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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - April 1969
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
R
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 4-1-69
#207
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 35 - Duffy
Makes nonsubstantive amendments
(Chapter 21)
to the Medi-Cal statute.
AB 531 - Crown
Provides for cancellation or refund of
(Chapter 22)
two-thirds of the property taxes imposed
for any fiscal year commencing in
1968 on property as to which the college
property tax exemption would have been
available if the property had been
acquired earlier. Application for
exemption must be made on or before
April 15, 1969.
AB 894 - Townsend
Provides that the governing board of the
(Chapter 23)
Lawndale Elementary School District may
call an election to put the school distric
tax override measure that was defeated
on March 4 before voters of the district
egain, no later than May 15, 1969.
SB 106 - Grunsky
Requires the disclosure of the entire
(Chapter 19)
content of accident reports to any
person having a proper interest in them.
The bill also permits an attorney
representing such persons to directly
obtain copies of such reports.
SB 257 - Dills
Authorizes boards of supervisors or the
(Chapter 20)
legislative body of a chartered city which
assesses and collects its own taxes to
provide by ordinance for the reassessment
of property damaged or destroyed by a majc
disaster prior to April 1, 1969, in an
area or region subsequently declared by
the governor to be in a state of disaster.
if such damage is in excess of $1,000.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO1
RELEASE: Imm .iate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-2-69
#208
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Mrs. Carolyn H. Hume of
San Francisco to a three-year term on the California Arts Commission.
The appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays necessary
travel expenses.
Mrs. Hume, the wife of Jaquelin Hume, a San Francisco businessman,
succeeds William T. Sesnon, Jr. of Los Angeles, who resigned.
A Republican, Mrs. Hume is a member of the board of governors of
the San Francisco Symphony and is a director of the Society for Asian
Art.
She is a member of the International Council for the Museum of
Modern Art in New York; is a former member of the Toyn School for Boys;
and is a past president of the San Francisco Youth Symphony Concerts.
She is also a former treasurer of the Women's Board of the San Francisco
Museum of Art.
She and her husband are art collectors and have traveled widely.
They live at 3355 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Califoi la
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-4-69
#209
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 7, 1969
through
April 13, 1969
Monday, April 7
Afternoon
Arrive Sacramento Metropolitan Airport.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, April 8
1:30 pm
PRESS CONFERENCE
2:45 pm
Proclamation signing for Livestock Week, Governor's
Office.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, April 9
11:00 am
Meeting with State political leaders, Governor's
Office.
3:00 pm
Greetings to Industry Chamber of Commerce,
Governor's Office.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, April 10
9:30 am
Irrigation District Association of California,
El Dorado Hotel. Remarks.
10:30 am
State Environmental Quality Study Council and
Governor's Task Force on Solid Waste Disposal,
Governor's Council Room. Remarks.
2:00 pm
Meeting with Student Body presidents of UC
campuses, Governor's Office.
5:45 pm
RR, NR arrive Sutter Club for reception they are
hosting for San Francisco Consular Corps.
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, April 11
am
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Bakersfield.
10:15 am
Arrive Bakersfield - proceed to groundbreaking
ceremony for new state college.
5:00 pm
GOP fundraising reception, Petroleum Club.
6:30 pm
Junior Achievement Dinner, Albert S. Goode Auditorium
9:00 pm
Depart Auditorium for airport and Los Angeles.
Overnight as Los Angeles
Saturday, April 12
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, April 13
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
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E OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: diate
amento, California
ntact:
Paul Beck
5-4571
4-4-69
#210
John T. Kehoe of Sacramento, director of governmental affairs for
the Board of Trustees of the California State Colleges over the past
18 months, has been appointed a consultant for education to Governor
Ronald Reagan, the Governor's Office announced today.
Kehoe, who will be on leave from the office of Glenn S. Dumke,
chancellor of the California State Colleges, will serve with Dr. Alex C.
Sherriffs, Governor Reagan's education secretary.
Reagan thanked Chancellor Dumke for making available the services
"of such an able and energetic person as John Kehce" to assist the
governor's staff. Kehoe, a 38-year-old Republican, will earn a monthly
salary of $2,055.
In commenting on Kehoe's appointment Chancellor Dumke said:
"Mr. Kehoe has represented the California State Colleges exceedingly
well.
"I am particularly appreciative of his success in conveying to the
Governor and to the legislature the nature of the problems on our campuses
and our requirements for their continuing support if we are to meet the
needs of higher education within the state college system.
"Although we are very sorry to lose his services at this time I am
pleased that his abilities have been given this special recognition and
I look forward to his return to the California State Colleges when he
completes his assignment for the Governor," Dumke said.
In his new assignment Kehoe will be responsible for working on a
variety of projects, including programs which emphasize the importance
of grades 1 through 12 in the educational process. He will also act,
with Dr. Sherriffs, as a limison between the governor's office and school
districts in California, the State Board of Education, the Coordinating
Council for Higher Education, and the governing boards of public higher
education in California.
Kehoe, who is currently completing work towards a Ph. D. degree in
Public Administration from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.,
holds an M.A. degree from the University of Michigan (1957), and an A.B.
degree in History (1951) from Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri.
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He volunteered for service in the U.S. Army in 1953, entering as
a private. By the time he was discharged three years later, he had
worked himself to the rank of captain in the Counter-Intelligence Corps.
Following military service, Kehoe became an intern in the Hayward
city manager's office. He was promoted to assistant city manager in 1958
In 1960, Kehoe became administrative assistant to Congressman
George P. Miller of California. Three years ago, he joined the California
State College system and opened its new Washington, D.C., office which
he headed until October, 1967. He was then promoted to director of
governmental affairs, in Sacramento.
Kehoe is a former president of the Hayward Junior Chamber of
Commerce and served as a statewide vice president for the Jaycees in 1960
He is a member of the American Academy of Political and Social
Sciences, American Society of Public Administration, International
City Managers' Association, American Society for Higher Education,
and American Legion.
He was a member of Rockhurst College's national championship
debate team in 1951.
In 1958 he helped organize a Hayward citizens' committee which was
successful in helping to relocate a new state college campus in Hayward.
Kehoe, his wife Mary Louise, and their two daughters, reside at
4720 North Avenue, Carmichael,
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.7.69
The press conference scheduled for Tuesday,
April 8, at 1:30 p.m. has been postponed to
Wednesday, April 9, at 2 p.m.
There will be a background briefing on tax
reform presented by Cap Weinberger and members of
the Finance Department at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday,
April 8 in News Conference Room #1190. Presenta-
tion of the tax reform program is for background
purposes only and therefore sound recording will
not be permitted.
Present plans indicate that the tax reform
message will be embargoed for release at 5 p.m.
on Tuesday, April 8.
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ I
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 4-7-69
#211
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Whittier real estate
executive G. Harvey Mydland to the State Veterans Board.
The appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $20 per
day per meeting, plus expenses.
Mydland, 62, will fill the unexpired term of Edward M. Curran
of Canoga Park who resigned. The term ends January 15, 1973.
Mydland serves on the Oral Examining Board of the Los Angeles
Police Department and is a member of the District Attorney's Advisory
Council.
He has long been active in the American Legion and is a member
of the organization's National Security Commission.
He served as executive secretary to Lieutenant Governor Goodwin J.
Knight from 1947-48 and worked as regional coordinator for the
California Disaster Office in Southern California from 1955-59. Since
then, he has been engaged in real estate and investments in Whittier.
He lives at 11506 Norino Drive, Whittier. He is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445=4571 4-7-69
#212
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Ronald B. Robie of Sacramento,
consultant to the Assembly Water Committee, to the State Water Resources
Control Board
The appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $25,000
per year.
Robie, a 32-year-old Democrat, will fill the unexpired term of
George B. Maul of Placerville who resigned. The term ends January 15,
1971.
Robie, a 1967 graduate of McGeorge School of Law, is a native
of Oakland. He holds B. A. and M. A. degrees from the University of
California at Berkeley.
He has served as consultant to the Assembly Water Committee since
1961. He has been administrative secretary to the California Advisory
Committee on Western States Water Planning since 1966.
He was a Ford Foundation legislative intern to the California
Legislature from 1960-61, and previously worked as assistant manager
of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce.
Robie is a member of the Western Governmental Research Association,
the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the American,
California and Sacramento County bar associations.
He and his wife, Lynn, have two children. They live at 7820 East
Parkway, Sacramento,
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ.
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-7-69
#213
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Eureka newspaper publisher
Michael W. Johnston and Richard C. Storre, a public accountant, to
four-year terms on the board of directors of the 9th District Agricultura
Association. The association operates the Redwood Fair.
The Posts are non-salaried.
Johnston, a Republican, publishes the Humboldt Times-Standard,
Eureka. He succeeds Don O'Kane of Eureka. Storre, a 38-year-old
Republican, replaces Harold W. Simmons of Bayside Heights. Terms of
both outgoing members expired.
Johnston is a director of the Eureka Chamber of Commerce; and is
a member of the California Newspaper Publishers' Association and
American Newspaper Publishers' Association.
He attended Ventura College and U.C.L.A., and worked for the
Santa Barbara News Press, Los Angeles Examiner and Oxnard Press Courier
prior to moving to Eureka. He is a former director of the Oxnard
Exchange Club and Chamber of Commerce.
He lives at 1415 Buhne Street, Eureka.
Storre attended the University of Oregon and Humboldt State College.
He has been an accountant since 1954 and is presently a partner in the
firm of Snyder, Smith, Storre and Company, Eureka.
He is a director of Humboldt Fire District Number 1, and has
served on the boards of directors of the American Red Cross, Boy Scouts
of America and Northern California Small Business Advisory Council.
He resides at 125 Edgewood Road, Eureka.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-8-69
#214
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Frank D. Nicol, chief deputy
director of the State Department of Parks and Recreation for the past
year and a half, as California's new Director of Veterans Affairs.
The appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $23,625
per year. Nicol, 47, succeeds H. J. Johnson who has served as acting
director of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the past six weeks.
