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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections.\nCollection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,\n1966-74: Press Unit\nFolder Title: Press Releases -\n03/01/1973-03/21/1973\nBox: P14\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 GOVERNOR\nALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nmmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-1-73\n#105\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced he has accepted the\nresignation of Robert B. Carleson, director of the state Department of\nSocial Welfare, with \"very mixed emotions.\"\nCarleson, 42, today was named special assistant for welfare matters\nto Casper W. Weinberger, secretaryfor Health, Education and Welfare in\nPresident Nixon's cabinet. Effective date of the resignation was not\nannounced, but it is expected he will leave the state welfare department\nwithin a few days.\n\"I have very mixed emotions about Bob leaving our administration,\"\nGovernor Reagan said. \"The facts and figures make it clear that he has\nbeen an outstanding welfare director. The welfare reforms that we\ninstituted in California can be a model for other states to follow in\nreforming their welfare systems. I can think of no one better qualified\nto assist in that activity than Bob Carleson.\n\"Bob deserves much of the credit for reforming welfare in California\nHe was a member of the original task force I appointed to investigate the\nstaggering increases in the cost of public assistance. And he was one of\nthe principal architects in drafting the reforms that put an end to the\nliterally hundreds of abuses that were running rampant throughout the\nwelfare system.\n\"As director of the department, Bob carried the main burden of\nguiding our welfare reform program through the legislature. And he has\nhad the difficult responsibility of implementing the reforms.\nPart of Carleson's responsibilities at HEW will be to work with\ngovernors, state legislatures and welfare directors in reforming welfare\nat the state level. He will also assist the states in moving aged, blind\nand disabled recipients from a state to federal welfare system as\nrequired by recent congressional action.\nCarleson will also be a chief advisor to Weinberger and various\nelements of HEW on welfare policy and regulations, and legislation\npending in the congress.\nBefore coming to Sacramento, Carleson was city manager of Pico\nRivera. His experience in public administration also includes that of'\ncity manager of San Dimas, senior assistant to the city manager of\nTorrance, assistant city manager of Claremont, and assistant to the\ndirector of Public Works of Beverly Hills.\nA native of Long Beach, Carleson is a 1953 graduate of the University\nof Southern California with a BS degree and graduate work in public\nadministration.\nHe joined the Reagan administration in November of 1968 as chief\ndeputy director of the state Department of Public Works. He was\ninstrumental in reorganizing the department, and had a key role in making\nthe state's highway program more responsive to the needs of cities and\ncounties throughout the state.\nCarleson and his wife, Betty, have three minor children.\n#####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR\nNALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California, 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-1-73\n#106\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today proclaimed Ventura County a\ndisaster area due to January storms, and requested President Richard\nNixon to include the county in his February 9 action which declared\ndisaster areas in five California localities.\nFlooding, exceptionally high tides, and strong winds caused\n$4,475,000 damage to streets, levees, drainage facilities, public\nutilities, and 68 homes in the Oxnard shores and Rincon Beach area of\nthe county.\nThe governor's proclamation will pave the way for tax relief to\naffected businesses and individuals, and for assistance to local\ngovernment under the state Emergency Flood Relief Law.\nIf Ventura County is added to the President's declaration of Marin,\nSan Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Solano Counties, and the City of South\nSan Francisco, victims of the flood may be eligible for long term, low\ninterest loans and other assistance from the federal government.\n#######\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOP ONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, Califo_nia 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-1-73\n#107\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today proclaimed a \"State of\nEmergency\" in Butte County due to the December freeze.\nThe Acting Governor's proclamation, made at the request of the\nButte County Board of Supervisors, will pave the way for property tax\nrelief to affected individuals.\nThe Office of Emergency Services estimates $263,000 loss to the\nButte agricultural community.\n######\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR DNALD REAGAN\nRELF E: FRIDAY A.Ms.\nSacramento, California 95814\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE RELEASE\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-1-73\n#108\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointment of\nMatthew M. O'connor, of San Francisco, as director of the state Office\nof Narcotics and Drug Abuse.\n\"We are very fortunate to get a man with the experience and\nbackground that Matt 'Connor brings to this position,\" stated acting\nGovernor Reinecke. \"His twenty four years in narcotics law enforcement\nuniquely qualifies him for this post.\"\nO'Connor, 47, a Supervising Special Agent with the Bureau of\nNarcotic Enforcement in the state Department of Justice, will take over\nthe new position immediately. He replaces William B. Skelton, of\nSacramento, who held the title of Coordinator, state Office of Narcotics\nand Drug Abuse Coordination. The title and functions of the agency were\nchanged by legislation in 1972 (SB 714, Deukmejian).\nSkelton, 47, was appointed to the position as coordinator in July,\n1971 by Governor Ronald Reagan. He resigned January 11, 1973, to accept\na position as Inspector, California State Police, Sacramento.\n\"Bill Skelton did an outstanding job, Acting Governor Reinecke said\n\"As coordinator for the past 18 months, Bill has been instrumental in\nmaking California one of the leading states in narcotics and drug abuse,\ntreatment, care, preventive and rehabilitative programs. Now we will\nhave Bill Skelton's expertise of a 23-year law enforcement career in his\nnew position as State Police Inspector.\"\nO'Connor, who served in the Navy for three years during World War II,\nentered law enforcement work as an officer in the San Francisco Police\nDepartment. After two years, he joined the state Department of Justice\nas a Narcotic Inspector.\nThe San Francisco native studied criminology at San Francisco City\nCollege for two years, police administration at Los Angeles City College\nfor one year and at\"Southwestern University Law School for two years in\nLos Angeles. He has also been an instructor in Law enforcement at Los\nAngeles and San Francisco City Colleges and Napa Community College.\nHe has been a resource consultant to numerous drug abuse study\ngroups and councils, including the state legislature, the U.S. Congress,\nCalifornia Judicial Council and the California Council on Criminal\nJustice.\n'Connor has participated in studies of worldwide drug traffic since\n1965 and is past president of the International Narcotic Enforcement\nOfficers Association in 1970, and past president of the California\nNarcotics Officers Association.\nHe and his wife, Elizabeth, have three children, Matthew, Mark and\nAnn. The family presently resides in San Francisco.\nO'Connor will receive an annual salary of $23,712. He serves at the\npleasure of the governor.\nHis political registration is non-partisan.\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROL D REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-2-73\n#109\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke on March 1, 1973 signed the following\nbill:\nAB 365 - Powers\nRepeals and reenacts sections making operative on the\nChapter 5\n1973 property tax lien date provisions exempting from\nproperty taxation buildings and real property\nnecessary for their use whi ch are owned and used by\ncertain veterans' organizations.\n# # # # #\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROMALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-2-73\n#110\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nMontague cattle rancher Ellis J. Louie and O. Kenneth Kendall, a Yreka\nVeterinarian, to four year terms on the board of directors of the 10th\nDistrict Agricultural Association. The association operates the\nSiskiyou County Fair.\nLouie, 61, is a trustee of the Shasta Valley Cemetery District,\na past board member of the Siskiyou Hospital, and a trustee of the Big\nSprings Elementary School Board. He has served on the Fair Board since\nMarch, 1969.\nHis address is Route 1, Box 297, Montague.\nKendall, 51, is a trustee of the Yreka Union High School District\nand a past member of the board of Yreka Chamber of Commerce. He is\nvice president of the fair board.\nHe is a 1945 graduate of Kansas State University and has lived\nin Yreka for the past 22 years.\nBoth men are Republicans. Boa rd members receive necessary expenses\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR 1 IALD REAGAN\nRELEAS\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-2-73\n#111\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nDonald L. Howard of Madera, and Guilford J. Whitehead, of Oakhurst, to\nfour year terms on the board of directors of the 21a District Agricultural\nAssociation. The Association operates the Madera County Fair.\nHoward, 44, a nurseryman and land manager, is president of the\nGreat Western Nurseries Company and vice president of American Agronomics,\nInc., Pacific Division. He is a Republican. He lives at 11214 Road 38,\nMadera.\nWhitehead, a 61-year old Democrat, is the owner of Midway Super-\nmarket in Oakhurst. He is a member of the school board and the State\nFarm Bureau. His address is P. O. Box 185, Oakhurst.\nBoth men have served on the board since July 1970.\nBoard members receive necessary expenses.\n########\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN\nRE\nSacramento, California 95814\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-2-73\n#112\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nMARCH 5, 1973\nthrough\nMARCH 11, 1973\nMonday, March 5\n6 p.m.\nWine Institute Reception, Woodlake Inn, Sacramento\n6:40 p.m.\nDepartment of Education Environmental Education\nBanquet, Hotel Senator, Sacramento.\nBrief remarks.\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nTuesday, March 6\n9:30 a.m.\nMr. and Mrs. Ben Box of Sacramento who purchased\nthe 100, 000th environmental license plate,\ngovernor's office.\n7:30 p.m.\nMotion Picture Relief Fund Premiere, Los Angeles.\nWorld premiere of \"Lost Horizon\" at National\nTheater in Westwood, followed by a ball at the\nLos Angeles ballroom of the Century Plaza Hotel\n(Overnight Los Angeles)\nWednesday, March 7\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nThursday, March 8\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nFriday, March 9\nEvening\nSilver Anniversary Ball of National Academy of\nTV Arts and Sciences, Hollywood Chapter, honoring\nBob Hope, Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.\nBrief remarks.\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\nSaturday, March 10\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\nSunday, March 11\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\n######\nGray\nMarch 5, 1973\nThe following statement by Governor Reagan was telephoned\nto the Associated Press and United Press International Saturday\nmorning, March 3, 1973, following the announcement of confirmation\nof Wm. P. Clark, Jr., to the State Supreme Court by the Commission\non Judicial Appointments meeting in San Francisco:\n\"I am deeply gratified, and I am sure he (Justice Clark)\nmust be also, that an almost unbroken procession of some of the\nmost distinguished jurists and lawyers in our state volunteered\nto attest to Justice Clark's character and high qualifications.\n\"The overwhelming expressions of support for the nomination\nboth at yesterday's hearing and in communications to the commission\nand to me clearly verify the high quality of this appointment.\n\"I am sure that William Clark will be one of the truly\noutstanding Supreme Court Justices in the history of our state.\"\nThe following statement by Governor Reagan was telephoned\nto the Associated Press and United Press International Friday\nafternoon, March 2, 1973, following the announcement by the wire\nservices of the assassination of the U.S. Ambassador and Charge\nd'affair in the Sudan:\n\"These brutal murders are outrageous acts of savagery\nand barbarism which are an affront to every American and all\ndecent human beings everywhere.\n\"Justice demands swift punishment of the assassins and\na stop to the slaughter of innocent Americans abroad.\"\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-5-73\n#113\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nR. Tommy Enriquez, of Los Angeles, and Dr. Robert G. Soltys, of Whittier,\nto the 48th District Agricultural Association Board of Directors. The\nassociation operates the Great Western Exhibit Center.\nEnriquez, 58, has been a member of the board since 1956. He was\nfirst appointed by former Governor Goodwin J. Knight. He was president\nof the association in both 1968 and 1969. He founded the Aluminum\nProducts Company in Los Angeles in 1944 and presently, is president of the\nSign Products Company and the Tom My Corporation in Los Angeles. He lives\nat 2716 Via Paseo, Montebello.\nDr. Soltys, 46, is a consultant in Career Education in the Office\nof the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools. He is active in\nnumerous industrial education associations and was 1971 chairman of the\nGreat Western Industrial Education Exposition. He is married and lives\nat 9911 Corella Avenue, Whittier. He has been a member of the board\nsince November 1971.\nBoth men are Republicans.\nThe reappointed board members, who will serve four year terms,\nreceive necessary expenses.\n#####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR\nJALD REAGAN\nRELEAS\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-5-73\n#114\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nHanford pharmacist Wellman Jue and Stratford businessman James R. Orton\nto four year terms on the board of directors of the 24a District\nAgricultural Association. The association operates the Kings District\nFair.\nJue, 44, a Republican, is a 1954 graduate of the USC school of\nPharmacy and now owns Wellman Drug of Hanford. He is a former\npharmaceutical consultant to the Kings County Welfare Board and is\ncurrently a member of the Governor's Emergency Medical Disaster Committee.\nHe and his family live at 8532 12th Avenue, Hanford.\nOrton, 51, operates a farm equipment dealership in Stratford. He\nis a former director of the Kings Mosquito Abatement District and is\ncurrently a member of the Kings County Sherriff's Possee. He is a\nDemocrat and lives at 18587 King Avenue, stratford, with his wife and\nfamily.\nBoth men have served on the board since February 1969.\nBoard members receive necessary expenses.\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN\nRELEASE. Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-5-73\n#115\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nJimmie L. Icardo, and Hollis B. Roberts, both Bakersfield farmers, to\nthe 15th District Agricultural Association board of directors. The\nassociation operates the Kern County Fair.