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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 - December 1973\nBox: P15\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\nClyde E. Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-4-73\n#581\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the reappointment\nof Jerome W. Komes of San Francisco to a four year term as a member of\nthe Commission on Judicial Qualifications.\nThe appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate.\nKomes, a 62 year old Republican, was first appointed to the\nboard in 1970.\nThe executive vice president of the Bechtel Corporation,\nKomes is active in numerous civic, service and professional organizations,\nincluding the Middle East Institute, the American Welding Society, the\nWorld Affairs Council of Northern California, the Society for Asian Art,\nand the Bay Area Regional Council of the Near East Foundation.\nBoard members receive their necessary expenses when on\nofficial business.\n######\n2006 Washington Street, #9\nSan Francisco 94109\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR Rt ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde E. Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-4-73\n#582\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointment\nof Earl D. Brodie of Lafayette as a member of the State Board of\nAccountancy, and the reappointment of two Board members.\nReappointed to four year terms were Karl A. Guntermann of\nSanta Barbara and C. Richard Spriggs of Los Angeles.\nBrodie, a 55 year old Republican, fills the vacancy created\nby the resignation of Gordon R. Ewig of Piedmont.\nA 1939 graduate of the University of California, Brodie\noperates a management consultant firm in San Francisco. His term\nwill expire December 26, 1976.\nGuntermann, 54, a partner in the Santa Barbara CPA firm of\nGuntermann, Johnston, Ball and Thompson, is a former Santa Barbara city\nCouncilman and Harbor Commissioner.\nHe is a director-at-large of the California CPA Society and\npast president of the Society's Channel Counties Chapter. A Republican,\nhe is a graduate of Stanford University. He was first appointed to the\nBoard in 1970.\nSpriggs, 57, a partner in the Beverly Hills firm of Arthur\nYoung & Company, is a past president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the\nCalifornia Society of CPAs.\nHe is a 1937 graduate of the University of California at\nLos Angeles. A Republican, Spriggs was originally appointed to the\nBoard in 1971. Board members receive $25 a day when on official business.\n####\nKarl Guntermann\nEarl D. Brodie\n1610 Las Canoas Road\n4031 Happy Valley Road\nSanta Barbara 93105\nLafayette 94549\nC. Richard Spriggs\n2203 Jeffersonia Way\nLos Angeles 90049\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO. LD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-4-73\n#583\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointment of\nJ. Cordner Gibson of San Luis Obispo as a member of the state Board of\nAgriculture.\nGibson, 60, dean of the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources\nat California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, succeeds\nHarold O. Wilson, who resigned to become Governor Reagan's education\nadvisor. His term will expire January 15, 1975.\nA Republican, Gibson attended the University of California at Los\nAngeles where he captained the Bruins' basketball team. He was graduated\nfrom the University's Berkeley campus with a B.S. degree in forestry,\nand holds a Masters degree from the University of Southern California.\nGibson served as regional supervisor for the Bureau of Agricultural\nEducation in the state Department of Education from 1946-49, and for\nseven years was executive dean and dean of student personnel and business\nat the Voorhis unit of Cal Poly. He was appointed associate dean of the\nschool's agriculture department in 1961 and assumed his present position\nin 1968.\nWhile associate dean of Cal Poly, Gibson was coordinator of the\nMorocco Peace Corps program, and also coordinated Cal Poly's overseas\nprogram.\nHe is a member of the agriculture committee of the Los Angeles\nChamber of Commerce, and a past chairman and member of the state Education\nLiaison Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.\nGibson is married and the father of two children. Board members\nroceive their necessary expenses when on official business.\n#######\nAddress:\n663 Rancho Drive\nSan Luis Obispo 93401\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-4-73\n#584\nActing Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointment of\nDonald A. Sandison of Glendale as deputy director of the Department of\nWater Resources.\nSandison, a 49-year-old Republican, is controller of the Peerless\nDevelopment Corporation of Beverly Hills. His appointment is effective\nimmediately.\nA certified public accountant, Sandison is rejoining the Department\nof Water Resources after a four-year absence. He served the Department\nas controller from 1961-69, and directed the accounting, budgeting, and\nbusiness management of the $2.8 billion state Water Project.\nSandison is a 1948 graduate of the University of California at\nLos Angeles with a B.S. degree in accounting. He also completed the\npremeterology course for the U.S. Army Air Force at the University of\nNew Mexico in 1943 and the advance course the following year at the\nCalifornia Institute of Technology.\nHe served as a meterologist with the Air Force in 1943-46, attaining\nthe rank of captain.\nSandison is a member of the California Society of Certified Public\nAccountants, American Institute of CPAs, and Beta Gamma Sigma, business\nscholastic fraternity.\nMarried and the father of three children, Sandison will receive\nan annual salary of $32,256.\n#####\nAddress:\n1515 Stone Lane\nGlendale 91202\nWalthall\nCONTACT:\nEarl C. Parker\nPress Secretary\nSacramento, Calif.\n(916) 445-0680\nnews\nFROM THE OFFICE OF\nLT. GOVERNOR\neD Reinecke\nDecember 5, 1973\nMS - 25\n184 >rat, < R wall\nSTATEMENT TO THE MEDIA\nChap\nToday, Acting Governor Ed Reinecke made the following\nstatement:\nwith the signing of this aid bill we in state government\nhave assured that the state's 500,000 aged, blind and disabled\nwill receive their checks under a system that maximizes grants\nand program efficiencies.\nThere was never any question that grants would be maintained\nsince that was a federal requirement. This bill, however,\nputs to rest the concern both the administration and the legislature\nhas had about two possible administrative structures -- social\nsecurity and the counties -- and about the levels of the state\nsupplement.\nWhen I called the special session to handle this legislation\nI expressed the hope that the legislature would act quickly.\nI commend the leaders of the assembly and the senate, and\nthe administration for their cooperative efforts to see that\nthis action was taken.\n- 2 -\nThis bill assures for the aged, blind and disabled a\nholiday season with a future -- and it means California has\nacted to take full advantage of federal administration and\naccompanying funding that enables grant levels to be where\nthey are. Benefits will be raised, an average of $39, for\n96% of the aged, blind, and disabled recipients.