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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - November 1968
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Imm diate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.1.68
#641
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 4, 1968
through
November 10, 1968
Monday, November 4
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Tuesday, November 5
10:30 a.m.
Arrive polling place to vote, 1417 San Remo,
Pacific Palisades
Evening
Governor and Mrs. Reagan will be at Century
Plaza Hotel (Republican Headquarters)
Overnight - Los Angeles
Wednesday, November 6
a.m.
Depart for Sacramento Metropolitan Airport
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
2:30 p.m.
Calling by lot of India Basin Bonds with
Ivy Baker Priest, Governor's Office
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, November 7
11:30 a.m.
Signing of U.S. Marine Corps 193rd Birthday
Proclamation, Governor's Office
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, November 8
a.m.
Depart Sacramento Metropolitan Airport
for Los Angeles
Evening
WAIF Ball - Beverly Hilton Hotel
Saturday, November 9
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, November 10
No appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
RELEASE: I' ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.4.68
#642
Governor Ronald Reagan today commended the California Department
of Employment personnel who operate the Youth Opportunity Center in
Sacramento for what he called service above and beyond the call of duty
in assisting the unemployed to find jobs and rebuild their self-respect.
"When a state employee literally gives a man looking for a job the
shirt off of his back so that that man can make a decent impression on
a perspective employer, I would say that was above and beyond the call
of duty.
"That is exactly the kind of thing the State Department of Employ-
ment personnel have been doing down at the Youth Opportunity Center and
Peter Weinberger and I just want them--and the people of this state--
to know how much their attituee toward their fellow man is appreciated.
"
The governor's praise for the staff of the Youth Opportunity Center
was contained in a letter which was delivered personally by Weinberger,
who is the director of the California Department of Employment.
Many of the applicants who come into the Youth Opportunity Center
do not have decent clothes, much less the money for car fare, haircuts,
or any of the other items which so often affect the outcome of a job
interview.
Recognizing this, employees in the Youth Opportunity Center began
digging into their own pockets to assist job applicants in getting off
on the right foot for their job interviews.
In addition, employees in the center established a "clothes closet"
stocked with shirts, ties, jackets, dresses, shoes, socks and other
items of wearing apparel which they donated.
The clothes closet idea came about after one of the men in the
office exchanged his own shirt and necktie for the T-shirt which a
young job applicant was wearing so that the youngster could make a more
favorable impression at his job interview.
In his letter, Governor Reagan expressed his appreciation and that
of the people of California for what he described as a fine example of
creative activity of citizens trying to help solve the problems of other
citizens.
"At a time in history when too many people do not want to 'get
involved, the personnel of the Youth Opportunity Center have demon-
strated a genuine interest and concern for their fellow man.
"I am proud of them and I commend them for taking such a personal
interest in their jobs and in their fellow citizens, 11 the governor said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Im
diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
#643
445-4571
11.4.68
Governor Ronald Reagan today elevated municipal court judges
Rafael H. Galceran of El Monte and Carroll M. Dunnum of Downey to the
Los Angeles County superior court bench.
The new posts pay $30,572.
Galceran, a 47-year-old Republican, succeeds the late Judge
Vernon Spencer. Dunnum, 51, replaces Judge John F. Aiso who was
appointed to the District Court of Appeal by Governor Reagan.
Galceran, a resident of Rosemead, has served as judge of the
municipal court in the El Monte Judicial District for the past 13
years. He was named to the job in 1955 and was twice reelected. He
was elected presiding judge in the El Monte Judicial District this year.
He is a 1948 graduate of the University of Southern California
Law School and is a former chairman of the Los Angeles County Municipal
Court Judges Association.
Galceran is also a former president of the Rosemead Kiwanis Club
and the El Monte High School Alumni Association. He has headed local
fund drive campaigns for such organizations as the community chest,
Red Cross and March of Dimes.
He served as an aircraft commander and flight leader in Europe
during World War II and earned such honors as the Air Medal and Three
Oak Leaf Clusters. He was a staff judge advocate for the U. S. Air
Force's 146th Fighter Interceptor Wing during the Korean War. He
currently holds the rank of colonel and deputy wing commander of the
146th Military Aircraft Wing, California Air National Guard in Van Nuys.
Galceran is married and has three children. He lives at 8840
Guess Street, Rosemead.
Dunnum, a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has lived in California
since 1934. He is a graduate of the Loyola School of Law and is now
serving his fifth term as presiding judge of the municipal court in
the Downey Judicial District. A Republican, he was appointed to the
bench in 1961.
He is a former president of the Downey Union High School District
Board of Trustees. He was elected to the first city council of the
newly incorporated City of Downey and served as mayor for three terms.
He has also been a leader in such community activities as the
United Fund Drive, Boy Scouts and Rotary International.
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Dunnum's wife,
iscilla, is a practicing i orney and is
currently serving as mayor pro-tem of Downey, the first woman ever
elected to this post.
Among his major accomplishments, Judge Dunnum organized a number
of committees within the Downey Municipal Court to promote efficiency
and fair and speedy trials to all persons.
The Dunnums have three children and reside at 8342 Cole Street,
Downey.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: In diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-4-68
#644
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Long Beach mattress
manufacturer Marion Wyatt to a four-year term on the California
Advisory Board of Furniture and Bedding.
The job pays $25 per diem plus expenses.
Wyatt, a 61-year-old Democrat, was first appointed to the
board in 1963. His new term will expire June 30, 1972.
He is president of the Acme Mattress Factory in Long Beach where
he has been in business for the past 37 years.