\nIcardo, 52, vice president of the Ridge Ginning Co., is vice\nchairman of the board of directors of the California Republic Bank and\na director of the Bakersfield Trade Club. He is also a member of the\nAdvisory Committee at Kern State College, He lives at 1141 Panorama\nDrive, Bakersfield. He is a Republican. Icardo has served on the board\nsince 1969.\nRoberts 61, a Democrat has served on the board since February 1961,\nand as board president since 1964. He is president of Roberts' Farms in\nthe McFarland and Porterville areas. He was a member of the Nixon-Agnew\nAgricultural Advisory Committee in 1968. His address is P. O. Box 307,\nEast Sherwood Avenue, McFarland.\nBoard members receive necessary expenses.\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R. ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE. Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-5-73\n#116\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Miriam\nG. Wilson, M. D:, of Los Angeles to the Area 10 Mental Retardation\nProgram Board. The area encompasses all of Los Angeles County.\nDr. Wilson, who is also on the President's Committee on Mental\nRetardation, has been a member of the Area 10 Board since September 1970.\nShe is the Professor of Pediatrics, at the University of Southern\nCalifornia School of Medicine.\nA native of Yakima, Washington, she earned both her B.S. and M.S.\ndegrees in psychology and physiology at the University of Washington in\nSeattle. She earned her M.D. degree in 1950 at the University of\nCalifornia Medical School, San Francisco.\nShe is married to Howard G. Wilson and they are the parents of five\nchildren. They live at 2050 Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles.\nDr. Wilson, a Republican, will serve until June 30, 1975.\nBoard members receive necessary and actual expenses.\n# # #\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR T NALD REAGAN\nRELEAS\nImmediate\nSacramento, Californ_a 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-5-73\n#117\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of James\nH. Leach of Lakeport to the Napa State Hospital Advisory Board for the\nMentally Retarded.\nLeach, 50, a Republican, is a veterans service officer and civil\ndefense coordinator for Lake County. He has served on the board since\nAugust 1972.\nLeach's new term will expire December 16, 1975.\nMembers of the board receive their expenses when on official\nbusiness.\n####\nGarcia\nMarch 6, 1973\nTelephone statement on the passing of\nAssemblyman Larry Townsend\nMy heartfelt sympathy goes to Mrs. Townsend on the\nuntimely death of her husband, Larry Townsend. He was\na devoted legislator and his loss will be felt by\nmembers on both sides of the aisle.\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-6-73\n#118\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of Fresno\naccountant Brenton B. Bradford, and the appointment of Gordon R. Ewig,\nof Piedmont, to the State Board of Accountancy. Ewig replaces C. Richard\nSpriggs, of Los Angeles, whose term expired.\nBradford, a former special agent for the Federal Bureau of\nInvestigation, is a partner in the Fresno accounting firm of Touche, Ross,\nBailey and Smart. He is a member and past president of the California\nSociety of CPAs and was a past member of the board of directors of the\nAmerican Institute of CPAs.\nBradford, 55, is a trustee of the California CPA Foundation. He\nis also past president of the Fresno Rotary Club and the Valley Children's\nHospital and Guidance Clinic. He is married and lives at 5480 North Delno,\nFresno.\nEwig, 49, is president of the Chapel of the Chimes, an organization\nconsisting of eight cemeteries and six mortuaries in California, Arizona\nand Oregon. He earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University\nin 1946 and hi S M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in\n1948.\nHe is a member of the board of directors of the National Association\nof Cemeteries and is on the Los Angeles County District Attorney's\nAdvisory Committee. He is married and lives at 644 Blair Avenue, Piedmont.\nBoth men are Republicans.\nBoard members serve four year terms and receive $28 per diem while\non official duty.\n# # #\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON. D REAGAN\nRELEASE: immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-6-73\n#119\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of Frank\nL. Hope, Sr., of San Diego, and Wilfred E. Blessing, of San Jose, to the\nState Board of Architectural Examiners, in the Department of Consumer\nAffairs.\nHope, 72, retired chairman of the board of the architectural and\nengineering firm of Frank L. Hope & Associates, has served on the board\nsince June 1969. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects,\nhaving been elected in 1965. He is a member of the National Council of\nArchitectural Registration Boards and past president of the California\nChapter of the American Institute of Architects. He is married and lives\nat 371 San Fernando, San Diego.\nBlessing, 49, is the immediate past president of the State Board\nof Architectural Examiners. He has served on the board since June 1969.\nHe earned both his B.A . and M.A. degrees in Architecture, with honors,\nfrom the University of California, Berkeley.\nHe was elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects\nin June 1968. He is an associate professor at California State University\nSan Jose. He lives at 1556 Hicks Avenue, San Jose.\nBoth appointees are Republicans.\nBoard members serve four year terms and receive $28 per diem while\non official duties.\n######\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO. LD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-6-73\n#120\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Garberville lumber company\nowner Mal Coombs and Samuel B. Nelson, general manager of the Southern\nCalifornia Rapid Transit District, to additional four year terms on the\nState Water Commission.\nThe reappointments require Senate confirmation and pay $50 per diem\nplus expenses. Nelson has served on the commission since March 21, 1967,\nand Coombs has served since February 19, 1969.\nCoombs, 62, owns and operates the Coombs Lumber Company of\nGarberville. A 1932 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley,\nhe entered the lumber business in 1946. He has been a director of the\n11-county Eel River Association since 1959 and is a former member of the\nHumboldt Unified School District board.\nHe is married to the former Melba Fieldmeyer. They are the parents\nof two grown sons. The family residence is at 328 Whitmore Avenue, Redway\nNelson, 70, served as Director of Public Works in the Reagan\nAdministration for one year prior to being named general manager of the\nSouthern California Rapid Transit District in 1968. He is a graduate\nof Pomona College, and two years graduate studies earned him an engineering\ndegree from Cornell University.\nHe previously was general manager and chief engineer of the Los\nAngeles Department of Water and Power and worked in the department for\n35 years. He is a registered civil engineer and has taught hydraulic\nengineering practice at the University of Southern California.\nNelson is married and has two married daughters and six grandchildren\nHe and his wife reside at 19543 San Jose Street, Northridge.\nBoth Nelson and Coombs are Republicans.\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO LD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Ir diate\nSacramento, Californi. 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-7-73\n#121\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today called for passage of emergency\nlegislation to assure the continuation of child care services in\nCalifornia, pending action by the federal government.\nThe governor said he has been advised by top HEW officials that\nfederal regulations will be modified to provide for continuation of the\nprogram in California.\nHowever, he said that in order to make sure there is no termination\nor lack of continuity of the program in the state, he is requesting that\nthe legislature pass an emergency measure which will take effect if\nthe federal government does not act in time to prevent its discontinuance\nthrough lack of funding. Otherwise, he said, the program will run out of\nfunds April 1.\nGovernor Reagan noted that several bills already have been introduced\nin the legislature to prevent termination of the program and said that\nthe governor's office will work with the authors to develop a measure\nsatisfactory to the administration,\n######\nGray\nState of California\nGOVERNOR'S OFFICE\nSACRAMENTO 95814\n2-2940\nRONALD REAGAN\nGOVERNOR\nReleased to\nMarch 1, 1973\nSacto UNION Bee.\n3/6/73\nMr. Thomas H. Mercer\nRegional Director\nAP + UPI\nOffice of Economic\nOpportunity\n100 McAllister Street\nSan Francisco, California 94102\nDear Mr. Mercer:\nThis office has just completed a review of OEO Grant No.\n90465 in the amount of $368,900., to the Sacramento Area\nEconomic Opportunity Council for the period January 1 to\nJune 30, 1973.\nOur findings cause us serious concern as to the capability\nof this agency to safeguard assets placed under its control\nand to implement programs intended to alleviate poverty in\nSacramento County.\nThe principal problem faced by the agency is that, at this\ntime, the agency's bank accounts and books of account are\nnot reconcilable and have not, in fact, been reconciled for\nthe past 8 months.\nThere are a substantial number of fiscal transactions which\nappear to have violated Federal regulations and State and\nFederal law itself. Supporting documentation and adequate\nexplanations for many expenditures are unavailable, making\na thorough audit of such transactions impossible. Many of\nthe agency's general ledger accounts are inaccurate, and\nsome are in error by many thousands of dollars. The entire\nfiscal system does not adhere to sound accounting practices,\nand internal control within the agency is virtually non-\nexistent. In fact, based on the information available at\nthis time, the overall situation cannot be rectified without\na complete restructuring of all books of account of the\nagency.\nMr. Thomas H. Mercer\n-2-\nMarch 1, 1973\nA recent review by the Department of Labor of the agency's\nNYC records showed that said records are also not reconcilable,\nand further DOL funding of the agency is being withheld.\nOur review of programs shows that the agency does not have\na viable vehicle for the effective delivery of services.\nAlthough the responsibility for the implementation of most\nof the programs funded* by OEO rests with delegate agencies\nof the SAEOC, there was no record that delegate agency\ncontracts had ever been executed. Consequently, delegate\nagencies are generally unaware of their responsibilities\nand authority, and the parent agency has no one it can\nlegally hold accountable for the implementation of programs\nand the expenditure of vast amounts of Federal funds. The\nresult is that proper guidance, direction and assistance\nhave not been given the delegate agencies. Without this\nsupport they have floundered and expended the majority of their\nresources for activities of a recreational, entertainment\nand political nature and other functions not within the\nscope of the work program.\nFor example, the agency used OEO funds to pay for numerous\ntrips for large numbers of people to such places as Marine-\nland in the Bay Area and several gambling clubs in Nevada.\nThe present status of the SAEOC can only be interpreted as\nbeing total failure on the part of the agency to develop\nan effective mechanism for dealing with poverty in this\ncounty. Under normal circumstances, the State of California\ncould not approve of a grant to an agency with problems of\nthe magnitude now facing SAEOC. However, we are mindful of\nthe fact that, at this time, the agency's financial resources\nhave been exhausted, and that the next staff payroll cannot\nbe met. Therefore, this grant is not being disapproved by\nthe State of California, in order that some funds may be\nrèleased by your office to cover immediate operating expenses.\nWe are requesting that the balance of grant funds not be\nreleased, and that you immediately undertake, in cooperation\nwith the California State Office of Economic Opportunity, an\nevaluation of SAEOC operations to determine the necessary\nmeasures by which Federal funds can be safeguarded, what\nprograms should be spun off to other agencies, and what\nprograms should be terminated at the earliest possible time.\nPlease feel free to contact our Director of the California\nState Economic Opportunity Office for whatever assistance\nwe can be to you on this matter.\nSincerely,\nEdwin muse EIP\nEDWIN MEESE III\nExecutive Assistant\n35\nto the Governor.\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-9-73\n#122\nGovernor Ronald R agan today announced the reappointment of Glen\nA. Settle, of Rosamond, to the State Historical Landmarks Advisory\nCommittee. He has served on the committee since 1967.\nSettle, 72, a Republican, was born in Palmdale and has lived most\nof his life in the Antelope Valley. The author of numerous historical\narticles, he has also lectured on the history of gold, and has been a\nhistorical\nconsultant to television producers.\nSettle has been president and manager of Burton's Tropic Gold Mine\nand Mill Tours, Inc., since 1957. He was a trustee of Antelope Valley\nCollege from 1961 to 1964, was an organizer of the Kern-Antelope\nHistorical Society and served as its president from 1959 to 1963.\nHe is married to the former Dorene M. Burton. Their address is\nRoute 1, Box 98, Tropic Gold Camp, Rosamond.\nCommittee members serve four year terms and receive necessary\nexpenses.\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-9-73\n#123\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nMonterey newspaperman and civic leader Ted Durein and King City cattle\nrancher Lester E. Smart to the 7th District Agricultural Association\nboard of directors. The association operates the Monterey County Fair.\nDurein, executive editor of the Monterey Peninsula Herald, is a\nnative of Alameda and has lived in Monterey County for more than 35 years\nand has long been active in civic affairs.\nThe 62-year-old Republican is president of the Monterey History\nand Art Association and past president of the Monterey Rotary Club,\nMonterey Council of the Navy League, Carmel Bach Festival, Monterey\nPaisano Club and the California-Nevada Council of Associated Press News\nExecutives.\nHe is a director of the Visitor and Convention Bureau, Bing Crosby\nYouth Fund, Japanese-American Citizens League and the Bing Crosby Golf\nTournament Executive Committee. He is also Chairman of the Monterey\nPeninsula Airport Board. His address is P. O. Box 576, Carmel. He has\nbeen a member of the association since 1969.\nSmart, a 65-year-old Republican, has been a member of the board\nfor the past ten years. A native of Monterey County, he has been in\nthe cattle business for almost 50 years. He has also worked for the\nMonterey County Sheriff's office on a part time basis for 9 years and\nthe California Highway Patrol for 9 years, resigning the latter position\nin 1945.\nHe is a member of the Advisory Board of the Monterey County Fish\nand Game Commission, the Monterey County Farm Bureau and the Monterey\nCounty Cattleman's Association. He also belongs to the Monterey County\nSportsman Club, the Sportsman Council, and is a past director of the\nKing City Lions Club. His address is P. O. Box E, King City.\nBoard members receive necessary expenses and serve four year terms.\n#####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-9-73\n#124\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that the following bill\nhas been signed:\nAB 187 - Dixon Arnett\nReenacts a provision relating to filing fees in\nChapter 6\nthe municipal courts of San Mateo County which\nwas inadvertently repealed in 1972.