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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Folder Title: Press Releases - December 1967
Box: P8
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.
MEMO TO THE - RESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.1.67
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
December 3, 1967
through
December 9, 1967
Sunday, December 3
9:00 a.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport via Twin Beech
for San Francisco Airport
9:30 a.m.
Arrive San Francisco Airport
Alternative: because of weather
8:00 a.m. - Depart for S.F. Airport via car
9:30 a.m. - Arrive S.F. Airport
10:00 a.m.
Depart for New York via TWA #842
6:10 p.m.
Arrive JFK Airport
(est)
9:30 p.m.
Arrive New Haven, home of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Bergin
Overnight -- Bergin home
Monday, December 4 - Thursday, December 7
Yale University - Chubb Fellow
Thursday, December 7
5:30 p.m.
Depart Yale by auto
6:30 p.m.
Arrive Hartford-Hilton Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut
for Republican State Central Committee Dinner
8:00 p.m.
Congressman Thomas J. Meskill introduces Governor
9:00 p.m.
Depart Hartford-Hilton Hotel for Hartford Airport,
Bradley Field
9:30 p.m.
Depart Bradley Field, Hartford, Connecticut
11:45 p.m.
Arrive Palm Beach, Florida
12:00 midnight
Arrive Hotel Breakers for overnight
Friday, December 8
9:00 a.m.
Republican Governors' Conference, Business Session
11:30 a.m.
First Republican Governor's Association press
conference
12:00 noon
"Salute to Eisenhower" luncheon (Dirksen, Murphy
main speakers)
1:30 p.m.
Business session
4:00 p.m.
Second Republican Governor's Association press
conference
4:15 or 5:15
Depart Palm Beach Airport for Philadelphia via
p.m.
Annenberg Jet
6:15 - 7:15
Arrive Philadelphia Airport
6:45 - 7:45
Arrive Barclay Hotel
8:30 p.m.
Private Dinner
Overnight - Barclay Hotel
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Saturday, December 9
12:40 p.m.
Depart for Philadelphia Municipal Airport
1:10 p.m.
Depart for Columbus, Ohio
3:30 p.m.
Arrive Columbus, Ohio, Port Columbus Airport
3:40 p.m.
Press availability, private room at airport
4:10 p.m.
Depart for Wigwam Lodge
4:25 p.m.
Arrive Wigwam Lodge
6:30 p.m.
Private dinner
9:30 p.m. (est) Depart Columbus Airport
11:30 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento
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EJG/648
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.1.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Marysville attorney Edmund T.
Manwell, 52, to the Yuba County Superior Court bench.
The judicial post is newly created by the 1967 legislature. It
pays $25,000 annually.
Manwell, a Republican, has been engaged in private law practice in
Marysville for the past five years.
From 1953-62, he served as Pro Tem Judge of the Yuba County Superior
Court.
He was a partner in the legal firm of Manwell and Manwell from
1937-53, except during World War II when he served in the U.S. Army.
He is a former member of the Yuba County Republican Central Committee
and worked as county chairman during the electoral campaigns of Ed
Shattuck, Richard Nixon and State Senator Ed. C. Johnson.
His wife, Katherine, is a member of the Federation of Republican
Women. Manwell's son, Edmund, is a member of the Yuba County Republican
Central Committee.
Manwell is a graduate of Hastings Law School, Yuba Junicr College
and Marysville Union High School.
He is a past president of the Yuba-Sutter Bar Association, the
Marysville-Yuba City 20-30 Club and Marysville Rotary Club. He is
also a past commander of V.F.W. Post 948. He serves as chairman of the
Marysville Housing Authority.
He and his wife reside at 2122 Greely Drive, Marysville.
# # #
EJG/649
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.1.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today renamed David L. Strathearn Sr. of
Simi to a four-year term on the State Soil Conservation Commission.
The job requires Senate confirmation and pays necessary travel
expenses.
Strathearn, a 72-year old Republican, is a retired cattle Bancher.
He has been a member of the board since 1945 when he was first
appointed by Governor Earl Warren.
He resides at 1703 Tierra Rejada Avenue, Simi.
# # #
EJG/650
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.4.67
Sacramento--Regional offices of the governor in San Diego and
Fresno will be closed effective December 31 as an economy measure,
it was announced today.
William P. Clark, Jr., Executive Secretary to the Governor,
said the decision to close the two regional offices emphasizes the
Administration's philosophy that economies will be sought out
in all areas of state government, including the Governor's
personal staff.
"No agency, department, board or commission has been or will
be exempt from the economies that Governor Reagan has sought,"
Clark said.
The Executive Secretary noted that the two offices were opened
by the Administration in January as an experiment designed to
determine if the regional offices would serve as effective vehicles
of communication with citizens who live great distances from the
State Capital.
A recent survey of the two offices led to the conclusion that
the services offered by them has not been commensurate with the
cost, Clark said. Cost of the offices was budgeted at $62,650
for the current fiscal year. Their closure will save $31,325
this year.
"Tom Gibson in San Diego and Ole Bane in Fresno are to be
commended for their efforts in this experiment to determine if
the regional offices were feasible, he said.
Closing of the two offices does not mean "these communities
will not continue to receive the full attention of the Governor's
Office. We will continue to communicate closely with these two
cities, " Clark said.
He pointed out that the governor's regional office in Los Angeles
has been instructed to offer "every available service to San Diego
and the surrounding communities. Additionally, I have asked the
governor's staff to increase their visits to the Fresno and
San Diego areas.
"In this manner, I am sure that we can effectively service
constituents of these communities and continue to provide close
communication with the citizens of San Diego and Fresno, 11 Clark said.
Gibson and Bane will return to private business.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445 - 4571 12.5.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the State
Advisory Hospital Council.
The Council advises and consults with the Department of Public
Health in matters pertaining to public health in California.
The appointments pay necessary travel expenses and require
Senate confirmation. Each is for a four-year term.
Named were:
--Donald M. Hillman, 47, vice chairman of the Tulare County
Board of Supervisors. Hillman, a Republican, is a native of Tulare.
A graduate of Redlands University, he has been a County Supervisor
since 1961.
He serves as chairman of the Tulare County Committee of the South
San Joaquin Valley Regional Health Planning Agency, and the San
Joaquin Valley Supervisors' Association hospital committee. He is
vice chairman of the welfare committee of the County Supervisors'
Association of California.
Hillman is married, has a 17year old son, and resides at 613 North
O Street, Tulare.
He replaces Judge Priscilla Haynes of Manteca whose term has
expired.
--George J. Badenhausen, a 63-year old Republican, of Long
Beach. Badenhausen, currently administrator of the Harriman Jones
Medical Clinic of Long Beach, served as board vice chairman for Blue
Cross in Southern California from 1950-65.
He is a past president of the California Hospital Association;
president
is a former
of the Hospital Council of Southern California;
is a member of the Long Beach Community Hospital board of directors;
and is a fellow of the American College of Hospital Administrators.
He was educated at DePaul, Loyola and Northwestern Universities.
He is married, has a daughter, and resides at 2904 East Second
Street, Long Beach,
Badenhausen succeeds Dr. John E. Affeidt of Downey whose term
has expired.
Lucille C. Hosmer, a Republican of San Carlos. Mrs. Hosmer
is the wife of Merritt R. Hosmer. A native of San Francisco, she
attended San Mateo Junior College and the University of California
at Berkeley.
Mrs. Hosmer was formerly an interior decorator. She has served
on the San Mateo County Grand Jury and is a member of the San Carlos-
Belmont Business and Professional Women's Club.
She resides at 520 Elm Street, San Carlos.
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EJG/ 652
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Californ
RELEASE: In diate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.5.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Los Angeles Municipal
Court Commissioner Wilbur G. Dettmar, 45, to the Municipal Court
Bench, Los Angeles Judicial District.
The post pays $23,000 annually.
Dettmar, a Republican, replaces Judge Howard Schmidt who was
elevated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Reagan
September 18.
Dettmar has served as Municipal Court commissioner since December
1966.
He was previously engaged in private law practice.
Dettmar was admitted to the State Bar in 1952 following
graduation from the University of Southern California Law School.
Following World War II service in the Navy and Marine Corps.,
he completed work on a B.S. Degree in Merchandising from U.C.L.A.
He has been admitted to practice before the State Supreme
Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, the Federal District Court, U.S.
Supreme Court, and Court of Military Appeals.
Dettmar served as a re-write man on the New York Times staff for
a short period in 1948.
He is a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, the
Hollywood Bar Association, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association,
the U.S.C. Law School's Legion Lex, American Bar Association and
the American Judicature Society.
He is married, has three sons, and resides at 19425 Bilmoor
Place, Tarzana.
######
EJG/653
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, Californ
RELEASE: In diate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.5.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed George H. Bowron, 81,
of Alhambra to a four-year term on the United Spanish War Veterans'
Commission.
The job pays necessary travel expenses.
Bowron, a Republican, succeeds Enoch R. L. Jones, Sr. of
San Francisco who resigned.
A veteran of the Spanish American War, Bowron served in the
U.S. Navy during the Philippine insurrection.
For the past three years he has been adjutant for three United
Spanish War Veterans' camps in Southern California.
Bowron resides at 611 Irving Street, Alhambra.
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EJG/654
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Californ
RELEASE: Im diate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.5.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed members of the newly
formed California Advisory Board to the Bureau of Employment Agencies.
The board, created by the 1967 state legislature (AB-466),
consists of seven members, four of whom represent the employment
agency industry and three public members.
Board members receive $25 per diem plus expenses.
Named as public members were:
--Charles M. Canning, operator of a Maywood Hardware Store.
Canning, a 60 year old Democrat, served as a Maywood City Councilman
for 14 years, and is a former mayor of the city. He resides at
3916 East 54th Street, Maywood.
--Mary A. La Cava, of Encino, a Republican. She is the wife of
Donald L. La Cava. They have six children and reside at 4641 Libbit
Avenue, Encino. Mrs. La Cava is a member of the Holy Family Adoption
Guild, St. Anne's Maternity Hospital Guild and The League for
Crippled Children in Encino.
