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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 -\n03/22/1973-03/31/1973\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 RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-22-73\n#164\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today made the following announcement to\nmembers of the press in Sacramento:\n\"Six weeks ago I proposed to the legislature a plan to give back\nto the people nearly all of the state's current $850 million surplus\nand substantially reduce the heavy tax burden on the citizens of\nCalifornia in the years ahead.\n\"And, nearly two weeks ago, I submitted to the legislature a\n67-page formal outline of the precise details of the plan so that the\nappropriate committees of both houses could begin hearings pending the\nactual introduction of a constitutional amendment designed to give the\npeople themselves the opportunity to vote on the issue at a special\nelection next November.\n\"I am pleased to announce that Senator Robert Lagomarsino is\nintroducing that constitutional measure today. It specifically provides\nfor returning the surplus to the people by means of a 20 percent rebate\non this year's state income taxes, authorizes an ongoing income tax cut\nbeginning next year, and calls for a constitutional limitation on the\nshare of the people's earnings which state government can take in taxes\nin the years to come.\n\"I am not asking the legislature to approve or disapprove the\nprovisions of this constitutional amendment, but merely to let the people\nhave the chance to vote on it. The legislature placed eleven\nconstitutional amendments on the ballot last November. Yet, despite that\nfact a number of legislative leaders have made it clear they intend to\ndeny the people the right to vote on this issue.\n\"It is hard for me to understand their reasoning or what basis there\ncan be for denying the people their right to vote on a matter of such\nimportance.\n\"Because of this very real likelihood that the legislature will\nrefuse to place this plan on the ballot, and because I made a commitment\nto the people that they should have the opportunity to decide the issue\nfor themselves, I now have no alternative but to lead a petition drive\nduring the next several months to assure that the plan can be voted on\nat a special statewide election I will call for next November.\n- 1 -\n#164\n\"Citizens committees throughout the state are now being formed and\nthey will begin circulating petitions early in April. I am particularly\npleased that Dr. Norman Topping, President Emeritus of U.S.C., has\nagreed to serve as the statewide chairman of Californians For Lower Taxes.\n\"Incidentally, he headed the successful campaign against the\nWatson Amendment last fall.\n\"Some of the chairmen of these citizens committees are here with me,\nincluding Lois Lundberg of Orange County, Dan McKinnon of San Diego\nCounty, Jim Dilworth of Riverside County, Bob Lindsay of Santa Clara\nCounty, Jim Moriarty of Contra Costa, and Jack Diepenbrock and Roy Brophy,\nco-chairmen for Sacramento County.\n\"They and others will be heading up a massive grass-roots petition\ndrive across the state. They will need the help of every citizen, every\ntaxpayer, who shares a common concern about the increasing burden of\nhigher and higher taxes.\n\"Government spending is out of hand. As citizens and taxpayers, we\nhave an unparalleled opportunity to reverse the trend and actually\nreduce the amount of taxes the state can take from the people's earnings.\n\"Indeed, if our plan is approved in November, Californians will be\nin earnings\nable to keep for themselves to spend as they wish $118 billion/over\nthe next 15 years. Without this plan, there is every likelihood that the\nsame $118 billion will be used to satisfy government's voracious\nappetite for the people's earnings, in the form of higher taxes.\"\n#####\n- 2 -\nKEY PROVISIONS OF GOVERNOR REAGAN'S\nREVENUE CONTROL AND TAX REDUCTION PROGRAM\n(Constitutional Amendment)\n1.\nProvides for a twenty percent rebate on 1973 state income\ntaxes.\n2. Provides an ongoing state income tax cut of 7½\npercent beginning in January, 1974. (The ongoing surplus is still\nestimated to be sufficient to provide a 10 percent cut. However,\nprudence dictates that, under a tax limitation, an ongoing cut should\nbe set well below the maximum surplus available).\n3. Provides a constitutional limit on the percentage of total state\npersonal income which can be collected by the state in any one year.\n4.\nSpecifies that any changes in tax rates must be approved by\na two-thirds vote of both houses of the legislature.\n5.\nSets maximum local property tax rates.\n6. Provides safeguards against shifting costs from state to\nlocal governments.\nCALIFORNIANS FOR LOWER TAXES\nStatewide Chairman:\nDr. Norman Topping, President Emeritus, University of Southern\nCalifornia\nCounty Chairmen:\nLos Angeles\nNeil Papiano, attorney\nOrange\nLois Lundberg, housewife\nSan Diego\nDan McKinnon, businessman\nRiverside\nJim Dilworth, attorney\nSan Mateo\nJim Grealish, businessman\nSanta Clara\nBob Lindsay, businessman\nContra Costa\nJim Moriarty, Supervisor, Contra Costa County\nSacramento - (co-chairmen) :\nJack Diepenbrock, attorney\nRoy Brophy, businessman, and Trustee of the\nCalifornia State Universities and Colleges\nMarch 22, 1973\n\"DRAFT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BEING PROPOSED TO THE LEGISLATURE TODAY\"\nBe it enacted that Article XXIX be added to the Constitution of the\nState to read:\nARTICLE XXIX\nREVENUE CONTROL AND TAX REDUCTION\nSection 1. Declaration of Purpose.\nThe people of the State of California declare it is in the best interests\nof the State to effect an orderly reduction of their tax burden, without\nshifting costs to local government, by enacting this Constitutional\nprovision to:\n(a)\nlimit and reduce State taxes,\n(b)\nprovide for refunds to the taxpayers of surplus State revenues,\n(c)\nlimit Local Entity property tax rates;\n(d)\nestablish funding procedures for Emergency Situations, and\n)\nrequire voter approval of taxes which exceed the limits set\nforth in this Article.\nSection 2. State Tax Revenue Limit; Tax Surplus Fund; 20% Tax Refund.\n(a)\nThere is a State Tax Revenue Limit determined as provided\nin this Article.\n(1) If State Tax Revenues for any fiscal year exceed the State\nTax Revenue Limit for that fiscal year, the excess shall be\ntransferred to the Tax Surplus Fund, which is hereby estab-\nlished.\n(2) The Tax Surplus Fund shall be used only for one or more of\nthe following purposes:\n(1)\nfor tax refunds or reductions;\n(2)\nfor approved Emergency Situation appropriations under\nSection 6 of this Article.\n(3) The Legislature shall minimize accumulations within the Tax\nSurplus Fund by making periodic tax refunds or reductions as\npermitted by this Article.\n(b)\nOn the effective date of this Article, the Controller shall\ndetermine the amount of surplus in the General Fund as of\nthe end of fiscal year 1972-73. Such amount, to the extent\nexisting on the effective date of this Article, shall be trans-\nferred to the Tax Surplus Fund.\n(1) The Tax Surplus Fund, to the extent of the balance provided\nby subsection (e) hereof, shall be utilized as a refund or\ncredit of up to 20% of personal income taxes payable for\ncalendar year 1973.\n(2) If the Legislature has substantially complied with the require-\nments of this Section by a statute passed prior to the effective\ndate of this Article, the requirement of this Section shall be\ndeemed to be satisfied.\n(3) The State Tax Revenue as here defined shall not be reduced\nby the refunds made pursuant to this Section.\nSection 3. Appropriation Limit.\nNo appropriation shall cause an expenditure during any fiscal year\nof State Tax Revenues for that fiscal year in excess of the State Tax\nRevenue Limit for that fiscal year, other than for tax refunds or\nreductions or, pursuant to Section 6 / for Emergency Situations.\nAny such expenditure in excess of the limit is prohibited.\nSection 4. State Tax Adjustments.\n(a) The imposition of any new tax or the change in the rate or base of\nany tax by the Legislature shall be by statute passed by roll-call\nvote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership of each\nhouse concurring, except for tax refunds or reductions by appro-\npriations specifically declared to be out of the Tax Surplus Fumd\nwhich shall be by statute passed by a vote of the majority of\nthe membership of each house.\n(b) For 1974 and thereafter, the State personal income tax liability\nof taxpayers shall be determined at rates no higher than those\nin effect on January 1, 1973, less 7½% thereof. The Legislature\nshall by statute implement the tax reduction required by this\nSection as to fiscal year taxpayers and as to application of\ncredits in computing liability. The provisions of this sub-\nsection may be modified as provided by subsection (a) above.\nSection 5. State Tax Revenue Limit Adjustment by Election.\nThe State Tax Revenue Limit may be increased or decreased by a\nlesignated dollar amount by a majority vote of the people at a\nStatewide election approving a measure placed on the ballot by the\nLegislature by a roll-call vote entered into the journal, two-thirds\nof the membership of each house concurring, or placed on the ballot\nis an initiative statute pursuant to Article IV of this Constitution.\nA measure so approved takes effect the day after the election, unless\nthe measure provides otherwise.\nSection 6. State Emergency Appropriations and Emergency Fund.\n(a)\nA Special Emergency Fund of not more than 0.2% of the\nState Personal Income shall be established and maintained\nby the Legislature. Money appropriated to the Special\nEmergency Fund shall be from State Tax Revenues and\nshall be subject to the State Tax Revenue Limit.\n(b)\nUpon the Governor's declaration of an Emergency Situation,\nthe Legislature may make appropriations to meet the Emer-\ngency Situation from the Special Emergency Fund or, if that\nFund is exhausted, either from the Tax Surplus Fund or from\nState Tax Revenues derived from a specific tax increase or\na specific new tax designated for the Emergency Situation\nand enacted in accordance with Section 4 of this Article.\nAny tax so enacted shall remain in effect no longer than\ntwo years, unless its continuation is approved by a majority\nof the votes cast for and against its continuance at a State-\nwide election.\nSection 7. Maximum Local Property Tax Rates.\n(a) The Maximum Property Tax Rates of each Local Entity are set\nat the rates levied for the fiscal year during which this Article\nbecomes effective. The Maximum Property Tax Rates for a\nLocal Entity created after the effective date of this Article\nshall be established by vote of the electorate of the Local\nEntity at the time of its creation.\n(b) To permit adjustment of the Maximum Property Tax Rates set\nin subsection (a) of this Section 7, the Legislature shall\nenact statutes, within the general intent of this Article to\neffect an orderly reduction of total tax burdens without\nshifting costs to local government, to permit:\n(1) Maximum Property Tax Rates to be increased or decreased\nto reflect cost variations due to cost-of-living or popu-\nlation changes not offset by assessed valuation changes\nor to allow for other special circumstances creating\nhardship for individual Local Entities.\n(2) Maximum Property Tax Rates to be increased or decreased\nwhen authorized by the electorate of the Local Entity, or\nif there is no electorate, then as provided by the\nLegislature;\n(3) Maximum Property Tax Rates to be increased by a four-\nfifths vote of the governing board of a Local Entity, to\nsecure revenue to defray the costs of an Emergency\nSituation affecting the Local Entity, but any such increase\nshall not remain in effect for more than two years, unless\nits continuation is approved by the Local Entity's electorate.\n(c) All taxable property, except personal property epecially class-\nified for the purpose of assessment and taxation pursuant to the\nprovisions of Section 14 of Article XIII of this Constitution, shall\nbe assessed at a uniform percentage of full value established by\nthe Legislature. If that percentage is any figure other than twenty\nfive, the maximum rates prescribed in paragraph (a) shall be con-\nverted into new maximums by multiplying them by twenty-five and\ndividing them by the new assessment percentage. Full value, as\nused herein, means fair market value or such other standard of\nvalue as is required or authorized under this Constitution.\nSection 8. Protection of Local Entities and School Districts from\nState-Imposed Costs.\n(a)\nAfter the effective date of this Article, no new program, or\nincrease in level of service under an existing program, shall\nbe mandated to Local Entities or School Districts by the State\nuntil an appropriation has been made to pay to the Local\nEntities or School Districts the costs of the mandated program\nor service, but no appropriation for payments to Local Entities\nshall be required if such program or increase in level of\nservice under a program is determined by the Legislature to\nbe applicable generally to private entities OF individuals, as\nwell as to Local Entities.