\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR Rl LD REAGAN\nMEMO TO E PRESS\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-9-73\n#125\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nMARCH 12, 1973\nThrough\nMARCH 18, 1973\nMonday, March 12\n2:00 p.m.\nPresentation of Awards by Governor Reagan to\nWinners in the Children's Art Contest \"The Joy\nof Seeing.\" Governor's Office\n5:30 p.m.\nFarewell Cocktail Party for Bob and Ione Monagan,\nTop of the Cosmo, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Sacramento.\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nTuesday, March 13\n10:30 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nWednesday, March 14\n4:30 p.m.\nBrief remarks to representatives of all California\nChambers of Commerce, Woodlake Inn, Sacramento\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nThursday, March 15\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nFriday, March 16\na.m.\nRegents meeting, University Extension Center,\n55 Laguna Street, San Francisco\nEvening\nPresbyterian Hospital Ball, Sheraton Palace Hotel,\nSan Francisco\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nSaturday, March 17\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight Sacramento)\nSunday, March 18\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\n########\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN\nRELE E: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-9-73\n#126\nGovernor Ronald Reagen today cleared the way for the legislature\nto consider a bill, providing $155,000 to continue a pilot program for\nthe education of severely mentally retarded children between the ages\nof 3 and 5 years.\nThe Governor signed a letter declaring that SB 29, authored by\nSenator Donald Grunsky (R-Santa Cruz) is emergency legislation and\nthat it can be acted upon by the legislature and not have to wait for\nfinal passage of the 1973-74 Budget Bill.\nThe bill, if passed, will continue for another year, the pilot\neducational program in the County School Districts of Fresno, Kern,\nSan Luis Obispo, Shasta and Sutter; city school districts in Oxnard,\nOntario-Montclair and San Bernardino; and the San Diego and Stockton\nUnified School Districts.\nAlthough specific data is not yet available, the program directors\nexpect their findings to reveal that the child will achieve greater\nsocial adjustment, will be more likely to function independently within\na sheltered environment, and will be able to participate in family\nactivities. Ancillary benefits could be savings by the state by not\nhaving to place these children in an institution.\n####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-12-73\n#127\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nErnest E. Righetti, SI., of Orcutt and Clarence S. Minetti of\nGuadalupe to four-year terms as members of the board of directors\nof the 37th District Agricultural Association. The association\noperates the Santa Barbara County Fair.\nRighetti, a 70-year-old Republican, has served on the board since\n1969. He is a past president of the Santa Barbara County Cattlemen's\nAssociation, and has been a member of the Orcutt School Board for 33\nyears.\nMinetti, 55, a Republican, was first named to the fair board in\n1954. The operator of a restaurant in Guadalupe, he also raises horses\nand cattle.\nBoard members receive their necessary expenses.\n#######\nAppointees' addreses:\nErnest E. Righetti, Sr.\nClarence S. Minetti\n3050 South Highway 1\nP.O. Box 936\nOrcutt, California 93496\nGuadalupe, California 93434\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-12-73\n#128\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nRobert G. Lewis of Santa Margarita and Kenneth H. Davies of\nCholame as members of the board of directors of the 16th District\nAgricultural Association. The association operates the San Luis\nObispo County Fair.\nBoth were reappointed to four-year terms.\nDavies, 81, a Democrat, is a grain farmer and rancher. He was\nfirst appointed to the board in 1952.\nLewis, 52, raises cattle and grain in eastern San Luis Obispo\nCounty. A Republican, he is a member of the San Luis Obispo County\nFarm Bureau and Cattlemen's Association.\nBoard members receive their necessary expenses.\n#####\nAppointees' addresses:\nRobert G. Lewis\nKenneth H. Davies\nNavajo Ranch\nX Bar D Ranch\nStar Route, Box 75\nCholame, California 93431\nSanta Margarita, California 93453\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR \"ONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-12-73\n#129\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nMrs. Robert (Myrle V.) Jones and Claes B. Nilsson of Tulelake to\nfour-year terms as members of the board of directors of the 10a\nDistrict Agricultural Association Tulelake-Butte Valley Fair.\nMrs. Jones was first appointed to the board May 6, 1969. A\nRepublican, her new term will expire January 1, 1977.\nNilsson, who is also a Republican, is a farmer and rancher.\nHe is a past president of the Tulelake Growers Association. First\nappointed in May of 1969, his term will expire January 1, 1977.\nBoard members receive their necessary expenses.\n#####\nAppointees' addresses:\nMyrle V. Jones\nClaes B. Nilsson\n192 E. Street\nRoute 1, Box 193\nP.O. Box 458\nTulelake, California 96134\nTulelake, California 96134\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR P\nLD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-13-73\n#130\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nJames W. McCutchan, of Visalia, Sacramento attorney Alf R. Stavig,\nand Jack E. Taylor, of Oakland, to the state Building Standards Commission.\nThe appointments require Senate confirmation for the four-year\nterms. Members receive actual and necessary expenses.\nMcCutchan and Stavig have both served on the commission since\nJuly 2, 1969, and Taylor has served since December 12, 1962. All three\nmen are Republicans.\nA native of Exeter, the 66-year-old McCutchan has been the Tulare\nCounty building engineer since 1955. He was previously a building\ncontractor in the San Francisco Bay area. He is married and the father\nof two children.\nStavig is a graduate of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota,\nand Harvard Law School. A former special agent for the FBI, he has\nbeen in private law practice in Sacramento since 1950. He is past\npresident of the Family Service Agency in Sacramento and a former\nmember of the Community Concert Association and Legal Aid Society.\nHe is married and the father of two daughters.\nTaylor, 55, is the Building and Housing Administrator for the\nCity of Oakland. He is past president of the National Association of\nHousing and Redevelopment Association, a member of the American Public\nWorks Association and ex-officio member of the Oakland Citizens Committee\nfor urban renewal.\n######\nAppointees' addresses!\nJames W. McCutchan\n1206 S. Giddings Avenue\nVisalia, California 93277\nAlf. R. Stavig\n1600 Del Dayo Drive\nCarmichael, California 95608\nJack E. Taylor\n936 Mountain Boulevard\nOakland, California\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-12-73\n#131\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of San\nFrancisco business executive Edward A. Nathan and Dr. David W. Wardell,\nNewport Beach psychiatrist, to the Citizens Advisory Council to the\nDepartment of Mental Hygiene.\nNathan, who is executive director of the Zellerbach Family Fund in\nSan Francisco, earned his A.B. degree and his master's degree in social\nwelfare at the University of California, Berkeley. He replaces Dr.\nAlbert Feldman, Ph.D., of Pasadena, whose term expired.\nThe 53-year-old Democrat is a former psychiatric coordinator at\nthe Contra Costa County Mental Health Service and was a lecturer at the\nUniversity of California School of Social Welfare. He is married and\nlives at 1159 Arch Street, Berkeley.\nDr. Wardell, 48, a Republican, is the Assistant Clinical Professor\nof Psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine at\nIrvine. He was deputy director, Division of Evaluation and Operations\nResearch, Department of Mental Hygiene in 1972. He replaces Dr. Hiawatha\nHarris, of Los Angeles, whose term expired.\nDr. Wardell earned his B.A. degree at Denison University, Granville,\nOhio, and his M.D. at Western Reserve University School of Medicine in\nCleveland. He is married to the former Jcqueline Ann Luderuss. They\nreside at 2011 King's Road, Newport Beach.\nThe terms of both appointees will expire November 12, 1975.\nCouncil members receive actual and necessary expenses.\n######\nAppointees' addresses:\nEdward A. Nathan\nDavid W. Wardell\n1159 Arch Street\n2011 King's Road\nBerkeley, California 94708\nNewport Beach, California 92660\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-12-73\n#132\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nBruce M. Hotchkiss of Tracy, and the appointment of Rudy V. Balma of\nRedding, to the state Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers.\nBoth men are funeral directors and their terms will expire June 1,\n1976. They receive $28 per diem.\nHotchkiss, 62, a Republican, has served on the board since\nFebruary 24, 1969. He is a past president of the National Funeral\nDirectors' Association. He is active in various civic and service\norganizations in Tracy.\nHe is a native of Denver, Colorado and a 1935 graduate of the San\nFrancisco College of Mortuary Science. A licensed funeral director and\nembalmer, he is the owner of Hotchkiss Mortuary in Tracy.\nBalma, who is the managing owner of McDonald's Chapel in Redding,\nreplaces J. Russell Bobbitt, Sr., of Oceanside, whose term expired.\nThe 44-year-old Democrat is a member and past director of the California\nFuneral Directors Association and a member of the National Association\nof Cemeteries.\nHe is a graduate of San Francisco College of Mortuary Science and\nhas also completed the Management Policy Seminar of the National\nFoundation of Funeral Service. He is married and the father of two\nchildren.\n#######\nAppointees' Addresses:\nBruce M. Hotchkiss\nRudy V. Balma\n5 West Highland\n1508 Walnut Street\nTracy, California 95376\nRedding, California 96001\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-12-73\n#133\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named a new member to the board of\ndirectors of the 20th District Agricultural Association, which operates\nthe Auburn District Fair, and announced the reappointment of a second\nmember.\nThe new appointee is Daniel E. Baldoni of Auburn. Baldoni, a\n54-year-old Democrat, succeeds Eugene W. Smith of Auburn who has\nresigned and his term has expired.\nBaldoni, who is employed by the Auburn Millwork, is a member and\npast president of the Auburn Fair Boosters Club.\nReappointed to a four-year term was Mrs. Francis (Maurine I.)\nDobbas of Auburn, who is the county clerk of Placer County.\nMrs. Dobbas was first appointed to the board in 1950. She is\na member of the Native Daughters of the Golden West and the Auburn\nBusiness and Professional Women's Club.\nBoard members receive their necessary expenses.\n####\nAppointees' addresses:\nMaurine I. Dobbas\nPlacer County Clerk\nCounty Administrative Center\nAuburn, California 95603\nDaniel E. Baldoni\nRoute 1, Box 1293\nAuburn, California 95603\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROAD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-12-73\n#134\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nLos Angeles attorney Audrey B. Jones, and Santa Maria businessman Hal\nMcBride to the New Car Dealers Policy and Appeals Board.\nMrs. Jones, a Republican, has served on the board since January\n5, 1968. She is a graduate of Tennessee State University in Nashville\nand earned her law degree at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.\nShe is a former state Welfare agent and presently is hearing examiner\nfor the Los Angeles Police Commission.\nShe is in private law practice, and is a member of the County\nand American Bar Associations. She also belongs to the Langston Law\nClub and the National Women Lawyers Association.\nMcBride, 65, a Republican, has been the owner of Home Motors\nChevrolet in Santa Maria since 1957. He has been a member of the board\nsince June 5, 1972. Except for two years he spent in Chicago after\nWorld War II, he has lived in Southern California since 1931.\nHe is active in civic and service organizations in Santa Maria\nand has been a member of the board of directors of the Chamber of\nCommerce for the past twelve years. He is married, has one daughter and\nthree grandchildren.\nBoth reappointments are for four year terms, expiring in\nJanuary 15, 1977. Board members receive $28 per diem.\n####\nAudrey B. Jones\nHal McBride\n5011 Angeles Visita Boulevard\n2857 Costa Place\nLos Angeles, California\nSanta Maria, California 93454\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-12-73\n#135\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of Joy\nG. Jameson, a Corona citrus grower and agricultural leader to a four\nyear term as a director of the State Compensation Insurance Fund. He\nhas served since May 12, 1970.\nThe 58-year-old Republican is the president and manager of\nseveral citrus ranches and water companies. He is also a director and\nmember of the executive committee of the Agricultural Producers Labor\nCommittee and a governor and member of the executive committee of the\nCouncil of California Growers.\nA native Californian, he attended Occidental College, Pasadena\nJunior College, and the University of California, Davis. He is married\nand has three children.\nDirectors of the Fund receive $28 per diem while on official\nduty.\n####\nAppointees address:\n2850 Garretson\nCorona, California 91720\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-13-73\n#136\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has sent the following\nletter regarding reapportionment to Senator John Harmer:\n\"Pursuant to our conversation of March 7 regarding proposed changes\nto SB 195 (the Senate Reapportionment bill), if those changes are made\nand remain in accord with our mutual understanding of their provisions,\nI would sign the bill if it reached my desk.\n\"While the proposed bill is a great improvement over any yet\ndeveloped, it still does not meet some of the criteria I had hoped might\nbe achieved. Nevertheless, recognizing that our present system provides\nthat reapportionment be accomplished in the legislative process, I have\ndecided on this course. However, since the California Supreme Court took\njurisdiction of reapportionment on January 1, 1973, it is my assumption\nthat SB 195 or any other reapportionment bill passed after that date\nwill require the approval of the court to be effective.\n\"It is hoped that this indication of my intentions may be\ninstrumental in resolving the entire question of reapportionment in\nCalifornia.\"\n######\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEA\n:\nImmediate\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-13-73\n#137\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"Yesterday I delivered a message to the legislature asking\nthat they give the people the right to vote for or against a long\nrange plan to reduce the cost of government.\nToday I wish to announce in answer to your oft repeated\nquestions I will not be a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1974. I\nhave listened to those who urged me to seek that office. I feel\ngreatly honored by their expressions of confidence and offers of\nsupport. But I am convinced I have a greater responsibility which is\nto devote the next two years to achieving the several goals our\nadministration has set for itself beginning with the limitation of\nthe tax burden borne by all Californians.