Johnson was named to head the department on a temporary basis when
James E. Johnson, the former director, was appointed vice chairman of
the U. S. Civil Service Commission in Washington D.C. by President
Richard M. Nixon.
Nicol, a Republican, joined the Reagan administration as deputy
director of parks and recreation in February, 1967. He was elevated to
chief deputy director the following November.
He is a 1943 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley,
in Business Administration.
He served as a naval officer during World War II.
From 1946-50, he worked as a field representative, auditor and
underwriter for the Industrial Indemnity Insurance Company, San Francisco.
He then joined the St. Paul Insurance Companies and was promoted to
manager of the firm's San Diego office in 1954.
In 1961, he went into partnership to form the Hornaday-Nicol
Insurance Agency, San Diego, where he worked until joining the
administration in Sacramento.
He is a former chairman of the Business Affairs Committee of the
San Diego Kiwanis Club, and is a member of the San Diego Navy League and
Chamber of Commerce.
He and his wife, Jean, have three children and live at
638 Commons Drive, Sacramento.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4-8-69
Barry Goldwater, Jr., congressional candidate,
will meet briefly with Governor Reagan at 2 p.m.
in his office today.
Photo coverage is invited.
-o-
At 3:15 p.m. today, Governor Reagan will
sign the BART bill.
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ.
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-8-69
#215
Governor Ronald Reagan today called the appointment of Henry M.
Shine, Jr., to a key post in the U.S. Department of the Interior "a
fine choice, one which again compliments the high caliber of men
serving in California state government."
Shine, director of the Department of Professional and Vocational
Standards over the past two years, was named assistant to the secretary
and director of congressional liaison for the Department of the Interior
today by Secretary Walter Hickel.
As director of Professional and Vocational Standards, Shine headed
an agency charged with the licensing and regulation of nearly 800,000
Californians through 40 boards, bureaus, committees and commissions,
In a statement, the governor said:
"The appointment of Henry Shine to this important federal post is
a fine choice, one which again compliments the high caliber of men
serving in California state government.
"During the past two years, he has done an outstanding job as
director of a large and important state agency. Under his leadership,
the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards has made great
strides toward improving its service to the people of California by
providing increased consumer protection and tighter fiscal management,
both very significant accomplishments.
"We are sorry to see him go, but we wish him every success in his
new national responsibilities," the governor said.
Shine, in a letter to the governor, said he is leaving Sacramento
"with mixed emotions.
"I look forward to the new challenge in Washington, D.C., which
hopefully will give me more time with my wife and two young daughters.
On the other hand, I regret leaving until all of the objectives we set
have been accomplished.
"Nonetheless, substantial and important criteria have been created,
thanks to your full and wholehearted support during the past two years,
for which I am indeed grateful.
"Thanks to your encouragement and support," Shine told the governor,
"this department has realized a number of landmark achievements in the
area of public protection and enlightenment.
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"I will continue to maintain a warm personal interest in you and
your activities and I thank you for the privilege of serving the public
with you. It has been the most challenging and rewarding experience of
my life," Shine said.
A native of Culver City, Shine, 47, completed his undergraduate
studies at Harvard University and took his law degree from the University
of Notre Dame.
He served as a naval officer during World War II in the Pacific.
Prior to his return to California, he served in Washington, D.C.,
as a staff member with various interest groups and with the Hoover
Commission under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He and his wife, Peggy, have two daughters and live at 4601
Crestwood Way, Sacramento.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-8-69
#216
Governor Ronald Reagan today made the following statement:
"The action I am taking here today that of adding my signature
to this legislation- represents the climax of a long effort by citizens
and legislators alike to insure that the people of San Francisco,
Alameda and Contra Costa counties pay no more than is absolutely
necessary to help solve the Bay Area Rapid Transit District's very
serious financing problem.
"The approach taken in this bill provides a fiscally sound solution
to the problem. For, it gives the citizens of the three counties an
opportunity to complete BART at a reasonable cost, free of high interest
penalties.
"I want to emphasize that this legislation is a significant example
of how the state can cooperate with local agencies to provide them the
tools they need to solve their own problems.
"I am especially pleased that members of the legislature have taken
this very important and responsible step to provide local communities
in the BART counties the resources necessary to complete the project
for the use of all citizens in the area. =
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4-9-69
Time will be available for photo coverage
of state political leaders and Governor Reagan
at 12 noon today in the Skyroom of the El Mirador
Hotel just prior to their luncheon meeting.
The meeting will be a closed-door session.
This time cancels the original invitation
for photo coverage at 11 a.m. in the Governor's
Office.
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-9-69
#217
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Leighton Hatch, presiding officer of the State Office of Administrative
Procedure for the past two years, as director of the California Depart-
ment of Professional and Vocational Standards.
Hatch, 40, played a key role in the formulation and passage of the
California Administrative Discovery Act of 1968 which provides that
both sides in license revocation hearings disclose to each other, in
advance, evidence to be used in the proceedings.
As presiding officer of the Office of Administrative Procedure, he
has been responsible for the planning, organization, review and direction
of the work of hearing officers who preside as impartial adjudicators at
hearings which result primarily from accusations brought by state
licensing agencies against their licenses, and denials of applications
for licenses by state agencies.
In his new assignment, which requires Senate confirmation and pays
$22,575 per year, he will head an agency charged with the licensing of
nearly 800,000 Californians through 40 boards, bureaus, committees and
commissions.
Hatch, a Republican, succeeds Henry M. Shine, Jr., who has accepted
an appointment as assistant to the secretary and director of congressional
liaison for the U.S. Department of the Interior.
A native of Oakland, Hatch completed his elementary and secondary
education in Martinez. He is a graduate of the city's Alhambra Union
High School. He worked as a San Francisco attorney prior to joining the
Reagan administration.
He is a 1950 graduate of the University of Santa Clara and took his
law degree from the University of San Francisco in 1954.
During the Korean War he served as a lieutenant, artillery, and was
awarded the Bronze Star for bravery in action.
Following admission to the State Bar, he worked as a research attorney
for the District Court of Appeal, San Francisco, and was an assistant
district attorney in Contra Costa County from 1955-57.
He was engaged in private law practice in San Francisco for seven
years before entering state service.
Hatch is a former instructor of law at the College of Marin and is
a major in the Judge Advocate General Corps.
He and his wife, Lynn, have four children and reside at 6649 Lake
Park Drive, Sacramento,
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OFFICE Or THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-10-69
#218
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to four-year terms
on the California Exposition and Fair Executive Committee.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Named were:
-Rafael Vega, a Sherman Oaks restaurateur. Vega, a 62-year-old
Republican, succeeds Donn B. Tatum of Pacific Palisades.
Joseph Russ IV, 32, a Ferndale cattle rancher. A Republican,
Russ replaces Clarence A. Azevedo of Sacramento.
-Denis G. Babson of Palo Alto, a 45-year-old businessman. Babson,
a Republican, succeeds John B. Milovich of Fresno.
Terms of the outgoing members expired.
Governor Reagan also announced he has reappointed Redding veterin-
arian Conrad J. Ferreira. A Republican, Ferreira was first appointed
July 15, 1968. His new term will end February 1, 1973.
Vega is a native of Mexico. He and his son jointly own and operate
Casa Vega Restaurants in Burbank, Encino and Sherman Oaks.
He is a past president of the Los Angeles Mexican Chamber of
Commerce and is a former vice president of the Pan American Optimist
Club of Los Angeles. He has been a member of the Mexican American
Patriotic Association for two decades and has long been active in the
Club Mexicana.
He lives at 14540 Valley Vista, Sherman Oaks.
Russ, a native of Humboldt County, is a descendent of pioneer
Joe Russ who served as an assemblyman and senator during the 1860s and
1870s.
He is a 1959 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley
where he earned a D.S. degree in business administration. He has been
a rancher for 10 years and currently operates a 3,000-head livestock
ranch as well an a dairy farm in the Ferndale area.
He is a past state president of the Future Farmers of America and
is currently a director of the UC-Davis Alumni Association.
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He is also a past member of the California Farm Bureau Resolutions
Committee; is a former member of the Taxation and Zoning Committee of
the California Cattlemen's Association and is presently serving on the
organization's Legislation Committee; is chairman of the Predatory
Animal Control Committee of the California Woolgrowers' Association;
serves on the Redwood Region Conservation Council; is vice chairman of
the Humboldt County Planning Commission; and is a vice president and
director of the Humboldt County Farm Bureau.
His address is Bunker Hill Ranch, Star Route, Ferndale.
Babson, a 1943 graduate of Stanford University, is a Navy veteran
of World War II. He operates a real estate and investments business
in Palo Alto and has also had ranching interests for some 20 years.
He lives at 360 Kellogg Avenue, Palo Alto.
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Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 4-10-69
#219
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 62 - Hayes
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the
(Chapter 26)
Vehicle Code.
AB 113 - Davis
Provides that directors of the Tehama County
(Chapter - 27)
Flood Control and Water Conservation
District will receive $25 for each day of
attendance at official meetings of the
district board.
AB 133 - Stacey
Prohibits the Kern County Water Agency from
(Chapter - 33)
levying its administrative tax on lands with-
in the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water
Agency or the Devils Den Water District as
long as each agency continues to have sub-
stantially the same powers it now possesses
and continues to have a contract with the
state for a water supply.
AB 160 - Veysey
Extends for two years the Vehicle Code
(Chapter 28)
provisions authorizing a combination of
vehicles consisting of a power unit and
two cotton trailers to exceed a total length
of 60 feet. Such vehicles cannot exceed
a total length of 70 feet.
AB 185 - Karabian
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the
(Chapter 29)
Revenue and Taxation Code.
AB 283 - Z'berg
Provides that certain sanitation districts
(Chapter 30)
which file a statement and map or plat as
required by law on or before March 1, 1969
and certain zones within a county service
area which file the required statment and map
on or before Aprill 1969, are formed for
assessment and taxation purposes for the
1969-70 fiscal year.