\n(b)\nThe Legislature shall enact statutes to establish procedures\nfor implementing this Section consistent with the following\nprinciples and directives:\n(1)\nThe performance of functions or services not being\nperformed prior to a mandate to the Local Entity or\nSchool District shall be considered a new program or\nincrease in level of service;\n(2)\nThe increased workload under an existing program or\nthe definition of a new crime by statute shall not be\nconsidered a mandated new program or a mandated increased\nlevel of service.\nSection 9. Local Assistance.\n(a)\nIf the State reduces local property tax relief by decreasing\nthe specific unit amount, rate or percentage established by\nstatute for payments made under formula to Local Entities\nor School Districts from that in effect upon the effective\ndate of this Article, the State Tax Revenue Limit shall be\ndecreased by an amount equivalent to the decrease in pay-\nments.\n(b)\nThe adjustment to the State Tax Revenue Limit required by\nthis Section shall be made in the first fiscal year of the\ndecrease of payment described in subsection (a). Such\nadjustment shall remain in effect for each subsequent\nfiscal year.\nSec on 10. Adjustment for Intergovernmental Transfers.\n'o maintain a balance between the tax burden and the cost of specific\ngovernment programs at the State and local level, and to further ac-\ncomplish the purposes of this Article; the Legislature shall enact\nstatutes consistent with the following principles and directives:\n(a)\nIf the Legislature enacts a specific property tax relief\nmeasure or if, by the order of any court, the costs of a\nprogram are transferred from Local Entities or School Districts\nto the State, the State Tax Revenue Limit may be increased,\nproviding the Maximum Property Tax Rates of an affected\nLocal Entity or existing tax rates of an affected School\nDistrict are commensurately decreased.\n(b)\nIf the costs of a program are transferred from the State or\nLocal Entities or School Districts to the Federal Government,\nthe State Revenue Limit and/or Maximum Tax Rates of affected\nLocal Entities or School Districts shall be commensurately\ndecreased.\n(c)\nIf the costs of a program are transferred to or imposed on\nexisting or newly created Local Entities by Federal law or\nthe order of any court, the Maximum Property Tax Rates of\nan affected Local Entity may be commensurately increased\npursuant to such specific conditions of State approval in\neach case as the Legislature may impose.\n(d)\nIf the costs of a program are transferred between existing or\nnewly created Local Entities or School Districts, the Maximum\nProperty Tax Rates of each shall be commensurately adjusted.\n(e)\nThe adjustments of the State Tax Revenue Limit and of Maximum\nProperty Tax Rates required by this Section shall be made in the\nfirst fiscal year of transfer or operation. Such adjustment shall\nremain in effect for each subsequent fiscal year.\nction 11. Economic Estimates Commission:\n(a)\nThere shall be an Economic Estimates Commission consisting\nof the State Controller; the Director of the Department of\nFinance or an appointee of the Governor as designated by\nhim; and a designee appointed by the Legislature who is not\na member of the Legislature, selected in a manner provided\nby the Joint Rules of the Legislature. The Commission shall\nact by a vote of two-thirds of its membership. The Commis-\nsion Chairman shall be designated by the Governor.\n(b)\nThe Commission shall determine and publish, prior to April 1\nof each year, the State Tax Revenue Limit for the following\nfiscal year by making and publishing all necessary estimates\nand calculations as provided in this Article. If this Amend-\nment is not effective prior to April 1, 1974, the Commission\nshall determine the State Tax Revenue Limit for fiscal year\n1974-75 as soon after enactment as it can act. If it does\nnot act prior to July 1, 1974, the State Tax Revenue Limit\nfor fiscal year 1974-75 shall be the amount of the State Tax\nRevenue as here defined for fiscal year 1973-74. The Com-\nmission shall also determine and publish such estimates of the\nState Tax Revenue Limit as are necessary for the orderly and\nproper development of State Budgets. If the Commission does\nnot act to determine the State Tax Revenue Limit before July 1\nof a fiscal year, the State Tax Revenue Limit for that fiscal\nyear shall remain the same as for the previous fiscal year.\nSec on 12: Computation of State Tax Revenue Limit.\n(a)\nThe State Tax Revenue Limit for a fiscal year shall be\ncomputed as the dollar sum of\n(1)\nthe greater of the following:\n(i)\nthe dollar amount derived by multiplying together\nthe State Tax Revenue Limit Income Quotient for\nthe specified fiscal year and the State Personal\nIncome for the calendar year in which the speci-\nfied fiscal year commences; or\n(ii)\nthe dollar amount derived by multiplying together\nthe State Tax Revenue Limit Population-Inflation\nQuotient, the State Population for the calendar\nyear in which the specified fiscal year commences\nand the Consumer Price Index; plus\n(2)\nthe dollar amount increase or decrease to the State Tax\nRevenue Limit authorized for that fiscal year pursuant\nto Sections 5, 9 and 10 of this Article.\n(b)\nBeginning with the fiscal year 1989-90, the Legislature, by\nstatute passed by roll-call vote entered in the journal, two-\nthirds of the membership of each house concurring, may terminate\nfurther reduction in the State Tax Revenue Limit Income Quotient.\nThereafter, the State Tax Revenue Limit shall be maintained\nat the level rea ched in the fiscal year in which such statute\nis enacted, provided that annual reductions may be reinstated\nby statute passed by roll-call vote, two-thirds of the member-\nship of each house concurring.\n(c)\nIf the series, in terms of which the Consumer Price Index,\nState Personal Income and State Population, as defined in\nSection 16 of this Article, are recomputed by or succeeded by\nnew series reported by the United States Department of\nCommerce or the United States Department of Labor or a\nsuccessor agency of the United States Government, the State\nTax Revenue Limit Income Quotient or State Tax Revenue Limit\nPopulation-Inflation Quotient shall be re-derived as appropriate,\nand the re-derived quotient shall be used in computing the State\nTax Revenue Limit for the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year\nin which the quotient was re-derived.\nSection 13. Bonds and Pensions.\n(a)\nState Bonds. Nothing herein contained shall limit the taxes\nlevied or otherwise to be levied for the payment or discharge\nof any indebtedness of the State and the interest thereon\nheretofore or hereafter authorized by vote of the electors, or\nState notes or other securities issued in anticipation of the\ncollection of taxes, and all bonds or other indebtedness of\nthe State shall be payable from taxes of any kind or character\nwhich may be levied by the State without limitation of rate\nor amount\n(b)\nLocal Entity Bonds. Nothing. herein contained shall limit any\nindebtedness or liability of local entities which has been duly\nauthorized by a vote of not less than a majority of the electors\nvoting at an election duly called and held for that purpose.\nAll taxes or assessments required to be levied or collected\nfor the payment of indebtedness so incurred may be levied\nupon all property subject to taxation or special assessment\nby the local agency without limit as to rate or amount, and\nthe Maximum Property Tax Rates applicable herein shall not\napply to the payment of indebtedness so incurred. The\nMaximum Property Tax Rates applicable to local entities\nshall not be applicable to obligations to levy taxes under the\nImprovement Bond Act of 1915, or of a local entity to levy and\ncollect taxes to pay for local entity retirement and pension\nbenefits pursuant to laws which have been, or may in the\nfuture be, approved by the voters.\nSection 14. Severability.\nIf any portion, section or clause of this Article, or the application\nthereof to any person or circumstance, shall, for any reason, be\ndeclared unconstitutional or held invalid or deemed unenforceable\nfor any reason, the remaining portions of this Article and the appli-\ncation of such portions to other persons or circumstances, shall not\nbe affected thereby.\n15. Implementing Statutes.\n(a)\nThe Legislature shall, by statute, establish procedures for\nelections required by this Article and shall enact any stat-\nutes necessary to carry out the provisions of this Article.\n(b)\nThe Legislature, by statute, may provide the manner of\nallocation and the fund or funds from which transfers to\nthe Tax Surplus Fund as established by Section 2 (b) of\nthis Article shall be made, unless this Constitution makes\nspecific provision for use of a designated fund,\nlection 16. Definitions.\n(a)\nCONSUMER PRICE INDEX means the number reported as the\nConsumer Price Index for the United States (Base Year 1967\n= 100) by the United States Department of Labor, or successor\nagency of the United States Government, in its most current\nofficial publication.\n(b)\nEMERGENCY SITUATION means an extraordinary occurrence\nrequiring unanticipated and immediate expenditures to\npreserve the health and safety of the people.\n(c)\nEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUNDS means the Unemployment Fund,\nUnemployment Administration Fund, Unemployment Compen-\nsation Disability Fund, Old Age and Survivors Insurance\nRevolving Fund, Uninsured Employers Fund\n, State Com-\npensation Insurance Fund, State Employees Contingency\nReserve Fund; and the Public Employees Retirement Fund,\nTeachers Retirement Fund, Judges Retirement Fund, Legis-\nlators Retirement Fund and other similar retirement funds.\nESTIMATED STATE TAX REVENUES means the dollar amount\nof State Tax Revenues as estimated by the Economic Estimates\nCommission.\n(e)\nEXCLUDED STATE REVENUES means\n(1)\nThe following receipts:\n(i)\nintergovernmental transfer payments;\n(ii)\ncontributions and deposits to, receipts of,\nincome of and proceeds of capital transactions\nof Employment Trust Funds;\n(iii) revenue derived from a specific tax levied as\npermitted in Section 6 to the extent such revenue\nis used to meet an Emergency Situation;\n(iv)\nproceeds from the sale or issuance of State bonds\nor notes;\n(v)\ngrants and contract income for sponsored projects\nor sponsored research;\n(vi)\ninternal fund transfers such as inter-fund or inter-\nagency transfers, revenue, reimbursements, abate-\nments, advances, loans, repayment of loans;\n(vii) proceeds from the sale of investments and the\nredemption of matured securities;\n(viii) proceeds from the sale of real and personal property;\n(ix)\ngifts, donations, bequests to the State;\n(x)\nendowment income;\n(xi)\nService fees and charges for projects where\noperation or construction is financed by\nbonds secured by the revenue from such\nprojects.\n(2)\nThe following fees:\n(i)\nproceeds from the activities of the University of\nCalifornia and the State University and College\nsystem, including, but not limited to, student\ntuition and fees and post-secondary education\nincome derived from housing, parking, food ser-\nvice, book stores or similar enterprises;\n(ii)\nhunting and fishing licenses, other than commer-\ncial hunting and fishing licenses;\n(iii) service or use fees levied by the Department of\nParks and Recreation;\n(iv)\nincome from environmental license plates;\n(v)\nrevenue derived from State-owned parking lots\nand garages;\n(3)\nFees which meet all of the following criteria:\n(i)\nthe service or product for which the fee is paid\nis generally available from a non-State source,\nor the fee is collected solely to regulate a non-\ncommercial, non-professional, non-criminal\nactivity other than those referred to in Article XXVI;\n(ii) the fee collected is used to defray all or part of\nthe costs of the State in providing the service;\n(iii) the payer of the fee receives the benefit derived\nfrom payment of the fee; and\n(iv)\nare designated by statute as Excluded State Revenues.\n(f)\nEXPENDITURE. As used herein, an expenditure occurs at the\ntime and to the extent that a valid obligation against an appro-\npriation is created. For the purpose of capital outlay in\nconnection with this Article, a valid obligation shall be\nconsidered to have been incurred when the Legislature\nappropriates the funds.\n(g)\nINTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER PAYMENTS means dollar amounts\nreceived by the State of California from the Federal Government\nor any local entity except those taxes, fees and penalties im-\nposed by the State and collected by the Local Entity for the State.\n(h)\nLOCAL ENTITY means any city, chartered city, chartered county,\nchartered city and county, county, city and county, taxing zone,\nspecial district or other unit of government encompassing an area\nless than the entire State, or any Statewide district, or any\ncombination thereof in existence on the effective date of this\nArticle or any such entity established thereafter which is\nsupported, in whole or in part, by ad valorem property taxes\nor which has the power to levy ad valorem property taxes or\nad valorem special assessments. Local Entity does not\ninclude a School District.