\"\n# # #\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-13-73\n#138\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced he has reluctantly accepted\nthe resignation of Sigurd (Sig) Hansen, director of the state Department\nof Human Resources Development.\nIn his letter of resignation, effective April 1, Hansen said his\nfuture plans would be announced shortly.\nHansen, 52, was appointed director of HRD in August, 1971. Prior\nto becoming director, he was deputy director of HRD.\nIn 1967, Hansen was appointed by Governor Reagan to organize and\nadminister the Bureau of Employment which preceded the formation of HRD.\nHe was a member of the steering committee to Governor Reagan's\nManpower Policy Task Force. He was also a member of the governor's\ncommittee for employment of the handicapped and the governor's special\nassistant for the Public Employment Program (PEP).\n\"Sig Hansen's leadership and broad knowledge of the manpower area\nhave contributed significantly to one of the state's most complex\ndepartments,' Governor Reagan said. \"I want to thank him for his\ndedication and loyalty, and to wish him every success in the future.\"\nAs director of HRD, Hansen has been responsible for over 100 programs\nconcerning employment, unemployment and disability insurance.\nIn his letter of resignation, Hansen said:\n\"I would like to express my appreciation for the privilege of\nserving as director of HRD during the past 18 months. It is a source\nof personal satisfaction to me that most of the ideas and programs that\nwere adopted under my direction are continuing.\"\nNo announcement was made on Hansen's replacement.\n#######\nWalthall\nOFFICE Or ERNOR NALD REAGAN\nSacramento, California 95814\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-14-73\nOn Wednesday, March 21, Governor and Mrs. Ronald Reagan will\ngive the first in a series of private dinner parties honoring\nCalifornia's Prisoners of War.\nAbout 32 former POWs from northern California and their wives will\nattend the first dinner in Sacramento which the governor described as\n\"just a small personal way for Nancy and me to express our gratitude\nand love to these splendid men who have made us so proud to be Americans.\nI just hope that each of these men will be prepared for the fact that\nNancy will be wrapping her arms around everyone who comes through our\ndoor.\"\nOn March 28, the Reagans will entertain another group of POWs\nin Los Angeles. Several other dinners are planned in April and May,\nboth in Sacramento and Los Angeles.\n#####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROL CD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-14-73\n#139\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of Mrs.\nJr.\nAdah M. Callahan, of Ventura, and Alton W. Fuller/of Camarillo, to the\n31st District Agricultural Association board of directors. The\nassociation operates the Ventura County Fair.\nMrs. Callahan, a Democrat, has served as the association's\nSuperintendent of Home Economics Department from 1963 to 1968, and\nhas served on its board of directors since March 7, 1969. She is\ncharter president of St. Anne's Hospital and a member of the board of\ndirectors of the Campfire Girls.\nShe is a graduate of Ventura College where she earned her A.A.\ndegree in business and Art. She is also a graduate of Chouinards Art\nSchool. She is married and the mother of four grown children.\nFuller, 49, a Republican, has served on the board since March\n7, 1949. He is in the real estate business and is presently associated\nwith the Ventura Investment Company. He is a member of the board of\ndirectors of the Ventura County Economic Development Association and\nformer district governor of the Pleasant Valley Lions Club.\nHe is a graduate of Pasadena Junior College, with an A.A. degree\nin forestry and Northern Arizona University where he earned his B.S.\ndegree in biology. He served on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps\nin World War II, and again in 1950-51 in Korea. He is married and the\nfather of four children.\nBoard members serve four year terms and receive necessary expenses.\n######\nAppointee's home address:\nAdah M. Callahan\nAlton W. Fuller, Jr.\n232 Dorothy\n15 Ramona Place\nVentura. California 93001\nCamarillo, California\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR NALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-14-73\n#140\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have\nbeen signed:\nAB 248 - Warren\nMakes technical amendments to the Government\nChapter 7\nCode to reflect the two-year legislative session.\nSB 216 - Deukmeji\nProvides that a hearing on application for\nChapter 8\nattachment shall be not less than 10 days nor\nmore than 30 days from the issuance of the\nnotice of hearing, rather than no sooner than\nseven days from service of the notice of hearing\nor first regular law and motion date, thereafter.\nThe bill requires that the notice of hearing shall\nbe served not less than 10 days before the hearing\ndate except as otherwise ordered by the court for\ngood cause shown. The bill further substitutes\nthe word \"court\" for the word \"judge\" in\nprovision relating to claim and delivery actions.\n#######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR DNALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-14-73\n#141\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of a new\nmember to the Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician\nExaminers, and the reappointment of two present members.\nAppointed to a four-year term on the board was Mrs. Charles\n(Dorothie M.) Slade, a licensed vocational nurse at the Marysville\nMedical Clinic. Mrs. Slade, who makes her home with her husband in\nWheatland, is a Democrat. She is a former member of the vocational\nadvisory board of Yuba College.\nMrs. Slade replaces Jean M. Kristjanson of San Mateo, whose term\nhas expired.\nReappointed to four-year terms were Mrs. Bruce (Evelyn M.)\nChamberlin of Whittier and Ivan N. Staten of Santa Rosa.\nMrs. Chamberlin, a registered nurse, is a Republican and chairman\nof the department of vocational nursing of Mt. San Antonio College in\nWalnut. She was first appointed to the board in July, 1969.\nStaten, who is a licensed vocational nurse, is a retired chief\nwarrant officer with the U.S. Navy. He is employed by the Santa Rosa\nCommunity Hospital. A Republican, he was first appointed to the board\nin 1969.\nBoard members receive $28 a day per diem when on official business.\n######\nAppointees' addresses:\nEvelyn M. Chamberlin, R.N.\nChairman, Dept. of Vocational Nursing\nMt. San Antonio College\n1100 North Grand Avenue\nWalnut, California 91789\nIvan N. Staten, LVN\nCommunity Hospital\n3325 Chanate Road\nSanta Rosa, California95405\nDorothie M. Slade, LVN\nc/o Warren J. Boyer, M.D.\nMarysville Medical Clinic\n800 Third Street\nMarysville, California 95901\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR\nALD REAGAN\nRELEASI\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-14-73\n#142\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nArnold D. Gowans of Santa Barbara as municipal court judge of the\nSanta Barbara-Goleta Judicial District.\nGowans, a 44-year-old Republican, succeeds Judge Walter E. Parent\nwho has retired.\nA native of Detroit, Gowans received his law degree from the\nUniversity of Michigan in 1954, He also holds a BS degree in engineering\nand a Masters Degree in business administration from the University of\nMichigan.\nHe has been in private practice in Santa Barbara since 1957.\nIn 1960, Gowans was appointed United States Commissioner by the U.S.\nDistrict Court in Los Angeles and served in that post until 1971 when\nhe was named United States Magistrate by the same court.\nGowans is a former president of the Santa Barbara County Bar\nAssociation (1971), and has also served the association as vice president\n(1970), secretary (1969) and treasurer (1967-68). He was president of\nthe Santa Barbara Legal Aid Foundation in 1965-66, and was a member of\nthe board of directors from 1959 to 1971.\nHe is also a member of the National Council of Federal Magistrates,\nthe State Bar of California and the American Bar Association.\nGowans is not married. He will receive an annual salary of\n$33,481.\n########\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-14-73\n#143\nMrs. Ronald Reagan will pay a courtesy call Thursday on the\n15 former Vietnam prisoners of war now staying at Travis Air Force\nBase near Fairfield, Governor Reagan's office announced today.\nMrs. Reagan will also visit with many of the 326 patients confined\nto the David Grand Medical Center at Travis as well as tour its\nmedical facilities.\n\"I am honored and delighted to have the opportunity to meet with\nour former prisoners of war and visit with as many of the other patients\nas I can, Mrs. Reagan said. \"The contributions and sacrifices they\nhave made for their country is beyond estimation. They are 'our boys'\nand we are happy to have them back home.\"\nMrs. Reagan will also have a private lunch with the former\nprisoners.\nIn addition, she will tour the Air Force Clinic, witness nurses'\ntraining, and see the pediatrics, cardiac care and colbalt treatment\nareas.\n#######\nMEMO TO THE PRESS:\nMrs. Reagan is scheduled to arrive at Travis Air Force Base at\n11 a.m., and leave the base at approximately 2 p.m. Although the press\nis not being permitted to interview the POWs at Travis, press coverage\nof Mrs. Reagan's visit to the base is invited.\n#######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-15-73\n#144\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nDwight M. Geduldig as director of the State Department of Human\nResources Development (HRD).\nGeduldig replaces former Director Sigurd I. Hansen, whose\nresignation was announced March 13.\nGeduldig's appointment will become effective April 1. He is\ncurrently the director of the State Department of Health Care Services,\nwhich administers the Medi-Cal program.\nGeduldig entered state service in 1963 as a public information\nofficer with the Department of Employment, HRD's predecessor. He also\nserved with the State Board of Equalization, and moved to the Depart-\nment of Health Care Services in April, 1970, later becoming chief\ndeputy director. He became HCS director on July 1, 1972.\nBorn in St. Paul, Minnesota, Geduldig graduated from San Jose\nState College in 1949 with an A.B. degree in journalism and economics.\nHe joined United Press International in San Francisco as a correspondent\nand was promoted to bureau manager in Spokane, Washington. He later\nwas an editor with the San Jose News, San Francisco News, and the\nSanta Rosa Press Democrat.\nGeduldig was an active member of the American Newspaper Guild,\nAFL-CIO, in San Jose. He served three years on the Guild's executive\ncommittee and was elected president of the San Jose Newspaper Guild in\n1960.\nThere will be no new director appointed to head Health Care\nServices. The department is slated to become part of the new Department\nof Health, headed by J. M. Stubblebine, M.D., on April 1.\nGeduldig and his wife, Dorothy, have three children and reside\nin Carmichael. He will receive $31,500 annual salary.\n# # #\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ?\nALD REAGAN\nSacramento, California 95814\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-15-73\nAt 9:30 a.m. today, Governor Reagan will sign the Bolsa Chica Bay\nLand Exchange Agreement, opening the way for the Department of Fish\nand Game to accept a 66-year lease on about 557 acres of land in Bolsa\nChica Bay, Orange County. The exchange will be with the Signal\nLandmark Properties, Inc.\nImmediately following the above event the governor will sign a\nletter urging employers throughout the state to cooperate with the aims\nand efforts of the National Guard and Armed Forces Reserves. Flag and\nGeneral officers representing the various Armed Service Reserves will\nbe present.\nPress coverage is invited to both events.\n######\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR F ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-15-73\n#145\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed a land exchange agreement that\nwill result in the re-establishment of 400-acre saltwater marsh--an\naction unprecedented anywhere in the world on such a scale.\nParties to the exchange are the State of California and Signal-\nLandmark, Inc., of Santa Ana.\nUnder terms of the exchange, the state is acquiring a solid parcel\nof 563-acres of land and water in Bolsa Chica Bay, Orange County, and\nconsolidation to Signal's scattered easement rights in the bay totaling\nabout 560 acres.\nThe State Lands Commission will give the Department of Fish and Game\na 66-year lease on the land, the maximum that can be granted under state\nlaw.\nThe DFG plans a two-phase development of the area, the first of\nwhich will be construction of levees and flooding of the marsh areas\ndrained many years ago.\nPhase II will be construction of an opening to the sea for full\ntidal action flow into the area and development of a small craft harbor.\nReopening of the bay to the ocean will complete re-establishment of\nthe saltwater marsh that was destroyed by installation of flood gates at\nthe turn of the century.\nProjections call for vastly increased use of the preserve by marine\nlife and water-associated birds. A public observation point and an\ninterpretation center are planned at one corner of the 400 acres to be\nallocated to the ecological reserve.\nThe California Fish and Game Commission is scheduled to adopt\nmanagement regulations for the reserve at a meeting April 27 in Redding.\nMoney for preliminary planning of Phase I developments is included\nin the 1973-74 fiscal year state budget. The funds totaling $18,000\nwould come from the Environmental Protection Program.\nIf the funds are appropriated July 1, a contract will be let to the\nState Office of Architecture and Construction to develop detailed\ndrawings and cost estimates.\nA Bolsa Bay Development Advisory Committee will advice the DFG on\nfish and wildlife programs, the configuration and makeup of estuaring\nhabitat necessary to support wildlife in the recreated marshland, and\nthe type of public use facilities required.\nJames B. McCormick, chief of the DFG's Planning Branch and head of\nthe interdepartmental task force that forged the agreement for the land\nexchange, said it will be about two years before construction of the\nwildlife preserve can begin.\nAmong those on hand for the signing were Don McHone, President and\nchairman of the board of Signal-Landmark; David L. Baker, Orange County\nSupervisor from Santa Ana; Norman B. Livermore, secretary for resources\nin the governor's cabinet; Assemblyman Robert H. Burke of Huntington Beach\nState Senator Dennis E. Carpenter of Newport Beach, and DFG Deputy Director\nE.C. Fullerton.\n#####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR F ALD REAGAN\nSacramento, California 95814\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-16-73\nGovernor Reagan will not be attending the University of California\nRegents meeting today in San Francisco as scheduled earlier (see Rel. #125,\nInstead, he will speak to the delegate assembly of the California\nSchoolboards' Association at 10 a.m. at the Woodlake Inn (Grand\nBallroom A and B).\nAt 2 p.m., the governor will be interviewed on his proposed\nrevenue control and tax reduction program at KRON-TV, San Francisco.\nHe will be interviewed at 3 p.m. on the same subject at KGO-TV,\nSan Francisco.\nAt 4 p.m. he will be interviewed for one hour on his proposed\ntax program at KNBR Radio, San Francisco.\n#######\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-16-73\n#146\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that he intends to assign\nresponsibility for Cal-Expo to William Penn Mott, Jr., director of the\nstate Department of Parks and Recreation.