AB 367 - Lewis
Authorizes the Mojave Water Agency, for
(Chapter 34)
purposes of paying variable costs of
purchasing up to 10,000 acre-feet of water
from the State Water Project, to establish
a zone of benefit within the area contiguous
to Mojave River.
AB 539 - Monagan
Appropriates $770,000 to pay overtime
(Chapter 32)
compensation to those state employees
required to receive such compensation by
the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
AB 709 - Quimby
Authorizes the San Bernardino County Flood
(Chapter 31)
Control District to have specified work done
and to acquire materials, equipment and supplies
without advertising for bids under specified
circumstances. The bill specifies that such
provisions are applicable only to work in areas
which have been declared as a disaster area
by the governor and which are required to be
done as a result of such disaster.
SB 2 - Sherman
Requires the board of directors of the San
(Chapter 24)
Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
to levy a one-half percent sales and use
tax in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa
and San Francisco to finance completion of
the BART system.
SB 125 - Danielson
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the
(Chapter 25)
Financial Code.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-10-69
#220
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has accepted "with
sincere regret, matched by a deep sense of personal pride" the resig-
nation of F. W. Boone who recommended that his job as coordinator of
the State Office of Nuclear Energy be abolished because it is no longer
necessary.
Boone, 37, was named to the $20,000-a-year post last September.
In a letter to the governor, Boone said:
"The Office of Nuclear Energy no longer serves an essential function
The one important activity in which it is engaged (power plant siting)
does not justify its existence.
"I cannot project useful work for myself beyond the end of March, "
Boone said in the letter which he sent to the governor in February.
"I believe it would be in the best interest of all concerned,
particularly the taxpayer, if I resign from state employment.
"May I express my most sincere appreciation for having been given
this opportunity to be of service to the state, his letter concluded.
Governor Reagan, in a letter of response, said:
"I particularly wish to commend you for your analysis which prompted
your decision that your office should be abolished. You have exemplified
the true spirit of the objectives of this administration; that is, to
reduce the cost of government wherever possible without reducing
necessary services of government."
The functions of radiation protection have been transferred to the
Department of Public Health. The remaining functions of the office,
including review of power plant siting, will be transferred to the
Office of the Secretary for Resources.
Boone, who is returning to Aerojet-General's nuclear division at
San Ramon, recommended that:
(a) The chairmanship of the Resources Agency Power Plant Siting
Committee, vested in the coordinator, be transferred to a member of the
Resources Agency staff;
(b) The number of California representatives to the Western
Interstate Nuclear Compact be reduced to one;
(c) Technical and industrial strength be both retained and added
to the Governor's Advisory Council on Nuclear Energy.
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A resident of Concord, Boone is a 1952 graduate of Villa Madonna
College, Covington, Kentucky. He received an M.S. degree in Industrial
Hygiene Engineering from Harvard University in 1957 and continued his
graduate studies at the University of Idaho from 1957-60.
He went to work for Aerojet-General Nucleonics in 1960 as deputy
manager of the firm's Health and Safety Program. When the company's
Security Department and Health and Safety Department were consolidated,
he was named manager of the Plant Control Department. He assumed full
responsibility for the company's security program in 1965 which he
headed until joining state service.
Before joining Aerojet, he worked for three years in General
Electric's Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Department.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE F
S
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-11-69
Governor Reagan will speak at a testimonial dinner for
Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke at the Hollywood Palladium at
9:30 p. m. today.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-11-69
#221
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 14, 1969
through
April 20, 1969
Monday, April 14
Office Appointments
Overnight,- - Sacramento
Tuesday, April 15
11:45 pm
Brief remarks to 100 Kiwanis and Key Club members
from Redondo Beach area, Governor's Office.
2:30 pm
Meeting with 50 high school students participating
in the Senate Youth Program, Governor's Office.
3:00 pm
Picture with Boys Club of America Boy of the Year,
Perry Ludy of Oxnard, Governor's Office.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, April 16
9:00 am
Brief remarks to Institute for Mayors and City
Councilmen, El Dorado Hotel.
1:00 pm
Brief remarks to the Association for Metropolitan
San Jose, El Mirador Hotel.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, April 17
4:30 pm
Brief remarks at the dedication of the Veterans
Home as an historical landmark, Yountville.
4:50 pm
Brief visit to Napa Junior Convention Center
1739 Green Street, Napa.
6:30 pm
Dinner, Napa Elks Lodge, for Napa Dinner Club.
Remarks.
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, April 18
am
Regents' meeting, Berkeley
6:30 pm
Reception and dinner for Association of Catholic
Newsmen (McQuade Award Dinner), S. F. Press Club,
555 Post Street, San Francisco.
pm
Depart San Francisco for Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, April 19
4:00 pm
Remarks on the occasion of the First Anniversary
Ceremonies of the Dedication of the Armenian
Martyrs' Day Commemoration, Bicknell Park, Montebell
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, April 20
No appointments scheduled
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-11-69
The governor's press conference will be held on Tuesday,
April 15, at 9:30 a.m.
This was inadvertently omitted from the weekly schedule.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Sunday a.m.
Sacramento, California
April 13, 1969
Contact:
Paul Beck
#222
445-4571
4-13-69
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
RELEASE.
Governor Ronald Reagan today cited the creation of California's
first ecological preserve as a landmark conservation achievement made
possible through the combined efforts of private enterprise working with
the executive and legislative branches of state government.
The 135 acre wildlife sanctuary, located at Buena Vista Lagoon in
San Diego County, is the first wildlife refuge of its kind since the
passage of legislation last year which permitted the establishment of
ecological reserves to preserve such lagoons as permanent wildlife areas.
The legislation was carried by Assemblyman John Stull (Rep.-Leucadia).
The State's Wildlife Conservation Board California Department of
Fish and Game allocated $265,000 to purchase 65 acres for the preserve.
The acreage will be added to 74 acres already owned by the Nature
Conservancy a private conservation organization which will deed its
acreage to the Wildlife Conservation Board to form the total preserve.
The large freshwater lagoon is nationally known for its wildlife
values.
Some 200 species of land and water birds utilize the lagoon for
feeding, nesting and resting. Concentrations of 60,000 to 70,000 ducks
are not unusual.
"The purchase of this valuable acreage by the Wildlife Conservation
Board, together with the donation of adjoining land by the Nature
Conservancy, has saved for future generations one of our priceless and
fast-disappearing natural wildlife areas," the governor said.
He also noted that the progress of civilization along the California
coast has caused a series of threats to coastal lagoons, bays and
estuaries that are so necessary to the preservation of wildlife.
Governor Reagan said that, in some cases, it is no longer a case
of saving these resources for hunting, but merely preserving them so that
our people and their children can enjoy them in the future.
The Buena Vista Lagoon lies along the northern boundary of the City
of Carlsbad. The ocean is to the west and on the north and east sides is
the city of Oceanside. The existing lagoon of about 190 surface acres,
with depths up to six feet, is a remnant of a much larger one which has
been gradually filled for commerical development.
The area purchased by the Wildlife Conservation Board has been
planned for development as a commercial development if the state had not
stepped in to save it for wildlife.
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RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-14-69
#223
Governor Ronald Reagan today named veteran savings and loan
official, Michael F. B. MacBan of Los Angeles, as California's new
savings and loan commissioner.
MacBan, until recently, was administrative vice president of
the Metropolitan Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles.
He succeeds Dr. Preston Martin who resigned the $24,500-a-year job
to accept an appointment by President Richard M. Nixon as chairman of the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
MacBan, a 50-year-old Republican, will serve at the pleasure of
the governor. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.
He previously served on the staff of the California Savings
and Loan League where he bagan his career in the industry 22 years ago.
He joined the Metropolitan Savings and Loan Association in 1953.
MacBan said that in his new post he plans to continue the policies
which were put into practice by Dr. Martin. He said he also looks
forward to a close working relationship with the board which Dr. Martin
now heads.
A graduate of the University of Southern California (1940) where
he was student body president, MacBan has long been active in Southern
California community affairs.
He is a former staff vice president of the California Savings and
Loan League and currently serves on its governmental relations and
finance committees. In addition he is a past member of the civic
development committee of the United States Savings and Loan League, and
is a former trustee of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Savings and
Loan Institute. He is also a member of the Savings Institutions Marketing
Society.
He was president of the U.S.C. Alumni Association from 1962-64
and is a member of both the Trojan Club and Commerce Associates, which
is affiliated with the U.S.C. Graduate School of Business. He is also
a member of the University Club of Los Angeles and serves on the
construction industries committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
MacBan and his wife, Donna, have three children. They live at
15285 DePauw Street, Pacific Palisades.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-14-69
#224
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named Alhambra
housewife Joyce Valdez to a four-year term on the State Industrial
Welfare Commission.
The post pays $20 per day, plus expenses.
Mrs. Valdez, a Republican, succeeds Mrs. Ruth E. Compagnon of
Glendale whose term expired.
Mrs. Valdez has been engaged in the retail food industry in
Southern California for the past 23 years, both as an employee and
employer. From 1958-66, she and her husband, Frank, operated super-
market chain outlets in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
She is a graduate of El Monte Union High School and attended
Pasadena Junior College from 1946-48.
She is a member of the Alhambra Y.W.C.A. and is a charter member
of the West Los Angeles Emotional Health Association.
She has four children and lives at 1001 South Valencia Street,
Alhambra.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-14-69
#225
Governor Ronald Reagan has named Beverly Hills businessman
John H. Rauch to the California Job Development Corporation Law
Executive Board,
The post pays necessary expenses. Rauch, a 38=year-old Democrat,
will serve at the pleasure of the governor.
The board was created by the 1968 legislature.
Rauch is executive vice president of the Beverly Hills National
Bank.
He is a 1954 graduate of U.C.L.A. and took his law degree from the
University of Southern California in 1961.
A native of Vienna, Austria, he came to the United States in 1940
and became a naturalized citizen in 1945.
He has been in the banking business since 1948 and served as an
instructor in law and banking at the American Institute of Banking from
1962-63.