\n(i)\nMAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RATES means the property tax rate\nor rates and ad valorem special assessment rate or rates for\nany Local Entity.\n(j)\nSCHOOL DISTRICTS means the entities specified as parts\nof the Public School System in Article IX, Section 6, of\nthis Constitution.\n(k)\nSTATE PERSONAL INCOME means the estimate made by the\nEconomic Estimates Commission of the dollar amount that\nwill be reported as Total Income by Persons for the State of\nCalifornia for the specified calendar year by the United\nStates Department of Commerce or successor agency in its\nofficial publications.\n(1)\nSTATE POPULATION means the estimate made by the Economic\nEstimates Commission of the number that will be reported as\nTotal Population of the State of California as of April 1 of\nthe specified calendar year by the United States Department\nof Commerce or successor agency in its official publications.\n(m)\nSTATE TAX REVENUE means the revenue of the State from every\ntax, fee, penalty, receipt and other monetary extraction,\ninterest in connection therewith, and any transfer out of the\nTax Surplus Fund other than for direct tax refund. Excluded\nState Revenues are not part of State Tax Revenues.\n(n)\nSTATE TAX REVENUE LIMIT INCOME QUOTIENT means:\n(1)\nfor the fiscal year 1974-75, the number derived by\n(i)\ndividing the sum of Estimated State Tax Revenues\nfor the fiscal year 1973-74 by the State Personal\nIncome for the calendar year 1973, and\n(ii)\nsubtracting 001.\n(2)\nfor each fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year 1974-75,\nthe number derived by\n(i)\ndividing the State Tax Revenue Limit for the\nprevious fiscal year by the State Personal Income\nfor the previous calendar year and\n(ii)\nsubtracting 0.001.\n(o)\nSTATE TAX REVENUE LIMIT POPULATION-INFLATION QUOTIENT\nmeans the number derived by dividing:\n(1)\nthe Estimated State Revenue for the fiscal year 1973-\n74 by\n(2)\nthe State Population for the calendar year 1973 as\nmultiplied by the Consumer Price Index available to\nthe Economic Estimates Commission at the time it\ncomputes the State Tax Revenue Limit for fiscal year\n1974-75.\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R( LD REAGAN\nRELEA\nImmediate\nSacramento; California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-22-73\n#165\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the names of his five\nappointees to the newly-created State Solid Waste Management Board. The\nboard, which will come into being on May 1, 1973, was created by SB-5\n(Nejedly, R-Contra Costa) in 1972.\nAppointed by Governor Reagan to the seven-man board are Los Angeles\nCity Councilman Robert R. Wilkinson, Contra Costa County Supervisor\nAlfred M. Dias, Orange County Supervisor David L. Baker, Gardena\nbusinessman Hacob Shirvanian, and San Francisco businessman John P.\nMoscone.\nThe other two members of the boa will be appointed by the Senate\nRules Committe and the Speaker of the Assembly.\nThe board will develop and maintain the state-wide policy for solid\nwaste management and the State Solid Waste Resources Recovery Program.\nLocal government, however, will still be primarily responsible for solid\nwaste management and planning.\nWilkinson, who is serving his third four-year term on the Los Angele\nCity Council, is a 1947 graduate of the University of Southern Californ ia\nwith a degree in Industrial Engineering. The 51-year-old Republican is\nmarried and has been a valley resident since 1936.\nDias, 53, a Democrat, was first elected to the Contra Costa board\nof supervisors in 1964. He was board chairman in 1968 and is currently\nserving as chairman. He is a member of the executive committee of the\nAssociation of Bay Area Governments and serves on the Contra Costa County\nCriminal Justice Commission. He is married and the father of two children\nBaker, 53, has served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors for\nen years. He was chairman of the State Environmental Study Council and\nhas served on national commissions dealing with urban problems, land use,\nand solid waste. He is past president and is now a member of the\nexecutive committee of the Southern California Association of Governments\nand a past president of the Southern California Regional Association of\nSupervisors. He is married and the father of three children. He is a\nRepublican.\nShirvanian, 49, a Republican, is the vice president and general\nmanager of the Western Refuse Hauling, Inc., in Gardena. A native of\nPersia, Iran, he served as a translator for the U.S. Armed Forces during\nWorld War II. He came to the U.S. in 1956, became a naturalized citizen,\nand joined his brother in the solid waste disposal business. He is\nmarried and has two children.\n-1-\n#165\nJohn P. Moscone, 61, a Republican, is the president and chief\nexecutive officer of the Golden Gate Disposal Company. He is past\npresident of the California Refuse Removal Council. The native San\nFranciscan is a graduate of Galileo High School and San Mateo Junior\nCollege. He is a widower and his one son is a Deputy City Attorney in\nSan Francisco.\nEx-officio and non-voting members of the board will be the state\ndirector of Public Health, the director of the Department of Agriculture,\nand the chief of the Division of Mines and Geology of the Department of\nConservation.\nThe terms of the voting members will be four years, beginning on\nMay 1, 1973. However. the original members appointed must classify\nthemselves by lot so that the term of two members will expire on May\n1, 1975, the term of the two other members will expire on May 1, 1976,\nand the term of three members shall expire on May 1, 1977.\nBoard members will receive $100 per day while on official duty plus\ntravel expenses.\nThe appointments require Senate confirmation.\n######\n-2-\nAppointees' addresses are:\nRobert W. Wilkinson\nHacob Shirvanian\n17319 Rayen\n3430 Lambeth\nNorthridge, California 91324\nLos Angeles, California 90027\nAlfred M. Dias\nJohn P. Moscone\n2433 Market Street\n3459 Divisadero Street\nSan Pablo, California 94806\nSan Francisco, California\nDavid L. Baker\n9452 Royal Palm Boulevard\nGarden Grove, California 92641\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-22-73\n#166\nThe first official meeting of the California Pollution Control\nFinancing Authority will be held on March 30, 1973 at 10:00 a.m., it\nwas announced today by Verne Orr, Director of Finance, Orr, who was\nnamed by statute as temporary head of the Authority, said the first\nmeeting will be held in Room 6028 of the State Capitol.\nInterested persons are invited to attend the meeting, although Orr\ncautioned that this will be only the first official meeting of the\nAuthority and that no applications will be accepted. \"Much work needs\nto be done on staffing and the preparation of guidelines before the\nAuthority will be in a position to accept applications, \" he said.\nHowever, an invitation will be extended at the meeting for all\ninterested parties to file their names and mailing addresses in order to\nbe advised of subsequent Authority meetings. Once the Authority has\nestablished a regular meeting date, it is not expected that individual\nnotices will be sent out.\n######\nGray\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROL LD REAGAN RELEASE: Imme ate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-22-73\n#167\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nHugh S. Koford of Castro Valley as judge of the Alameda County Superior\nCourt.\nKoford, a 53 year-old Republican, replaces Judge Folger\nEmerson of Oakland who has retired.\nA native of Oakland, Koford is the son of the late Joseph\nS. Koford, who was an Alameda County Superior Court judge from 1917-27\nand was later appointed the first presiding justice of the First District\nCourt of Appeal in San Francisco. Justice Koford died in 1930.\nHugh Koford graduated from the University of California at\nBerkeley in 1941 with an AB degree in economics. He received his law\ndegree in 1949 from the University's Boalt Hall. He has been in private\npractice since 1950.\nA member of various law organizations, Koford is also a\nmember of the Sierra Club, the Castro Valley Taxpayers' Associa tion,\nthe East Bay Lutheran Hospital Association, and the San Francisco Boy\nScout Council.\nKoford will receive an annual salary of $36,393.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ\n95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-23-73\n#168\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nMarch 26, 1973\nthrough\nApril 1, 1973\nMonday, March 26\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight Sacramento\nTuesday, March 27\n10:30 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOvernight - - Los Angeles\nWednesday, March 28\n6:00 p.m.\nPOW Dinner at Justin Dart Residence,\n444 North Faring Road, Los Angeles\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nThursday, March 29\nNoon\nAmerican Textile Manufacturers Institute,\nFairmont Hotel, San Francisco. Speech.\nDepart SFO for New Orleans\nOvernight - New Orleans\nFriday, March 30\n1:00 p.m.\nTulane University \"Direction '73\" Speakers Program.\nGovernor to address student body.\nDepart for Atlanta\n7:00 p.m.\nGeorgia State GOP Fund Raiser. Speech.\nOvernight - Atlanta\nSaturday, March 31\nMorning\nDepart for Washington, D.C.\nNoon\nNational Federation of Young Republicans luncheon--\nleadership meeting, Washington, D.C. Speech.\nDepart for LAX\n8:00 p.m.\nJohn Ford Dinner, Beverly Hilton Hotel\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, April 1\n7:00 p.m.\nVIVA-POW Reception and Dinner, Beverly Wilshire\nHotel.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR BONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, Califor a 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-23-73\n#169\nGovernor Ronald Reagan's drive for a public referendum on his\nrevenue control and tax reduction plan got off to a fast start today\nwhen the chairman of the \"Californians for Lower Taxes\" committee sent\nthe measure to the Attorney General for \"Titling' the first step on\nthe long road toward a vote of the people this fall.\nDr. Norman Topping, president emeritus of the University of Souther\nCalifornia and the committee chairman, presented the measure to\nAttorney General Evelle Younger this afternoon for the formal summary\nrequired before the petitions can be printed and circulated for\nsignatures.\nThe final version, which will be on the petitions, differs\nslightly from the precise constitutional amendment introduced in the\nlegislature yesterday by Senator Robert J. Lagomarsino (R-Ojai).\nIt exempts single persons with adjusted gross income of less\nthan $4,000 per year, and families with adjusted gross income of less\nthan $8,000, from any state income tax liability. This provision was\nnot included in the measure introduced yesterday.\nThe initiative also provides that the state shall bear the expense\nof any statewide election required to implement the provisions of the\nReagan amendment.\n#######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\n95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571 3-26-73\n#170\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation to replace the\npossible loss of federal funds to support child care programs in\nCalifornia during the remainder of the state's 1972-73 fiscal year.\nThe bill, AB 387, introduced by Assembly Speaker Bob Moretti,\nappropriates $8,806,500 to the state Department of Education. The funds\nare to be used only in the event that federal social service matching\nfunds become unavailable under new federal regulations.\n\"Although I am pleased to sign this bill, = Governor Reagan said,\n\"I am hopeful that it will not be necessary. We are presently working\nwith Department of Health, Education and Welfare officials in Washington\nto clarify the new regulations. If those talks are successful this\nlegislation will not be needed.\"\nThe purpose of the bill is to continue child care programs in\nCalifornia at the support levels which existed on February 15, 1973,\nthe date that new federal social service regulations were announced.\nThe measure, which contains an urgency clause, became law with\nthe governor's signature.\n########\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nMEMO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ 1 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\nGovernor and Mrs. Ronald Reagan will host 46 former prisoners of\nthe Vietnam War at a private dinner on Wednesday, March 28, at 444 Faring\nRoad, Los Angeles.\nThe Justin Dart residence will be used instead of the Reagan\nresidence because of the large number of guests (total 105).\nThe former prisoners, their vives, dates or quests, are expected\nto arrive at the residence between 5:45 and 6:30 p.m.\nBecause the dinner is private, no press will be permitted inside\nthe residence. However, because of the general interest in the former\nprisoners' activities, reporters, photographers and cameramen may\nwitness and record their arrival.\nRudy Garcia, assistant press secretary to Governor Reagan, and\nNancy Reynolds, special assistant to the governor, will be available to\nanswer press queries.\nThumbnail sketches of the former prisoners attending the dinner will\nbe available.