He lives at 5101 East Anaheim Street, Long Beach.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEI
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Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.4.68
#645
Governor Ronald Reagan has named J. Russell Bobbitt, Sr. of
San Bernardino to the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers.
The post pays $25 per diem plus expenses.
Bobbitt, part owner of the Bobbitt Memorial Chapel in San
Bernardino, is a 61-year old Republican. He succeeds Lon E. Peek of
Huntington Beach who resigned.
Bobbitt is a past president of the San Bernardino Chamber of
Commerce, Lions Club and 20-30 Club. He is currently serving as
chairman of the San Bernardino Fire Department Commission.
He lives at 1813 South Pacific Avenue, Oceanside.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEA
:
Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.4.68
#646
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Riverside attorney
James H. Krieger as a member of the California Advisory Committee to
the Western States Water Council.
The job pays necessary expenses. He will serve at the pleasure
of the governor.
Krieger, a 55-year old Republican, is a partner in the Riverside
law firm of Best, Best and Krieger.
A graduate of the Columbia University School of Law, he has long
been interested in water and resources development. He coauthored a
text on "Ground Water Management" which was published in the California
Law Review. He has also drafted a number of legislative bills including
the California Water Replenishment District Act which became law in
1955. This was the first legislation of its type to be enacted in
the United States.
For the past ten years, Krieger has served as chairman of the
Southern California Water Conference. He is also a member of the
National Reclamation Association and the American Water Works
:
Association.
He lives at 4420 Third Street, Riverside.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN(
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-4-68
#647
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named Arcata
lumberman Herbert A. Peterson, Jr. as a member of the District Forest
Practice Committee of the Coast Range Pine and Fir Forest District.
The job pays necessary expenses.
Peterson, a 45-year-old Republican, replaces Robert H. Barrett
of Eureka who resigned. Peterson will serve at the pleasure of the
governor.
Peterson is chief forester for the Simpson Timber Company,
Arcata. In his position, he is responsible for the forest management
of more than 250,000 acres of California timberland.
He is a graduate of Oregon State University, with a degree in
forestry, and has had nearly 20 years of experience in forest manage-
ment. He is also a member of the Arcata City Council.
He lives at 2066 Olson Court, Arcata.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: I ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-4-68
# 648
Governor Ronald Reagan has named Quentin W. Best of Los Angeles
to the California Museum of Science and Industry board of directors.
The post is non-salaried.
Best, a 67-year-old Republican, is president of Consolidated
Rock Products in Los Angeles. He will fill the unexpired term of
Pierre Salinger of Los Angeles who resigned. The term will end
January 15, 1970.
Best, a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has resided in Southern
California since 1922.
He is a past president of the National Ready Mixed Concrete
Association, the Southern California Rock Products Association and
the Home Show of Southern California, Inc.
He is also Western Committee Chairman of the American Horse
Shows Association, Inc.
He lives at 1655 Rancho Avenue, Glendale.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
I
ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.5.68
#649
Governor Ronald Reagan today deplored the actions of a small
group of campus militants who yesterday illegally occupied the adminis-
tration building at San Fernando Valley State College and held hostage
some three dozen college personnel for several hours.
He also commended highly the responsible and courageous handling
of the situation by Paul B. Blomgren, acting president of the college.
"I wish to commend President Blomgren for his responsible and
courageous actions in coping with this difficult and dangerous
situation," the governor said.
"I know I speak for the people of California in expressing their
gratitude for his leadership during the crisis. The fact he made it
clear that decisions will not and cannot be made in response to
coercion and violence and also the fact that he set in motion appro-
priate disciplinary procedures deserve the respect of all of us.
"When, in a free society, a group of members of SDS and BSU, or
anyone else, can literally kidnap and hold captive human beings--
threatening some with knives--and particularly at an institution of
higher learning, we are confronted by a repugnant and dangerous ex-
pression of totalitarianism.
"I have personally called President Blomgren to express my
deep appreciation and admiration for the way he handled the situation.
"The action of President Blomgren and the firm leadership of
State College Chancellor Glenn Dumke in ordering the suspension of
Black Panther George Murray from San Francisco State College are ap-
plauded, I am sure, by the overwhelming majority of Californians.
"President Blomgren said only this morning: "I sincerely request
strong support of the campus community and general public for the
more than 18,000 students of all races who wish to continue to obtain
an education in a responsible manner. Equal support must be given to
the college personnel who are doing their best to see that such an
education becomes a reality.'
"Those who stand up for the values of our society," Governor
Reagan said, "must, indeed, have the support of all of us.
"Too many-including students and faculty members--have been too
silent too long. It is time we all stood up to be counted," the
governor said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Im ediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-6-68
#650
Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the month of November
as COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MONTH. Text of the proclamation follows.