\nIndividuals in the aged and disabled categories will\nreceive $235 a month, while the comparable figure for the\nblind will be $265.\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde E. Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-6-73\n#585\nmoney allocated under Penal Code Section 1547 paid\nout of the general fund\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today offered a $5,000 reward for information\nleading to the capture, arrest and conviction of Francisco Carrasco Salas,\nwho escaped from San Quentin Prison on December 3, 1973.\nSalas was originally sentenced to death in 1968 for the murder of\na Sacramento Sheriff's Deputy, Ken Royal, who was attempting to arrest\nSalas for armed robbery. In 1972, his sentence was reduced to life\nimprisonment when the California Supreme Court held California's death\npenalty unconstitutional.\nSalas escaped during a family visit on the San Quentin grounds.\nThe fugitive is described as a 41-year old, male of Mexican-American\ndescent, 5 foot 11\", 195 pounds, blind in his right eye, and has a\ndeformed left hand.\nSalas is believed to be armed and should be considered extremely\ndangerous.\n####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO.\nLD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-7-73\n#586\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of two\nnew members to the Central Valley Region of the California Regional\nWater Quality Control Board and reappointed a present member.\nThe two new members are Ralph E. Morgan of Modesto and Gordon K.\nPatterson of Visalia. Named to a second four-year term was William R.\nJohnston of Fresno.\nMorgan, 35, succeeds Edward Schroeder of Davis, who has resigned\nand his term has expired. Morgan received a four-year term.\nA structural engineer and partner in the Modesto engineering and\nplanning firm of Morgan and Jacobsen, Morgan is a 1962 graduate of the\nUniversity of California at Berkeley with a B.S. degree in civil\nengineering. He is a Republican.\nPatterson, a 60-year-old Republican, fills the vacancy created by\nthe death of Charles E. Glick of Visalia. His term will expire\nSeptember 30, 1976.\nThe vice president of Early California Foods, Inc., Patterson is a\nmember of the board of directors of the California Canners League, and\nis a past president of the American Baptist Laymen of the American\nBaptist Churches.\nJohnston, 39, is a 1957 graduate of Oregon State College with a\nB.S. degree in agriculture. He holds a Masters degree in irrigation\nscience from the University of California at Davis. He is an irrigation\nand drainage specialist with the Westlands Water District in Fresno.\nHe is a Republican.\nBoard members receive their necessary expenses when on official\nbusiness.\n######\nAddresses:\nWilliam R. Johnston\nGordon K. Patterson\n1342 West San Jose\n18963 Road 220\nFresno\nVisalia\nRalph E. Morgan\n200 Morton Boulevard\nModesto 95354\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO. D REAGAN\nRELEASE: -mmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-7-73\n#587\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nJohn D. Miller of Long Beach, Thomas E. Stanton, Jr., of Belvedere,\nand Howard R. Williams of Stanford as members of the California Law\nRevision Commission.\nThe appointments require confirmation by the state Senate.\nMiller, a 46-year-old Republican, has been a member of the\ncommission since 1969. A Long Beach attorney, he is a 1950 graduate of\nStanford University. He received his law degree from Stanford in 1953.\nHe is a member of the Board of Governors of the Long Beach Bar\nAssociation and is chairman of the group's arbitration section.\nStanton, 61, who has been a member of the commission since 1954,\nis a member of the San Francisco law firm of Johnson and Stanton. A\ngraduate of the University of California at Berkeley in 1931, he earned\nhis law degree at the University's Boalt Hall in 1935 and holds a\nMaster of Laws degree from Harvard University. He is a Republican.\nWilliams, a 58-year-old Democrat, is a professor with the Stanford\nUniversity Law School.\nHe is a 1937 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and\nreceived his law degree in 1940 from Columbia University in New York City.\nCommission members receive $20 a day and their necessary expenses\nwhen on official business.\n#####\nAddresses:\nJohn D. Miller\nHoward R. Williams\n3838 Cedar Avenue\n811 Mayfield Avenue\nLong Beach\nStanford\nThomas E. Stanton, Jr.\n15 Tamalpais Avenue\nBelvedere 94920\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde E. Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-7-73\n#538\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced he has signed the following\nbill:\nSB 1474 - Biddle\nRevises the nomination period and period for\nChapter 1217\npublication of notice of election for general\nmunicipal election on March 5, 1974. The bill\nrevises the deadline for the call of various\nschool district elections. It makes the holding\nof school district election on the same date as\ngeneral municipal election for school districts\noverlapping general law city boundaries optional\nat the discretion of the county superintendent of\nschools rather than mandatory. The bill also\nvalidates all special elections called on or before\nDecember 5, 1973, and held or to be held after\nOctober 1, 1973, and before January 1, 1974. The\nbill makes technical amendments to SB 230 (Chapter\n1146).\nAB 134 - Burton\nProvides for an increased level of support for\nChapter 1216\naged, blind and disabled welfare recipients.\n(signed by Acting Governor Ed Reinecke on 12-5-73).\n******\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROI D REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-7-73\n#589\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nRobert M. Rees as superintendent of the Sierra Conservation Center at\nJamestown.\nThe appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate.\nRees, 47, succeeds Howard M. Comstock of Sonora. Comstock has\nretired.\nA Democrat, Rees has been with the state's correctional system\nsince 1953 when he joined the Deuel Vocational Institution at Tracy as\na correctional officer.\nRees has served as a correctional sergeant, lieutenant and captain\nat the Tracy facility. He has also been the institution's program and\ncorrectional administrator.\nA native of San Benito, Texas, Rees attended Modesto Junior College\nand has taken numerous correctional related courses at University of the\nPacific, the University of California at Berkeley, and at Sacramento\nand Chico State Universities.\nHe will receive an annual salary of $25,908.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-7-73\n#590\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nRoger E. Murdock, deputy chief of police for Los Angeles, as a member\nof the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.\nThe appointment requires consent of two thirds of the state Senate.\nMurdock, a 64-year-old Republican, succeeds Dean S. Lesher of\nOrinda. Lesher resigned to accept appointment as a trustee of the\nCalifornia State University and Colleges.