverside,
which ends March 1, 1972. Boyd resigned last month.
In announcing the appointment, Governor Reagan said, "I am
grateful that Dr. Lawrence, whose service to mankind and contributions
to medicine have earned international recognition, has agreed to devote
his talents to the solution of problems affecting our university. His
counsel will be invaluable."
The governor also paid tribute to Boyd, who has served on the
board for the past 14 years.
"I think it is typical of Mr. Boyd that after his long and
devoted service to the university and the people of California, he
donated 3,500 acres of unspoiled desert for the Deep Canyon Desert
Research Center that bears his name. This donation will prove inval-
uable in the study of ecology and the conservation of our wilderness
areas."
The new regent has received international honors for his
contributions to medicine and medical research in the biological
effects of radiation and study of cancer.
As an organizer of the Donner Laboratory and a professor of
Medical Physics at the University of California, he trained many post-
doctoral fellows in his field of research.
Dr. Lawrence, who received AB and DSC degrees from the
University of South Dakota and his MD degree from Harvard Medical
School, also holds honorary degrees from several other universities and
has been decorated by several foreign nations for his work.
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He came to the University of California at Berkeley in 1936 to
develop the new field of isotopes in medicine, set up a program of
radiation protection in the university's radiation laboratory and was
the first to use artificial radioactive isotopes in medicine.
During World War II, he was director of the Aeromedical unit
at U.C. for the Office of Scientific Research and Development of the
Air Force and served as a consultant to the National Research Council
and its Committee on Aviation Medicine.
He was also a member of the staff of the Joint Task Force
No. 1 at Bikini in July, 1946.
In 1955, he served as a member of the United States Delegation
to the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
at Geneva and later served the United Nations on missions to Thailand,
Pakistan and India to establish atomic energy research programs.
He is the brother of the late Ernest O. Lawrence, Nobel
prize-winning physicist.
Dr. Lawrence and his wife Amy have four children. The family
home is at 220 Glorietta Road, Orinda. He is a Republican.
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Newly appointed regent, Dr. John Lawrence, is
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Governor next week are his press conference on
Tuesday, April 28, at 1:30 p.m. and a reception
for Senate candidate Henry Boney, Saturday, May 2,
in San Diego. He is also scheduled to speak at
the UROC Convention, Town and Country Convention
Center, San Diego at 8 p.m.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that the
following bills have been signed:
AB 57 - Chappie
Permits the levy and collection of a school district
(Chapter 44)
tax for community services purposes in excess of
regular maximum for one fiscal year if such amount wa
inadvertently not levied or collected for 1969-70
fiscal year.
AB 72 - Ketchum
Makes the punishment for littering upon highways a
(Chapter 62)
fine of not less than $25 no part of which may be
suspended. The offense in question is a misdemeanor.
The bill fixes a mandatory $25 fine if a person is
convicted of littering. The court may impose a fine
of up to $500 or a six-month jail sentence, or both,
for such offenses.
AB 123 - Moorhead
Repeals the Code of Civil Procedure section which
(Chapter 45)
provides that an interest in real or personal
property is vested if there is a person, or persons,
in being who could convey a fee simple title thereto,
and that an interest is not invalid merely because
its duration may exceed permissible time of its
vesting if the interest must vest, if at all, within
such time. The bill further provides that the
deletion shall not affect the validity of any
interest in property which is valid before effective
date of the bill.
AB 132 - Lanterman
Provides that school district tax override election
(Chapter 46)
ballots specify both in words and in figures the
proposed increase or decrease in maximum tax rates fo
each $100 of assessed valuation.
AB 139 - Murphy
Provides that a search warrant, in absence of the
(Chapter 47)
magistrate's direction that it may be served at
any time of the day or night, shall be served only
between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Present law
provides that search warrants without such direction
from the magistrate must be served only in the
daytime.
AB 167 - Beverly
Allows destruction of certain county records, if
(Chapter 48)
permanent recordation is made by use of electronically
recorded video images on magnetic surfaces if a
duplicate video tape of such images is separately
maintained.
AB 170 - Veysey
Authorizes the formation of improvement districts
(Chapter 49)
within soil conservation districts for the purpose
of cooperating with landowners, in addition to the
federal government, in watershed protection and
flood prevention programs. The bill also authorizes
the construction of soil erosion prevention and
stabilization projects.
AB 177 - Chappie
Provides that any director of a district agricultural
(Chapter 50)
association who misses three consecutive regular
meetings of the board without the permission of the
board is deemed to have resigned as a director.
AB 226 - Chappie
Deletes the requirement that the advisory council
(Chapter 56)
appointed by the board of directors of the Placer
County Water Agency shall meet not less than twice
each month. It also changes the restriction on
payments to members for attendance at council
meetings to two meetings per month, rather than
24 meetings per year.
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AB 228 - Thomas
Revises the dates for delivery of the secured
(Chapter 63)
property tax roll to September 10th for both hand and
machine processed rolls, and revises the date for
preparation of assessed valuation statements from
July 15 to the third Monday in August. The bill
applies only to Los Angeles County.
AB 257 - Russell
Exempts specified peace officers or any person
(Chapter 57)
employed by the legislature from jury duty.
AB 290 - Karabian
Makes certain Government Code provisions relating
(Chapter 58)
to the court appearance and testimony of specified
law enforcement officers in civil cases applicable
to marshals and deputy marshals.
AB 302 - Dunlap
Permits local governmental bodies, including school
(Chapter 59)
districts, when there are two or more identical bids
for the purchase, sale, or lease of property,
services, bonds or the awarding of any contract, to
determine by lot which bid shall be accepted.
AB 324 - Ketchum
Establishes June 30, 1970, rather than December 31,
(Chapter 51)
1969, as the date after which practice as a geologist
without registration by the State Board is unlawful.
AB 362 - Belotti
Requires that in-lieu taxes on state forests be
(Chapter 60)
levied on the basis of continuing timber producing
land.
AB 381 - McGee
Permits an officer in charge of public records to
(Chapter 55)
destroy such records after five years without the
approval of the local legislative body or the city
attorney, if certain conditions are met. One of the
conditions is that such records must be microfilmed
prior to destruction.
AB 456 - Chappie
Provides that no crayfish taken from Lake Tahoe or
(Chapter 52)
the Lake Tahoe Basin may be sold or purchased.
AB 498 - Z'berg
Amends the Meyers-Milias -Brown Act to provide that
(Chapter 64)
no public agency shall unreasonably withhold
recognition of employee organizations.
AB 936 - Quimby
Permits certain agencies provided for by a joint
(Chapter 54)
powers agreement between San Bernardino County and
any city thereof to issue revenue bonds, pursuant
to the joint powers agreement, for the acquisition,
construction, maintenance or operation of sanitary
sewerage facilities if local health officers determine
an emergency exists. The bill is operative until
January 1, 1971.
SB 70 - Collier
Authorizes a county to supplement revenue from
(Chapter 53)
the special property tax for county advertising with
proceeds of the county privilege occupancy tax.
SB 287 - Lagomarsino Extends the date for filing applications for dump
(Chapter 43)
truck carrier permits from January 1, 1970, to
March 16, 1970.
SB 449 - Moorhead
Allows the public administrator to act as an
(Chapter 61)
executor without having to post an executor's bond
and oath. The bill provides that his official
bond and oath are in lieu thereof.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today his support for a high
speed ground transportation system linking San Diego, Los Angeles
International Airport, and the proposed Palmdale Intercontinental
Airport. The proposed system would utilize 200 mile-an-hour air-cushioned
vehicles sharing freeway rights-of-way and the air space above them.
The governor said he concurred in the concept contained in a Los
Angeles Department of Airports recommendation to the Federal Department
of Transportation that a demonstration project be built between Los
Angeles International Airport and San Fernando Valley, utilizing portions
of the San Diego Freeway right-of-way.
It is contemplated that the first increment of the proposed system
could be in operation by the summer of 1972. Much of the traffic
generated by Los Angeles International Airport originates in the
San Fernando Valley area.
According to Secretary of Business and Transportation James M. Hall
federal support for the high speed ground transportation project is
anticipated, as federal funds have already been made available for
planning purposes.
Federal approval of the project would provide $30 million toward
the overall estimated $60 million cost for the initial increment of the
high speed system.
The Department of Airports has agreed to raise $30 million to match
the federal funds. The State of California would assist in the
technical route studies and would provide for the joint use of freeway
rights-of-way.
If the initial demonstration project proves the feasibility of this
new mode of transportation, the second phase of the project will
connect Los Angeles International Airport with San Diego. Completion of
the second increment would be timed to coincide with the Olympic Games
in 1976, if current efforts to attract the games to Southern California,
which have the enthusiastic support of the governor, are successful.
Passenger traffic demands associated with this world-wide tourist
attraction added to the normal recreational and business travel within
the San Diego/Los Angeles corridor, would call for a maximum use of all
available modes of transportation, including the new high speed ground
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The third phase of the proposed system would connect the San
Fernando Valley and Palmdale Intercontinental Airport. Target date for
completion of this phase would be 1979, coinciding with the scheduled
opening of the new airport in Palmdale.
Air-cushioned vehicles require no rails. Instead, they float on a
thin cushion of compressed air between the vehicle and its guideway.
Where an existing freeway right-of-way can be used, the guideway would
be built in or above the median strip or along the sides of the freeway.
To clear overcrossings or freeway interchanges, the guideway would
be elevated on narrow piers or pylons. Preliminary studies indicate the
system could be built at a cost of about $2 million a mile in Southern
California areas where freeway space is available to minimize right-of-
way costs.
Passenger vehicles holding 80 persons could operate on the system
as single units, or where traffic demands, could be connected into
multi-car trains. Motive power under the proposed recommendation to the
Department of Transportation, comes from electric linear induction
motors built into each car and the guideway. Governor Reagan said that
any new transportation systems in California must be free of polluting
by-products and the proposed system should enhance the environmental
quality of areas served.
Control of the initial demonstration project, if approved, will be
vested in the Los Angeles Department of Airports, which has named the
proposed system "Project Racer", for Regional Air Cushion Express Route.
Additions to the system extending outside of Los Angeles County may
be administered by other agencies, or operated by private enterprise
under franchise arrangements.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Robert S. Kitchen, San Francisco architect, to the Designer's
Qualifications Advisory Committee of the Department of Professional and
Vocational Standards.
Kitchen, 57, a partner in the firm of Kitchen and Hunt, succeeds
John H. Carter of Sacramento who has resigned, as architect representative
on the committee.
A graduate of Cornell University, he studied at the American Academy
in Rome and holds degrees in architecture and landscape architecture.
He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Landscape Architecture.
Kitchen, a Republican, lives at 440 Davis Street, San Francisco.
Committee members serve three year terms and are paid per diem
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Robert B.
Krueger as chairman of the California Advisory Commission on Marine and
Coastal Resources (CMC). He succeeds Dr. Wilbert M. Chapman who has
served as chairman for the past two years. Dr. Chapman will continue
to serve as a member.
Krueger, 41, is a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Nossaman,
Waters, Scott, Krueger and Riordan. He was project director for the
1968 study contracted by that firm for the Public Land Law Review
Commission on the "Outer Continental Shelf Lands of the United States."
He has been a member of CMC since it was statutorily established
in 1967. Prior to that he was a member of CMC's predecessor the
Governor's Advisory Council on Ocean Resources. He is currently
chairman of CMC's Continental Shelf and Deep Sea Bed Committee.
Krueger is chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on
Marine Resources Liaison and is former chairman of the Committee on
Marine Resources of the ABA section of natural resources law. He
was program chairman of the 1967 ABA National Institute of Marine
Resources and is a member of the ABA Committee on Federal Navigation
Servitude.
He is a member of the Panel on Resources of the Deep Ocean
Floor of the American Society of International Law of the International
Law Association and a member of the Committee on Oceanography of the
ABA section of International and Corporative Law.
Krueger received his AB degree from the Univ ersity of Kansas
in 1949 and his LLD from the University of Michigan in 1952.
He and his wife, Virginia, have three children. They live at
501 Vallombrosa, Pasadena. Krueger is a Republican.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Dr. James C. MacLaggan,
president of the State Board of Medical Examiners, to a three-year-term
and named Dr. Kay Toma of Bell and Dr. Harry A. Oberhelman, Jr., of
Stanford, to the board.
Dr. MacLaggan, 57, a former president of the California Medical
Association and the San Diego County Medical Society, has served on the
board since 1966.
He has also served as chairman of the Commission on Community
Health, the Allied Health Agencies, the Commission on Public Agencies,
Commission on State Medical Services, Commission on Agencies and
Commission on Public Health.
He is a graduate of the Stanford University Medical School.
Dr. MacLaggan and his wife have eight children. The family home is
at 3206 Curtis Street, San Diego.
Dr. Toma, 56, president of the Bell Medical Center and Chief
Medical Officer for the City of Bell, succeeds Dr. Justin J. Stein
of Bel Air, who has resigned.
A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, he received his medical
degree from the University of Tennessee.
Active in numerous civic and medical groups, Dr. Toma is a
member of the American Academy of General Practice, the Los Angeles
County Medical Society and is Civil Defense Medical Officer for the
Bell area.
He and his wife, Ellen, have four children. The family home is at
6233 South Hill Street, Whittier.
Dr. Oberhelman, 46, professor of surgery at Stanford University
School of Medicine, succeeds Dr. George S. Johnson of San Francisco
whose term has expired.
A graduate of Yale University, he holds degrees in biology and
medicine from the University of Chicago.
Dr. Oberhelman is active in numerous medical groups including the
Santa Clara County Medical Society, the California Medical Society, the
American Medical Association, Society of University Surgeons, the American
Surgical Association, the Institute of Medical Research and the California
Foundation for the Education of Children with Learning Disabilities.
He and his wife, Betty, have five children. They live at 668
Cabrillo, Stanford.
All three board members are Republicans. They will receive $25 per
day while on official duty and necessary expenses.
OFFICE OF THE GOVER'
Sacramento, Californ.a
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-27-70
Governor Reagan will attend a meeting of the Allensworth Advisory
Committee this afternoon at 4:30 in the Governor's Office.
The committee was formed last year to assist the State Department
of Parks and Recreation in establishing the pioneer town of Allensworth
(Tulare County) as a state historical unit dedicated to the important
contribution of the negro citizen to the development of California.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Calif
ia
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-28-70
#228
Governor Ronald Reagan today named eight members to the Governor's
Petroleum Industry Emergency Advisory Committee, a group
which
will handle the supply and distribution of petroleum products during
a major emergency through cooperation with the California Disaster
Office.