\n######\nGarcia\nPOW RETURNEES ATTENDING\nGOVERNOR AND MRS. REAGAN'S RECEPTION\nMARCH 28, 1973\nBRANCH OF\nWIFE OR\nNAME AND GRADE\nSERVICE\nGUEST'S NAME\nABBOTT, Wilfred K. - Major\nAir Force\nSharon (Wife)\nADKINS, Clodeon\nCivilian\nMargaret (Wife)\nBALDOCK, Frederick C. - Lieutenant Commander Navy\nMother and Father\nand Guest\nBARNETT, Robert W. - Lieutenant Colonel\nAir Force\nAnita (Wife)\nBOMAR, Jack W. - Lieutenant Colonel\nAir Force\nRuth (Wife)\nBRAZELTON, Michael - Captain\nAir Force\nGuest\nBURNS, John D. - Commander\nNavy\nDeborah (Wife)\nDAY, George E. - Colonel\nAir Force\nDoris (Wife)\nCRAYTON, Render - Commander\nNavy\nPatsy (Wife)\nDONALD, Myron L. - Captain\nAir Force\nSusan (Wife)\nDRISCOLL, Jerry - Captain\nAir Force\nGuest\nDUTTON, Richard A. - Colonel\nAir Force\nJean (Wife)\nFER, John - Captain\nAir Force\nGuest (Mother)\nFONG, George - Colonel *\nAir Force\nFrances (Wife)\nFRANKE, Fred A.W. - Captain\nNavy\nJackie (Wife)\nGILLESPIE, Charles R. - Captain\nNavy\nHelen (Wife)\nGUTTERSEN, Laird - Colonel\nAir Force\nVirginia (Wife)\nHAINES, Collins H. - Commander\nNavy\nRosalie (Wife)\nHUTTON, James L. - Commander\nNavy\nGuest\nJAMES, Gobel D. - Major\nAir Force\nBetty (Wife)\nJENKINS, Harry T. - Captain\nNavy\nMarjorie (Wife)\nRECEPTION - 28 MARC 1973\nCONTINUED\nBRANCH OF\nWIFE OR\nNAME AND GRADE\nSERVICE\nGUEST'S NAME\nJENSEN, Jay R. - Major\nAir Force\nGuest\nLASITER, Carl W. - Major\nAir Force\nEleanor (Wife)\nLUNA, Jose D. - Captain\nAir Force\nGuest\nLURIE, Alan P. - Lieutenant Colonel\nAir Force\nMary (Wife)\nMARTIN, Edward H. - Commander\nNavy\nSharron (Wife)\nMC GRATH, John M. - Lieutenant Commander\nNavy\nMarlene (Wife)\nMCSWAIN, George P. - Lieutenant\nNavy\nAlone\nMERRITT, Raymond J. - Colonel\nAir Force\nGuest\nMOORE, Dennis A. - Lieutenant Commander\nNavy\nGuest\nMULLEN, Richard D. - Commander\nNavy\nJean (Wife)\nNASMYTH, John H. Jr. - Captain\nAir Force\nAlone\nOSBORNE, Dale H. - Commander\nNavy\nGuest\nPYLE, Darrel E. - Captain\nAir Force\nElaine (Wife)\nREHMANN, David G. - Lieutenant\nNavy\nGuest\nRUTLEDGE, Howard E. - Captain\nNavy\nPhyliss (Wife)\nSCHULZ, Paul H. - Commander\nNavy\nMary (Wife)\nROLLINS, David J. - Lieutenant Commander\nNavy\nConnie (Wife)\nSHATTUCK, Lewis W. Lieutenant Colonel\nAir Force\nGuest\nSHUMAKER, Robert H. - Commander\nNavy\nLorraine (Wife)\nSMITH, Bob - Colonel*\nAir Force\nBeverly (Wife)\nSMITH, Fred - Lieutenant Commander*\nNavy\nBetty (Wife)\nSMITH, Richard E., Jr. - Major\nAir Force\nRae (Wife)\nSTAVAST, John E. - Colonel\nAir Force\nShirley (Wife)\nSULLIVAN, Dwight E. - Lieutenant Colonel\nAir Force\nKay (Wife)\nSTARK, William R. - Commander\nNavy\nShirley (Wife)\nand daughter\nRECEPTION - 28 MARCH 1973\nCONTINUED\nBRANCH OF\nWIFE OR\nNAME AND GRADE\nSERVICE\nGUEST'S NAME\nSTOCKDALE, James B. - Captain\nNavy\nSybil (Wife)\nTYLER, Charles R. - Major\nAir Force\nJoyce (Wife)\nVAN LOAN, Jack L. - Lieutenant Colonel\nAir Force\nVerna (Wife)\n*POW RETURNEE HOSPITAL COORDINATORS; NOT RETURNEES\nPAO 2-21-14\nMAJOR ABBOTT\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Major Wilfred K. Abbott, 36, was a\nprisoner of the North Vietnamese for over six years.\nMajor Abbott will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical\nFacility where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if\nnecessary, and reorientation.\nThe Major was listed as missing in action on September 5,\n1966, the day before his 30th birthday. He was captured and\ninterned by the North Vietnamese after his F-8E aircraft was\nstruck by hostile fire while flying a combat mission over North\nVietnam. The Major was an exchange pilot with the U. S. Navy\nat the U. S. Naval Air Station, Miramar, Calif. and was on\ntemporary duty in Southeast Asia when shot down.\nBorn in Lancaster, Calif., the Major attended Pasadena City\nCollege. He entered the Air Force in January 1957 and served in\nnumerous assignments prior to the move to SEA.\nMajor Abbott's wife, Sharon E., and sons, Michael K., age 12,\nand Steven W., 11, have been notified of his scheduled return.\nThey reside in San Diego.\nLIEUTENANT COMMANDER FREDERICK C. BALDOCK, JR., UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE\n(File No. 666620) (Pilot)\nFrederick Charles Baldock, Jr. was shot down on March 17, 1966, while\npiloting an A-4 (Skyhawk) on a strike mission over North Vietnam. He was\nassigned to Attack Squadron NINETY-FOUR, operating from the USS ENTERPRISE\n(CVA (N)-65).\nHe was born on May 10, 1939, in Dayton, Ohio, and attended Pennsylvania\nState University, University Park, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Navy\nin 1960, entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program, and was commissioned\nEnsign in 1962. Attack Squadron NINETY-FOUR was his first duty assignment.\nLieutenant Commander Baldock is single, the son of Mr. and Mrs.\nFrederick Charles Baldock, Sr. of San Marcos, California. His home of\nrecord is San Diego, California.\nPAO 2-21-15\nLT COL BARNETT\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Barnett,\n44, was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over five years.\nColonel Barnett will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe colonel was listed as missing in action on October 3, 1967,\nnine days prior to his 39th birthday. He was captured and\ninterned by the North Vietnamese after his F-105 aircraft was\nstruck by hostile fire while flying a combat mission over North\nVietnam. He was assigned at Korat AB, Thailand at the time.\nBorn in Los Angeles, the colonel attended the University of\nSouthern California, Los Angeles, and received a B.S. degree in\n1953. He entered the Air Force in August 1953 and served in a\nnumber of assignments prior to his July 3, 1967 assignment to\nSEA.\nColonel Barnett's wife, Anita A., and daughter, Lori D., age\n12, have been notified of his scheduled return. They reside in\nHawthorne, Calif.\nPAO 2-21-17\nLT COL BOMAR\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Lieutenant Colonel Jack W. Bomar,\n46, was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over six years.\nColonel Bomar will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe colonel was listed as missing in action on February 4, 1967.\nHe was captured and interned by the North Vietnamese after his\nEB-66C aircraft was struck by hostile fire while flying a combat\nmission over North Vietnam. He was assigned to Takhli AB,\nThailand at the time.\nBorn in Flint, Mich., he attended Parsons College, Fairfield,\nIowa and graduated with a B.S. degree in 1949. He entered the\nAir Force in September 1951 and served in a number of assignments\nuntil assignment to SEA in December 1966.\nColonel Bomar's wife, Ruth L., and four sons, Michael W., 17;\nSamuel J., 16; Mark S., 15, and William B., 9, have been notified\nof his scheduled return. They reside in Mesa, Ariz.\n-30-\nPAO 2-22-19\nCAPT BRAZELTON\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Captain Michael L. Brazelton, 30,\nwas a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over six years.\nCaptain Brazelton will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif.,\nand will be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical\nFacility where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if\nnecessary, and reorientation.\nThe captain was listed as missing in action on August 7, 1966\nwhen his F-105 aircraft was struck by hostile fire while flying a\ncombat mission over North Vietnam. He was subsequently captured\nand interned by the North Vietnamese. He was flying out of\nTakhli AB, Thailand when he was shot down.\nBorn in Los Angeles, March 19, 1942, he attended Northrop\nInstitute of Technology, Inglewood, Calif. and received a B.S.\ndegree in 1963. He entered the Air Forceon February 14, 1964 and\nserved numerous assignments prior to his January 29, 1966\nassignment to Takhli.\nCaptain Brazelton is single, however his mother Mrs.\nDorothy A. Brazelton, Torrance, and father Mr. Warren L.\nBrazelton, Seal Beach, have been notified of his scheduled return.\nThe Brazeltons have divorced since the captain's capture and Mr.\nBrazelton has remarried.\n-30-\nCOMMANDER JOHN D. BURNS,\nUNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 613414) (Pilot)\nJohn Douglass Burns was shot down on October 4, 1966, on a\ncombat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an A-4\n(Skyhawk) of Attack Squadron TWENTY-TWO, operating from the\nUSS CORAL SEA (CVA-63).\nCommander Burns was born February 16, 1935, in Philadelphia,\nPennsylvania. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and was\ncommissioned Ensign in 1957. Among his duty assignments were\nthe Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland, and Scouting\nSquadrons in Norfolk, Virginia.\nCommander Burns' wife, Deborah, and sons, Douglass and Steven,\nand daughter, Linda, live in San Diego, California. His mother,\nMrs. Pauline R. Burns, lives in Paoli, Pennsylvania. Commander\nBurns' home of record is Pensacola, Florida.\nCOMMANDER RENDER CRAYTON, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 529039) (Pilot)\nRender Crayton was shot down on February 7, 1966, while on\na strike mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an A-4 (SKyhawk)\nof Attack Squadron FIFTY-SIX, operating from the USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14).\nCommander Crayton was born on January 29, 1933, in Charlotte,\nNorth Carloina, He received a bachelor's degree in textile engineering\nfrom the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia in 1954,\nand was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps\nprogram there. He served in squadrons at Jacksonville, Florida; Corpus\nChristi, Texas; and Kingsville, Texas; and aboard the USS INDEPENDENCE\n(CVA-62). He also attended Del Mar College at Corpus Christi in 1960-61.\nHis wife, Patsy, lives in La Jolla, California. His mother, Mrs.\nMary Jane Crayton, lives in La Grange, Georgia, which is Commander\nCrayton's home of record.\nPAO 2-22-24\nCOL DAY\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Colonel George E. Day, who was 48 on\nFebruary 24, was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over five years.\nColonel Day will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and will be\nadmitted on \"in-patient\" status at the USAF Regional Hospital where he\nwill undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary, and reorientation.\nThe colonel was listed as missing in action on August 26, 1967 when\nhis F-100F aircraft was struck by antiaircraft fire. He was flying as rear\nseat pilot on a visual reconnaissance mission just north of the Demilitarized\nZone in North Vietnam from Phu Cat AB, Vietnam. He was subsequently\ncaptured and interned by the North Vietnamese.\nBorn in Sioux City, Iowa, February 24, 1925, he attended the University\nof South Dakota, receiving an LLB degree in 1949. He entered the Air\nForce on March 15, 1951 and served in numerous assignments until his\nassignment to Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam on March 27, 1967. He was on\ntemporary duty to Phu Cat when shot down.\nColonel Day's wife, Doris M., and four children, have been notified of\nhis scheduled return.. The children are: Steven M., age 17; George E., 10\n(as of Feb. 28); Sandra M. and Sonja M., twins, 8. The family has been\nresiding in Glendale, Ariz.\n-30-\nPAO 2-22-25\nCAPT DONALD\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Captain Myron L. Donald, 29, was a\nprisoner of the North Vietnamese for over five years.\nCaptain Donald will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe captain was listed as missing in action on February 23, 1968.\nHe was captured and interned by the North Vietnamese when his F-4D\nwas hit by an air-to-air missile fired by a Mig-21. He was on a\ncombat mission over North Vietnam flown from Ubon AB, Thailand.\nBorn in Auburn, N. .Y., May 20, 1943, he is a graduate of the U.S.\nAir Force Academy, class of 1965. He entered the Air Force on\nJune 9, 1965 and completed pilot training at Craig AFB, Ala. He\nserved there as a fighter pilot until his assignment to SEA on\nSeptember 11.\nCaptain Donald's wife, Susan D., and son, Lance S., age 7, have\nbeen notified of his scheduled return. They have been residing in\nTucson, Ariz.\n-30-\nPAO 2-15-7\nCAPT DRISCOLL\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFORMATION)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF., 16 Feb -- Captain Jerry D. Driscoll, who\nwill be 32 on Feb. 21, was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for\nover six years.\nCaptain Driscoll will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif.,\nand is being admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical\nFacility where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if\nnecessary, and reorientation.\nThe captain was listed as missing in action on April 24, 1966\nafter his F-105 aircraft was struck by antiaircraft fire on a combat\nmission over North Vietnam. He was subsequently captured and interned\nby the North Vietnamese.\nBorn in Chicago, the captain is a class of 1963 graduate of the\nUSAF Academy. He completed pilot training at Craig AFB, Ala., and\ncombat crew training at Nellis AFB, Nev. His first operational\nassignment was at McConnell AFB, Kan. where he spent approximately\nthree months just prior to assignment to Korat AB, Thailand on\nNov. 10, 1965. He was flying out of Korat when shot down.