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May 1, 1973
Governor Reagan today made the following statements in
answer to reporters' questions regarding Assembly Speaker
Moretti's request for a televised debate on the Governor's
proposed Revenue Control and Tax Reduction Program.
Question:
Are you going to accept Speaker Moretti's challenge
to debate the tax limit plan on TV?
Governor:
I am not quite sure what it is he means in debating.
If he means to debate simply the request that we have made that the
legislature allow the people to vote on this issue that could be
the shortest debate in history and I doubt if anyone would want to
give it very much air time because it is simply a matter of opinion.
He doesn't think the people should be allowed to vote on this and
I believe they should.
Question:
What about the merit of the plan itself?
Governor:
The merit? It has been introduced to the legislature.
There is a legislative process which he has jealously guarded and
which he says is being assailed by this proposal and there it is now
they can have all the committee hearings, all the open hearings, all
the research into this program it is possible to have in the normal
legislative process. He really should stick with that.
Question:
You won't debate him?
Governor:
I don't see any reason to debate him.
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, Californi 95814
MEMO T THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-2-73
Governor Reagan will respond to charges made by Assembly Speaker
Moretti, regarding the governor's tax program, at 11:45 a.m. today
in the governor's office.
Press coverage is invited.
#####
Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-2-73
#246
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced appointments of four new
members to the Council on Intergovernmental Relations and the
reappointments of six current members.
New members include: James Stearns, secretary of the Agriculture
and Services Agency. Stearns fills the vacancy created by the expiration
of Caspar Weinberger's term. Weinberger, former director of the
Department of Finance, is now secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
in President Nixon's administration.
Earl W. Brian, M.D., secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency, who
replaces James M. Hall, former secretary of the Human Relations Agency.
Hall is now a vice president of MCA, Inc., in Universal City.
Frank J. Walton, secretary of the Business and Transportation Agency,
who replaces Gordon Luce, former secretary of Business and Transportation
and now president of the San Diego Federal Savings and Loan Association.
Byron James of Piedmont, a business management consultant, who
replaces James C. Haugh of San Diego.
Stearns, Dr. Brian, Walton and James are all Republicans.
Current members reappointed to the council are: Lieutenant Governor
Ed Reinecke, State Controller Houston Flournoy, and Norman B. Livermore,
Jr., secretary for the Resources Agency. All three are Republicans.
Also reappointed was Clifford R. Anderson, Jr., a Pasadena attorney,
who was redesignated chairman of the council. He is a Republican.
Other members reappointed were Wesley McClure, a Democrat and city
manager of San Leandro, and Ruth A. Green, director of social services
of the Health Care Services Corporation in San Diego. She is a
Republican.
Council members receive their necessary expenses.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ:
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-2-73
#247
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Fred N.
Fowler, M.D., of Stockton, as a member of the Stockton State Hospital
Disordened
Advisory Board for the Mentally Retarded. He also announced the
reappointment of John W. Palmer to the board.
Dr. Fowler, 35, replaces Kazuo Orimo, M.D., of Stockton. Dr.
Orimo's term has expired.
A Republican, Dr. Fowler is a psychiatrist at the San Joaquin
General Hospital in Stockton. He is a native of Hollywood and a 1959
graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles. He received
his medical degree in 1963 from the California College of Medicine at
Los Angeles, now the medical school of the University of California at
Irvine.
Palmer, a 50-year old Republican, was first appointed to the board
in December 1970. He is an executive with the Turlock Fruit Company.
Terms of both members will expire January 16, 1975.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
####
Appointees' addresses:
John W. Palmer
Fred N. Fowler, M.D.
1717 Hawkeye Road
4207 Cliff Drive
Turlock, California 95380
Stockton, California 95201
Waltha
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON LD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-2-73
#248
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Harold A.
Del Ponte of Klamath to a four-year term as a member of the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board for the North Coastal Region.
The region includes Del Norte, Siskiyou, Humboldt, Trinity,
Mendocino, Sonoma and parts of Modoc and Lake Counties.
Del Ponte, 56-year old Republican, replaces Herbert A. Peterson,
Jr., of Arcata, Peterson resigned.
A member of the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors from 1953-72,
Del Ponte is a 1939 graduate of Washington State University with a BS
degree in forestry.
He is a past president of the North Coast Supervisors Association
and a past president of the supervisors unit of the Redwood Empire
Association.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
####
Address:
Harold A. Del Ponte
101 - 169 Interchange
Post Office Box 35
Klamath, California 95548
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROA D REAGAN
RELEASE: ediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-2-73
#249
&
Press
I have called you here today to read the text of a letter I have
just sent to Speaker Moretti and to discuss a number of the false
charges he has made about the Revenue Control and Tax Reduction Program
I have proposed.
Here is the text of my letter to Bob Moretti:
"Dear Bob:
"Thank you for your letter regarding a televised debate on our
tax reduction program.
"As I see it, the only issue presently before the legislature
and the people is whether or not the people themselves should be allowed
to vote on a program to control and reduce their tax burden. You do not
believe they should be allowed to do this and I believe they should. A
debate on what is apparently a simple difference of opinion between us
would be the shortest debate on record.
"Public debates are an effective means of clarifying complicated
issues for the public, or for comparing candidates for office. Deciding
whether the people should be allowed to vote or not is hardly a
complicated issue, and I'm not a candidate for office so there really
is no need to air our difference.
"I'd still like to give you a briefing on the program--I think
if you understood it, you'd like it as much as you did the welfare
reform.
"You are disturbed, for example, that the refund of the surplus
might benefit unfairly those of higher income. You'll be pleased to
know that almost half the people, those at the lower end of the earning
scale, will have no income tax liability at all, and there will be no
rebate at all for corporate income tax or capital gains.
Best regards,
RONALD REAGAN
Governor"
#####
Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-2-73
#250
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of two
members to the board of directors of the 27th District Agricultural
Association, sponsor of the Shasta District Fair, and two members of
the 33rd District Agricultural Association, sponsor of the San Benito
County Fair.
Reappointed to four-year terms on 27th District board were William
F. Candrian and Dr. Conrad J. Ferreira, both of Redding.
Candrian, 57, manager of the Wells Fargo Bank in Anderson, was
first appointed to the b - rd in 1969.
Dr. Ferreira, who has a private veterinary practice in Redding, has
served on the board since 1962.
Reappointed to the 33rd District board were Fulton J. Picetti, Jr.,
and John P. Ohrwall, both of Hollister.
Picetti, 56, operates an insurance firm in Hollister, He has served
on the board since 1969.
Ohrwall, 72, is superintendent of Almaden Vineyards, Cienega. He
has been a member of the board since 1945.
All four of the appointees are Republicans. Their new terms will
expire January 15, 1977.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
######
Addresses:
William F. Candrian
Dr. Conrad J. Ferreira
4951 Alta Camino Drive
Post Office Box 958
Redding, California 96001
Redding, California
Fulton J. Picetti, / Jr.
John P. Ohrwall
91 Blosso Lane
1781 Cienega Road
Hollister, California 95023
Hollister, California 95023
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR DONALD REAGAN
RELEASE Immediate
Sacramento, Califor a 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
MEMO TO THE PRESS
916-445-4571
5-2-73
#251
The attached is a series of comments, prepared by Governor
Reagan's Task Force on Tax Reduction, keyed to the 34 summary comments
of the legislative analyst published on Monday, April 30.
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Post:
1. We find no valid basis for the argument that Californians pay 44
percent of their incomes in federal, state and local taxes (Pages 1-8).
2. The 44 percent tax burden estimate is misleading and highly inflated
because many types of receipts have been erroneously classified as taxes,
because the income base used to make this calculation is too small, and
because the calculations ignore economic reality when they assume none
of our tax collections is shifted to taxpayers in other states or
nations. (Page 8).
3. The governor has erroneously classified the following types of
receipts as taxes in order to obtain his 44 percent burden figure:
1) Admissions to University basketball and football games;
2) University book store receipts and board and room charges;
3) Private donations to the University;
4) Highway bridge tolls;
5) Employee retirement contributions
6) Local airport receipts;
7) Local hospital charges;
8)
U.S. Postal receipts;
9) U.S. natural resource receipts;
10) The sale of agricultural products by the federal government.
(Pages 3-5)
Task Force Comments:
Points 1, 2 and 3.
For reasons totally obscure, the legislative analyst makes much of
the distinction between taxes and revenues in his report, while repeatedly
substituting "taxes" for "revenues" in his reading of the governor's
message of March 12, 1973, to the legislature. In fact, the governor
states that "this year, 1973, it is estimated that combined government
revenues - Federal, state and local - will be more than 43 percent of
California's total personal income." (Page 1 of Message). Similarly,
fable 1 and Figures 1 and 2 (pp. 29, 30, 33 and 34 of Message refer
explicitly to "Government Revenues, from Californians."
In certain contexts, a distinction between taxes and revenues is both
appropriate and informative. As a measure of the annual resource command
of government, however, revenues is at least as meaningful as any other
measure currently available.
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#251
In emphasizing the distinction between taxes and revenues, it is the
legislative analyst, not the governor, who conveys the impression that
all taxes are pernicious and burdensome (..."a compulsory payment
"
Page 3). By contrast, this amendment acknowledges and serves the desire
by Californians to fund a viable state government, partially supported by
taxes levied on themselves, partially supported by revenues from other
sources.
It is the legislative analyst, not the governor, who seems unclear
as to the issue: shall government continue its historical erosion of
individual free choice.
The ratio of revenues to personal income is but one of several ways
to measure the significance of government. The legislative analyst
prefers to use "Net (National) Product," and that, surely is his privilege
However, there is no possible justification for claiming that his measure
is better or more meaningful to California voters in assessing the
important balance between private and public spending.
Moreover, his argument here is spurious. First, by his own
admission (Page 7), "separate estimates of net state product are not
calculated for California." Even if one were to accept as a better
measure the ratio of revenues to net state product, one could not compute
it from available data.
Unable to proceed with this computation, the legislative analyst
proceeds to offer as a measure the ratio of revenues to gross state
product based on estimates prepared by the UCLA Business Forecasting
Project. By his own admission, the legislative analyst considers this
an inferior measure.
By contrast, the state personal income estimates utilized both in
the governor's Message and in the computation of the state tax revenue
limit are available in publications of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Secondly, whatever the measure employed, the lesson is the same:
the growth of government, both absolutely and relative to the economy,
has been rapid. In the absence of direct action by the citizenry,
continuation of this growth promises to make government the dominant
pervasive factor in the life of every man, woman and child.
As to the issue of tax shifting, the legislative analyst correctly
points out that some portion of taxes levied on California businesses is
exported to residents of other states and nations, through higher prices
and reduced earnings on investments, However, for reasons inexplicable
to the task force, he fails to recognize that taxes paid by non-California
businesses are exported in identical fashion to Californians and thereby
become part of the burden borne by Californians.
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#251
Post:
4. The governor's state tax burden estimate is 41 percent higher than
the revenue figure in his own budget (Page 3).
Task Force Comment:
Point 4: Everything included in the estimate of total state revenues is
included within the budget. The legislative analyst errs in referring
only to the budget summary and its associated revenue table, schedule 2.
Schedules 4, 5 and 6 contain the remainder of state revenues, including
federal payments to the state.
Post:
5. The governor's tax burden estimate has been grossly inflated by
including corporate taxes in tax collections, while excluding
undistributed corporate profits from the income base (Page 5).
Task Force Comment:
Point 5: As noted above, the ratio of revenues to California personal
income is only one possible measure. Even so, any adjustment for retained
corporate earnings attributable to Californians would be largely
de minimus. Computations using the legislative analyst's own reported
U.S. data (pp. 6-7) - California data being unavailable - suggest for
1969-70 that revenues to personal income plus undistributed corporate
income would approximate 42.2 percent. By comparison, then, the measure
of 44.7 percent reported by the governor hardly can be characterized as
"grossly inflated" (p. iii). The legislative analyst's argument here is
therefore largely spurious.
Post:
6. The Tax Foundation's estimate of total tax burden is 32.6 percent
(Pages 1,8).
Task Force Comment:
Point 6: The legislative analyst expresses bafflement (page 2) as to
the difference between (1) revenues collected from Californians as a
percentage of state personal income and utilized by the governor in his
Message and (2) U.S. taxes as a percentage of U.S. Net National Product
and utilized by the Tax Foundation. His bafflement is puzzling in the
extreme to the task force. First, the distinction between "revenues" and
"taxes" seems clear enough even without the legislative analyst's detailed
reconciliation, as does the distinction between California State personal
income and U.S. Net National Product. Secondly, Californians enjoy higher
incomes than are enjoyed by residents in many other states. As a direct
result, the average California family surrenders to the federal government
a larger portion of its income than does the average U.S. family. As such
the Tax Foundation's reported computation clearly understates the tax
burden borne by Californians.
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#251
In any case, as noted above, whatever the measure employed,
government has grown faster than the economy from which it draws its
support---and the burden imposed on the citizen has grown commensurately,
With this, not even the legislative analyst can disagree.
Post:
7. The governor's forecast that state revenues will total $47.1 billion
by 1989-90 assumes that tax rates will be repeatedly increased in the
future (Pages 8-16)
8. During the 1960s, state expenditures increased faster than revenues
due to rapid increases in higher education enrollments, expansion of
medical assistance, and growing welfare costs. At the present time, these
state expenditure programs are growing at more moderate rates (Page 12)
9. Our workload projections of state costs for the next four years
indicate that these expenditures can be financed without increasing
state tax rates (Page 12)
10. The governor's report does not explain why he assumes repeated tax
rate increases will be enacted in the future (Page 14).
Task Force Comment:
Points 7, 8, 9, 10; The legislative analyst both acknowledges and
documents the increasing state tax burden borne by Californians, both via
higher rates and via larger tax bases, particularly since the outset of
the 1960s. The governor's Message merely projects this historical pattern
to 1989-90. By the legislative analyst's own calculations (Page 13),
the governor's projected growth is somewhat more modest than that
experienced during the period 1961-74. In what sense, then, is it "highly
speculative" (Page 9) to assume that tax rates will be increased in future
years given historical record referred to by the governor and detailed by
the legislative analyst?
Were it not for a nagging suspicion that a similar analysis performed
in 1959 would have failed to foresee the tax rate increases of the 1960s,
the legislative analyst's "workload projections" would be comforting.
However, in the present context, such projections and speculations
are neither here nor there. The proposed amendment is designed to assure
Californians that the historical growth of California state and local
government will be slowed.
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#251
Post:
11. The governor's February 8, 1973, press release indicated that
personal income taxes would be reduced ten percent on a permanent basis.
The initiative proposes a 7.5 percent credit and allows the legislature
to modify (or eliminate) this credit (Page 17).
12. The initiative proposes a one-time 20 percent income tax credit,
but it also contains language which allows a lesser amount if the General
Fund surplus is insufficient to fund the full credit. (Page 18).
Task Force Comment:
Points 11 and 12: The reduction from 10 percent to 7.5 percent was to
insure that, even if personal income tax revenues are not quite as high
as expected, a significant income tax cut can be implemented. This
provision, as well as the provision for a credit of up to 20 percent,
is indicative of the built-in flexibility and augmentation of the
legislative responsibility for tax control to be found throughout the
proposed amendment.
Post:
13. The governor's press release referred to the 1973-74 tax limit base
as $9.8 billion, or 8.75 percent of personal income. These figures are
obsolete. The governor's office now estimates that the tax base is
$9.3 billion, or 8.34 percent of personal income (Page 18).
Task Force Comment:
Point 13: The governor's message did not identify the figure $9.8 billion
as limited state tax revenues for 1973-74. Footnote (2) for Figure 3
and Table 3 on page 47 of the governor's Message to the legislature
indicates clearly that the $9.8 billion figure would be decreased by the
amount of excluded user fees which, at that time, had not been fully
defined. The task force currently estimates limited state tax revenues
in 1973-74 as approximately $9.3 billion. This estimate is not, and
cannot be, final until passage of the budget.
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Post: (Point 14)
#251
14. There are major inconsistencies between (a) the items used by the
governor to estimate tax burden on Californians, (b) the items included
as revenue subject to the proposed expenditure limitation, and (c) the
items included as revenue in the governor's budget. These inconsistencie
have not been explained. (Pages 20 22)
Task Force Comments:
14. There is no inconsistency.
In computing the ratio of combined government revenues Federal,
State and local to personal income, intergovernmental transfers must
be attributed only once either to the level of government funding the
transfers or to the recipient government, but not both.
The Amendment defines and distinguishes State Tax Revenuesand
Excluded State Revenues. Among the components of Excluded State Revenues
are intergovernmental transfers. Together, State Tax Revenues and
Excluded State Revenues equal the revenues available to state government.
Post: (Points 15, 16)
15. The governor's constitutional initiative, which adds Article 29,
does not limit state revenues. It does limit state expenditures, based
on a declining percentage of personal incomes of Californians. To exceed
the expenditure limitation, Article 29 requires the assent of the
governor and a two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature. Without
the assent of the governor, this initiative prohibits the legislature,
on its own motion, from exceeding the expenditure limitation, even if it
acts by a two-thirds vote of each house. (Pages 23, 36, and 37).