--William L. Lyon, 44, of Sacramento. A Republican, he heads the
real estate-insurance firm of Lyon and Associates. He is also director
and owner of the Lyon Real Estate School of Sacramento. Lyon is
married, has three children, and resides at 3400 Country Club Drive,
Davis.
Named as industry representatives were:
--Marguerite D. Young of North Hollywood, a Republican.
Mrs. Young, wife of Melvin G. Young, is one of the principal
organizers of a series of job fairs held in the depressed areas of
east and south Los Angeles. She has operated the Margot Young
Personnel Agency of Sherman Oaks since 1961. She is a charter member
of the non-profit Association of Professional Personnel Agencies and
served as its first president. Mrs. Young is also an active member
of the California Employment Agencies Association, the National
Employment Association, the Administrative Management Society. She
is currently on two committees of the Van Nuys Chamber of Commerce
and is a former member of the Studio City Chamber of Commerce. She
resides at 4078 Farmdale Avenue, North Hollywood.
--Harry A. Prophet, 52, of Los Gatos. He operates the Job
Power Agency of San Jose. Prophet, a Republican, has worked in the
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employment agency fie 3 as an owner-manager for
years.
He
is
a
former vice president of the Southern California Employment Agencies
Association and the California Employment Agencies Association; is
a member of the legislative committee of the San Jose Chamber of
Commerce; and is a charter member of both the 101 Luncheon Club and the
Institute for State Government Project. He is married, has two
daughters, and resides at 101 Mary Way, Los Gatos.
--Terry G. Feil 41, operator of the Mid-Town Employment
Agency of Sacramento. Feil, a Republican, also heads Professional
Billing Services, Inc., of Sacramento. He holds a law degree from
the Stanford University Law School and is a 1951 graduate of Sacramento
State College. He is a board member and former president of the Fair
Oaks Improvement Club; is a past president of the North Sacramento
Optimist Club; is a member of the Sacramento Executives Club, the
National Employment Association, and the Administrative Management
Society; and is a former president of the Sacramento Chapter of
the California Employment Association. He resides at 3960 Ridge
Street, Fair Oaks.
--William A. Ystad, 40, of Newport Beach. A Republican, Ystad
operates the William Penn Associates Agency of Costa Mesa. He is
president of the Associated Employment Agencies Association and is
on the board of directors of the National Employment Agencies
Association. Ystad is also a member of the Costa Mesa Chamber of
Commerce. He resides at 245½ - 16th Street, Newport Beach.
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EJG/655
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.5.67
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Acting Governor Finch will sign the reapportionment
bill tomorrow at 9:15 a.m. in the Governor's Council Room.
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.6.67
Governor Ronald Reagan has named three Southern California
attorneys to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench.
The judicial posts were created by the 1967 legislature and pay
$25,000 annually.
Named were:
--Homer H. Bell, 56, of Arcadia. A.republican, he is engaged in
private practice in Monrovia where he has also served as city
attorney for 16 years.
He is a graduate of the University of Southern California Law
School and was admitted to the State Bar in 1940.
He was a special attorney in the anti-trust division of the
U.S. Justice Department for four years.
Bell is a member of the Foothill Bar Association.
--Roy J. Brown, 57, a Long Beach Republican. Except for World
War II military service and a three year job as Long Beach deputy
city attorney from 1939-42, Brown has been in private practice in
Long Beach since 1937.
He began his legal career in Avenal in 1935 following graduation
from the University of Southern California Law School.
While engaged in private practice, Brown has also served as city
attorney for the city of Signal Hill since 1959.
He is a member of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, Long Beach
Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the University of
Southern California's Legion Lex. He is also a former member of the
Boys' Club of Long Beach and serves as a director of the Long Beach
Family Counseling Service.
He is married, has two daughters, and resides at 226 Randolph
Place, Long Beach.
--Gerold Camarillo Dunn, a 56 year old Los Angeles Republican.
Following graduation from Stanford Law School in 1938, Dunn began his
career as a special deputy to the Los Angeles County counsel. He
has been in private practice since 1940.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Dunn is a
member of the Board of Editors of California Jury Instructions; is
chairman for the committee on insurance of the Los Angeles County
Bar Association; is a former president and director of the Association
of Southern California Defense Counsel; and is a mamber of the State
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Bar and International Association of Insurance Counsel. He is also
a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Dunn is married, has a son and daughter, and resides at 109
McCadden Place, Los Angeles.
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EJG/656
OFFICE OF THE GOVER. R
Sacramento, California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12-6-67
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that he has
proclaimed December 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in California.
The proclamation follows:
WHEREAS
December 7th, 1941, was the day of the attack on
Pearl Harbor which marked United States entry into
World War II; and
WHEREAS
December 7th, 1941, shall always be a reminder of
America's need for vigilance and preparedness;
and
WHEREAS
December 7th, 1941, was the beginning of a time
of great trial for Californians of Japanese
ancestry whose loyalty to the United States was
unjustly questioned;
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby
proclaim December 7th, 1967, as Pearl Harbor Remenbrance Day and
urge the citizens of California to join in prayer in memory of
those who lost their lives in the attack, to nonor those who survived
to carry on to ultimate victory and to pay tribute to the
Japanese-American citizens of California who have by their own
efforts, found an honored place in the life of The Golden State.
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EJG/657
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN.
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.7.67
STATEMENT ON SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE CAMPUS DISORDERS
Lieutenant Governor Robert Finch has been in close contact
with State College officials and local authorities concerning campus
disorders by demonstrators at San Francisco State College.
The acting governor has requested a complete report from
Chancellor Glenn Dumke and San Francisco State College President
John Summerskill on what actions were taken today to meet the violence
and what plans have been made to cope with similar threats tomorrow
and in the days to come.
In line with the position taken by the State College Board of
Trustees at its last meeting, Chancellor Dumke has assured the
lieutenant governor the illegal activity will not be allowed to
close the college campus.
Mr. Finch plans to meet with key state college officials as
soon as possible to discuss the situation.
The lieutenant governor said:
"We are committed to insuring that law and order is restored
on this campus. Violence such as occurred today cannot be tolerated.
A small group of lawbreakers must not be permitted to disrupt the
legitimate educational pursuits of thousands of fellow students and
to cause damage to school property paid for with taxpayers' money 11
The lieutenant governor is keeping in close touch with Governor
Ronald Reagan who whole-heartedly concurs in the need for
immediate re-establishment of order on the campus.
"Public confidence must be restored or California's great
system of higher education will be seriously impaired, 11 Governor
Reagan said.
######
(Released to wires only on 12-6)
EJG/658
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN(
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.7.67
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan announced today a statewide
Governor's Conference on Planning for Housing and Home ownership
will be held in Sacramento Jan. 31 - Feb. 1, 1968.
In announcing the conference, the governor said, "Our country
has flourished to a very large extent because of the quality of homes
and neighborhoods that private industry and local government have
jointly succeeded in developing.
"In order for private industry to continue its efforts of quality
homebuilding, more effective partnerships between industry and local
and state governments must be established. Through this partnership,
the impediments that deter development of good housing can be
removed and long-range planning will be a welcome result".
The governor named Charles R. LeMenager to serve as Conference
Chairman and the Department of Housing and Community Development
which he heads will coordinate overall activities of the conference.
In stressing his desire that private enterprise and local govern-
ment be fully involved in this effort, the governor announced
appointment of the following to an advisory committee responsible
for planning and carrying out the conference:
League of California Cities;
County Supervisors Association;
California Builders Council;
California Savings and Loan League;
National Association of Housing & Redevelopment officials -
Pacific Southwest Regional Council;
American Institute of Planners - California Chapter;
International Conference of Building Officials -
California Chapter;
California Real Estate Association;
California Bankers Association and the
Trailer Coach Association
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PB/659
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.7.67
THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN SENT TO THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA AND THE STATE COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY GOVERNOR
RONALD REAGAN:
During recent weeks several campuses of the University of
California and the State College System have been the scene of
incidents of violence and disorder, which have resulted in personal
injury, property damage, and disruption of educational activities.
This situation has become so serious that it requires
immediate action by the governing bodies of these institutions to
ensure that the academic work of our higher education centers can
continue, and so that the studies and research of thousands of
law-abiding students and faculty members will not continue to
be interrupted.
I am therefore requesting that the Regents and the Board of
Trustees take immediate action to establish clear guidelines for
the administrators of each campus within their jurisdiction, so
that law and order can be preserved. These guidelines should
include the following principles:
1). Acts of violence, vandalism, and disturbing the
peace, which are not tolerated anywhere else in the community, will
not be tolerated on our campuses.
2). Local police agencies have jurisdiction over university
and college facilities, which are part of the city and county in
which they are located. Where university or state college police
forces are organized on the campus, their jurisdiction is concurrent
with that of the local police, and when the campus police resources
are insufficient to prevent and/or control criminal activity of any
sort, the local police should be immediately called in.
3). When criminal activity occurs on the campus, administra-
tors, faculty members, and students have a responsibility to notify
the police (as does any other citizen) to corperate coordinate with the
police in their handling of the situation, and to serve as a witness
in court, if necessary.
4). Campus administrators shall give full cooperation to
police agencies in maintaining liaison and coordination for the
prevention of criminal activity and law violations when they
receive advance information of such anticipated conduct.
To establish such clear procedures, I am requesting that the
Board of Trustees of the State Colleges and the Board of Regents
of the University of California, act immediately, by special meetings
if necessary.
Students, faculty, and the public must be assured that all
steps are being taken to restore order and to permit the educational
work of our universities and colleges to continue undisturbed by
violence and unlawful conduct.
We must restore confidence in the ability of our educational
institutions to maintain the same standards of conduct which apply
to the rest of society and to eliminate disorderly interference
with academic pursuits.