"WHEREAS The Community Development Plan of the California
Jaycees is a three-fold program to encourage citizen
participation in community improvements; produce
change and improvement and creates new and meaningful
opportunity for leadership training; and
"WHEREAS The California Jaycees have pledged to actively
support projects to assure community growth and
prosperity; and
"WHEREAS The Human Resources sector of the Community Develop-
ment Plan stresses education, which includes 'stay
in school" campaigns; job opportunities to broaden
the industrial base for employment; and the improve-
ment of communication channels between different
socio-economic levels of the community; and
"WHEREAS Community Development is a major emphasis program of
the citizens of the State of California in the
furtherance of civic pride and community awareness;
and
"WHEREAS Community Development is a fine example of citizens
producing creative projects to help themselves and
their communities,
"NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim the month of November, 1968 as COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
MONTH urging all Californians to cooperate with the Jaycees of
California to actively promote growth and participation in Community
Development."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOP
RELEASE:
Imm
liate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.7.68
#651
Governor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed November 10 as the
193rd Anniversary of the U. S. Marine Corps and urged all Californians
to honor the Marine Corps, past, present and future, with appropriate
ceremonies.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"Whereas on November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress passed
a resolution creating the Marine Corps, to consist of two battalions
for service as landing forces with the fleet; and
"Whereas Marines have participated in all wars of the United
States since the Revolution, being in most instances first, or among
the first to fight, having executed more than 300 landings on foreign
shores and serving in every major U. S. Naval action since 1775; and
"Whereas 75,000 or more Marines are on active duty in the State
of California, with 15,000 additional Marine Reservists; and
"Whereas armed with the weapons of modern warfare, the Marine
Corps faces the challenges of the future, as it has throughout almost
two centuries, the true measure of its ability in meeting these
challenges lying not in numbers or weapons, but in the glowing record
of those who have bequeathed to it an untarnished legacy of military
achievement the priceless heritage of a proud band of men,
"Now therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, governor of California, do
hereby proclaim November 10, 1968 as the 193rd anniversary of the
U. S. Marine Corps, urging that all Californians honor the Marine Corps,
past, present and future, with appropriate ceremonies."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Imm iate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-6-68
#652
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Ferndale rancher Joseph Russ III
as a member of the State Fish and Game Commission.
Russ, a 59-year-old Republican, replaces Henry E. Clineschmidt
of Redding who resigned.
The post pays $10 per day on commission business, plus expenses.
Russ served as chairman of the Fish and Game Committee of the
California Cattlemen's Association for six years. In this position
he developed a statewide policy on fish and game matters and worked
closely with state and federal agencies on the subject.
He has also been chairman of the Predatory Animal Control
Commission of Humboldt County for 16 years, working closely with the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the State Department of Agriculture.
Russ is currently a member of the Rabies Control Advisory
Commission.
In 1964, he was selected as "Livestock Man of the Year" by the
Greater San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
He originated and served for six years as chairman of the
Humboldt County Department of Forestry. He is also a past president
of the California Woolgrowers' Association and a former director of
the National Woolgrowers' Association.
Russ attended both St. Mary's College and the University of
California at Davis where he majored in animal husbandry.
He ranches some 25,000 acres in Humboldt County. His address is
Ocean House, Ferndale.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Cor Eact: Paul Beck
44: -4571
11.8.68
#653
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that the State of
California will not return Edgar Eugene Bradley to Louisiana, as
requested in extradition proceedings addressed to the governor's office.
The decision was based upon insufficient showing by Louisiana
that Bradley had been in that state between August, 1963, and November 22
1963,
the period during which the extradition documents alleged
that Bradley violated a Louisiana statute "relative to conspiracy with
others to murder John F. Kennedy."
Louisiana had based its request on the premise that Bradley had
been in that state during August, 1963, and thus proof of this allega-
tion is an essential legal requirement before Bradley could be returned
as a fugitive.
Edwin Meese, legal affairs secretary to the governor, held a
lengthy hearing on June 26, during which the attorney for Bradley pro-
duced sworn testimony that Bradley had not been in the State of
Louisiana prior to April of 1965.
Meese said the governor's decision was made after a thorough
review of all the evidence in the case, consultation with the attorney
general's office and the exchange of correspondence with the district
attorney's office in New Orleans.
Louisiana officials were given the opportunity to present witnesses
to substantiate the allegations that Bradley had been in Louisiana
during 1963, but declined to do so, Meese said.
The decision did not involve a consideration of the issue of guilt
or innocence but was confined to the requirements of extradition law.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Sun y, November 10
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.8.68
#654
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following message in
recognition of Veterans Day, November 11:
"Whereas at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, a cease- fire on the
Western Front ended World War I; and
"Whereas on November 11, 1919, President Wilson issued a
proclamation stating, in part 'To us in America the reflections
of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of
those who died in their country's service and with gratitude for
victory; and
"Whereas in 1926 Congress adopted a resolution directing
President Coolidge to issue an annual proclamation calling upon the
people to observe the day; and
"Whereas after World War II it was recognized as a day of
tribute to the dead of that conflict as well as of World War I, the
day being renamed Veterans Day by President Eisenhower and Congress
in 1954, proclaiming it as honoring the dead of the Korean conflict and
World Wars I and II; and
"Whereas the 200 million people of the United States include
the bloodlines of all the world, and as our blood came from every
corner of the globe, so has it been spilled in almost every corner,
bled into a field called Flanders, the sands of Africa, a place
called Omaha Beach, splashed on a rock named Corregidor, on the
bleak slopes of Pork Chop Hill and now in the rice paddies and jungles
of Vietnam; and
"Whereas men died to make the world safe for democracy; men died
to push back the evil darkness of tyranny without God where man's
morality was measured by the size of the club he carried; and our
young men die today because of an equally evil force which threatens
the freedoms and dignity of man in every land,
of
"Now, therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, governor / California, do hereby
urge all Californians to remember the honored dead of World War I and
II and the Korean War on Veterans Day, November 11, 1968, and further
urge all Californians to pay particular tribute to our young men
fighting and dying to preserve the freedom of a small nation in
Southeast Asia and to pause and offer our moral and spiritual strength
to those men who some would have us forget; and further to work and
pray for an honorable peace to end all wars and threats of war."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.8.68
#655
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 11, 1963
through
November 17, 1968
Monday, November 11
VETERANS DAY
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento
7:30 pm
Arrive Firehouse Restaurant for California
State Police Association Dinner
(Overnight - Sacramento)
Tuesday, November 12
11:45 am
Pictures for California Anti-Litter Campaign
and Welcome Wagon (Governor's Office)
(Overnight - Sacramento)
Wednesday, November 13
Morning
Depart Sacramento Metropolitan Airport for L.A.