Formation of the committee was authorized through the California
Emergency Resources Management Plan, approved by the governor in
1968.
Committee members are:
David G. Davidson, Kern County Refinery, Inc., Chairman and State
Petroleum Director.
Alton P. Hynes, Shell Oil Company, Vice chairman and Alternate
State Petroleum Director.
Bernard R. Swanson, Phillips Petroleum Corp., State Coordinator,
Product Requirements.
Frank Van Acker, Union Oil Company, Alternate State Coordinator,
Product Requirements.
George E. Clark, Douglas Oil Company, and State Coordinator,
Product Distribution.
Thomas V. Cordiner, Mobil Oil Company, and Alternate State
Coordinator, Product Distribution.
George H. Weber, Standard Oil Company, State Coordinator, Support
Resources.
Rudy E. Davidson, Atlantic Richfield Company, Alternate State
Coordinator, Support Resources.
Committee members will serve at the Governor's discretion and
receive necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: TUESDAY P.MS.
Sacramento, Califor a
ril 28, 1970
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-27-70
#229
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced receipt of a wide-ranging
summary of proposals which were presented last November in Los Angeles
at a two-day conference called by the governor on California's changing
environment.
The proposals were contained in a "Summary Proceedings" manual
(attached) which was sent to 1.000 participants whose diversity of view-
point spanned the entire spectrum of environmental thought.
"In planning the conference we sought the broadest possible
discussion of environmental issues. To accomplish this the meeting was
structured to bring together lay and professional people as well as
college age youth representing widely differing points of view, the
governor said.
"Many elements of the recommendations which emerged from the
conference already have been implemented, others are now before the
legislature. Some, of course, will require detailed study and analysis.
"I have referred all the conference findings and recommendations
to the State Environmental Policy Committee for careful evaluation."
The committee is chaired by Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke.
Governor Reagan reaffirmed his November pledge to the conferees
that "your proposals will not gather dust on some shelf."
He cited a number of examples of conference recommendations which
have been put into effect by the administration during the past six
months:
--Adoption by the state Air Resources Board of the toughest. most
stringent vehicle emission standards in the world.
--The first standards and timetable for the removal of lead from
gasoline to be adopted by any state (California Air Resources Board).
--Conversion of state-owned and operated vehicles to low pollution
fuel systems (natural gas and LP-gas).
--Air pollution research monies ($1.1 million) budgeted in the
state highway fund.
--Strict enforcement of state water pollution control laws
--State Lands Commission moratorium on the exploration and drilling
for oil on state tidelands.
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The governor also called attention to the following administration-
sponsored legislation introduced during the current session:
--The most comprehensive and far-reaching Omnibus Clean Air Law
to battle smog ever proposed by any state or nation.
--A bill to provide state assistance for construction of local sewer
facilities.
--A measure to require contracts and state compensation to local
governments for encouraging open space (Land Conservation Act of 1965).
-Support and funding (Governor's 1970-71 budget) for conservation
education programs in the state.
--Administration support for a policy requiring local voter
approval for the financing of construction of rapid transit facilities.
--A bill to create an environmental protection program fund,
financed through the sale of personalized license plates.
Legislation to establish a statewide solid waste planning program.
The governor concluded by saying, "We will continue to seek
positive, practical suggestions from all Californians for workable
solutions to California's environmental problems. I am confident that
with the kind of active citizen interest and support which was evident
at the environmental conference, the war on pollution can and will be
won. If
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO'
RELEASE: Imme iate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4-29-70
#230
Governor Ronald Reagan today threw the full weight of the state
administration behind the proposed federal-state Peripheral Canal.
The governor, in a strong statement supporting federal authoriza-
tion of this vital part of the State Water Project and the federal
Central Valley Project said "no one has come up with an acceptable
alternative."
State Water
He pointed out that the original/Project authorized by the
legislature and the people 10 years ago included a trans-Delta water
facility.
The principal support for the Peripheral Canal, the governor said,
originally came from fishery, sportsmen and recreational interests who
expressed fear any other alternative could result in loss of the fishery
resources of that area as well as impair the present and future great
recreational potentials of the Delta.
The governor noted that "In all our actions to date, we have
stressed that not only the facility meet the needs of water users but
also insure the enhancement and protection of the environment in the
Delta."
In a letter sent yesterday to Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel,
the state said it "strongly recommends authorization and funding of the
Peripheral Canal by the Congress as soon as possible to protect and
enhance the environment and ecology of the Delta and to firm up
authorized export water supplies of the federal Central Valley Project
and the California State Water Project.
"
that the authorizing document require that the Peripheral
Canal must be designed, constructed and operated in such a manner that
the ecological system in the Delta be protected and maintained, and
enhanced where possible."
The governor said, "Proper operation of the canal will be assured
by criteria to be established by the State Water Resources Control
Board and agreements with Delta interests."
The governor called special attention to environmental protection
contained in the letter to Secretary Hickel.
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#230
In throwing the support of the State of California officially
behind the canal, he indicated that the task of securing the federal
authorization for participation in this joint facility will now be up
to the federal agencies and the Congress.
"I will personally request that the California Congressional
Delegation support this vitally needed facility," he said.
Recognizing that authorization of federal participation in this
facility could probably not be obtained before next year, the governor
pointed out that the canal should be in operation the latter part of
this decade to avoid disastrous consequences, both for water users and
the environment of the Delta.
"In view of the time required for federal authorization and
funding, all Californians should unite in support of this project
to assure its early authorization and completion," Governor Reagan
added.
State review of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation report was
participated in by the Departments of Water Resources, Fish and Game,
Parks and Recreation, Agriculture, Conservation and others.
Extensive legislative hearings were held on the Peripheral Canal
last fall with endorsement by Senate and Assembly Committees who urged
early construction of the project.
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ.
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4-29-70
Resources Secretary Norman B. Livermore, Jr.,
Water Resources Director William R. Gianelli, and
Lawrence H. Cloyd, Deputy Director of Fish and Game,
will be available to answer questions regarding the
Peripheral Canal at 11:00 a.m. today in the News
Conference Room of the Capitol.
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVEF
R
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-29-70
#231
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of
James S. Lee of Sacramento and Mrs. Vincenzina Hutchison of
Hillsborough to four-year-terms on the State Building Standards
Commission, subject to Senate confirmation.
Lee, of 5981 Holstein Way, Sacramento, is president of the
California Building and Construction Trades Council. He is a Democrat
and will represent organized labor on the commission.
Mrs. Hutchison, of 390 Eucalyptus Avenue, Hillsborough, is a
business woman. A Republican, she will represent the public on the
commission.
Lee has served on the commission since 1962 and Mrs. Hutchison
has been a member since 1967.
Commissioners are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-29-70
#232
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Peter N. Belcastro, a Weed
dairyman and creamery operator, and Aldo J. Sansoni, a Los Banos farmer,
to four-year-terms on the State Soil Conservation Commission, subject
to Senate confirmation.
Belcastro, of 401 Bel Air Drive, Weed, succeeds A. Carver Bowen
of Glenville, who has resigned.
Sansoni, of the Delta Ranch, P. O. Box 351, Los Banos, succeeds
William W. Coon of Vallejo, who has resigned.
Belcastro is a Democrat and Sansomi is a Republican.
Commissioners are paid necessary expenses.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVEF
R
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-29-70
#233
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Ronald B. Swenson of
San Jose and reappointed Alfred D. Stalford of Beverly Hills to
four-year-terms on the Commission on Housing and Community Development,
subject to Senate confirmation.
Swenson, member of a San Jose contracting firm, succeeds Allan O.
Hunter of Fresno, who has resigned.
A graduate of Stanford University, he holds degrees in Engineering
Science and Mechanical Engineering and has served as researcher at
Stanford Research Institute. He lives at 543 N. San Pedro, San Jose.
Stalford, a member of the commission since 1965, is president of
a Beverly Hills mortgage company. He lives at 841 North Whittier Drive,
Beverly Hills.
Both men are Democrats.
They will receive $25 per diem while on official duty.
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WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE:
ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-29-70
#234
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of San
Francisco attorney Jay A. Pfotenhauer to the San Francisco Municipal
Court.
Pfotenhauer, 56, who has practiced law in San Francisco since 1946,
is a partner in the firm of Jonas, Matthews, Pfotenhauer and King. He
succeeds the late Judge Fitzgerald Ames.
He attended California Concordia College and received his law
degree from San Francisco Law School.
Active in church work, he is a director of the California Bible
Society and a past director of the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church.
Pfotenhauer is also a member of the State Bar, the Bar Association
of San Francisco, the American Bar Association and the Lutheran Lawyers
Association.
He and his wife Dorothy have two children. They live in San
Francisco.
As judge, Pfotenhauer will receive an annual salary of $29,270.
He is a Republican.
# # #
WAS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Ii. ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-30-70
#235
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Municipal Judge Donald A.
Pollack of Oxnard to succeed the late Judge Philip West on the
,
Ventura County Superior Court bench.
Judge Pollack, 62, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of
$31,816.
He was first elected to the Oxnard Municipal Court in 1965, after
practicing law in the community since 1947.
Judge Pollack is active in numerous civic affairs including the
Chamber of Commerce, the Community Chest, the Red Cross, the
Oxnard Boys' Club and the Ventura County Crippled Children's Society.
He attended the University of Nebraska and earned his law degree
from George Washington University Law School in Washington, D. C.
Judge Pollack and his wife, Georgia, have two married daughters and
a son.
# # #
WAS
RR STATEMENT - CAMBODIA - 4-30-70
with courage and common sense the President took
the people of the United States into his confidence
with a candor that has been all too absent in past
years in our nation's Capitol. No freedom-loving
person can legitimately quarrel with his decision.
Certainly he placed principle and the good of our
country above political expediency, and restored
pride and patriotism in our land.
I have assured the President of my support and
urge all Californians to join in support of our
President and those brave young men.
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"ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,\n1966-74: Press Unit\nFolder Title: Press Releases - April 1970\nBox: P10\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection.\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Imm liate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n#181\n4-1-70\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments\nof two new members, and the reappointment of one director to\nfour-year-terms on the board of the 15th District Agricultural Association\n(Kern County Fair).\nThe new members are Kenneth E. Vetter, 41, an insurance\nagency owner, of 129 Cypress Street, Bakersfield, and Don M. Johnston,\n41, a farmer, of 5204 Greenbrier, Bakersfield.\nVetter succeeds Everett O. Baker of Shafter, whose term has\nexpired, and Johnston will replace Paul D. Spilsbury of Wasco, whose\nterm has also expired. Both Vetter and Johnston are Republicans.\nThe governor reappointed Kenneth N. Mebane, 47, a cattle\nrancher, of Route 1, Box 396, Bakersfield. Mebane, a Republican, has\nserved on the board since 1966.\nBoard members are paid necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Califor. a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-1-70\n#182\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proposed to the legislature stringent\nnew regulations setting acceptable noise standards for airports and\naircraft operating in California.\n\"These new regulations to control 'noise pollution' are the first\nof their type in the nation and are examples of how government and the\nprivate sector can work together to make California a better place to\nlive,' the governor said.\n\"For the first time,\" the governor said, \"Californians residing in\nthe vicinity of airports who are subjected daily to the noise of airport\noperations will have a specific legal means of determining actual\nviolations of the law.\n\"As I said when I signed legislation last year authorizing the\nDepartment of Aeronautics to set standards, these regulations will\naccomplish several major objectives, not the least of which is bringing\nrelief to ears of people who live near airports.\n\"It also will provide an incentive to airlines and aircraft\nmanufacturers to work for the development of quieter aircraft and will\nalert airport management to consider the effect of noisy airport\noperations when building new facilities or expanding existing airports, \"\nthe governor said.\nAeronautics Director Joseph R. Crotti said the regulations were\ndeveloped by his department with the assistance of Wyle Laboratories, an\nacoustical consulting firm of El Segundo. A seven-member noise advisory\ncommittee, appointed by Governor Reagan last December, aided in\nestablishing the regulations.\nWith the concurrence of both houses of the state legislature, the\nregulations will become effective January 1, 1971. After that date,\nviolations of the noise standards will become misdemeanors carrying a\n$1,000 fine levied against the aircraft operator.\nThe Department's regulations establish the level of noise acceptable\nto a reasonable person residing in the vicinity of an airport at 65 CdBA,\na decibel rating based on the actual noise emitted and the frequency of\nthe emission.\nCrotti explained this should eventually result in a vast reduction\nin noise at the typical metropolitan airport,\n- 1 -\n#182\nThe noise regulations will be applicable to all existing and future\nairports in California operating under a valid permit issued by the\nDepartment. They will apply to all operations of aircraft and aircraft\nengines which produce noise and cover aircraft on the ground and in\nflight. In addition, they will apply to operations of aircraft engines\nwhether or not they are affixed to aircraft.\nCrotti said the regulations will provide a procedure to limit the\nmaximum allowable noise for an individual aircraft over-flight at\nspecified points in the vicinity of the airport. The noise limits are\nspelled out in terms of the type of airport operations and location.\nThe regulations are designed to enable the airport proprietor,\naircraft operators, local governments, pilots and the Department of\nAeronautics to work cooperatively to diminish noise.\n\"We should be able to accomplish these ends by controlling and\nreducing the 'noise impact area', the degree of noise affecting a\nsurrounding community and imposing 'single-event' or fly-over\nnoise limits, \" Crotti said.\nIn establishing a noise impact area around airports, Crotti said\nit also will be necessary to establish compatible land uses within the\narea and to set up a way of controlling and reducing the noise.