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EJG/660
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.7.67
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
In press release #661 dated today, the second sentence in
the last paragraph should read DeForest's term expires in 1971.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.7.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the State
Poultry Improvement Commission.
The Commission is responsible for establishing and maintaining
facilities and methods for testing poultry and turkey breeding stock
in California.
The appointments pay necessary travel expenses.
Named were:
--James E. Kutzner, an El Cajon Republican and director of the
Southwestern Egg Producer, a marketing cooperative. He is also
president of Revco Egg Ranches, Inc., an egg processing plant.
He resides at 8290 Melrose Lane, El Cajon.
Kutzner will fill the unexpired term of the late Marshall G.
Richardson of Novato. The term expires October 4, 1969.
--Norton Coleman, a Modesto egg rancher. A Republican,
Coleman is first vice president of the Western Poultry Congress and
is a past president of the California Egg Council. He is currently
a director of the Modesto Irrigation District.
Norton, who resides at 912 Sylvan Road, Modesto, succeeds Enoch
S. Christopherson. The appointment is for a four year term.
--Donald S. DeForest, a Republican of Fremont, who is the
production manager of Kimber Farms. He is a former member of the
California Wage Board and the Cal Aggie Alumni Association.
He replaces Charles Sherman of San Marcos. Sherman's term
expires in 1971. He resides at 302 Washburn Drive, Fremont.
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EJG/661
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.7.67
J. Bryan Sullivan Jr., product data systems manager for the
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale, has been named
commissioner for the State Economic Development Agency by Governor
Ronald Reagan.
The appointment, which pays $20,000 annually, requires Senate
confirmation.
Sullivan, a 45 year old Republican, will serve at the pleasure
of the governor. He succeeds Raymond H. Lapin who resigned.
A graduate of U.C.L.A., Sullivan has done graduate work in
industrial management at Stanford University.
For the past year, he has directed the development of Lockheed's
companywide computer-based data systems for product operations and
control.
He was previously the firm's management controls manager for the
Voyager Space Program.
Sullivan has been on the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
staff since 1954.
He was a research assistant for the University of California's
Bureau of Business and Economic Research from 1949-50, and served
in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
Sullivan was employed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
from 1941-46.
He is a member of the Society for the Advancement of Management,
the Aerospace Organization for Planning Roundtable, West Coast
Organization Planning Roundtable, the Military Government
Association, the Reserve Officers Association and Quartermaster
Association.
Sullivan is married, has three children, and resides at 369
Oakridge Road, Los Altos Hills.
####
EJG/662
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE FRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.7.67
Governor Reagan will attend the emergency
meeting of the State College Board of Trustees
in Los Angeles Saturday morning. His arrival
time in Los Angeles is indefinite.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.8.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the State
Scholarship and Loan Commission.
The four year appointments require Senate confirmation and pay
necessary travel expenses.
Named were:
-Erskine J. Sandys, 59, of La Jolla, Sandys, a Republican,
is Pacific Telephone manager in La Jolla. He is a member and former
chairman of board of trustees for the La Jolla Town Council. He has
also served as a board chairman of the Scripps Memorial Hospital and
is a former president of the La Jolla Chamber of Commerce. He is
honorary member of the La Jolla Rotary Club and is a former president
of the La Jolla Kiwanis Club. Sandys, a 1930 graduate of Oregon
State University , : succeeds Elliott Cushman of San Diego.
He resides at 5928 Beaumont Avenue, La Jolla.
--Dr. Fred L. Casmir, 38, associate professor of speech at
Pepperdine College. A Republican, Casmir, has been a member of the
Pepperdine faculty since 1956. He took his Ph.D. from Ohio State
University in 1961. He is a member of the American Speech Association,
the American Association of University Professors, Western Speech
Association, Western Radio-Television Conference, Southern California
Council on Childrens' Literature, the ITV Committee of Community
Television of Southern California, International Society of Phonetics
Association and the International Platform Association. Casmir
has also written numerous articles for technical publications and has
lectured extensively. Casmir replaces Herman J. Hauck of San Francisco.
He resides at 1967 Hilldale Drive, La Canada.
--Dr. Charles J. Dirksen, 55, dean of the School of Business
at the University of Santa Clara since 1938. Dirksen, a Republican,
is currently dean of Santa Clara's graduate School of Business.
He has also taken several leaves to teach graduate level marketing
courses at Stanford and Harvard Universities. He was educated at
St. Louis University, the University of Illinois and Stanford. He
has served on the boards of directors of a number of companies,
has written ten books, and is a former editor of the Journal of
Marketing. He is a member of the American Management Association,
American Marketing Association, American Statistical Association and
the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has also
been active in a number of community service associations in the San
Jose-Santa Clara area. Dirksen succeeds Dr. Peter V. Lee of Pasadena.
He resides at 1465 Calaveras Avenue, San Jose.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOF
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immed te
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.8.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today accepted "with deep regret" a
decision by Thomas H. Richards Jr. not to be a candidate for reappoint-
ment to the California Fish and Game Commission. His term expires
January 15, 1968.
Richards, commission president, announced his decision this
morning at a meeting of the group in Sacramento.
In a statement issued by his office, the governor expressed his
"sincere gratitude" for Richards "long and distinguished service"
in the non-salaried post.
Richards has been a member of the Fish and Game Commission
since December 28, 1956. He was first appointed by Governor Goodwin
J. Knight and was reappointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown in 1962.
Richards was elected commission president in 1959, 1965 and again
this year. He has also served twice as its vice president.
Richards is vice president and assistant general manager of
the Bercut-Richards Packing Company of Sacramento.
As a member of the commission, Richards has represented the
state at several major and international conservation conferences,
including the Pacific and National Flyway Council, the North
American Wildlife Conference and the Western Association of State
Fish and Game Commissioners.
The governor's statement said:
"It was with deep regret that I learned of Tom Richards'
decision.
"Certainly the best interests of the people of our state have
been wisely served by his able leadership on the Fish and Game
Commission.
"One need merely point to his key efforts in the development of
important waterfowl regulations, big game habitat improvements, and
better upland game hunting, to begin to appreciate his outstanding
contributions as a commission member.
"On behalf of the people of California, I want to express
publicly--as I have done in a personal letter to Tom--my sincere
gratitude for his long and distinguished service. 11
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER'
9
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Im .diate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.8.67
GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN TODAY ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT
FOLLOWING ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE:
"I am pleased that the legislature has seen fit to revise
Medi-Cal's billing period from six months to sixty days. This will
enable the administration to make considerably more accurate
projections in the cost of the program. As I have often stated,
Medi-Cal needs the administrative flexibility we have sought. I
am hopeful that the legislature will provide us this flexibility
once the financial analysis of the program's expenses is completed
in January.
"The legislature's decision to correct the inadvertent
error made earlier this year when the state income tax law was
revised is also gratifying. Had this flaw not been corrected,
we would have been faced with a serious threat to state revenues.
"The session was called initially, of course, as the result of
a State Supreme Court ultimatum that our legislative districts
be reapportioned or the Court would do it for us. Although I and
many legislators felt the redistricting would have been better left
until after the 1970 census, I am happy it was possible to reach
agreement on this complex issue. "
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER R
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.8.67
The State Race Track Leasing Commission, created under
provisions of Assembly Bill 758, Chapter 1579, and signed into law
by Governor Reagan August 3, will hold its first meeting Thursday,
December 14 in Sacramento, at 10:30 a.m.
The meeting will be open to the public. It will be held in
Room No. 1173 (Finance Conference Room) of the State Capitol.
By statute, the Director of Finance serves as chairman of the
commission. In addition to Gordon Paul Smith, Director of Finance,
the members are: Earl Coke, Director, Department of Agriculture;
General Andrew R. Lolli, Director, Department of General Services;
Harold J. McCormick, chairman of the Board of Directors, 22nd District
tricultural Association (Del Mar); and Franklin L. Barnes and
Villiam D. Evans, both members of the Board of the 22nd District.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.8.67
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
December 11, 1967
through
December 17, 1967
Monday, December 11
11:30 a.m.
Meeting with Portuguese Ambassador to the
United States Vasco Garin, Governor's Office
Tuesday, December 12
10:30 a.m.
Proceed to East Steps of the Capitol to start
the Governor's Teenage Safety Drive
1:30 p.m.
Press Conference
5:00 p.m.
Ceremony on Capitol Grounds lighting the
"living Christmas Tree"
Wednesday, December 13
Noon
Proceed to Rotunda to greet Christmas carolers
1:30 p.m.
Proceed to Skyroom of the El Mirador Hotel to
greet amputees from Oak Knoll Hospital (these
men are veterans of the Vietnam War)
2:45 p.m.
Picture with SeaBees and California flag flown
in Vietnam, Governor's Office
3:30 p.m.
Meeting with Los Angeles Board of Supervisors,
Governor's Office
8:40 p.m.
Department Sacramento Metropolitan Airport for
Los Angeles
9:40 p.m.
Arrive Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, December 14
9:00 a.m.
Arrive Biltmore Hotel for Governor's Traffic
Safety Conference
11:00 a.m.
Depart Santa Monica Airport for Sacramento
Municipal Airport
Noon
Arrive Sacramento
2:00 p.m.
Brief meeting with Coach Willsey of UC,
Berkeley, Governor's Office
3:00 p.m.
Governor's Council Meeting, Governor's Council
Room
Friday, December 15
10:30 a.m.
Greetings to Good Citizenship Group, Governor's
Council Room
Afternoon
Depart Sacramento for Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, December 16
No appointments scheduled
Sunday, December 17
Return to Sacramento
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PB/667
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Califorr
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.8.67
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
(Revised)
December 8, 1967
through
December 9, 1967
Friday, December 8
12:00 midnight
Depart Philadelphia, Pennsylvania International
(est)
Airport
3:00 a.m.
Arrive Santa Monica Airport
(pst)
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, December 9
State College
10:00 a.m.