12:15 pm
Statler-Hilton Hotel, Hartford Room, for
County Supervisors' Association Luncheon
(Speech)
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento
(Overnight - Sacramento)
Thursday, November 14
3 pm
Governor's Council Meeting - Dr. C. Northcote
Parkinson is speaker
Afternoon
Depart Sacramento Metropolitan Airport
6:30 pm
Arrive San Diego Airport - proceed to Kona Kai
for National Conference of Editorial Writers
(Speech)
(Overnight - Los Angeles)
Friday, November 15
No public appointments scheduled
(Overnight - Los Angeles)
Saturday, November 16
No appointments scheduled
(Overnight - Los Angeles)
Sunday, November 17
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento
(Overnight - Sacramento)
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: l...unediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11.13.68
#656
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Long Beach attorney
George R. Johnson to the State Coordinating Council for Higher
Education.
He also reappointed Lorenzo N. Hoopes of Oakland and
William C. Bark of Stanford to four-year terms on the council.
The posts pay necessary expenses and are subject to Senate
confirmation.
Johnson, a 51-year old Republican, will fill the unexpired term
of the late Arthur G. Coons. The term will end November 1, 1969.
Hoopes, a Republican, was first appointed to the council last
January. He is a food chain executive in Oakland.
Bark, a Democrat, is a professor of history at Stanford
University. He has served on the council since September, 1967.
Johnson, a 1937 graduate of the University of California, also
took his law degree from Cal in 1940.
He served as a special agent for the FBI from 1942-45.
He is a former president of the Long Beach Bar Association, the
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Long Beach Navy League. He
serves as counsel to the local Better Business Bureau; is a trustee
of the Long Beach Memorial Hospital, and is a director of the Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
He lives at 4603 Virginia Road, Long Beach.
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Sacramento, California
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Paul Beck
445-4571
11.13.68
#657
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Bakersfield attorney
George A. Brown to the Kern County Superior Court bench.
The judicial post, created by the 1968 legislature, pays
$30,572.
Brown, a 51-year old Republican, has been engaged in private
law practice in Bakersfield since 1949.
He is a 1948 graduate of the Stanford University Law School.
He completed his undergraduate work at the University of California,
Berkeley, where he graduated as president of his class in 1940.
During World War II, he served four years in the U. S. Army,
most of which was spent overseas. A recipient of the Bronze Star,
he left the service as a major in 1945.
He is a past delegate to the Conference of State Bar Delegates
and has served on a number of State Bar committees.
Brown is a former president of the Kern County Bar Association.
He is also a past president of the U. C. Alumni Association of Kern
County and the Kern County YMCA.
He is a former trustee of the Stanford Alumni Association of
Kern County and has served as a director of the Bakersfield United
Community Fund for three years.
He is married and has four children. He resides at 6604
Mt. Hood Drive, Bakersfield.
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11.14.68
#658
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement in
connection with the closure of San Francisco State College:
"I was shocked, indeed apalled, to learn of the shutdown of the
San Francisco State College campus.
"For a school administration to deliberately abandon the leader-
ship invested in it by the people of this state--at the expense of the
vast majority of students intent on receiving an education--is an
unprecedented act of irresponsibility.
"It is clear that the administration, in its obvious quest for
what was considered an easy way out, ignored other options which were
available to assure the orderly continuation of the educational process.
"It was an act of capitulation--surrender, if you will=-to a
small, unrepresentative faction of faculty and student militants
determined to substitute violence and coercion for orderly grievance
procedures available to all.
"Indeed, without the vehement encouragement, support and even
direction of certain members of the San Francisco State College faculty,
this tragic situation could not have taken place.
"The fact is, the people of this state will not and cannot toler-
ate the shutdown of one of their own institutions of higher learning
as a consequence of the violent tactics of a small coalition of
activists who would burn and destroy to accomplish their selfish ends.
Indeed, to get its way, this militant faction would virtually resort to
destroying the college.
"It is absolutely essential that the campus be reopened to classes
with dispatch.
"I have justtalked with Chancellor Glenn Dumke and Theodore Merriam,
chairman of the State College Board of Trustees, who informed me that
they are calling a meeting of the Board of Trustees for Monday to take
up this issue. I, in turn, assured them that they have my full support
in their efforts to restore order on the campus.
"It must be said that the campus administration itself contributed
in no small measure to the unfortunate events of the past few days by
earlier having publicly opposed an order by Chancellor Dumke calling
for the removal of a self-professed advocate of violence from the
state college faculty. Remembering that the chancellor's order merely
implemented a decision in September by the Board of
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Trustees, it must also be recalled that the administration of the college
improperly represented the directive as unjust--hence further kindling
the fires of violence on the campus.
"What is most tragic about this is that a majority of student
support was
finding its voice in repudiating those
who were using the campus as a staging area for insurrection.
"I want to make it perfectly plain that as long as I am governor,
our publicly supported institutions of higher education are going to
stay open to provide educations for our young people. The people of
this state, the people who pay the bills, want it that way. And, that
is the way it will be.
"Professors are paid to teach, not to lead or encourage violent
forays which only result in physical harm to persons and property. If
they refuse to honor the trust our citizens have placed in them they
should look for work elsewhere.