He is president of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce and is
a director of the Interracial Council for Business Opportunities,
Los Angeles.
He lives at 6508 Moore Drive, Los Angeles.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-14-69
#226
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Waller Reed of Chester and
Markham E. Salsbury of Pasadena to four-year terms on the State Board
of Forestry.
The appointment pays necessary expenses and requires Senate
confirmation.
Reed, a 55-year-old Republican, succeeds Leslie O. Cody of
Red Bluff. Salsbury, 65, replaces Philip Abrams of Palm Springs.
Terms of both outgoing members expired.
Reed is manager of the Collins Pine Company, Chester. A professional
forester, he earned a B.S. degree in forestry from Oregon State
University in 1936. He is a past president and has been a long-time
trustee of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association. He is
also a member of the Western Wood Products Association and has served
on its conservation committee.
His address is P.O. Box 365, Chester.
Salsbury, a Republican, is a consulting engineer and is the court-
appointed watermaster for the San Gabriel River. From 1959-65, he
worked as chief engineer and administrative head of the Los Angeles
County Flood Control District.
He is chairman of the Watershed Fire Council of Southern California
and represents the City of Pasadena to the Los Angeles County Watershed
Commission. He lives at 460 Lakeview Road, Pasadena.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-15-69
#227
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the State
Electronic Data Processing Policy Committee.
The posts pay necessary expenses. Appointees serve at the
pleasure of the governor.
Named were:
--Alfred R. Zipf, executive vice president of the Bank of America,
San Francisco. Zipf, a 51-year-old Republican, heads up the planning
and direction of domestic branches through the bank's area administration
offices in California.
He has been with the firm since 1936 and returned to school in 1951
to major in engineering at U.C.L.A.
In 1953, he assumed the position of assistant vice president and
directed the bank's systems and equipment research activities. This
group was responsible for the installation of the first large-scale,
general purpose computing system to be employed by the banking industry.
He is a 1967 graduate of the Harvard Business School's advanced
management program. He lives at 393 Chestnut Street, San Carlos.
Marshall G. Mustain, 63, a management consultant to the Standard
Oil Company of California. A Republican, Mustain is a native of
Alamogordo, New Mexico.
He is a 1930 graduate of Stanford University in chemical engineering.
He joined Standard Oil the same year in the research and development field.
Since 1950 he has served the corporation as a management trouble-
shooter.
He was a member of the executive committee of Governor Reagan's
Survey on Efficiency and Cost Control for 12 months in 1967.
He lives at 21 North Hill Court, Oakland.
--Frank J. Cleary of Los Angeles, a 38-year-old Republican. Cleary
is assistant controller for ITT-Gilfillan Corporation Los Angeles.
He is responsible for the firm's systems and programming, financial
analysis and project planning.
cleary previously worked as an executive for the Aerojet-General
Corporation.
He holds a B.S. degree in industrial management from the University
of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. degree in accounting and finance from Rutgers
Cleary is president of the Los Angeles Association for Systems
Management and served on the executive committee of the Governor's Survey
on Efficiency and Cost Control.
He lives at 7010 Sepulveda Boulevard, Van Nuys.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-15-69
#228
Governor Ronald Reagan, responding to notification from the Federal
Highway Safety Bureau that California's Highway Safety Program meets the
intent of the Highway Safety Act of 1966, today promised to continue
pushing for action and legislation to improve the program even more.
The program, which had been submitted under the provisions of the
Federal Act, describes current safety activities at both state and
local levels and outlines actions to be taken toward improvement. It
was a part of Governor Reagan's report to the legislature earlier this
year.
"Priority attention this year, Governor Reagan told Acting Director
of the National Bureau Robert Brenner, "is being given to legislation
which would establish a presumptive limits statute in California."
State Secretary of Business and Transportation Gordon C. Luce,
Governor Reagan's representative for highway safety, explained that
alcohol was involved in more than half of the 4,850 motor vehicle deaths
in California last year.
"A presumptive limits bill, which would set one tenth of one percent
as the blood-alcohol concentration level at which a driver's ability is
presumed to be impaired, was introduced early this year as a major step
in improving our traffic safety program,' Luce said.
Luce pointed out that enactment of the bill, authored by Assemblyman
Craig Biddle of Riverside, would modernize the prosecution of drunk
drivers and relieve the judiciary of some of the burden and expense
involved in trials.
"More importantly," he said, "it would help to save a number of
lives on California streets and highways through its contribution to the
removal of the drinking driver menace."
Stronger methods to control the drunk driver is one of the 16 federal
highway safety standards, Luce explained.
He said California is one of only eight states which do not have a
presumptive limits statute. "In most other standard areas,' he stated,
"we equal or exceed the national standards, although our program calls
for continuing improvement and evaluation."
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Luce explained that his Office of Transportation Safety presently
is working closely with almost 100 local governmental jurisdictions to
arrange federal participation in traffic safety improvement programs at
city and county levels.
"These projects include expansion of driver training and education
programs, accident prevention through better records and surveillance,
integrated traffic records systems, and intergovernmental traffic safety
studies."
Other safety projects, with financial participation from the National
Highway Safety Bureau, are being conducted by the State Departments of
the Highway Patrol, Motor Vehicles, Public Works, Education and Public
Health.
"All are being coordinated through the Office of Transportation
Safety," Luce said, "the first time that the state has been able to
channel the various safety efforts into a single, vital force."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4=15-69
Mrs. Mildred Garrison of Long Beach will present some 200,000
signatures she collected urging members of the legislature to
look into the backgrounds of persons engaged in campus disturbances----
to Governor Reagan at 4 p.m. in the Governor's Office.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-16-69
#229
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has elevated Alameda
County Superior Court Judge Thomas W. Caldecott to associate justice
of the State Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three.
Caldecott, 54, succeeds Judge Byrl R. Salsman of Palo Alto who
resigned. The appointment, which pays $36,687 per year, has been
submitted to the State Commission on Judicial Appointments for
confirmation.
Caldecott has served on the superior court bench since 1957. Prior
to becoming a judge, he was a member of the State Assembly where he
served from 1947-57, as chairman of both the Judiciary and Ways and
Means committees.
From 1954-56, he was chairman of the Republican State Central
Committee of California.
He was a member of the Advisory Board of California State College
at Hayward from 1961-68 and served as its chairman for five years.
He was also an advisory member of the State Judicial Council, and
president of the California Conference of Judges, from 1967-68.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, American Judicature
Society and Alameda County Bar Association.
Caldecott is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley
where he also received his law degree. He completed additional graduate
studies at the University of London (England) School of Law.
He was admitted to the State Bar in 1940 and served in the U.S.
Army during World War II.
He has two stepchildren and five grandchildren. He and his wife,
Rosalie, live at 430 Modoc Avenue, Oakland.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-17-69
#230
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Chief Assistant District
Attorney Francis W. Mayer to the San Francisco Superior Court bench.
The post pays $30,800 per year.
Mayer, 51, succeeds the late Judge Raymond O'Connor.
A 1941 graduate of Hastings Law School, Mayer, a Republican, has
been chief assistant district attorney in San Francisco since 1959.
He began his legal career in 1941 as a research attorney for the
District Court of Appeal, San Francisco, He left the job the following
year to enlist in the U.S. Army. He served as an intelligence officer
in Europe during World War II and was discharged as a major in 1945.
Mayer then returned to his assignment with the District Court
of Appeal until 1947 when he became an assistant district attorney in
San Francisco.
He is a former chairman of the Committee on Criminal Law and
Procedure of the State Bar and has served as a director of the San
Francisco Bar Association.
He is also a member of the San Francisco Lawyers' Club, American
Board of Trial Advocates, National Association of District Attorneys,
California District Attorneys' Association, San Francisco Press Club
and American Legion.
He and his wife, Lois, have three children and reside at 5 Sea View
Terrace, San Francisco.
Mayer is a 1934 graduate of Lowell High School, San Francisco.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-17-69
#231
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew will visit California May 6-7 at
the personal request of Governor Ronald Reagan, the governor's office
announced today.
The vice president and Mrs. Agnew are scheduled to arrive by plane
in Sacramento the morning of May 6.
He will then attend a meeting of the governor's cabinet in the
State Capitol, followed by an address to state employees on the west
steps of the capitol.
Governor Reagan will introduce the vice president to members of the
California Capitol Press Corps at 12:30 p.m. in room 1190 at which time
Mr. Agnew will hold a press conference.
Both leaders will meet privately during the afternoon to discuss
federal-state relationships.
Governor and Mrs. Reagan will host a private reception in honor of
Vice President and Mrs. Agnew at the executive residence from 5:30-7:30p.
Following the reception they will attend a fund-raising dinner at
the El Dorado Hotel sponsored by the Sacramento Republican Fund.
The Agnews will spend the night at the home of Governor and
Mrs. Reagan in Sacramento.
The following morning the four will travel together to San Francisco
where the vice president will address a noon luncheon of the Common-
wealth Club of California.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-18-69
#232
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 21, 1969
through
April 26, 1969
Monday, April 21
8:00 pm
California Association of Christian Schools, Orange
County Convention Center, Anaheim. Speech.
Return to Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, April 22
1:30 pm
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, April 23
1:30 pm
Brief remarks to Pasadena Chamber of Commerce,
Governor's Council Room.
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, April 24
10:35 am
Depart Sacramento for Los Angeles.
6:00 pm
Fund raising reception for Congressional Candidate
Barry Goldwater, Jr., Marvin Whiteman residence,
400 Truesdale Place, Beverly Hills.
8:00 pm
Speech before Nuevas Vistas Conference of Mexican-
American Educators, Biltmore Hotel.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, April 25
pm
Depart Los Angeles for Sacramento
2:00 pm
Groundbreaking ceremonies for "Big Four Building,"
Old Sacramento Historic Park. Brief remarks.
Overnight - Sacramento
Saturday, April 26
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
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Sacramento, Califor. a
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 4-21-69
#233
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named 15
persons to the Board of Directors of the newly formed California
Crime Technological Research Foundation.