\nUnder the new regulations, the county where an airport is located\nwill be responsible for enforcement and the state will review the noise\nlevel criteria at five-year intervals.\nCrotti explained that within the next two months, the California\nAeronautics Board will conduct hearings in Los Angeles and San Francisco\nconcerning the new regulations and report back to the legislature on its\nfindings.\nLegislation (AB 645, Foran) required the department to set standards\nand resulted from interim hearings on airport noise held by the Assembly\nCommittee on Transportation in 1968. It was signed by Governor Reagan\nin September, 1969.\nCrotti credited the consultant and the Governor's Advisory Committee\non Airport Noise Standards for \"the conscientious effort put forth to\nmeet the deadline set by the legislature for submission of the proposed\nregulations.\"\nMembers of the Advisory Committee, made up of representatives of\nhomeowner groups, airport operators, cities and counties and the State\nDepartments of Education and Public Health include Mrs. Mary Lou Crockett,\nLos Angeles; Daniel W. Emory, Newport Beach; R. E. Coykendall, San Mateo;\nDaniel D. Mikesell, Ontario; Mayor Warren Boggess, Concord; Dr. John M.\nHeslep, Berkeley; and Charles Dana Gibson, Sacramento.\n#########\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Ir ediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-1-70\n#183\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today strongly endorsed legislation to\ncreate a comprehensive, integrated system for the prevention and\ntreatment of alcoholism.\nThe measure, introduced today by Assemblyman Frank Lanterman\n(R-La Canada), creates a State Office of Alcohol Program Management to\ncoordinate a variety of programs now conducted by state and local\nagencies.\nThe governor said the Human Relations Agency has already taken the\nfirst administrative steps to implement the concept by assigning\nLoran D. Archer, administrator of the Department of Rehabilitation's\nalcoholism program, as alcoholism program coordinator for the state.\nArcher, who currently serves as a consultant to the California\nMedical Association Committee on Alcoholism, and the Conference of Local\nMental Health Directors' Subcommittee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, will be\nresponsible to Human Relations Secretary Lucian Vandegrift.\nCreation of the office was recommended by a Human Relations Agency\nTask Force which also developed an administration plan for a single\nDepartment of Health.\nGovernor Reagan, noting that alcoholism is the tenth leading cause\nof death in California, said \"the disease causes untold personal tragedy\nnot only to the victim, but also to relatives and friends. While such\npersonal losses cannot be measured in dollars and cents, the strictly\neconomic loss to California is conservatively estimated at $1 billion a\nyear.\n\"During this administration, he said, \"we have more than doubled\nthe level of support for local community alcoholism programs administered\nby the Department of Rehabilitation\n\"This increase was accomplished through the more effective\nutilization of existing funds, and with no increase in state and local\nfunds.\n\"These programs have been highly productive, both in the salvaging\nof human lives, and in the return of such persons to a productive role in\nthe community.\n- 1 -\n#183\n\"During the past year, the earnings of alcoholics who have been\nrehabilitated increased by over $5 million a year.\n\"The return in sales and income taxes alone from this group will\nrepay the entire cost of the community alcoholism program in slightly\nover two years,\" the governor said.\nUnder the new Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, community mental health\nservices to alcoholics have been expanded. There are today 11 clinics\noperated under the McAteer Act and another 14 specific alcoholism\ntreatment programs operated by community mental health services under\nthe Lanterman-Petris-Short Act. In all, 55 community mental health\nprograms offering general mental health services to alcoholics in\nCalifornia. The state's mental hospitals also offer treatment programs\nand some are engaged in research on alcoholism.\n\"By improving the coordination of such programs through the\ndevelopment and implementation of a comprehensive system for prevention\nand treatment of alcoholism, we will be better able than ever before to\ncombat this illness in California,\" the governor said.\n\"Assemblyman Lanterman's bill, 79 introduced today, will give us\nthe tools we need to reach this goal,' he added.\n########\nEJG\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immed .te\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-1-70\n#184\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Philip C. Stockwell\nof Mammoth Lakes to the 18th District Agricultural Association Board\nof Directors (Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair) and reappointed two\nother directors.\nStockwell, 42, a hotel owner, will succeed William A. Alpers\nof Bishop, whose term has expired. Stockwell is a Democrat. He\nlives at the Royal Pines Hotel.\nReappointed were Baldo Giorgi, 40, a Coleville rancher,\nwho has served since 1969, and Alan H. Jacobs, 61, a cattle rancher,\nwhose address is General Delivery, Topaz. Jacobs has served since 1954.\nBoth are Republicans.\nBoard members are paid necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE I\nSS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-1-70\nSwearing-in ceremonies for Earl Brian, director of\nHealth Care Services, will be held Thursday, April 2 at\n1:30 p.m. in the governor's office.\nPress coverage is invited.\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immed te\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-2-70\n#185\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nFrank E. Oliver, 53, Procurement Officer of the Department of General\nServices, as Chief Deputy Director of General Services.\nIn the $2,158 per month post, Oliver will replace Donald G.\nLivingston who yesterday was transferred to the position of Chief\nDeputy Director in charge of policy matters and legislative liaison.\nA retired Air Force colonel with an extensive background in\nfinance, budgeting, procurement and education, Oliver has served\nstate government since 1965, when he joined the Department of Parks and\nRecreation as an assistant budget analyst.\nFrom February 11, 1966, until January 28, 1967, when he was\nnamed as Procurement Officer for General Services Oliver served in' the\nDepartment of Water Resources as an associate budget analyst.\nDuring his 24 years of service in the Air Force, he served as\nDirector of Procurement and Production of the Sacramento Air Materiel\nArea at McClellan Air Force Base, as chief of the Pricing and\nNegotiation Division of the Aeronautical Systems Division at Wright-\nPatterson Air Force Base in Ohio and as chief of the Guided Air Rockets-\nMissile Weapon System Project Office at Wright-Patterson.\nHis military service also includes duty as chief of the\nProcurement Division of the Headquarters of the Joint U. S. Military\nGroup in Madrid, Spain.\nOliver holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from\nColumbia University, a Bachelor of Education Degree from Duquesene\nUniversity in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and a California Lifetime\nStandard Teaching Credential with a specialization in secondary teaching.\nHe lives with his wife and two children at 1844 Carmelo Drive\nCarmichael. He is a Republican.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nSacramento, Californi\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-3-70\nGovernor Reagan will announce the appointment of a new Secretary\nof State at 10:30 a.m. today at a special ceremony in his office.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n#186\n445-4571\n4-3-70\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"Five days ago, the people of California lost a secretary of state\nwho served them so exceedingly well they returned him to office for\nseven consecutive terms.\n\"Now, he is gone. We will surely miss him.\nAs governor of California, it falls to me to assure that the\nhigh office he leaves is filled.\n\"In arriving at this important decision, I tried to consider all\nthe alternatives available to me.\n\"One alternative was to take no action at all until after the\nJune 2 primary election, and then appoint the winner of my party's\nnomination for the office. From a strictly political point of view,\nI suppose this was the obvious thing to do.\n\"Certainly, it would have provided a made-to-order platform for\nthe nominee of the party.\n\"But, I rejected it.\n\"After a good deal of reflection, I rejected it because I believe\nit would be basically wrong to use the appointive power vested in me as\ngovernor for sheer partisan political advantage. Moreover, in an\nelection year, I believe that the people of California should have the\nfullest possible opportunity to decide for themselves who they want as\ntheir secretary of state during the coming four-year term. The award\nof partisan political favor would surely impair the full realization of\nthat goal.\n\"A second alternative was to appoint a person not associated with\nthe secretary of state's office, nor a candidate for any elective office.\n\"I also rejected that alternative because of yet a third, and\nvery compelling one, which I decided to accept: to name a civil service\nemployee with a full knowledge of the workings and responsibilities of\nthe secretary of state's office.\n\"The compelling reason I am referring to is the civil servant\nhimself the person I am now appointing as California's new secretary\nof state for the remainder of this term Henry Patrick Sullivan, known\nto all of us as \"Pat.\"\n\"During the past three years, as Frank Jordan's right hand man,\nPat Sullivan has earned the admiration and respect of all who have come\nto know him.\n- 1 -\n#186\n\"As the registrar of voters in Santa Clara County from 1962-67,\nhe had already gained a solid reputation as an energetic, intelligent\nand dedicated public servant before joining state service.\n\"He is an exponent of the same \"open door\" policy that marked\nFrank Jordan's effective stewardship over the years, and is firmly\ncommitted to the principle, and the practice, of rendering service to\nall citizens on a completely impartial basis.\n\"I know I speak on behalf of your many friends Pat, both in and\nout of government, who warmly welcome you to your new job and wish you\nall the success in the world in it. Congratulations.\"\nHENRY PATRICK \"PAT\" SULLIVAN\nBIOGRAPHICAL\nAge\n48\nBirthplace\nNew York City\nEducation\nUniversity of Pennsylvania-Wharton\nSchool of Finance and Commerce,\nB.S. Degree, 1942.\nMilitary Service\nU.S. Navy, 1942-46.\nProfessional\nSales organization of Chevrolet\nDivision, General Motors Corporation,\n1947-54.\nCounty of Santa Clara, 1954-67.\nWas County Registrar of Voters,\n1962-67.\nAssistant Secretary of State,\nSacramento, March, 1967-April, 1970.\nFamily\nWife, Mary Walsh. Five children.\nResidence\nCarmichael, California\nRegistration\nRepublican\n########\n- 2 -\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Immedi\ne\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-2-70\n#187\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today expressed strong support for\na joint plan by the University of California and State Department of\nFinance to use $187,000 in university \"urban crisis\" funds far conducting\napplied research into the problems of smog.\nThe funds were approved this week by State Finance Director\nVerne Orr and will support 20 air pollution research projects on\nuniversity campuses across the state during the next three months.\n\"I am very pleased,\" the governor said, \"that the university\nhas chosen to include 'air pollution' in its definition of 'urban\ncrisis.'\n\"Certainly, California's smog problems are most acute in\nour urban areas. And, they will require all the technical and\nscientific expertise our society can muster to solve them,\n\"The University of California, with its world renowned\nresearch capabilities, has an important role to play in the state's\noverall effort to reduce smog.\n\"The 20 separate air pollution research projects this money\nwill make possible can move us closer to our goal,\" he said.\nGovernor Reagan paid special tribute to Chancellor Ivan\nHinderaker of the Riverside campus, where the university's Statewide\nAir Pollution Research Center is located, for helping to pave the way\ntoward making the project a reality. And, he expressed appreciation\nto University President Charles J. Hitch for including the smog\nresearch proposals in the \"urban crisis\" program.\nThe governor also praised Dean Stahrl Edmunds, of the\nand Professor Ernest Starkman\nGraduate School of Business at the Riverside campus,/ the department\nof mechanical engineering at U-C Berkeley, for heading up a 10-member\nfaculty committee which detailed the research areas, and project\ndescriptions and budgets.\nuniversity's\nDean Edmunds is serving as chairman of the/\"Project Clean\nAir\" committee.\nSome of the 20 research projects are: The influence of lead\nadditives in fuel on vehicle emissions; catalytic afterburners to\nremove air pollutants from auto exhaust emissions and stationary\ncombustion; the effects on human vigilance of such pollutants as\ncarbon monoxide; the removal of sulfur dioxide from stack gasses.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Be\n445-4571\n4-3-70\n#188\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril_6, 1970\nthrough\nApril 12, 1970\nMonday, April 6\nNoon\nPrivate lunch with Coordinating Council for\nHigher Education, El Mirador Hotel.\n2:40 p.m.\nDepart Sacramento Metropolitan Airport for Fresno.\n3:50 p.m.\nArrive Fresno Air Terminal (North end of North\nConcourse.) Depart for Hacienda Motel, Fresno.\n4:45 p.m.\nPress availability, San Joaquin Room, administration\nbuilding, Hacienda Motel.\n6:30 p.m.\nReception in foyer of Las Vegas Room.\n7:30 p.m.\nFund-raising dinner in Las Vegas Room. Speech.\nOvernight - Fresno\nTuesday, April 7\n8:40 a.m.\nDepart Fresno for Mariposa.\n9:30 a.m.\nArrive Mariposa Airport.\n10:05 a.m.\nDepart for Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park.\n11:30 a.m.\nArrive Ahwahnee Hotel\nNoon\nAnnual meeting of Council of California Growers.\nSpeech.\n3:40 p.m.\nDepart Mariposa Airport for Bakersfield.\n4:30 p.m.\nArrive Bakersfield Airport. Depart for Hill House,\nBakersfield.\n6:45 p.m.\nPress availability, Mardi Gras East Room.\n7:45 p.m.\nDepart Hill House for fund-raising dinner in\nAlbert Good Auditorium, Kern County Fairgrounds.\nRemarks and 0 & A.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nWednesday, April 8\n8:00 p.m.\nSouthern California fund-raising dinner, Main\nBallroom, Century Plaza Hotel.\nNote: We have been advised the dinner has been\noversold. Press will be served dinner in\nthe Press Room. PA system will pipe\nproceedings to Press Room. Correspondents\ndesiring to be present in ballroom during the\nprogram may do SO.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nThursday, April 9\nNo public' appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nFriday, April 10\nNo public appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, April 11\nNo public appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, April 12\nAfternoon\nReturn to Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\n# #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, Californi\nMEMO TO THE RESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-6-70\nGovernor Reagan will make a very important announcement in his\noffice today at 11:30 a.m.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Immed\n:e\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-6-70\n#189\nGovernor Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\" Early today four young California Highway Patrolmen gave their\nlives to protect their fellow citizens. They did so without hesitation.\nThey did so because heroism and devotion to duty were things they simply\naccepted as part of the job. If anything worthwhile comes from\nthis tragedy, it should be the realization by every citizen that often\nthe only thing that stands between him and the loss of everything he\nholds dear is the man wearing the badge. On behalf of all Californians, I\nwant to express my deepest sympathy to the families of these brave\nmen. Their deaths in line of duty are a loss to the California Highway\nPatrol, to the State of California and to every citizen they have sworn\nto protect.\"\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immedia'\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-6-70\n#190\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Donald R. Wright of Pasadena,\nassociate justice of the State Court of Appeal, as chief justice of the\nCalifornia Supreme Court.\nThe governor called him \"a man committed to the principle of judicial\nrestraint, who can provide the leadership necessary to restore public\nconfidence in our court system and return it to the highest position of\nintegrity, dignity and respect.\"\nWright, 63, was elevated to the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate\nDistrict, by Governor Reagan in December, 1968. He succeeds Chief\nJustice Roger J. Traynor who retired.