"And, as I have said before, if students--including members of
the BSU and SDS--are unwilling to abide by the rules of the college, they
will have to get their educations somewhere else."
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Oakland attorney Harold B. Hove
and San Leandro Municipal Judge Gordon L. Minder to the Alameda County
Superior Court bench.
The judicial posts, created by the 1968 legislature, pay
$30,572 per year.
Hove, a 53-year-old Republican, has been engaged in private law
practice since 1953. A 1940 graduate of Gonzaga University Law School,
Spokane, Washington, he worked as a special agent for the F. B. I.
from 1940-45. He was a private investigator in Oakland from 1946-53.
He is a former Alameda city councilman and served on the Alameda
Pension and Retirement Board in 1954. He has also been a member of the
local draft board (number 50) for the past six years.
He is married, has three children, and lives at 700 Paru Street,
Alameda.
Judge Minder, 55, is a 1942 graduate of the University of
California's Boalt Hall school of law. A Republican, he is a past
president of the Alameda County Bar Association and the Southern
Alameda County Bar Association.
He is also a former president of the San Leandro chapter of
the American Red Cross, the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce and Junior
Chamber of Commerce. He was named San Leandro's outstanding citizen
in 1951.
He served as a commanding officer of two minesweepers in the
U.S. Navy during World War II.
He is married, has three sons, and resides at 911 Arbor Drive,
San Leandro.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today elevated five superior court judges
to the State Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District.
The posts were created by the 1968 legislature and pay an annual
salary of $36,687. The appointments must be confirmed by the State
Commission on Judicial Appointments.
Named were:
Robert S. Thompson, a 50-year-old Republican. Thompson, a 1942
graduate of the U. S. C. Law School, was named to the Los Angeles
Superior court in 1966 after serving for nearly two years as a municipal
court judge.
He served as an officer in the U. S. Air Force during World War II
From 1946-65 he was engaged in private law practice, except for two
years when he worked as chief assistant U. S. attorney in Southern
California.
Thompson lives at 707 North Oakhurst Drive, Beverly Hills.
Donald R. Wright, 61, a 1932 graduate of the Harvard University
School of Law. A Republican, he was elected to the Los Angeles Superior
court in 1960 after having served as a municipal court judge in
Pasadena during the previous seven years.
He has been a member of the State Judicial Council for the past
two years and is a native of Fullerton. He is married and resides at
1010 Laguna Road, Pasadena.
Harold W. Schweitzer, a 57-year-old Republican, and a member
of the Los Angeles Superior Court since 1952. He was a municipal
court judge from 1947-52.
He is a 1935 graduate of the U. S. C. Law School and served as
an officer in the U. S. Army during World War II. He is married and
has a son. He lives at 135 White Oak Drive, Arcadia.
Gerold C. Dunn, 57, a 1938 graduate of Stanford University Law
School. A Republican, Dunn was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior
court last December.
He began his legal career as a special deputy to the Los Angeles
County Counsel. From 1940-67 he was engaged in private law practice.
He is a former president and director of the Association of
Southern California Defense Counsel.
He is married, has a son and daughter, and resides at 109 North
McCadden Place, Los Angeles.
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William Reppy, a 56-year-old Republican, of Oxnard. Reppy
has served on the Ventura County Superior Court bench since 1955.
A graduate of the U. S. C. Law School, he was engaged in private legal
practice from 1937-55.
He served as a research assistant for the State Supreme Court
from 1966-67 and was clerk for the Supreme Court from 1967-68.
He is married and has two sons. He lives at 340 Deodar Avenue,
Oxnard.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today commended the University of California
Medical School at Davis for the planned increase in class size it has
achieved "in order to help meet the health needs of both the state
and nation.
"This action, by America's newest medical school, has been taken
voluntarily without any request for additional funds or faculty, the
governor said.
He noted that the Association of American Medical Colleges
recently urged the nation's medical schools to increase the output of
physicians. "The UCD Medical School, " he said, "is among the first
to have accepted this challenge. And, they should be congratulated
for it.
I hope that other medical schools in California will follow
their lead, = he said.
Governor Reagan noted that UC Davis, with Chancellor Emil M. Mrak
and Dean C. J. Tupper of the School of Medicine, opened its medical
school on the compus in record time and at a minimum cost.
"The University of California and the Davis Campus should be
applauded and thanked for the full effort being expended in providing
a forward looking service to the people of the state. Their efforts
in developing a school of medicine more rapidly than ever before, and
in doing so effectively, efficiently and economically, are in the best
tradition of our concept for a creative society, he said.
The School of Medicine accepted its first class of 48 students in
September and will accept 52 students in the fall of 1969.
"If all 100 of the medical schools across the nation admitted
four extra students, as Davis will do, this would be comparable to
four new 100-student schools opening in the fall, " Governor Reagan said.
Student and faculty groups at UCD acted on resolutions at
independent meetings Tuesday evening and Dean Tupper endorsed their'
recommendations Wednesday afternoon.
"Dean Tupper informs us that the social awareness of the faculty
and students will make the task of shoehorning four more students into
the existing program just that much more rewarding. He should be very
proud. I know I am, " the governor added.
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 18, 1968
through
November 24, 1968
Monday, November 18
Office Appointments
(There is a possibility that Governor Reagan
may attend the State College Board of
Trustees' meeting in Los Angeles)
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, November 19
Office Appointments
Wednesday, November 20
11:30 a.m.
Signing of Mexican-American Education Month
proclamation, Governor's Council Room
p.m.