16. This initiative recommends, but does not require, the legislature
and the governor to refund to the taxpayers those revenues which exceed
the expenditure limitation. (Page 35).
Task Force Comments:
15., 16.
The proposed Amendment is a limit on State Tax Revenues.
Section 2(a) (3) effectively requires the legislature either to
refund accumulations in the Tax Surplus Fund or to adjust tax rates
and/or tax bases so that net taxes borne by California taxpayers remain
within the Tax Revenue Limit.
Section 3 dealing with appropriations is designed to facilitate
and guarantee to Californians that the limit will be observed.
To allege that, because of Section 3, the amendment is an expendi-
ture limit is a perversion of fact and intent.
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#251
Post: (Point 17)
17. Under emergency conditions, the governor and the legislature can
increase taxes to fund expenditures in excess of the limitation, but
such tax increases will expire two years after their enactment, unless
in the interim they are approved by a majority vote of the electorate.
(Page 37)
Task Force Comments:
17.
This provision of the proposed Amendments provides the flexibility
to state government to meet an emergency but not to permanently increase
the tax burden under the guise of an emergency situation.
Post: (Points 18, 19)
18. As a result of the restrictive language in Section 9 (a) of
Article 29, there will be an incentive for the state to reduce the senior
citizens' property tax assistance, and the renters' tax credits. No
parallel incentive will exist for the state to reduce the homeowners'
exempion or the business inventory exemption, for, if the legislature
reduces them, the expenditure limitation will be commensurately decreased.
(Pages 41, 42)
19. Due to the restrictive language in Section 10 (a) of this initiative,
the state will have no incentive for increasing senior citizens' property
tax assistance, renters' tax credits, the business inventory and the
homeowners' exemptions, because these property tax relief programs are
within the expenditure limitation, and any increases would have to be
funded by reducing other state programs. (Pages 42, 43)
Task Force Comments:
18, 19. The legislative analyst is in error.
There will be no more incentive to the legislature to reduce senior
citizens' property tax assistance and renters' tax credits than to
reduce education or any other program. Indeed, to the extent these are
treated as tax reduction, the incentive to decrease such assistance is
significantly less than for other state programs. As the legislative
analyst acknowledges, any pressure on the legislature to reduce property
tax relief achieved by subventing funds to local entities or school
districts, is eliminated by the proposed Amendment's provisions for
decreasing the State Tax Revenue Limit dollar for dollar.
Furthermore, the legislative analyst seems to labor under the
misunderstanding that increased funding for one program requires
decreased funding for other programs. This is not true. As California's
economy continues to grow, there will be more funds available to state
government each year than during the prior year. Also, as the legislative
analyst points out, some of the high cost programs seem to be growing
more slowly.
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Post:
#251
20.
Article 29 does not authorize an increase in the expenditure
limitation if the federal government shifts costs to the state. (Page 44)
Task Force Comments:
20. It would be unsound policy to leave the State Tax Revenue Limit
to the whim and caprice of the federal government by allowing the federal
government automatically to shift program costs to the state.
Clearly, the state must retain the independent authority to determine
whether such a transfer of program costs is justified and if so where
that program would fit among the state's list of priorities. In any
case, the people, through referendum, may adjust the limit.
Post:
21. Under article 29, the legislature has the option of reducing the
gasoline tax rather than cutting general fund expenditures in order to
stay within the expenditure limitation. (Page 46)
Task Force Comments:
21. The legislature retains full authority and flexibility to decide
the most appropriate mix of taxes. This provision applies to all taxes,
not just to the gasoline tax; it does not change present conditions.
Post:
22. Article 29 will provide an incentive for the legislature to
appropriate the least possible amount annually for capital outlay,
because the appropriation counts towards the limitation for that year,
even though the funds will be spent over several years. This in turn
may lead to substantive inefficiencies in the planning, budgeting,
and contracting process for construction needs. (Page 47)
Task Force Comments:
22. Inaccurate.
It is true that an appropriation for capital outlay counts toward
the limits for that year. It is inaccurate, however, to conclude that
this will impose disincentives for capital outlays or produce ineffi-
ciencies in planning, if anything, this requirement should produce more
precise and accurate capital outlay appropriations and procedures.
Post:
23. Article 29 probably makes it possible for the legislature, and does
make it possible for local governing bodies, to increase, without a vote
of the electorate, the maximum local property tax rates. Local govern-
ment's authority in this regard is a substantial loosening of the
maximum property tax rate limits established by Chapter 1406 of 1972
(SB 90). (Pages 49, 50)
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#251
Task Force Comments
23. There is no basis for the statement that the controls on the
maximum property tax rates in SB 90 are "loosened" by this Amendment.
In fact, this being a Constitutional Amendment, these property tax
controls are not subject to future legislative change, as are the
provisions of SB 90.
Post:
24.
If the state authorizes local government to impose income taxes,
Article 29 requires a two-thirds vote of the legislature rather than a
majority vote, but if the state authorizes local government to increase
local sales taxes, or other excise taxes, only a majority vote of the
legislature is required. (Page 51)
Task Force Comments:
24. The Amendment provides a new level of protection against imposition
of an income tax at the local level. Other kinds of non-property local
taxes are unaffected by the Amendment.
Post:
25.
The governor's initiative makes several substantial policy changes
in existing law (Chapter 1406 of 1972 - SB 90) regarding the reimburse-
ment of local governments for state mandated programs.
(a) If a state mandate applies to private persons, groups, or
organizations as well as to local government, Article 29 does not
require the state to reimburse local government for the mandate.
(b) The state is not required to reimburse local governments for
all additional mandated costs under Article 29 because it
excludes from the state's obligation additional costs caused by
increases in workload.
(c) Article 29 does not require the state to reimburse local
government for the cost of statutes defining a new crime or
changing the definition of an existing crime. (Page 56)
Task Force Comments:
25.
(a) Where the state legislature enacts a provision applicable to
people and organizations generally, including local governments, such as
employee safety rules, etc., it need not reimburse local government for
the attendant costs any more than it would reimburse a private employer,
(b) Normal workload increases at the local level are properly the
responsibility of the local government and usually are accompanied by
increase in the tax base from which payment for such additional workload
can be derived.
(c) The state must have the complete flexibility to rearrange the
structure of the criminal statutes without regard to cost differentials
that may accure. Crime prevention and control is an overriding state
concern
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Post:
26. The requirement in Article 29 that the state reimburse local
governments for additional state mandated costs contains major flaws.
(Pages 55, 56)
Task Force Comments:
Point 26.
Inaccurate. The provisions of Article 29 clearly protect local
government from costs created by state action. Historically, programs
have been legislated on local governments or otherwise, the costs of
which have not been ascertained or even thoroughly considered. That
this provision will require precision and self-discipline on the part
of the state is not a detriment but a benefit of the program.
Furthermore, the state legislature is given the necessary authority
and responsibility to enact statutes implementing the state-mandated
program provisions.
Post:
27. Article 29 creates a strong possibility that government costs will
be shifted from the state to the local taxpayer and in particular to
the local property and sales taxpayer.
Task Force Comments:
Point 27.
Inaccurate. This is an unsupported, outlandish assumption.
The "shield" for local government provided by Section 8 precludes the
state passing program costs on to the local governments, also, limita-
tions are placed on the local property tax rates and on imposition of
a local income tax. Every precaution has been taken to prevent net
tax increases to the taxpayer, recognizing that it would little benefit
the taxpayer if a reduction on the one hand resulted in a greater
increase on the other.
Post:
28. If this limitation plan had been adopted in 1966, state expenditures
in 1973-74 would be $2,351 million, or 25.5 percent, below the governor's
1973-74 budget. (Page 64)
29. This reduction can be assumed to have eliminated the following
existing state programs:
(a) The homeowners' property tax exemption.
(b) The senior citizens' property tax assistance.
(c) The business inventory exemption.
(d) The renter tax credit.
(e) The sharing of cigarette tax revenues with cities and counties.
(Pages 66, 67)
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#251
Post:
30. In addition to these eliminations, the following reductions would
have been made in other state programs:
(a) State support for local schools would have been reduced by
$740 million, or 30.4 percent.
(b) Higher education support would have been reduced by $134 million
or 15.7 percent,
(c) Social welfare support would have been reduced by $125 million,
or 14.6 percent.
(d) The Department of Health's budget would have been reduced by
$147 million, or 15.3 percent.
(e) And, $123 million would have been cut from other state budgets.
(Pages 71-73)
Task Force Comments:
Points 28, 29, 30.
Although the proposed Amendment says that the percentage of personal
income represented by state tax revenues need not fall below 7 percent,
the legislative analyst starts his calculations at 6.22 percent and
reduces this to 5.66 percent in 1973-74. Further, he ignores the
Amendment provisions related to property tax relief exclusions from
the limit and what the effect of these would have been on the legisla-
ture's actions in 1966 and 1972, or more realistic estimates based upon
the actual wording of the Constitutional Amendment would be that if
the program had begun in 1967-68, the budget for 1973-74 would be
approximately $900 million less than it is without limitation, and the
legislature would have had to pare its increased spending by approxi-
mately 9 percent during the six-year period.
The legislative analyst is assuming that the stated programs would
have been structured, with the Amendment in effect, exactly as they
were without the amendment. The assumption is naive and reflects
inadequate analysis of the actual provisions of the Amendment.
The tax plan does not refer to any program. Increased or decreased
appropriations for particular programs remains solely within the power
of the legislature. We can only infer from the programs singled out
by the legislative analyst that these are the ones he might be inclined
to recommend that the legislature cut.
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#251
Post:
31. If the governor's expenditure limitation plan is adopted, then
state workload expenditures will have to be reduced by either $79 million
or $420 million in 1974-75, depending upon whether the governor's
program (SB 238) to return the current surplus is enacted. By 1977-78,
the required reductions in expenditures will be either $672 million
or $1,099 million. (Pages 82, 83)
Task Force Comments:
Point 31.
The legislative analyst's projections of future growth seem to be
at odds with his earlier statements about the reduced growth rate of
higher education, medical assistance, and welfare. Also, his projec-
tions of lower education cost growth seem to be at odds with the actual
downturn of enrollment experienced in the past two years.
Post:
32.
It would appear to be imprudent for the legislature to enact
the governor's program (SB 238) to return the current surplus to the
taxpayers, or any other measure (such as changes in revenue accruals)
which significantly reduces the initiative's 1973-74 limitation base,
because such actions will magnify expenditure reductions in the future
to the point of impracticality. (Page 83)
Task Force Comments:
Point 32.
Legislative amendments to SB 238 are being prepared which will
have the effect of not lowering State Tax Revenues by deferral of the
sales tax increase.
Post:
33. State expenditures will be reduced to the 7.0 percent of personal
income level much faster than the governor predicted. The governor's
report indicated that it would take about 15 years to reach the
indicate
initiative's goal. Our estimates /that this "goal" will be reached in
either the 8th or 11th year, which means that expenditures will decline
faster than the governor anticipated. (Page 83)
Task Force Comments:
Point 33.
State tax revenues as a percentage of personal income will be
reduced at the same rate--1/10 of 1 percent every year--no matter at
what level the program begins. If revenues for 1973-74 are less than
8.5 percent, the 7 percent figure will be reached before the fifteenth
year, at which time the legislature may terminate further reductions in
the State Tax Revenue Limit Income Quotient.
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#251
Post:
34. Budget Act expenditure categories will bear the brunt of reductions
under the governor's limitation. In 1977-78, workload expenditures in
this category will be reduced by either 12.2 or 19.9 percent, depending
upon whether SB 238 is adopted by the current legislature. (Page 87)
Task Force Comments:
Point 34.
The legislative analyst seems to imply that the legislature cannot
or will not change the laws that it has passed. Again, the legislature
has total flexibility in the establishment of priorities for the
expenditure of funds and can be counted upon to act responsibly in
the face of a limited budget.
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CEW
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-3-73
#252
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Donald A. Brown of Truckee and the reappointment of Phillip L.
Personeni, Sr., as members of the board of directors of the 17th
District Agriculture Association, sponsor of the Nevada County District
Fair.
Brown, 30-year-old Republican, replaces Lester E. Hadley of Truckee,
Hadley's term has expired. A native of Reno, who has lived in Truckee
since 1944, Brown is a member of the Truckee-Donner Chamber of Commerce
and the Truckee Downtown Merchants Association.
Personeni, 69, has been a member of the board since 1969. A
Republican, Personeni is a farmer. He is a former director of the
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and a state delegate from the Nevada
County Farm Bureau.
Both appointments are for four-year terms.
Board members receive their necessary expenses.
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Addresses:
Phillip L. Personeni, Sr.
Donald A. Brown
Rt. 1, Box 13841
P.O. Box 114
Nevada City, California 95959
Truckee, California 95734
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN
RELEASE: II
diate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-3-73
#253
Governor Ronald Reagan today asked key administration officials
to begin discussions with legislative leaders regarding the evacuation
of the west wing of the State Capitol Building.
He designated James Stearns, Secretary of the Agriculture and
Services Agency, to head a team composed of top representatives of the
Department of Finance, Department of General Services and the Governor's
Office to meet with leaders in the legislature to jointly work out
mutually satisfactory procedures for evacuating the century old structure
without unduly disrupting the legislative process.
There is overwhelming agreement in the legislature and the
administration that the building must be evacuated because it is no
longer earthquake-safe.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-3-73
#254
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Watsonville attorney Richard W. Kessell as a Judge of Santa Cruz
County Municipal Court. The post was created by the 1972 legislature.
Judge Kessell, a 42-year old Republican, has been in private
law practice since 1960 with the law firm of Wyckoff, Parker, Boyle
& Pope. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley,
School of Law.
He is married to the former Doris E. Wilson and they are the
parents of three daughters.
He will receive an annual salary of $33,481.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
MEMO TO
E PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-3-73
Governor and Mrs. Ronald Reagan will host 39 former prisoners of
the Vietnam War at a private dinner on Friday, May 4, at 10475 Bellagio,
Los Angeles.
The Bill Wilson residence will be used instead of the Reagan
residence because of the large number of guests (total 85).
The former prisoners, their wives, dates or guests, are expected
to arrive at 6:00 p.m.
Because the dinner is private, no press will be permitted inside
the residence. However, because of the general interest in the former
prisoners' activities, reporters, photographers, and cameramen may
witness and record their arrival.
Rudy Garcia, assistant press secretary to Governor Reagan, and
Nancy Reynolds, special assistant to the governor, will be available to
answer press queries.
Thumbnail sketches of the former prisoners attending the dinner
will be available.
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Garcia
POW RETURNEES ATTENDING
GOVERNOR AND MRS. REAGAN'S RECEPTION
4 May 1973
WIFE OR
NAME AND GRADE
BRANCH OF SERVICE
GUEST'S NAME
BEDINGER, Henry J. - Lieutenant
Navy
Wife (Laura)
BLACK, Cole - Commander
Navy
Alone
BRAYTON, Allen - Lieutenant *
Air Force
Guest
BRILL, Arthur - Major *
Marine Corps
Wife (Barbara)
BUTLER, Phillip N. - Lieutenant Commander
Navy
Alone
CAMEROTA, Peter P. - Captain
Air Force
Wife (Joy)
CHAMBERS, Carl D. (Dennis) - Captain
Air Force
Wife (Joanne)
CHAUNCEY, Arvin R. - Commander
Navy
Alone
CLOWER, Claude D. - Commander
Navy
Wife (Maurene)
CONSUN, James C. - Major
Air Force
Wife (Mary)
CUSIMANO, Samuel B. - Captain
Air Force
Wife (Peggy)
DiBERNARDO James V. - Captain
Marine Corps
Wife (Sharon)
ENSCH, John C. - Lieutenant
Navy
Wife (Kathryn)
FULTON, Richard J. - Captain
Air Force
Wife (George)
GELONECK, Terry M. - Captain
Air Force
Wife (Jane)
GIROUX, Peter J. - Captain
Air Force
Wife (Mareyn)
HANSON, Gregg 0. - 1st Lieutenant
Air Force
Mother and
Father
(Mr. and Mrs. Omar
Hanson)
HENDERSON, Alexander
Civilian
Wife (Margret)
HILDEBRAND, Leland - Major
Air Force
Wife (Evelyn)
KULA, James D. - Captain
Air Force
Wife (Jane)
Le ,ANC, Louis E., Jr. - MSGT
Air Force
Wife (Brenda)
RECEPTION 4 May 1973 - -(cont'd)
LEWIS, Earl G., Jr. - LCDR
Navy
Wife (Suzane)
LOGAN, Donald K. - Captain
Air Force
Wife (Nancy)
MARTINI, Michael R. - 1st Lieutenant
Air Force
Wife (Mary)
MAURER, David - Lieutenant *
Air Force
Guest
MEYER, Lewis E. Jr.
Civilian
Wife (Gayle)
MOBLEY, Joseph S. - Lieutenant
Navy
Mother and
Father
MOLINARE, Albert - Lieutenant
Navy
Wife (Karen)
OLSEN, Robert F.