\nCaptain Driscoll is single and his mother, Ms Anne S. Driscoll,\nHinsdale, I11., has been notified of his return home.\n-30-\nPAO 2-22-26\nLT COL DUTTON\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Colonel Richard A. Dutton, 41, was a\nprisoner of the North Vietnamese for over five years.\nColonel Dutton will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe colonel was listed as missing in action on November 5, 1967.\nHe was subsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese\nafter his F-105 aircraft was struck by hostile fire while flying a\ncombat mission over North Vietnam. The mission was flown from\nTahkli AB, Thailand.\nBorn in Chicago, Ill., he attended Georgia Institute of Technology,\nAtlanta, Ga., receiving a BIE degree in 1951. He entered the Air Force\nin June 1951, and served in a number of Air Force assignments before\nhis assignment to SEA, Takhli AB, on October 2, 1967.\nColonel Dutton's wife, Jean C., and two children have been notified\nof his scheduled return. The children, Diana L., 11 and Russell A., 9,\nand Mrs. Dutton have been residing in North Las Vegas, Nev.\n-30-\nPAO 2-23-28\nMAJOR FER\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Major John Fer, 35, was a prisoner of\nthe North Vietnamese for over six years.\nMajor Fer will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and will\nbe admitted on \"in-patient\" status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe major was listed as missing in action on February 4, 1967,\nwhen his EB-66C aircraft was struck by a surface-to-air missile\n(SAM) while on an escort mission over North Vietnam. The mission\nwas flown from Takhli AB, Thailand. The major was captured and\ninterned by the North Vietnamese.\nBorn in Long Beach, Calif., September 12, 1937, he is a USAF\nAcademy graduate, class of 1962. He entered the Air Force in\nJune 1962 and served several assignments after completing pilot\ntraining. He was assigned to Takhli AB on June 30, 1966.\nMajor Fer is single. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fer,\nVista, Calif., have been notified of his scheduled return.\n-30-\nCAPTAIN FRED A. W. FRANKE, JR., UNITED STATES NAVY\nIile No. 513370) (Pilot)\nFred Augustus William Franke, Jr., was shot down August 24, 1965,\non a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was the Commanding Officer\nof Fighter Squadron TWENTY-ONE, operating from the USS MIDWAY (CVA-41),\nand was flying an F-4 (Phantom II).\nCaptain Franke was born October 29, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. He\nreceived a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the\nUniversity of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, in 1948, and was enrolled in\nthe Naval Reserve Officers Training program there. Upon graduation, he\nwas commissioned Ensign. He was assigned to the Naval Air Test Center,\nPatuxent River, Maryland in 1953-56 and was a test pilot at the Naval\nAir Station Patuxent 1961-63. His duty assignments also included the\nOperational Test and Evaluation Force and a Fighter Squadron based at\nOceana, Virginia.\nCaptain Franke's wife Jackie, and son William, and daughters Debra\nand Valerie live in Escondido, California. His mother, Mrs. Georgia\nSmith, lives in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Captain Franke's home of\nrecord is Pensacola, Florida.\nCAPTAIN CHARLES R. GILLESPIE, JR., UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 542951) (Pilot)\nCharles Rodgers Gillespie, Jr., was shot down on October 24, 1967,\nwhile on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was Commanding Officer\nof Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE, and flying an F-4 (Phantom II),\noperating from the USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43).\nCaptain Gillespie was born in Meridian, Mississippi, February 24,\n1929. He graduated from the Naval Academy and was commissioned Ensign\nin 1951. His duty assignments included Carrier Division FIFTEEN, a\nFighter Squadron Based at Miramar, California, and the Naval Air\nTest Center at Patuxent River, Maryland.\nCaptain Gillespie's wife, Helen, son Charles, III, and daughter\nMary live in Miramar, California. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles\nR. Gillespie, Sr., live in Meridian, Mississippi, which is Captain\nGillespie's home of record.\nPAO 2-23-30\nCOL GUTTERSEN\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Colonel Laird Guttersen, 47, was a\nprisoner of the North Vietnamese for over five years.\nColonel Guttersen will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe colonel was listed as missing in action on February 23, 1968.\nHe was captured and interned when his F-4D aircraft was struck by\nhostile fire while on a combat mission over North Vietnam. The\nmission was flown out of Ubon Afld, Thailand.\nBorn in White Bear Township, Minn., July 4, 1925, he attended\nArizona State College, Tempe, Ariz. He entered military service\nin June 1943 and remained on active duty until March 1946. On\nMarch 25, 1951, he returned to active duty and served in a number\nof assignments prior to assignment to Ubon on October 21, 1967.\nColonel Guttersen's wife, Virginia M., and three children, have\nbeen notified of his scheduled return. The children are: Alan W.,\nage 26; Karan C., 12 and Lyndall G., 9. Mrs. Guttersen resides\nin Tucson, Ariz.\n-30-\nCOMMANDER COLLINS HENRY HAIMES, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 593915) (Pilot)\nCollins Henry Haines was shot down on June 5, 1967, on a combat missio:\nover North Victnan. He was flying an RF-8 (Crusader) of Light Photographic\nSquadron SIXTY-THREE (Detachment ONE), operating from the USS BON HOMME\nRICHARD (CVA-31).\nCommander Haines was born on March E, 1932, in Riverton, New Jersey.\nHe attended Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and graduated from\nMuhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1954, with 2. bachelor's\ndegree in Economics. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy in 1954, and after\nOfficer Candidate School ,was commissioned Ensign in 1955. He served\naboard the USS DAVIS (DD-927), and in Scouting Squadrons, in California,\nCarrier Antisubmarine Air Group FIFTY-SEVEN, and Training Squadrons in\nTexas,\nCommander Haines' wife Rosalie, son Timothy and daughter Colleen,\nlive in Miramar, California. His father Howard P. Haines, lives in\nRiverton, New Jersey. Commander Haines' home of record is Morristown,\nNew Jersey.\nCOMMANDER JAMES L. HUTTON, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 602748) (Reconnaissance Attack Navigation)\nJames Lec Hutton was shot down on October 16, 1965 on a\nreconnaissance mission over North Vietnam, He was flying\nin an RA-5 (Vigilante) of Reconnaissance Attack Squadron\nONE, operating off the USS INDEPENDENCE (CVA-62).\nHe was born on February 11, 1932, in Washington, D.C.,\nand received a bachelor's degree in Biolgical Science\nfrom Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1954.\nThe following year, he enlisted in the Navy, attended\nOfficer Candidate School, and was commissioned Ensign.\nHe served in Heavy Attack Squadrons based at Sanford, Florida\nand Whidbey Island, Washington, and in Reconnaissance\nAttack Squadron THREE,\nCommander Hutton is single. His home of record is\nWashington, D.C., and his mother, Mrs. Alma M. Fugitt, lives\nin Hollywood, Florida.\nPAO 2-23-36\nMAJOR JAMES\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Major Gobel D. James, 42, was a\nprisoner of the North Vietnamese for over four years.\nMajor James will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe major was listed as missing in action on July 15, 1968.\nHe was captured and interned by the North Vietnamese when his\nF-105F was struck by hostile fire while flying a combat mission\nover North Vietnam. He was flying out of Korat AB, Thailand.\nBorn in Amarillo, Texas, August 1, 1930, he attended the\nUniversity of Colorado, receiving a B.S. degree in 1961. He\nentered the Air Force in May 1952, and served in a number of\nassignments until his assignment to Korat on February 9, 1968.\nMajor James' wife, Betty J., and children, Darlene J., 21;\nTodd S., 10, have been notified of his scheduled return. Mrs.\nJames resides in Scottsdale, Ariz.\n-30-\nCAPTAIN HARRY T. JENKINS, JR, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 5044241 (Pilot)\nHarry Tarleton Jenkins Jr., was serving as Commanding\nOfficer of Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE, operating\nfrom the USS ORISKANY (CVA-34), when he was shot down November\n13, 1965. He was flying an A-4 (Skyhawk) on a strike mission\nover North Vietnam.\nCaptain Jenkins was born on July 24, 1927, in Washington,\nD. C. He attended Newberry College. Newberry, South Carolina;\nthe University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; and\nTulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Enlisting in the\nNavy in 1945, he was appointed an Aviation Midshipman, and was\ncommissioned Ensign in 1948. He received a bachelor's degree\nin Aeronautical Engineering from the Navel Postgraduate School,\nMonterey, California, in 1959. He served aboard the USS F. T.\nBERRY (DD-858) and the USS POINT CRUZ (CVE-119) and in several\nAttack Squadrons.\nCaptain Jenkins' wife Marjorie, their sons Chris and Kirk,\nand daughter Karen live in-Coronado, California. His parents,\nMr. and Mrs. Harry T. Jenkins, Sr., live in Washington, D.C.,\nwhich is Captain Jenkins;s home of record.\nPAO 2-16-12\nMAJOR JENSEN\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF., 16 Feb -- Major Jay R. Jensen, 41, was\na prisoner of the North Vietnamese for almost six years.\nMajor Jensen will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical\nFacility where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if\nnecessary and reorientation.\nThe major was listed as missing in action on February 18,\n1967 after his F-105 aircraft was hit by a surface-to-air missile\n(SAM) while on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. He was\nassigned to Korat AB, Thailand at the time. He began the assign-\nment on January 6, 1967.\nBorn in Murray, Utah, the major graduated from Brigham Young\nUniversity in 1955 with a BS degree. He entered the Air Force\non May 12, 1956.\nMajor Jensen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton L. Jensen of\nSandy, Utah, and children (residing in Layton, Utah) have been\nnotified on his scheduled arrival here. Names and ages of\nchildren follow: Daughter, Carrie E., married to Pvt Dennis Webster;\nSherrie A., 14 and Jay R. Jr., 13.\n-30_\nPAO 2-24-39\nMAJOR LASITER\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Major Carl W. Lasiter; 38, was a\nprisoner of the North Vietnamese for more than five years.\nMajor Lasiter will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on \"in-patient\" status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe major was listed as missing in action and captured and\ninterned by the North Vietnamese on Feb 5, 1968, when an enemy\nair-to-air missile hit his F-105 while he was on an operational mission\nover North Vietnam. He was assigned to Korat AB, Thailand at the\ntime.\nBorn in Indianapolis, Ind., April 11, 1934, he attained a Ph. D.\ndegree in 1956 from the University of North Dakota, and served a\nnumber of assignments in the Air Force before his assignment to\nSoutheast Asia on Oct. 13, 1967.\nMajor Lasiter's wife, Eleanor J., and four children, Tamara S.,\n15; Kimberly A., 14; Susan T., 13; and John C., 12, have been\nnotified of his scheduled return. They reside in San Diego, Calif.\n-30-\nPAO 2-24-41\nCAPT LUNA\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. --MAAJOR Jose D. Luna, 32, was a\nprisoner of the North Vietnamese for almost six years.\nCaptain Luna will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on \"in-patient\" status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe captain was listed as missing in action on March 10, 1967,\nwhen enemy ground fire hit his F-105 aircraft during a combat\nmission over North Vietnam. He was assigned to Takhli AB, Thailand\nat the time. He was subsequently captured and interned by the North\nVietnamese.\nBorn in El Modeno, Calif., Oct. 19, 1940, Captain Luna\nattended Santa Ana College from September 1958 until January 1960,\nand Fullerton College from January 1960 until his entry into the Air\nForce in January 1961. His first Air Force assignment after completing\nnavigator training was at Hill AFB, Utah, where he remained until his\nassignment to Southeast Asia on Nov. 14, 1966.\nCaptain Luna's wife, Pearl S., has been notified of his scheduled\nreturn. She resides in Roy, Utah.\n-30-\nPAU 2-14-4\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF., 15 Feb -- Lieutenant Colonel Alan P.\nLurie, 39, Apple Valley, six years prisoner of the North\nVietnamese.\nColonel Lurie will arrive at March from Travis AFB,\nCalif., the initial point of entry for all returning Air\nForce personnel. He will be admitted on 'in-patient' status at\nThe USAF Medical Facility here where he will undergo additional\nmedical treatment, if necessary, and reorientation with his\nfamily.