\nA member of the Los Angeles Police Department since 1932, Murdock\nis a 1941 graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.S.\ndegree in public administration.\nAs deputy chief, Murdock has been in charge of the department's\npersonnel and training bureau, in addition to the patrol, traffic and\ndetective bureaus.\nA past president of the Los Angeles County Peace Officers Association,\nhe is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and\nthe California State Peace Officers' Association. He is a member of all\nthe Masonic bodies and in 1963 served as potentate of the A1 Malaikah\nTemple of the Shrine.\nMurdock and his wife have two sons.\nMembers of the Board of Governors receive their actual and\nnecessary expenses.\n######\nAddress:\n1736 Pelham Avenue\nLos Angeles 90025\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde E. Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-7-73\n#591\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nDecember 8, 1973\nthrough\nDecember 14, 1973\nSaturday, December 8\nSpeech, Southern GOP Governors'\n8:00 pm\nConference, Atlanta, Georgia.\nOvernight - Atlanta\nSunday, December 9\nNo Public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nMonday, December 10\n7:15 pm\nSpeech, San Fernando Valley Business\nand Professional Association's Tenth\nAnnual Free Enterprise Award Dinner,\nApollo Ballroom, The Odyssey (Mission\nHills).\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nTuesday, December 11\n2:00 pm\nTaping of YPTV - KTLA Studios,\n5800 West Sunset, Los Angeles\n6:00 pm\nWilshire Republican Dinner Club Reception\nat the Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph\nKean, 234 Muirfield, Los Angeles, Remarks.\n6:45 pm\nSpeech, Wilshire Republican Club Dinner,\nWilshire County Club.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nWednesday, December 12\nNo public appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, December 13\n5:00 pm\nChristmas Ceremony - East Foyer of Capitol.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, December 14\n7:30 pm\nSpeech, California Cattlemen's Association\nAnnual Convention Banquet, Harrah's Club,\nReno.\nOvernight - Los Angeles\n# # #\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-10-73\n#592\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nNathan D. Edwards of Fresno as a member of the Areawide Mental\nRetardation Program Board for Area VIII.\nArea V111 includes Merced, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings\nand Kern Counties.\nA member of the board since November 1971, Edwards, 45, is executive\ndirector of the Fresno Community Council and is the founder and owner of\nEcon-O-Rent Houses and Apartments in Fresno. He is a Republican.\nHe is a former management analyst with the U.S. Department of\nDefense in Panama and served as a supervisory management analyst with\nthe U.S. Army in Puerto Rico.\nEdwards is a 1949 graduate of Fresno State College and has studied\nat University of Panama and the University of California at Santa Cruz.\nHis research paper \"Planning for the Mentally Retarded\" contributed\nto the establishment of regional centers for the mentally retarded in\nCalifornia.\nHe is chairman of the state Disabilities Board and serves on the\nFresno County Alcohol Advisory Council.\nEdwards and his wife have three children. Board members receive\ntheir necessary expenses.\n######\nAddress:\n2093 North Marks\nFresno 93715\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-10-73\n#593\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced he has accepted the\nresignation with regret of Thomas M. Jones, his assistant appointments\nsecretary.\nJones, 31, an attorney, is joining the Beverly Hills and Newport\nBeach law firm of Fulop, Rolston, Burns and McKittrick.\n\"Tom has been one of the most valuable members of this administration\nGovernor Reagan said, \"and we wish him well in his new position.'\nJones joined the administration in 1970.\nHe is a 1962 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley\nwith a B.S. degree in business administration. He was president of his\nsenior class. He earned his law degree in 1965 at UCLA.\nPrior to joining the administration, Jones was an attorney with the\nLos Angeles County Public Defender's Office.\nHe is currently a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve, assigned\nto the Judge Advocate General Corps.\nJones and his wife will make their home in Newport Beach.\n######\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-10-73\n#594\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nMrs. Margaret H. Waters of San Luis Obispo and Mrs. Emily Duprey\nMcCloskey of Eureka as members of the Areawide Mental Retardation Program\nBoard. Both received three-year terms.\nMrs. Waters, a Republican, will represent Area IX, which includes\nthe counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura.\nShe has been a member of the board since September 1970.\nA housewife, Mrs. Waters has been associated with the Coordinating\nCouncil for the Mentally Retarded in San Luis Obispo.\nMrs. McCloskey, a Republican, will represent Area I, which includes\nHumboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino and Lake Counties. A school teacher for\n36 years, she has been a member of the board since January of this year.\nShe is a past president of the Retarded Children's Association of\nHumboldt County, and has been a volunteer in assisting retarded children\nat Sonoma State Hospital.\nBoard members receive their necessary expenses.\n#####\nAddresses:\nMrs. Margaret H. Waters\nMrs. Emily D. McCloskey\n308 Westmont Avenue\n942 G Street\nSan Luis Obispo 93401\nEureka\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R( LD REAGAN\nRELEASE. Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-10-73\n#595\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nFulton M. Smith, Jr., as the state Data Processing Officer in the\nDepartment of Finance.\nSmith, 39, who has been the deputy state data processing officer\nsince February of this year, succeeds G. Lee Smith. His appointment is\neffective immediately. G. Lee Smith has accepted a position with the\nLos Angeles consulting firm of Haskins and Sells.\nFulton Smith, a Republican, will be in charge of developing the\nstate's data processing activities.\nHe is a graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock with a B.S.\ndegree in industrial engineering and has done graduate work at Rice\nUniversity in Houston.\nA native of Littlefield, Texas, Smith grew up in Hemet, California.\nHe is a former employee of Haskins and Sells and was manager of the\nfirm's management advisory services which provided consulting services\nin general and production management, personnel and data processing.\nHe has extensive experience in the data processing field. He was\nmanager of Design Integration and Technology for McDonnell Douglas\nAstronautics (1965-69), was a management systems specialist with General\nDynamics Convair (1961-65), and was a senior systems analyst with the\nHughes Tool Company in Houston from 1956-61.