Civilian
Guest (Linda
McCoy)
RUSSELL, Kay - Commander
Navy
Wife (Kathleen)
SEEK, Brian J. - 1st Lieutenant
Air Force
Wife (Gail)
SHANKEL, William L. - Lieutenant Commander
Navy
Wife (Mary Ann)
SHATTUCK, Lewis - Lieutenant Colonel
Air Force
Alone
SM Fred * - Lieutenant Commander
Navy
Wife (Betty)
STAFFORD, Hugh A. - Commander
Navy
Guest
STARK, William R. - Commander
Navy
Wife (Shirley)
STIER, Theodore G. - Lieutenant
Navy
Wife (Yolando)
STIRM, Robert L. - Lieutenant Colonel
Air Force
Wife (Loretta)
TRIEBEL, Theodore - Lieutenant Commander
Navy
Wife (Carol)
WARD, Brian H. - 1st Lieutenant
Air Force
Guest
WOODS, Brian D. - Commander
Navy
Wife (Paula)
YOUNG, Myron A. - Captain
Air Force
Wife (Sidney)
*POW HOSPITAL COORDINATORS - NOT RETURNEES
4
LIEUTENANT HENRY J. BEDINGER, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
(File No. 724275) (Radar Intercept Officer)
Henry James Bedinger was shot down on November 22, 1969, while on
a reconnaissance mission in an F-4 (Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron
ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE, operating from the USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64).
Lieutenant Bedinger was born on March 30, 1945, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York,
in 1967 with a bachelor's degree. He was in the Aviation Reserve Officer
Candidate Training program there and was commissioned Ensign in 1967.
Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE was his first duty assignment.
His home of record is Hatboro, Pennsylvania. His wife Laura
currently lives in San Diego, California. His father, Henry Bedinger,
lives in Abington, Pennsylvania, and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Bedinger,
lives in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
COMMANDER COLE BLACK, UNITED STATES NAVY
(File No. 594387) (Pilot)
Cole Black was shot down June 21, 1966, while on a combat mission
over North Vietnam. Assigned to Fighter Squadron TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN,
operating from the USS HANCOCK (CVA-19), he was flying an F-8 (Crusader).
He was born November 28, 1932, in Lake City, Minnesota. He enlisted
in the Navy in 1950, and through the Integration Program (enlisted to
commission) was commissioned Ensign in 1955. Prior to duty with Fighter
Squadron TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN, he served with Fighter Squadron SIXTY-TWO
in Jacksonville, Florida.
Commander Black's wife, Billy Jo, lives in San Diego, California
with their sons Ricky and Billy. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Black,
live in Lake City, Minnesota, his home of record.
not bringing wife
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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PHILLIP N. BUTLER, UNITED STATES NAVY
(File No. 647398) (Pilot)
Phillip Neal Butler was shot down on April 20, 1965, while on an
armed reconnaissance flight over North Vietnam. He was flying an
A-4 (Skyhawk) of Attack Squadron TWENTY-TWO operating from the USS
MIDWAY (CVA-41).
Lieutenant Commander Butler was born August 11, 1938, in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma,
graduated from the Naval Academy, and was commissioned Ensign in 1961.
Attack Squadron TWENTY-TWO was his first duty assignment.
Lieutenant Commander Butler's wife Karen and daughter Diane live
in Del Mar, California. His mother, Mrs. Effie M. Butler, lives in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, which is Lieutenant Commander Butler's home of record.
bringing wife
PAO 3-1-55
CAPT CAMEROTA
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Captain Peter P. Camerota, 28, was a
prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over two months.
Captain Camerota will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and will
be admitted on "in-patient" status at the USAF Medical Facility where
he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary, and
reorientation.
The captain was listed as missing in action on Dec. 22, 1972, when
his B-52 aircraft was struck by a surface-to-air missile while engaged
in a night combat mission over North Vietnam. He was the electronic
warfare officer on the aircraft. He was changed to captured status on
Jan. 27, 1973, when his name appeared on the list provided the U.S.
by Hanoi. He was on temporary duty at U-Tapao Afld, Thailand when
shot down.
Born in Philadelphia, Penn., June 21, 1944, Captain Camerota
graduated from Drexel Institute of Technology with a B.S. degree in
1967. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force in
September 1967, after attending officers training school. He completed
numerous training assignments prior to his assignment to March AFB
in December 1969.
Captain Camerota's wife, Joy P., has been notified of his scheduled
return. She resides in Sunnymead, Calif.
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new
Captain Carl D. Chambers
Wife: Joanne D. - Resides in: Yuba City, CA
Captain Chambers was born 7 March 1941 in Santa Monica, CA. He
attended San Jose State College receiving an MBA degree in 1965. He
entered the Air Force in June 1965, immediately underwent pilot training
and served in several Air Force assignments until his assignment to SEA
on 7 March 1967. He was assigned to the 559 Tac Ftr Sq, Cam Ranh Bay
AB, Vietnam, when his F-4C was struck by hostile fire on 7 August 1967,
while flying a mission over North Vietnam. He was subsequently captured
and interned by the North Vietnamese.
COMMANDER ARVIN R. CHAUNCEY, UNITED STATES NAVY
(File No. 614788) (Pilot)
Arvin Roy Chauncey was shot down on May 31, 1967, while on a
combat mission over North Vietnam. Assigned to Attack Squadron
TWO HUNDRED TWELVE, operating from the USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31),
he was flying an A-4 (Skyhawk).
Commander Chauncey was born on November 10, 1935, in Shreveport,
Louisiana, and enlisted in the Navy in 1955. He entered the Naval Avia-
tion Cadet program and was commissioned Ensign in 1956. Among his duty
assignments were the Anti-air Warfare Training Center, San Diego,
California and Squadrons in Florida and California.
Commander Chauncey's wife, Bonnie, and sons, Michael and Thomas,
live in La Jolla, California. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Chauncey,
live in San Fernando, California. Commander Chauncey's home of record
is Glendale, California.
not bringing wife
COMMANDER CLAUDE D. CLOWER, UNITED STATES NAVY
(File No. 605476) (Pilot)
Claude Douglas Clower was shot down November 19, 1967, while
on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an F-4
(Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE, operating from
the USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43).
Commander Clower was born November 30, 1930, in Belsoni,
Mississippi. Following his graduation in 1955 from Lamar State College
of Technology, Beaumont, Texas, with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical
Engineering and Industrial Engineering, he enlisted in the Army. He
then entered the Naval Aviation Officer Candidate program and was com-
missioned Ensign in 1956. He received a master's degree in Meteorology
from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, in 1964. Among
his duty assignments were the USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14) and Fighter Squad-
ron EIGHTY-FOUR at Oceana, Virginia.
His wife, Maurine, and daughter, Virginia, live in San Diego,
California. His mother, Mrs. Virginia Robbins, lives in Tupelo,
Mississippi. Commander Clower's home of record is Beaumont, Texas.
PAO 2-22-23
MAJ CONDON
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Major James C. Condon, 38, was a
prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over two months.
Major Condon will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and will
be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility where
he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary, and
reorientation.
The major was listed as missing in action on December 28, 1972.
On December 27, while on temporary duty at Andersen AFB, Guam,
Major Condon, a B-52 Navigator, departed the base on a night combat
mission over North Vietnam and was shot down over the target by
enemy fire. Later that day Radio Hanoi announced the major's capture.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, April 8, 1934, he graduated from Dayton High
School in 1952. He entered the Air Force on October 5, 1954 as an
aviation cadet for navigator training and was commissioned a second
lieutenant on December 14, 1955. He held a number of assignments at
various Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases from that time until
assignment to March AFB on April 8, 1971. This included a tour in
Thailand.
Major Condon's wife, Mary J., and four children, have been notified
of his scheduled return. The children, James B., age 13; Krista L., 12;
Mary E., 10; Kelly J., 6, and Mrs. Condon reside in Riverside.
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PAO 3-1-56
CAPT CUSIMANO
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Captain Samuel B. Cusimano, 26, was
a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over two months.
Captain Cusimano will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and
will be admitted on "in-patient" status at the USAF Medical Facility
where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary, and
reorientation.
The captain was listed as missing in action on Dec. 28, 1972, when
his B-52D aircraft was struck by enemy fire while on a combat mission
over North Vietnam. He was the copilot on the aircraft, which had
taken off from Andersen AFB, Guam. He was changed to captured
status on Jan. 27, 1973, when his name appeared on a list of captured
personnel provided the U.S. by Hanoi.
Born in Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 21, 1946, he graduated from the
University of Alabama with a B.S. degree in 1968. He received his
commission as a second lieutenant, ROTC graduate, in May 1968 and
entered active duty in July of that same year. He served on numerous
assignments until April 1971 when he was assigned to March AFB.
Captain Cusimano's wife, Peggy A., Riverside, has been notified
of his scheduled return.
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CAPTAIN JAMES VINCENT DIL ARDO
Captain Dibernardo was captured on Feb 3, 1968 in South Vietnam
while serving with Armed Forces Radio, MACV, Hue City.
He was captured when City of Hue, RVN was overrun by enemy
forces during the Communist Tet Offensive of 1968.
Captain Dibernardo entered the U.S. Marine Corps, April 6, 1953.
He was born Oct 18, 1934, in Fulton, New York. He is married
and has two sons and three daughters.
Hometown & State: Mission Viejo, California
LIEUTENANT JOHN C. ENSCH, UNITED STATES NAVY
(File No. 694331/1320) (Radar Intercept Officer)
John Clyde Ensch was shot down August 25, 1972 on a combat strike
mission over North Vietnam. He was in an F-4 (Phantom II) of Fighter
Squadron ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE, operating from the USS MIDWAY (CVA-41).
Lieutenant Ensch was born November 7, 1937 in Springfield, Illinois.
He enlisted in the Naval Reserve in June 1964, and was commissioned
Ensign in May 1965.
He previously served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve.
Lieutenant Ensch's wife Kathryn and their three daughters Elizabeth,
Rebecca, and Christine live in San Diego, California. His mother, Mrs.
Helen L. Ensch lives in Springfield, Illinois. Lieutenant Ensch's
home of record is Springfield.
PAO 2-23-29
CAPT FULTON
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Captain Richard J. Fulton, 26, was a
prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over eight months.
Captain Fulton will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and
will be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility
where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,
and reorientation.
The captain was listed as missing in action on June 13, 1972.
While on a combat mission over North Vietnam, his flight of F-4Es
was attacked by enemy Mig-21 aircraft. He was forced to eject
when his aircraft was hit by an air-to-air missile and caught fire.
The mission was launched from Udorn Afld, Thailand. He was
subsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese.
Born in Wadsworth, Ohio, November 17, 1946, he graduated
from Arizona State University in 1969 as an officer trainee and was
commissioned second lieutenant on December 22, 1969. His
navigator training was completed at Mather AFB, Calif., April 1971
and specialized training at George AFB, Calif., in May 1971. He
was assigned to Udorn on January 15, 1972.
Captain Fulton's wife, George A., a daughter, Andrea L., age 2,
have been notified of his scheduled return. They have been residing
in Mesa, Ariz.
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CAPTAIN TERRY M. GELONECK, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Captain Geloneck was identified MIA 20 December 1972, identified Prisoner
of War 22 December 1972. Captain Geloneck was born 5 April 1944 in Detroit,
Michigan. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1967 receiving a
BS degree. Commissioned a 2LT on 27 May 1967 he had several assignments before
being assigned to Williams Air Force Base for pilot training in May of 1969.
Upon completion he was transferred to Beale Air Force Base, California. On
22 December 1972 while on temporary duty with the 43rd Strategic Wing, Anderson
Air Force Base, Guam, Captain Geloneck as aircraft commander of a B52 departed
Anderson Air Force Base on a night combat mission over North Vietnam. The
aircraft was downed in the target area and although beeper signals were heard, voice
contact could not be made with any of the crew members. Captain's Geloneck's
status was changed to captured on 22 December 1972 after Hanoi news releases
confirmed his capture. The status of co-pilot 1LT William Y. Arcuri, the
navigator 1LT Michael R. Martini and the gunner, Staff Sergeant Roy R. Madden, Jr.
was also changed to captured on 22 December 1972 for the same reasons. The
remainder of the crew are still carried in a missing in action status. CPT
Geloneck's wife June and son has been notified of his scheduled return.
PAO 2-14-5
CAPT GIROUX
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFORMATION)
MARCH AFB, CALIF., 15 Feb -- Captain Peter J. Giroux, 28,
Riverside, was repatriated with his family today after nearly
two months as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese.
Captain Giroux arrived at March from Travis AFB, Calif.,
the initial point of entry for all returning Air Force personnel.
He is being admitted on'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical
Facility here where he will undergo additional medical treat-
ment, if necessary, and reorientation with his family
The captain was listed as missing in action on December 22,
1972 after his B-52 aircraft was hit by surface-to-air missile
fire while on an operational mission over North Vietnam. He
was subsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese.
Born in Trumansburg, N.Y., the captain entered the Air Force
in January 1967, and served in a number of assignments prior to
his assignment to March AFB in February 1970. He was assigned
on temporary duty to U-Tapao AB, Thailand in August 1972.
The captain will remain in a specially prepared area at
the March AFB medical facility until released on leave to await
further assignment, or discharge from the service.
Captain Giroux's wife, Mareyn A., resides in Riverside and
she has been notified of his return home. His mother, Mrs.
Veronica D. Giroux, resides in Trumansburg, N.Y.; his father is
deceased.
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PAO 2-23-32
1ST LT HANSON
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- First Lieutenant Gregg O. Hanson, 25,
was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over eight months.
Lieutanant Hanson will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and
will be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility
where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary, and
reorientation.
The lieutenant was listed as missing in action on June 13, 1972.
While on a combat mission over North Vietnam, his flight of F-4Es
was attacked by enemy Mig-21 aircraft. He was forced to eject when
his aircraft was hit by an air-to-air missile and caught fire. The
mission was launched from Udorn Afld, Thailand. He was subsequently
captured and interned by the North Vietnamese.
Born in Chicago, Ill., July 30, 1947, he graduated from Arizona
State University in 1968. He entered the Air Force on July 17, 1969
as an officer trainee and was commissioned a second lieutenant on
January 23, 1970. He completed pilot training at Williams AFB,
Ariz., February 1971 and several advance training courses just prior
to assignment at Udorn on October 21, 1971.
Lieutenant Hanson is single, however his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Omar L. Hanson, Thousand Oaks, Calif., have been notified of his
scheduled return.
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ALEXANDER HENDERSON
CIVILIAN
Alexander Henderson was captured on January 31, 1968 at Hue,
South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. He was employed as an
Installation Manager by Pacific Architects & Engineers of Los
Angeles, California at the time of his capture.
Mr. Henderson was born November 8, 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland.
He served two tours in the U. S. Army Air Corps--1942-46 and 1947-51.
His wife, Margret, lives in Spring Valley, California, They
have four children. His parents, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Henderson Sr.,
live in McDonald, Ohio.
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PAO 2-23-34
MAJOR HILDEBRAND
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Major Leland L. Hildebrand, 34, was a
prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over 14 months.
Major Hildebrand will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and
will be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility
where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary, and
reorientation.
The major was listed as missing in action on December 18, 1971,
after pursuing a Mig aircraft into North Vietnam where he had to
eject from his aircraft. His status was changed to captured on
December 21, 1971 after a radiophoto release from Hanoi. His
takeoff had been from Udorn AB, Thailand.
Born in Butternut, Wisconsin, June 3, 1938, he entered the Air
Force as an aviation cadet on July 25, 1958. He received his
commission on July 6, 1959 and served in numerous assignments
prior to assignment at Udorn on October 25, 1971. The major
received a B.G.S. degree from the University of Nebraska in 1970.
Major Hildebrand's wife, Evelyn, and two sons, Leland L., II,
age 11 and James A., 9, have been notified of his scheduled return.
They reside in Tucson, Ariz.
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PAO 2-23-38
CAPT KULA
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Captain James D. Kula, 26 on
January 5, was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for over seven
months.
Captain Kula will arrive here from Travis AFB. Calif., and
will be admitted on 'in-patient' status at the USAF Medical Facility
where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,
and reorientation.
The captain was listed as missing in action on August 1, 1972.
While on a combat mission over North Vietnam, his flight of F-4s
was attacked by Mig aircraft. He was forced to eject when his
aircraft was hit by an air-to-air missile. The mission was
launched from Da Nang AB, Vietnam. He was subsequently
captured and interned by the North Vietnamese.
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, January 5, 1947, and
graduated from the Air Force Academy a second lieutenant on
June 4, 1969. He served numerous assignments prior to his April
29, 1972 assignment to Da Nang.
Captain Kula's wife, Jane A., who resides in Anaheim, Calif.,
has been notified of his scheduled return.
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PAO 2-24-47
MSGT LEBLANC
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
Senior
MARCH AFB, CALIF. --Master Sergeant Louis E. LeBlanc Jr.,
37, was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for more than two months.
Sergeant LeBlanc will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and
will be admitted on "in-patient" status at the USAF Medical Facility
where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary, and
reorientation.