\nThe colonel was listed as missing in action on June 13,\n1966 after his F-4C aircraft was hit by antiaircraft fire while\non an operational mission over North Vietnam. He was subsequently\ncaptured and interned by the North Vietnamese.\nBorn in Cleveland, Ohio, the colonel graduated from Ohio\nState University in 1955. He entered the Air Force in November 1955,\nand served in a number of assignments prior to his assignment to\nDaNang AB, Republic of Vietnam on February 1, 1966.\nPromoted to lieutenant colonel while a prisoner of war, he\nwill remain in a specially prepared area at the March AFB medical\nfacility until released on leave to await further assignment or\ndischarge from the service.\nColonel Lurie's wife, Mary J., daughters Kimberly E. and\nKathryn A., and son, Cameron T., have been notified of his return\nhome.\n-30-\nCOMMANDER EDWARD H. MARTIN, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 584587) (Pilot)\nEdward Holmes Martin was shot down on July 9, 1967,\nwhile on a combat mission over North Vietram. He was\nExecutive Officer of Attack Squadron THIRTY-FOUR, operating\nfrom the USS INTREPID (CVS-11), and was flying an A-4\n(Skyhawk).\nCommander Martin was born on September 30, 1931, in\nSavannah, Georgia. He graduated from the U. S. Naval Acedemy\nin 1954, and received a master's degree in Foreign Affairs\nfrom George Washington University, Washington, D.C. in 1965.\nHe served with a number of California-based squadrons and in\nCarrier Division SEVEN.\nCommander Martin's wife Sharron, sons Edward II and\nPeter and daughter Michelle Iive in Coronado, California.\nHe lists Savannah, Georgia as his home of record.\nLIEUTENANT COMMANDER JOHN M. MCGRATH, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 659291) (Pilot)\nJohn Michael McGrath was shot down on June 30, 1967,\nwhile on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was\nflying an A-4 (Skyhawk) of Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED\nFORTY-SIX, operating from the USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64).\nLieutenant Commander McGrath was born on July 10,\n1939, in Delta, Colorado. He attended the University of\nColorado at Boulder, before entering the Naval Academy,\nfrom which he graduated in 1962. Prior to joining Attack\nSquadron ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX, he was in Training Squadron\nTWO at Milton Field, Florida.\nLieutenant Commander McGrath's wife, Marlene and sons\nJohn and Richard live in San Diego, California. His\nparents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice G. McGrath, live in Denver,\nColorado, which is Lieutenant Commander McGrath's home of\nrecord.\nLIEUTENANT GEORGE P. McSWAIN, JR., UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE\n(File No. 697713) (Pilot)\nGeorge Palmer McSwain, Jr., was shot down on July 28, 1966, while\non a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an A-4 (Skyhawk)\nof Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR, operating from the\nUSS ORISKANY (CVA-34).\nLieutenant McSwain was born on August 8, 1940 in Jacksonville,\nFlorida, attended Glendale College, Glendale, California, and enlisted\nin the Naval Reserve in 1964. He entered the Naval Aviation Cadet\nprogram, and was commissioned Ensign in 1965. Attack Squadron ONE\nHUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR was his first assignment.\nLieutenant McSwain is single. His mother, Mrs. Eudene S. McSwain\nlives in Montrose, California, his home of record is Montrose, California.\nPAO 2-15-8\nCOL MERRITT\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFORMATION)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF., 16 Feb -- Colonel Raymond J. Merritt, 43, whose\nfamily resides in Highland, Calif., spent seven years as a prisoner\nof the North Vietnamese.\nColonel Merritt will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and will\nbe admitted on \"in-patient\" status at the USAF Medical Facility here\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment and a reunion with\nhis family.\nThe colonel was listed as missing in action on September 16, 1965\nafter his F-105 aircraft was hit by enemy ground fire while on an\noperational mission over North Vietnam. He was assigned to temparary\nduty at Korat AB, Thailand when his aircraft hit. He was subsequently\ncaptured and interned by the North Vietnamese. He was promoted to\nColonel during his interment.\nBorn in Portland, Ore., the colonel entered the Air Force on\nAugust 18, 1950 and served in a number of assignments including the\nAir Force Institute of Technolody through which he earned a BS degree\nfrom Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, in 1963.\nHe will remain in a specially prepared area at the March AFB medical\nfacility until release on leave to await further assignment, or discharge\nfrom the service.\nColonel Merritt's wife, Doris L. and six children reside in Highland\nand have been notified of his return. The childrens names and ages are\nas follows: sons - Dana L., 22; David W., 11; James a., 15; daughters -\nDiana L., 20; Judith A., 17 (birthday is 28 Feb), and Barbara E., 12.\n-30-\nLIEUIENANT COMMANDER DENNIS A. MOORE, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 641432) (Pilot)\nDennis Anthony Moore was shot down October 27, 1965, while\non a combat mission over North Vietnam. Ile was flying an\nF-8 (Crusader) of Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE,\noperating from the USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31).\nLieutenant Commander Moore was born November 4, 1938, in\nSan Pedro, California. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy\nin 1960. Before assignment to Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-\nONE, he served in Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR, based\nat Miramar, California.\nLieutenant Commander Moore is single and lists Littleton,\nColorado as his home of record. His father, Commander Truman O.\nMoore, USN (Retired), lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.\nCOMMANDER RECHARD D. MULLEN, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 584928) (Pilot)\nRichard Dean Mullen was shot down on January 6, 1967,\nwhile on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying\nan F-8 (Crusader) of Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE\noperating from the USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14).\nCommander Mullen was born on February 12, 1931, in\nChicago, Illinois, attended Chicago City College, and en-\nlisted in the Navy in 1953. He entered the Naval Aviation\nCadet program, and was commissioned Ensign in 1954. He\nserved with several California-based Fighter and Attack\nSquadrons, with the Fleet Assistance Group, Pacific, and on\nthe staff of the Commander in Chief Pacific.\nHis wife Jean and daughters Sandra and Karen live in La\nJolla, California. His mother, Winnifred S. Smith, lives\nin Alpine, California. Commander Mullen lists Chicago,\nIllinois, as his home of record.\nPAO 2-16-11\nCAPT NASMYTH\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF., 16 Feb -- Captain John H. Nasmyth, Jr.,\n32, was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over six years.\nCaptain Nasmyth will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif.,\nand will be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical\nFacility where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if\nnecessary, and reorientation.\nThe captain was listed as missing in action on September 4,\n1966 after his F-4C aircraft was hit by a surface-to-air missile\n(SAM) during an armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam.\nHe was assigned to Ubon AB, Thailand at the time. He began the\nassignment on June 25, 1966.\nBorn in Billings, Montana, the captain entered the Air Force\nin September 1962. He graduated from the University of Idaho\nwith a BA degree in 1962.\nCaptain Nasmyth is single. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John\nH. Nasmyth, have been notified of his scheduled arrival here.\nThey reside in South San Gabriel, Calif.\n-30-\nCOMMANDER DALE E OSBORNE, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 614229) (Pilut)\nDal bacrison Oslamo Was shot Sown September 23, 1968,\non a coher wission CREZ North Vietray: He was fiying an\nA.4 (Skyhawk) of Attack Squadron FIFTY-FIVE operating from\nthe USS HANGOOK (CVA) 19)\nCommender Osberine was born January 23, 1933. in Saln\nLake city, Utah and received ? bachelor's degree in Finance\nfrom the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: in 1956.\nHe had enlisted in the active National Guard in 1951, entered\nthe Naval Aviation Officer Candidate program and was commis-\nsioned Ensign in 1957. He served in both Antisubmarine and\nPetrol Squadirne before joining Attack Squedron FIFTY-FIVE.\nCommander Osbornels wife Donna, son David and daughters\nChristine and Cheri live in San Diego, California. His\nmother, Mrs. Vivian C. Osborne, lives in Los Angeles,\nCalifornia. Commender Osborne's home of record is Salt Lake\nCity, Utah.\nPAO 2-20-13\nCAPT PYLE\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF., 20 Feb -- Captain Darrell E. Pyle, 32, was\na prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over six years.\nCaptain Pyle will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and will\nbe admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe captain was listed as missing in action on June 13, 1966\nafter his F-4C aircraft was struck by hostile fire while on an armed\nreconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. He was assigned to DaNang\nAB, Republic of Vietnam on temporary duty at the time. He began the\nassignment on February 1, 1966.\nBorn in Long Beach, Calif., the captain graduated from the University\nof Arizona in 1963 with a B.S. degree. He entered the Air Force on\nAugust 9, 1963.\nCaptain Pyle was met by his wife, Elaine D, and his son, Phillip,\n7, at Travis AFB, Calif., on February 16, 1973. The family resides in\nTustin, Calif.\n-30-\nLIEUTENANT DAVID G. REHMANN\nUNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE\n(File No. 698.02) (Radar intercept Officer)\nDavid George Rehmann was shot down December 2, 1966, while\non a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying in an F-4\n(Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR, operating\nfrom the USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43).\nLieutenant Rehmann was born April 27, 1942, in Bay City,\nMichigan. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1964, entered the\nAviation Officer Candidate program in September 1964, and was\ncommissioned Ensign in 1965. Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-\nFOUR was his first duty assignment.\nLieutenant Rehmann is single. His mother, Mrs. Catherine E.\nRehmann, lives at Lancaster, California, which is his home of\nrecord.\nLIEUTENANT COMMANDER DAVID J. ROLLINS, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 633926) (Radar Intercept Officer)\nDavid John Rollins was shot down May 14, 1967, while\non a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying in\nan F-4 (Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN,\noperating from the USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63).\nLieutenant Commander Rolling was born May 4, 1931, in\nOakland, California. He enlisted in the Navy in 1948, and\nwas commissioned Ensign in 1960. After receiving his\ncommission, he served in several squadrons based in Miramar,\nCalifornia.\nHis wife Connie, sons Richard and Gene, and daughter\nPatricia live in San Diego, California. His home of\nrecord is Picche, Nevada.\nCAPTAIN HOWARD E. RUTLEDGE, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 506435) (Pilot)\nHoward Elmer Rutledge was serving as Executive Officer\nof Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED NINETY-ONE, operating from\nthe USS BON MOMME RICHARD (CVA-31), when he was shot down\nNovember 23, 1965. He was flying an F-8 (Crusader) aircraft\non a combat mission over North Vietnam.\nBorn November 13, 1928, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he enlisted\nin the Navy in 1946 under the V-5 program. He entered the\nAviation Midshipman program and was commissioned Ensign in 1950.\nHe received a bachelor's degree in Nautical Science from the Naval\nPostgraduate School, Monterey, California, in 1962. Among his\nduty assignments were the Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake,\nCalifornia; the Naval Air Development Unit, South Weymouth,\nMassachusetts; and Fighter Squadrons based in Florida.\nCaptain Rutledge's wife Phyllis, son John and daughters Peggy\nand Barbara, live in San Diego, California. His mother, Mrs. Evelyn R.\nRutledge lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which is Captain Rutledge's\nhome of record.\nPAO 2-14-3\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB. CALIF., 14 Feb -- Lieutenant Colonel Lewis W. Shattuck, 40, Mesa,\nAriz., was repatriated and joined with his father today after six years as a\nprisoner of the North Vietnamese.\nColonel Shattuck arrived at March from Travis AFB, Calif., the initial\npoint of entry for all returning Air Force personnel. He is being\nadmitted on 'in patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility here where\nhe will undergo medical treatment, if necessary, and reorientated with\nhis family.