The appointments require Senate confirmation and pay necessary
expenses. Appointees will serve at the pleasure of the governor.
The foundation was created by the legislature (Title 7. Section
14000-14017) to encourage the development and application of science
and technology for the prevention and detection of crime. The public
corporation also will assist law enforcement to determine its needs
in the area of technology to heighten the effectiveness of its
operations.
Named were:
-Oroville J. Hawkins, deputy director of the Divisions of Law
Enforcement, California Department of Justice, Sacramento.
Governor Reagan designated Hawkins, a Republican, as chairman
of the board.
-Keith S. Griffiths, chief, Division of Research, Department of
Youth Authority, Sacramento. He is a Democrat.
-Milton Burdman, a Democrat, deputy director of the Division
of Parole and Community Services, State Department of Corrections,
Sacramento.
-Ralph N. Kleps, director of the Administrative Office of the
Courts, State of California, San Francisco. He is a Democrat.
--San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Allison Rouse, Redwood
City, a Republican.
--San Leandro Police Chief Thomas J. Rogers, a Republican.
Sheriff Michael N. Canlis of San Joaquin County, Stockton,
He is a Democrat.
Lynn D. Compton, chief deputy district attorney, Los Angeles
County. He is a Republican.
--Paul L. Kirk, School of Criminology, University of California
at Berkeley, a Republican.
-Charles P. Smith of Sacramento, director of the Office of
Management Services, State of California. He is a Republican.
Paul M. Whisenand, an assistant professor in the Department
of Criminology at California State College, Long Beach, He is a
Republican.
#233
Frank T. Ruzic, vice president, Bank of America, San Francisco
He is a Republican.
William L. Faulstich, executive secretary of the California
Peace Officers' Association, Sacramento. He is a Republican.
--Alvin N. Taylor, director of the Alameda County Office of the
Bay Area Social Planning Council, Oakland. He is a Democrat.
--Charles I. Daniels, Jr., an official of the Golden Gate
Distributing Company, San Rafael. He is a Republican.
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RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-21-69
#234
Governor Ronald Reagan has named Robert C. Lindsey, a San Jose
trucking company official, to a four-year term on the California Women's
Board of Terms and Parole.
The post pays $8,500 per year, plus expenses.
The governor also announced he has reappointed retired Richmond
Police Chief Charles E. Brown. A 60-year-old Democrat, Brown was first
appointed February 15, 1968. His new term will end March 15, 1973. He
lives at 84 Miramonte Drive, Moraga.
Lindsey, 50, has been president of Yolo Transport Company,
Incorporated, since 1962. A Republican, he previously worked as
assistant to the president, and vice president, of Security Truck Line,
San Jose.
From 1945-52, he was district managerof Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Company in the Central Coast area.
He is a director of the University Club of San Jose, California
Trucking Association and Rehabilitation Mental Health Service Incorporated
He is a committee chairman for Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara
County and is a member of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Transportation
Club, Metropolitan Associates, and the Navy League.
He lives at 1344 Avalon Drive, San Jose.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-21-69
#235
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Frank McCrary, a Davenport
lumberman, to a four-year term on the board of directors of the 14th
District Agricultural Association. The association operates the Santa
Cruz County Fair.
The post is non-salaried.
The governor also announced he has reappointed Watsonville
businessman Carl R. Hansen. A Republican, Hansen, 25, has served on
the board since 1966. He operates the Krystal Ice-Oxygen Equipment
Company, and lives at 203 Crescent Drive, Watsonville.
McCrary, a 40-year-old Republican, succeeds Clarence O. Hansen
of Felton whose term expired.
McCrary owns and operates the Big Creek Lumber Company, Davenport.
He is a native of Santa Cruz County and has been a rancher and
lumberman in the area for a number of years.
He lives on Swanton Road, Davenport.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-21-69
#236
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Named were:
Robert L. Wall 38, planning director of Madera County. A
Republican, he will fill the unexpired term of William B. Honegger of
Hanford who resigned. The term will end September 30, 1971.
Wall has served as county planning director for five years. He
received an M.S. degree in city and regional planning from the University
of Wisconsin in 1960.
He serves as secretary of the Natural Resources Planning and
Development Committee of Madera County.
He lives at 22257 Road 281, Madera.
Charles E. Glick of Visalia, a 62-year-old Republican and
director of purchasing for Early California Foods. Prior to becoming
a member of the company, he was a partner in an olive products
manufacturing firm.
Glick succeeds John W. Fox of Bakersfield whose term expired.
Glick is a past president of the Corning Memorial Hospital,
Corning Rotary and the Colusa County Historical Society. He is also
a former district governor of Rotary International.
He lives at 2611 Fairview Drive, Visalia.
Vernie Raven, a 65-year-old Republican, and a Dos Palos area
farmer. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Dos Palos
Drainage District and is a director of the Poso Soil Conservation
District.
He replaces James E. Henley of Lemoore whose term expired.
Raven farms a number of irrigated crops, including alfalfa and
cotton.
His address is Route 1, Box 64, Dos Palos.
The terms of Glick and Raven will end September 30, 1972.
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sooramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-21-69
#237
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Monterey newspaperman and civic
leader Ted Durein to a four-year term on the 7th District Agricultural
Association's board of directors. The association operates the Monterey
County Fair.
The post is non-salaried,
The governor also announced he has reappointed King City cattle
rancher Lester E. Smart. A Republican, Smart, 61, has served on the
board since 1962. His new term will end January 15, 1973.
Durein, a 59-year-old Republican, succeeds James F. Van Loben Sels
of Carmel whose term expired.
A native of Alameda, Durein has lived in Monterey County since 1935.
He is a 1931 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley
where he completed three years of graduate work in law and English.
Durein is managing editor of the Monterey Penninsular Herald and
has long been active in civic affairs.
He is president of the Monterey History and Art Association, and
is a past president of the Monterey Rotary Club, Monterey Council of
the Navy League, Carmel Bach Festival, Monterey Paisano Club, and the
California-Nevada Council of Associated Press News Executives.
He is a director of the Visitor and Convention Bureau, Monterey
Penninsula Sports Car Racing Association, Bing Crosby Youth Fund,
Monterey Penninsula Airport Board, Japanese American Citizens' League,
and the Bing Crosby Golf Tournament Executive Committee.
He lives on Lazarro Road, Carmel.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named seven persons to the newly
formed State Board of Registration for Geologists.
The posts pay expenses.
The board was created by the 1968 legislature.
Named to terms ending January 1, 1972, were:
Wilferd W. Peak, 44, chief geologist in the Division of Safety
of Dams of the State Department of Water Resources. He is a Republican
and resides at 8332 Willowdale Avenue, Fair Oaks.
-John F. Curran of Santa Barbara, a 51-year-old Republican, and
a consulting geologist. He lives at 1010 Mission Canyon Road, Santa
Barbara.
--Ted L. Bear, 51, a consulting geologist with offices in Los
Angeles. Bear is a Republican and lives at 5385 Vista Lejana, La Canada.
Named to terms ending January 1, 1971, were:
--Gardner M. Pittman of Bakersfield, 46, a petroleum geologist
employed by the Getty Oil Company. He is a Republican and lives at
3306 Wenatchee Avenue, Bakersfield.
-Glenn A. Brown, 44, a Glendale consulting geologist. A Republican,
he resides at 10001 Pali Avenue, Tujunga.
Named to terms ending January 1, 1970, were:
Dr. Ian Campbell of San Francisco, 69, chief of the Division of
Mines and Geology of the State Department of Conservation. He is a
Democrat and lives at 1333 Jones Street, San Francisco.
--Joe M. Crosby, 49, president of California Liquid Fertilizer,
Pasadena. He is a Republican and lives at 1524 Via Del Rey, South
Pasadena.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Jack L. Olmstead of Fairfield
and Robert C. Gill of Dixon to four-year terms on the board of directors
of the 36th District Agricultural Association. The association operates
the Dixon May Fair.
The posts are non-salaried.
Olmstead, a 31-year-old insurance man, succeeds Rudolph O. Freese
of Birds Landing.
Gill, a Dixon area farmer, replaces Charles McGimsey of Dixon.
Both outgoing members' terms expired.
Olmstead, a Republican, has been associated with the Farm Bureau
Insurance Companies for 10 years. He is a native of Iowa and attended
Iowa State University. He is a member of the Solano County Farm Bureau
and is a strong supporter of the local 4-H program. He lives at 477
West Tabor Avenue, Fairfield.
Gill, a 44-year-old Republican, raises tomatoes, beans, sugar,
beets, alfalfa, grain, corn and sheep and cattle. He was elected
"Farmer of the Year" by Dixon Soil Conservation District in 1960. He
is a director of the Soil Conservation District and the local Advisory
Board of the Bank of America. He lives at 915 Sievers, Dixon.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"Mrs. Reagan and I were shocked and deeply grieved to learn of
the tragic death of our friend Alan Pattee. He was a good man, of
unquestioned integrity, an able and energetic public servant who,
during his many years in elective office, gained the respect and
admiration of his colleagues in state government. He was a man of
great compassion and understanding, a leader who demonstrated a deep
and abiding sense of responsibility to the citizens he represented,
and to the people of California. We will surely miss him, both as a
friend and as a dedicated public servant.
"We pray for the speedy recovery of Mrs. Pattee and extend our
deepest sympathy to her and the family in this very sad and trying hour.
May God grant to them the healing and comfort which He, alone, can give.
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Governor Ronald Reagan will sign a proclamation designating
April as Cancer Control Month April 22, 1969 at 4:45 pm in his office.
Participating in the ceremony will be Mrs. William Talman,
whose husband, District Attorney on the Perry Mason TV series, was
the victim of lung cancer.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the
board of directors of the 23rd District Agricultural Association.
The association operates the Contra Costa County Fair.
The posts are non-salaried.