The sergeant was listed as missing in action on Dec. 22, 1972 when
hostile fire downed the B-52 in which he served as tailgunner. He was
subsequently listed as captured when his internment was confirmed on
Dec. 26, 1972. He was on temporary duty at U-Tapao AB, Thailand at
the time. His home station was March AFB.
Born in Woonsocket, R.I., Oct. 15, 1935, Sergeant LeBlanc
entered the Air Force on May 10, 1954. He was assigned to March AFB
on Dec. 22, 1969, until his temporary duty in Southeast Asia, beginning
Aug. 30, 1972.
Sergeant LeBlanc's wife, Brenda V., and their four children,
Mary T., 13; Louis E. III, 12; Nannette K., 11; and George E., 9,
have been notified of his scheduled return. They reside in Sunnymead,
Calif.
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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER EARL G. LEWIS, JR.,
UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
(File No. 683095) (Radar Intercept Officer)
Earl Gardner Lewis, Jr., was shot down on October 24,
1967, on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying
in an F-4 (Phantom II), of Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY-ONE, operating from the USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43).
Lieutenant Commander Lewis was born on September 13,
1940, in Stowe, Pennsylvania. He received a bachelor's
degree in Mathematics from Southeast Missouri State College,
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1964. He had enlisted in the
Naval Reserve the preceding vear, entered the Aviation
Officer Candidate program, and was commissioned Ensign in
1964. Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE was his first
duty assignment.
Lieutenant Commander Lewis' wife Suzane and son Earl,
III, live in San Diego, California. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl G. Lewis, Sr., live in Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
which is Lieutenant Commander Lewis' home of record.
PAO 2-24-40
CAPT LOGAN
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Captain Donald K. Logan, 26, was
a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for more than seven months.
Captain Logan will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and
will be admitted on "in-patient" status at the USAF Medical Facility
where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,
and reorientation.
The captain was listed as missing in action on July 5, 1972,
when an enemy air-to-air missile downed the F-4 in which he was
weapons system officer on a strike escort mission over North
Vietnam. He was assigned to Korat AB, Thailand at the time.
His status was changed to captured on Aug. 25, 1972, when the
North Vietnamese released a list of captured U.S. personnel:
Born in Glendale, Calif., Dec. 6, 1946 Captain Logan in
1969 obtained a B. A. degree from San Fernando Valley State
College, Northridge, Calif. He entered navigator training in
June 1970 and after receiving his navigator rating in March 1971,
he was assigned to George AFB, Calif., until his assignment to
Southeast Asia in November of that year. He was promoted to the
grade of captain during his internment.
Captain Logan's wife, Nancy L., has been notified of his
scheduled return. She and their daughter, Julie A., 1, reside in
Sepulveda, Calif.
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5 Jan 73
1st Lt Michael R. Martini, 573-64-7878FV, MIA 20 Dec 72, PW 22 Dec 72
Wife as Hary II. and one Bon Ge Reside at Besle AFB. CA
Lt Martini was born 17 Sep 46 at Pittsburgh PA. He graduated from the
University of California at Los Angeles CA In 1970, receiving a BA dagree
in mathematics. He was commissioned 8 2d Lt on 22 Jun 70, and was assigned
to the 3535 Nav Tng Wg. Mather AFB CA on 18 Jul 70. After completing
navigation bombing training, he was assigned on 30 Nov 71 to the 744 Bomb
Sq, Beale AFD CA. On 22 Dec 72, while on temporary duty with the 43 Strat
Wg, Andersen AFB, Guan, Lt Martini, as navigator on a n-52, departed Anderson
AFB on a night combat mission over North Vietnam. The aircraft was downed
in the target area, and although beeper signals were heard, voice contects
could not be made with any of the crew members. LL Martini's status was
changed to captured on 22 Dec 72, after Hanoi news releases confirmed his
capture.
The status of the aircraft commander, Capt Terry M. Gelonock: the copilet,
lot Lt William Y. Arcuri; and the gunner, SSgt Roy Hadden, Jr., was also
changed to captured, based on Hanoi news releases. The status of the
electronic warfave officer, Capt Craig A. Paul, and the radar navigator,
Capt Warren R. Spencer, 10 missing in action.
LIEUTENANT JOSEPH S. MOBLEY, UNITED STATES NAVY
(File No. 701867) (Eombadier/Navigator)
Joseph Scott Mobley was shot down while on a combat
mission over North Vietnam, June 24, 1968. He was flying
in an A-6 (Intruder) of Attack Squadron THIRTY-FIVE, opera-
ting from the USS ENTERPRISE (CVA-(N)-65).
Lieutenant Mobley was born October 16, 1941, in Indian-
apolis, Indiana. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy
in 1966. Attack Squadron THIRTY-FIVE was his first duty
assignment.
His wife Cheryl is living in Manhattan Beach, California.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thodore M. Mobley, live in Redondo
Beach, California, and Lieutenant Mobley lists Manhattan Beach,
California, as his home or record.
will accompany
LIEUTENANT ALBERT R. MOLINARE, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
(File No. 742629) (Pilot)
Albert Ric Molinare was shot down April 27, 1972, while
on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an F-4
(Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron FIFTY-ONE, operating from the
USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43).
Lieutenant Molinare was born September 30, 1945, in Glendale,
California. He received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from
San Diego, State College, San Diego, California, in 1968. While
there, he enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1966, entered the
Aviation Reserve Officer Candidate program, and was commissioned
Ensign in 1968. Fighter Squadron FIFTY-ONE was his first duty
assignment.
Lieutenant Molinare's wife Karen lives in San Diego,
California, his home of record. His father, Vincent A. Molinare,
lives in Point Loma, California, and his mother, Mrs. Phyllis A.
Eldridge, lives in San Diego, California.
COMMANDER KAY RUSSELL, UNITED STATES NAVY
(File No. 563567) (Pilot)
Kay Russell was shot down May 19, 1967, while on a combat mission
over North Vietnam. He was flying an F-8 (Crusader) of Fighter Squadron
TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN, operating from the USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31).
Commander Russell was born September 19, 1934 in Stephenville,
Texas. He received a bachelor's degree in Economics from Rice Institute,
Houston, Texas, in 1956, and a master's degree in operations research
from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, in 1965. He
was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
program at Rice Institute, and had served in Antisubmarine, Utility,
and Training Squadrons before his assignment to Fighter Squadron TWO
HUNDRED ELEVEN.
His wife Kathleen, son Todd, and daughter Tracy live in Miramar,
California. His mother, Mrs. Charles J. Russell, Jives in Corsicana,
Texas, which is Commander Russell's home of record.
will mde with Starks
PAO 2-24-44
1ST LT SEEK
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- First Lieutenant Brian J. Seek, 25,
was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for more than seven months.
Lieutenant Seek will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif., and
will be admitted on "in-patient" status at the USAF Medical Facility
where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if necessary,
and reorientation.
The lieutenant, a weapons systems officer, was listed missing
in action on July 5, 1972, when an enemy air-to-air missile downed
his aircraft during a strike escort mission over North Vietnam. He
was assigned to Korat AB, Thailand at the time. His status was
changed to captured on Nov. 13, 1972, when his internment was
confirmed.
Born in Los Angeles, Dec. 5, 1947, Lieutenant Seek received
a degree in Geology from Arizona State University and earned a
commission as second lieutenant in the Air Force on February 12,
1970. His assignment to Southeast Asia was his firstsafter completing
several training courses.
Lieutenant Seek's wife, Gail M., has been notified of his
scheduled return. She resides in Phoenix, Ariz.
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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM L. SHANKEL, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
(File No. 664281) (Pilot)
William Leonard Shankel was shot down December 23, 1965, while on
a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an A-4 (Skyhawk)
of Attack Squadron NINETY-FOUR, operating from the USS ENTERPRISE
(CVA (N) -65).
Lieutenant Commander Shankel was born June 14, 1939, in Angela
Camp, California, and attended San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton,
California. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve, entered the Naval
Aviation Cadet program, and was commissioned Ensign in 1962. He
reported to Attack Squadron NINETY-FOUR in 1963.
Lieutenant Commander Shankel is single and lists San Andreas,
California, as his home of record. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
M. Shankel, live in Jackson, California.
LT COL
Major Lewis W. Shattuck
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Shattuck Reside in: Mesa, AZ
Major Shattuck was born 25 July 1932 in Portland, OR. He attended
Washington State College, Pullman, Washington during 1952; however,
in October 1952, he entered the Air Force and was assigned to pilot
training. In October 1954, he was commissioned a second lieutenant
and underwent further pilot training. A number of assignments followed
and on 27 February 1966, he was assigned to SEA, to the 354 Tac Ftr Sq,
Takhli AB, Thailand. On 11 July 1966 while flying a combat mission over
North Vietnam, his F-105 was struck by hostile fire. He was subsequently
captured and interned by the North Vietnamese.
COMMANDER HUGH A. STAFFORD, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
(File No. 614922) (Pilot)
Hugh Allen Stafford was shot down August 31, 1967, while
on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an
A-4 (Skyhawk) of Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE,
operating from the USS ORISKANY (CVA-34).
Commander Stafford was born February 23, 1935, in Aiken,
South Carolina. He attended St. John's College, Annapolis,
Maryland, and Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland, and
received his commission through the Naval Aviation Cadet
program in 1956. He has served in Utility and Attack Squadrons.
His wife Roberta lives in Hong Kong and his mother, Mrs.
Fanny A. Daane, lives in Cambridge, Maryland, which is his home
of record.
not sure who will accompany ??
car stafford - wife or date
want, overnight !!
COMMANDER WILLIAM R. STARK, UNITED STATES NAVY
(File No. 619808) (Radar Intercept Officer)
William Robert Stark was shot down May 19, 1967, while on a
combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying in an F-4
(Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron NINETY-SIX, operating from the
USS ENTERPRISE (CVA(N)-65.
Commander Stark was born May 28, 1930, in Michigan City, Indiana.
He attended Stetson College, De Land, Florida, and received a master's
degree from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, in
1964. He enlisted in the Navy in 1948, attended Officer Candidate
School in 1957, and was commissioned Ensign. He served on the staffs
of the Commander, Carrier Division ONE and Commander, Naval Air Force,
Pacific. He was also assigned to an Attack Squadron based at Whidbey
Island, Washington, and to the Naval Academy as an instructor.
Commander Stark's wife Shirley, daughter Susan, and mother,
Mrs. Gladys L. Stark, live in Coronado, California. His home of
record is St. Petersburg, Florida.
will ride with Russells
LIEUTENANT THEODORE G. STIER, UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE
(File No. 669500) (Radar Intercept Officer)
Theodore Gerhard Stier was shot down November 19, 1967, while
on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying in an F-4
(Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE, operating from
the USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43).
Lieutenant Stier was born June 5, 1940, in Appleton, Wisconsin,
and attended Pasadena Community College in California. He enlisted in
the Navy in 1963, and received his commission through the Aviation
Officer Candidate program in 1964. Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY-ONE was his first duty assignment.
His wife Yolanda, and daughter Stefanie live in San Diego,
California. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Stier, live in
Menasha, Wisconsin, Which lis Lieutenant Stier's home of record.
Licutenant Colonel Robert L. Stirm
Wife: Loretta F. - 4 children Reside in: Foster City, CA
Colonel Stirm was born 23 March 1933 in San Francisco, CA. He attended
the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, prior to entering aviation cadet
training on 18 September 1953. He was commissioned a second lieutenant on
3 November 1954. Colonel Stirm completed a tour of duty in The Netherlands
and served in a number of assignments until he was assigned to the 333rd Tac
Ftr Sq, Takhli AB, Thailand, on 3 November 1967. During a combat mission
over North Victnam on 27 October 1967, his F-105D aircraft was struck by
hostile fire. He was subsequently captured and interned by the North
Vietnamese.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER THEODORE W. TRIEBEL, UNITED STATES NAVY
(File No. 678686) (Pilot)
Theodore Wallace Tricbel was shot down August 27, 1972, while on
a reconnaissance escort mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an
F-4 (Phantom II) of Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE operating
from the USS MIDWAY (CVA-41).
Lieutenant Commander Triebel was born November 12, 1941 at Coco
Solo, Canal Zone and graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1960.
He had duty in a Fighter Squadron based at Miramar, California and
with the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, Ala-
mogordo, New Mexico, before reporting to Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY-ONE.
Lieutenant Commander Triebel's wife Carolyn, sons Tobin and Jacob
and daughter Gretchen live in San Diego, California. His parents,
Rear Admiral (Ret.) and Mrs. Charles O. Triebel, live in Vienna,
Virginia, which is Lieutenant Commander Triebel's home of record.
PAO 2-25-51
1ST LT WARD
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- First Lieutenant Brian H. Ward, who
will be 25 on April 10, was a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for
more than two months.
Lieutenant Ward will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif.,
and will be admitted on "in-patient" status at the USAF Medical
Facility where he will undergo additional medic treatment, if
necessary, and reorientation.
The lieutenant was listed as missing in action on Dec. 27, 1972,
when he, as weapons systems officer, and his aircraft commander,
departed Udorn Airfield, Thailand, in an F-4E fighter-bomber on an
operational mission over North Vietnam. All contact was lost. When
fuel exhaustion time had elapsed, and they had not returned to base,
the crew was listed as missing. Search efforts failed to establish
any contact with either of the downed men. Lieutenant Ward's status
was changed to captured on Jan. 3, 1973, when Hanoi news releases
confirmed his capture.
Born in Bethesda, Maryland, April 10, 1948, Lieutenant Ward
earned a BA degree from San Diego State College in 1970. Commissioned
a second lieutenant in June of that year, he completed navigational
training at Mather AFB, Calif., and operational training at Homestead
AFB, Fla. On May 11, 1972, he was assigned to Da Nang AB, Vietnam.
COMMANDER BRIAN D. WOODS, UNITED STATES NAVY
(File No. 618063) (Pilot)
Brian Dunston Woods was shot down September 18, 1968, while on
a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was flying an A-7 (Corsair)
of Attack Squadron NINETY-SEVEN, operating from the USS CONSTELLATION
(CVA-64).
Commander Woods was born on March 23, 1932 at the Fleet Air Base,
Coco Solo, Canal Zone. He attended the University of California at
Los Angeles, and enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1950. He entered the
Naval Aviation Cadet program, and was commissioned Ensign in 1957. He
served at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland; with
Attack Squadrons based at Miramar, California, and a Training Squadron
at Meridian Mississippi; and on board the USS MIDWAY (CVA-41) and
USS YORKTOWN (CVS-10).
Commander Woods' wife Paula lives in Lemoore, California with their
children: Christopher, Michael, and Cathleen. His parents, Rear
Admiral (Ret) and Mrs. Ralph W. Woods, live in Coronado, California.
Commander Woods' home of record is San Diego, California.
1st Pow to return to CONUS !!
needs overnight and flight back to
Lemoore
PAO 2-25-53
CAPT YOUNG
PRESS HANDOUT (BACKGROUND INFO)
MARCH AFB, CALIF. -- Captain Myron A. Young, 27, was
a prisoner of the North Vietnamese for more than four months.
Captain Young will arrive here from Travis AFB, Calif.,
and will be admitted on "in-patient" status at the USAF Medical
Facility where he will undergo additional medical treatment, if
necessary, and reorientation.
The captain was listed as missing in action on Oct. 12, 1972,
after a strike escort mission over North Vietnam. An enemy
surface-to-air missile downed his F-4E fighter-bomber. He
was subsequently captured and interned by the North Vietnamese.
He was serving his second tour at Korat AB, Thailand at the time.
Born in Calistoga, Calif., July 11, 1945, Captain Young,
earned a B.A. degree from Sacramento State College, before
entering the Air Force in 1967. He was first assigned to Southeast
Asia on Jan. 31, 1970. In February 1971 he returned to George AFB,
Calif., for further training in the F-4 and returned to Korat AB
in November 1971.
Captain Young's wife, Sidney J., has been notified of his
scheduled return. She resides in Middletown, Calif.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ.
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-3-73
#255
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Sacramento attorneys Rothwell
B. Mason, Allen P. Fields and Leighton Hatch as judges in the Sacramento
County Municipal Court. They fill the three new judicial posts created
by the 1972 legislature.
Judge Mason, 45, is a partner in the law firm of Crow, Lytle,
Schleh & Mason. After serving in the U.S. Navy as a carrier pilot from
1945 to 1949, he entered George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
where he earned his A.B. degree.
He became an FBI agent from 1951 to 1954, while also attending
Fordham University, where he earned his law degree in 1956. He was
in private business from 1954 to 1963 when he was appointed assistant
U.S. Attorney in Sacramento. He has been in private law practice
since 1968. He is married to the former Barbara Lee Cochran.
Judge Fields, 41, is a native Sacramentan and is president of the
law firm of Fields, Klein & Smith. After graduating from the
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt School of Law, he was a
Sacramento County Deputy District Attorney for one year before
entering private law practice in 1961.
He also graduated from Sacramento Junior College in 1951 and
attended Stanford University for one year, then served two years on
active duty as an Army military policeman in Korea. He earned his
B.A. degree in 1956 at Sacramento State College. He is married to
the former Selma Eileen Mundt and they have two children.