\nWright previously served as a municipal and superior court judge in\nLos Angeles.\nDescribing Wright as a \"person with a demonstrated ability to\nadminister California's massive judicial system,\" the governor also\npointed to his \"distinguished career as both a lawyer and a judge.\"\nGovernor Reagan said the appointment is \"one of the most important\ndecisions I shall ever make as governor.\" He also said he conducted an\n\"exhaustive search\" to find the new chief justice, a search which\n\"encompassed the entire judiciary and legal profession of the state.\"\nGovernor Reagan, calling for a return to the philosophy of judicial\nrestraint, warned that \"without a return to the original compass heading\nset by our forefathers in the constitution, we stand to lose our entire\njudicial system, and in the end, freedom itself.\"\nHere is the governor's announcement statement:\n\"I have called you here today to announce one of the most\nimportant decisions I shall ever make as governor the selection of a\nnew chief justice of the California Supreme Court.\n\"Recognizing the magnitude of that responsibility, I undertock\nan exhaustive search to find the person best suited for the job when\nthe former chief justice, Roger Traynor, announced his retirement plans\nseveral months ago.\n\"Our search has encompassed the entire judiciary and legal\nprofession of the state.\n- 1 -\n#190\n\"We looked for a man committed to the principle of judicial\nrestraint, a man who could provide the leadership necessary to restore\npublic confidence in our court system and return it to the highest\nposition of integrity, dignity and respect.\n\"We also searched for a person with a demonstrated ability to\nadminister California's massive judicial system, as chairman of the\nJudicial Council.\n\"Today, I am very happy, and very proud, to announce to you that\nwe have found such a man Justice Donald R. Wright of the State Court\nof Appeal, Second Appellate District.\n\"The new chief justice of the California Supreme Court has a\ndistinguished career as both a lawyer and a judge.\n\"A native-born Californian, he received his elementary and secondary\ntraining in the Pasadena public school system.\n\"After graduating cum laude from Stanford University, he went on to\nreceive his law degree from Harvard Law School, in 1932.\n\"He returned to Pasadena where he practiced law for the next two\ndecades, before being named to the municipal court bench in 1953 by\nGovernor Earl Warren.\n\"In 1960, he was elected to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.\nHis first assignment was that of presiding judge of the court's Glendale\ndistrict. He became presiding judge of the entire court three years ago,\nand was twice realected to that post by his colleagues until I appointed\nhim to the District Court of Appeal in December, 1968.\n\"In addition, he served as a member of the California Judicial\nCouncil from 1967-68.\n\"It is my fervent hope that under Justice Wright's able leadership,\nthe court will return to a policy of judicial restraint.\n\"I say return, because down through the years the brightest lights\nof the legal firmament have affirmed and reaffirmed the basic rightness\nof such a philosophy.\n\"Three and a half centuries ago, Sir Francis Bacon said: 'Judges\nought to remember that their office is to interpret law, and not to\nmake law, or give law.'\n\"Sir William Blackstone, revered as one of the world's greatest\nlegal scholars, said in 1809 that the duty of the court is not to\n'pronounce law, but to maintain and expound the old one.' I\n- 2 -\n#190\n\"If public confidence in, and respect for, the judiciary has\ndropped in recent years---and public opinion surveys indicate this is\nthe case--I believe it is because the highest courts of our nation have\nlost the art of judicial restraint. They have been too eager to\nintervene, too inclined to reach out for supremacy over the other two\nco-equal branches of government.\n\"An example of what I believe to bea proper judicial interpretation\nis contained in the majority opinion of a recent California Supreme\nCourt case where the validity of the death penalty was challenged.\n\"The majority wrote:\n\"The fixing of penalties for a crime is a legislative function.\nIt is for the legislature and not this court to decide whether it is\nsound public policy to empower the imposing of the death penalty.'\n\"I believe that it is time the judiciary returned to its traditional\nrole and reject the 'judicial activist' philosophy. In doing so, it\nwill not only regain the respect of the public, but also that of the law\nenforcement and legal profession, and the other two branches of\ngovernment as well.\n\"I am confident that Justice Wright can and will provide the\nleadership required to restore public faith in, and respect for, our\njudicial process. Without a return to the original compass heading set\nby our forefathers in the Constitution, we stand to lose our entire\njudicial system, and in the end, freedom itself.\n\"Congratulations to you, Don, and your wife, Margaret. And, best\nwishes again, as you assume this new and vitally important responsibility.\nThe annual salary of the chief justice of the State Supreme Court\nis $43,269.\nAs Associate Justice of the State Court of Appeal, Wright's salary\nwas $38,179 per year.\n########\nEJG\n- 3 -\nBiography\nDONALD R. WRIGHT\nDonald R. Wright, associate justice, Court of Appeal, Second\nAppellate District, was born on February 2, 1907 in the City of\nPlacentia, California.\nHe is a third generation native born Californian, his grand-\nparents and great grandparents having crossed the plains in covered\nwagons.\nHe was educated in the public schools of Pasadena and attended\nStanford University from which he graduated cum laude in 1929. He then\nenrolled in the Harvard Law School where he received an LLB degree in\n1932.\nReturning to Pasadena, Justice Wright entered into partnership\nwith John Dean Barrick in the general practice of law under the firm\nname of Barrick and Wright (now Barrick, Poole and Olson).\nIn April of 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Force as a first\nlieutenant and was discharged four years later as a lieutenant colonel.\nDuring his military duty he graduated from both the C.I.C.\n(Counter Intelligence Corps) and the Command and General Staff Schools.\nHe served as chief of the intelligence of the 11th Air Force Service\nCommand and also as a squadron commander.\nHe resumed his law practice in Pasadena in 1946, and served as\nan officer in the local bar association, and in 1949 was one of three\noriginal incorporators of the Legal Aid Society of Pasadena.\nHe also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the\nBoys' Republic, and many other local charitable, educational and\ncultural organizations.\nHe was appointed to the Pasadena Planning Commission and was\nserving as chairman at the time he was appointed to the Municipal Court\nof the Pasadena Judicial District in October of 1953 by Governor Earl\nWarren.\nIn 1960, he was elected to the Superior Court of Los Angeles\nCounty and his first assignment was as presiding judge of the Glendale\ndistrict of the court. He was then selected to preside over the master\ncalendar criminal department of the Superior Court, one of the largest\ncriminal courts in the United States.\nHis assignment as presiding judge of the Probate Court followed,\nand in 1966, he was appointed assistant presiding judge of the entire\ncourt with responsibility for the operation of the civil calendar as\nwell as other administrative duties.\nIn September of 1967, he was first elected by his colleagues\nas presiding judge of the Superior Court to fill out the remainder of\nthe year. He was reelected as presiding judge for the year 1968, and\nwas also reelected for the year 1969. However, shortly after his last\nelection he was appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan as an associate\njustice of the Court of Appeal, a position he has held since he was sworn\nin on December 23, 1968.\nJustice Wright also served as a member of the Judicial Council\nfor the term 1967-68, having been appointed to that body by Chief\nJustice Roger J. Traynor.\nJustice Wright is married to the former Margaret W. McLellan\nof Seattle, Washington, and they maintain their home in Pasadena. He is\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-6-70\n#191\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced he has signed the\nfollowing bills:\nAB 39 - Murphy\nExtends the last date for making law library annual\n(Chapter 38)\nreports from July 15 to August 15.\nAB 91 - Conrad\nAmends the Elections Code to provide that any\n(Chapter 36)\nRepublican elected or appointed to fill a vacancy\nin a partisan office is a member of the Republican\nState Central Committee. The bill grants such\npersons the same right to make additional\nappointments to the committee as is conferred upon\ndelegates to the state convention.\nAB 198 - Cory\nProvides that a member of the legislative body of\n(Chapter 22)\na city whose territory is encompassed, in whole\nor in part, by the boundaries of a sanitary\ndistrict is not disqualified from holding office\nas a member of a district board solely because of\nhis membership on the legislative body.\nAB 622 - Stull\nAuthorizes the district board of the Alpine\n(Chapter 39)\nSanitation District in San Diego County to call\nanother bond election to be held within six months\nafter an election which failed if prescribed\nconditions occur. The bill is operative until\nJanuary 1, 1971.\nAB 665 - Britschgi\nAuthorizes the State Board of Forestry upon a\n(Chapter 37)\nfinding of an emergency, to adopt temporary rules\neffective for a period not to exceed 120 days.\nThe bill provides that such rules shall become\npermanent upon adoption in accordance with\nprocedures for amending forest practice rules.\nSB 49 - Lagomarsino\nExtends the last date for making law library\n(Chapter 40)\nannual reports from July 15 to August 15.\nSB 100 - Cologne\nRequires that the petition for conservatorship by\n(Chapter 35)\nthe office providing conservatorship investigation\nunder the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act be filed in\nthe county of residence of the patient.\nSB 266 - Cologne\nProvides, for purposes of certain evidence of\n(Chapter 41)\nwritings kept outside of United States that the\nfinal statement certifying specified items may\nbe made by diplomatic or consular official of a\nforeign country assigned or accredited to the United\nStates.\nSB 342 - Lagomarsino\nPermits the State Allocation Board in instances\n(Chapter 23)\nwhere more than two years have elapsed since approval\nof an application and after having required a school\ndistrict to issue additional qualifying bonds as a\ncondition to making an additional apportionment, to\ncontinue making such additional apportionments as\nare needed for a period of two years from the\ndate the requalifying bonds were required.\nSB 397 - McCarthy\nExtends the time in which the statement, map or\n(Chapter 42)\nplat regarding annexation to a city may be filed\nwith the State Board of Equalization for the\nannexation to be effective for assessment and tax\npurposes for the 1970-71 fiscal year.\n# # #\nEG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER!\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Californ.\na\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-7-70\n#192\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Charles E. Brown, retired\nRichmond Police Chief, to the Adult Authority, subject to Senate\nconfirmation, and named Addison H. Fording, retired Berkeley Police\nChief, to succeed Brown on the California Women's Board of Terms and\nParole. Both terms are for four years.\nBrown, 61, a Democrat, was named to succeed William H. Madden of\nCovina, who has resigned, in the $25,000 a year post.\nFording, 70, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of\n$10,710.\nA member of the Women's Board of Terms and Parole since 1968, Brown\nretired from the police force in 1967 after 24 years of service during\nwhich he worked his way up through the ranks from patrolman to chief.\nHe is active in numerous local, state and national peace officers'\ngroups and in Contra Costa County community affairs. He lives at\n84 Miramonte Drive, Moraga.\nFording, a nationally known consultant on police matters and\ninstructor in police sciences, served as chief of Berkeley's Police\nDepartment from 1960 to 1966. He is active in community affairs and\nstate, local and national law enforcement groups.\nFording lives at 1106 Miller Avenue, Berkeley.\n########\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-7-70\n#193\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Everett W. Dickey, Assistant\nDistrict Attorney of Orange County, as judge of the Orange County Harbor\nJudicial District Municipal Court.\nDickey, 35, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of $29,270.\nHe succeeds Judge J. Edgar T. Rutter III, who was elevated to the\nOrange County Superior Court.\nA native of Los Angeles, Dickey holds Bachelor of Arts and Juris\nDoctor degrees from the University of Southern California. He is also\na graduate of the United States Naval Justice School at Newport,\nRhode Island.\nHe joined the Orange County District Attorney's office in 1962 and\nwas promoted to Assistant District Attorney in 1967.\nHe is a member of the State Bar of California, the Orange County\nBar Association, the Orange County Criminal Courts Bar Association and\nthe American Board of Trial Advocates.\nDickey and his wife, Freddie Louise, have two daughters. The\nfamily home is in San Clemente.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, Californ. a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-7-70\n#194\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Robert G. Eckhoff, Public\nDefender of Santa Barbara County, to the California Council on Criminal\nJustice. He succeeds John D. Nunes of Oakland, who has resigned.\nEckhoff, 41, was appointed as Santa Barbara County's first public\ndefender in May of 1969 after serving a year as District Attorney of\nButte County.\nHe joined the Butte County District Attorney's Office in 1965 after\nservice as a Deputy District Attorney in San Bernardino County and\nprivate practice in San Francisco.\nHe has also been a law instructor at Yuba Junior College, Butte\nJunior College and the Feather River Police Academy.\nA native of San Francisco, he attended the University of California\nat Berkeley and received his law degree from Hastings School of Law\nin 1959.\nEckhoff is a member of the California State Bar, the Santa Barbara\nBar Association, the California Peace Officers Association, the\nCalifornia Public Defenders Association and the University of California\nAlumni Association.\nHe and his wife, Lois, have two children. The family home is in\nSanta Barbara.\nEckhoff will represent public defenders on the council. He is a\nRepublican.\nCouncil members are paid necessary expenses.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-8-70\n#195\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that Apollo 11 Astronaut\nNeil A. Armstrong will visit Sacramento, Saturday, April 18, to\nparticipate in two events scheduled in conjunction with the California\ndisplay of the Apollo 11 command ship, Columbia, and moon rock samples\ngathered on man's first visit to the surface of the moon.\nCalifornia's State Capitol was selected by NASA as the first of\nthe 50 to receive the Apollo 11 display which will eventually be\nexhibited in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.\nThe Apollo 11 command ship and moon rock samples will be displayed\nin a special NASA exhibit outside the East (Capitol Park) entrance to\nthe State Capitol. The exhibit will be open to the public from\n10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., April 17 through 22. A special line will be\nmaintained for guided school groups from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.\nbeginning April 18.\nArmstrong, the first human to ever set foot on the lunar surface,\nwill appear at a special luncheon for 400 high school students at noon,\nSaturday.\n(Details concerning the luncheon will be announced shortly by the\nLt. Governor's office.)\nFollowing the luncheon, Armstrong, Lt. Governor and Mrs. Reinecke\nwill tour the Apollo 11 display.\n\"All Californians are honored that Neil Armstrong will visit the\nApollo 11 exhibit in Sacramento, as the display begins its tour of 50\nstate capitols. He and his fellow crewmen have made all Americans\nstand taller and prouder,\" Governor Reagan said.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-8-70\n#196\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Municipal\nJudge Thomas M. Haldorsen to the San Bernardino County Superior Court,\nand the appointment of Roy E. Chapman to succeed him on the San\nBernardino Judicial District Municipal Court bench.\nJudge Haldorsen, 57, who has served as judge of the municipal court\nsince 1956, succeeds Judge Carl B. Hilliard who has retired. He will\nreceive an annual salary of $31,816.\nChapman, 52, who has been in private practice in San Bernardino\nsince 1946, will receive an annual salary of $29,270.\nPrior to his appointment to the municipal court, Judge Haldorsen\nwas a chief trial deputy in the San Bernardino County District Attorney's\nOffice from 1950 to 1956.\nHe is a graduate of the University of Redlands and received his law\ndegree from Harvard Law School.