Board of Trustees Meeting, Los Angeles
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento Municipal Airport
following Trustees meeting
(Arrival time at Sacramento Municipal Airport
indefinite)
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, Californ..
RELEASE: Immed: ,e
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.11.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Oxnard lemon grower Harry
L. McKee to the State Teachers' Retirement Board. The post pays
necessary travel expenses.
McKee will fill the unexpired term of the late Kenneth F.
Saysette of San Mateo.
A Republican, McKee has been a member of the Oceanview Elementary
School District for 15 years. He is a vice president of the Boy
Scout Council in Ventura County.
McKee is also president of the Pleasant Valley Ranch Company,
vice president of the Seaboard Lemon Association, and president of
the Coast Growers Organization.
He is married and resides at 3122 East Pleasant Valley Road,
Oxnard.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.12.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed six lawyers to the
Los Angeles County Superior Court Bench.
The judicial posts were created by the 1967 state legislature and
pay $25,000 annually.
Named were:
--Malcolm M. Lucas of Los Alamitos, a Republican. Lucas, 40,
has been a Long Beach attorney for 15 years, and is a 1953 graduate
of the University of Southern California Law School. He is a member
of the board of trustees of the Los Alamitos School District and is
currently serving his second four year term. He was president of the
board from 1964-65. He is a member of the American Bar Association,
California State Bar, Los Angeles Bar Association, Long Beach Bar
Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, and has been admitted
to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has served as Judge
Pro Tempore for the Long Beach Municipal Court on a number of
occasions.
He is married, has two children, and resides at 3231 Blume Drive,
Los Alamitos.
Thomas F. McCarry, a 59 year old Long Beach Democrat.
McCarry graduated Cum Laude from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in
1933. He received an LL. Degree from Georgetown University in 1934
and studied business administration at American University in
Washington D.C. in 1935. Except for active duty in the U.S. Navy dur-
ing World War II, he has been engaged in private law practice since
1936. He was on the legal staff of the Farm Credit Administration
in Washington D.C. from 1934-36.
He has acted as Judge Pro Tempore for the Long Beach Municipal
Court on various occasions. Prior to entering the Navy in 1941,
he served for a short time as a deputy attorney for the city of
Los Angeles. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association,
Long Beach Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
McCarry is married, has three children, and resides at 4242
Pacific Avenue, Long Beach.
--W. James Turpit, 53, of Whittier. A Republican and 1939
graduate of the University of Nebraska Law School, Turpit has
practiced law in Whittier since 1947. He is a member of the
California State Bar, Nebraska State Bar Association, Texas Bar
Association, American lar Association, Southeast ar Association,
American Judicature Society and the Phi Delta Phi International Legal
Fraternity. He is also a member and past president of the Whittier
Bar Association.
Turpit is also a member and former director of the Whittier Area
Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Los Angeles County District
Attorney's Advisory Board, is a member and former president of the
Whittier Rotary Club, and is chairman of the Pasadena-San Gabriel
Area Hospital Planning Committee of the Hospital Planning
Association of Southern California.
He is married, has four children, and resides at 13946 East Mar
Vista Avenue, Whittier.
--Marvin A. Freeman, 57, of West Los Angeles. A Democrat,
Freeman has been in private practice in Beverly Hills since 1945.
From 1942-44, he served as chief counsel for the Paper and Paper
Products Branch of the Office of Price Administration, Washington D.C.
A 1938 graduate of the University of Southern California Law School,
Freeman was a Faculty Research Assistant at the school from 1938-40.
From 1940-41, he was an instructor at the U.S.C. School of
Government. He has also served as an instructor at the Southwestern
School of Law and the Beverly College of Law. In 1955, he acted as
Judge Pro Tempore for the Beverly Hills Municipal Court. He is a
former president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and was a
member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Board of Trustees
in 1965.
He resides at 12315 - 17th Helena Drive, West Los Angeles.
--John W. Holmes, 63, a Republican and Pasadena attorney for 26
years. A 1928 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School,
he served as deputy city attorney and assistant city attorney for
the city of Pasadena from 1929-36. He was Los Angeles city deputy
attorney from 1936-38.
Holmes is a past president of the Pasadena Bar Association.
He is also a former trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association
and is a member of the American Bar Association and a past president
of the Pasadena Art Museum and the Pasadena Symphony Association.
He is married, has a son, and resides at 574 Bellefontaine
Street, Pasadena.
--Samuel L. Kurland, 59, of Los Angeles. A Democrat, he is a
graduate of the University of Southern California Law School. He
was admitted to the California State Bar in 1932 and has been in
private practice in Los Angeles since then. He is a Los Angeles
County Bar Association Trustee; is a member of the State Bar
Committee on Continuing Education and Program Planning Subcommittee,
is a member of the American Bar Association and the American
Judicature Society; and is a director of the U.S.C.'s Legion Lex.
Kurland is married, has three children, and resides at
365 South June Street, Los Angeles.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.12.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today elevated municipal judges Paul T.
Gallagher and Richard W. Rhodes to the Santa Clara County Superior
Court bench.
The judicial posts were created by the 1967 state legislature and
pay an annual salary of $25,000.
Gallagher is a Democrat. Rhodes is a Republican.
Gallagher, 56, was appointed to the municipal court of the
San Jose-Milpitas-Alviso Judicial District in November 1963 to fill an
unexpired term. He was elected to a new term last year.
He is a 1935 graduate of the University of Santa Clara Law School
and was admitted to the State Bar the same year.
Prior to his appointment as municipal judge, he was engaged in
private law practice for 28 years. From 1936-41, he served part-time
as conciliation commissioner in the Santa Clara Valley under the
Frazier-Lemke Farm Mortgage Moratorium Act.
He is president of the Santa Clara County Conference of Municipal
and Justice Court Judges, is a past state director of Children's Home
Society, and was for years director of the organization's Santa Clara
Valley chapter.
Gallagher is also a former member of the AgnewsState Hospital
Board of Trustees.
He is married, has six children, and resides at 2830 Moorpark
Avenue, San Jose.
Rhodes, 44, is a 1952 graduate of Stanford Law School and has
served as a municipal judge in the Los Gatos-Campbell-Saratoga Judicial
District since 1959.
He was elected as a judicial court judge in 1958. Prior to
becoming a jurist, he was engaged in general law practice in Palo Alto,
San Francisco and Saratoga.
He is a member of the West Valley Bar Association, the Conference
of California Judges and the Santa Clara County Conference of Municipal
Judges.
Rhodes served in the Army during World War II and rose from the
rank of private to 1st Lieutenant before being honorably discharged
in 1946.
He is married and resides at 14784 Vickery Avenue, Saratoga.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.12.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Municipal Court Judge
Oscar A. Kistle to the Sacramento County Superior Court bench.
The judicial post was created by the 1967 state legislature
and pays $25,000 annually.
Kistle, a Republican, has been a municipal court judge in
Sacramento since January 1964.
From 1960-64, he served as Sacramento County chief deputy
district attorney. He was engaged in private practice from
1952-60.
Kistle was counsel to the Assembly Interim Committee on
Finance and Insurance from September 1953 to March 1954. He was
Sacramento County Public Defender from 1949-52 and was a Sacramento
County Deputy District Attorney from 1946-59.
Kistle, 59, was a member of the Sacramento Police
Department from 1933-49.
He is a 1940 graduate of the McGeorge College of Law.
Kistle resides at 1007 Woodshire Way, Sacramento.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12.13.67
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SACRAMENTO--Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the purchase
of 320 acres of federal land on the Marin headlands, opposite San
Francisco, for development as a state park.
The parcel extends west from the Golden Gate Bridge for about two
miles to about half-way along the shoreline of Bonita Cove and reaches
inland an average of about 1,600 feet.
The transaction does not include the tip of Point Diablo, which
is owned by the U. S. Coast Guard. The $750,000 cost is out of the
1964 State Beach, Park, Recreational and Historical Facilities Bond
Act. The property, held by the General Services Administration of
the federal government, is now part of Fort Barry and Fort Baker.
Negotiations by the state for purchase of the 320 acres were
initiated several years ago. The newest acquisition is the third
Marin headland acreage to be purchased by the state.
Several years ago the state bought 183.8 acres of the westerly
portion of Fort Cronkhite, which will be the extreme western end of
the completed park. The state previously bought 130.6 acres of Fort
Baker property (around the Waldo tunnel on U. S. 101) to be incorpor-
ated into the eastern end of the park. Development of these lands for
park and recreation purposes awaits the acquiring of contiguous acres.
Norman B. Livermore, Jr., Secretary of Resources was authorized
by the 1967 Legislature to purchase the 320 acres if in his opinion
they could not be acquired by an exchange of land with the federal
government in connection with the proposed Redwood National Park.
Livermore said the purchase would not hinder further negotiations
for other surplus federal lands in connection with the Redwood National
Park.
Discussions with federal officials are continuing, Livermore
said, adding that the exchange discussions include federal lands in
both Northern and Southern California that are highly desirable for
public recreational use.
PB/673
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.13.67
Because of the large number of requests we have received for
interviews of the governor on year-end pieces, it has been impossible
to find the time to accommodate everyone. Therefore, we have scheduled
a half-hour session with the governor at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December
19. The release time for this press conference will be embargoed for
the A.M.'s of December 28 in the case of the writing press, and 3 p.m.
on December 27 for the radio and television representatives.
All questions should be limited to a discussion of the past year.
The governor will also comment on what he hopes to accomplish
in 1968, although. obviously, he will not go into details on specific
programs at this time.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.13.67
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed two bills
passed by the legislature during the recent special session.
One, SB-7 authored by Senator Clair W. Burgener of San Diego,
provides that bills for service under the Medi-Cal program be submitted
within two months rather than six months after the month in which the
service is rendered. The legislation becomes effective July 1, 1968.
The other bill, SB-6 by Senator George Deukmejian of Long Beach,
amends the personal income tax law relating to income averaging.
The bill closes an inadvertent tax loophole which would have produced
a $25-50 million revenue loss to the state.