\nApproval of the proposed change will be sought from the Cal-Expo\nExecutive Committee which is meeting today.\nGovernor Reagan said he also will move promptly to seek legislation\nmaking the Sacramento site of the annual State Fair and Exposition a\nunit of the State Park System,\n\"Under the plan, the State Fair would be enhanced and the unique\nasset represented by this prime recreational site would be developed to\nits fullest and best use,\" Governor Reagan said.\n\"Bill Mott's vast experience and expertise and the record of\nachievements of the Parks and Recreation Department would assure a\nbright future for Cal-Expo.\"\nBesides authorizing the transfer of Cal-Expo from the Department of\nGeneral Services where it currently is housed, the legislation would\ncall for creation of a broadly based citizens' advisory committee to aid\nthe director.\nThe proposed changes would not interfere with the State Fair or\nother events already planned at Cal-Expo this year.\nTo facilitate the transition and to avoid any interruption in\npreparations for the 1973 State Fair, Reagan will ask for the\ncooperation of the Executive Committee which has directed Cal-Expo since\nSeptember, 1968.\n\"Chairman Ralph Nissen and other members of the Executive Committee,\npresent and past, have performed a service of lasting benefit to the\npeople of California,\" Reagan said. \"I am confident we can count on the\ncommittee and the general manager to provide every assistance in\ncarrying forward the work which they began.\"\nGovernor Reagan emphasized that neither assigning responsibility for\nCal-Expo to Mott nor the legislation would result in any loss of\nemployment. Employees would continue in their present posts for the\nforeseeable future.\n- 1 -\n#146\nAn internationally recognized authority in his field, Mott was\ndirector of Parks and Recreation for the City of Oakland and the East\nBay Regional Parks District before joining the Reagan administration\nin 1967.\nMott said he has two immediate objectives in mind for Cal-Expo:\n1. To make the State Fair the finest in the West.\n2. To creatively develop the unused lands to complement the fair,\nprovide for year-round recreation and give exposure and publicity to the\nentire complex.\nNoting California's world Leadership in agriculture, Mott said:\n\"I believe that the creative planning, management and interpretive\nexpertise of the Parks and Recreation Department can bridge the gap\nbetween the urban consumer of agricultural products and the producer,\nmaking the general public aware of the significant and unique stature\nthat California agriculture holds throughout the world. The State Fair\ncan be an exciting, inspirational and educational adventure for the\nentire family; and we intend to make it just that.\"\nGovernor Reagan's Cal-Expo plan is based on the findings of a task\nforce organized by the cabinet and headed by Frank J. Walton, secretary\nof the Business and Transportation Agency.\n#######\nWalthall\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-16-73\n#147\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nCharles W. (Bud) Neff, of Anaheim, to a four year term on the Advisory\nCouncil on Vocational Education and Technical Training. He has served\non the council since September 16, 1972.\nThe 48-year-old Republican is the Chief Administrator, Vocational-\nCareer Education in the Orange County Department of Education. He is\na gradua te of California State University, Long Beach and earned his\nM.A. degree in business administration at Chapman College.\nHe is a member of the American Vocational Association, California\nBusiness Education Association and the California Association of Work\nExperience Education. Neff is past president of the Kiwanis Club and\npresident and co-founder of the Orange County Symphony Orchestra\nAssociation.\nCouncil members receive actual and necessary expenses.\n####\nHome address:\n1498 Cedar Street\nAnaheim, California 92805\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR NALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nUNDAY A.Ms.\nSacramento, California 95814\nMARCH 18, 1973\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-16-73\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE\nRELEASE\n#148\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the state's Medi-Cal reform\nprogram saved taxpayers more than $50 million in 1972, without denying\nnecessary health care services and while increasing the number of\neligible beneficiaries by one-third.\nThe achievements of Medi-Cal in its first full year of operation\nunder the governor's reform program were summarized in the annual Medi-Cal\nreport submitted to Governor Reagan and the legislature by the\nDepartment of Health Care Services and the Health and Welfare Agency.\n\"I am delighted that our reforms have brought the Medi-Cal program\nunder control,' Governor Reagan said. \"The yearly increases in the cost\nof Medi-Cal was a major fiscal problem for the state, but the report\nreleased today is a clear indication that our reforms are working.\"\nGovernor Reagan noted that, prior to 1971, costs of the Medi-Cal\nprogram, which provide medical care for welfare recipients and indigent\npersons who cannot provide their own, had grown by $100 million to $200\nmillion each year for the past five years.\nThe Medi-Cal reform plan, proposed by Governor Reagan and enacted by\nthe legislature in 1971, has resulted in monthly savings of $4.23 million,\naccording to the report.\nThe savings amount to approximately $25 million in state general\nfunds and $25 million in federal support.\nGovernor Reagan said the savings are being achieved without denying\nreasonable and necessary care to the state's 2.4 needy individuals.\nThe report states that four out of five Medi-Cal patients received\ntheir necessary care through the standard two physician visits per month\nwithout prior authorization, a key element in the governor's reform plan.\nAdditional services are provided under the supplemental schedule of\nbenefits but, according to the report, they accounted for only three\npercent of total benefit payments to physicians.\nTwo out of three Medi-Cal patients had their drug prescription needs\nmet with the two per-month authorized under the basic schedule.\nDenial of medical and pharmaceutical services accounted for only one\npercent of savings. The remaining 99 percent is attributed to deterred\nsavings---services not requested by providers through the prior\nauthorization system because they were not medically necessary.\n- 1 -\n#148\nOf all requests for all services, less than five percent were\ndenied.\nThe report also outlines the growth of Prepaid Health Plans. The\nPHPs are an alternative to the standard fee-for-service Medi-Cal programs\nMedi-Cal implemented its first prepaid health plan contract in\nMay, 1972. By December, Medi-Cal had contracted with 22 plans whose\npotential enrollment is more than 400,000 Medi-Cal beneficiaries.\nThe report disclosed that an expanded surveillance program by\nHealth Care Services resulted in 58 criminal actions against Medi-Cal\nbeneficiaries during 1972, compared to only two such actions in the\npreceding five years. It added that more than 1,000 allegations of\nfraud by physicians and other health care providers in the program are\ncurrently under investigation.\nMedi-Cal suspended 19 nursing homes from the program during 1972\nand is investigating another 161 for alleged violations. The\ninvestigation bureau in Health Care Services also identified almost $3\nmillion as potentially recoverable, compared to a total of less than\n$500,000 for the five preceding years.\nGovernor Reagan pointed out the new Medi-Screen program described\nin the report. He said it is designed to detect, prevent, and correct\nphysical and psychological abnormalities in Medi-Cal recipients under\n21 years of age, and will provide early and periodic screening,\ndiagnosis, and treatment.\nThe report also analyzes anticipated effects on Medi-Cal of\nfederally enacted Public Law 92-603 (HR-1). Generally, it concludes\ncoverage will be expanded and benefits increased. However, increased\nfederal funding may help offset additional costs.\nCopies of the report may be obtained for $1.05 from the Department\nof Health Care Services, 714 P Street, Room 1109, Sacramento 95814.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR NALD REAGAN\nSacramento, California 95814\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-16-73\n#149\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nMARCH 19, 1973\nthrough\nMARCH 25, 1973\nMONDAY, March 19\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTUESDAY, March 20\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWEDNESDAY, March 21\n11 a.m.\nPresentation of the Young Californian's\nMedallion for Bravery and Service, Governor's Office.\n3 p.m.\nRadio Interview via &lephone - Jim Easton of\nKGO Radio, San Francisco\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTHURSDAY, March 22\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFRIDAY, March 23\n1:30 p.m.\nCounty Courthouse, Palm Street, San Luis Obispo\nfor swearing-in of Justice William P. Clark, Jr.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSATURDAY, March 24\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSUNDAY, March 25\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\n######\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-16-73\n#150\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of eight\nmembers of the California Apprenticeship Council to additional two year\nterms, which will expire January 15, 1975.\nCouncil members receive $28 per diem while on official duties.\nReappointed to the council were:\nJernld L. Antrim of Napa, who is Corporate Director of Labor Relation\nwith Kaiser Steel Corporation in Oakland, and has served since May 10, 1971\nThe 51-year-old Democrat, who earned a degree in political science in\n1950 at the University of California, Berkeley, is chairman of the National\nBoilermaker Apprenticeship Committee and was the 1967-68 chairman of the\nCalifornia Conference on Apprenticeship.\nFred L. Feci, who has served on the council since August 28, 1972,\nis the secretary-treasurer and business manager of Butchers' Union Local\nNo. 506 in San Jose, Feci, 62, a Democrat was born and raised in San Jos\nand has been active in union activities since 1933 when he joined Local\n506 meat cutters.\nGeorge A. Harter, 57, a Republican, is the executive manager of\nthe San Francisco Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors\nAssociation. He was recently elected as a Fellow in the National Academy\nof Electrical Contracting. He is a director of the\nElectrical and Gas Industries Association of Northern California and\npast chairman of the National Electrical Contractors. He has been a\nmember of the council since August 14, 1969.\nJack Horner, manager and public relations director of the Builders\nExchange in Long Beach, has served on the council since May 10, 1971.\nA charter member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Public Relations\nSociety of America, he has worked as a reporter for the Associated Press,\nthe Long Beach Press-Telegram and was managing editor of the Torrance\nPress. He is 71, a Democrat, and has lived in Long Beach for the past\n57 years.\nJohn M. Lozano, 60, a Republican, is the Financial Secretary-\nTreasurer and Business Manager of Cement Masons' Local 52 in Los Angeles.\nHe has served on the council since August 14, 1969. He has been a member\nof the Cement Masons' Eleven County Southern California Negotiating\nCommittee for the past twelve years, its secretary for the past three\nyears and on June 1, 1973, he will be the organization's apprenticeship\ncoordinator.\n-1-\n#150\nDionicio Morales, 54, a Democrat, is the executive director of the\nMexican-American Opportunity Foundation in Los Angeles. MAOF is a\nprivate, non-profit social service agency providing direct services to\nMexican-Americans with emphasis on educational and employment problems.\nHe has served on the council since May 10, 1971.\nArthur D. Taylor, 48, a Republican, has served on the council since\nMay 10, 1971. He is the Assistant Dean of Student Services and Activities\nat Shasta College in Redding. He also teaches black literature, black\nhistory and general psychology at Shasta College evening division. He\nis a graduate of Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Indiana University\nin Bloomington.\nJohn L. Watts, executive secretary of the Bay Counties District\nCouncil of Carpenters in San Francisco, has served on the council since\nMay 10, 1971. The 58-year-old Republican is a graduate of Oregon State\nUniversity in 1938 and was city manager of Belmont from 1958-1964. He is\na native of San Mateo County and now lives in Woodside.\n######\nAppointees' home addresses:\nJerald L. Antrim\nDionicio Morales\n275 Casswell Street\n1954 Shade Lane\nNapa, California 94558\nPico Rivera, California 90660\nFred L. Feci\nArthur D. Taylor\n1524 Cherry Garden Lane\n4320 Old 44 Drive\nSan Jose, California 95125\nRedding, California\nGeorge A. Harter\nJohn L. Watts\n1388 Madera Way\n1950 Kings Mountain Road\nMillbrae, California 94030\nWoodside, California 94062\nJack Horner\n3906 Walnut Avenue\nLong Beach, California 90807\nJohn G. Lozano\n7725 Manazanar\nPico Rivera, California\nGarcia\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR T IALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-16-73\n#151\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the beginning of \"phase\ntwo\" in California's drive to find employment for veterans of the\nVietnam war.\nHe called the 50-member Jobs for Veterans Task Force, which he\nappointed two years ago, \"a seasoned team with a proven record of\nsuccess that can be relied on to keep the drive going.\"\nGovernors of the 50 states appointed task forces at the request of\nPresident Nixon. The California task force, whose chairman is director\nof the Los Angeles Veterans Administration Regional Office, Gordon R.\nElliott, has been one of the most successful in the nation.\nDuring 1972, over 55,000 jobs were found for Vietnam-era veterans\nby the state Department of Human Resources Development.\nGovernor Reagan noted that while joblessness among young veterans\nis declining, there is still a steady stream of veterans being discharged\nfrom the armed forces and returning to California.\n\"Now that we know how to do this job, Governor Reagan said, \"we\ncan concentrate on helping these young men find employment more quickly.\nThey have given much to their country and they have much to give to\nemployers.\n\"It is time for this task force to shift into high gear for these\nyoung veterans. They are the cream of this generation.\"\nStatewide, the unemployment rate of 5.5 percent during 1972 for\nVietnam-era veterans was one-half of one percent lower than for non-\nveterans in the same age group.\nThe task force chairman attributes the lower rate to the \"spirit of\ncooperation exhibited by businessmen and government at all levels.\"\nA variety of techniques has been used to bring unemployed veterans\nand employers together. The National Alliance of Businessmen, Job Tairs,\nVeterans Assistance Days, itinerant mobile vans manned by counselors,\ncanvassing for on-the-job and apprenticeship training---these are some of\nthe methods Elliott said are contributing to the success of his task force.\nElliott also credits the \"powerful commitment and dedicated service\nof the California HRD\" with a major contribution to the success of the\neffort. He urged Vietnam veterans to contact the HRD office nearest to\ntheir homes for assistance in finding employment.\n\"Much of the task force's early efforts went into organization,\"\nElliott said. \"We are now funtioning smoothly and effectively to fulfill\nour single mission, and that is to find jobs for young veterans.