\nA Republican, he is active in numerous civic and service\norganizations, including the Little League and Goodwill Industries. He\nis also a member of the American Judicature Society and the National\nAssociation of Municipal Court Judges.\nChapman, a Democrat, is a graduate of the Long Beach Junior College\nand the University of Montana, where he received his law degree.\nHe is president of the San Bernardino City Schools Board of\nEducation and is active in numerous educational, civic and service groups.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-8-70\n#197\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"This week the people of California received a tragic reminder\nof the devotion to duty that is a part of the code of every good law\nenforcement officer.\n\"The four young men who wore the uniform of the California\nHighway Patrol demonstrated with their lives the basic truth of\nwhat law and order is all about in a free society.\n\"Officers George M. Alleyn, Walter C. Frago, Roger Gore and\nJames E. Pence Jr. were all young men with full lives to live. They\nhad sworn an oath to protect their fellow citizens and they died in\nfulfillment of that oath.\n\"At a time when the forces of law and order are under attack\nby those who derive the full protection of our laws, I believe that\nevery Californian should pause to consider the sacrifices that they\nmade and the sacrifices that all men who wear the badge may be called\nupon to make.\n\"They accepted the task of enforcing the laws that we, as\ncitizens, have given them. They did so because they believe in a\nsociety where citizens can make their laws.\n\"Today I ask all Californians to join me in mourning these four\nmen. And I ask my fellow citizens to make this tribute part of a\nlarger tribute to all other men who value the code for which they\ngave their lives.\"\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-9-70\n#198\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nDr. William L. Cunningham of Corona Del Mar and Newton L. Steward of\nEureka to the Governor's Commission on Educational Reform.\nThey succeed Dr. Conrad Briner, professor and chairman of the\ndepartment of education, Claremont Graduate School, who has resigned,\nand Tony N. Sierra, president of the school board of the Calexico Unified\nSchool District, who has accepted an appointment to the State Board\nof Education.\nCunningham is superintendent of the Newport-Mesa Unified School\nDistrict, Newport Beach. He is a member of the American Association of\nSchool Administrators and of the California Association of School\nAdministrators.\nHe has an extensive background in school administration, and served\nthe San Juan Union High School District, Sacramento, as director of\npersonnel in 1948-49, and as assistant superintendent, 1950-53. Prior\nto his present position, he was superintendent of the Hayward Unified\nSchool District. He is a Republican.\nSteward is vice president and director of news and public affairs\nfor KIEM-TV and KRED radio in Eureka. He is also vice president and\ntreasurer of the California-Oregon Radio Company, director of the\nHumboldt Bay Video Company and director of the California Broadcasters\nAssociation.\nActive in educational affairs, he has served on the Accreditation\nCommittee for the Eureka Senior High School, and was instrumental\nin the formation of the Junior College District for the College of the\nRedwoods. He is a Republican.\nMembers of the Commission receive necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-9-70\n#199\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today reappointed four members of the\nBoard of Governors of the California Community Colleges to four-year\nterms, subject to Senate confirmation.\nThe members, all of whom have served since 1968, are:\nThe Reverend Paul C. Cox, 49, 355 Avenue E, Redondo Beach, pastor\nof St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and a member of the Redondo Beach\nElementary School Board. He is a Republican.\nBenjamin N. Scott, 51, 1337 West 17th Street, San Pedro, secretary-\ntreasurer of the Retail Clerks Union, Local 905, AFL-CIO, Los Angeles\nHarbor Area. He is a Democrat.\nCharles E. Smoot, 54, 304 Grand Canal, Balboa, owner of a\nWhittier Travel Agency and former member of the Los Angeles City Board\nof Education. He is a Republican.\nHarold F. Wolters, 35, Route 1, Box 880, Grass Valley, an attorney\nand a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sierra College,\nNevada County. He is a Republican.\nBoard members are paid actual and necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-9-70\n#200\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today reappointed three directors of the\n24a District Agricultural Association (Kings District Fair) to four-year-\nterms.\nThey are Elbert Montgomery, 6040 Excelsior Avenue, Hanford, a\nrancher and member of the board since 1960; Louis A. Hansen, 1508 North\nAvenue, Corcoran, a rancher and board member since 1947; and\nJoseph F. Costa, 9151 Grangeville Boulevard, Hanford, a livestock man\nand rodeo performer, who has served since 1953.\nMontgomery is a Democrat. Hansen and Costa are Republicans.\nBoard members are paid necessary expenses.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-10-70\n# 201\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of John J.\nHunter, Thousand Oaks attorney, as judge of the Ventura Judicial District\nMunicipal Court.\nHunter, 36, a Republican, succeeds Judge Philip West who has been\nelevated to the Ventura County Superior Court. He will receive an annual\nsalary of $29,270.\nA partner in the law firm of Roberts, Carmack, Brown, Johnson and\nHunter since 1967, Hunter served in the Ventura County District Attorney'\nOffice from 1963 until he joined the firm.\nA native of Los Angeles, he is a graduate of Brigham Young\nUniversity at Provo, Utah, and earned his law degree from the University\nof Southern California School of Law.\nHe is a member of the California State Bar, the American Bar\nAssociation, the Ventura County Bar Association, the American Trial\nLawyers Association and the California Trial Lawyers Association.\nHe is also active in the American Cancer Society, the Citizens\nDelinquency Prevention Institute and the Ventura County Council of\nthe Boy Scouts of America.\nHunter and his wife Louine have seven children.\nThe family home is in Thousand Oaks.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Monday, April 13, 1970 AMs\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE RELEASE\n445-4571\n4-10-70\n#202\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today again urged California taxpayers\nto take advantage of a 10 percent reduction in their income taxes.\nThe reduction, part of the $633 million in direct tax relief\nwhich has been passed on to the State's taxpayers during the Reagan\nadministration, was approved last year by the legislature at the\nGovernor's request,\nThe legislature authorized the rebate for 1969 income, up to\n$100 on a single return and up to $200 on a joint return, but only if\nthe tax is paid in full by April 15,\n\"I urge all California taxpayers to pay by April 15, so that\nthey can take advantage of this rebate. It is their money and they\nare entitled to have it returned when we can make economies in\ngovernment,\" the Governor said.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-10-70\n#203\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril 13, 1970\nthrough\nApril 19, 1970\nMonday, April 13\n3:45 p.m.\nBrief picture with winners of Governor's Executive\nDevelopment Scholarship program.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, April 14\n1:30 p.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n2:15 p.m.\nBrief remarks to California Service Alliance,\nCouncil Room.\n2:30 p.m.\nPicture with Cal Poly Students presenting Governor\nReagan with key for Polly Week, Governor's Office.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, April 15\n9:20 a.m.\nVisit to clean air caravan sponsored by Western\nLiquified Gas, Capitol Steps (East).\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, April 16\nNoon\nArrive Woodlake Inn for Annual CSEA Institute\non Government. Speech.\np.m.\nDepart for San Francisco.\nOvernight - San Francisco\nFriday, April 17\n9:30 a.m.\nBrief meeting at Great Western Savings and Loan\nAssociation, San Francisco, for Arts Commission\nExhibit.\n10:30 a.m.\nRegents Meeting\n6:30 p.m.\nNational Conference of Christians and Jews Banquet,\nFairmont Hotel.\nSaturday, April 18\nNo public appointments scheduled.\nSunday, April 19\nNo public appointments scheduled\n####\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-13-70\n#204\nDirectors of the California Service Alliance will report on\ntheir progress in mobilizing volunteer service activities in 40\nCalifornia communities during a meeting with Governor Ronald Reagan\nat 2:15 p.m. tomorrow in his office.\nFormed last year by the California Jaycees and the Governor's\noffice, the alliance is made up of representatives of major service,\nfraternal and women's organizations and includes leaders in the\nfields of business, labor and the professions.\nIt was organized to stimulate and coordinate citizen action in\ndealing with human problems at the community level.\nWith local Jaycee chapters serving as catalysts, the local\nalliances studied the scope and effectiveness of community projects,\nassessed community needs, sought the participation of service groups\nwhich were not involved and initiated new coordinated programs.\nGovernor Reagan described their efforts as \"a commonsense way of more\neffectively marshaling available community resources to help solve\nhuman problems.\"\nNeil C. Sandberg, chairman of the board of the Service Alliance\nand regional director of the American Jewish Committee, will preside\nat the meeting.\n#######\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-13-70\n#205\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that Robert J. Datel, Chief\nof the Highway Systems Planning Office of the State Department of Public\nWorks, and Garold Raff, Jr., Program and Policy Consultant to the State\nDirector of Finance, have been selected as this year's winners of the\nannual Governor's Executive Development Scholarships.\nThey will participate in an intensive four-week course of study\ndesigned to provide administrators with direction in making sound\nmanagement decisions in a rapidly changing environment.\nThe course, to be held at the University of California at Berkeley,\nApril 26, through May 22, will include Economic Analysis and Business\nForecasting, Global Economic Development, International Affairs and\nIssues and Trends in Urban Management.\nDatel, 44, has been employed by the Department of Public Works\nand the Division of Highways since 1948. As chief of highway systems\nplanning, a position he has held for the past year, he is responsible\nfor providing department-wide leadership and guidance to the planning,\nprogramming, capital outlay budgeting, and evaluation of the statewide\nhighway system.\nIn 1963, he was appointed District Engineer for District Five of the\nDivision of Highways where he was responsible for planning, construction\nand maintenance of the state highway system in the counties of Monterey\nSan Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. In 1968, he became District\nEngineer for District Ten, composed of the counties of Solano, San\nJoaquin, Amador, Alpine, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mariposa and\nMerced.\nDatel was born in Wessington, South Dakota, and educated at the\nUniversity of Minnesota where he received a Bachelor of Science degree\nin Naval Technology in 1945 and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree\nin 1948.\nMarried and the father of two daughters, he resides at 2250 Woodside\nLane, Sacramento.\n-1-\n#205\nAs program and policy consultant in the office of the State\nDirector of Finance, Raff is chiefly responsible for advising the\nGovernor and his cabinet officers in the development of major state\npolicy, legislation, and means of improving the management of state\ngovernment.\nRaff, 34, was born in Huntington Park and educated at the\nUniversity of California at Berkeley, where he received a Bachelor of\nScience degree in Landscape Architecture in 1959. In 1963, he was\nawarded a Master's degree in City Planning from Harvard University.\nPrior to joining the office of the director of finance, April,\n1967, he was a planner for the state office of planning for two years.\nFrom May, 1963, to January, 1967, he was employed as a planner in the\noffice of the Governor of the Virgin Islands.\nActive in local community programs, Raff serves as vice president\nof the Crocker Art Gallery Association. He and his wife, Judith,\nreside at 1547 Fifth Street, Sacramento.\nThe selections were made by Douglas Romney, assistant secretary\nof the Business and Transportation Agency and chairman of the\nGovernor's Scholarship Committee, assisted by Al Hill, assistant\nsecretary of the Resources Agency; Bernard Donnelly, assistant\nsecretary of the Human Relations Agency; Kenneth Hall, assistant secretary\nof the Agriculture and Services Agency, Matthias McDonald, assistant\ndirector of Finance and Don Livingston, deputy director, Department\nof General Services. Each major agency of state government\nhad submitted two candidates for consideration by the Scholarship\nCommittee, a unit of the state Personnel Development Advisory Committee.\nThe original nominees were narrowed down to four finalists for oral\ninterviews, from which the two winners were selected.\nAccording to Romney, the month long seminar will be limited to\na small group of executives from business organizations and governmental\nagencies. It will provide an opportunity for small, formalized\ndiscussions on likely future trends in the national and international\nenvironment of business and government.\n# # #\nWAS\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Im. diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-14-70\n#206\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that two members of the\nadministration will serve as panelists during the first Western White\nHouse conference on federal-state cooperation in major disasters,\nApril 16 and 17, in San Clemente.\nCharles P. Samson, chief of the California Disaster Office, and\nhis assistant, Gordon C. Larkin, will discuss federal and state\npreparations for--and response to--floods, earthquakes, forest and\ngrass fires. The meeting will be attended by 40 disaster experts from\n17 states.\n\"When disaster strikes, it is essential that local, state and\nfederal governments move swiftly and efficiently to bring relief to\nits victims,\" Governor Reagan said.\n\"During the past year, state government, in cooperation with the\nfederal government and local agencies, has responded quickly and\nefficiently during flood and other disasters.\n\"I am pleased that Chuck Samson and Gordon Larkin have been\ninvited to share what we have learned with other states during the\nPresident's conference at the Western White House,\" the governor added.\nSponsored by the President's Office of Emergency Preparedness,\nthe conference will focus on methods to improve regional, state and\nlocal capabilities to effectively meet the challenges posed by\ndisasters before they strike, during the crisis and in the recovery\nperiod, according to OEP Director, George A. Lincoln.\nHe said discussions also will concern cooperative programs to\nmeet other catastrophes, such as pollution accidents involving\nhazardous materials.\nSamson, Larkin and representatives from other western states\ngovernors' offices, along with Donald Eddy of the OEP's Midwestern\nregion, Ralph Burns of the Far West and Creath Tooley of the Northwestern\nregion, will serve as the President's field commanders for disasters\nin the Western United States, Lincoln reported.\n\"Passage of a profusion of disaster laws by local, state and\nfederal governments requires close cooperation to insure that every\nvictim and every level of government is aware of the many aids available\nin time of crisis,\" Lincoln pointed out, adding that \"careful planning is\nnecessary to make certain that disaster response plans mesh at every\nlevel.\"\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-15-70\n#207\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that brief ceremonies\nat 10:00 a.m. Friday will precede the official opening of the Apollo 11\nexhibit on the Capitol grounds at the east entrance to the State\nCapitol.\nImmediately following the official \"ribbon cutting\", the NASA\ndisplay containing the Apollo 11 command ship, Columbia, and moon rock\nsamples gathered during the Apollo 11 mission, will be opened to the\npublic.\nGovernor Reagan will be represented at the ceremonies by\nMrs. Ed Reinecke. Governor Reagan and Lieutenant Governor Reinecke\nwill both be attending a University of California Board of Regents\nmeeting.\nMayor Richard Marriott will represent the people of Sacramento\nin welcoming the Apollo 11 exhibit to the capital city.\nNASA will be represented by Elwood Johnson, director of the\nApollo 11 tour.\nThe display will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. until\n8:00 p.m. April 17 through 22, with a special line for guided school\ntours from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. beginning April 18.