Named were:
Howard B. Richman, 55, of Pittsburg, a chemical engineer
employed by the Dow Chemical Company. A Republican, Richman succeeds
Charles J. Williams of Lafayette who resigned. Richman will fill
out Williams' unexpired term which ends January 15, 1970. Richman
lives at 1250 Maple Street, Pittsburg.
Vance W. Perry, a 54-year-old Republican, of Walnut Creek.
Perry is an importer of milk casein. He replaces Edmund R. Calisesi
of Antioch whose term expired. Perry's four-year appointment will
end January 15, 1973. He resides at 2655 Cherry Lane, Walnut Creek.
Robert D. Gromm, Sr. of Bethel Island, a 50-year-old
Republican. He succeeds Neno Enea of Pittsburg whose term expired.
Gromm's appointment runs until January 15, 1973. Gromm owns and
operates a trailer park. His address is P. O. Box 447, Bethel Island.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named El Centro insurance man
James F. Tuttle to a four-year term on the board of directors of the
45th District Agricultural Association. The association operates the
California Mid-Winter Fair.
The post is non-salaried.
The governor also announced he has reappointed El Centro trucker
R. L. Thompson. A Republican, Thompson, 63, has served on the board
since 1956. Like Tuttle, his new term will end January 15, 1973.
Thompson lives at 1900 West Main Street, El Centro.
Tuttle, 51, has operated his own insurance business in El Centro
since 1952. A Republican, he is a 1937 graduate of San Diego State
College and served as a member of the U.S. Army Air Force during World
War II in North Africa and Italy.
He succeeds Charles A. Jennings of Imperial whose term expired.
Tuttle is a former secretary-treasurer of the El Centro Kiwanis
Club and is a past commander of the Imperial County Post, American Legion.
He has been a member of the Imperial County Board of Education
since 1957 and is a past president of the Imperial County School
Boards Association. He lives at 314 North G Street, Imperial.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named James L. Rice of Potter Valley,
assistant secretary-treasurer of the Redwood Empire Production Credit
Association, to a four-year term on the board of directors of the
12th District Agricultural Association. The association operates the
Redwood Empire Fair.
The post is non-salaried.
The governor also announced he has reappointed Fort Bragg
nurseryman John S. Druecker. A Democrat, Druecker, 60, has served on
the board since September 27, 1965. His address is P.O. Box 511,
Fort Bragg.
Rice, 35, is a cattle rancher and a member of the local Farm Bureau
and the Mendocino County Cattlemen's Association. He also is a director
of the Redwood Empire Quarter Horse Association and is on the executive
committee of the Sonoma County Trail Blazers. A Republican, he succeeds
John W. Poulos of Potter Valley.
Rice's address is P.O. Box 155, Potter Valley.
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Governor Reagan will greet Heisman Trophy winner O. J. Simpson
and 35 boys and girls, ages 13-15, from the Watts area of Los Angeles,
at 12 noon today in the governor's council room.
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Governor Ronald Reagan read the following statement at his
press conference today:
"Before answering your questions, I want to take this
opportunity to express my deep concern over the very serious implications
for California of yesterday's Supreme Court decision which abolished
residency requirements for welfare recipients in two states and the
District of Columbia.
"As you know, California has been unable to enforce its
residency requirements since last April as the result of a temporary
injunction by federal district court in San Francisco suspending such
requirements.
11 We have appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court. However,
because of the similarity of the case decided yesterday to our own, there
is little reason to believe that a decision on our appeal will produce a
different result.
11 I believe that the taxpayers of this state should know
exactly how last year's federal court action is affecting California, how
it is affecting their pocketbooks. During the current fiscal year alone,
our taxpayers are being force to pay $26 million dollars more in federal,
state and county taxes than would have been necessary to meet our welfare
requirements had our residency requirments remained in effect.
" And, next year, the taxpayers of California--on this basis--
will be forced to pay an additional $35 million to meet the costs of
welfare as a direct result of the ruling.
"Why? Because welfare recipients in a number of other states
know very well that California's welfare payments are higher. They know
that with our residency requirements removed they need do nothing more
than cross our border and they're automatically on our welfare rolls.
"And, who pays? In large part, the taxpayers of California
are forced to foot the bill.
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I want to make it clear that we recognize that the permanently
and totally disabled citizens of our state, who meet the legizimate
requirements of residency, are entitled to welfare. They need and deserve
the assistance which the state provides.
"But, the court rulings affecting residency go far beyond this
concept. In fact, they create nothing less than a bonus for migrating
to California---merely to get on our welfare rolls.
"In my opinion, the court again has deliberately violated the
principle of state's rights. Rather than encouraging state and local
solutions to social problems, the court is telling us we MUST turn to
Washington for answers.
"Is the court, perhaps, suggesting that California lower its
welfare standards to those of other states? How else could its decision
be interpreted unless, of course, it cares little for the welfare of the
taxpayers of California from whom the blessings of assistance flow.
Certainly, yesterday's decision does nothing to encourage
some states to meet their own responsibilities in this area. In fact,
it actually encourages them to further lower their already inadequate
assistance payments in hopes the poor will move away---to states like
California.
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If there is equity in the court's decision, I fail to see
how it applies to California. For, in no way, can there be equity for
the taxpayers of this state who are being forced to pay the additional bills.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today announced he has accepted the
resignation of Albert C. Beeson as director of the State Department of
Industrial Relations, effective May 1.
Beeson, 61, has headed the department since April, 1967. He said
he was resigning to return to private business.
"I have greatly enjoyed my association with you and my colleagues
in the Human Relations Agency over the past two years," he told the
governor. "I have now decided the time has come for me to return to the
management consulting field.
"It has been, of course, an honor and a most interesting experience
to have served you and the people of California in carrying out the work
of the Department of Industrial Relations. The many problems still to be
solved will be a challenge for my successor, and I am sure he will
receive the fine support and cooperation your office has always shown
me," Beeson said.
"I will always be available to serve you and your Administration
in any way. Please call upon me if I can be of help," he added.
Governor Reagan wished Beeson "every success as you resume your role
as a private citizen. We all owe you a debt of gratitude for your
dedicated service to the state."
The governor said he is appointing Peter Weinberger, 54, to succeed
Beeson. Weinberger has served as director of the State Department of
Employment since January, 1967. He will take up his new assignment as
soon as possible, Governor Reagan said, in order to insure a smooth and
orderly transition.
The Department of Employment will be absorbed into the newly created
Department of Human Resources Development (HRD) which is headed by
Gilbert L. Sheffield, 39, and which will become fully operational later
this year.
Sheffield, a former Pacific Telephone executive, left his company
post in San Francisco early this year to become director of the new
department. He will assume the additional duties of Director of Employ-
ment, on an interim basis and without additional compensation, until
the job is phased out.
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The Department of Human Resources Development resulted from
Governor Reagan's reorganization of the executive branch and legislation
adopted by the 1968 legislature. It will be fully implemented prior
to January 1, 1970.
It will include those functions presently assigned to the
Department of Employment, the Multi-Service Center Program and the
State Office of Economic Opportunity. The Commission on Aging will be
attached to HRD.
The department is part of the Human Relations Agency headed by
Spencer Williams.
Governor Reagan called creation of the new department "a major
step toward bringing together, in a single agency, the state's numerous
and fragmented job training and placement programs as part of a massive
effort to help train and place in jobs the hard-core unemployed, to
help move them from the welfare rolls onto payrolls.
"The new department." he said, "centralizes administration of
this overall function, pinpoints responsibility and pools manpower
development funds to make the most efficient use of taxpayers' dollars. "
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The office of Governor Ronald Reagan has issued
the following statement:
"BY GENERAL AGREEMENT, AN EXTENSION OF 10 WORKING
DAYS HAS BEEN GRANTED BY WESTERN REGIONAL OEO FOR THE
GOVERNOR TO CONSIDER THE GRANT TO THE SACRAMENTO AREA
EOC."
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(Telephoned to AP, UPI, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento
Union, San Prancisco Chronicle, KFBK
Radio, KXTV, KCRA, KOVR television
at approximately 10 p.m.)
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Governor Reagan sent the following telegram to Clare L. Berryhill,
Republican candidate for the seat vacated by Assemb lyman John Veneman:
"Nancy joins me in expressing our sincere congratulations on
your outstanding victory.
"We look forward to working with you in the general election to
ensure continued Republican representation from the 30th Assembly
District.
"I was very pleased to hear that your primary opponents have
endorsed you in the run-off election.
"Again, our heartiest congratulations."
The governor, in telegrams to Peter W. Johansen and Ray Simon,
unsuccessful candidates in the Tuesday election, told them:
"You can say with full justification that you fought the good
fight and ran the good race. The issues and the thoughts you advanced
during the campaign helped build a better informed electorate, and
gave both the public and your opponent some guidelines to consider.
In addition, you made a tremendous contribution to the total
Republican effort in California.
"I want to thank you for your immediate endorsement of Clare
Berryhill in the run-off election. With your support, the 30th
Assembly District will continue to have Republican representation.
"Nancy joins with me in wishing you and your family the very best.
You can take pride in the fact that you answered one of the noblest
callings in our Republic---that of the citizen politician who willingly
sacrifices himself and his resources in an effort to maintain and
advance the cause of good government.
"Again, my admiration and best regards."
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#247
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed legislation
"which will help insure the restoration of roads and bridges damaged by
California's recent disastrous floods restoration which is vital to
the everyday lives of millions of our citizens."
The measure (AB-76, Davis) imposes a temporary one-cent gas tax
increase to assist in the repair of damaged roadways. It also
appropriates $25 million for the repair of public buildings which
suffered damage.
However, in signing the legislation, the governor reduced the $25
million allocation to $7.5 million because he said administration
estimates indicate the full appropriation is unnecessary.
At the same time, he said the administration will add an additional
$2.5 million from funds collected, but never used, to meet a similiar
flood crisis in Northern California several years ago.
In a statement, the governor said:
"I have today signed legislation which will help insure the
restoration of roads and bridges damaged by California's recent disastrous
floods restoration which is vital to the everyday lives of millions of
our citizens.