\nSmith and his wife Pamela have two minor children. They make their\nhome in Fair Oaks. He will receive $32,256 a year in his new post.\n######\nAddress:\n3979 Orangewood Drive\nFair Oaks\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN\nRELEAS\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-10-73\n#596\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nMrs. Evelyn M. Hartin of Sacramento as a member of the state Board of\nCosmetology in the Department of Consumer Affairs.\nMrs. Hartin, a Republican, fills the vacancy created by the\nresignation of Donald H. Oliphant, Sr., of Walnut Creek. Her term will\nexpire June 1, 1975.\nA past president of the Sacramento Cosmetologist Association,\nMrs. Hartin is the second vice president of the California Cosmetologist\nAssociation.\nShe is a graduate of Lowry's Beauty College in Phoenix, and has\nbeen licensed by the State of California to practice cosmetology since\n1950.\nMrs. Hartin is a past president of the High O'Linda Toastmistress\nClub, and is a member of the Sacramento Business and Professional\nWomen's Club.\nBoard members receive $25 per diem when on official business.\n######\nAddress:\n3530 West Way\nSacramento\nWalthall\nDecember 11, 1973\nGovernor Reagan's response to Governor Rockefeller's\nresignation:\n\"Governor Rockefeller has been an outstanding governor\nand I have enjoyed working with him over the years.\n\"I wish him every success with his new commission,\nand I am sure that his background and experience gained\nas Governor of New York will be of great help to him in\nthis new undertaking.\"\n###\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-12-73\n#597\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced that the following bill\nhas been signed:\nAB 1969 the Moretti\nReduces the maximum speed limit for all vehicles in\nChapter 1218\nCalifornia to 55 miles per hour, effective January\n1, 1974.\n#####\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROM D REAGAN\nMEMO TO T.\nPRESS\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-13-73\nGovernor Reagan will participate in\na Christmas ceremony at 5:00 p.m. today\n(Thursday, December 13) at the east foyer of\nthe Capitol. Press coverage is invited.\nThe press is also invited to be guests\nof Governor and Mrs. Reagan for a cup of Christmas\ncheer in the Council Room after the above ceremony.\n# # #\nCEW\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO LD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-13-73\n#598\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed boundary line agreements and\nland exchange documents giving California title to more than 900 acres of\nland on San Francisco Bay.\nUnder terms of the transactions, between the state and Mobil Oil\nEstates, California received 132 acres of Bay frontage land along a five\nmile stretch of Redwood Peninsula. In addition, Mobil Oil is donating\n800 acres of Blair Island.\nMobil received clear title to 23 acres of land located in Redwood\nCity between the Bay and the Bayshore Freeway. Title to the land had\nbeen in dispute since 1905. The 23 acres is surrounded by a parcel of\n153 acres of land already owned by Mobil Oil Estates.\nAn additional adjoining 800 acres of Blair Island will be the subject\nof a state task force study to determine its ecological value. Depending\nupon the results of the study, Mobil has agreed to donate a minimum of 60\nacres to the state to enhance the existing wildlife preserve.\nBlair Island is inhabited by various forms of endangered wildlife,\nincluding the California Least Tern and the Clapper Rail. The Great Blue\nHeron and the Snowy Egret nest on the island. Harbor Seals have also been\nobserved on Blair Island.\n\"It gives me great pleasure to sign these documents because I am sure\nthat the people of California are the real beneficiaries, Governor\nReagan said.\n\"Staff of the State Lands Commission, Department of Fish and Game,\nAttorney General's office, and Mobil Oil Estates are to be commended for\ntheir respective efforts in reaching this agreement.\n\"I know that my signing assures the environmental protection and\npublic enjoyment of a unique portion of the San Francisco Bay area\nenvironment. The area is ideal for hiking, fishing, boating and other\nforms of recreation.\n\"These transactions have eliminated costly litigation, and guarantee\nat a significant portion of the Bay area is to be reserved forthe people\nof California. This cooperative effort demonstrates that all sectors of\nour society can work in concert to achieve solutions which are clearly in\nthe public interest.\n\"We have achieved a significant measure of ecological balance within\nan otherwise highly urbanized area, the governor concluded.\n#####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor 1 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-14-73\n#599\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of four\nnew members to the State Air Resources Board.\nThe new appointees, requiring confirmation by the state Senate,\ninclude:\n--Charles J. Conrad of Sherman Oaks. Conrad, a 64-year-old\nRepublican and former Assemblyman, was designated chairman of the board.\nHe replaces A. J. Haagen-Smit of Pasadena. Haagen-Smit has resigned.\n--David I. Kline of Visalia. Kline, 64, a Republican, fills the\nvacancy created by the resignation of Allen B. Lemmon, III of Sacramento.\nAugustus H. Batchelder, 70, of Santa Rosa. Batchelder, a\nRepublican, succeeds R. Robert Brattain of Pebble Beach. Brattain has\nresigned.\nRoger L. Mosher of Palo Alto replaces Gladys Meade of Redondo\nBeach. Mosher is a 43-year-old Republican.\nGovernor Reagan also announced that former California Highway Patrol\nCommissioner Harold W. Sullivan will continue to serve on the board.\nAll of the appointees to the Air Resources Board serve at the\ngovernor's pleasure in the $11,412 posts.\nConrad served 26 years in the Assembly. He was first elected in\n1946 and served until 1972 when he was defeated for reelection. A native\nof Philadelphia, he attended the University of Pennsylvania.\nConrad served two terms (1957-58 and 1969-70) as Speaker pro Tempore\nof the Assembly. He was also Minority Floor Leader of the Assembly in\n1963-64, and was president of the Western Conference Council of State\nGovernments in 1970.\nKline is a 1930 graduate of Stanford University and received his law\ndegree in 1933 from the Harvard University Law School. An orange grower\nsince 1934, Kline is president of the Ivanhoe Citrus Association and\npresident of the Central California Citrus Exchange.\nBatchelder, who is retired, is a former vice president of the\nStandard Oil Company of California. A nationally known expert in\npetroleum research, he is a 1927 graduate of the University of California.\nHe was chairman of the technical program of the 59th annual meeting of\nthe Air Pollution Control Association in San Francisco in 1964.\nMosher, an attorney, is a native of Carmel. He graduated from\nStanford University in 1952, and earned his law degree from the University\nin 1956. He is a member of the Palo Alto law firm of Wilson, Mosher and\nSonsini.