\nFollowing the six-day display here, the NASA exhibit moves on\nto Carson City, Nevada.\nAfter it has toured all 50 state capitals, the Apollo 11\nspacecraft and other artifacts in the exhibit will be displayed\npermanently in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-15-70\n#208\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nJoseph L. Sonka, a rancher, and Mrs. Oakley (Fern Ann) Porter, a\nhousewife, and the reappointment of Joseph E. Kelley, a businessman, to\nthe 29th District Agricultural Association (Mother Lode Fair).\nSonka, who is active in farm circles and is a past president\nof the Tuolumne County Farm Bureau, succeeds Max Robertson of\nSonora, whose term has expired. He lives at Route 2, Box 825, Sonora.\nMrs. Porter, who assists her husband in the cattle business\nhas been active in 4-H Club work and has served as chairman of the\nJunior Livestock Auction. She succeeds Marion Sanguinetti of Sonora,\nwho has resigned. Mrs. Porter lives at Route 1, Box 718B, Sonora.\nKelley, a member of the fair board since 1946, lives at\n100 Green Street, Sonora. He is a Democrat. Both Mrs. Porter and\nSonka are Republicans.\nBoard members serve for four years and receive necessary\nexpenses.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE: Lediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-15-70\n#209\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has presented Certificates of\nAppreciation to 18 local chapters of the California Service Alliance for\ntheir efforts to coordinate and stimulate citizen action in dealing\nwith human problems at the local level.\nIn making the presentations at a meeting of the Board of\nDirectors of the California Service Alliance in his office on Tuesday,\nGovernor Reagan paid tribute to the local chapters for their\n\"commonsense way of more effectively marshaling available community\nresources to help solve human problems.\"\nThe certificates went to alliances in Belmont, Cupertino,\nDanville, Eureka, Fairfield, San Luis Obispo County, Novato, Palm Springs,\nPalo Alto, Redding, Roseville, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara,\nStockton, Thousand Oaks, Turlock and Visalia.\nThe California Service Alliance was formed last year by the\nCalifornia Jaycees and the Governor's office and includes\nrepresentatives of major service, fraternal and women's organizations\nand leaders in business, labor and the professions.\nMembers of local Jaycee chapters served as catalysts for the\nlocal projects.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-15-70\n#210\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment\nof Clifton L. Allen, Pomona attorney and civic leader, as judge of\nthe San Bernardino County West Valley Division Judicial District\nMunicipal Court.\nAllen, 45, a Republican, succeeds Judge William E. Walk, Jr.,\nwho has resigned. He will receive an annual salary of $29,270.\nA partner in a Pomona law firm since 1956, Allen has been\nactive in the YMCA, United Crusade, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, Junior\nChamber of Commerce, Pomona Valley Mental and Emotional Health\nAssociation, the San Gabriel Valley Lawyers Reference Service and the\nSan Gabriel Valley Neighborhood Legal Aid Society.\nHe is also a member of the State Bar, the Western San\nBernardino County Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association\nand the Pomona Valley Bar Association.\nHe is a graduate of Beloit College at Beloit, Wisconsin\nand earned his law degree from DePaul University Law School in Chicago.\nAllen and his wife Virginia have two sons. The family home\nis in Upland.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-16-70\nThe NASA van containing the Apollo 11 display will\narrive at the east entrance to the Capitol at 10:10 a.m. today.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO!\nMEMO TO THE PR\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-17-70\n#211\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril 20, 1970\nthrough\nApril 26, 1970\nMonday, April 20\n1:30 p.m.\nBrief tour of Apollo 11 Exhibit in Capitol Park.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, April 21\n10:00 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, April 22\nEvening\nCalifornia Federation of Republican Women\nDinner, Cal Expo, Sacramento. Speech.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, April 23\nOffice appointments.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, April 24\nAfternoon\nLegislative Press Golf Tournament, El Macero\nCountry Club, Davis.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSaturday, April 25\nNo appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nSunday, April 26\nNo appointments scheduled.\nOvernight - Sacramento\n####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-20-70\n#212\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today asked public officials throughout\nCalifornia to nominate deserving young people for Young American Medals\nfor Bravery and Service.\nYoung people under the age of 19, who have performed outstanding\nacts of courage or service during 1969, are eligible for consideration.\nThose who, in the opinion of the governor and his Advisory Committee\non Children and Youth, are most worthy of consideration will be\nrecommended to the Attorney General for the national medals and will\nreceive the California Medallion.\nJ. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, is chairman of the national\nNominations Committee.\nThe Young American Medal for Bravery will be awarded to a youth who\nhas \"exhibited exceptional courage, attended by extraordinary decision,\npresence of mind, and unusual swiftness of action, regardless of his\nor her own personal safety, in an effort to save or in saving the\nlife of any person or persons in actual imminent danger,\"\nThe Young American Medal for Service is awarded on the basis of\n\"character attained and service accomplished as to make his or her\nachievement worthy of public report.\"\nEach nomination should include a birth certificate of the\nnominee, a recent photograph and reasonable documentation of the\nyouth's performance.\nAll information on the nominees must be forwarded by June 1, to\nLieutenant Colonel Herbert R. Temple, Jr., Military Aide to the\nGovernor, the Governor's Office, Sacramento, California 95814.\n# # # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Imi. diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-70\n#213\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today opened his Capitol press conference\nwith the following opening statement:\n\"Good morning:\n\"On nimerous occasions since becoming governor I have called for\nthe passage of federal legislation to protect the legitimate interests\nof both farmers and farm workers as well as our universally common\ninterests as consumers.\n\"As you know, the need for such legislation is especially critical\nto California, since the overall well-being of our state economy is\ndependent on the financial health of our agricultural industry.\n\"Today, as we face the forthcoming summer harvest season, California\nagriculture urgently requires an orderly and equitable set of rules for\nhandling and helping to resolve farm labor-management problems.\n\"Legislation now before the U.S. Senate, authored by Senator George\nMurphy of California, would not only write such rules into federal law\nand fill the present void, but would do so responsibly and fairly-\nprotecting the consumer, grower and farm worker alike.\n\"Known as the \"Consumer Agricultural Food Protection Act (S.2203), 1\nthe bill would guarantee farm workers the right to organize, to join\nunions and bargain collectively. To protect against coercion, a secret\nballot would be required to determine each employee's own choice\nwhether to join a union and, if so, which one.\n\"To protect the grower from the prospect of crops rotting in the\nfield, Senator Murphy's bill would set up legal machinery to restrict\nstrikes at harvest time, and make such things as secondary boycotts\nillegal.\n\"As the National Labor Relations Board now exercies jurisdiction over\nlabor-management affairs in industry, the Murphy bill would create a\nFarm Labor Relations Board which would recognize the special problems\nassociated with agriculture in administering the law.\n\"Finally, the Murphy bill would protect the ordinary consumer such\nas you and me by insuring a free flow of food from the fields to the\nmarketplace- at reasonable prices.\n\"I know that Senator Murphy has received strong support for his\nlegislation from every section of the country. It has been drafted with\nmeticulous care to cover the principal component parts of the nation's\nagricultural system, and to treat each fairly.\n\"I, therefore, urge every member of the U.S. Senate to heed these\nexpressions of support and give the legislation the careful consideration\nand backing it deserves.\n\"Its enactment into law will assure the continued promise of the\nkind of healthy climate which has enabled California to remain as the\nnation's leading agricultural state for more than two decades.\"\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-21-70\n#214\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nArthur J. Anderson, Susanville attorney, to the Nevada County Superior\nCourt.\nAnderson, 63, a Republican, succeeds Judge Vernon Stoll who\nhas retired. He will receive an annual salary of $31,816.\nA former Deputy District Attorney and District Attorney of\nLassen County, Anderson has practiced law in Susanville since 1945.\nHe is president of the Lassen County Bar Association.\nAnderson received his law degree from the University of\nSan Francisco.\nHe and his wife Erma live in Susanville.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-22-70\nGovernor Reagan will greet 10 young 4-H'ers from San Joaquin County\nalong with puppies they are training to become future guide dogs for\nthe blind, at 11 a.m. today near the east steps of the Capitol building.\nThe governor recently arranged with officials of the Agricultural\nExtension Service and Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. for the issuance\nof special identification cards to 4-H'ers involved in the training\nprogram, cards which can be shown to merchants and public officials when\nthe youngsters wish to enter buildings with their dogs where animals are\nnormally prohibited. He has asked the State Police to honor the cards\nfor visits to the Capitol building.\nVisits to public buildings are considered a necessary part of the\ntraining program for dogs destined to be guide dogs for the blind.\nThe governor will present the identification cards to the youngsters\nand then escort them and their puppies into the Capitol, where they will\nthen be taken on a tour of the building by Assembly Speaker Robert\nMonagan and Guy Oates, chief of the Division of State Police.\n*********\nAt 11:15 a.m. in the governor's office. Governor Reagan will be\npresented an honorary membership in the statewide Babe Ruth Baseball\nLeague by Jerry Tresca of Sacramento, state director of the organization.\nAlso on hand, and in uniform, will be Ron Valine, Ron Sesstito\nand Dave Craine, all 14-year-old Babe Ruth League ballplayers from\nSacramento.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE: Imme Late\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-23-70\n#215\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Leonard E. Lindberg,\nAnderson logging manager, as a member of the District Forest Practice\nCommittee of the Coast Range Pine and Forest District.\nHe succeeds David M. Williams of Redding, who has resigned,\nas private timber owner-operator representative on the committee.\nLindberg is logging manager of Shasta Operations for the\nU. S. Plywood-Champion Corporation at Anderson. He is a Republican.\nCommittee members serve four-year-terms and receive\nnecessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEI\n)R\nRELEASE: Imm iate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-23-70\n#216\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Richard V. Patton\nof Burlingame, vice president and general manager of the California\nState Automobile Association Inter-Insurance Bureau, to the\nAutomobile Accident Study commission, subject to Senate confirmation.\nPatton, a registered non-partisan, succeeds John Gurash\nof Pasadena, who has resigned. The term is for four years and pays\nnecessary expenses.\nActive in numerous civic and safety organizations,\nPatton is also a member of the Governor's Study Committee on Emergency\nHospital Care.\nHe and his wife, Sally, have two sons. The family home is\nat 2801 Mariposa Drive, Burlingame.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n4.5-4571\n4-23-70\n#217\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Marc W. Sandstrom,\nthe\nformer assistant secretary of/Business and Transportation Agency, to\na four-year-term on the California Law Revision Commission, subject\nto Senate confirmation.\nSandstrom, 35, who resigned his post in the administration\non March 30, to accept a position as vice president-counsel with the\nSan Diego Federal Savings and Loan Association, succeeds Richard H.\nWolford of Santa Monica, who has resigned.\nA graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Law School,\nSandstrom joined the State Department of Public Works in 1958, after\npracticing law in Palo Alto.\nIn 1967, he moved into the Business and Transportation\nAgency and in 1968 was appointed assistant secretary of that agency,\nmoving up to the number two position as chief deputy to Gordon C. Luce,\nthen secretary of Business and Transportation.\nSandstrom, a Republican, his wife, Ann, and their three\nsons live at 6675 Avenida Andorra, La Jolla.\nMembers of the Commission receive $20 per day and expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nOR\nRELEASE: Imm iate\nSacramento, Califor\n1a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-23-70\n#218\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nBrian Van Camp, a Sacramento attorney and civic leader, as assistant\nsecretary of the California Business and Transportation Agency.\nHe succeeds Marc Sandstrom in the $25,908 per year post.\nSandstrom resigned March 30, to enter private business in San Diego.\nVan Camp, 29, was recently selected as a national finalist\nby the President's Commission on White House Fellows but turned down\nan opportunity to serve as an assistant to a federal cabinet secretary\nto accept the state post, according to Business and Transportation\nSecretary James M. Hall.\n\"We are indeed fortunate to be able to attract a young\nman of Van Camp's character and abilities to state government,\" Hall\nsaid.\nVan Camp, who will join Hall's staff April 27, 1970, has\nserved as agency attorney for the Sacramento Redevelopment Agency since\nAugust, 1967. Prior to the appointment to the Redevelopment Agency\nhe was employed as deputy attorney general for the state for two\nyears following his graduation in 1965 from the University of California\nSchool of Law at Boalt Hall.\nAs assistant secretary, Van Camp will aid in the formulation\nand implementation of legislative programs for the eleven departments\nwithin the Business and Transportation Agency. These departments\ninclude Aeronautics, Banking, Corporations, California Highway Patrol,\nHousing and Community Development, Insurance, Motor Vehicles, Public\nWorks, Savings and Loan, Real Estate and Alcoholic Beverage Control.\nHe will also be responsible for liaison and coordination\nof activities between the departments and the agency secretary's office.\nVan Camp was selected by the Junior Chamber of Commerce as\nSacramento's \"Young Man of the Year\" for 1969 following a long record\nof community service.\nIn 1964, while a law student at the University of California,\nVan Camp worked for the summer as a student legal assistant for the\nlegal division, State Department of Public Works. While there he\nwrote a research paper, which has since become operational procedure,\non the legal aspects of the use of airspace above and below the freeways\nin state-owned highway right of way.\n-1-\n#218\nVan Camp's civic activities include a number of\ncommunity and church projects. He is a member of the Board of Directors\nfor the Washington Neighborhood Center and was on the Citizens Advisory\nCommittee on School Financing for the Sacramento City Unified School\nDistrict.\nVan Camp was born in Halstead, Kansas, August 23, 1940.\nIn 1946, the family moved to Folsom, California, where his father\npublished a weekly newspaper.\nHe and his wife, Moni, have two daughters. They live at\n1227 Swanston Drive, Sacramento. He is a Republican.\n# # #\n-2-\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Imme\nate\nSacramento, Califor a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-23-70\n#219\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the\nreappointment of three directors of the 42nd District Agricultural\nAssociation (Glenn County Fair) to four-year-terms.\nThey are:\nGlen P. Eidman, Star Route, Willows, a rancher and\nlivestock judge, who was first appointed to the board in 1960.\nWalter H. Jasper, Route 1, Box 284, Orland, a farmer,\nwho has served since 1963.\nEugene Schonauer, P. O. Box 216, Orland, a farmer\nand member of the board since 1964.\nEidman is a Republican. Both Jasper and Schonauer\nare Democrats.\nBoard members receive necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEI\nR\nRELEASE: Imm .iate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-24-70\n#220\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Donald D.