Judge Hatch, 44, a native of Oakland, was the director of the
Department of Consumer Affairs from 1969 to 1971. Prior to that, he
was the presiding officer of the State Office of Administrative Procedure
(now the Office of Administrative Hearings). He left state service in
1971 and presently is in private law practice.
He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Santa Clara
and began his law studies there, but was called to active duty with the
U.S. Army and served as a First Lieutenant in the artillery in the Korean
War. He earned his law degree at the University of San Francisco in
1954.
Judge Hatch served two years as Contra Costa County deputy district
attorney, five years as staff counsel for railroad companies, then
entered private practice in San Francisco. He is married to the former
Lynn H. Fjelstad and they have four children.
All three judges are Republican.
As municipal court judges, they will receive an annual salary of
$33,481.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-4-73
#256
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of
James L. Pettis of Marysville, and Robert J. Storm of Yuba City to the
13th District Agricultural Association board of directors. The
association operates the Yuba Sutter Fair.
Pettis, 45, has been a member of the board since March 4, 1969.
A graduate of the University of Southern California in 1949, he now
operates an auto dealership. He and his wife, Sarah, have three
daughters.
Storm, 42, has been a member of the board since September 26,
1967. He is the manager of the Federal Land Bank Association of Yuba
City. He attended Yuba College and is a graduate of the University
of California College of Agriculture in Davis.
Both appointees, whose terms expire January 14, 1977, receive
necessary expenses. Pettis and Storm are Republicans.
######
Appointees' addresses:
James L. Pettis
Robert J. Storm
716 Ellis Roard
924 Sanborn Road
Marysville, California 95901
Yuba City, California
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR P NALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ. a 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-8-73
#257
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointment of
Andrew G. Robertson as director of the Department of Mental Hygiene.
Robertson, 58, and a Republican, has been chief deputy director of
the department's Office of Administrative Management since 1968.
He succeeds William E. Mayer, M.D., who has been appointed chief
deputy director of the new Department of Health.
Robertson will head the department until July 1 when the departments
of Mental Hygiene, Public Health and Health Care Services become part
of the new single Department of Health under the directorship of
James M. Stubblebine, M.D.
A former member of the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors,
representing the Lake Tahoe district, Robertson has served as a
consultant to the states of Arizona, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts,
Michigan, New York, North Carolina and the American Hospital Association
on costing mental health care and data processing systems.
He is a former business administrator of the Mendocino State
Hospital at Talmage, California. He attended the University of California
at Berkeley.
Robertson and his wife have two married children. They make their
home in El Macero. He will receive an annual salary of $34,125.
######
Appointee's address:
Andrew G. Robertson
3308 Middle Golf Drive
El Macero, California 95616
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califor a 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-8-73
#258
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the reappointments of
Byron E. Denholm, D.V.M., of Fallbrook and Wilson C. Kelly, D.V.M., of
Stockton to four-year terms as members of the Board of Examiners in
Veterinary Medicine.
They were first appointed to the board in 1969.
Dr. Denholm, 41-year-old Republican, is a graduate of the Kansas
State University School of Veterinary Medicine and has been licensed to
practice in California since 1957. He has been in private practice in
Fallbrook for the past 81/2 years.
He is a member of the San Diego County Veterinary Medical Association
the American Animal Hospital Association and the American Veterinary
Medical Association.
Dr. Kelly, who is also a Republican, received his veterinary degree
from Colorado State University. He completed his undergraduate studies
in animal science at the University of California at Davis. He has been
in general practice since 1952. He is a past president of the Delta-
Stockton Humane Society and the North San Joaquin Veterinary Medical
Association.
Board members receive $28 per diem and their necessary expenses
when on official business.
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Appointees' addresses:
Byron E. Denholm
Wilson C. Kelly
819 Stone Post Way
12250 N. Lower Sacramento Road
Fallbrook, California 92028
Lodi, California 95240
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN
RELEASF
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-9-73
#259
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointment of
Jerry W. Green as director of the Department of Health Care Services
(HCS).
Green, 40, chief deputy director of the department's program and
services branch, succeeds Dwight M. Geduldig, newly appointed director
of the Department of Human Resources Development.
A Republican, Green will be director of HCS until July 1 when the
department, along with the departments of Public Health and Mental
Hygiene become part of the new single Department of Health.
Green, who was born in Oklahoma but raised in Napa, is a 1959
graduate of Sacramento State University, and has been chief deputy
director of HCS since January of this year.
Prior to becoming chief deputy director at HCS, he held a similar
position with the state Department of Public Health. He has also
served as an auditor with the Local Allocation Division in the state
Department of Finance.
Green will receive a yearly salary of $31,500.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-11-73
#260
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
May 14, 1973
through
May 20, 1973
Monday, May 14
11:00 a.m.
State Labor Federation Legislative Conference,
(AFL-CIO), Woodlake Inn. Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, May 15
10:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
5:00 p.m.
Brief appearance at reception for Senator Clare
Berryhill, Governor's Mansion, 16th & H Streets
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, May 16
Noon
Mayors' and Councilmen's Legislative Institute
(sponsored by League of California Cities), Elks
Club. Speech.
Overnight - - Los Angeles
Thursday, May 17
7:00 p.m.
Orange County Lincoln Club Dinner, Monte Carlo
Room, Newporter Inn, Newport Beach. Speech.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, May 18
11:00 a.m.
Dedication of completion of California State
Water Project, Perris Dam, near Riverside.
Remarks. (For further information, call
Candy Johnson, 213-620-3731)
Evening
University of California, Riverside Citizens'
University Committee 1973 Annual Awards Banquet,
University Commons, Riverside. Brief remarks.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, May 19
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, May 20
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-11-73
#261
Acting Governor Reinecke today announced the following bills have been
signed:
AB 41 - Lanterman
Enacts the First Validating Act of 1973 which validate.
Chapter 38
organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds
of counties, cities, and specific districts, agencies,
and entities.
AB 59 - Davis
Permits the taking of crabs in Districts 6, 7, 8,
Chapter 39
and 9, between December 1st and August 31st,
rather than December 1st and July 15th.
AB 197 - Brown
Eliminates a conflict with provisions of the
Chapter 40
Administrative Procedure Act concerning the
effective date of regulations promulgated by agencies
in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
AB 201 - Russell
Makes non-substantive amendments to the Military
Chapter 41
and Veterans Code.
AB 299 - Ingalls
Includes within the definition of an authorized
Chapter 35
emergency vehicle, any publicly owned vehicle operate
by peace officer personnel of the state park system
or by the peace officer personnel employed and
compensated as members of a security patrol of a
school district while carrying out the duties of
their employment. The bill also deletes the re-
quirement of special permits from the Commissioner
of Highway Patrol for operation of emergency vehicles
by peace officers of the stateppark system who use
such vehicles for law enforcement work.
AB 351 - Lewis
Includes the collection, treatment, and disposal
Chapter 42
of sewage, waste, and storm water, and the fixing and
collecting of rates and charges therefor within the
express powers of the Mojave Water. Agency. The bill
also ratifies, confirms, and validates all proceeding:
taken for authorization of bonds of an improvement
district of the agency, including for the collection,
treatment, and disposal of sewage, waste, and storm
water, and authorizes the issuance of such bonds.
SB 30 - Biddle
Permits use of any allocation to the City of Redlands
Chapter 33
from the Aeronautics Account in the State Transporta-
tion Fund in the 1973-74 fiscal year and subsequent
fiscal years, up to $33,562, for that portion of such
obligations incurred in prior fiscal years which woul
have been eligible for an allocation from the fund
during such prior fiscal years.
SB 78 - Mills
Permits owners of land within the Canebrake County
Chapter 36
Water District and the Johnsville Public Utility
District, as well as registered voters of the dis-
tricts, to be members of the board of directors of
the districts.
SB 82 - Collier
Extends the date by which documents relating to
Chapter 37
certain boundary changes of specified local agencies
must be filed with government agencies for assessment
and tax purposes during the 1973-74 fiscal year. It
further requires a local agency filing documents under this act to reim-
burse any other local agency for costs incurred by the agency by reason
of this enactment.
SB 361-Rodda
Revises the procedure for establishing separete
Chapter 34
governing boards for a community college district
and a unified district haveing an a.d.a. of 100,000
or more as of October, 1971, heretofore having a
common governing board, by requiring members, after
an election to establish separate boards, to choose
by June 1, 1973, rather than December 31, 1972,
which of the two boards they will serve.
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Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-15-73
Mrs. Ronald Reagan will visit the Arden Memorial Convalescent
Hospital, 3400 Alta Arden Expressway, on Tuesday, May 15, beginning
at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Reagan's press secretary, Mrs. Nancy Reynolds,
will be available to assist the press.
Press coverage is invited.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-15-73
#262
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"I have the opportunity to announce a unique decision affecting
T
May
federal and state relations. Today the federal Environmental Protection
Agency has announced itwis giving full authority to the state Water
Resources Control Board to run the water pollution control program in
California.
"This is a solid example of the return of autonomy to a level of
government closer to the problems involved and in a better position to
provide solutions. As a matter of fact, direct authority for
implementation of water quality control laws is with the nine California
regional boards. This is an outstanding example of citizen participation
in implementing state and federal law.
"Our water pollution control system in California is the finest in
the nation. We have had significant successes in San Diego Bay, Los
Angeles Harbor, San Francisco Bay and Lake Tahoe, and the action taken
by EPA will allow us to continue our efforts to clean up these and other
California waters.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-15-73
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
at the beginning of his press conference remarks:
"Now that the Watergate controversy is under federal investigation,
and is before a grand jury, the courts and the Senate, I will make no
further statement regarding any of the allegations or any of the
individuals involved.
"Actually, the purpose of these press conferences is, and should
be to discuss California state issues, particularly those relating to
state government. Therefore I will not comment on subjects not
related to California about which I have no personal knowledge."
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Gray
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-15-73
#263
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of three
new members to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board,
Santa Ana region, and reappointed two members.
New members appointed to four-year terms were Edward H. Willits of
Corona, Charles E. Schmidt of Calimesa, and E. Ray Quigley, Jr., of
Irvine.
Willits, 52-year-old Democrat, succeeds Andrew L. Holtz of
Huntington Beach. Holtz did not wish to be reappointed. Willits is
president of the Corona Foothill Lemon Co. He is a director of the
Temescal Water Company and a former director and vice president of the
Corona Heights Water Company.
Schmidt, a 64-year-old Republican, fills the unexpired term of
J.W. Watkins of Redlands. Watkins has resigned. Schmidt, general
manager of the Redlands Laundry and Linen Supply Co., is a former
national field technical supervisor with the Wyandotte Chemicals
Corporation, and is a former member of the Redlands Water Quality Control
Advisory Committee.
Quigley, 39, an Irvine city councilman and a Republican, represents
the city as its delegate to the Orange County Local Agency Formation
Commission and is its alternate delegate to the Orange County Sanitation
District. He is a commercial airline pilot.
Reappointed to the board to four-year terms were John D. Fett of
Hemet and Mrs. Paul (Ruth J.) Anderson of Riverside.
Fett, 40-year-old Republican, has been a member of the board since
1972. A geologist, he is a principal with Earth Sciences Associates in
Palo Alto and Hemet. He is a former member of the faculty of the Lamont
Geological Observatory at Columbia University in New York City, and was
on the staff of the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Californi
at Los Angeles.
Mrs. Anderson, a Republican, has served on the board since 1970. She
is a former president of the League of Women Voters and one of the founder
of the Tri-City Conservation League, She is also a charter member of the
Riverside County Parks Commission.
Board members receive their necessary expenses when on official
business.
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Appointees' addresses:
Edward H. Willits
E. Ray Quigley, Jr.
Ruth J. Anderson
P.O. Box A
18751 Via Palatino
4946 Brockton Avenue
Corona
Irvine 92664
Riverside 92506
Charles E. Schmidt
John D. Fett
187 Harruby Drive
26745 Meridian Street
Hemet 92343
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-15-73
#264
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Robert L. Harvey as chief of the Division of Consumer Services in the
Department of Consumer Affairs.
Harvey, 36, has been staff counsel for the division since
November, 1971. He succeeds Raymond M. Reid, Jr., who has resigned to
become executive secretary to the state Board of Medical Examiners.
Prior to joining the Department of Consumer Affairs, Harvey was
chief of the Bureau of Employment Agencies. He joined state service in
1969 as assistant to the secretary of the Human Relations Commission.
Harvey also has served the state as an attorney with the Department
of Employment. He is a native of Hutchinson, Kansas, a graduate of
Washburn University in Topeka and received his law degree in 1964 from
Golden Gate College in San Francisco.
He and his wife Virginia have one child. They make their home at
4252 North River Way in Sacramento. He will receive an annual salary of
$22,584.
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Appointee's address:
Robert L. Harvey
4252 North River Way
Sacramento, 95825
Walthall
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RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-15-73
#265
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
James E. Stretch of Hillsborough and John M. Cage of Los Altos as
members of the California Job Development Corporation Law Executive
Board.
Stretch, 53, fills the vacancy created by the resignation of
William T. Stephens, Jr., of San Diego. A Republican, Stretch is vice
president of the Pacific coast operations of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company in San Mateo.
He served the company as a supervisor and division supervisor of
field training prior to becoming a vice president. He was born in
Columbus, Georgia, and is a graduate of Young Harris College at Young
Harris, Georgia.
Cage, 63, is manager of special projects for the Hewlett-Packard
Company at Palo Alto. He succeeds Richard W. Heldridge of Carmichael
who has resigned. An Independent, he is a graduate of Iowa State College
at Ames, Iowa. He is a former head of the Electronics Department at
Purdue University.
He has been with Hewlett-Packard since 1956 where he has been
director of development, manager of the Audio-Video Engineering
Department and general manager of the Mechrolab Division.
Board members receive their necessary expenses when on official
business.
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Appointees' addresses:
James E. Stretch
John M. Cage
130 Country Club Drive
740 Arroyo Road
Hillsborough, California
Los Altos, California 94022
Walthall
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RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ. 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-15-73
#266
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Hamilton F. Wilson of Glendora as a member of the State Board of
Cosmetology. The term will be for four years.
Wilson, 45-year old Republican, is director and coordinator of
Vocational Education at Citrus College in Azusa. He succeeds Anthony
Vazzoler of Los Angeles. Vazzoler's term has expired.
He is a 1965 graduate of Citrus College and holds a teaching
credential in cosmetology from the University of California at Los
Angeles.
Board members receive $28 per diem when on official business.
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Address:
430 Marcile Avenue
Glendora, California 91740
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR F ALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ_ 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-15-73
#267
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of eight
members to the board of directors of various district agricultural
associations in California.
The districts and their members reappointed, include:
--28th District, sponsor of the San Bernardino County Fair,
Bernard M. Scheppers of Rialto, and Roger J. Hartwick of Barstow.
Scheppers, 57, a Democrat, has been a member of the board since 1961.
Hartwick, 66-year old Republican, has served on the board since 1948.
--35th District, sponsor of the Merced County Fair, Hubert J.
Trindade of Merced, and Manuel F. Azevedo of Gustine. Trindade, 53, a
Democrat, has been on the board since 1961. Azevedo, 74, a Republican,
has served since 1969.
--36th District, sponsor of the Dixon May Fair, Robert C. Gill of
Dixon, and Jack L. Olmstead of Fairfield. Both are Republicans. Gill,
48, has been on the board since 1969. Olmstead, 36, has served since
1969.
38th District, sponsor of the Stanislaus County Fair, John C.
deBoer of Oakdale, and Vernon S. Thornburg. Both are Republicans.
DeBoer, 56, has served since 1969, and Thornburg has been on the board
since 1946.
The eight members were reappointed to four-year terms. They
receive their necessary expenses when on official business.
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Addresses:
Bernard M. Scheppers
Roger J. Hartwick
842 North Oakdale
26207 Community Boulevard
Rialto, California 92376
Barstow, California 92311
Hubert J. Trindade
Manuel F. Azevedo
Post Office Box 2366
111 West Avenue
Merced, California 95340
Gustine, California
Robert C. Gill
Jack Ll Olmstead
915 Sievers Way
Route 1, Box 224
Dixon, California 95620
Fairfield, California
John C. de Boer
Vernon S. Thornburg
5967 Hinds Road
2831 North Walnut Road
Oakdale, California 95361
Turlock, California 95380
Walthall
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Sacramento, California 5814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-15-73
#268
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Mrs.
Norman (Virginia R.) Talmage of Villa Park as a member of the Certified
Shorthand Reporters Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
The appointment must be confirmed by the State Senate.
Mrs. Talmage, court reporter for the Orange County Superior
Court, succeeds Lecil J. Slaback of Silverado. Her term has expired.
A Republican, Mrs. Talmage is a certified shorthand reporter.
She was first appointed official court reporter for the Orange County
Superior Court in 1957.
She attended Whittier College and received a law degree from
Western State University College of Law at Anaheim in 1971.
Mrs. Talmage is a member of the California Court Reporters
Association. Mr. and Mrs. Talmage have five adult children. She will
receive $28 per diem when on official business.