\"\n#####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-16-73\n#152\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Ms.\nEvelyn E. Whitlow of Los Angeles, as Chief of the Division of Industrial\nWelfare in the Department of Industrial Relations.\nShe replaces Mrs. Virginia Allee, of Beverly Hills, who resigned in\nMarch, 1972. In the interim, acting division chiefs have been George\nMilias and Albert Reyff.\nMs. Whitlow, a native Californian, has been in private law practice\nin Los Angeles since 1948 after graduation from Southwestern University\nLaw School in Los Angeles. She earned her B.A. degree with honors in\npolitical science from UCLA in 1937.\nShe is a past president of the California Federation of Business\nand Professional Women's Clubs and currently its legal counsel. She is\nalso a member and past president of the Women's Lawyers Association of\nLos Angeles.\nThe Los Angeles attorney is a charter member of the Committee of\nProfessional Women for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and a past\ndirector of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Women's Division.\nMs. Whitlow is a Republican. She will receive an annual salary of\n$25,524.\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation. She serves at the\npleasure of the governor.\n#######\nAppointee's address:\n5241 Franklin Avenue\nLos Angeles, California 90027\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR\nNALD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3--16-73\n#153\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Homer L.\nGarrott of Los Angeles as judge of the Municipal Court in the Compton\nJudicial District.\nGarrott, a 58-year-old Republican and former traffic officer with\nthe California Highway Patrol, succeeds Judge Richard J. Tobey who has\nretired.\nPrior to his appointment, Garrott was a Municipal Court Commissioner\nin Los Angeles presiding over civil, misdemeanor criminal and small\nclaims trials, and conducting felony preliminary hearings. He has been\nin the post since 1968.\nGarrott has also been a deputy public defender in Los Angeles and\nhas served as a Juvenile Court referee.\nHe attended Los Angeles Junior College and is a graduate of\nSouthwestern University in Los Angeles, receiving a certificate in law\nin 1957. He received the Sigma Lamda Sigma award at Southwestern for\nthe highest grade average in his graduating class.\nGarrott was with the Highway Patrol from 1942 until he joined the\nPublic Defender's Office in 1964.\nHe is a former treasurer and board member of the Los Angeles County\nPublic Defender's Association, a member of the Lawyers Club of Los\nAngeles, member of the board of the Catholic Big Brothers, the NAACP and\nthe Urban League.\nGarrott and his wife Bertha have an adult daughter.\nHe will receive an annual salary of $33,481.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR P ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-19-73\n#154\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nMike E. Elorduy of Sacramento and Mrs. Frank (Joyce R.) Valdez of\nAlhambra to four-year terms as members of the Industrial Welfare\nCommission.\nElorduy, who was first appointed to the Commission in 1970, is\nsecretary-treasurer of the Teamsters' California State Council of Cannery\nand Food Processing Unions, and a native of Sacramento. A 58-year-old\nDemocrat, his term will expire January 15, 1977.\nHe is a member of the policy committee of the Western Council of\nCannery and Food Process Workers Unions, and has been on the Teamsters'\nlegislative council in Sacramento since 1960.\nLong active in civic affairs, Elorduy is a member of the board of\ndirectors of the American Red Cross, Community Welfare Council, Society\nfor Crippled Children and the Sacramento Safety Council.\nMrs. Valdez, a Republican, has served on the commission since\nApril, 1969. Her term will expire January 15, 1977.\nA former professional model. Mrs. Valdez has been active in the\nfields of marketing, merchandising and retailing. She and her husband\noperated supermarket chain outlets in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.\nCommission members receive $28 per day while on official business.\n######\nAppointees' addresses:\nMike E. Elorduy\n9169 Thilow Drive\nSacramento, California 95826\nJoyce R. Valdez\n1001 S. Valencia Street\nAlhambra, California 91801\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROM.LD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-19-73\n#155\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of James A.\nMoe, 40-year-old Director of the State Department of Public Works, as\nCalifornia's first Director of Transportation.\nMoe's appointment is effective July 1, 1973, when the new Deaprtment\nof Transportation will begin operation. Governor Reagan has requested\nMoe to begin immediately organizing the new Department to insure that\nit will be fully operational by that date.\nAuthority that establishes the Department, Assembly Bill 69 (1972),\ncalls for newly created Divisions of Transportation Planning, Mass\nTransportation and Aeronautics, as well as the present Legal and\nAdministrative Services and the Division of Highways. It absorbs the\nexisting Departments of Public Works, Aeronautics and the Office of\nTransportation Planning and Research.\nThe Governor said that the major change will be a more comprehensive\ntransportation planning process involving all levels of government, as\nwell as the private sector, in a cooperative effort to develop regional\nand statewide transportation plans.\n\"This will result in a California Transportation Plan which will\nguide the achievement of balanced transportation systems consistent with\nour state's social, economic and environmental goals,\" the Governor said.\nThe new department will be responsible for developing a statewide\ntransportation system based on regional plans submitted by recognized\nlocal councils of government or transportation commissions. After\npublic hearings and adoption, the regional plans will be brought into\nthe statewide plan with necessary adjustments for inter-regional systems.\n\"I have been very impressed with Jim's effective management skills\nand leadership over the past six years,\" said Governor Reagan. \"He has\ndemonstrated sensitivity toward local government's role in transportation,\nhas aggressively developed multi-model cooperation between transit and\nhighways, and instituted sensitive governmental programs while maintaining\na vigorous support of the highway program,\" Governor Reagan added.\nMoe was born in Fargo, North Dakota and completed a five-year\nengineering and business curriculum at the University of Minnesota,\ngraduating in 1954 with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering Degree.\n-1-\n#155\nAfter two years' active duty as a Naval Officer on the aircraft carrier\nUSS Hornet, Moe joined the Pozzo Construction Company of Los Angeles in\n1956. He moved through various departments before heading up the firm's\nfield operations, his position at the time of his appointment as Deputy\nDirector of the California Department of Public Works in February 1967.\nHe was named Chief Deputy Director in September 19, 1967 and appointed\nDirector on October 10, 1968.\nHe is a member of the State Public Works Board, State Reciprocity\nCommission and several other state committees and boards. He is regional\nvice president of the American Association of State Highway Officials,\na member of the Executive Committee of Highway Research Board, and a\nmember of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, Inc.\nMoe is a registered progessional engineer (Civil Engineering) in\nthe State of California and is active in the American Civil Engineers,\nAmerican Public Works Association, Boy Scouts of America, Presbyterian\nChurch, and the Rotary Club of Sacramento.\nA Republican, Moe and his wife Beverly live with their four\nchildren in Carmichael.\nAs Director of Transportation, he will receive an annual salary of\n$31,500.\n######\nAppointees address:\n4828 Keane Drive\nCarmichael, California\nGarcia\n-2-\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-19-73\n#156\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Daly City Councilman and vice\nmayor McRobert (Mac) Stewart to the state Board of Registration for\nProfessional Engineers and announced the reappointments of three current\nmembers.\nStewart, 36, fills the vacancy created by the appointment of\nSheldon H. Sloan of Beverly Hills as judge of the Los Angeles Municipal\nCourt. His term will expire June 1, 1974.\nA Republican, Stewart is a member of the Daly City Planning\nCommission, chairman of the Community Resources Commission and is a\npast director of the Westlake Improvement Association.\nReappointed to four-year terms were William J. Jurkovich, 51, a\nsenior bridge engineer with the state Division of Highways, of\nSacramento; Robert J. McCann, 51, a consulting engineer, of Los Angeles;\nand Charles R. McGrath, 35, an Oxnard attorney.\nJurkovich, a Republican, is a 1944 graduate of the University of\nCalifornia. He served as director of the Structural Engineers'\nAssociation of Central California from 1963-64, and is former director\nand treasurer of the Sacramento Engineers' Club.\nMcCann, who is a Republican, is a 1949 graduate of the University\nof Southern California. He is a member of the Consulting Engineers\nAssociation of California and the Mechanical Engineers Association.\nMcGrath, a Republican, is a 1959 graduate of Loyola University of\nLos Angeles with a BS degree in history. He received his law degree\nfrom Loyola in 1963.\nJurkovich and McCann were first appointed to the board in March of\n1969. McGrath has served since June of 1971.\nBoard members receive $28 a day per diem and their necessary\nexpenses.\n#####\nAppointees' addresses:\nWilliam J. Jurkovich\nCharles R. McGrath\n2170 56th Avenue\n5011 West Gonzales Road\nSacramento, California 95822\nOxnard, California 93030\nRobert J. McCann\nMcRobert (Mac) Stewart\n5367 San Vicente Boulevard\n440 Southgate Avenue\nLos Angeles, California 90019\nDaly City, California 94015\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, Californ. 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-19-73\n#157\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nCarolyn J. Orona of Burbank as a member of the Commission on the\nStatus of Women.\nMiss Orona, a Republican, fills the vacancy on the commission\ncreated by the resignation of Deborah A. Fontana of Van Nuys.\nA 1967 graduate of the University of Southern California with a\nBS degree in occupational therapy, Miss Orona is an intermediate\ninterviewer with a life insurance company in Los Angeles. She is also\na graduate of East Los Angeles College with an Associate of Arts degree.\nThe appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate.\nCommission members receive their actual and necessary expenses.\n######\nAppointee's address:\nCarolyn J. Orona\n4240 Sarah, #25\nBurbank, California 91505\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR\nNALD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-20-73\n#158\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nMrs. Bessie P. Dreibelbis of Richmond and Thomas F. Curtin of San Pablo\nto municipal court benches in Contra Costa County.\nMrs. Dreibelbis, a native of Pinole, was named judge of the\nRichmond Judicial District Municipal Court succeeding Judge Charles\nBaldwin of Richmond who has retired.\nCurtin, 52, was named judge of the county's West Judicial District\nMunicipal Court replacing Judge C. Wilson Locke of El Sobrante who has\nretired.\nMrs. Dreibelbis, whose late husband was Fay H. Dreibelbis, is a\n1948 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with an AB\ndegree in political science. She attended the Dickenson-Warren\nsecretarial school in Berkeley in 1948-49, and earned her law degree\nin 1961 at Golden Gate University in San Francisco in 1961.\nA Republican, Mrs. Dreibelbis is a member and past president of the\nQuota Club of Richmond, a member of the board of directors of the\nRichmond Boys Club, and the Children's Hospital of the East Bay,\nRichmond chapter. She has a 16-year-old son Peter who attends DeAnza\nHigh School.\nMrs. Dreibelbis has been in private practice in Richmond since\n1962.\nCurtin, a native of Richmond, attended the University of California\nat Berkeley from 1938-41 when he joined the U.S. Army. He received his\nlaw degree from the University of San Francisco in 1954.\nHe spent approximately seven years with the Contra Costa County\nDistrict Office. He is a former president of the Richmond Bar\nAssociation and has been in private practice in San Pablo for the past\n10 years.\nLast year Curtin was president of the San Pablo Chamber of Commerce\nand presently serves on its board of directors. He is currently\nsecretary of the San Pablo Rotary Club. Curtin is a Republican.\nBoth judges will receive annual salaries of $33,481.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN\nRELEASE.\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-20-73\n#159\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nchiropractors John P. de Heras, of San Jose, and Ray H. Quibell of\nRedding, to the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners in the Department\nof Consumer Affairs. Both have served on the board since May 22, 1967.\nThe reappointees will receive $28 per diem and serve three year term\nwhich expire February 10, 1976. Both are Republicans.\nDr. de Heras, 61, a native of Guymas, Somora, Mexico, is a 1941\ngraduate of the Los Angeles College of Chiropractics, the same year he\nbecame a naturalized U.S. citizen. After earning his license as a\nchiropractor, he practiced in the Bay Area until he moved to San Jose\nin 1945.\nHe is a past member of the executive board of the California\nChiropractic Association and is an associate member of the American\nCollege of Chiropractic Orthopedists. In addition to membership in\nnumerous other professional and service organizations, he is a member\nof the boards of the Santa Clara County Boy Scouts, the Salvation Army\nand the San Jose Chamber of Commerce. He is also the founder and\npresident of the Mexican-American Civic Council.\nDr. Quibell, 56, is also a graduate of Los Angeles College of\nChiropractics and did graduate work at Ratledge Chiropractic College in\nLos Angeles. He has been in chiropractic practice in Redding since 1947.\nHe is a member of the California and American Chiropractic\nAssociations and a staff member of Spears Chiropractic Hospital in Denver.\n#####\nAppointees' addresses are:\nJohn P. de Heras, D.C.\nRay H. Quibell, D.C.\n33 Atlas Avenue\n3114 Brent Road\nSan Jose, California 95126\nRedding, California 96001\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC .LD REAGAN\nRELEASE.\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-20-73\n#160\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of Michael\nD. Ayala, of Brawley, A. Kenneth Anderson, of Los Banos, and Albert\nTerrence, of Los Angeles, to the Correctional Industries Commission.\nThe appointments are for four year terms that will expire January\n15, 1977. Commission members receive $28 per diem.\nAyala, 42, a Republican, is president of the Desert Growers\nAssociation of Brawley. A life-long rancher in Ventura and Imperial\nCounties, he presently farms diversified crops in Imperial County. He\nis married and the father of two children. He has served on the Commis-\nsion since August 5, 1969.\nAnderson, a 70-year-old Democrat, is a retired businessman who is\nactive in Los Banos civic and agricultural affairs. He was named the\ncitizen of the year in 1972 by the Los Banos Chamber of Commerce. He\nhas served on the commission since March 1, 1965.