\nDiers, 47, manager of administration of the El Segundo Division of\nHughes Aircraft, to fill an unexpired term on the State Commission on\nFair Employment Practice.\nHe was appointed, subject to Senate confirmation, to\nsucceed George C. Bond of Pasadena, whose term ends September 18, 1971.\nBond has resigned.\nDiers, who has an extensive background in employment,\npersonnel and industrial relations, has served as manager of\nadministration for the Hughes El Segundo Division since 1968.\nHe is a graduate of Lincoln College in Illinois,\nArizona State College and took graduate work in personnel administration\nat the University of Arizona. He is a Republican.\nDiers is marriedand has four children. The family\nhome is at 562 South Esplanade Street, Orange.\nCommission members are paid $50 per day while on\nofficial duty and serve four-year-terms.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\" R\nRELEASE: Ir\ndiate\nSacramento, Califor. a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-24-70\n#221\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment\nof Armand L. Fontaine, 46, of Los Angeles, vice president of the\nAmerican Building Contractors Association, as a director of the State\nCompensation Insurance Fund.\nFontaine, a Republican, will succeed Walton Smith\nof San Francisco, whose term has expired.\nActive in numerous state and national contractors\ngroups, he has served as editor of the American Building Contractor and\nheaded a Construction Industry Task Force, appointed by the Small\nBusiness Administration to assist minority contractors and employees.\nHe is a graduate of the University of Southern Californ:\nand has taken post graduate studies at the University of Paris (Sorbonne),\nMcGill University of Montreal and the University of the Americas in\nMexico City.\nHe is married and has one son. The family home is at\n12727 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.\nDirectors of the fund receive $25 per day and\nnecessary expenses while on duty.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEF\nR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Califor,\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-24-70\n#222\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Dr. John H. Lawrence,\ndirector of the Donner Laboratory at Berkeley to the University of\nCalifornia Board of Regents.\nDr. Lawrence, 66, a pioneer in the development of radiation\nprotection and the use of isotopes in medicine, is the third university\nfaculty member to be appointed to the board by the governor. (Dr. W.\nGlenn Campbell and Dr. Dean A. Watkins both served on the Stanford\nUniversity faculty.)\nDr. Lawrence\nhas resigned his post as director of Donner\nLaboratory on the UC campus and taken early retirement as a faculty\nmember. He will fill the unexpired term of Philip L. Boyd of Riverside,\nwhich ends March 1, 1972. Boyd resigned last month.\nIn announcing the appointment, Governor Reagan said, \"I am\ngrateful that Dr. Lawrence, whose service to mankind and contributions\nto medicine have earned international recognition, has agreed to devote\nhis talents to the solution of problems affecting our university. His\ncounsel will be invaluable.\"\nThe governor also paid tribute to Boyd, who has served on the\nboard for the past 14 years.\n\"I think it is typical of Mr. Boyd that after his long and\ndevoted service to the university and the people of California, he\ndonated 3,500 acres of unspoiled desert for the Deep Canyon Desert\nResearch Center that bears his name. This donation will prove inval-\nuable in the study of ecology and the conservation of our wilderness\nareas.\"\nThe new regent has received international honors for his\ncontributions to medicine and medical research in the biological\neffects of radiation and study of cancer.\nAs an organizer of the Donner Laboratory and a professor of\nMedical Physics at the University of California, he trained many post-\ndoctoral fellows in his field of research.\nDr. Lawrence, who received AB and DSC degrees from the\nUniversity of South Dakota and his MD degree from Harvard Medical\nSchool, also holds honorary degrees from several other universities and\nhas been decorated by several foreign nations for his work.\n-1-\n#333\nHe came to the University of California at Berkeley in 1936 to\ndevelop the new field of isotopes in medicine, set up a program of\nradiation protection in the university's radiation laboratory and was\nthe first to use artificial radioactive isotopes in medicine.\nDuring World War II, he was director of the Aeromedical unit\nat U.C. for the Office of Scientific Research and Development of the\nAir Force and served as a consultant to the National Research Council\nand its Committee on Aviation Medicine.\nHe was also a member of the staff of the Joint Task Force\nNo. 1 at Bikini in July, 1946.\nIn 1955, he served as a member of the United States Delegation\nto the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy\nat Geneva and later served the United Nations on missions to Thailand,\nPakistan and India to establish atomic energy research programs.\nHe is the brother of the late Ernest O. Lawrence, Nobel\nprize-winning physicist.\nDr. Lawrence and his wife Amy have four children. The family\nhome is at 220 Glorietta Road, Orinda. He is a Republican.\n# # #\nWAS\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-24-70\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N - Press Release #222 dated today:\nNewly appointed regent, Dr. John Lawrence, is\na widower.\n# # #\nRAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-24-70\nThe only major public appointments for the\nGovernor next week are his press conference on\nTuesday, April 28, at 1:30 p.m. and a reception\nfor Senate candidate Henry Boney, Saturday, May 2,\nin San Diego. He is also scheduled to speak at\nthe UROC Convention, Town and Country Convention\nCenter, San Diego at 8 p.m.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Imr liate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-24-70\n#223\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that the\nfollowing bills have been signed:\nAB 57 - Chappie\nPermits the levy and collection of a school district\n(Chapter 44)\ntax for community services purposes in excess of\nregular maximum for one fiscal year if such amount wa\ninadvertently not levied or collected for 1969-70\nfiscal year.\nAB 72 - Ketchum\nMakes the punishment for littering upon highways a\n(Chapter 62)\nfine of not less than $25 no part of which may be\nsuspended. The offense in question is a misdemeanor.\nThe bill fixes a mandatory $25 fine if a person is\nconvicted of littering. The court may impose a fine\nof up to $500 or a six-month jail sentence, or both,\nfor such offenses.\nAB 123 - Moorhead\nRepeals the Code of Civil Procedure section which\n(Chapter 45)\nprovides that an interest in real or personal\nproperty is vested if there is a person, or persons,\nin being who could convey a fee simple title thereto,\nand that an interest is not invalid merely because\nits duration may exceed permissible time of its\nvesting if the interest must vest, if at all, within\nsuch time. The bill further provides that the\ndeletion shall not affect the validity of any\ninterest in property which is valid before effective\ndate of the bill.\nAB 132 - Lanterman\nProvides that school district tax override election\n(Chapter 46)\nballots specify both in words and in figures the\nproposed increase or decrease in maximum tax rates fo\neach $100 of assessed valuation.\nAB 139 - Murphy\nProvides that a search warrant, in absence of the\n(Chapter 47)\nmagistrate's direction that it may be served at\nany time of the day or night, shall be served only\nbetween 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Present law\nprovides that search warrants without such direction\nfrom the magistrate must be served only in the\ndaytime.\nAB 167 - Beverly\nAllows destruction of certain county records, if\n(Chapter 48)\npermanent recordation is made by use of electronically\nrecorded video images on magnetic surfaces if a\nduplicate video tape of such images is separately\nmaintained.\nAB 170 - Veysey\nAuthorizes the formation of improvement districts\n(Chapter 49)\nwithin soil conservation districts for the purpose\nof cooperating with landowners, in addition to the\nfederal government, in watershed protection and\nflood prevention programs. The bill also authorizes\nthe construction of soil erosion prevention and\nstabilization projects.\nAB 177 - Chappie\nProvides that any director of a district agricultural\n(Chapter 50)\nassociation who misses three consecutive regular\nmeetings of the board without the permission of the\nboard is deemed to have resigned as a director.\nAB 226 - Chappie\nDeletes the requirement that the advisory council\n(Chapter 56)\nappointed by the board of directors of the Placer\nCounty Water Agency shall meet not less than twice\neach month. It also changes the restriction on\npayments to members for attendance at council\nmeetings to two meetings per month, rather than\n24 meetings per year.\n-1-\n#223\nAB 228 - Thomas\nRevises the dates for delivery of the secured\n(Chapter 63)\nproperty tax roll to September 10th for both hand and\nmachine processed rolls, and revises the date for\npreparation of assessed valuation statements from\nJuly 15 to the third Monday in August. The bill\napplies only to Los Angeles County.\nAB 257 - Russell\nExempts specified peace officers or any person\n(Chapter 57)\nemployed by the legislature from jury duty.\nAB 290 - Karabian\nMakes certain Government Code provisions relating\n(Chapter 58)\nto the court appearance and testimony of specified\nlaw enforcement officers in civil cases applicable\nto marshals and deputy marshals.\nAB 302 - Dunlap\nPermits local governmental bodies, including school\n(Chapter 59)\ndistricts, when there are two or more identical bids\nfor the purchase, sale, or lease of property,\nservices, bonds or the awarding of any contract, to\ndetermine by lot which bid shall be accepted.\nAB 324 - Ketchum\nEstablishes June 30, 1970, rather than December 31,\n(Chapter 51)\n1969, as the date after which practice as a geologist\nwithout registration by the State Board is unlawful.\nAB 362 - Belotti\nRequires that in-lieu taxes on state forests be\n(Chapter 60)\nlevied on the basis of continuing timber producing\nland.\nAB 381 - McGee\nPermits an officer in charge of public records to\n(Chapter 55)\ndestroy such records after five years without the\napproval of the local legislative body or the city\nattorney, if certain conditions are met. One of the\nconditions is that such records must be microfilmed\nprior to destruction.\nAB 456 - Chappie\nProvides that no crayfish taken from Lake Tahoe or\n(Chapter 52)\nthe Lake Tahoe Basin may be sold or purchased.\nAB 498 - Z'berg\nAmends the Meyers-Milias -Brown Act to provide that\n(Chapter 64)\nno public agency shall unreasonably withhold\nrecognition of employee organizations.\nAB 936 - Quimby\nPermits certain agencies provided for by a joint\n(Chapter 54)\npowers agreement between San Bernardino County and\nany city thereof to issue revenue bonds, pursuant\nto the joint powers agreement, for the acquisition,\nconstruction, maintenance or operation of sanitary\nsewerage facilities if local health officers determine\nan emergency exists. The bill is operative until\nJanuary 1, 1971.\nSB 70 - Collier\nAuthorizes a county to supplement revenue from\n(Chapter 53)\nthe special property tax for county advertising with\nproceeds of the county privilege occupancy tax.\nSB 287 - Lagomarsino Extends the date for filing applications for dump\n(Chapter 43)\ntruck carrier permits from January 1, 1970, to\nMarch 16, 1970.\nSB 449 - Moorhead\nAllows the public administrator to act as an\n(Chapter 61)\nexecutor without having to post an executor's bond\nand oath. The bill provides that his official\nbond and oath are in lieu thereof.\n# # #\nWAS\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-27-70\n#224\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today his support for a high\nspeed ground transportation system linking San Diego, Los Angeles\nInternational Airport, and the proposed Palmdale Intercontinental\nAirport. The proposed system would utilize 200 mile-an-hour air-cushioned\nvehicles sharing freeway rights-of-way and the air space above them.\nThe governor said he concurred in the concept contained in a Los\nAngeles Department of Airports recommendation to the Federal Department\nof Transportation that a demonstration project be built between Los\nAngeles International Airport and San Fernando Valley, utilizing portions\nof the San Diego Freeway right-of-way.\nIt is contemplated that the first increment of the proposed system\ncould be in operation by the summer of 1972. Much of the traffic\ngenerated by Los Angeles International Airport originates in the\nSan Fernando Valley area.\nAccording to Secretary of Business and Transportation James M. Hall\nfederal support for the high speed ground transportation project is\nanticipated, as federal funds have already been made available for\nplanning purposes.\nFederal approval of the project would provide $30 million toward\nthe overall estimated $60 million cost for the initial increment of the\nhigh speed system.\nThe Department of Airports has agreed to raise $30 million to match\nthe federal funds. The State of California would assist in the\ntechnical route studies and would provide for the joint use of freeway\nrights-of-way.\nIf the initial demonstration project proves the feasibility of this\nnew mode of transportation, the second phase of the project will\nconnect Los Angeles International Airport with San Diego. Completion of\nthe second increment would be timed to coincide with the Olympic Games\nin 1976, if current efforts to attract the games to Southern California,\nwhich have the enthusiastic support of the governor, are successful.\nPassenger traffic demands associated with this world-wide tourist\nattraction added to the normal recreational and business travel within\nthe San Diego/Los Angeles corridor, would call for a maximum use of all\navailable modes of transportation, including the new high speed ground\nsystem.\n-1-\n#224\nThe third phase of the proposed system would connect the San\nFernando Valley and Palmdale Intercontinental Airport. Target date for\ncompletion of this phase would be 1979, coinciding with the scheduled\nopening of the new airport in Palmdale.\nAir-cushioned vehicles require no rails. Instead, they float on a\nthin cushion of compressed air between the vehicle and its guideway.\nWhere an existing freeway right-of-way can be used, the guideway would\nbe built in or above the median strip or along the sides of the freeway.\nTo clear overcrossings or freeway interchanges, the guideway would\nbe elevated on narrow piers or pylons. Preliminary studies indicate the\nsystem could be built at a cost of about $2 million a mile in Southern\nCalifornia areas where freeway space is available to minimize right-of-\nway costs.\nPassenger vehicles holding 80 persons could operate on the system\nas single units, or where traffic demands, could be connected into\nmulti-car trains. Motive power under the proposed recommendation to the\nDepartment of Transportation, comes from electric linear induction\nmotors built into each car and the guideway. Governor Reagan said that\nany new transportation systems in California must be free of polluting\nby-products and the proposed system should enhance the environmental\nquality of areas served.\nControl of the initial demonstration project, if approved, will be\nvested in the Los Angeles Department of Airports, which has named the\nproposed system \"Project Racer\", for Regional Air Cushion Express Route.\nAdditions to the system extending outside of Los Angeles County may\nbe administered by other agencies, or operated by private enterprise\nunder franchise arrangements.\n# # #\n-2-\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nI\nediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-27-70\n#225\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nRobert S. Kitchen, San Francisco architect, to the Designer's\nQualifications Advisory Committee of the Department of Professional and\nVocational Standards.\nKitchen, 57, a partner in the firm of Kitchen and Hunt, succeeds\nJohn H. Carter of Sacramento who has resigned, as architect representative\non the committee.\nA graduate of Cornell University, he studied at the American Academy\nin Rome and holds degrees in architecture and landscape architecture.\nHe is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Landscape Architecture.\nKitchen, a Republican, lives at 440 Davis Street, San Francisco.\nCommittee members serve three year terms and are paid per diem\nand necessary expenses.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-27-70\n#226\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Robert B.\nKrueger as chairman of the California Advisory Commission on Marine and\nCoastal Resources (CMC). He succeeds Dr. Wilbert M. Chapman who has\nserved as chairman for the past two years. Dr. Chapman will continue\nto serve as a member.\nKrueger, 41, is a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Nossaman,\nWaters, Scott, Krueger and Riordan. He was project director for the\n1968 study contracted by that firm for the Public Land Law Review\nCommission on the \"Outer Continental Shelf Lands of the United States.