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Address:
10312 Via Corta
Villa Park, California
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-16-73
Because the League of California Cities has
changed the location of its legislative institute,
Governor Reagan will address the mayors and council-
men today at 11:45 a.m. at the Senator Hotel.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-16-73
#269
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Walter H. (Hans) Henrich of Redding as a member of the state Fire
Advisory Board.
The appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate.
Henrich, 40, fills the vacancy created by the resignation of
Chief Requa of Sacramento. Requa has resigned.
A Republican, Henrich is chief of the Cascade Fire Department in
Redding. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and was a member of the
Frankfurt-Schwanheim Fire Department for eight years.
Henrich has been a member of the Cascade Fire Department since
1967. He is president of the Shasta County Fire Chiefs' Association
and a member of the Shasta Junior College Fire Science Advisory
Committee. He holds a teaching credential in fire service.
Board members receive their actual and necessary expenses when on
official business.
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Appointee's address:
5121 Cedar Road
Redding, California
Walthall
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RELEASE: mmediate
Sacramento, Californi_ 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-16-73
#270
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments to
four-year terms of Sol R. Baker, M.D., of Bel Air, and John E. Connolly,
M.D of Irvine as members of the Cancer Advisory Council
Dr. Baker, 72-year-old Democrat, was first appointed to the council
in 1959. Born in London, England, he received his undergraduate,
masters and medical degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Dr. Connolly, a native of Omaha, graduated from Harvard College in
1945. He received his medical degree from Harvard in 1948.
A Republican, Dr. Connolly is a professor and chairman of the
Department of Surgery at the University of California Medical School
at Irvine. He formerly was an assistant professor of surgery at
Stanford University School of Medicine, and was surgical registrar and
research assistant at St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School in
London, England.
Council members receive their necessary expenses.
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Appointees' addresses:
Sol. R. Baker, M.D.
John E. Connolly, M.D.
1580 Stone Canyon Road
5135 Altoona Lane
Bel Air, California 90024
Irvine, California
Walthall
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-16-73
#271
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Charles W. Hostler, Ph.D., of Newport Beach and W. Daniel Larsen of
San Diego to four-year terms as members of the Contractors' State
License Board.
The board positions were created during the 1972 legislative
session under the provisions of AB 1385, introduced by Assemblyman John
Quimby, D-Rialto. The appointments require confirmation by the state
Senate.
Both are Republicans.
Hostler, 53, is president of the Hostler Investment Company in
Newport Beach. He is a retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
He is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles;
received a Masters degree in international affairs from Georgetown
University in Washington, D.C., and a Masters degree in Middle Eastern
Studies from American University, Beirut, Lebanon. He received his
doctorate in political science and economics from Georgetown University.
Larsen, 45, is vice president and general manager of the
F. E. Young Construction Company in San Diego. He is 1951 graduate of
the University of California at Berkeley with a BS degree in civil
engineering.
He is a past president of San Diego Chapter of the Associated
General Contractors of America. He is married and has two daughters.
Board members receive $28 per diem and travel expenses when on
official business.
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Appointees' addresses:
Charles W. Hostler
W. Daniel Larsen
Suite 426
1405 Savoy
1221 West Coast Highway
San Diego, California
Newport Beach, California 92660
Walthall
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RELEASE: mediate
Sacramento, Californi 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
3-16-73
#272
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Stanley P. Golde of Oakland as judge of the Alameda County Superior
Court.
Golde, 45, succeeds the late Frederick M. Van Sicklen, who died
April 21.
A Democrat, Golde has been in private practice in Oakland since
1953. He is a member of the law firm of Golde, Strellis and Hall.
Golde, who was born in St. Louis, is a 1949 graduate of the
University of California at Berkeley and received his law degree from
the University's Boalt Hall in 1952.
Judge Golde is a former president of the Criminal Courts Bar
Association of Alameda County, and is a member of the Special Committee
on Crime Control for the State Bar of California.
In 1969, he was appointed to the California Inter-Agency Council
on Drug Abuse, and was named by the state's attorney general to a
special task force on riot and crime control.
Judge Golde and his wife Patricia have three minor children. He
will receive an annual salary of $36,393.
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RELEASE:
ediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-16-73
#273
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Oakland
Deputy Chief of Police, Raymond C. Brown, as a member and board chairman
of the California Adult Authority and the reappointment to the board
of Leland M. Edman, Fresno attorney, and James H. Hoover, of Placerville.
Brown, 49, succeeds Henry W. Kerr of Newport Beach, who has
served as chairman since February, 1968. Kerr, who has served on the
board since 1967, will continue to serve as a member. Brown fills a
position on the board which had been authorized but unfunded.
"Henry Kerr has served ably and well as chairman for the past
five years," stated Governor Reagan. "He has been firm and fair in
carrying out his responsibilities and the people of California are
fortunate that Henry has agreed to continue to serve as a member of
the board."
The new chairman, who has been Oakland Deputy Chief of Police for
the past seven years, first joined the Oakland police department in 1947
as a patrolman. He holds adult teaching credentials and a certificate
in Public Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
He taught part-time in the Oakland Unified School District from 1949 to
1967.
Brown is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Academy in Washington, D.C. He is married and the father of
three sons. He is a Republican.
Edman, 50, a Republican, has been engaged in private law practice
in Fresno since 1957 and formerly served as Fresno County deputy district
attorney for three years. He is a graduate of Fresno State College and
earned his law degree from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.
Edman, who has served on the board since November 21, 1967, is
active in numerous civic and service organizations in Fresno. He also
was an instructor in criminal law at Humphreys College of Law in Fresno.
He is married and has three children.
Hoover, a 44-year old Republican, was first appointed to the
board on May 23, 1969. He is the personnel training coordinator at the
California Institute for Men at Chino, a position he has held since 1966.
He first joined the State Department of Corrections as a correc-
tional officer in 1956. As a correctional sergeant in 1962, he helped
open the California Rehabilitation Center at Corona which pioneered the
state's first Narcotic Rehabilitation program.
Hoover serves on the Chino City Advisory Committee and is a
director of the Chino Council of Social Services. He is married and the
father of thirteen children.
The chairman of the adult authority board receives an annual
salary of $27,562.50 Board members receive $26,250 per annum. Board
members serve four year terms and the appointments require Senate
confirmation.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-16-73
#274
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of
Frank W. Turnbull, and Richard L. Huston, both of Huntington Beach,
to the 32nd District Agricultural Association Board of Directors.
The association operates the Orange County Fair.
Turnbull, 53, has served on the board since December 15, 1971.
He is the senior vice president and general manager of the Roadcraft
Manufacturing and Leasing Corporation in Gardena.
Huston, 37, has been a member of the board since March 18, 1969.
He operates an independent newspaper distribution agency in Huntington
Beach. He is married and the father of two children.
Both are Republicans.
Board members serve four year terms and receive necessary
expenses.
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Frank W. Turnbull
Richard L. Huston
10152 Crailet Drive
5842 Meadowbrook Drive
Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach, California
Garcia
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RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-16-73
#275
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of San
Francisco industrialist Donald G. Ellis to the Solid Waste Management
and Resource Recovery Advisory Council. He fills a position created
by the 1972 legislature and serves at the pleasure of the governor.
He will receive $28 per diem and expenses.
Ellis, 53, Republican, is vice president of the Industrial
Chemical Division of Stauffer Chemical Company in San Francisco. He
is a 1941 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and during
World War II was a Naval Aviatory.
He is married to the former Ruth P. Jones and they are the
parents of three grown children. They live at 140 Camino Sobrante,
Orinda.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, Californ: 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-17-73
#276
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
David B. Swoap as director of the state Department of Social Welfare.
Swoap, 36, who has been acting director of the department since
March of this year, succeeds Robert B. Carleson. Carleson resigned to
become special assistant for welfare matters to Casper W. Weinberger,
secretary for Health, Education and Welfare in Washington, D.C.
A native of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Swoap was assistant secretary to
the state Personnel Board prior to joining the Department of Social
Welfare. He was also the district coordinator for state Senator
Howard Way, R-Exeter.
Swoap served as a consultant to the state Senate Fact Finding
Committee on Labor and Welfare, and was an assistant administrative
analyst with the office of the legislative analyst assigned to reviewing
the social welfare budget.
He is a 1959 graduate of Denison University, Granville, Ohio, with
a B.A. debree in government. He received his M.A. degree in government
from Claremont Graduate School in 1961.
Swoap is an elder in the St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church of
North Highlands; member of the board of the Sacramento Chapter of the
World Affairs Council, and a member of the board of the Sacramento Valley
Youth Services Program.
He is single and will receive an annual salary of $31,500.
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Appointee's address:
David B. Swoap
3613 Winthrop Court
North Highlands 95660
Walthall
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RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-18-73
#277
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Sherwin
L. Memel, of Los Angeles and the reappointments of doctors Paul J. Dugan,
of Roseville, and Harold E. Wilkins, of Downey to the State Board of
Medical Examiners in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Dr. Dugan, 42, a Republican, has served on the board since March
24, 1969. A 1956 graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Maryland, he
interned at William Beaumont Army Hospital, El Paso, Texas, from June
1956 to July 1957. He was a physician in residence at DeWitt Army
Hospital, Virginia, from July 1957 to April 1958; and at Friends Hospital.
Philadelphia, Pa., from July 1959 to June 1960.
Dr. Wilkins, a 49-year-old Republican, has served on the board
since March 25, 1969. A 1947 graduate of the Medical College of Virginia,
he completed his internship and residency at Boston City Hospital,
Boston, Mass., between 1947 and 1951. He was an assistant instructor
of medicine at Boston University from 1950-51 and has served as an
assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of Southern
California since 1955.
Memel, 43, a Democrat, replaces S. Stephen Nakashima of San Jose,
whose term on the board has expired. He is president of Woodcrest
Associates, Inc., a company engaged in corporate financing. He earned
both his B.A. degree and law degree at the University of California at
Los Angeles.
Memel, a recognized expert in health law, will represent the
general public on the board. He has served as executive director and
legal counsel for numerous health and hospital organizations. He is
married and the father of two boys and two girls.
Board members serve four year terms and receive $28 per diem.
######
Addresses:
Paul J. Dugan, M.D.
Sherwin L. Memel
1432 Tiffany Circle
2611 South Beverly Drive
Roseville, California 95676
Los Angeles, California 90067
Harold E. Wilkins, M.D.
9850 Hasty Avenue
Downey, California 90240
Garcia
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RELEASE:
nediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-18-73
#278
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of
Michael Chrisman of Visalia and Antonio Nunes of Tulare, to the 24th
District Agricultural Association board of directors. The association
operates the Tulare County Fair.
Chrisman, 29, a Republican, has served on the board since March
7, 1969. A graduate of the University of Arizona with a degree in
agriculture, he is in the ranching business with his father. He is a
director of the California Cattlemen's Association, chairman of the
Tulare County Planning Commission and a member of the board of governors,
Council of California Growers. He is married and the father of one son.
Nunes, a 57-year-old Democrat, has served on the board since March,
22, 1961. A Tulare dairy farmer, he is also active in numerous civic,
service and professional organizations and in 1968 was named Tulare
County Farmer of the Year. He is married and the father of two sons
and four daughters.
Board members serve four year terms and receive necessary
expenses.
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Addresses:
Michael Chrisman
Antonio L. Nunes
11599 Avenue 340
20439 Road 124
Visalia, California 93277
Tulare, California 93274
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R \LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-18-73
#279
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have been signed
AB 44 -L.Greene
Provides that the Director of the Department of Health
Chapter 31
Care Services may by regulation provide for fixed
artificial dentures for conditions which preculde use
of removable dental prostheses.
AB 293-Antonovich
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
Chapter 32
allow, for the 1972-73 school year, use of a divisor
of 174 in computing average daily attendance for
apportionment purposes for school districts maintaining
schools for 174 days because of the declaration of
January 25, 1973, as a day of mourning relating to
the death of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
AB 297 - Berman
Deletes the requirement that a vehicle overtaking and
Chapter 50
passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direc-
tion, return to the right-hand side of the roadway be-
fore coming within 100 feet of any vehicle approaching
from the opposite direction.
AB 385 - Keene
Shortens the silver salmon commercial fishing season
Chapter 26
from a period between April 15th and September 30th
to a period between May 15th and September 30th until
October 1, 1974, and to a period between June 1st and
September 30th for the succeeding two years, and lower:
the minimum length of silver salmon which may be taken
during such periods to 22 inches in length. The bill
specifies that such season shall revert to a period
between April 15th and September 30th and that the
minimum length shall revert to 25 inches during the
season next following a finding by the Director of
Fish and Game that such evaluation indicates that as
a result of this act there has been substantial harm
to the silver salmon resource.
SB 29 - Grunsky
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
Chapter 29
continue authorization of a specified pilot program
for education of severely mentally retarded pupils
between the ages of three and five years. The present
program will terminate on June 30, 1973. The bill
limits expenditures to $155,000 during the 1973-74
fiscal year and provides for reports on the efficacy
of the pilot program. The program will terminate on
June 30, 1974.
SB 33 - Gregorio
Clarifies the law with respect to the authority of the
Chapter 43
Mayor of San Francisco to make appointments which in
other jurisdictions are made by city selection commit-
tees. The bill changes the term of office for the
chairman and vice chairman of a city selection commit-
tee from two years to a period set by rules and
regulations of the committee, but not less than one
year nor more than four years.
SB 34 - Harmer
Extends the increase in maximum tax rate for community
Chapter 44
college districts for lease agreements until June 30,
1978.
SB 38 - Whetmore
Provides that with respect to city councils any refer-
Chapter 30
ence to "councilman" or "councilmen" shall also include
"councilwoman" or "councilwomen." The bill provides
that a female member of a city council may designate
herself "councilwoman."
SB 154-Lagomarsino
Requires a three-fourths vote of all members of the
Chapter 45
State Building Standards Commission, present and
voting, but not less than six affirmative votes, to
adopt and publish amendments to the State Building
Standards Code on an emergency basis. The bill require:
the commission to make a specified finding in order to
adopt and publish such amendments on an emergency basis.
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SB 221 - Grunsky
Requires the county of residence to reimburse the
Chapter 46
county spperintendent of schools wherein education
is being provided by that office for costs of
educating pupils residing in licensed children's
institutions or family homes.
SB 243 - Beilenson Sets forth procedures for an application for an
Chapter 47
alcoholic beverage license other than retail license
by a limited partnership which is required by law
to file periodic reports with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
SB 270-Lagomarsino
Permits the Santa Maria Airport District to employ
Chapter 48
airport policemen, with the approval of the Santa
Maria City Council. The bill requires such policemen
to be approved by the Santa Maria Chief of Police and
certified, pursuant to specified provisions of law,
by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training before assuming their duties.
SB 300 - Collier
Transfers the administration and operation of the
Chapter 49
Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund from the Department of
Public Works to the Department of the California
Highway Patrol.
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Walthall
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, Califor
95814
MEMO T THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-18-73
#280
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
May 21, 1973
through
May 28, 1973
Monday, May 21
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, May 22
7:00 p.m.
California Federation of Women's Clubs Banquet,
Hilton Hotel, San Francisco. Speech.
Overnight Sacramento
Wednesday, May 23
Noon
Picture with legislature on west steps of
Capitol.
Overnight . Los Angeles
Thursday, May 24
7:00 p.m.
Napa County Republican Fundraising Dinner,
Napa Fairgrounds. Speech.
Overnight Los Angeles
Friday, May 25
2:00 p.m.
Groundbreaking for the Didi Hirsch Community
Mental Health Center, 4760 Sepulveda Boulevard,
Los Angeles. Brief remarks.
5:00 p.m.
Reception for Assembly candidate Bob McClennan,
Los Amigos Country Club, 7295 Quill Drive,
Downey. Brief remarks.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, May 26
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, May 27
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Monday, May 28
Memorial Day
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight Los Angeles
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR.
IALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-21-73
#281
Governor Ronald Reagan expressed shock and sorrow today when
informed of the tragic death of Assemblyman Robert W. Crown of Alameda.
Governor Reagan said:
"Although Bob and I disagreed on many issues over the years,
we were always able to sit down and discuss them without acrimony.
He was a dedicated public servant and an articulate spokesman for his
point of view.
"I am shocked at his tragic death. Mrs. Reagan and I join his
colleagues and many friends in mourning his loss."
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
"ednesday A.M.s
Sacramento, Californi 95814
y 23, 1973
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-22-73
#282
Governor Ronald Reagan said today that those legislators who have
refused to place the administration's proposed tax limitation amendment
on the November ballot are guilty of "an arrogant denial of the
democratic process."
In remarks prepared for delivery to the California Federation of
Women's Clubs Tuesday evening (May 22) at the Hilton Hotel in San
Francisco, the governor said that "many of those who are talking the
loudest in the legislative chambers don't even believe their own words.
They have admitted to us that while they will continue to block the
people's right to vote on this, they really can't find anything wrong
with our proposal."
The governor's proposal is in the form of a constitutional amendment.
It would give a rebate of up to 20 percent on 1973 state income taxes,
provide a 7½ percent ongoing state income tax cut starting next January
and constitutionally limit and gradually reduce the percentage of the
people's earnings which the state can take in taxes in the next 15 years.