\nTerrence, 62, Republican, is owner and president of the Terrence\nCarpet Company in Los Angeles. He is active in numerous civic and\nservice organizations, and is on the board of directors of both the City\nof Hope and the Eastside Boys Club. He has served on the commission\nsince March 2, 1962.\n######\nAppointees' addresses are:\nMichael D. Ayala\nA. Kenneth Anderson\n462 West G Street\n1521 6th Street\nBrawley, California 92227\nLos Banos, California 93635\nAlbert Terrence\n1480 South Canfield Avenue\nLos Angeles, California 90035\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-20-73\n#161\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of Roy D.\nBerridge of Red Bluff and the appointment of John B. Oliveira of Corning,\nto four year terms on the 30th District Agricultural Association Board of\nDirectors. The association operates the Tehama Totem Fair.\nBerridge, who has served on the board since February 21, 1969, is\npersonnel manager for the Diamond International Corporation. The 42-year-\nold professional forester is a member of the Red Bluff Rotary Club and\npast president of the California Foresters Association.\nOliveira, 42, replaces George L. Powell of Corning whose term has\nexpired. A 1959 graduate of Chico State College with a B.A. degree in\nbusiness, he is now a farmer and a certified public accountant in\nprivate practice. He is a member of state and national CPA organizations,\nthe Corning Rotary Club, and a director of the Corning Water District.\nBoth Berridge and Oliveira are Republicans. Board members receive\nnecessary expenses.\n######\nAppointees' addresses are:\nRoy D. Berridge\nJohn B. Oliveira\nRoute 3, Box 3081\nRoute 1, Box 303-c\nRed Bluff, California 96080\nCorning, California 96021\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-21-73\n#162\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today presented five teenagers with gold\nmedallions and certificates to honor their feats of bravery and service.\nThe winners of the 1971 Young Californians Medallion Award for\nbravery are:\nKenneth Dandridge, age 18, of Daly City. Ken, then age 16, was\nsitting in his home on the night of November 10, 1971, when he saw flames\ncoming from the back of his neighbor's house. He rushed over and found\nhis neighbor attempting to open a window from the inside, immediately\nopened the window and pulled him to safety. Ken then entered the flaming\nroom and found a little boy and girl trapped inside. He helped the littl\ngirl to safety, re-entered the room to assist the boy and the room\nexploded with flame, Further rescue proved impossible. The Daly City\nFire Department credits Ken with saving two lives. For his quick thinkin\nand act of courage, Kenneth is awarded the California Medallion for\nBravery. He lives at 322 Irvington Street, Daly City.\nDonald L. Stafford, age 18, of Palmdale. Don, then age 16, was\nreturning from summer school with classmate Guy Tinder. He observed a\ntraffic violator overpower Highway Patrolman L. Dean Biss and immediately\nraced to aid the officer. Don, acting with bravery and intelligence\nsucceeded in jamming his thumb between the trigger and trigger guard of\nOfficer Biss's loaded revolver, which the suspect had taken during the\nstruggle, making it impossible for the gun to discharge. Don's heroic\nefforts helped prevent any injyry to Officer Biss and enabled him to\ncomplete his arrest. For his outstanding display of courage in assisting\nOfficer Biss, Donald is awarded the California Medallion for Bravery.\nHe lives at 2149 E Avenue, Palmdale.\nGuy L. Tinder, age 17, of Palmdale. Guy then age 15, and his friend\nand classmate Don Stafford were returning from summer school and noticed\nHighway Patrolman L. Dean Biss wrestling with a hostile suspect. Guy and\nDon recognized that the officer was in serious trouble and courageously\nrushed to assist. Guy and Don succeeded in pinning the arms and legs of\nthe screaming, biting suspect. Guy's prompt and decisive actions made it\npossible to subdue the suspect before any harm resulted from the encounte:\nFor his outstanding display of courage in assisting Officer Biss, Guy is\nawarded the California Medallion for Bravery. His address is 38844\nJuniper Tree Drive, Palmdale.\nThe winners of the Young Californians Medallion Award for Service ar\nJohn R. Aliberti, age 18, of La Habra. During the past few years\nJohn has been involved in numerous activities related to the service of\nhis fellow man. Among the clubs and organizations to which he belongs, are\nthe La Habra Boys Club where he helps young boys in various projects in\nthe shops and with organized games; the \"Any Boy Can\" program helping\nneurologically handicapped boys enjoy life; La Habra Community Hospital\nassisting with the brain damaged youth; Leo-Keystone Club assisting all\nLa Habra youth in need. In addition, John received the 1971 Boy of the\nYear Award from the La Habra Boys Club, whose membership exceeds 2000 and\nthe Orange County Council of Women in Chambers of Commerce Salute to Youth\nAward. For his contribution to society John is awarded the California\nMedallion for Service. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Aliberti of\n2561 Wilshire Avenue, La Habra, California.\nPatti J. McDonald, age 18, of Redwood City. Patti has vigorously\nparticipated in a variety of school and community activities since her\nelementary school days. Membership in school and civic organizations and\nall the awards Patti has received during the past five years are almost to\nnumerous to mention. Some of her more recent include Spanish tutoring at\nSan Carlos; chairman of fund raising events for school scholarship fund;\nGirl Scout Troop President; Commissioner of Girls' Sports, San Carlos High\nSchool; volunteer worker for Danny Thomas Leukemia Fund Drive; UNICEF and\nCity of Hope fund drive; volunteer worker as a \"candy striper at the\nSequoia Hospital: member of the Explorer Cadets, Redwood City Police Dept\nreceived High School Silver Seal award for academic achievement; received\nan award in recognition of over 100 volunteer community service hours for\nthree consecutive years. She is presently a sophomore at the College of\nNotre Dame in Belmont, and upon completion, she plans to enter the Univ.\nof Santa Clara as a law student. Following graduation from law school\nPatti will seek a position with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. For\nher contribution to society, Patti is awarded the California Medallion for\nservice. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. John R. McDonald, Jr., 995 Castle\nHill Road, Redwood City.\n#\n#\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-21-73\n#163\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the White House has amended\nPresident Nixon's February 8 designation of major disaster areas in the\nstate to include Ventura County, due to severe storms and flooding during\nthe period January 12-18.\nLike flood victims in the counties of Marin, San Luis Obispo, Santa\nBarbara, Solano, and the City of South San Francisco, residents in Ventura\naffected by the January floods will have a number of state and federal\ndisaster aids available following the federal action, which was requested\nby Governor Reagan.\nFederal assistance to individuals who sustained damage in the floods\nwill consist mainly : of long-term, low-interest loans to homeowners and\nbusinessmen through the Small Business Administration. The State\n:\nDepartment of Human Resources Development will provide disaster\nunemployment assistance payments to those eligible individuals who\nbecame unemployed because of the floods.\nThe President's Disaster Fund will also finance debris clearance,\nrepairs to roads, bridges, and public buildings, damaged by flood waters.\nH. R. Temple, Jr., director of the Governor's Office of Emergency\nServices (OES), and Robert C. Stevens, regional director of the President'\nOffice of Emergency Preparedness (OEP), will head the joint recovery\neffort in Ventura County. They will establish disaster assistance centers\nin the county to provide counseling and assistance to affected citizens.\n# # # #\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R LD REAGAN\nSacramento, Californi, 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\n916-445-4571\n3-21-73\nGovernor and Mrs. Ronald Reagan tonight, March 21, 1973, will\nhost 22 former prisoners of the Vietnam war at a private dinner at the\nSacramento executive residence.\nThe former prisoners, their wives, dates or guests, are expected to\narrive at the residence, 1341 45th Street, between 6:15 and 6:45 p.m.\nBecause the dinner is private, no press will be permitted in the\nresidence. However, because of the general interest in the former\nprisoners' activities and the inclement weather, the Reagans are\nproviding a press tent at the residence for the convenience of newsmen.\nRudy Garcia, assistant press secretary to Governor Reagan, and\nNancy Reynolds, special assistant to the governor, will be available\nto answer press queries.\nThumbnail sketches of the former prisoners attending the dinner\nare attached.\n######\nWalthall\nPOW RETURNEES ATTENDING GOVERNOR AND MRS. REAGAN'S\nRECEPTION, MARCH 21, 1973\nBRANCH OF\nWIFE OR\nNAME & GRADE\nSERVICE\nGUEST'S NAME\nALVAREZ, Ernest Everett Lieutenant Commander\nNavy\nMadelyn (Siste\nARCURI, William Y. - Lieutenant\nAir Force\nAndrea (Wife)\nCARLSON, Albert E. - Major\nArmy\nNancy (Wife)\nCHAPMAN, Harlan - Lieutenant Colonel\nMarine Corps\nFran (Guest)\nCOMMANDER\nHIGDON, Kenneth H. - Lieutenant Golone1\nNavy\nMarian (Wife)\nKERR, Michael S. - Captain\nAir Force\nJerri (Wife)\nKNUTSON, Rodney A. - Lieutenant Commander\nNavy\n(Guest)\nKOPFMAN, Theodore - Commander\nNavy\nMargie (Wife)\nLERSETH, Roger G. - Lieutenant\nNavy\nJean (Wife)\nLOCKHART, Hayden J. - Major\nAir Force\nMC KAMEY, John B. - Commander\nNavy\nNancy (Wife)\n*MC KEE, Ralph - Colonel\nAir Force\nJanice (Wife)\nMOORE, Ernest Captain\nNavy\nClaudette (Wife\nPYLE, Thomas S. III - Major\nAir Force\nKaren (Wife)\nROLLINS, James V.\nCivilian\n(Niece)\nSOUTHWICK, Charles E. - Commander\nNavy\nKaren (Wife)\nSTACKHOUSE, Charles D. - Lieutenant Commander Navy\n(Guest)\nSTRATTON, Richard A. - Commander\nNavy\nAlice (Wife)\nTHORNTON, Gary L. - Lieutenant\nNavy\nJacquelyn (Gue\nTORKELSON, Loren S. - Captain\nAir Force\nMerle (Wife)\nWAGGONER, Robert F. - Major\nAir Force\nVeoma (Wife)\nWALTMAN, Donald G. - Lieutenant Colonel\nAir Force\nMarian (Wife)\n*USAF POW Returnee Coordinator at Travis AFB; not a returnee\n8 USAF\n12 USN\n\\ USMC \\ civiline\nLIEUTENANT COMMANDER EVERETT ALVAREZ, JR., UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE\n(File No. 644124) (Pilot)\nEverett Alvarez, Jr., was shot down August 5, 1964, while on\na strike mission in the vicinity of Hongay harbor, North Vietnam.\nHe was flying an A-4 (Skyhawk) of Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED FORTY-\nFOUR, from the USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64).\nLieutenant Commander Alvarez was born December 23, 1937, in Salinas,\nCalifornia. He attended Hartnell Junior College in Salinas, and\nwas graduated from the University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara,\nCalifornia, with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in\n1960. He entered the Aviation Officer Candidate program and was\ncommissioned Ensign in 1960. Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR\nwas his first duty assignment.\nHis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Alvarez, Sr. , live in Santa\nClara, California, which is Lieutenant Commander Alvarez' home of\nrecord.\nMAJOR ALBERT E. CARLSON\nWife: Mrs. Nancy J. Carlson, one son Eric, age 4. Reside\nPleasanton, CA.\nMAJ Carlson was born in Oakland, CA. 6 July 41 and entered\nthe Army as a second Lieutenant from ROTC at San Jose State\nCollege. He has served at Fort Dix, NJ; Fort Benning, GA., and\nFort Sill OK., in Europe and two tours in Vietnam. He arrived\nRVN on his second tour 8 Jul 71 and was assigned to Military\nAssistance Command Vietnam. MAJ Carlson was advisor assigned\nto ARVN unit in city of Loc Ninh which came under attack 7 Apr 72.\nEnemy forces overran the city.\nLieutenant Colonel Harlan Page CHAPMAN, United States Marine Corps,\n277 36 1642/071437\nLt Col CHAPMAN was captured on 5 NOV 1965 in North Vietnam.\nLt Col CHAPMAN was serving with Marine Aircraft Group 13 as pilot of\naircraft on bombing mission.\nHe entered the U. S. Marine Corps June 11, 1956. Following flight\ntraining at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., he was designated a\nnaval aviator, OCT 1, 1958.\nLt Col CHAPMAN was born Sept 27, 1934, in Elyria, Ohio. He is\nmarried, has one son. Hometown and State: Fremont, California.\nLISTINUANT KENNETH R. HISBON, UNITED STATES NAVY\nFile 30. 760777/1230\nKenneth Hill Higdon was shot down over North Viotram on December\n21, 1972. He was flying in an A 6 (Intruder) of ittack Aguadron\nONE HUNDRED NINSTY-SIX operating from the V33 INTERPRISE (CVA(II)65).\nHe was born January 29, 1943 in M Paso, Texas and attended\nRiverside City College, Riverside, California. He entered the\nAviation Officer Candidate Program and was commissioned Ensign\nin 1965. lie served at the Naval Air Station, Kingsville, Texas and\nin a squadron based at Oceana, Virginia.\nLieutenant Hidgon's wife Marion lives in Barclair, Texas. His\nparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hilory C. Higdon, live in San Francisco,\nCalifornia, which is Lieutenant Higdon's home of record.\nCaptain Michael S. Kerr\nWife: Jerri L. - 2 children - Reside in: Sequim, WA\nCaptain Kerr was born 19 February 1938 in Santa Monica, CA. He graduated\nfrom San Diego State College with a B.S. degree in 1964. Entering the\nAir Force 2 July 1964 his assignments consisted of training courses until\nhis assignment to SEA 28 November 1966. He was assigned to 11 Tac Recon\nSq, Udorn AB, Thailand, when his RF-4C aircraft disappeared while on a\nreconnaissance mission over North Victnam on 16 January 1967. He was\nsubsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese.\nLieutenant Commander Rodney A. KNUTSON, USNR, G67751\nRader Intercept Officer\nRodney Allen Knutson was shot down OCT 17, 1955, while on a combat\nmission over North Vietnam. He was flying in an F4 (Phantom II) of Fighter\nSquadron 84 operating from the USS INDEPENDENCE (CVA 62).\nHe was born Sept 29, 1938, in Billings, Montana and received a\nBa chelor's Degree in Education from Eastern Montana College, Billings,\nMontana in 1962. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1962, entered the\nAvation Officer Candidate Program and was commissioned Ensign in 1963.\nFighter Squadron 84 was his first duty assignment.\nLCDR KNUTSON is single. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arvin\nM. Knutson who reside in Billings, Montana, his home of record.\nCOMMANDER THEODORE F. KOPFMAN, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 597544) (Pilot)\nTheodore Frank Kopfman was shot down on June 15, 1966, while on a\ncombat mission over North Victnam. He was flying an A-1 (Skyhawk) of\nAttack Squadron FIFTY-FIVE, operating from the USS RANGER (CVA-61).\nCommander Kopfman was born on September 21, 1931, in Toledo, Ohio.\nHe received his bachelor's degree in 1955 from Kent State University,\nKent, Ohio. He was enrolled in the Naval Reserve Officers Training\nCorps program there and was commissioned Ensign upon graduation. He\nhad duty at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Chase Field, Beeville,\nTexas, and in Attack Squadrons based at Moffett and Lemoore in Cali-\nfornia.\nCommander Kopfman's wife Margie, and three children, Douglas,\nDaniel and Karen, live in Lemoore, California. His former guardian,\nMrs. Minette Wellman, lives in Toledo, Ohio. Commander Kopfman's\nhome of record is Kent, Ohio.