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EJG/674
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.13.67
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan's office today issued the
following statement regarding the opening in Washington, D.C.
of a so-called national "Reagan for President" headquarters this
week. The headquarters was opened by Walter J. Dilbeck, Jr. of
Indiana. The statement follows:
"Governor Reagan is not a candidate for president. He has not
authorized Walter J. Dilbeck, Jr. or anyone else to open head-
quarters in his behalf or to work in any way at promoting his
candidacy.
"Persons advocating the governor as a possible presidential
candidate detract from his efforts in California. Without exception
they have been asked to drop their efforts in his behalf,"
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HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Spencer Wil_iams
December 14, 1967
Spencer Williams told the Governor's Council today that a 14
percent savings has been achieved in Medi-Cal by administrative and
legislative action without cutting services.
Williams, administrator of the Health and Welfare Agency, said
an additional three percent reduction in earlier estimates of program
cost resulted from re-estimates based on later data.
"The combined effect," he told the council, "has been to reduce
the originally projected deficit by 66 percent to a still substantial
$71 million.
"I expect additional administrative actions to reduce the
prospective deficit still further, but I do not see any hope of keeping
within legislative appropriations unless that body restores the
administrative flexibility taken away by the Supreme Court," Williams
said.
"I expect that the forthcoming financial analysis requested by
the legislature and the administration will reflect our constant
efforts to achieve savings while still maintaining essential health
services for the maximum number of needy persons," Williams said. "We
have certainly made every effort to reduce the deficit."
He detailed this progression of events to the council:
The state estimate for Medi-Cal costs for this fiscal year
totaled $810 million. Taking into account the $130 million deficit
run up in the previous year, it was determined late in July there was
$600 million to pay the bills. A variety of steps were immediately
undertaken to head off the prospective $210 million deficit.
An administration-backed measure was enacted in the waning hours
of the legislature shifting the method of paying year-end bills for a
million.
savings of $53 million. This reduced the projected deficit to $157/
Agreement was received from the federal government to put off
changes in nursing home standards for which $27 million had been set
aside. This reduced the deficit to $130 million.
On August 16, pending imposition of a series of controls and
program adjustments designed to complete balancing of the budget was
announced, Some of these were later invalidated by the state Supreme
Court.
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But regulations and procedures limiting admissions to nursing
homes to patients medically requiring that level of care, imposing an
8-day limit in most cases for stays in non-county hospitals, rolling
back physicians' fees to January 1 levels and halting payments that
exceeded community standards were placed in effect. Williams said these
measures figured to save $32 million this year, making a total savings
of $112 million through administrative and legislative action.
In early August, the state gratefully accepted an offer by the
California Hospital Association of a team of independent actuaries to
review program projections. Their report was made September 25. At
the same time the Office of Health Care Services revised its estimates.
With the advantage of later information and much more up to date figures
developed by improvements in the reporting system, the actuaries
estimate of program costs was less than seven percent below the
original state estimates and was within five percent of the concurrent
state estimate.
State experts agreed with projected reductions amounting to
$27 million, thus reducing the state deficit figure to $71 million.
Meantime, Williams continued, the program reductions ordered
September 1 had been in practical effect to an undetermined extent
until they were invalidated by the state Supreme Court on a split
decision November 20, a period of almost three months. These savings
are not reflected in current deficit estimates since data is just
becoming available, he noted.
Williams said he also expected further savings would result
from renewed efforts to make sure that nursing home care being paid for
by Medi-Cal is only for those persons who need it for medical reasons.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12.14.67
MEMO TO THE PRESS
A blue-ribbon committee of businessmen will meet with Governor
Reagan and leaders of both political parties at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow
in the Governor's Council Room to promote a statewide bi-partisan
employee political contribution program.
The press is invited to attend the meeting. Cameras may be set
up along the side aisles or to the rear of the room.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.14.67
Mrs. Ronald Reagan will dedicate a collection of paintings by
California artists at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow during the regular monthly
meeting of the California Arts Commission.
The meeting--from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Commission offices,
1108 - 14th Street, Suite 205, Sacramento--will be open to the public.
The paintings will remain on display at Commission headquarters.
Mrs. Reagan is a commission member.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.15.67
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
December 17, 1967
through
December 25, 1967
Sunday, December 17
2:30 p.m.
Arrive KTTV Studios, 5746 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles, for taping of a Report to the
People
7:50 p.m.
Depart for Sacramento via PSA #781
8:40 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento Metropolitan Airport
Monday, December 18
1:30 p.m.
Swearing-in ceremony for Mr. Carlos Ogden,
State Director of Selective Service, Governor's
Office
Tuesday, December 19
1:30 p.m.
Press Conference
3:00 p.m.
Toll Bridge Authority Meeting, (Governor's
Council Room
4:30 p.m.
Staff Christmas Party (Press welcome)
Wednesday, December 20
4:00 p.m.
Depart -- Sacramento Metropolitan Airport
for Los Angeles International Airport
4:50 p.m.
Arrive Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, December 21 - Monday, December 25
No public appointments scheduled
in Los Angeles.
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PB/676
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.18.67
Sacramento--A unique venture aimed at correcting poor health
conditions of nine rural California Indian groups was unveiled today
by Governor Ronald Reagan.
The project, funded by a $245,000 grant from the division of
indian health of the U. S. Public Health Service, will be administered
by the State Department of Public Health.
It was initiated after Governor Reagan met with California
Indian leaders to determine how the state could assist in correcting
the health problems of rural Indians in California.
"This pilot project is aimed at motivating and mobilizing Indian
self-help and community action, " the governor said, pointing out that
"often rural Indians do not know about the fragmented health services
from private physicians and dentists, hospitals, clinics or health
departments.
"This project will demonstrate the effectiveness of a partnership
among Indians, local, state and federal agencies and the independent
sector, " he said.
The project, scheduled to get under way about Jan. 1, will assist
approximately 25,000 rural Indians in solving their health problems
and is designed to illustrate how trained Indian health aides can work
with members of their own communities.
Indian health aides will learn of the health facilities and
services available and inform each member of the community about them.
Transportation will be provided to bring Indians to community health
services which are sometimes distant.
The Indians aides, to be trained by the State Health Department,
will be supported by one full-time trained health professional who has
had rural health experience.
The nine communities that will participate in the demonstration
health project were selected from over 75 recognized rural Indian
communities by a group of Indians assisting the Governor's Office.
The groups to be included are the Modoc County Indians; the Hoopa
Reservation in Humboldt County; Round Valley Reservation, Mendocino
County; the Clear Lake groups in Lake County; Tule River Reservation
group, Tulare County; Owens Valley, Inyo County; the Soboba and
Morango Indians in Riverside County; the Pala and three adjacent
groups in San Diego County; and a small group in Tuolumne County.
ИНИНИН
PB/677
OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE: mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.18.67
Carlos C. Ogden, a highly decorated World War II hero and manager
of the Greater San Jose Chamber of Commerce Membership Relations
today
Department for the past 11 years, was sworn in/as California's new
Selective Service director
Gov. Reagan took part in the ceremony which was held in the Gov. 's Office
Ogden was recommended for the post by Governor Reagan and was
officially appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson December 4. He
replaces Col. K. X. Leitch who has retired. Col. Leitch held the post
for 25 years.
CIV'
Ogden will be only one of a handful of, selective service
directors in the U.S.
Governor Reagan expressed "great satisfaction" with Ogden's
appointment.
"We are indeed fortunate to have a man of Mr. Ogden's stature
and competence as our new Selective Service director."
The governor said he was "highly pleased to be able to participate
in such a significant ceremony as this."
Governor Reagan also praised Col. Leitch for his "long and
distinguished service" in the post.
Ogden is a holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor; Bronze
Star; Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters; Croix de Guerre with
with Silver Star; Fougerre, European Theatre-Six Battle Stars;
Presidential Unit Citation with Cluster; and numereus other war
campaign ribbons.
At the invitation of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F.
Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, he has also participated in a number of
official military rites at the White House.
Ogden served in the U. S. Army from 1941-47. A year and a half
after entering the military as a private, he was made a 2nd lieutenant.
In 1945 he was promoted to captain. Two years later he became a major
and served as an aide to Lt. General Wade H. Haislip, commanding general
of the Army's XV Corps, Company K., 314th Infantry - 79th Division.
From 1946-56, he served as contact representative for the Veterans'
Administration, responsible for veterans' relations.
He is vice president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society;
is president of the United Veterans' Council; and is a former president
of the San Jose Kiwanis Club.
He is married, has 4 sons, and resides at 1540 Walnut Grove
Avenue, San Jose.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.18.67
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
In press release #678 dated today, please make the
following corrections:
Col. K. H. Leitch
Third paragraph should read
only one of a
handful of civilian selective service directors in the U.S.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.18.67
The governor's new special assistant for education
will be introduced in the Press Conference Room at 9:30
a.m., Tuesday, December 19.
Press is welcome to interview him at that time.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.18.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named six persons to judicial posts
in California.
Appointed to the Orange County Superior Court bench were Robert
L. Corfman, a Newport Beach attorney and Municipal Judge Claude M.
Owens of the Anaheim-Fullerton Judicial District.
Both posts were created by the 1967 state legislature. Owens'
appointment is effective immediately. Corfman's term will begin
January 2, 1968.
They will receive an annual salary of $25,000.
Appointed to municipal court judgeships at a yearly salary
of $23,000 were:
--Robert J. Stahl Jr., assistant San Diego County District
Attorney, to San Diego Judicial District.
--Thomas G. Duffy, an El Cajon attorney, to the El Cajon
Judicial District.
--Stephen R. Stothers, a Los Angeles lawyer, to the Inglewood
Judicial District.
--John S. Cooper, an Oakland attorney, to the Oakland-Piedmont
Judicial District
All are Republicans.