Depart Sacramento Metropolitan Airport for
Los Angeles
7:00 p.m.
Council of State Governments Dinner,
Ambassador Hotel. Speech.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, November 21
Noon
National Broadcasters Editorial Conference
and National Radio and Television News
Directors Association Luncheon, Beverly-
Hilton Hotel. Speech.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, November 22
a.m.
Depart Santa Monica Airport for San Diego
9:00 a.m.
Board of Regents' meeting, University of
California at San Diego
p.m.
Return to Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, November 23
No appointments scheduled
Sunday, November 24
6:30 p.m.
Vince Scully Testimonial Dinner, Beverly
Hilton Hotel
Overnight - Los Angeles
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has "regretfully
accepted" the resignation of retired Coast Guard Admiral Ned Sprow
as director of the State Department of Harbors and Watercraft.
The resignation will become effective December 1. Sprow was
appointed to the $22, 575-a-year-post last spring.
"I have regretfully accepted the resignation of Ned Sprow."
the governor said. "I want to publicly thank him for the excellent
service he has rendered to this administration and to the people of
California during the past year and a half. His willingness to leave
the comforts of retirement to serve in this post has constituted a
fine example of responsible citizenship. If Governor Reagan added.
Echoing the governor's sentiments, Norman B. Livermore Jr
secretary of the State Resources Agency, said:
"I also want to express my deep appreciation to Ned for his
important contribution to state government and to the department he
has headed. We will miss him. I wish him every success in the future
Named to succeed Sprow was Robert C. Walker of La Mesa. Walker.
a 42-year-old Republican. has had broad administrative experience
in the fields of public relations and advertising for the past
18 years.
During the past three years he has operated his own public
relations firm in San Diego.
He is a co-founder with Dr. Gaylord Parkinson, former Republican
State Central Committee chairman, of an organization called
"Republican Associates" composed of more than 1,000 San Diego area
business and professional men and women.
Livermore said, "I look forward to working closely with
Bob Walker in the Resources Agency.
"Over the years he has demonstrated outstanding management
qualities and administrative skills which will provide continued
leadership in the Department of Harbors and Watercraft.' "
Walker is married and has three children. He plans to move his
family to Sacramento next month.
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Governor Ronald Reagan said today that the San Francisco State
College campus must be recpened to classes on Tuesday.
He expressed confidence that the State College Trustees will
exercise their responsibility to the people of California by taking
whatever measures are necessary to see that this is accomplished
when they meet in emergency session Monday in Los Angeles.
"The citizens of this state are now looking to the Trustees for
leadership--leadership which was abandoned by the administration of
the college in its decision to shut down the campus last Wednesday,"
he said.
"Because the Trustees are accountable to the people of Cali-
fornia, I am confident they will exercise their responsibility in
this matter," he added.
Governor Reagan also disclosed that he has received a detailed
investigative report on conditions at San Francisco State College which
preceded the closure of the school.
The confidential report--compiled by special investigators
assigned to the governor's office "verifies the fact," he said,
"that the shutdown was unnecessary to protect persons and property,
and that law enforcement support was available to keep the campus open."
"I have also received full assurance from police officials that
they can provide the support necessary to maintain order at the
school when it reopens," he added.
The governor said his report included observations by personnel
assigned to cover the scenes of violence on the campus during the
10 days prior to the shutdown as well as information from police
reports and several law enforcement agencies, including the
San Francisco Police Department, the State Department of Justice and
campus police.
"It is essential,' he said, "that firm leadership be reestablished
on the campus so that the college may return to its academic function,
SO that a proper atmosphere for study and research may be regained on
a permanent basis.
"By capitulating to a small group of faculty and student trouble-
makers, the San Francisco State College administration showed a woeful
lack of understanding of the divisive tactics which were used to
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disrupt the campus. This apparently further contributed to their
complete inability to successfully thwart the objectives of the
lawbreakers.
"Anyone who allows the criminal element to achieve its
objectives- in this case, the closing of a major educational
institution--fails in his duty to society as a whole.
"Certainly, no responsible administrator could allow a small
group of dissidents--intent on using violence and coercion to achieve
its ends--to disrupt the educational activities of 13,000 students and
faculty members who wish to preserve the educational process.
"The administration's abdication of its responsibility by shutting
down the campus amounted to contempt for the principles of firm
leadership which the people of this state have a right to expect
from campus officials whose salaries are paid with taxpayers' money."
He said his investigative report shows that major police
officials were not consulted in advance concerning the closure of
the campus, and did not concur in the need for this action. "It was
strictly an administrative decision of the San Francisco State College
staff," the report said.
"Forces sufficient to meet the requirements of any campus
contingency will continue to be immediately available in the future--
as they have been in the past--when requested by the college administra-
tion,' the governor said.
The governor emphasized that in addition to reopening the campus,
appropriate disciplinary action must be taken against all individuals--
faculty members, students and non-students--who participated in or
encouraged the disruptive tactics which preceded closure.
"Also, any discussion of student complaints should take place only
through regular channels of communication," he said, "and only after
the college has reopened, order has been restored and educational
activities resumed."
Governor Reagan said his report showed that only 80 to 100 "hard-
core militant agitators" were causing the trouble. They included
faculty members, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) and Students
for a Democratic Society (SDS), and approximately 20 off-campus members
of the BSU and Black Panthers.
The detailed report also indicated that during the 10-day period,
more than a dozen arrests were made on charges ranging from assaulting
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police officers to arson and possession of an explosive device.