\n#####\nWalthall\nAddresses:\nCharles J. Conrad, 13444 Moorpark, Sherman Oaks\nDavid I. Kline, 2101 Green Acres Drive, Visalia\nRogor. L Augustus H. Batchelder, 5557 Yerba Buena Road, Santa Rosa 95405\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-14-73\nGovernor Reagan will be on Christmas vacation\nfor the next two weeks. He has no public appoint-\nments during that period.\nThe family will be available for tradi-\ntional Christmas photos at their Pacific Palisades\nhome on Thursday, December 20, at 11 a.m.\nPhoto journalists wishing further details\nare asked to contact the Governor's Office in\nSacramento (916-445-4571)\n# # #\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\n5814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-17-73\nGovernor Reagan and his family will be available\nfor traditional Christmas photos at their Pacific\nPalisades home on Friday, December 21, at 11 a.m.,\nrather than Thursday, December 20.\nPhoto journalists wishing further details should\ncontact the Governor's press office in Sacramento\n(916-445-4571).\n# # #\nWalthall\nROND\nREACAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ:\n95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-18-73\n#600\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nMrs. Thomas M. (Joy) Yedor of Santa Ana and Bernardo M. Yorba of\nAnaheim as members of the Areawide Mental Retardation Program Board.\nfor Area XI, which includes Orange County. Both received three-year\nterms and have served on the board since September, 1970.\nMrs. Yedor, 45, a Republican, has been affiliated with hospital\nservice organizations for 18 years. She currently is volunteer director\nof volunteer service for Childrens Hospital in Orange County and has\nheaded the hospital's county-wide Guild organization which supports\nmedically indigent families.\nShe also has been a board member of the Orange County Child\nGuidance Clinic.\nYorba, 52, is a Republican and fifth-generation Californian. He\nis partner-manager of Yorba Ranch, a partner of the Mineral Hills Mining\nCompany and vice president of the Golden Orange Broadcasting Company.\nHe has been a trustee of Childrens Hospital since 1966. Other\naffiliations include director of Friends of the University of California\nat Irvine and a trustee of the World Affairs Council of Orange County.\nBoard members receive necessary expenses.\n########\nAddresses:\nBernardo M. Yorba\nBarbara J. Yedor\n5440 Santa Ana Canyon Road\n18441 Dodge Avenue\nAnaheim 92805\nSanta Ana 92705\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi. 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-18-73\n#601\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nGeorge L. Olson of Suisun City and Dr. Brent A. Welch II of Santa\nRosa as members of the Areawide Mental Retardation Program Board.\nThey will fill unexpired terms ending next June 30 as representatives\nof Area IV, which includes Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties.\nOlson, 56, fills the vacancy created by the resignation of\nMilton L. Woods of Vallejo. A Republican, he is vice president and\nmanager for Wells Fargo Bank in Fairfield and Solano county chairman\nof the Comprehensive Health Facilities Planning Committee.\nDr. Welch, 38, and a Republican, fills the vacancy created by\nthe resignation of Dr. Perry J. Bingham of Santa Rosa. A member of\nseveral medical and surgical societies, Dr. Welch is a specialist in\nhead, neck and facial plastic surgery.\nBoard members receive their actual and necessary expenses.\n#####\nAddresses:\nBrent A. Welch, M.D.\nGeorge L. Olson\n3918 Princeton Drive\n86 Paseo Arboles\nSanta Rosa\nSuisun City 94585\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC\nLD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\n:\nediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-18-73\n#602\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nMrs. Alice M. Pendleton of Vista and Mrs. Veda F. Jenkins of San Diego\nas members of the Areawide Mental Retardation Program Board. Both\nreceived terms expiring June 30, 1976, as representatives of Area XIII,\nwhich includes San Diego and Imperial Counties.\nMrs. Pendleton, 59 and a Republican, is executive director of\nthe Northern San Diego County Association for Retarded Children.\nBesides membership on the mental retardation board since 1970, she has\nbeen actively affiliated with the Conference of Executives of Associations\nfor Retarded Children, the San Diego Community Welfare Council's\nCommittee on Retardation, the North San Diego County Council of Social\nAgencies, and the Ladies Auxiliary for Retarded Children.\nMrs. Jenkins, 57 and a Democrat, also has been a member of the\nboard since 1970. She is general manager of Value Village Thrift Store\nin Chula Vista, from which profits go to mentally retarded children.\nShe is a charter member and past president of the San Diego\nCounty Association for Retarded Children and a former board member and\ndistrict representative of the California Council for Retarded Children.\nBoard members receive their necessary expenses.\n####\nAddresses:\nMrs. Alice M. Pendleton\nMrs. Veda F. Jenkins\n1130 Meadow Lake Drive, Apt. 5\n2404 C. Street, Apt. 201\nVista 92083\nSan Diego\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-18-73\n#603\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of\nMrs. Virginia W. Yerxa of Colusaand Mrs. Barbara C. Sailor, of Grass\nValley, to the Area III Mental Retardation Program Board. Both are\nRepublicans and will represent professionals in the field.\nMrs. Yerxa replaces Dr. Eleanor W. Thonis, Ph.D., of Wheatland,\nwhose term expired. Mrs. Yerxa is active in civic and service\norganizations. Both she and her husband are graduates of the University\nof California. She is a registered Occupational Therapist. She is a\nmember of the Colusa City Planning Commission and the Delinquency\nPrevention Commission.\nMrs. Sailor replaces Mr. Tony Chunestudey, of Woodland, whose term\nexpired. She is the executive director of the Nevada County Community\nWorkshop, having served as a member of the board of directors for five\nyears, including three years as president of the board. The workshop\nhas an extensive educational and developmental program for the mentally\nretarded.\nBoard members serve three-year terms and receive necessary expenses.\n######\nAddresses:\nVirginia W. Yerxa\nBarbara C. Sailor\nBox 269\nP.O. Box 1\nColusa\nRough-n-Ready\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 5814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-18-73\n#604\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nEdward A. Hinz, Jr., of Long Beach, to the bench of the Los Angeles\nCounty Municipal Court, Los Angeles District. He fills the unexpired\nterm of former Judge Leland Geiler, who was removed from the bench by\nthe state Supreme Court.\nJudge Hinz, 40, was born in York, Nebraska and earned his B.A. degree\nat the University of California, Los Angeles in 1958. He earned his J.D.\ndegree at Hastings College of Law. He also attended Harvard University\nfor two years prior to serving in the U.S. Army for two years. He has\nbeen in the practice of law for the past 12 and one half years in the\nState Attorney General's Office. Prior to his appointment, he was\nchief assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Law Division\ncomprised of 132 attorneys in four offices throughout the state.