--Corfman, 53, is a 1939 graduate of the Loyola University
Law School of Los Angeles. He served in the U.S. Army during
World War II. Since 1945, he has been engaged in general legal
practice in Los Angeles, Santa Ana and Newport Beach.
He is married, has 2 children, and resides at 235 Driftwood
Road, Corona Del Mar.
--Owens, 51, has been a municipal judge since 1956. He
previously was a partner in the Anaheim law firm of McFadden. Turner
and Owens for eight years. He also served as Orange County Deputy
District Attorney from 1946-48. Owens was a prosecutor in the
Army for the Manila war crimes trials from 1945-46. He is a 1940
graduate of the Stanford University Law School.
He is married, has two children and resides at 822 Jade Way,
Anaheim.
--Stahl, 43, is a 1949 graduate of the University of
Southern California Law School. Following admission to the State
Bar in 1950, he worked in the legal department of the Automobile
Club of Southern California for a short while before bein
recalled
to active duty in the Navy. In 1953, he was appointed dep ky Los
Angeles City Attorney. A year later he was named deputy district
afterney in San Diego. In June, 1965, he was promoted to
assistant district attorney.
He is married, has five sons, and resides at 4943 Whitehaven
Way, San Diego.
--Duffy, 40, is a 1954 graduate of Hastings Law School,
San Francisco, and has been in private law practice since 1958.
From 1955-58, he served as associate counsel for the Union Title
Insurance and Trust Company of San Diego. In 1958, he acted
as deputy city attorney for La. Mesa. Aince 1959, he has served
as city attorney for El Cajon. He has been district counsel for
the Rainbow Municipal Water District for the past five years. He
has also acted as judge pro tempore in the El Cajon Municipal Court
since 1962.
He is married, has four children, and resides at 12543 Sun
Glow Drive, El Cajon.
--Stothers, 47, is a 1949 graduate of the University of
Southern California Law School. For the past 17 years he has
worked as a trial attorney for the Los Angeles legal firm of Early,
Maslach, Foran and Williams. He is a former president of the
American Board of Trial Advocates and has served as judge pro tempore
of the Los Angeles Superior Court on a number of occasions.
He has three daughters and resides at 5635 West 64th Street,
Los Angeles
--Cooper, 49, is a 1942 graduate of Boalt Hall, the University
of California's law school at Berkeley. Following duty in the
Navy during World War II, he became Alameda County Deputy
District Attorney. Since 1951 he has been engaged in private
practive. He has been a partner in the San Francisco legal firm
of Orr, Heuring and Wendel for the past six years. In 1965, he
served as a judge pro-tempore in the Oakland-Piedmont municipal
court.
He is married, has three children and resides at 21 Stephens
Way, Berkeley.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sa cramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.18.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named San Francisco attorney
Sherman Chickering to the State Fish and Game Commission.
Chickering, a 56-year old Republican, will replace Thomas H.
Richards Jr. whose term expires January 15, 1968. Richards, a long
time member of the commission, announced recently that he was not
a candidate for reappointment to the post.
The six year appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays
$10 per day of actual service, not to exceed $50 per calendar month,
plus expenses.
Chickering, a partner in the San Francisco law firm of
Chickering and Gregory, is a 1936 graduate of Harvard Law School.
He received an AB Degree for the University of California at
Berkeley in 1933.
He has served as a director, member of the executive committee
and vice president of the San Diego Gas and Electric Company since
1956; is a director of the San Luis Mining Company; and was a
consultant to the Economic Cooperation Administration mission to
China in 1948.
Chickering is married, has three children, and resides at
3525 Washington Street, San Francisco.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.19.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named retired F.B.I. agent Curtis
O. Lynum of San Mateo to the California Adult Authority.
The $20,500 per year post requires Senate confirmation.
Lynum will fill the unexpired term of Fred R. Dickson of
Corte Madera who resigned. The term will end March 15, 1968.
A 50-year old Republican, Lynum went to work for the F.B.I.
in 1941 as a special agent. From 1963 to his retirement last
July, he was in charge of the organization's San Francisco office.
Recent cases headed up by Lynum for the F.B.I. include:
The Frank Sinatra kidnapping in 1963.
--The Hale Champion kidnapping in 1965.
The Danville, California, crash of a Pacific Air Lines plane
in 1964.
He also had major responsibilities in the F.B.I.'s investigation
of Billie Sol'Estes in Texas from 1962-63.
Lynum is a 1940 graduate of the University of Minnesota.
He is married, has two children. and resides at 644 West Hills-
dale Boulevard, San Mateo.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.19.67
Sacramento--Encouraged by state agency reports of a total of
619 placements of youth in jobs in the summer of 1967, Gov. Ronald
Reagan today predicted "even greater success" in the administration's
youth summer employment program for 1968.
The response by state agencies in opening up summer jobs for
youth followed the governor's appeal May 19--just a month before the
close of school--to help young job-hunting Californians get needed
work.
"Now, with more lead time to plan for summertime jobs in 1968,"
the governor said, "I fully expect that state agencies will be able
to program their operations, without adding to the cost of government
and mindful of the requirements of the Civil Service System, so more
opportunities can be made available to our ycung people."
Of the 619 job placements reported for the summer of 1967, 269 were
in conservation fields and 254 placed in agriculture-related areas.
Jobs included such tasks as fire fighting, brush cleaning, and
inspection station and laboratory assistance. The balance of the
youths worked at a variety of clerical operations in other state
operations.
The governor also arged private industry to give early impetus
to the youth summer ployment program by planning now to make
available meaningful vacation-time jobs, not only to help meet
financial needs, but also to teach the virtue of work, and to permit
our young men and women to experience the thrill that comes with
earning one's own way and knowing one can be productive in a competitive
economy.
The 1968 youth summer employment program with state agencies will
be coordinated by the Department of Employment through its California
State Employment Service offices and Youth Opportunity Centers.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Califc ia
RELL E: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.20.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named nine persons to the State's
newly formed Air Resources Board.
The Board--which replaces the former Motor Vehicle Pollution
Control Board--was created by the 1967 Legislature (SB-490) to
administer and coordinate air conservation activities in the state.
It is comprised of 14 members, nine of whom are appointed by the
governor with the consent of the Senate, plus the directors of
public health, motor vehicles, agriculture, conservation and the
highway patrol commissioner.
Under terms of the legislation, three of the governor's nine
appointees will serve until July 1, 1969; three until July 1, 1970;
and three until July 1, 1971. The law provides that the appointees
shall thereafter be appointed to four year terms.
Louis J. Fuller, air pollution control officer for the
Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District, since 1965, will
serve as chairman.
Named to terms expiring July 1, 1969 were:
--Dorothy M. Chapel of Palos Verdes, a Republican. She is the
widow of the late Charles Chapel, a former assemblyman. Mrs. Chapel
has lived in the South Bay area of Southern California for most of
her life and is active in a number of civic affairs.
She resides at 541 Via Almar Street, Palos Verdes.
--Dr. Willard F. Libby, 59, a UCLA professor and winner of
the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1960. Dr. Libby, a Republican, is
an internationally acclaimed scientist who served from 1945-52 as
a member of the Atomic Energy Commission's committee of senior
reviewers. From 1950-54, he was on the Commission's General
Advisory Committee and was reappointed to the committee in 1960 by
President Eisenhower, after serving five years as a member of the
Atomic Energy Commission.
Dr. Libby is married, has two children, and resides at
10354 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.
--Gerald A. Shearin, 55, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters'
Local 137 in Marysville since 1943. A Democrat, Shearin is also
president of the Joint Council of Teamsters, Number 38, which
covers the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys and Reno. He is a
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native of Redding and was a truck driver in the Sacramento Valley
for years prior to going to work for the Teamsters.
He resides at 3719 Arboga Street, Marysville.
Named to terms ending July 1, 1970, were:
-Stella K. Younglove, a Riverside housewife and a Republican.
She is the wife of Howard Younglove, vice president of the Whitney
Tractor Company of Riverside. Mrs. Younglove is a past member of
the Riverside Community Hospital; is a former president of the
Riverside Junior League; and has long been active in various civic
projects.
She resides at 2823 Rumsey Avenue, Riverside.
-Marshall H. Boden, 60, manager of the General Motors assem-
bly plant in Fremont. A Republican, he has worked for General
Motors since 1933. Boden has held positions with the firm in
Janesville, Wisconsin; Baltimore; Wilmington, Delaware; Atlanta;
Kansas City; Linden, New Jersey; and Detroit. He has been manager
of the Fremont plant since April.
He resides at 690 Torwood Lane, Los Altos.
--David S. Adams, 61, a Woodland area farmer and partner in a
grain elevator and trucking firm. A Republican, he is a graduate
of Woodland High School and of Stanford University. He is a member
of the Woodland Memorial Hospital Advisory Committee.
Adams resides at 619 College Street, Woodland.
Named to terms which expire July 1, 1971 were:
-Walter R. Schmid, 65, a Garden Grove rancher and business-
man. He served on the State Water Pollution Board under Governors
Earl Warren and Goodwin Knight; is a member of the Orange County
Production Credit Association; is a director of the Placentia
Mutual Orange Association; is a member of the State Chamber of
Commerce; and is a past manager of an Orange County packing house.
He is a Republican.
Schmid is married, has two children, and resides at 17402
Jacaranda Street, Tustin.
--Dr. Joseph F. Boyle, 43, a Los Angeles physician. A
Republican, he is president of the Los Angeles County Medical
Association; is an immediate past president of the
Los Angeles County Tuberculosis and Health Association; is a past
president of the California chapter of the American College of
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Chest Physicians; and is a director of the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce.
He is married, has eight children, and resides at 524 Orange
Grove Avenue, South Pasadena.
--Fuller, 61, is a Republican. Prior to his most recent assign-
ment, he served for more than 10 years with the Los Angeles County
Air Pollution Control District as its chief deputy air pollution
control officer and director of enforcement. He was a member of the
Los Angeles Police Department for 30 years prior to going to work
for the Air Pollution Control District. He is an advisor to the
California Department of Public Health, the U. S. Public Health
Service and its national center for air pollution control, the smog
committees of the County Supervisors' Association of California and
the Southern California Association of Governments.