He has asked the legislature to let the proposal be voted on by the
people at a special statewide election in November.
"It is an arrogant denial of the democratic process for a few
legislators to say the people must not even be allowed to vote on
something as fundamental as their right to their own earnings," he said.
The governor cited "the nitpicking and carping criticism" of
legislators who have refused to let the issue be placed on the ballot
and said "the same complaining voices" who opposed his welfare reforms -
"the doom criers who have been so consistently wrong, are at it again"
in opposing his tax limitation-reduction measure.
Governor Reagan also pointed to the "attempts to confuse" the
people on the issue by saying the proposal would tie the legislature's
hands in the future, place the state in a fiscal straitjacket, and raise
taxes at the local level.
He categorically denied the charges.
"Those who say the Tax Control and Tax Limitation Plan won't work
or that it will raise your local taxes are the same ones who said the
welfare reforms wouldn't work and that property taxes would have to be
raised if the welfare changes went into effect."
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#282
They were wrong, he said. "Forty-two of our 58 California counties
were able to lower their taxes because of the reforms," he added.
He called charges that the administration's proposal will benefit
the rich at the expense of the poor "spurious" and "demogogic."
The governor pointed to a case cited by "our legislative leader"
of an individual "who would only get a $2.50 rebate from the surplus
while another would get $250. Well, possibly there would be such cases.
But the man who would get $2.50 only had a $12.50 tax bill to begin
with. The one getting $250 owed $1,250 and after his rebate he'll still
owe $1,000 while the other individual will owe only $10.
"Again, let me point out this is not a case of government largesse--
of handing out charity or gifts. We are talking about the return--
as fairly as it can be worked out-of over-payments the people made.
"As one of our cabinet members, Frank Walton, said the other day:
'If you overpay your utility bill, the company returns the over-payment
to you. It doesn't divide it up among your neighbors.'
He emphasized that if the constitutional amendment is approved in
November by the people, families with earnings of $8,000 or less will
get a 100 percent rebate on their 1973 state income tax and they will
pay no state income taxes in the future.
The governor is leading an initiative petition drive to place the
constitutional amendment on the ballot, but he says he will halt the
drive if the legislature lets the people vote on it at a special
statewide election later this year.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
MEMO TC HE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-45-71
5-23-73
Natalie Randolph (Natasha) Collier has a 2:20 p.m. date today,
Wednesday, May 23, with Governor Reagan in the Cabinet Room. Natasha,
2½ weeks old, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Randolph Collier, will have
her picture taken with the Governor. The occasion is the 2nd anniversary
for the Colliers. Governor Reagan will present Natasha with a gift.
Press coverage is invited.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
NALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-23-73
#283
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointment of Ray
L. Stoyer, of Irvine, and the appointments of James J. Poet of San Diego
and Alton E. Allen of Laguna Beach to the San Diego Regional Water
Quality Control Board.
Stoyer, 56, gnneral manager of the Irvine Ranch Water District,
has been a member of the board since March 5, 1968. He was formerly
general manager of the Santee County Water District and was a member
of a five-man Industrial Development Commission which serves as an
advisory committee to the City of El Cajon and the San Diego County
Board of Supervisors. He is also a member of the board of directors
of the California Water Pollution Control Association.
Poet, 53, is president of Culligan Soft Water Service and Water
Conditioning Company. He is a 1941 graduate of New Jersey state College
in Montclair, New Jersey. During World War II, he served in the U.S.
Navy and is now a retired Commander in the Naval Reserve. He is
married and the father of two girls and one boy.
Allen, 75, a retired vice president of Security Pacific National
Bank, is a former Orange County Supervisor. He represented the fifth
supervisorial district. During his eight-year term as supervisor,
Allen served two terms as chairman of the board. He also was a member
of the board of directors of the Orange County Flood Control District.
All the appointees are Republicans.
Board members serve four year terms and receive necessary expenses.
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Appointees' addresses:
James J. Poet
Ray L. Stoyer
1795 La Jolla Rancho Road
17706 Oak Tree Lane
La Jolla, California 92037
Irvine, California
Alton E. Allen
2535 Temple Hills Drive
Laguna Beach, California 92651
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-23-73
#284
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of three
judges to the Los Angeles County Municipal Court. The new judges are
Marion E. Gubler, of Glendale, to the Burbank Judicial District, Eugene
J. Long, of Long Beach to the Long Beach Judicial District, and James
E. Satt, of Encino, to the Los Angeles Judicial District.
Judge Gubler, 43, a partner in the Burbank law firm of Rogan and
Radding, replaces Judge Archie Walters, who retired. He is a 1958
graduate of the University of Utah with a B.S. degree in accounting,
where he also earned his law degree. He worked as a tax attorney in
the Los Angeles office of the Internal Revenue Service before entering
private practice. He is married and the father of six children.
Judge Long, 49, a Long Beach resident for the past forty years,
replaces Judge Charles T. Smith, who retired. Long is associated with
F. Henry NeCasek in a general law practice. He attended Loyola
University in Los Angeles for one year and the University of Notre Dame
for three years then returned to California to earn his law degree at
Southwestern University in Los Angeles. He is married and the father
of four boys and two girls.
Judge Satt, 52, will replace Judge Paul Roest, who is retiring
effective June 4, 1973. He attended the University of Idaho in
Pocatello, the University of Southern California and earned his law
degree from Loyola University School of Law in Los Angeles. He has
been in private law practice since graduation from law school. He is
on the board of trustees of West Valley Community Hospital Foundation
and president of the Encino Chamber of Commerce. He is married and
has one son.
The three new judges are Republicans.
Municipal court judges receive an annual salary of $33,481.
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Garcia
State of California
OF
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
SACRAMENTO 95814
CALIFORNIA
RONALD REAGAN
GOVERNOR
May 23, 1973
Mr. Walter J. Quinn
Acting Deputy Auditor General
Room 400, 1100 K Building
Sacramento, California 95814
Dear Mr. Quinn:
Pursuant to your request for information con-
cerning Governor Reagan's Tax Reduction Task
Force, including the cost to the State of
California for funding the task force I
am
pleased to provide the attached
summary.
This will serve as the answer to all the other
requests that have been made to various agencies
and departments of the Executive Branch for
information regarding State funding for the
task force.
Sincerely,
Educa Whomes
Edwin W. Thomas.
Administrative Officer
to the Cabinet
Attachment
State of California
Memorandum
To
8
Governor Ronald Reagan
Date :
May 23, 1973
Subject
00
Report on Tax Reduc-
tion Task Force
Funding
From
:
Business and Transportation Agency
Office of the Secretary
1120 N Street, Sacramento, (916) 445-1331
Attached is the report you requested relating to the funding of
the Tax Reduction Task Force. I recommend that this report be
forwarded to the Auditor General.
Waltor
Frank J. Walton
Chairman, Steering Committee,
Governor's Tax Reduction Task Force
Attachment
STATE SUPPORT FOR GOVERNOR REAGAN'S
TAX REDUCTION TASK FORCE
Introduction
Last September, Governor Reagan established a Tax Reduction Task Force
for the purpose of reviewing, in depth, the entire tax and public financing
system in California, including a comprehensive analysis of methods for re-
ducing the cost of government programs and spending at the state level.
His charge applied to, and was intended to cut across, the operations
of all departments in state government to determine those areas where fur-
ther economies and cost reductions could be made to reduce the heavy tax
burden on the people.
He requested that the Task Force utilize existing state resources and
ordered all departments to give full cooperation to this activity as a top
priority of his administration.
The Governor designated Business and Transportation Agency Secretary
Frank J. Walton to act as Chairman of the Task Force Steering Committee.
The Steering Committee, which had the responsibility for guiding the
Task Force and monitoring its progress, included as members: Robert C.
Walker, Special Assistant to the Governor, John T. Kehoe, Director of the
State Department of Consumer Affairs, James E. Jenkins, Assistant to the
Governor and Director of Public Affairs, Edwin Thomas, Administrative
Officer to the Cabinet, Lawrence R. Robinson, Jr., Director of the State
Department of General Services, and H. Herbert Jackson, a member and former
chairman of the Little Hoover Commission.
Lewis K. Uhler, then assistant secretary of the Human Relations Agency,
was selected to chair the Task Force itself.
Richard E. Kazen, Chief of the Division of Research and Assistance of
the State Department of Housing and Community Development, and Charles D.
Hobbs, Deputy Director of Operations of the State Department of Social
Welfare, also were chosen as full-time Task Force members.
The Charge
In addition to its review of the entire state and local public financ-
ing system, the Governor asked the Task Force to recommend a plan for reduc-
ing the tax burden shouldered by Californians. The Task Force inquiry was
structured to include, but not be limited to:
1) Ceilings on Taxation and Spending - Explore methods of externally
imposing upon state government a limitation on the total tax "take".
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2) Reduction of Government Programs - Analyze methods for reducing
the cost of governmental programs and spending levels at the state, county,
city and special district levels. Attention to be given to the interrela-
tionship with federal programs and spending. Mechanisms to be developed to
insure adequate internal incentives to expenditure controls.
3) Tax Refunds to the People - Identify sources of refunds, analyze
cash reserve requirements, develop procedures whereby program savings,
government efficiencies, etc., can be translated into refunds to the people.
4) Types and Combinations of Taxes - Through the application of proper
principles of taxation, identify that combination of state wealth and taxes
which will optimize California's competitive position with respect to other
states and nations.
5) Education Finance - Explore various alternatives available.
6) Review bonding programs and total indebtedness of California.
7) Review and analyze all other aspects of taxation which the Task
Force deems significant.
Consistent with this charge the Task Force devoted a considerable amount
of time to working with individual departments and with outside economists
who were available for this purpose. To accomplish the charge, people and
services were contributed from various departments, on either a full-time or
art-time basis, to help achieve these goals.
The expertise which resulted from the efforts of the Task Force made it
possible to develop the comprehensive revenue control and tax reduction pro-
gram which the Governor has offered to the Legislature and the people of
California. The project also will result in a wide range of other recommend-
ations to reduce the cost and improve the effectiveness of state government.
Task Force Support
A number of operating departments and agencies within the administra-
tion, including the Governor's Office, have, at various times, provided
assistance to the Task Force members in the form of informational data,
temporary personnel, and resources. This is no different from the manner
in which other task forces formed by the Governor during the course of the
administration have been supported in the past---including those on govern-
ment efficiency and cost control, welfare reform, public safety, and education
The Governor's ability to effectively utilize the administrative resources
of the Executive Branch is essential if he is to meet his responsibilities
to solve state problems and innovate new programs to meet public needs.
At the time the Task Force was formed, space was made available by the
State Department of General Services. Other departments assisted with
supplies, equipment, telephones, travel, etc. Such in-kind equivalents
have been provided in the total amount of $13,588 (see breakdown in exhibit,
age 8).
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Two departments made funds available to the Task Force under contract:
State Department of Social Welfare
$ 30,000
State Department of Housing and Community Development
750
It is important to note that these are administrative funds only. No
welfare recipient has been denied any benefit as a result of this support.
Because persons on welfare pay various kinds of taxes--sales, property,
excise, etc. to the extent that the total burden of state taxes is reduced
over time through the Governor's Revenue Control and Tax Reduction Program,
such recipients will benefit. And, in light of the program's benefits to
low income families and individuals, the level of support provided to the
Task Force by the Department of Social Welfare seems fully justified.
The Task Force did not possess the accounting/administrative capacity
to handle funds and requested assistance. The Health and Welfare Agency
responded and established an account for the Task Force in the same depart-
ment which handled the agency's finances the State Department of Health
Care Services. For the sake of ease and simplicity, current bills of the
Task Force have been paid for out of the State Department of Health Care
Services revolving fund, subject to reimbursement out of the funds provided
by the State Department of Social Welfare and the State Department of Housing
and Community Development pursuant to contract.
Various departments loaned or otherwise paid for the personnel costs of
individuals who worked full or part time on the Task Force. The approximate
value of such loaned or contributed personnel services (estimated through
May 15, 1973) is $116,980, consisting of $105,652 in salaries plus $11,328
in personnel administrative overhead.
Personnel Expenditures
(Expenditures for salaries, personnel administrative overhead,
and travel for the Task Force are as follows)
Basic Task Force
The salaries for the following individuals (calculated to May 15, 1973)
are set forth below:
Lewis K. Unler, Special Assistant to the Governor and Special Consultant
to the State Department of Human Resources Development, and Chairman of
the Tax Reduction Task Force (1-1-72 until 5-31-73).
Responsible for overall management and direction of the Task Force.
**Special Consultant paid out of
HRD administrative funds,
$22,464
Charles D. Hobbs, Special Consultant to the Governor for Tax and Spend-
ing Programs (9-1-72 to 11-30-72) and Special Consultant to the State
Department of Human Resources Development (12-1-72 to 5-15-73).
Responsible for collection and analysis of data on State tax and
spending programs, development of a design for limiting State taxes
and spending, analysis of the Unemployment and Disability Insurance
Funds, analysis of the State personal income tax, development of
incentives for government to reduce costs and control program growth.
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*Funding by Governor's Office
and HRD administrative funds
$23,279
*Mr. Hobbs served as a full-time member of the Governor's
Staff (Special Assistant) from 9-1-72 to 11-30-72, and
he was funded out of the Governor's Office budget in the
amount of $7,224. From 12-1-72 to 5-15-73, he was under
contract as a consultant to the Department of Human Re-
sources Development and was paid in the amount of $16,055.
/**HRD was and is a major source of much of the State income
tax and Unemployment and Disability Fund information needed
by the Tax Reduction Task Force. In fact, HRD, which admin-
isters the withholding of State income tax, would be the
first Department to be affected if the Task Force's recom-
mendations are implemented through approval of Governor
Reagan's Revenue Control and Tax Reduction Program. The
funding by HRD is entirely appropriate because HRD has had
a primary stake in making sure that the Task Force received
timely and accurate State income tax data during its
deliberations.
Richard E. Kazen, Chief of the Division of Research and Assistance,
State Department of Housing and Community Development.
Responsible for task development, work product control, liaison with
external resources, etc.
Housing & Community Development
administrative funds.
$16,121
Diane K. Sekafetz, Secretary I, State Department of Human Resources
Development (9-1-72 to 5-31-73).
Paid out of HRD administrative
funds
$7,290
Additional Assistance
As the work of the Task Force increased, additional assistance was found
to be necessary.
The following persons assisted the Task Force on a full-time basis for
the periods listed, on Loan and supported by their Departments as indicated,
to perform the activities described.
Sharon Young, Research Assistant, 10-1-72 to 5-31-73, Governor's Office.
General research support
$ 7,800
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Wendy Potter, Operations Research Specialist I, State Department of
Human Resources Development (10-15-72 to 3-9-73).
Analysis and development of data regarding the incidences of taxes
and government expenditure patterns with respect to California
families by various income levels.
$ 2,563
Douglas A. Sloane, Associate Regulations Analyst, State Department of
Social Welfare (12-1-72 to 5-15-73).
Administrative support, statistical analysis, report preparation, etc.
$ 6,259
Linda Miller, Senior Stenographer, State Department of Social Welfare
(12-1-72 to 5-15-73).
General secretarial support.
$ 4,037
Virgil Woods, Associate GPA, State Department of Social Welfare (2-1-73
to 5-15-73).
Research evaluation and recommendations with respect to Unemployment
Insurance, Disability Insurance contingency funds, State personal in-
come tax, revenue sharing, etc.
$ 4,389
Richard Piper, Associate Management Auditor, State Department of Finance
(2-1-73 to 4-6-73).
Fiscal, budgetary and statistical research providing data for the tax
limitation plan legislation.
$ 2,822
Linda Bernheim, Supervising EDP Analyst, State Department of Social
Welfare (11-1-72 to 5-15-73).
Analyze Federal, State and local revenue and expenditure data for
California and other states and assist with projections and projec-
tion models.
$ 6,828
In addition to the salaries, there is an allocated cost of 12 percent
for personnel administrative overhead which amounts to $11,328. This over-
head includes such items as State contributions to the Employee Retirement
System, group medical insurance, vacation and sick leave allowance, etc.
Travel expended by the above individuals totals approximately $8,000,
paid from the following sources: $2,084, Housing & Community Development
in-kind contribution; $1,300, Human Resources Development contract #73004457;
$500, Governor's Office; and $4,116 from the $30,750 fund in Health Care
Services.
Advisors and Consultants
Immediately upon commencement of the Task Force activities, the need
or consultants and advisors to the Task Force was evident. Some of those
persons who volunteered their assistance to the Task Force are:
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Armen Alchian, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, UCLA;
Martin Anderson, Ph.D., Senior Fellow (Public Policy), The Hoover'
Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford;
Patrick M. Boarman, Ph.D., Director of Research, Center for Interna-
tional Business (affiliate of Pepperdine College), Los Angeles;
James Buchanan, Ph.D., Economist, Chairman of Center for Study of
Public Choice, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg;
Glenn Campbell, Ph.D., Director of The Hoover Institution on War,
Revolution and Peace, Stanford;
Harold Demsetz, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, UCLA;
Phoebus Dhrymes, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, UCLA;
Peter Drucker, Ph.D., Management Consultant, Member of the Faculty of
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont;
Milton Friedman, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Chicago;
Jay Tontz, Ph.D., Chairman, Economics Department, California State
University at Hayward;
Norman Ture, Ph.D., Tax Consultant and Economist, Washington, D.C.