\nHe is a member of the Sacramento and California Bar Associations\nand is a past vice-president of the National Association of Extradition\nOfficials. He is also a member of the Order of the Coif.\nJudge Hinz is married to the former Patricia Louise Graham of\nLong Beach. They are the parents of two sons, Edward Arthur III, and\nSteven Frederick.\nAs a municipal court judge he will receive an annual salary of\n$34,605.\n## ## ##\nGarcia\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\n95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-19-73\n#605\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nRudy C. Garcia of San Diego as associate press secretary.\nGarcia, 43, who has served as assistant press secretary since\nJune 1972, replaces Clyde Walthall who was appointed press secretary\nlast month.\nPrior to joining the Governor's staff in April 1971, Garcia\ncompleted a 24 year career in the U. S. Navy, rising from seaman to\nlieutenant commander. He served as a navy journalist for 10 years.\nAfter receiving his commission he served in destroyers and as\ncommanding officer of a repair ship in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam.\nHe was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with Combat \"V\" and Vietnamese\nCross of Gallantry for service in Vietnam.\nHe also served as public affairs officer for the San Diego Naval\nTraining Center and for the Commander Pacific Fleet Training Command.\nHe attended San Diego City College and George Washington\nUniversity in Washington, D.C.\nGarcia is the father of four grown children. He and his wife\nnow live in Sacramento. He will receive an annual salary of $27,492.\n## ## ## #\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R NALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-19-73\n#606\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nWalter P. Capaccioli of San Bruno as judge of the Superior Court of\nSan Mateo County.\nCapaccioli, 42, who is now judge of the county's Northern Municipal\nCourt District, will succeed Judge Louis B. Dematteis of Redwood City.\nDematteis is retiring effective December 31, 1973.\nA Republican, Capccioli has been a judge of the municipal court\nsince December of 1970. He is a graduate of the University of San\nFrancisco with a B.S. degree in political science, and earned his law\ndegree in 1957 at Stanford University.\nPrior to his appointment to the municipal court bench, Capaccioli\nhad been in private practice in San Francisco and Redwood City since 1960.\nCapaccioli is a member of various professional organizations and is\na former president of the North San Mateo County Bar Association. He is\nalso a member of the board of directors of the American Red Cross.\nJudge and Mrs. Capaccioli have three children. He will receive an\nannual salary of $37,615.\n####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R(\nLD REAGAN\nRELEASE\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-20-73\n#607\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of\nKay Toma, M.D., of Bell; Harry A. Oberhelman, Jr., M.D., of Palo Alto;\nand James C. MacLaggan, M.D., of San Diego as members of the State\nBoard of Medical Examiners.\nDr. Toma, a Republican, has been Bell's chief medical officer\nfor 23 years. He is president of Bell Medical Center and a member of\nthe staffs of Mission Hospital in Bell and Presbyterian Hospital in\nWhittier. The 60 year old physician is a graduate of the University\nof Oklahoma and received his medical degree from the University of\nTennessee.\nDr. Oberhelman, 50, is professor of surgery at the Stanford\nUniversity School of Medicine. A Republican, he is a graduate of\nYale University and holds degrees in biology and medicine from the\nUniversity of Chicago.\nDr. MacLaggan, a 57 year old Republican, is a past president\nof the California Medical Association and the San Diego County\nMedical Society. He received his medical degree from Stanford\nUniversity.\nBoard members receive $25 a day when on official business.\n# # #\nAddresses:\nKay Toma\n8151 S. Cielo Vista Drive\nWhittier\nHarry A. Oberhelman, Jr.\n668 Cabrillo\nStanford 94305\nJames C. MacLaggan\n3406 Curtis Street\nSan Diego 92106\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 5814\nClyde Walthall, Press Cecretary\n916-445-4571\n12-20-73\n#608\nSan Diego civic and business leader James C. Schmidt, a key\nstate transportation official for the past seven years, today\nannounced his resignation from the California Toll Bridge Authority\nto devote more time to the State Transportation Board and business\nmatters.\nSchmidt, executive vice president and managing officer of\nSan Diego Federal Savings and Loan Association, became involved in\nthe state's overall transportation planning in 1967 when he was appointed\nas assistant secretary of the Business and Transportation Agency in\nSacramento.\nSoon after leaving the Reagan administration in 1969 to return\nto San Diego, he was named by Governor Reagan to the five-member\nCalifornia Toll Bridge Authority which is responsible for the operation\nof all state-owned toll bridges including the setting of bridge tolls.\nLater he was also appointed to the State Transportation Board\nwhich is responsible for keeping California a nationally recognized\nleader in the field by developing alternative modes of transportation\nthroughout the state.\nAs a member of the California Toll Bridge Authority, Schmidt,\nan attorney, played a key role in helping to lower bridge tolls in\nmany areas of the state.\n# # #\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 5814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-20-73\n#609\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today called upon California business,\nindustry, government, public and private organizations and individuals to\neliminate all nonessential outdoor lighting for the duration of the\nenergy crisis.\nHe said the step was necessary now because the energy shortage is\nentering a critical stage with some cities facing severe shortages.\nIn his statement, Governor Reagan said:\n\"I am today appealing to all businesses, governmental agencies,\npublic and private organizations and individuals to eliminate all non-\nessential outdoor lighting, including outdoor display lighting,\ndecorations and advertising signs.\n\"The only exceptions should be for resident or patron safety and\nsecurity, lighting of businesses or premises for identification, and\nsufficient lighting for the reasonable operation of outdoor activities.\"\nThe governor noted that action has been taken to reduce the use of\nenergy and to increase the supply of oil.\nHe has written to President Nixon and California's congressional\ndelegation urging an increase in the production of oil at the Elk Hills\nNaval Petroleum Reserve near Bakersfield, and he pointed out that the\nState Lands Commission has lifted the moratorium on offshore oil drilling\nin the Santa Barbara Channel. In addition, the commission has voted to\nallow additional offshore drilling for new oil on a lease by lease basis\nin keeping with environmental safeguards.