\nThe colone} was listed as missing in action July 11, 1966 after his\nF-105 was struck by hostile fire while on a combat mission over North\nVietnam. He was subsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese.\nBorn in Portland, Ore., the colonel attended Washington State College,\nPullman, Wash. He entered the Air Force in October 1952, and served in a\nnumber of assignments prior to his assignment to Southeast Asia on February\n27, 1966. He was assigned to Takhli AB, Thailand.\nPromoted to lieutenant colonel while a prisoner of war, he will remain\nin a specially prepared area at the March medical facility until released on\nleave to await further assignment or discharge from the service\nColonel Shattuck's father' Wesley A. Shattuck, resides in Mesa.\n-30-\nCOMMANDER ROBERT H. SHUMAKER, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(F:1e No. 548955) (Pilot)\nRobert Harper Shumaker was shet down February 11, 1965, while\non a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an F-8 (Crusader)\nof Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR, operating from the USS\nCORAL SEA (CVA-43).\nCommander Shumaker was born May 11, 1933, in New Castle, Pennsyl-\nvania, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1956. He\nserved in two Fighter Squadrons, then was assigned to the Naval\nPostgraduate School, Monterey, California, from which he received a\nmaster's degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1964.\nHis wife Lorraine and son Grant live in La Jolla, California.\nHis father Alvah M. Shumaker, lives in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania,\nwhich is Commander Shumaker's home of record.\nPAO 2-24-45\nMAJOR SMITH\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Major Richard E. Smith Jr., 38,\nwas a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for more than five years.\nMajor Smith will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on \"in-patient\" status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,\nand reorientation.\nThe major was listed as missing in action on Oct. 25, 1967\nand subsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese\nwhen hostile fire downed his F-105 over North Vietnam during a\ncombat mission. He was assigned to Takhli AB, Thailand at the\ntime.\nBorn in Marks, Miss., Jan. 17, 1935, Major Smith earned\na B.S. degree from Mississippi State College in 1956, receiving\nhis commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force in July of\nthat year. He served in numerous Air Force assignments until\nhis Southeast Asia tour, which began July 31, 1967.\nMajor Smith's wife, Rae M., and their three children,\nKelly A., 13; Richard E. III, 12; and Stacy L., 9, have been notified\nof his scheduled return. They reside in Las Vegas, Nev.\n-30-\nCOMMANDER WILLIAM R. STARK, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 619808) (Radar Intercept Officer)\nWilliam Robert Stark was shot down May 19, 1967, while on a\ncombat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying in an F-4\n(Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron NINETY-SIX, operating from the\nUSS ENTERPRISE (CVA(N)-65.\nCommander Stark was born May 28, 1930, in Michigan City, Indiana.\nHe attended Stetson College, De Land, Florida, and received a master's\ndegree from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, in\n1964. He enlisted in the Navy in 1948, attended Officer Candidate\nSchool in 1957, and was commissioned Ensign. He served on the staffs\nof the Commander, Carrier Division ONE and Commander, Naval Air Force,\nPacific. He was also assigned to an Attack Squadron based at Whidbey\nIsland, Washington, and to the Naval Academy as an instructor.\nCommander Stark's wife Shirley, daughter Susan, and mother,\nMrs. Gladys L. Stark, live in Coronado, California. His home of\nrecord is St. Petersburg, Florida.\nPAO 2-24-46\nCOL STAVAST\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Colonel John E. Stavast, 46, was a prisoner\nof the North Vietnamese for more than five years.\nColonel Stavast will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and will\nbe admitted on \"in-patient\" status at the USAF Regional Hospital where he\nwill undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary, and reorientation.\nThe colonel was listed as missing in action on Sept. 17, 1967, and\nsubsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese when\nhostile fire downed his RF-4C aircraft during an armed reconnaissance\nmission over North Vietnam. He was assigned to Udorn Airfield,\nThailand at the time.\nBorn in Denver, Colo., May 5, 1926, Colonel Stavast served with\nthe Army Air Corps from 1944 - 1946 as an enlisted man. In January\n1950 he reentered military service with the Air Force as an aviation\ncadet. On Feb. 10, 1951, Colonel Stavast was commissioned a second\nlieutenant and a number of assignments followed, including tours of duty\nin Japan and France. On May 24, 1967 he was assigned to Southeast Asia.\nColonel Stavast's wife, Shirley L., has been notified of his scheduled\nreturn. She resides in Claremont, Calif.\n-30-\nCAPTAIN JAMES B. STOCKDALE, UNITED STATES NAVY\n(File No. 485624) (Pilot)\nJames Bond Stockdale, the senior naval officer among the\nprisoners of war, was shot down September 9, 1965, while on a bombing\nmission over North Vietnam. He was flying an A-4 (Skyhawk) and was\nCommander, Attack Carrier Air Wing SIXTEEN, operating from the USS\nORISKANY (CVA-34).\nBorn December 23, 1923, in Abingdon, Illinois, Captain Stockdale\ngraduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946 and received\na master's degree in Foreign Affairs from Stanford University, Stanford,\nCalifornia, in 1962. He served aboard the subchaser PCS-1392; at\nthe Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland; and in squadrons\nbased at Norfolk, Virginia, and in California.\nCaptain Stockdale's wife Sybil lives in Coronado, California, with\ntheir four sons: James, Sidney, Stanford, and Taylor. His home of\nrecord is Abingdon, Illinois.\nPAO 2-24-48\nLT COL SULLIVAN\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- International* Colonel Dwight E. Sullivan,\n42, was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for more than five years.\nColonel Sullivan will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be on \"in-patient\" status at the USAF Medical Facility where he\nwill undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary, and\nreorientation.\nThe colonel was listed as missing in action on Oct. 17, 1967,\nand subsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese\nwhen hostile fire downed his F-105 during a combat mission over\nNorth Vietnam. He was assigned to Korat AB, Thailand at the time.\nBorn in Chariton, Iowa, Jan. 22, 1931, Colonel Sullivan\nattended Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, prior to entering the Air\nForce on Oct. 28, 1951 as an aviation cadet. He was commissioned\na second lieutenant in March 1954. The colonel completed a tour\nof duty in Alaska and served in a number of assignments before\nbeing assigned to Southeast Asia on May 31, 1967.\nColonel Sullivan's wife, Kay F., and their five children, Steven D.,\n15; Bradley P., 14; Rodger S., 13; Diane K., 10; and Laura L., 9, have\nbeen notified of his scheduled return. They reside in Las Vegas, Nev.\n-30-\nPAO 2-25-49\nMAJOR TYLER\nPRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)\nMARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Major Charles R. Tyler, 38, was a\nprisoner of the North Vietnamese for more than five and one-half\nyears.\nMajor Tyler will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and\nwill be admitted on \"in-patient\" status at the USAF Medical Facility\nwhere he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary, and\nreorientation.\nThe major was listed as missing in action on Aug. 23, 1967,\nand subsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese when\nhostile fire downed his F-4D fighter-bomber during a combat mission\nover North Vietnam. He was assigned to Ubon Airfield, Thailand at\nthe time.\nBorn in Globe, Ariz., Nov. 18, 1934, Major Tyler graduated\nfrom Arizona State College, Tempe, with a B.A. degree in 1956.\nIn October of that year he entered active duty with the Air Force.\nAfter pilot training, the major served with a number of units, inclu ding\ntours of duty in France and Germany prior to his assignment to\nSoutheast Asia on May 25, 1967.\nMajor Tyler's wife, Joyce M., and their two daughters, Stacye L.,\n14; and Kendall L., 10, have been notified of his scheduled return.\nThey reside in Mesa, Ariz.\n-30-\nLt Colonel Jack L. Van Loan\nWife: Verna E. A. - 3 sons Reside in: Tucson, AZ\nColonel Van Loan was born 16 December 1931 in Eugene, Oregon. He\ngraduated from Oregon State College, Corvallis, OR with a BS degree\nin 1954. Commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force Reserves\non 7 June 1954, Colonel Van Loan entered active duty in September 1954.\nHe completed a tour of duty in Scotland and on returning to the United\nStates entered pilot training. Following pilot training, Colonel\nVan Loan served with a number of units including a tour of duty in\nJapan prior to his assignment to SEA on 4 December 1966. He was\nassigned to the 433 Tac Ftr Sq, Ubon Airfield, Thailand when his F-4C\naircraft was struck by hostile fire while on a combat mission over\nNorth Vi tham on 20 May 1967. He was subsequently captured and\ninterned by the North Vietnamese.\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR BONALD REAGAN\nRELF E: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor a 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\n#171\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the names of twenty three\nappointees to the State Solid Waste Management and Resources Recovery\nAdivsory Council.\nThe legislation requires that membership in the council include\npublic and private solid waste handlers, public and private solid waste\ndisposal facility operators, major private industrial solid waste\nproducers, agricultural and timber industries, representatives of citizer\naction solid waste resource recovery programs, a county supervisor, a\ncity councilman, a local public health officer, and three representatives\nof the public at large.\nNamed as initial members of the council were:\nRay D. Prueter, Mayor of the City of Port Hueneme, a 52-year-old\nRepublican, of 712 East Myrna Drive, Port Hueneme.\nPlumas County Supervisor, Robin R. Jeskey, 61, a Republican, of\nHighway 70 East, Quincy.\nWalter A. Mercer, 62, a Democrat, director of Western Research\nLaboratory, Northern Canners Association, of 1706 Arlington Boulevard,\nEl Cerrito.\ndairyman in San Jacinto, Record, a\nClayton A. Record, Jr., president of the Santa Ynez Research Farm,\n43\nResidest\n45 -year-old Republican, of 39179 Idlewild Drive, San Jacinto.\nHenry K. Trobitz, 57, a Republican, manager of the Simpson Timber\nCompany, whose address is Route 1, Box 213, Arcata.\nMrs. Hariett M. (Irvine L.) Wieder, administrative coordinator to\nthe Mayor of Los Angeles, a Republican, of 16261 Tisbury Circle,\nHuntington Harbor.\nMrs. Jean (William B.) Siri, a Democrat, housewife and conservationis\nwho lives at 1015 Leneve Place, Richmond.\nI\nDr. Howard Laitin, Ph.D., 42, a Democrat, manager of Systems Analysi\nHughes Aircraft Company, of 4916 White Court, Torrance.\nPeter Schrager, 45, a Republican, president of Turek Frozen Foods,\nInc., of 725 Chester Way, Hillsborough.\nJohn A. Bohn, 61, a Republican, attorney, of 93 Seaview Avenue,\nPiedmont.\nRoger W. Erskine, 53, a Republican, vice president of Container\nCorporation of America, of 19581 Juna Lane, Saratoga.\n-1-\n#171\nJohn E. Gallager 60, a Republican, manager of Environmental Control,\nContinental Can Company, Inc., of 2083 Louise Lane, Los Altos.\nEdward D. Goldstein, 45, Democrat, president and chief executive\nofficer of Glass Containers Corporation, of 2230 YuccaAvenue, Fullerton.\nJeffery W. Meyer, 49, Republican, President of Wilson & George\nMeyer and Company, of 3880 Ralston Avenue, Hillsborough.\nHarry M. Tonkin, 62, Republican, President of the Seven-Up Bottling\nCompany, of 2939 Academy Way, North Sacramento.\nJames F. Martinek, 54, Republican, City of Riverside Director of\nPublic Works, of 620 Via Zapata, Riverside.\nS. Myron Tatarian, 55, Republican, San Francisco Director of\nPublic Works of 35 Bret Harte Terrace, San Francisco.\nAdam Schleining, 63, no political affiliation, president of the\nSanta Ana Commercial Company, of 1328 Invierno Drive, Palm Springs.\nJames E. O'Connor, 62, Republican, founder and president of Fleet\nDisposal, Inc., of 31 South Encino Road, Three Arch Bay, South Laguna.\nFrederick C. Butcher, 63, Republican, Burbank Director of Public\nWorks, of 1144 East Tujunga Avenue, Burbank.\nJames F. Martin, 46, Republican, Fresno Director of Public Works,\nof 4140 North Angus, Fresno.\nLeonard Stefanelli, 39, Democrat, president of Sunset Scavenge CO,,\nof 2960 22nd Avenue, San Francisco.\nEd G. Burr, 41, Republican, president of La Mesa Disposal Company,\nof 4140 Hurley Drive, La Mesa.\nThe council, which will function as part of the State Solid Waste\nManagement Board, was established by 1972 legislation authored by\nSenator John Nejedly (R-Contra Costa).