He resides at 4368 Lemp Avenue, North Hollywood.
Schmid, Libby, Adams, Shearin and Younglove were appointed to
terms on the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board earlier this year
by Governor Reagan.
In their new posts, the appointees will receive necessary
travel expenses.
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GOVERNOR OF THE STA1 OF CALIFORNIA
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate'
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12-20-67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed retired Anaheim stock
broker Thomas F. Booth to the Sierra County Board of Supervisors
Second District.
Booth, 53, was named to replace Roland P. DeGrio who resigned.
Salary for the job is $200 per month.
He is a former trustee of the Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified School
District and is currently secretary-treasurer of the Alleghany
Volunteer Firemen's Club.
A Republican, Booth has resided in Forest, California, near
Alleghany for four years (P.O. Box 954, Alleghany).
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERI
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.20-67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Los Angeles attorney
Charles H. Older, 50, to the Los Angels County Superior Court bench.
The judicial post was created by the 1967 state legislature and
pays $25,000 per year.
Older, a 1952 graduate of the University of Southern Califonia
Law School, is a partner in the Los Angeles legal firm of Older,
Hahn, Cazier and Hoegh.
He is a veteran of World War: II and the Korean War and holds
such military decorations as the Distinguished Flying Cross of Oak
Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star, Air Medal with Two Oak Leaf Cluster,
British Distinguished Flying Cross, Two Chinese Cloud Banners and
the Chinese Air Force Medal.
Older, an independent was admitted to the state bar in 1952.
He resides at 930 Thayer Avenue, Los Angeles.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
Sacramento, Califoenia
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck 12-20-67
445-4571
Goveror Ronald Reagan today appointed South Gate Attorney John
W. Bunnett as a municipal court judge in Los Angeles County's
San Antonio Judicial District. The job pay $23,000 annually.
Bunnett, 42, will replace Judge Francis X. Marnell who was
elevated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench by Governor
Reagan.
A Democrat, Bunnett is a 1952 graduate of the South-western:
University Law School in Los Angeles and has practiced law in
South-Gate since 1953.
He is married, has three children, and resides at 10402 Tristan
Drive, Downey.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, Californ
RELEASI
Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.21.67
Los Angeles attorney George C. Bond has been named a member of
the State Commission on Fair Employment Practice by Governor
Ronald Reagan.
The governor also reappointed Mrs. Stella C. Sandoval of
Anaheim to a four year term on the commission.
The appointments, which require Senate confirmation, will
expire September 18, 1967. The posts pay $50 per diem plus expenses.
Bond replaces John Anson Ford of Los Angeles who served for
nine years as chairman of the commission. Ford, who was a member of
the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for 24 years, asked that
he not be reappointed.
In a letter to Ford, the governor expressed his "deep apprecia-
tion for the excellent services you have given to the people of
California, and especially to those living in the County of
Los Angeles.
"During your long and active years of public service, you have
contributed greatly to the state as a whole, and I know its citizens
join me in expressing gratitude, If the governor added.
Bond, since 1963, assistant counsel to the Union Oil Company of
California, first became an attorney for the firm in 1955. From
1960-62, he served as assistant to Union Oil Company Board Chairman
Reese H. Taylor. From 1962-63, he was assistant to the company's
Senior Finance Vice President Charles F. Parker.
He is a 1949 graduate of the Stanford University Law School and
worked as counsel to several large Southern California corporations
prior to joining Union Oil.
Since 1966 he has been a member of the Pasadena Board of
Education and is an honorary life member of the California Parent-
Teachers Association.
Bond, a Republican, is a former director of the San Diego
Chamber of Commerce; is a past president of the San Diego
Barristers' Club; and has been a member of the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce, serving on its Federal Affairs Committee, since 1953.
He is married, has four children, and resides at 1419 Welling-
ton Avenue, Pasadena.
Mrs. Sandoval is the wife of Cruz F. Sandoval, an aircraft
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planner for the Douglas Aircraft Corporation. She is area chairman
for the Anaheim Heart Program; is a member of the "8-40" Club; and
has long been active in Anaheim community affairs.
She and her husband reside at 305 South Bush Street, Anaheim.
She is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.21.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Los Angeles attorney Peter S.
Smith to the Alhambra Municipal Court bench.
The judicial post was created by the 1967 state legislature and
pays $23,000 annually.
Smith, 34, is a Republican and has been engaged in private
practice since 1963. From 1961-62, he was a Los Angeles City
deputy,
Attorney.
He is a 1960 graduate of the Loyola University School of Law
in Los Angeles.
Smith is married, has two children, and resides at 1766 Bluffhill
Drive, Monterey Park.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.21.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today directed all appropriate state
agencies to take whatever steps are necessary to effect the rescue
of workers trapped in a tunnel being constructed for the State
Water Project in the Tehachapi Mountains.
I am very gratified that there were no injuries among the men
and that air and communication lines are intact.
"I want to assure the families of the men trapped that we will
spare no effort to effect a speedy and safe rescue operation.
"I am maintaining constant contact with William Gianelli,
Director of the State Water Resources Department, to stay abreast
of the latest situation and have instructed him to use whatever
facilities and manpower is necessary. "
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Sacramento, California
(3:15 p.m.
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.21.6
Governor Reagan is on his way by car to a State Water Project
tunnel in the Tehachapi Mountains where 18 workers are trapped.
He is expected to arrive at the scene at about 4:30 p.m. to
personally inspect the situation.
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Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Becl
445-4571 12.22.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named eleven prominent Californians
to the State Rehabilitation Planning Project Advisory Committee.
The committee will assist the Department of Rehabilitation in
developing a statewide plan by 1969 to meet California's needs for
vocational rehabilitation.
The governor's appointees represent a cross-section of groups
interested in rehabilitation of the handicapped.
Altogether, 15 persons will serve on the non-statutory committee,
four of whom will be members of the legislature. Legislative members
will be selected by the Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of
the Assembly.
Named to the committee were:
Jay M. Atkin, Administrator of the Turlock Community Hospital.
Roy J. Bell, Administrative Director for the Industrial
Accidents Division of the Department of Industrial Relations,
San Francisco.
Mrs. Lillian E. Brown, Director of Nursing Service for the
Orange County Medical Center.
Miss Marilyn Graves, Director of Volunteer Service and Special
Projects for the Crippled Children's Society of Los Angeles County,
Inc.
Milton L. Kelley, a San Bernardino jewelry store owner and past
President of the San Bernardino County Crippled Children Society.
Dr. Vermon L. Nickel, Medical Director for the Rancho Los Amigos
Hospital in Downey.
Miss Rose Resnick, Executive Director of the California League
for the Handicapped, Inc., San Francisco.
Mrs. Jeanne J. Spencer of San Jose who has long been active in
vocational rehabilitation work.
Lawrence R. Sved of Roseville, employed by the Collins Electric
Company and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers.
Mrs. Ella Mae Turner, a Los Angeles High School teacher who has
been active in youth work in the Watts area.
W. R. Kugler, Manager of the Western Electric Company communica-
tions equipment supply depot in San Leandro.
Governor Reagan noted that current studies by the Departments of
Rehabilitation and Social Welfare point up physical and mental disa-
bility as well as social deprivation as a major cause of welfare de-
pendency. "This statewide project will concentrate on finding ways
to involve welfare cases in vocational rehabilitation programs as a
means of returning them to self-sufficiency, the governor EJG/690 said.
OFFICE OF USB GOVERN
MEMO TO TH PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.22.67
PRESS BRIEFINGS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 24
HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.22.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent "warm Christmas greetings to
the people of California" along with "the prayer that the eternal
message of the Prince of Peace, like the Star of Bethlehem, will
guide men of good will toward a just and lasting peace with freedom."
The governor noted "the inspiring sacrifices being made daily
by our gallant fighting men and women overseas," and expressed the
"fervent hope that by next year at this time they will be able to
reunite with families and loved ones in the knowledge that freedom
has been preserved and peace achieved."
"May the true significance of that humble manger scene of old
linger in our hearts and bring renewed hope to a troubled world" he
said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
HOLD FOR RELEASE ON
Contact: Paul Beck
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1967
445-4571 12.26.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the establishment of a
program to honor Californians who have worked imaginatively and
effectively with private resources to attack important social problems
in the state.
The new program, called the Governor's Award for Creative
Citizenship, will recognize individual citizens, non-profit organiza-
tions and business firms.
Governor Reagan will present the first in a series of awards
early in 1968, based on nominations recommended to him by a selection
panel which includes Lt. Governor Robert Finch and:
Robert Barnum of Eureka, a real estate investor.
--Dr. George Benson of San Gabriel, president of Claremont Men's
College.
--Mrs. M.N. Carey, a San Jose civic leader.
--J. Hart Clinton of San Mateo, publisher of the San Mateo Times.
--John L. Dupree of San Francisco, senior vice president of Ruder
and Finn.
--Dr. John Richard Ford, a San Diego physician.
-Superior Court Judge Donald Fretz of Merced.
-Herbert Jackson of Sacramento, a partner in the legal firm of
Evans, Jackson and Kennedy.
--Mrs. Thorkild R. Knudsen, a Los Angeles civic leader.
--Dean Lesher of Walnut Creek, publisher of the Lesher Newspapers.
John R. O'Neil of San Francisco, director of community
relations for Pacific Telephone.
--Dr. William Quinn, an Alturas physician.
--Carl R. Terzian of Los Angeles, director of public relations
for Charles Luckman Associates.
--Dr. Edward M. Glaser of Los Angeles, a consulting psychologist.
In announcing the program, Governor Reagan said:
"I know what determined and dedicated Americans can accomplish
when they act voluntarily to meet the pressing needs of our country.
"This award will hopefully call attention to what private
individuals and organizations are doing to alleviate today's social
problems.