\nGovernor Reagan has signed legislation lowering the legal maximum\nspeed limit in California to 55 mph.\nBy executive order, the governor has directed all departments of\nstate government to reduce their use of state automobiles by 10 percent,\nto reduce thermostat settings in state controlled facilities to 68 degrees\nand to eliminate all nonessential lighting in state buildings.\nIn addition, Governor Reagan has established the Energy Planning\nCouncil. The council, under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Ed\nReinecke, is working closely with federal, state and local authorities\nand the private sector on the energy crisis.\nThe council has established the state Fuel Allocation Office to over-\nsee the federally mandated allocation program. The office has resolved\nseveral thousand fuel shortage hardship cases for California agriculture,\nrapid transit and truckers, just to name a few. The council has also\ndirected its staff to develop a comprehensive inventory of the state's\nenergy to determine shortages.\nIn concluding, Governor Reagan said: \"I am also appealing to every\ncitizen to reduce to an absolute minimum the use of electricity and other\nenergy forms for indoor lighting, appliance operation, and heating. This\nappeal also applies to commercial and industrial establishments to the\ndegree that the reduction of energy can be achieved consistent with\nreasonable operations.\nThe California Public Utilities Commission has already ordered\nvoluntary statewide conservation programs. The PUC is currently holding\npublic hearings on mandatory curtailment plans.\n\"By working together now on a voluntary basis, all of us can do our\nshare to alleviate the energy crisis, the governor said.\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 5814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-20-73\n#610\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nWinfred W. (Win) Adams as a member and chairman of the state Water\nResources Control Board.\nAdams, a 46-year-old Republican, will begin his second four-year\nterm in the $29,712 post on January 15, 1974. The appointment requires\nconfirmation by the state Senate.\nHe was first appointed to the board in 1969.\nA former secretary of Governor Reagan's cabinet, Adams assisted in\norganizing the state Water Resources Control Board, which is a\nconsolidation of the former Water Pollution Control Board and the state\nWater Rights Board.\nHe is a former assistant secretary of the state Resources Agency.\nPrior to joining state service, Adams was a district supervisor in\nSan Diego for the Census Bureau in the U.S. Department of Commerce.\nA retired Air Force warrant officer, he served from 1949-53 as a\nmilitary assistant, air attache's office, U.S. Embassy, in Cairo, Egypt.\nHe also served a tour of duty on the U.S. Air Force intelligence\nstaff at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.\n#####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California 5814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-21-73\n#611\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nWickson R. Woolpert of San Luis Obispo as judge of the Superior Court\nfor San Luis Obispo County.\nWoolpert, a 52-year-old Republican, will succeed Judge Richard L.\nHarris in the $37,615 post. Harris, who lives in San Luis Obispo, will\nretire January 11, 1974.\nA native of Hood River, Oregon, Woolpert is a graduate of the\nUniversity of California at Berkeley and received his law degree in 1949\nfrom the University's Boalt Hall.\nHe is a member of the San Luis Obispo law firm of Muller, Woolpert\nand McWhinney. He has been in private practice in San Luis Obispo since\ncompleting law school with the exception of two years (1950-51) when he\nserved as a deputy in the county's district attorney's office.\nA member of numerous professional organizations, Woolpert served\na two-year term (1954-55) as president of the San Luis Obispo County Bar\nAssociation, and has been the county liaison official with the Committee\non Unlawful Paractice of Law for the California State Bar.\nWoolpert is a former president of the San Luis Obispo City School\nDistrict, and was president of the Board of Trustees of the San Luis\nCoastal Unified School District in 1968-69.\nHe and his wife Nellouise have five children.\n# # # # #\nWalthall\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press\ncretary\n916-445-4571\n12-26-73\n#612\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of\nDr. Edwin J. Staley of Los Angeles and the appointments of Mrs. Robert\nP. (Dorothy M.) Sturr of Downey and Mrs. Bernice B. Bradley of Palos\nVerdes Estates as members of the Areawide Mental Retardation Program\nBoard, Area X.\nDr. Staley, a 48-year-old Democrat, is executive director of the\nRecreation and Youth Services Planning Council, He has served on the\nboard since September 1970.\nRecreation and fitness for the mentally retarded have been high\npriorities of Dr. Staley's since he appointed the first task force on\nthe subject under the aegis of the American Association for Health,\nPhysical Education and Recreation in 1965.\nSubsequently, he negotiated with the Kennedy Foundation for\nfunding of a three-year $250,000 project involving education, research\nand public relations on the subject.\nLater he participated in national workshops on programs for the\nmentally retarded and set up model workshops for use by states and regions.\nMrs. Sturr, 47, and a Republican, replaces Kathlyn L. Schwent of\nManhattan Beach, whose term expired. Mrs. Sturr's term ends June 30, 1976.\nA past president of Women's Auxiliary of County Medical District\n10, she also is a member of the Southeast Association for Retarded\nChildren, Inc. Her son, Bobby, attends special education classes in the\nDowney Unified School District and works in a training center for the\nretarded in Downey.\nMrs. Bradley, a 63-year-old Republican, fills the vacancy created\nby the death/of Eleanor Remillard of Tujunga, whose unexpired term ends\nnext June 30.\nA South Bay area resident since 1946, she has been involved in\nnumerous volunteer programs including those in the children's unit at\nHarbor General Hospital and at Del Amo Psychiatric Hospital. She has done\ncrisis counseling for South Bay Mental Health Service, a county regional\nffice. She is a member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and a\nirector of Marymount College in Palos Verdes Estates.\nIn Palos Verdes, Mrs. Bradley has been active in the past on PTA\nCommittees, as a Cub and Girl Scout leader, in YMCA fund raising and\nCommunity Youth Center Planning. She is president of the Affiliates for\nMental Health, a patron member of the Spastic Children's League and is\naffiliated with Altrusa International, Charity League and Homer Toberman\nToy Loan and Los Pequenos Hermanos Orphanage in Mexico City.\nBoard members receive their necessary expenses.