\"\nHe has been a member of CMC since it was statutorily established\nin 1967. Prior to that he was a member of CMC's predecessor the\nGovernor's Advisory Council on Ocean Resources. He is currently\nchairman of CMC's Continental Shelf and Deep Sea Bed Committee.\nKrueger is chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on\nMarine Resources Liaison and is former chairman of the Committee on\nMarine Resources of the ABA section of natural resources law. He\nwas program chairman of the 1967 ABA National Institute of Marine\nResources and is a member of the ABA Committee on Federal Navigation\nServitude.\nHe is a member of the Panel on Resources of the Deep Ocean\nFloor of the American Society of International Law of the International\nLaw Association and a member of the Committee on Oceanography of the\nABA section of International and Corporative Law.\nKrueger received his AB degree from the Univ ersity of Kansas\nin 1949 and his LLD from the University of Michigan in 1952.\nHe and his wife, Virginia, have three children. They live at\n501 Vallombrosa, Pasadena. Krueger is a Republican.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-27-70\n#227\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Dr. James C. MacLaggan,\npresident of the State Board of Medical Examiners, to a three-year-term\nand named Dr. Kay Toma of Bell and Dr. Harry A. Oberhelman, Jr., of\nStanford, to the board.\nDr. MacLaggan, 57, a former president of the California Medical\nAssociation and the San Diego County Medical Society, has served on the\nboard since 1966.\nHe has also served as chairman of the Commission on Community\nHealth, the Allied Health Agencies, the Commission on Public Agencies,\nCommission on State Medical Services, Commission on Agencies and\nCommission on Public Health.\nHe is a graduate of the Stanford University Medical School.\nDr. MacLaggan and his wife have eight children. The family home is\nat 3206 Curtis Street, San Diego.\nDr. Toma, 56, president of the Bell Medical Center and Chief\nMedical Officer for the City of Bell, succeeds Dr. Justin J. Stein\nof Bel Air, who has resigned.\nA graduate of the University of Oklahoma, he received his medical\ndegree from the University of Tennessee.\nActive in numerous civic and medical groups, Dr. Toma is a\nmember of the American Academy of General Practice, the Los Angeles\nCounty Medical Society and is Civil Defense Medical Officer for the\nBell area.\nHe and his wife, Ellen, have four children. The family home is at\n6233 South Hill Street, Whittier.\nDr. Oberhelman, 46, professor of surgery at Stanford University\nSchool of Medicine, succeeds Dr. George S. Johnson of San Francisco\nwhose term has expired.\nA graduate of Yale University, he holds degrees in biology and\nmedicine from the University of Chicago.\nDr. Oberhelman is active in numerous medical groups including the\nSanta Clara County Medical Society, the California Medical Society, the\nAmerican Medical Association, Society of University Surgeons, the American\nSurgical Association, the Institute of Medical Research and the California\nFoundation for the Education of Children with Learning Disabilities.\nHe and his wife, Betty, have five children. They live at 668\nCabrillo, Stanford.\nAll three board members are Republicans. They will receive $25 per\nday while on official duty and necessary expenses.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER'\nSacramento, Californ.a\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-27-70\nGovernor Reagan will attend a meeting of the Allensworth Advisory\nCommittee this afternoon at 4:30 in the Governor's Office.\nThe committee was formed last year to assist the State Department\nof Parks and Recreation in establishing the pioneer town of Allensworth\n(Tulare County) as a state historical unit dedicated to the important\ncontribution of the negro citizen to the development of California.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Calif\nia\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-28-70\n#228\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named eight members to the Governor's\nPetroleum Industry Emergency Advisory Committee, a group\nwhich\nwill handle the supply and distribution of petroleum products during\na major emergency through cooperation with the California Disaster\nOffice.\nFormation of the committee was authorized through the California\nEmergency Resources Management Plan, approved by the governor in\n1968.\nCommittee members are:\nDavid G. Davidson, Kern County Refinery, Inc., Chairman and State\nPetroleum Director.\nAlton P. Hynes, Shell Oil Company, Vice chairman and Alternate\nState Petroleum Director.\nBernard R. Swanson, Phillips Petroleum Corp., State Coordinator,\nProduct Requirements.\nFrank Van Acker, Union Oil Company, Alternate State Coordinator,\nProduct Requirements.\nGeorge E. Clark, Douglas Oil Company, and State Coordinator,\nProduct Distribution.\nThomas V. Cordiner, Mobil Oil Company, and Alternate State\nCoordinator, Product Distribution.\nGeorge H. Weber, Standard Oil Company, State Coordinator, Support\nResources.\nRudy E. Davidson, Atlantic Richfield Company, Alternate State\nCoordinator, Support Resources.\nCommittee members will serve at the Governor's discretion and\nreceive necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: TUESDAY P.MS.\nSacramento, Califor a\nril 28, 1970\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-27-70\n#229\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced receipt of a wide-ranging\nsummary of proposals which were presented last November in Los Angeles\nat a two-day conference called by the governor on California's changing\nenvironment.\nThe proposals were contained in a \"Summary Proceedings\" manual\n(attached) which was sent to 1.000 participants whose diversity of view-\npoint spanned the entire spectrum of environmental thought.\n\"In planning the conference we sought the broadest possible\ndiscussion of environmental issues. To accomplish this the meeting was\nstructured to bring together lay and professional people as well as\ncollege age youth representing widely differing points of view, the\ngovernor said.\n\"Many elements of the recommendations which emerged from the\nconference already have been implemented, others are now before the\nlegislature. Some, of course, will require detailed study and analysis.\n\"I have referred all the conference findings and recommendations\nto the State Environmental Policy Committee for careful evaluation.\"\nThe committee is chaired by Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke.\nGovernor Reagan reaffirmed his November pledge to the conferees\nthat \"your proposals will not gather dust on some shelf.\"\nHe cited a number of examples of conference recommendations which\nhave been put into effect by the administration during the past six\nmonths:\n--Adoption by the state Air Resources Board of the toughest. most\nstringent vehicle emission standards in the world.\n--The first standards and timetable for the removal of lead from\ngasoline to be adopted by any state (California Air Resources Board).\n--Conversion of state-owned and operated vehicles to low pollution\nfuel systems (natural gas and LP-gas).\n--Air pollution research monies ($1.1 million) budgeted in the\nstate highway fund.\n--Strict enforcement of state water pollution control laws\n--State Lands Commission moratorium on the exploration and drilling\nfor oil on state tidelands.\n- 1 -\n#229\nThe governor also called attention to the following administration-\nsponsored legislation introduced during the current session:\n--The most comprehensive and far-reaching Omnibus Clean Air Law\nto battle smog ever proposed by any state or nation.\n--A bill to provide state assistance for construction of local sewer\nfacilities.\n--A measure to require contracts and state compensation to local\ngovernments for encouraging open space (Land Conservation Act of 1965).\n-Support and funding (Governor's 1970-71 budget) for conservation\neducation programs in the state.\n--Administration support for a policy requiring local voter\napproval for the financing of construction of rapid transit facilities.\n--A bill to create an environmental protection program fund,\nfinanced through the sale of personalized license plates.\nLegislation to establish a statewide solid waste planning program.\nThe governor concluded by saying, \"We will continue to seek\npositive, practical suggestions from all Californians for workable\nsolutions to California's environmental problems. I am confident that\nwith the kind of active citizen interest and support which was evident\nat the environmental conference, the war on pollution can and will be\nwon. If\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO'\nRELEASE: Imme iate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-29-70\n#230\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today threw the full weight of the state\nadministration behind the proposed federal-state Peripheral Canal.\nThe governor, in a strong statement supporting federal authoriza-\ntion of this vital part of the State Water Project and the federal\nCentral Valley Project said \"no one has come up with an acceptable\nalternative.\"\nState Water\nHe pointed out that the original/Project authorized by the\nlegislature and the people 10 years ago included a trans-Delta water\nfacility.\nThe principal support for the Peripheral Canal, the governor said,\noriginally came from fishery, sportsmen and recreational interests who\nexpressed fear any other alternative could result in loss of the fishery\nresources of that area as well as impair the present and future great\nrecreational potentials of the Delta.\nThe governor noted that \"In all our actions to date, we have\nstressed that not only the facility meet the needs of water users but\nalso insure the enhancement and protection of the environment in the\nDelta.\"\nIn a letter sent yesterday to Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel,\nthe state said it \"strongly recommends authorization and funding of the\nPeripheral Canal by the Congress as soon as possible to protect and\nenhance the environment and ecology of the Delta and to firm up\nauthorized export water supplies of the federal Central Valley Project\nand the California State Water Project.\n\"\nthat the authorizing document require that the Peripheral\nCanal must be designed, constructed and operated in such a manner that\nthe ecological system in the Delta be protected and maintained, and\nenhanced where possible.\"\nThe governor said, \"Proper operation of the canal will be assured\nby criteria to be established by the State Water Resources Control\nBoard and agreements with Delta interests.\"\nThe governor called special attention to environmental protection\ncontained in the letter to Secretary Hickel.\n-1-\n#230\nIn throwing the support of the State of California officially\nbehind the canal, he indicated that the task of securing the federal\nauthorization for participation in this joint facility will now be up\nto the federal agencies and the Congress.\n\"I will personally request that the California Congressional\nDelegation support this vitally needed facility,\" he said.\nRecognizing that authorization of federal participation in this\nfacility could probably not be obtained before next year, the governor\npointed out that the canal should be in operation the latter part of\nthis decade to avoid disastrous consequences, both for water users and\nthe environment of the Delta.\n\"In view of the time required for federal authorization and\nfunding, all Californians should unite in support of this project\nto assure its early authorization and completion,\" Governor Reagan\nadded.\nState review of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation report was\nparticipated in by the Departments of Water Resources, Fish and Game,\nParks and Recreation, Agriculture, Conservation and others.\nExtensive legislative hearings were held on the Peripheral Canal\nlast fall with endorsement by Senate and Assembly Committees who urged\nearly construction of the project.\n# # #\n-2-\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4-29-70\nResources Secretary Norman B. Livermore, Jr.,\nWater Resources Director William R. Gianelli, and\nLawrence H. Cloyd, Deputy Director of Fish and Game,\nwill be available to answer questions regarding the\nPeripheral Canal at 11:00 a.m. today in the News\nConference Room of the Capitol.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEF\nR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-29-70\n#231\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nJames S. Lee of Sacramento and Mrs. Vincenzina Hutchison of\nHillsborough to four-year-terms on the State Building Standards\nCommission, subject to Senate confirmation.\nLee, of 5981 Holstein Way, Sacramento, is president of the\nCalifornia Building and Construction Trades Council. He is a Democrat\nand will represent organized labor on the commission.\nMrs. Hutchison, of 390 Eucalyptus Avenue, Hillsborough, is a\nbusiness woman. A Republican, she will represent the public on the\ncommission.\nLee has served on the commission since 1962 and Mrs. Hutchison\nhas been a member since 1967.\nCommissioners are paid necessary expenses.\n#####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE:\nmmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-29-70\n#232\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Peter N. Belcastro, a Weed\ndairyman and creamery operator, and Aldo J. Sansoni, a Los Banos farmer,\nto four-year-terms on the State Soil Conservation Commission, subject\nto Senate confirmation.\nBelcastro, of 401 Bel Air Drive, Weed, succeeds A. Carver Bowen\nof Glenville, who has resigned.\nSansoni, of the Delta Ranch, P. O. Box 351, Los Banos, succeeds\nWilliam W. Coon of Vallejo, who has resigned.\nBelcastro is a Democrat and Sansomi is a Republican.\nCommissioners are paid necessary expenses.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEF\nR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-29-70\n#233\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Ronald B. Swenson of\nSan Jose and reappointed Alfred D. Stalford of Beverly Hills to\nfour-year-terms on the Commission on Housing and Community Development,\nsubject to Senate confirmation.\nSwenson, member of a San Jose contracting firm, succeeds Allan O.\nHunter of Fresno, who has resigned.\nA graduate of Stanford University, he holds degrees in Engineering\nScience and Mechanical Engineering and has served as researcher at\nStanford Research Institute. He lives at 543 N. San Pedro, San Jose.\nStalford, a member of the commission since 1965, is president of\na Beverly Hills mortgage company. He lives at 841 North Whittier Drive,\nBeverly Hills.\nBoth men are Democrats.\nThey will receive $25 per diem while on official duty.\n####\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-29-70\n#234\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of San\nFrancisco attorney Jay A. Pfotenhauer to the San Francisco Municipal\nCourt.\nPfotenhauer, 56, who has practiced law in San Francisco since 1946,\nis a partner in the firm of Jonas, Matthews, Pfotenhauer and King. He\nsucceeds the late Judge Fitzgerald Ames.\nHe attended California Concordia College and received his law\ndegree from San Francisco Law School.\nActive in church work, he is a director of the California Bible\nSociety and a past director of the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church.\nPfotenhauer is also a member of the State Bar, the Bar Association\nof San Francisco, the American Bar Association and the Lutheran Lawyers\nAssociation.\nHe and his wife Dorothy have two children. They live in San\nFrancisco.\nAs judge, Pfotenhauer will receive an annual salary of $29,270.\nHe is a Republican.\n# # #\nWAS\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Ii. ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4-30-70\n#235\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today appointed Municipal Judge Donald A.\nPollack of Oxnard to succeed the late Judge Philip West on the\n,\nVentura County Superior Court bench.\nJudge Pollack, 62, a Republican, will receive an annual salary of\n$31,816.\nHe was first elected to the Oxnard Municipal Court in 1965, after\npracticing law in the community since 1947.\nJudge Pollack is active in numerous civic affairs including the\nChamber of Commerce, the Community Chest, the Red Cross, the\nOxnard Boys' Club and the Ventura County Crippled Children's Society.\nHe attended the University of Nebraska and earned his law degree\nfrom George Washington University Law School in Washington, D. C.\nJudge Pollack and his wife, Georgia, have two married daughters and\na son.\n# # #\nWAS\nRR STATEMENT - CAMBODIA - 4-30-70\nwith courage and common sense the President took\nthe people of the United States into his confidence\nwith a candor that has been all too absent in past\nyears in our nation's Capitol. No freedom-loving\nperson can legitimately quarrel with his decision.\nCertainly he placed principle and the good of our\ncountry above political expediency, and restored\npride and patriotism in our land.\nI have assured the President of my support and\nurge all Californians to join in support of our\nPresident and those brave young men.\n# # #"
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