"I had hoped the legislature would provide the authority to free
existing funds for this purpose, or at least have given the opportunity
to choose between this alternative and raising the gas tax.
"However, the legislature left me with but a single choice.
"The sheer magnitude of the damage in flood-stricken areas, added
to the potential danger of uncontrolled runoff from a record snowpack
this Spring, requires that positive action be taken.
"Failure to take such action- despite the single alternative
provided would, in effect, deny the people whose areas were hit hardest
by the floods their only recourse to prompt restoration of the roads and
bridges they depend on for transportation each day.
"No legislature and no governor can predict the kind of natural
disasters we have experienced, The citizens of this state should, and do,
expect courageous and forthright action from their elected leaders on
occasions such as this. Anything else would amount to a shirking of
responsibility.
"I want to make it clear I will terminate the additional tax at the
earliest possible moment.
"I also want to assure every Californian that not a penny more than
is absolutely necessary will be collected for this purpose.
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 27, 1969
through
May 4, 1969
Sunday, April 27
a.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport via San
Francisco for New York City (JFK Airport)
Overnight - Waldorf Astoria - New York City
Monday, April 28
Noon
Municipal Forum luncheon, Biltmore Hotel,
Madison Avenue and 43rd Street. Speech.
Overnight - Waldorf Astoria - New York City
Tuesday, April 29
11:00 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE, Plaza Hotel
11:30 a.m.
Proceed to reception and luncheon for California
State Chamber hosts and New York guests, Terrace
Room, Plaza Hotel
12:30 p.m.
Luncheon. Remarks by Senator Collier, Speaker
Monagan. Governor speaks, followed by Q & A.
3:40 p.m.
Wheels up White Plains for Providence, Rhode
(EDT)
Island via charter jet. Governor Reagan and
Speaker Monagan aboard.
4:30 p.m.
Wheels down Providence, R. I. airport; Interna-
tional Refueling Service, met by Secretary of the
Navy John Chaffee; State GOP Chairman George
De Stefano; National Committeeman Frederick
Lippitt; National Committeewoman, Mrs. Eldredge
Jackson; Dinner Chairman Raymond De Leo
4:35 p.m.
Press availability in nearby conference room of
airport terminal
5:15 p.m.
Depart for Biltmore Hotel, Providence
7:00 p.m.
Depart Biltmore Hotel for Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet,
Cranston, Rhode Island
7:30 p.m.
Rhode Island RSCC Recognition Dinner. Speech.
10:15 p.m.
Wheels up Providence for White Plains, New York
(EDT)
11:00 p.m.
Wheels down, White Plains.
Overnight - Waldorf Astoria - New York City
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Wednesday, April 30
a.m.
Depart Newark Airport for Cincinnati Airport,
Covington, Kentucky. Proceed to Lexington for
RGA Conference.
6:00 p.m.
Reception and dinner for governors, governors'
wives and staff at the Keeneland Race Course
Overnight - Lexington, Kentucky
Thursday, May 1
10:00 a.m.
First Business Session, Campbell House.
Remarks: Governor Ronald Reagan
Remarks: Governor Louie B. Nunn
Remarks: Vice President Agnew
Remarks: Hon. Rogers C. B. Morton
12:45 p.m.
NEWS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Lexington, Kentucky
Friday, May 2
9:00 a.m.
Second Business Session, Campbell House.
Remarks: Hon. Gerald Ford
Remarks: Governor Raymond P. Shafer
Panel: Educational Problems
Governor Warren P. Knowles
Governor James A. Rhodes
Governor Norbert T. Tiemann
Campaign Committee Report
Governor Louie B. Nunn
Business Items
Governor Reagan
12:45 p.m.
NEWS CONFERENCE, following business session
8:00 p.m.
State Dinner, Phoenix Hotel
Overnight Lexington, Kentucky
Saturday, May 3
1:30 p.m.
Depart for Kentucky Derby
Overnight - Lexington, Kentucky
Sunday, May 4
11:00 a.m.
Governor Reagan appears on CBS' "Face the Nation"
taped in Louisville
p.m.
Depart Cincinnati Airport for Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
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#249
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the formation of a Driver's
License Medical Advisory Board, comprised of nine physicians, who will
review current Department of Motor Vehicles procedures for issuing
and/or denying driver's licenses for disabled and technically disabled
citizens.
The concept of the Medical Advisory Board--part of the governor's
highway safety program--developed during discussions by the governor
and Department of Motor Vehicles Director Verne Orr on present licensing
practices and California's highway accident rates.
State law now provides that physical or mental disabilities need
not prevent the issuance of a driver's license as long as an applicant
can exercise reasonable control of a motor vehicle. Making this
determination is currently the responsibility of specially trained DMV
analysts.
As the first order of business the board is reviewing the manual
which presently guides the DMV analysts in reaching their decisions as
to whether a handicapped person's disability should prevent him from
being licensed; requires restricted or conditional licensing or possibly
is no bar at all to safe driving.
The disabilities under study include those of persons who are
diabetic, epileptic, partially paralyzed, amputees, or are subject to
fainting, dizzy spells, heart attacks or strokes. In addition, the
Board will advise on how often medical reports would be required on
drivers who are gradually losing their vision or muscular control due
to aging, multiple sclerosis or other factors.
The members of the Board will serve voluntarily and without pay
or othe remuneration.
In announcing the formation of the board, Governor Reagan expressed
his personal appreciation to the nine physicians.
"They are giving their time and professional knowledge to assist us
in insuring that the best interests of all who wish to use our highways
are served", he said.
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"Proper therapy, medication, specially equipped vehicles and other
modern techniques and devices can frequently allow persons with certain
disabilities and handicaps to drive safely for many years.
"It is certainly not our intent to penalize the handicapped who can
safely operate a motor vehicle. On the other hand, we cannot allow the
safety of the motoring public in general to be jeopardized by persons
with mental and/or physical afflications which could make them potential
menaces on our streets and highways.
"Difficult decisions of a medical nature are required. We, therefor
consider it to be important that the Department of Motor Vehicles
analysts charged with such important decision making be given the best
possible assistance and guidance on which to make these important
judgments.
"Verne Orr and I believe the formation of this board will be very
beneficial to all parties concerned and will be another step forward in
our continuing battle against mounting traffic accidents," the governor
said.
Physicians named to the board are:
Arnold R. Friesen, Pasadena
Thomas W. Lyons, La Mesa, Chairman
Joseph F. Maguire, Ventura
Laurence A. Mosier, Garden Grove
Julian M. Sether, Los Angeles
George G. Snively, Sacramento
B. G. Steward, Bakersfield
Robert Tour, San Francisco
Irma West, Department of Public Health, Berkeley
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Governor Ronald Reagan of California, chairman of the Republican
Governors' Association, has announced the appointment of James R.
Galbraith as director of Public Relations of the RGA.
Galbraith, 33, brings to the governors' association a background
of news and politics. He comes to the association from the National
Republican Congressional Committee in Washington, D.C. where he was
assistant director of Public Relations.
Born in Crystal Falls, Michigan, he attended schools there and in
California, including Pasadena City College, University of Southern
California and Los Angeles State College.
Galbraith spent five years with the Independent and Star-News
newspapers in Pasadena, California. He came to Washington, D.C., in 1960,
first serving as a congressional assistant and later as a magazine
editor. He also was supreme court reporter for "Three Star Extra" on
NBC radio. He joined the congressional committee in January 1964.
At the RGA Galbraith joins Buehl J. Berentson, executive director,
and Mrs. Margaret Hughes. administrative secretary.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has approved the grant
to the Sacramento Area Economic Opportunity Council under the federal
poverty program.
He said, "I am gratified by the cooperative and responsible efforts
of many public officials, community leaders and officers of the SAEOC
in resolving various issues concerning the refunding of this grant."
Edwin Meese III, executive secretary to the governor, has been
meeting throughout the past several days with Sacramento city and county
officials, members of the SAEOC executive board, and other local leaders.
Meese said these meetings, which continued through the early
afternoon today, resulted in agreement by SAEOC, the western regional
office of OEO and the governor's office on provisions of the grant which
will promote satisfactory and responsible conduct of the programs being
funded.
Meese noted that an extension of ten working days for the governor
to consider the grant was provided yesterday, but that the additional
time will not now be necessary in view of the agreement reached today.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today promoted Paul A. Meaney of Novato
from assistant chief to chief of the State Division of Fair Employment
Practices.
The appointment pays in the range of $19,512-$22,044 per year.
Meaney, a 38-year-old Republican, will serve at the pleasure of the
governor.
He succeeds Peter R. Johnson of Mill Valley who resigned.
Meaney WRS appointed assistant chief of the division April 1, 1967.
A native of Massachusetts, he was educated in Southern California
schools, including Loyola University and U.S.C.
He served 10 years as a personnel supervisor at Hughes Aircraft,
Culver City, and three years with Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo.
He is married, has four children, and lives at 5 Hayes Street,
Novato.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed May as Anti-Litter
Month: Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, The explosive population growth, economic development
and urbanization have affected the quality of California's natural
environment and conservation practices; and
"WHEREAS, Public awareness is needed for assistance in the
fields of air, water and land pollution; and
"WHEREAS, The existing conditions which relate to and affect
the appearance of the highways and byways of the State of California
may make extra efforts by the residents of California desirable; and
"WHEREAS, To help reduce the $50 million annual cost of litter
pickup, it is urged that all Californians support Anti-Litter Month
by their individual efforts for the beautification of the Golden State;
and
"WHEREAS, It is all-importent that Californians do not fall into
a state of complacency, for it is only through the individual efforts
of its citizenry that California will remain one of the cleanest and
most beautiful states in the nation,
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REPGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby
proclaim the month of May, 1969, as ANTI-LITTER MONTH".
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4-25-69
#254
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has appointed former
Oakland newsman Jerry C. Martin as assistant secretary for research
on the governor's staff.
His alary will be $16,500 per year.