\n#######\nStaley: 2140 Olympic Blvd. Suite 401 Sturr: 9041 Charloma Drive\nLos Angeles\nDowney\nBradlev: 749 Via Somonte Balos Verdos Debetes\nMcKelvey\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON D REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-26-73\n#613\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nWilliam R. Clay of Los Angeles as municipal court judge on the Inglewood\nJudicial District for a term prescribed by law.\nClay, a Democrat, has been a Los Angeles Superior Court\ncommissioner since 1970.\nThe 54-year-old Phoenix, Arizona native has lived in Los Angeles\nsince 1936, was graduated from Jefferson High School and attended Los\nAngeles City Collgee.\nHe was a Los Angeles Police sergeant upon his 1966 retirement\nafter a 20-year career, 11 years of which were spent as a juvenile officer\nin Watts, South Los Angeles, while a member of the LAPD, he graduated\nfrom Southwestern University School of Law and was admitted to the State\nBar in 1960.\nAfter leaving the police department, Clay served on the Los\nAngeles County public defender's staff and with the Los Angeles\nNeighborhood Legal Service Society before receiving an appointment as\nJuvenile Court referee in 1968. While director of the society's USC\noffice, he taught a course in poverty law to USC law students.\nDuring his three and one half years as Superior Court commissioner\nhe sat as judge pro tem in criminal trials.\nClay served in the U. S. Army during World War II, progressing\nfrom enlisted man to staff sergeant before being commissioned as a\nsecond lieutenant. He served 42 months in Australia, New Guinea and\nthe Philippines. He remained in the reserves after the war, attaining the\nrank of major before accepting discharge in 1956.\nActive in the community, Clay was cited in a December 1967\nresolution by the Los Angeles City Council for his involvement in the\narea of intra-group relationships. His affiliations have included\nthe Boy Scouts of America, as a scoutmaster; Crenshaw YMCA and Crenshaw\nY's Men's Club, the Lutheran Church and as a director of the South Los\nIngeles Boys Club.\nHe and his wife, Jacqueline, have two sons, the eldest having\nserved in Vietnam with the U. S. Navy.\nAs a municipal court judge, Clay will receive $34,605 annually.\n######\nMcKelvey\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON\nD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\n95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-26-73\n#614\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nPatrick H. (Pat) McKelvey as assistant press secretary, replacing\nRudy C. Garcia, who was appointed associate press secretary last\nweek.\nMcKelvey, 36, was most recently director of communications\nfor the December 8 statewide \"walk for health\" sponsored by the\nState Health and Welfare Agency.\nHe was a reporter for the Chula Vista Star-News, Inglewood\nDaily News, South Bay Daily Breeze, Los Angeles Times and Copley News\nService prior to joining Pacific Telephone in 1962 as a public relations\nspecialist.\nMcKelvey, is a 1960 graduate of San Diego State University.\nHe lived in Glendora 12 years, attending Citrus Union High School and\nCitrus College.\nBetween 1965 and 1970, McKelvey lived in Marin County and was\nactive in the Loma Verde Homeowners Association, Hamilton-Loma Verde\nLittle League and the Church in Ignacio.\nHe is married to the former Vanita Burnside of Pasadena. The\nfamily, which includes two daughters and a son, now lives in Sacramento.\nAs assistant press secretary, he will receive a salary of\n$21,312.\n####\nWalthall\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californi 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-28-73\n#615\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today his acceptance of the\nresignation of James A. Moe, director of the State Department of\nTransportation, in order that Moe may resume his career in private\nindustry.\nThe governor named Howard C. Ullrich, chief deputy director of\nthe department, as acting director effective January 1. His salary\nwill be $34,200.\nReagan expressed his deep regret at Moe's departure and praised\nhim for his leadership of California's transportation programs in\nhighways, mass transit and aeronautics.\n\"Under Jim's direction,\" the governor said, \"California has been\nable to respond more effectively to the public's transportation needs\nwith greater economy.\"\nReagan credited Moe with being instrumental in broadening the\nstructure of the department to include all modes of transportation.\nAs acting director of Caltrans, Ullrich will be directly responisble\nfor managing the department's 17,000 employees and an annual budget\nof about $850 million covering highways, mass transit and aeronautics.\nHe also will manage the department's efforts in the development of the\nCalifornia Transportation Plan, the document which will govern the\nfuture of transportation in the state.\nSince April 1971, the 58-year-old Ullrich has been chief deputy\ndirector for the department, working closely with Moe in developing\ntransportation policies and managing the department.\nBefore joining Caltrans, Ullrich was city manager of Redwood City,\na post he held for six years. There he was responsible for citywide\nplanning and development and the management of 10 municipal departments.\nA native of Iowa, he attended George Washington University in\nWashington, D.C., and the University of Hawaii. He had been a career\nofficer in the U.S. Navy, and retired as a commander in 1959. He then\nwent to work for Redwood City.\nUllrich, his wife Virginia, and three daughters live in Rescue.\n# # #\nMcKelvey\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California 95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-28-73\n#61\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Placer\nCounty Supervisor Raymond S. Thompson as a member of the Intergovernmental\nBoard on Electronic Data Processing.\nThompson, a 47-year-old Republican, fills the vacancy created by the\nresignation of James E. Moriarty of Moraga and will serve without\ncompensation at the pleasure of the governor.\nThompson has been a Placer County supervisor since 1968. He served\non the 1967 Placer County Grand Jury.\nHe is a native of San Francisco who was graduated from San Leandro\nHigh School in 1944. After serving a year in the U. S. Army Air Corps,\nThompson entered the construction business and is a licensed contractor.\nHe has been chairman of the Placer County Overall Economic\nDevelopment Program Committee since 1969 and has been president for\ntwo years of the Sierra Economic Development District.\nA past active 20-30 Club member and honorary Lions Club member,\nThompson has been a scoutmaster in the Boy Scouts for 20 years and\nholds the Silver Beaver award of the Tahoe Area Council.\n****\n700 Live Oak Lane\nAuburn\nMcKelvey\nOFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ\n95814\nClyde Walthall, Press Secretary\n916-445-4571\n12-28-73\nGovernor Ronald Reagan will attend the\n44th annual Pasadena Kiwanis Club Rose Bowl\nKick-Off Luncheon on Monday, December 31, at\nthe Pasadena Civic Center.\nThe governor has no other public appoint-\nments scheduled through January 2. He will\nreturn to Sacramento on January 3.\n# # #\nWalthall"
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