Certain phases of the violence were well-organized, the report
said. It cited the movement of groups into buildings at set times on
various floor levels, the igniting of fires in such places as rest
rooms and trash barrels, the shattering of windows, and damage to school
furniture and walls.
In addition to such arson and vandalism, a number of classes were
disrupted by harassment teams, the report said. The tactics of these
teams were designed to make it appear that more persons were participat-
ing than were actually present.
"All of this was done in the name of violence with one, single
objective in mind capitulation by the campus administration and
closure of the school," the governor said.
"Obviously, the administration was aware of that objective. Why,
then, did they choose to ignore it? Why, then, did the college leader-
ship fail to take the steps necessary to maintain order on the campus?
"The answers are clear," the governor said. "The administration
chose to abandon its leadership, to take the easy way out, to capitulate
to the threats of a relative handful of activists at the expense of
the vast majority of students and faculty intent on preserving the
educational process.
"As governor of California, my responsibility to the people is
clear: to assure that law and order is preserved at our state-
supported institutions, including the colleges and university.
"The responsibility of the Trustees is also clear: to see to it
that whatever steps are necessary be taken to reopen the campus at
San Francisco State College; to see to it that our young people are
able to resume their educations free of violence and disruption." "
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Governor Reagan spent the night at his residence in Los Angeles.
He will be attending the Board of Trustees meeting this
morning.
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Governor Reagan will arrive at Sacramento
Municipal Airport this evening at approximately
6:15 p.m.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed four persons to the
municipal court bench in Los Angeles.
The posts pay $28,126 per year.
Named were:
-Deputy Attorney General Jack E. Goertzen, a 37-year old
Republican. Goertzen has served in the state attorney general's
office since 1957, the year he was admitted to the California Bar.
He succeeds Judge Howard E. Crandall who retired.
Goertzen, a 1957 graduate of the U.S.C. Law School, is a native
of Los Angeles.
He is married, has four children, and lives at 4326 Beeman
Avenue, Studio City.
Herbert J. Adden, Jr., a 42-year old Whittier lawyer. Adden,
a Republican, is a 1951 graduate of the U.S.C. School of Law. He has
been engaged in general law practice since then.
Adden has played an active role in community affairs, having
received such honors as the Award for Community Service for serving
as Whittier Community Chairman - United Fund in 1964; Award for Out-
standing Club Leadership as president of the East Whittier Kiwanis
Club in 1965; Award for Outstanding Community Service as division
chairman of the Support for Churches Committee sponsored by Kiwanis
International in 1966. He is also a former secretary, treasurer and
president of the Whittier Bar Association.
He is married and has two children. He resides at 1422 California
Place, Whittier.
Kenneth E. Vassie, 35, commissioner of the Inglewood Municipal
Court since last year. Vassie, a Democrat, was graduated from the
Loyola University School of Law in 1962.
He worked as Inglewood city prosecutor and assistant city
attorney from 1962-67. He has also been vice president of the
Inglewood Bar Association and has been an instructor of business law
in the Adult Education Division of the Inglewood Unified School
District for the past three years.
He is married and has a daughter. He lives at 620 West Ellis
Avenue, Inglewood.
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-Albert D. Matthews, Los Angeles County Superior Court com-
missioner since 1962. Matthews, a 45-year old Democrat, has served as
a judge pro tempore during the past six years and has heard over
32,000 domestic relations and other cases. In 1961, he was a referee
for the State Unemployment and Disability Appeals Board, writing over
1,000 decisions.
He graduated "cum laude" from the Howard University School of
Law in 1954 and worked as a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney
from 1953-61. He was an associate professor of law at the San Fernando
Valley Law School from 1964-66.
He is a director of the Southern California Baptist Convention
and the Henderson Community Center in South Los Angeles.
Matthews is married, has a daughter, and lives at 2105 West
Corydon Street, Compton.
Adden, Vassie and Matthews will assume judicial posts created
by the 1968 legislature.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today accepted "with gratitude and a deep
sense of pride" a landmark report on transportation in California
which was prepared by a task force of 24 state business and transpor-
tation leaders.
He called the 50-page report "an excellent first step--indeed, a
giant step--toward improving coordination and planning of the state's
overall transportation system to better meet the needs of all Cali-
fornians during the crucial years which lie ahead."
The governor appointed the task force team in the spring of 1967
to define the state's present and future transportation problems and
to suggest ways in which state government might provide greater
leadership for meeting the challenges of the future in this area.
"I want to express my deep appreciation to Chairman
William L. Pereira and the members of the transportation task force
for the many thousands of hours they gave to this extremely important
project. It was a huge undertaking," he said, "and one which has
required a great deal of energy and effort on their part.
"Their report makes an immense contribution to the knowledge this
administration must have in order to meet its continuing responsibilities
toward the people OF California in the important area of comprehensive
transportation development and planning," he said.
Secretary of Business and Transportation Gordon C. Luce commented:
"The task force has met our objectives and identified our most
serious deficiency the inability to define and evaluate adequately
our transportation requirements and problems.
"In an effort to save the taxpayers' money, we should carefully
consider the steps the report recommends. Certainly we should first
develop the machinery that can place the state in a position to
assume its transportation responsibilities before we ask the people
to pay for costly programs.
"I will suggest that the administration propose legislation to
implement many of the steps recommended in this report and--specifically--
adopt the establishment of a Transportation Board to serve in an
advisory capacity and a State Planning Office.
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"We are now working on some of the report's suggestions and
have already accomplished others. Included are: a master plan for
general aviation airports; a model for rapid transit financing;
planning for joint use of transportation corridors; financial assistance
for mass transit districts, and coordinated joint park and highway
development.'