Martin, 36, has been associated with the Oakland Tribune for the
past six years as a political writer, legislative correspondent and
for the past four years as chief editorial writer. Before joining
The Tribune, he was a news editor and correspondent with The Associated
Press and United Press International.
In his new position, Martin will be responsible for a variety of
research projects involved in planning and coordinating the major
"creative society" programs of the Reagan administration.
Martin studied at the University of Houston (Texas) and the
University of California. He is an Air Force veteran of the Korean
war, and is a Republican.
He is a member of Signa Delta Chi, national journalism society,
and the San Francisco Press Club.
Martin and his wife, the former Helen Jean Rowland, reside in
Sacramento,
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
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Contact:
Paul Book
445-4571
4-28-69
#255
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed AB-602,
Gonzalves, the so-called "raw milk"bill.
In a letter to members of the Assembly, the governor said:
"I am returning without my signature Assembly Bill No. 602 entitled,
"An act to add Section 35928 to the Agricultural Code, relating to milk
and milk products, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately. "
"AB-602 limits the authority of local health or milk inspection
officers to prohibit the use, sale or disposal of certified raw milk or
certified raw milk products.
officers
"The bill generally prevents local health/from taking certified raw
milk off the market when disease organisms are found unless illness
results which can be proved traceable to the consumption of certified
raw milk. Exceptions are provided in the case of seven specified
disease organisms.
"In the case of several other disease producing organisms such as
anthrax, botulism, cholera, para-typhoid fever and poliomyolitis, the
local public health officer must go to the local county milk commission
and obtain that body's approval to enjoin the distribution of milk
containing such organisms.
"It appears that the principal stimulus for the passage of AB-602
was alleged harassment by government officials. The remedy for such a
situation, if true, is best provided by administrative action and the
courts, rather than by general legislation which restricts all state and
local health officers. These officials must have the power to control
the distribution and sale of food products found to contain disease
organisms.
"I have no desire to restrict the right of people to use certified
raw milk or certified raw milk products, but AB-602 unduly limits the
authority of health officers to take necessary precautions for the
protection of the public.
"My decision in this matter is based also on the recommendations of
the California Medical Association, the State Board of Public Health,
local public health officers, and the State Departments of Agriculture
and Public Health."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
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Sacramento, Califr ia
Contact: Paul Becn.
445-4571 4-28-69
#256
Governor Ronald Reagan ennounced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 76 - Davis
Appropriates $25,000,000 plus certain other
(Chapter 52)
described funds for repair, restoration or
replacement of local non-highway public
facilities damaged or destroyed by storms
occurring between September 1, 1968 and
December 31, 1969.
The governor objected to the $25 million
appropriation and reduced it to $7.5 million.
The bill makes funds available in the Street
and Highway Disaster Fund available for the
repair of damage to state highways and local
roads damaged or destroyed by storms occurring
between September 1, 1968, and December 31, 1969
It also imposes a one cent per gallon increase
in the gasoline and diesel fuel taxes for six
months or until the governor proclaims that such
tax increase is no longer needed.
AB 89 - Pattee
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the
(Chapter 41)
Agricultural Code.
AB 121 bad Porter
Increases from $25 to $35 per month the
(Chapter 42)
maximum allowance that may be paid to a
a member of a mosquito abatement board in
lieu of payment of expenses incurred in
connection with meetings or business of the
board.
AB 144 - Biddle
Makes nonsubstantive amedments to the Penal
(Chapter 43)
Code.
AB 209 - Johnson, H.
Authorizes a court to order the return of
(Chapter 44)
depositions as well as exhibits, filed as
well as introduced, to the attorneys filing
as well as introducing them upon expiration
of the appeal period in a civil action.
AB 211 - Johnson, H
Permits the destruction of records of a notary
(Chapter 45)
who leaves office after 10 years from the date
of deposit with the county clerk if no request
for or reference to the records has been made.
PB 212 - Johnson, H.
Requires that a copy of a foreign will which
(Chapter 46)
is offered for probate in this state and the
order or decree admitting it to probate in the
other state or foreign country satisfy prescribe
requirements of the Evidence Code, rather than
be duly authenticated or proved.
AB 216 - Belotti
Removes the expiration date from the Fish and
(Chapter 47)
Game Code provisions relating to the seasons for
the taking of crabs.
AB 276 - Burton
Authorizes a court in any county, rather than
(Chapter 48)
only in counties of one million or more
population, to order the destruction or disposal
of any exhibit or deposition introduced in the
trial of a civil action after a prescribed
period of time.
AB 80 - Monagan
Extends the application of the Senior Citizens
(Chapter 51)
Property Tax Assistance Law to premises where
the householder owns the dwelling or the land
on which the dwelling is situated, or has a
possessory interest in either.
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AB 278 - Russell
Specifies that a mutual insurer which has
(Chapter 49)
completed specified voluntary mutualization
proceedings or which has converted to a mutual
legal reserve insurer is not subject to
provisions generally applicable to mutual
insurers. The bill specifies that this
provision is declaratory of existing law.
The bill further provides that a mutual insurer
which completes specified voluntary mutualization
proceedings may thereafter establish new classes
of policyholders.
SB 54 - Collier
Imposes an additional recording fee of $1.00
(Chapter 36)
for each reference to a previously recorded
document, other than the first reference,
requiring additional indexing.
SB 78 - Wedworth
Requires, rather than permits, the County of
(Chapter 50)
Los Angeles to perform the property tax assess-
ment and collection functions for cities within
the county without compensation.
SB 124 - Danielson
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the
(Chapter 37)
Corporations Code.
SB 136 - Grunsky
Repeals the Government Code provisions
(Chapter 38)
authorizing issuance of writs of habeas corpus
by justices of the Supreme Court and Courts
of Appeal. Provisions for the issuance of such
writs are contained in the Constitution,, as
adopted by the voters in 1966. The bill also
revises provisions relating to the return
of writs of habeas corpus.
SB 138 - Beilenson
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the
(Chapter 39)
Government Code and Health and Safety Code.
SB 150 - Deukmejian
Deletes the requirement that jury and traffic
(Chapter 40)
commissioners of the Los Angeles Municipal Court
be appointed from the staff of the Clerk of the
Court.
Jury and traffic commissioners must possess
the same qualifications as a municipal court
judge (five years of law practice). There
is no requirement that employees of the clerk's
office be lawyers. The present limitation
in the law makes it difficult to find qualified
persons for these posts.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
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Sacramento, Califon
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-28-69
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke will sign his first bill (AB-1, Badham)
at a ceremony in the governor's office tomorrow, Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
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Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-29-69
#257
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of a
Redwood Parks Special Study Commission
The seven member commission will determine whether or not to
recommend to the governor and the legislature that the three state
redwood parks on California's north coast be transferred to the newly
authorized Redwood National Park. If the commission recommends transfer,
the members also will consider the conditions under which the parks
should be transferred.
"California's parks, Jedediah Smith, Del Norte Coast, and Prairie
Creek Redwoods, make up 27,468 acres of the 58,000 acres proposed to be
within the boundaries of the new National Park, " Reagan said. "The
three state parks contain the vast majority of virgin redwoods and
represent an investment of millions of dollars in state and private fund
contributed on a matching basis over many years."
The Governor noted that the legislation establishing the new Nation
Park authorizes transfer of the state parks, but does not make transfer
mandatory.
Named to the commission were:
-Thomas A. Black of Aptos, Chairman of the Santa Cruz County Board
of Supervisors and an attorney in Santa Cruz. Mr. Black, a Republican,
will be chairman of the commission.
Whitford B. Carter of Lancaster, Chairman of the State Board of
Forestry, a Democrat.
Lawrence C. Merriam of Berkeley, retired Regional Director of the
National Park Service. He declined to specify his party affiliation.
Guy E. Rusher of Orick, Vice Chairman of the Humboldt County Boa:
of Supervisors, a Republican.
--C. Russell Johnson of San Francisco, President of the Union Lumb
Company, a Republican.
Richard M. Leonard, a San Francisco attorney, and a Democrat.
Harry E. Sokolov of Beverly Hills, President of the California
Parks and Recreation Commission, a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOF
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE RESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-29-69
Newsmen (including television film crews and photographers) who
plan to cover the visit of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew in Sacramento,
May 6, must notify Governor Reagan's press office no later than 10 a.m.,
Monday, May 5.
On the basis of this notification, newsmen will need credentials
to cover the vice president's 11:30 a.m. address from the west steps of
the Capitol, his 12:15 p.m. press conference (room 1190, State Capitol),
and his evening address (approximately 8:45 p.m. at the El Dorado Hotel),
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all on May 6.
The credentials will be available for pick up
in the governor's press office the morning of May 6.
Please inform the governor's press office of your needs and/or the
needs of your radio-television network, newspaper or wire service, as
soon as possible, preferably by early Friday afternoon, May 2.
Also, indicate which of the three events you plan to cover.
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# 258
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke announced today he has signed
the following bills:
AB .1 - Badham
Establishes the Dana Point and Doheny
(Chapter 56)
Beach Marine Life Refuges in Orange County.
AB 45 - Cullen
Allows a person who, after January 1, 1968,
(Chapter 57)
obtained a city carrier permit to convert
that permit to a radial highway common
carrier permit without any additional
fee. If such a person already has a
radial permit then the bill calls for a
refund of the city carrier permit fee.
AB 414 - Wakefield
Amends the Vehicle Code to permit the
(Chapter 58)
Department of Motor Vehicles to accept
a certificate of competence from law
enforcement agencies for officers who
operate two-wheel motorcycles in the
course of their duties.
SB 129 - Cologne
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the
(Chapter 53)
Business and Professions Code.
SB 154 - Lagomarsino
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the
(Chapter 54)
Public Resources Code.
SB 210 - Short
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to the
(Chapter 55)
Fish and Game Code.
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Sacramento, Califor a
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4-30-69
Mrs. Spiro T. Agnew will be available to ladies of the press
and their photographers at 11:30 a.m. at the Reagan Residence,
1341-45th Street, on Tuesday, May 6.
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