In addition, the services of outside consultants and specialists were
required by the Task Force. The following persons were retained under con-
tract to the Task Force. These contracts were reimbursable from the $30,000
in Department of Social Welfare administrative funds described above.
Neil Bersch, CPA, Senior Partner, Touche, Ross & Co.
Mr. Bersch reviewed the Unemployment Insurance Fund, personal income
tax structure and the general budgetary and accounting process within
the State. Total amount of the contract, covering expenses only, not
to exceed
$
500
(claimed as of 5-1-73, $410.90)
Jeffrey Davis, Consultant, California Research Consultants.
Mr. Davis assisted with the development of the Revenue Control and
Tax Reduction Program. Total amount of the contract, covering ex-
penses and compensation for a five-month period, not to exceed
$ 5,000
(claimed as of 5-1-73, $4,980.50)
Roger Freeman, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolu-
tion and Peace.
Dr. Freeman provided consultation on, and analysis, of education fi-
nance and management; assisted with design and development of the
Revenue Control and Tax Reduction Program. Total amount of the
contract, covering expenses and compensation, not to exceed
$ 2,500
(claimed as of 5-1-73, $2,500)
Jeanette May, graduate student, University of California, Davis.
Miss May provided statistical analysis with respect to State and lo-
cal taxation, past, present and future, State and local expenditures,
budget analysis and tax limitation analysis. Total mount of contract,
covering expenses and compensation, not to exceed
$ 1,560
(claimed as of 5-1-73, $760.50)
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William Niskanen, Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy,
University of California, Berkeley.
Professor Niskanen provided advice and consultation regarding the
Revenue Control and Tax Reduction Program, the State personal income
tax, analysis of personnel incentives and motivation and Federal/State
tax/spending relationships. Total amount of contract, covering ex-
penses only, not to exceed
$ 500
(claimed as of 5-1-73, none)
W. Craig Stubblebine, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Claremont Graduate
School.
Prof. Stubblebine provided advice and consultation regarding the
Revenue Control and Tax Reduction Program, analysis of State personal
income tax and other specific assignments as designated by the Task
Force Chairman. Total amount of contract, covering expenses and
compensation, not to exceed
$ 2,000
(claimed as of 5-1-73, $2,000)
Conclusion
The pooling of resources from the administrative budgets of the depart-
ments of state government to provide for task forces to deal with special
research and problem solving efforts is a necessary and proper function of
the Executive Branch in the management of our state government. The use of
such task forces for priority projects has been an innovative approach used
by this Administration for the benefit of all Californians.
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APPROXIMATE TOTAL SUPPORT OF
TAX REDUCTION TASK FORCE
$
IN KIND
PERSONNEL*
Business & Transportation Agency
(Dept. of Housing & Community
Development)
$ 750
$ 2,444
$ 16,121
Health and Welfare Agency
(Social Welfare, Human
Resources Development)
30,000
2,700
71,185**
Agriculture and Services Agency
(Dept. of General Services)
-0-
7,044
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Resources Agency
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-0-
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Governor's Office
-0-
500
15,524
epartment of Finance
-0-
-0-
2,822
Total
$30,750
$13,588
$105,652
Personnel administrative overhead
11,328
GRAND TOTAL $161,318
*It is impossible to calculate precisely the value of contributed time.
Many individuals assisted the Task Force during evenings and on weekends,
as well as during the regular workday. The figures set forth in the
"Personnel" column are good-faith estimates.
**Includes $1,300 in travel costs claimed under HRD Contract #73004457.
5-23-73
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-24-73
#285
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Visalia attorney Frederic A.
Jacobus to the Tulare County Superior Court bench.
The judicial post, newly created by the 1972 legislature, pays
$36,393 annually.
Jacobus, 50, is a 1947 graduate of the University of California's
Boalt Hall School of Law. He was a member of the legal staff of the
Santa Fe Railway Company from 1948-53. He has since been engaged in
private law practice in Visalia.
He served in the U. S. Army in World War II and was wounded in
action in Normandy, France in 1944 while a member of the 79th Infantry
Division.
Jacobus, a Republican, is a past president of the Tulare County
Bar Association; helped found the Tulare County Legal Service Association:
is a past member of the board of trustees of Valley Children's Hospital
in Fresno; and is a Century Club member of the Boy Scouts of America and
Y.M.C.A.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-24-73
#286
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bills have
been signed;
AB 129 -L.Greene
Deletes the requirement that the State Board of
Chapter 60
Registration for Professional Engineers transmit to
each county recorder lists of all land surveyor
licenses issued, suspended, or revoked by this board.
The bill also deletes the requirement that the board
file a copy of the roster and supplemental roster of
registered professional engineers with clerk of each
county in the state.
AB 176 - Townsend
Permits any county conducting a "mobile intensive care
Chapter 61
paramedic" pilot program to provide training to person
other than county employees or employees of a fire
protection district within the county, either at the
full cost or at a reduced fee to the extent that
federal funds are made availabl e to reimburse the
county for such training costs.
AB 216 - Townsend
Authorizes the governing board of a school district
Chapter 51
or the county superintendent of schools that operates
or jointly operates a regional occupational center or
program to establish and maintain classes outside of
their respective jurisdictions for such center or
program.
AB 238 -MacDonald
Deletes obsolete Education Code provisions relating
Chapter 62
to the district retirement salary plan.
AB 277 -McAlister
Permits the governing boards of school districts to
Chapter 63
schedule junior high and high school classes so that
pupils may attend school for less than regular number
of schooldays in a week as long as total attendance
in a five schoolday period is at least 1,200 minutes.
AB 281 - Cline
Permits a flashing amber lamp on a vehicle transporting
Chapter 64
an extra legal load being operated under a permit
issued by the Department of Public Works and on
vehicles transporting integral loads.
AB 305 - Chappie
Requires the State Controller to disburse the fees
Chapter 65
collected for off-highway vehicles semi-annualy
instead of monthly.
AB 416 - MacGillivray Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to
Chapter 66
suspend or revoke the license issued to a dealer,
transporter, or manufacturer of motor vehicles if
the department determines that such person has been
convicted, rather than has committed and been convic-
ted, of a felony or of a crime involving moral
turpitude.
AB 21 - Grunsky
Provides that an innocent spouse filing a joint
Chapter 52
return may be relieved from taxes, interest and
penalties from omitted income in certain designated
cases of omissions by the other spouse and declares
such provision shall apply to all taxable years subject
to the provisions of the Personal Income Tax Law not
closed by the statute of limitations, res judicata or
otherwise. California law presently exempts the
innocent spouse.
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SB 40 - Way
Requires private school employees to be tested and
Chapter 54
found free of active tuberculosis within sixty days
of their initial employment. Thereafter, tests every
four years will be required for both volunteers and
employees of private schools. Employees transferring
from one school to another are exempted from this
requirement if they can certify a successful examina-
tion within the last four years. Private schools can
also require more frequent tests upon the recomenda-
tion of the local health officer.
SB 79 - Mills
Amends a retirement allowance formula added to the
Chapter 55
County Employees' Retirement Law of 1937 by 1972
legislation. The formula is optional to the county.
The amendment would remove a provision excusing a
member from further contribution after 30 years of
service and also remove the 75. percent of final
compensation maximum allowance which could be paid
under it.
SB 84 - Rodda
Appropriates $4,038,000 from the Motor Vehicle Account
Chapter 53
in the State Transportation Fund to the Department of
Motor Vehicles to provide for the repair of the
department's fire-damaged headquarters.
SB 87 - Bradley
Changes the names of the Santa Clara County Flood
Chapter 56
Control and Water District Act and the Santa Clara
County Flood Control and Water District to the Santa
Clara Valley Water District Act and the Santa Clara
Valley Water District, respectively. The bill also
authorizes the district board to adopt regulations
to provide that in excusable or justifiable
circumstances the penalty for failure to register
a water-producing facility or file the required water
production statements may be reduced or waived.
SB 132 - Beilenson Revises the Automotive Repair Act to reduce from 60
Chapter 57
to 30 the days available for an automotive repair dealer
to request a hearing before Bureau of Automotive
Repair after denial of an application for registration
The bill also specifies that an automotive repair
dealer may not commence work, nor shall charges
accrue before the customer's consent to commence
work has been obtained.
SB 287 - Biddle
Allows physicians and surgeons to be appointed to
Chapter 58
hospital medical staffs either annually or biennially.
SB 356 - Biddle
Deletes the prohibition against any person employed
Chapter 59
by a school district as a specialist teacher from
engaging in supplementary nonschool employment during
the regular academic year established in the district.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-25-73
#287
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
May 28, 1973
through
June 6, 1973
MONDAY, May 28
Memorial Day
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
TUESDAY, May 29
1:30 p.m.
Minority Appointee Workshop, Woodlake Inn,
Sacramento. Brief remarks.
5:30 p.m.
Brief appearance at Oakland Raiders
Reception, Senator Hotel.
Overnight - Sacramento
WEDNESDAY, May 30
Noon
State Women's and Men's Club Luncheon,
Senator Hotel. Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento
THURSDAY, May 31
Republican State Central Committee
Evening
Fundraising Dinner and "Evening of
Entertainment" honoring Governor and
Mrs. Reagan, Century Plaza Hotel,
Los Angeles.
Overnight - Los Angeles
FRIDAY, June 1
2:00 p.m.
50th Anniversary Program of the Naval
Training Center of San Diego, Naval
Training Center. Remarks.
Overnight - Los Angeles
SATURDAY, June 2
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
SUNDAY, June 3
through
WEDNESDAY, June 6
National Governors' Conference,
Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Overnight - Sacramento
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-29-73
#288
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Melvin L. Bradley of Los Angeles as his assistant for community relations.
Bradley, 35, a native of Texarkana, Texas, replaces Robert J. Keyes,
who resigned recently to enter private business.
Since 1970, Bradley has been on a contract with the governor's
office for community relations, and has been responsible for liaison
between the governor's office and south central Los Angeles.
Prior to his state assignment in Los Angeles, Bradley was a deputy
sheriff in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department from 1963-69.
While attending Los Angeles City College, Bradley was a clerk with
the U.S. Post Office and assisted in training new personnel. He
attended City College two years and will receive a B.S. Degree in
Urban Studies later this year from Pepperdine University.
Bradley also is a graduate of the Lumbleau School of Real Estate
in Los Angeles.
A Republican, he and his wife Ruth have four minor children.
They will make their home in Sacramento when the current school term ends
Bradley is a member of the NAACP, the Kedren Community Health
Center Advisory Committee and the Watts Skill Center Advisory Committee.
He will receive an annual salary of $20,000.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: (mmedia te
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-30-73
#289
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the following bill has
been signed:
AB 137 - Gonsalves
Delays the scheduled increase in the rates of
Chapter 67
the state's sales and use taxes from June 1,
1973 to July 1, 1973. Legislation enacted
in 1972 provided for an increase in the sales
and use tax rate from 3-3/4 percent to 4-3/4
percent effective June 1, 1973.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-31-73
#290
Governor Ronald Reagan today "regretfully" accepted the
resignation of one of his top aides, William A. Evans, who has served
as the governor's representative with the legislature since 1969.
Governor Reagan called Evans "one of the ablest men in the
administration, a person of great personal integrity whose talents
have enabled him to serve with distinction in the very difficult role
of maintaining an effective liaison between my office, the cabinet and
the legislature."
As the governor's chief legislative assistant, Evans has been
a key advisor to the governor and his cabinet on legislative matters.
And, as a member of the governor's senior staff, he has been a regular
participant in the policymaking meetings of the cabinet and staff.
"I am sorry to see Bill leave. He has done an outstanding job.
And, while regretfully accepting his resignation, I know that in his
return to the private sector he will continue to be an immense success
in all his endeavors. He has my best wishes and hopes for a wonderful
future," the governor said.
The resignation is effective July 1.
Evans joined the administration as assistant legislative
secretary and liaison with the Assembly. Last July he was promoted to
legislative assistant to the governor.
A native of Phoenix, he is a 1960 graduate of Stanford University.
He also studied law at the University of Arizona.
Before joining state service, he was a sales representative for
the national business division of the Xerox Corporation, and was in the
management training program of Union Bank.
Evans is returning to private business in Southern California
and Arizona.
In announcing the resignation, the governor named John S. Tooker,
director of the State Office of Planning and Research, to replace Evans
as legislative assistant to the governor.
Tooker, 38, is a graduate of the University of California at
Davis.
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#290
Before joining state service as special assistant to the
secretary of the Resources Agency in January, 1968, Tooker was a member
of the staff of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, from 1963-67. In
his chamber capacity, he served as department manager and secretary of
its agriculture committee. Later, he became secretary of the chamber's
Water and Power Committee and Southern California Water Conference. As
department manager, he was responsible for all agricultural and water
and power activities of the chamber.
Since becoming a member of the administration he has had wide
responsibilities in the legislative field. From January, 1968 to
March, 1971, he was legislative coordinator for the Resources Agency
which included analysis and development of legislative programs for
the administration.
He became deputy director of the State Office of Planning and
Research in March, 1971, and was later promoted to director of the office,
which serves as the long-range planning staff for the governor and his
cabinet.
Under his direction, the Office of Planning and Research has
developed guidelines for preparation and evaluation of environmental
impact statements and has revision currently under development;
developed a work program for the Environmental Goals and Policy Report
and a two-year land use study; prepared a draft Environmental Goals
and Policy Report for the governor; carried out numerous specific
research assignments in non-natural environmental areas; and formed a
19-unit coordinating body for statewide land use planning activities.
Tooker and his wife Joan have two children and reside in
Sacramento. He is a Republican.
In his new job, his annual salary will be $28,875.
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Gray
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, Californ.. 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-31-73
#291
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of
Frank McCrary, of Davenport, and Carl R. Hansen of Watsonville, to the
14th District Agricultural Association board of directors. The
association operates the Santa Cruz County Fair.
McCrary, a 44-year old Republican, is a Davenport lumberman
and has served on the board since April 8, 1969. A native of Santa
Cruz County, he has been a rancher and lumberman in the area for a
number of years. He owns and operates the Big Creek Lumber Company.
Hansen, 35, a Republican, has served on the board since March
29, 1966. The Watsonville businessman is the owner and operator of the
Krystal Ice-Oxygen Equipment Company.
Board members serve four year terms and receive necessary
expenses.
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Addresses:
Frank McCrary
Carl R. Hansen
Swanton Road
170 Via Venito
Davenport, California 95017
Watsonville, California 95076
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR R
ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-31-73
#292
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Long Beach businessman John E. Filbert to the State Board of Dry
Cleaners in the Department of Consumer Affairs. He will represent
wholesale plant owners and replaces the late Frank S. Shank of San Jose.
Filbert, 62, a Republican has been in the dry cleaning business
since he began. working part time after school and weekends. He worked
for Petri Cleaners from 1935 to 1961 when he went into business for
himself. He is the owner of El Dorado Cleaners in Long Beach.
He was president of the California Drycleaners Association in
1971-72 and currently is chairman of the board of the California
Fabricare Institute.
The appointment to the four-year term requires Senate confirma-
tion. Board members receive $28 per diem.
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Address:
6047 Lewis Avenue
Long Beach, California 90805
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC LD REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-31-73
#293
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of
Donald L. Lederer, of Willows, and Robert W. Howard, of Orland, to the
42nd District Agricultural Association board of directors. The
association operates the Glenn County Fair.
Lederer, 42, a Republican, has served on the board since
April 1, 1968. He is a rancher and is the president of the Glenn County
Wool Growers Association. He is married and the father of four children.
Howard, a 55-year-old Republican, has served on the board
since February 27, 1968. He operates his own real estate business in
Orland. He is president of the Glenn County Board of Realtors and a
director and former first vice chairman of the Glenn County Chamber of
Commerce.
Board members serve four year terms and receive necessary
expenses.
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Appointees' addresses:
Donald L. Lederer
Robert W. Howard
Route 1, Box 228
P. O. Box 35
Willows, California 95988
County Road 14
Orland, California
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR Rt
ALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
5-31-73
#294
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Miss Linda Canon, of San Diego, to the Vocational Rehabilitation Appeals
Board. She will fill the unexpired term of Tom B. Pearson, of Del Mar,
who resigned. The term expires December 24, 1973.
Miss Canon, who is confined to a wheelchair, will represent
the physically handicapped. She has attended San Diego City College,
San Diego State University, the University of Hawaii and California
Western University in San Diego. She holds a certificate in commercial
art.
She is a member of the Sheltered Workshops of San Diego and
served on the board of directors in 1965. She is a founder and
currently president of Los conquistadores, an organization of physically
handicapped concerned with finding possible solutions to the problems of
the disabled.
Miss Canon is a Republican. Board members receive actual
and necessary expenses.
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Address:
3445 Dickens Street
San Diego, California 92106
Garcia