\nCouncil members, whose appointments require Senate confirmation,\nwill receive $28 per diem and travel expenses.\n######\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR h (ALD REAGAN\nRELEA E: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\n#172\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of San Diego\nattorney Paul E. Overton to the bench of the Superior Court in San Diego\nCounty. He fills the new judgeship created by the 1972 legislature.\nJudge Overton, born in Jacksonville, Illinois, is a graduate of\nthe University of Southern California, where he earned both his law degree\nand B.S. degree in Commerce. The 47-year-old Republican was a trial\nattorney from 1953 to 1965 with the State Department of Public Works in\nLos Angeles and San Diego.\nHe entered private practice in 1965 and prior to his appointment to\nthe bench he was a partner and corporate secretary to the San Diego law\nfirm of Jennings, Engstrand & Henrikson.\nDuring World War II, he served three years active duty as a Naval\nofficer. He is married to the former Naomi W. Fredrickson and they are\nthe parents of four children.\nAs a Superior Court Judge, he will receive an annual salary of\n$36,393.\n#######\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\n#173\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nIrvine Robbins of Encino as a member of the California Council of\nProduct Design and Marketing.\nThe appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate.\nRobbins, 56, chairman of the board of directors of the Baskin-\nRobbins Ice Cream Company, Inc., in Burbank, replaces Jack L. Davies of\nCalistoga. Davies has resigned.\nA Republican, Robbins is a native of Winnipeg, Canada. He is a\n1939 graduate of the University of Washington and a veteran of the\nU.S. Army.\nHe is co-founder of the Pacoima, California Boys' Club and a member\nof the board of trustees of the California Museum Foundation. He and\nhis wife Irma have three children.\nCouncil members receive their necessary expenses when on official\nbusiness.\n#######\nAddress:\nIrvine Robbins\n17116 Adlon Road\nEncino, California 91316\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\n#174\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nRonald T. Deissler of Riverside as judge of the Riverside Judicial\nDistrict Municipal Court.\nDeissler, 46, replaces Judge Roland Wilson who has retired.\nA native of Richmond, Indiana, Deissler attended Wabash College\nin Indiana and received his AB degree from the University of Washington\nin Seattle in 1950. He earned his law degree from the University of\nCalifornia at Los Angeles in 1955.\nDeissler has been in private practice in Torrance, Hawthorne and\nRiverside since graduating from law school. He is a past president\nof the Riverside Exchange Club. He and his wife Gloria have two minor\nchildren.\nHe will receive an annual salary of $33,481.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\n#175\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nLancaster realtor Ted Eliopulos and Mrs. Roy J. (Pat) Simi, Lancaster\nhousewife and civic leader, to the 50th District Agricultural Association\nboard of directors. The association operates the Antelope Valley Fair\nin Lancaster.\nEliopulos replaces Dr. Charles W. McQuarrie, O.D., and Mrs. Simi\nreplaces Robert C. Jones, whose terms have expired. Jones and McQuarrie\nare both from Lancaster.\nThe new appointees will serve four-year terms that will expire\nJanuary 15, 1977. They will receive necessary expenses.\nEliopulos, 58, attended Antelope Valley College. He and his wife\nhave three minor children.\nMrs. Simi is a graduate of the University of California at Los\nAngeles. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Eastside Union\nSchool, and has served as president of the Antelope Valley School\nBoards Association. She and her husband have two children who attend\nAntelope Valley High School.\n######\nAppointees' addresses:\nTed Eliopulos\nMrs. Roy Simi\n2657 West Avenue K\n6007 East Avenue I\nLancaster, California 93534\nLancaster, California 93537\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO' LD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nmmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\n#176\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nMunicipal Court Judges Everett W. Dickey of San Clemente and Harold W.\nKnight III of Newport Beach as judges of the Superior Court in Orange\nCounty.\nBoth courts were created by the legislature in 1972.\nDickey, 38, has been judge of the Orange County Harbor District\nMunicipal Court since 1970.\nA Republican, he is a 1956 graduate of the University of Southern\nCalifornia. He received his law degree from USC in 1961.\nPrior to his appointment to the municipal court bench, Dickey was\nassistant district attorney of Orange County (1967-70) and deputy\ndistrict attorney from 1962-67.\nIn addition to his bar association memberships, Dickey is a member\nof the National Parks and Conservation Association, and the Kiwanis Club\nof Costa Mesa North.\nDickey and his wife have two minor daughters.\nKnight, 44, is judge of the South Orange County Judicial District\nin Laguna Niguel.\nHe is a 1952 graduate of the University of Virginia at\nCharlottesville with a BA degree in economics and business administration.\nHe received his law degree in 1955 from Virginia. Since service with\nthe U.S. Marine Corps, Knight has been in private practice in California\nsince 1959.\nA Republican, Knight and his wife have four minor children.\nBoth judges will receive annual salaries of $36,393.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR NALD REAGAN\nRELFIRE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor. a 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\n#177\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Earl G.\nPeterson of Irvine as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Preschool\nEducational Programs.\nPeterson, 51, is the west coast coordinator of the Childrens Center\nDivision of the Gerber Products Company.\nA Republican, Peterson is a graduate of the University of Southern\nCalifornia, and is the previous owner and operator of the Rancho Mesa\nPre-School in Costa Mesa.\nHe is a member of the Pre School Association of California, a member\nof the board of trustees for the Newport Harbor High School District,\nand is a member of the board of trustees of the Newport Mesa Unified\nSchool District.\nPeterson and his wife have three children.\nCommittee members receive their necessary expenses.\n########\nAddress:\nEarl G. Peterson\n17555 Sequoia Tree Lane\nIrvine, California 92664\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROALD REAGAN\nRELEA, Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\n#178\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of Raul J.\nNavarro of Santa Barbara as a member of the Camarillo State Hospital\nAdvisory Board for the Mentally Disordered.\nHe has been a member of the board since December of 1970. His new\nterm will expire December 16, 1975.\nNavarro, 32, is administrative assistant to Charles Catterlin, a\nmember of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.\nHe is a member of the Santa Barbara County Advisory Committe for\nSpanish Speaking Affairs, a past president of the La Mesa Improvement\nAssociation, and a past president of the Boys' Club Boosters of Santa\nBarbara,\nNavarro and his wife Georgia have three minor children.\nAdvisory board members receive their necessary expenses when on\nofficial duty.\n######\nAddress:\nRaul J. Navarro\n2211 Elise Way\nSanta Barbara, California 93105\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi\n95814\nEd Gray, Press Secret\ny\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\n#179\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nMrs. William T. (Gwendolyn) Stephens of Point Loma and Mrs. George M.\n(Rose) Jenkins, M.D., of Pasadena to the state Developmental Disabilities\nPlanning and Advisory Council.\nBoth were named to three-year terms, They were first appointed\nMarch 3, 1972.\nMrs. Stephens, a Republican, is a member of the board of directors\nof the San Diego County Association for Retarded Children. She is a\nmember of the board of directors for the Dodson Home for the Aged, and\nis the founder of the Flower Shop in San Diego for the support of\nretarded children.\nDr. Jenkins, a Democrat, is a graduate of the North Carolina\nAgricultural and Technical College at Greensboro with a BS degree in\ngeneral science. She received her medical degree from Howard University\nin Washington, D.C., and has been licensed to practice in California\nsince 1957.\nShe is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Child\nPsychiatry at the University of Southern California. She is a member\nof the NAACP, the Women's Auxiliary to the Charles Drew Medical Society\nand the board of directors of the Pasadena YWCA.\nCouncil members receive their actual and necessary expenses when\non official business.\n######\nAppointees' addresses:\nMrs. William T. Stephens\nRose D. Jenkins, M.D.\n3569 Silver Gate Place\n2021 North Arroyo Boulevard\nPoint Loma, California\nPasadena, California 91103\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ALD REAGAN\nRELEAS\nImmediate\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-28-73\n#180\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today called special elections to\nfill the vacancies in the 67th and 80th Assembly districts.\nBoth elections will be held on the same dates: the primaries\non May 29th, and the general elections, if required, on June 26.\nThe 67th Assembly District election in Los Angeles will be\nheld to fill the vacancy created by the death of Assemblyman Lawrence\nTownsend on March 7, 1973.\nJohn Stull, who represented the 80th Assembly District in\nSan Diego, was elected to the State Senate at a special election\nMarch 6, representing the 38th Senatorial District. Stull succeeded\nClaire W. Burgener who won election to the U.S. House of\nRepresentatives last November.\n# # #\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR P ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, Californ.& 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-30-73\n#181\nMrs. Ronald Reagan will visit 195 U.S. wounded Vietnam war\nveterans Monday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Long Beach,\nGovernor Reagan's office announced today.\nMrs. Reagan will have lunch with the wounded veterans and then tour\nthe hospital's facilities. The hospital has the largest rehabilitation\nfacilities for spinal-related injuries of all the veterans hospitals in\nthe U.S.\n\"I am particularly happy to have this opportunity to visit with\nthese wounded Vietnam veterans,\" Mrs. Reagan said, \"because I want them\nto know that we are interested in their well-being and that they have\nnot been forgotten.\n\"Most of the men have suffered terribly because of the wounds they\nreceived in the service of their country. I hope none of us will forget\nthe sacrifice and the price they are paying for the cause of freedom.\nAmerica's involvement in Vietnam is over, but for many of our wounded\nand disabled veterans and their families the agony continues.\"\n######\nMemo to the press:\nMrs. Reagan will arrive at the Veterans Administration Hospital\nin Long Beach (5901 East 7th Street) at 11:15 am. She will have lunch\nwith the wounded Vietnam veterans at 11:30, and then tour the hospital.\nNewsmen will be permitted to cover her visit in its entirety.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ID REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nEd Gray, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n3-30-73\n#182\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril 2, 1973\nthrough\nApril 8, 1973\nMonday April 2\nNo public appointments scheduled\n(Overnight my Los Angeles)\nTuesday, April 3\n10 am\n1/2 hour appearance on \"Tempo TV\" Program, KHJ-TV,\nLos Angeles\n10:30 am\n1 hour appearance on Jim Dunbar Radio Program, KGO,\nSan Francisco, (by telephone from Los Angeles)\n2 pm\n1/2 hour appearance on \"Eye-Witness\", KABC-TV, Los\nAngeles\n2:45 pm\nRadio interview at KNX, Hollywood\nEvening\nDinner honoring President Thieu of South Vietnam\nhosted by Governor and Mrs. Reagan, Beverly Wilshire\nHotel, Los Angeles, Remarks\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\nWednesday, April 4\nEvening\nRepublican State Central Committee of California\nDinner honoring Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of\nHealth, Education and Welfare, St. Francis Hotel,\nSan Francisco. Remarks.\n(Overnight - - San Francisco)\nThursday, April 5\n8:00 am\n1 hour appearance on the Jim Dunbar Show, KGO-TV,\nSan Francisco.\n(Overnight - Los Angeles)\nFriday, April 6\n2:00 pm\n1/2 hour interview, Newsmakers, KPIX-TV, San Francisco.\nEvening\nHastings 1066 Foundation Annual Dinner, Bohemian Club,\nSan Francisco. Remarks\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nSaturday, April 7\n3:00 pm\n1 hour interview at KNTV-TV, San Jose\nEvening\nGolden Circle Theatre Party, Civic Auditorium, San\nJose.\n(Overnight - Sacramento)\nSunday, April 8\npublic\nNo/appointments scheduled\n(Overnight Sacramento)\n########\nGray"
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