"It is my sincere hope that by honoring the outstanding
accomplishments of some, many other fellow citizens will be
encouraged to translate their concern into creative action for the
public good."
The governor said any Californian may nominate a candidate for
the award by sending the following information to the governor's
office in Sacramento, attention William Johnson:
Name, address and telephone number of the nominee; a brief
description of the social need or public problem which was affected
by the nominee's action; a brief description of the action taken by
the nominee to work on the problem; a brief description of the results
of the action; reasons why the nominee qualifies for the award: names,
addresses and telephone numbers of persons who can verify the
action and results of the action taken by the nominee.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.26.67
Dr. Hamlet C. Pulley, assistant director of the State Department
of Public Health since 1960, was designated acting director of the
department today succeeding Dr. Lester Breslow who resigned, the
governor's office announced.
As assistant director, Dr. Pulley holds the top civil service
job in the department, a position he will retain once the search for
a permanent successor to Breslow is completed.
Dr. Pulley first joined the Public Health Department in 1938
and worked for four years as a medical trainee and medical officer.
In 1942 he went to work for the Los Angeles City Health Department
where he served as chief assistant health officer and an executive
officer until 1957. He then rejoined the State Public Health
Department as its medical coordinator.
Dr. Pulley was also a public health instructor at U.C.L.A.
from 1947-48; served as an assistant professor of clinical public
health at Loma Linda University from 1950-57; and taught public health
courses at Los Angeles State College in 1957.
He is a 1937 graduate of St. Louis University's School of
Medicine. He also received a master's degree in public health
from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1940.
Dr. Pulley is married and has two sons.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER.
R
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.27.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named San Mateo County Chief
Deputy District Attorney Allison M. Rouse and South San Francisco
attorney Conrad B. Reisch to the San Mateo County Superior Court
bench.
Both judicial posts were created by the 1967 Legislature and
pay $25,000 annually.
Rouse, 47, was admitted to the State Bar in 1948. He was
engaged in private practice prior to joining the San Mateo County
district attorney's staff in 1952.
His wife, Dorothy, is also a lawyer who serves as disciplinary
counsel for the State Bar.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the San Mateo
County Bar Association, the Judge Advocate General's School Alumni
Association, and the Reserve Officers' Association of the United
States.
Rouse, a Republican, has lived in San Mateo County for the past
15 years. He and his wife reside at 3545 Farm Hill Boulevard,
Redwood City.
Reisch, 44 is a 1950 graduate of the University of San Francisco
Law School. Following three years service with the U. S. Air Force
during the Korean War, he entered private law practice in the Bay
area. In addition to his regular duties, he served as assistant
city attorney for South San Francisco from 1954-56; was general
counsel for the Bayshore Sanitary District in San Mateo County from
1958-62; and since 1960 has been city attorney for Pacifica. He has
also served as Brisbane's city attorney for the past six years.
He is a member of the board of directors of the San Mateo County
Bar Association; is a past president of the North San Mateo County
Bar Association; and for the past five years has served on the execu-
tive committee of the Govermental Research Council of San Mateo.
A Republican, he is married, has four children and resides at
647 Edgewood Road. San Mateo.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE:
Imi
liate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
12.27.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today thanked the U. S. Department of the
Interior for agreeing to permit construction of an all-weather highway
to Mineral King in the high Sierras east of Fresno.
The action clears the way for development of an eventual
$57 million year-round recreation complex in the Sequoia National Forest
to be financed with private funds.
The 21-mile highway, scheduled for completion in 1973, will
stretch from state route 198, near the town of Three Rivers, to Mineral
King where Walt Disney Productions plans to build skiing, swimming,
camping and other all-year recreational facilities.
Governor Reagan said:
"I am pleased that the federal government, through its action
today, has recognized the importance of this project which will provide
long range benefits to all Californians.
"The highway will provide first-rate access to one of California's
most scenic areas and permit development of the Mineral King project
into one of the state's leading recreational areas.
"Certainly, the economic ramifications of the overall project
will be felt widely, especially in the economically depressed area where
construction will take place."
"Construction of both the highway and the recreational complex
will provide many hundreds of new jobs. The entire project will pump
millions of dollars into the economy through payrolls and purchases of
materials, supplies and services.
"When the entire project is completed, it will bring millions of
tourists to the area and provide a continuing economic boon to the region.
"Senators Kuchel and Murphy, along with many members of the
California Congressional Delegation, have contributed greatly to
achieving today's action.
"On behalf of the many members of this administration who have
worked so diligently on this project, let me say I am highly pleased
that we can now move forward with it."
Gordon C. Luce, administrator of the Business and Transportation
Agency and former chairman of the California Highway Commission, said
the new highway will cost approximately $25 million, three million of
which will be provided by the federal Office of Economic Development.
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The two-lane hi way will have a 28-foot IC bed and safety
lanes for passing at selected intervals. Known as state route 276, it
was added to the state highway system by the 1965 legislature. Last
September 21, the California Highway Commission provided $800,000 in
right-of-way acquisition funds for the roadway which will cross a six-
mile arm of Sequoia National Park.
Luce said some two million visitors per year are expected to
visit the new recreational area when it is completed in 1976. He said
he expects it will generate an overall initial investment of some
$57 million within 10 years and result in annual payrolls totaling
$13 million thereafter.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12-28-67
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed 31 prominent Californians
as his deputy chiefs of protocol.
The appointees, whose posts are honorary and non-salaried, will
assist in making protocol arrangements for the governor on those
occasions when he pays visits to various communities around the state.
The governor said he was "grateful and highly pleased that such
a fine group of citizens has agreed to assist" him in undertaking
these duties. #.
Named were:
Jack L. Ashby of Oakland; John Brock of Bakersfield; Rodgers
C. Broomhead of Ross; Lt. Colonel E.D. Coverly (U.S.A.F.-Retired)
of San Rafael; Charles E. DuCommun of Los Angeles; Dr. George Dunklee
of San Luis Obispo; Charles K. Fletcher, Sr., of San Diego; Dean
Funk of Santa Monica: Mrs. Clorie Gill of Exeter; Joseph M. Glick
of Corning; Max L. Green, Jr. of Los Angeles Donald F. Hartman of
La Jolla; Coalson C. Morris of Anaheim; J. James Hollister, III, of
Santa Barbara; Samuel H. Husbands, Jr., of San Francisco; Jon S.
Kelly of Sacramento; Mrs. Doris Kerr of Hanford; William C. Mason of
Crescent City, James B. Mayer of Fresno; Mrs. Marquita Maytag of La
Jolla; Thomas G. McGuire of San Francisco; Ferdinand Mendenhall of
Van Nuys; George W. Milias, Sr., of Gilroy; Robert Mondavi of
St. Helena; Mrs. Leinie Shilling Nagel of Montecito; Wilfred A.
Rothschild of Thousand Oaks; Donald Segerstrom of Sonora; Arthur C.
Steward of Pebble Beach; N. Connor Templeton of Sacramento;
V.V. Williams of Calexico; and Melville E. Willson of Fresno.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
MEMO TO THE PRESS
445-4571 12.28.67
CORRECTION
In press release No. 696 dated today, please make the following
corrections:
Fourth paragraph, line 12 should read George C. Milias rather
than George W. Milias, Sr.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
RELEASE: Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 12.29.67
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three Southern Californians
to the State Water Quality Advisory Committee.
The appointments are for four year terms and pay necessary travel
expenses.
Named were:
--Robert Martin, 41, a South Pasadena building contractor. He
replaces Ivan T. Goyak of El Sobrante whose term expired.
A Republican, Martin has been a builder for 21 years and has
received numerous awards for design and construction of buildings in
Southern California.
He is a 1950 graduate of the University of Southern California
and received South Pasadena's "Outstanding Young Man of the Year
Award in 1961. He is also a past president of the South Pasadena
Chamber of Commerce.
Martin is married, has two children, and resides at 964 El Campo
Drive, Pasadena.
--Albert L. Jordan, 37, senior research biochemist at North
American Aviation's Space Division in Downey since 1962. From 1959-62,
he served as research biochemist and chromatography section supervisor
for the Psychopharmacology Research Laboratories in Sepulveda.
He was an assistant research chemist for the American Heart
Association from 1956-59 and served as a research assistant and
instrumentation technician at U.C.L.A. from 1955-56. Jordan worked
for the U.S. Army Medical Corps. from 1953-55 as a teacher and food
research analyst.
He has written numerous articles for technical publications and
is the author of several patents generally relating to microorganism
detection.
A Republican, Jordan is married, has two children and resides at
1623 East Francisquito Avenue, West Covina.
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He succeeds Mrs. Ruth Church Gupta whose term expired.
-Frank R. Palmieri, 53, a mortician, and member of the
Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners since 1961. As a
commissioner, he has served as a vice president and president of the
board, and has been chairman of the board's advertising and public
relations committee for the past six years.
Palmieri has also served as vice president and president of the
Board of Administration for the Water and Power Employees Retirement
Plan.
Two years ago, he was decorated with the award of merit,
"Cavaliere Ufficiale," by the Republic of Italy for his efforts to
extend and improve relations between Italy and the United States
through cultural, trade, charitable and community activities.
Palmieri is a partner in Godeau and Martinoni, Inc., a Los Angeles
mortuary.
He is married, has two children, and resides at 5437 West Slauson
Avenue, Los Angeles.
He replaces Harry A. Tow of Visalia whose term expired.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
12.29.67
MEMO TO THE PRESS
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
January 1 thru January 7, 1968
Monday, January 1
Arrive by Private Jet, Sacramento Municipal Air-
port, estimated between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m., from
Santa Monica.
Tuesday, January 2
9:30 a.m.
Press Conference.
Wednesday, January 3
6:25 p.m.
Heman Stark testimonial dinner, El Dorado Hotel,
Sacramento.
Thursday, January 4
thru
Sunday, January 7
In Sacramento.
No appointments scheduled.
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