\nEUTENANT ROCER G. LERSETH, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE\n(Filc No. 749685) (Bombardier/Navigator)\nRoger Gene Lerseth was shot down September 6, 1972, while\non a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying in an\nA-6 (Intruder) of Attack Squadron SEVENTY-FIVE, operating\nfrom the USS SARATOGA (CVA-60).\nLieutenant Lerseth was born October 24, 1946, in Belle\nFourche, South Dakota. He received a bachelor's degree in\nEconomics from the University of: Washington, Seattle,\nWashington, in 1969, and was commissioned Ensign through that\nUniversity's Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program.\nAttack Squadron SEVENTY-FIVE was his second duty assignment.\nHis wife Jean lives in San Francisco, California. His\nmother, Mrs. Lillian M. Lerseth, lives in Spokane, Washington,\nwhich is Lieutenant Lerseth's home of record.\nMMANDER JOIN L. McKAMEY, UNIT STATES NAVY\n(File No. 614791) (Pirst)\nJohn Bryan McKamey was shot down on June 2, 1965, while on a combat\nmission over North Victnam. He was flying an A-4 (Skyhawk) of Attack\nSquadron TWENTY-THREE, operating from the USS MIDWAY (CVA-41).\nCommander McKamey was born on July 10, 1935, in Greencastle, Indiana,\nand attended Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana. He enlisted in\nthe Navy in 1955, entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program, and was\ncommissioned Ensign in 1956. Prior to his assignment to Attack Squadron\nTWENTY-THREE, he served in Attack and Training Squadrons.\n$\n14\n12\nHis wife Nancy and their three children, John, Janice, and Jacquelyn,\nlive at Lemoore, California. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L. McKamey,\nlive in Plainfield, Indiana. Commander McKamey's home of record is\nFillmore, Indiana.\nCAPTAIN ERNEST M. MOORE, JR., UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File NO. 553659) (Pilot)\nErnest Melvin Moore, Jr., was shot down on March 11, 1967,\non a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was Executive Officer\nof Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-TWO, operating from the\nUSS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14) and was flying an A-4 (Skyhawk).\nCaptain Moore was born on June 2, 1929, in Oakland,\nCalifornia. He attended the University of San Francisco\n(California), San Mateo (California) Junior College, and the\nUniversity of California at Berkeley, and received a Bachelor\nof Arts degree in Foreign Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate\nSchool, Monterey, California in 1966. He had enlisted in the\nNavy in 1951, entered the Naval Aviation Cadet program, and\nbeen commissioned Ensign in 1952. He served. aboard the USS\nHORNET (CVS-12), Naval Air Technical Training Command, Memphis,\nand in Carrier Division FIFTEEN, and several Attack Squadrons.\nCaptain Moore's wife Claudette and their daughters Michelle,\nMelissa and Leslie live in Coronado, California. His parents,\nMr. and Mrs. Ernest Melvin Moore, Sr., live in Walnut Creek,\nCalifornia. Captain Moore's home of record is Millbrae,\nCalifornia.\nMajor Thomas S.\nc, II\nWife: Karen A. Resides in: Modesto, CA\nMajor Pyle was born 3 November 1934 in Wilmington, DE. He entered the Air\nForce 11 April 1959 after completing one year at the University of Delaware.\nHe held several assignments prior to his assignment to SEA 4 July 1966. He\nwas assigned to the 354th Tac Ftr Sq, Takhli AB, Thailand, when his F-105F\naircraft was shot down by enemy ground fire while on an operational mission\nover North Vietnam on 7 August 1966. He was subsequently captured and\ninterned by the North Vietnamese.\nCOMMANDER CHARLES E. SOUTHWICK, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 544716) (Pilot)\nCharles Everett Southwick was shot down May 14, 1967,\nwhile on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was\nflying an F-4 (Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron ONE\nHUNDRED FOURTEEN, operating from the USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63).\nCommander Southwick was born October 6, 1931, in\nFairbanks, Alaska, and attended the University of Washington,\nSeattle, Washington. He received his commission through the\nNaval Aviation Cadet program in 1954, and served in\nseveral Fighter Squadrons and at the Bureau of Naval\nPersonnel, Washington, D. C.\nCommander Southwick's wife Karen lives in Sausalito,\nCalifornia. His home of record is Seattle, Washington.\nLIEUTENANT COMMANDER CHARLES D. STACKHOUSE, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 647984) (Pilot)\nCharles David Stackhouse was shot down April 25, 1967, while on a\ncombat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an A-4 (Skyhawk) of\nAttack Squadron SEVENTY-SIX, operating from the USS BON HOMME RICHARD\n(CVA-31).\nLieutenant Commander Stackhouse was born March 13, 1940, in\nSheboygan, Wisconsin, and graduated from the United States Naval\nAcademy in 1961. He was assigned to Attack Squadron SIXTY-FIVE,\nbased at Oceana, Virginia, before reporting to Attack Squadron\nSEVENTY-SIX.\nLieutenant Commander Stackhouse is single. His mother, Mrs.\nJeannette Stackhouse, lives in Lemoore, California. His home of\nrecord is Norwood, Ohio.\nCOMMANDER RICHARD A. STRATTON, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 602087) (Pilot)\nRichard Allen Stratton was shot down January 5, 1967,\nwhile on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was fly-\ning an A-4 (Skyhawk) of Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-\nTWO, operating from the USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14).\nCommander Stratton was born October 14, 1931, in Quincy,\nMassachusetts. He received a bachelor's degree in History\nfrom Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. in 1955, and\na master's degree in Foreign Affairs from Stanford Univer-\nsity, Stanford, California, in 1964. He was commissioned\nthrough the Naval Aviation Cadet program in 1955, and served\nin an Attack Squadron based at Lemoore, California, and on\nthe Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff at Offutt Air Force\nBase in Nebraska.\nHis wife Alice and sons Patrick, Michael, and Charles live\nin Palo Alto, California. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles\nA. Stratton, live in Quincy, Massachusetts, which is Commander\nStratton's home of record.\nLIEUTENANT GARY L. THORNTON, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE\n(File No. 700903) (Radar Intercept Officer)\nGary Lynn Thornton was shot down February 20, 1967, while\non a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying in an\nF-4 (Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron NINETY-SIX, operating\nfrom the USS ENTERPRISE (CVA (N) -65).\nLieutenant Thornton was born December 3, 1941, in Delano,\nCalifornia. He served as an enlisted man in the Navy from 1959\nto 1966, received his commission through the Aviation Officer\nCandidate program in 1966, and joined Fighter Squadron NINETY-\nSIX that year.\nHis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Thornton, live in Porter-\nville, California, his home of record.\nCaptain Loren H. Torkelson\nWife: Merle A. Resides in: Carmichael, CA\nCaptain Torkelson was born 22 May 1941 in Minot, ND. He graduated from\nthe University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, with a B.S. degree in\n1963. On 10 August 1963 he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the\nAir Force Reserves and on 23 November 1963 entered active duty as & pilot\ntrainec. Shortly after completing pilot training he was transferred to\nHolloman AFB, NM, where he served until his assignment to SEA on 22 April\n1966. Ile was assigned to the 389th Tac Ftr Sq, Da Nang AB, Republic of\nVietnam, when his F-4C aircraft was struck by hostile fire forcing him\nto eject while on a combat mission over North Vietnam on 29 April 1967.\nHe was subsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese.\nMajor Robert F. Waggoner\nWife: Veoma E. - 2 sons - Reside in: Reno, NV\nMajor Waggoner was born 2 June 1935 in Jensen, UT. He enlisted in the\nAir Force as an aviation cadet and pilot trainee on 14 April 1955.\nReceiving his commission as a second lieutenant in July 1956, Major\nWaggoner served in a number of units, including a tour in Labrador,\nprior to his assignment to SEA 9 August 1966. He was assigned to the\n469 Tac Ftr Sq, Korat AB, Thailand, when his F-105 aircraft was\napparently struck by hostile fire during a combat mission over North\nVictnam on 12 September 1966. Major Waggoner was subsequently captured\nand interned by the North Vietnamese.\nMajor Donald G. Waltman\nWife: Marian C. - 5 children - Reside in: Kellogg, ID\nMajor Waltman was born 17 December 1930 in Kellogg, ID. He graduated\nfrom the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, in 1953 with a B.A. degree.\nOn 2 August 1954 he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air\nForce Reserves and entered active duty in August 1955. In 1958,\nMajor Waltman completed pilot training and served in a number of\nassignments, including tours of duty in Morocco and Germany, prior to\nhis assignment to SEA 28 August 1966. Major Waltman was assigned to\nthe 13 Tac Ftr Sq, Korat AB, Thailand, when his F-105 was struck by\nhostile fire which forced him to eject while on a combat mission over\nNorth Victnam on 19 September 1966. Major Waltman was subsequently\ncaptured and interned by the North Vietnamese.\nBIOGRAPHY FOR 1LT WILLIAM Y. ARCURI, JR.\nMISSING IN ACTION 20 DECEMBER 1972. PRISONER OF WAR 22 DECEMBER 1972.\nWIFE ANDRIA A. RESIDES IN YUBA CITY, CALIFORNIA. LT ARCURI WAS BORN\n7 AUGUST 1947 IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA. HE GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. MILITARY\nACADEMY IN 1970, RECEIVING A BS DEGREE. COMMISSIONED A 2LT ON 3 JUNE 1970,\nHE COMPLETED PILOT TRAINING WITH THE 3550th STU SQUADRON AT MOODY AFB,\nGEORGIA. IN SEPTEMBER 1971 HE WAS ASSIGNED TO CASTLE AFB FOR COMBAT CREW\nTRAINING AND SUBSEQUENT DUTY WITH THE 744TH BOMB SQUADRON AT BEALE AFB,\nCALIFORNIA. ON 22 DECEMBER 1972 WHILE ON TEMPORARY DUTY WITH THE 43RD\nSTRATEGIC WING, ANDERSON AFB, GUAM, LT ARCURI WAS CO-PILOT OF A B52,\nDEPARTED ANDERSON AFB ON A NIGHT COMBAT MISSION OVER NORTH VIETNAM. THE\nAIRCRAFT WAS DOWNED IN THE TARGET AREA AND ALTHOUGH BEEPER SIGNALS WERE\nHEARD, VOICE CONTACT COULD NOT BE MADE WITH ANY OF THE CREW MEMBERS. LT\nARCURI'S STATUS WAS CHANGED TO CAPUTRED ON 22 DECEMBER 1972 AFTER HANOI NEWS\nRELEASES CONFIRMED HIS CAPTURE. THE STATUS OF THE AIRCRAFT COMMANDER CPT\nTERRY GOLANICK, THE GUNNER, SGT ROY MADDEN, JR. AND THE NAVIGATOR 1LT MICHAEL\nR. MARTINI WAS ALSO CHANGED TO CAPTURED BASED ON HANOI NEWS RELEASES. THE\nSTATUS OF ELECTRONIC WARFARE OFFICER, CRAIG A. PAUL AND THE RADAR NAVIGATOR\nCPT WARREN R. SPENCER IS MISSING IN ACTION.\nBIOGRAPHY FOR MAJOR HAYDEN J. LOCKHART, JR.\nWAINUTCREER, CALIF.\nWIFE'S NAME JILL, ONE SON, RESIDE IN ALEXANDRIA, LOS ANGELES. MAJOR LOCKHART\nWAS BORN 16 JUNE 1938 IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. HE GRADUATED FROM THE\nU.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY IN THE CLASS OF 1961. HE ENTERED THE AIR FORCE\n7 JUNE 1961. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT AFTER COMPLETING PILOT AND OPERATIONAL\nTRAINAING WAS AT ENGLAND AIR FORCE BASE, LOUISIANA PRIOR TO HIS ASSIGNMENT\nTO SOUTHEAST ASIA. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 613th TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON\nDA NANG AIR BASE, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM WHEN HIS F100 WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT\nFIRE WHILE ON A COMBAT MISSION OVER NORTH VIETNAM ON 2 MARCH 1965. HE WAS\nSUBSEQUENTLY CAPTURED AND INTERNED BY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE.\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR P NALD REAGAN\nSacramento, Californ a 95814\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-21-73\nGovernor Reagan will make an important announcement with regard\nto his proposed revenue control and tax reduction program tomorrow at\n10:30 a.m. in the governor's office\nFollowing the announcement the governor will answer reporters'\nquestions. We are asking that you confine your questions to the subject\nof revenue control and tax reduction.\n#####\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ALD REAGAN\nSacramento, California 95814\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-21-73\nThe following is in answer to a number of press inquiries regarding\nassistance, support and funding of the governor's tax reduction task\nforce.\nThe purpose of the Governor's Tax Reduction Task Force, as specified\nin the governor's charge to the task force, was from the beginning to\n\"review the entire tax and public financing system in our state,\nincluding the analysis of methods for reducing governmental programs\nand spending at the state level.'\nThe governor's charge applied to, and was intended to cut across,\nthe operations of all departments in state government to determine those\nareas where further economies and cost reductions could be made to reduce\nthe heavy tax burden on the people.\nThe governor requested that the task force utilize existing state\nresources and ordered all departments to give full cooperation to this\nactivity as a top priority of his administration.\nConsistent with this charge the task force devoted a considerable\namount of time to working with individual departments and with outside\neconomists who were available for this purpose. To accomplish the charge,\npeople and services were contributed from various departments, on either\na full-time or part-time basis, to help achieve these goals.\nThe expertise which resulted from the efforts of the task force made\nit possible to develop the comprehensive revenue control and tax reduction\nprogram which the governor has offered to the legislature and the people\nof California. The project is also resulting in a wide range of other\nrecommendations to reduce the cost and improve the effectiveness of state\ngovernment.\nSince the task force was formed last Sepbember a number of operating\ndepartments and agencies within the administration, including the governor\noffice, have, at one time or another, provided assistance to the task\nforce members in the form of informational data, temporary personnel, and\nresources. This is no different from the manner in which other task\nforces formed by the governor during the course of the administration\nhave been supported in the past---including those on government efficiency\nand cost control, welfare reform, public safety, and education.\nOne of the departments which has assisted in funding some of the\nadministrative costs of the task force is the Department of Social Welfare\nThe total amount of money contributed by this department toward such costs\nis $19,260. This expenditure has helped the task force meet the cost of\nconsultant fees, some travel and expenses, the cost of equipment and\nsupplies, and other services such as the cost of graphics, typing, etc.\nThis is the total amount of direct funding which Social Welfare has\nprovided toward the support of the task force which is now finishing up\nits work.\nOther departments and agencies which have provided assistance to the\ntask force include the Business and Transportation Agency, Resources\nAgency, Agriculture and Services Agency, Health and Welfare Agency,\nDepartment of Housing and Community Development, Department of Finance,\nDepartment of Human Resources Development, Department of General Services,\nthe Board of Equalization and the Franchise Tax Board.\nConsidering the success of the task force in developing a realistic\nand comprehensive program to reduce the tax burden of the people of\nCalifornia, the contributions of these departments and agencies have been\nvery small in terms of the cost-benefit ratio,\n####\nGray"
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