Among members of the task force to comment on the report were:
--Harmer Davis, director, Institute of Transportation and Traffic
Engineering, University of California:
"Many states, and the federal government, have been talking a
great deal recently about improving and coordinating transportation.
There has also been much talk about greater local participation in
transportation planning and decision-making.
"These objectives are desirable and urgent, but they are not
attained just by talk nor by fiat. There has to be brought into being
a capability for doing those things that will, in fact, lead to better
total transport performance, to improved coordination among the
diverse segments of transport activity, and to more workable means of
incorporating local objectives in transport development programs.
"No one as yet has really been able to accomplish what is desired
or needed. California is again faced with developing and pioneering
an approach without precedent.
"The main thrust of the task force recommendations is to lay the
basis for meeting these objectives."
--Robert Irwin, assistant to the general manager, TRW Systems,
said:
"I think all the members of our task force would agree with me
that the findings and recommendations presented in our report represent
only a start toward the finding of solutions to our transportation
problems, not the solutions themselves. This is a most necessary
beginning, however, if we hope to develop long range solutions to the
problems which will face us in the future as well as at the present
time.
"From my point of view as an aerospace systems engineer, the basic
foundation of state level policy and organizational structure which
we have recommended is the logical first step in the realization of a
truly integrated system of transportation services in California.
Without this foundation, we will be unable to bring to bear the
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available resources of science and technology which must be utilized
if we hope to solve our transportation problems in coming decades."
--Councilman Ernani Bernardi, City of Los Angeles:
"It has reinforced my opinion that our present policy of frag-
menting, more pointedly our 'everyone for himself' approach to pro-
viding basic government services is the root cause of much of our
confusion, resulting in effective solutions to our problems of
urbanization despite the enormous public expenditures.
"If the recommendations embodied in our final report result in
denting the iron curtain that separates and divides government even
slightly, it will have been worth all of the time and effort. I am
hopeful that it will do more." He went on to state: "An ordered,
objective, overall program geared to mesh all components in a balanced
approach is the only way we can insure equity and utility at the local
level.
"Only the state government has the means and the authority. The
only question is does it have the foresight and the will?"
--Neil Petree, chairman, executive committee, Barker Brothers,
commented:
"The development of the highway, road and street systems in the
State of California has, as you know, particularly interested me for
many years. The manner in which the state highway system has been
planned, financed, constructed and maintained is an example of what
can be achieved on a state-wide basis. The most important recommenda-
tion of the task force is that the governor propose legislation to
create a California Transportation Board. This is a recognition of
the state's role in transportation. I realize that this board will
not be able to correct all of the problems that are enumerated in
the report of the task force. However, with the help of the State
Transportation Planning Office, a considerable amount of coordination
can be achieved.
"I am pleased that the task force report recognizes that the
present highway funds created by the gas tax should not be diverted.
As fine as our state highway system is, the task force recognized
that all of the funds now raised by the gas tax would be needed to
complete the system and that perhaps this money would not be
sufficient."
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Members of the task force team also included:
J. Floyd Andrews, President
Francis T. Fox, General Manager
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Los Angeles Department of Airports
Albert W. Bayer, President
John P. Fraim, Jr., President
A. W. Bayer and Associates
Mutual Broadcasting Corporation
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman, President
Herbert Hoover, Jr.
California State Chamber of
Consulting Engineer
Commerce
B. F. Biaggini, President
John McDonnell
Southern Pacific Company
President, Board of Directors
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit
Richard R. Brown, Mayor
District
City of El Cajon
Edwin S. Moore, Executive Vice
Asa V. Call, Honorary Chairman
President
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
California State Automobile Associa-
Company
tion
Dr. Richard D. DeLauer
William L. Pereira, F.A.I.A.
Vice President and General Manager
William L. Pereira & Associates
TRW Systems Group, TRW Inc.
Henry Roloff, Executive Vice President
Nils O. Eklund, Jr., Vice Pres.
Pacific Coast Association of Port
Kaiser Industries
Authorities
Albert J. Eyraud, President
Wade Sherrard, Managing Director
Southern California Rapid Transit
California Trucking Association
District
Shermer L. Sibley, President
Adrien J. Falk, President
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
S. F. Bay Area Rapid Transit
District
James M. Udall, President
James M. Udall, Inc.
John V. Vaughn, President
Dartell Laboratories Inc.
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Governor Reagan will officially accept the report of his
Task Force on Transportation tomorrow at a ceremony in the Governor's
Council Room at 1:45 p.m.
Following his brief statement of acceptance, members of the Press
can ask questions of members of the Task Force team who will also be
present.
See attached release.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Los Angeles businessman
Jacob M. Stuchen to a four-year term on the State Commission on Fair
Employment Practice.
The governor also reappointed Santa Barbara attorney Pier A.
Gherini to the commission.
The posts pay $50 per day spent in the performance of duty,
plus necessary expenses.
Stuchen, a 68-year old Republican, is chairman of the board of
Maple Industries, Inc., Los Angeles. He replaces Dwight Zook of
Rolling Hills whose term expired.
Stuchen, a Beverly Hills city councilman, is a graduate of
the University of Toronto and the Osgood Hall Law School, Toronto.
He was the recipient of the 1967 Man-of-the-Year Award from
the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and has received many other
honors for civic, social welfare and philanthropic service. Last
year he served as chairman of the Christmas Seals campaign and was
mayor of Beverly Hills in 1966.
He is presently president of the Beverly Hills B'nai B'rith; is
a trustee of the Jewish Community Foundation and the President's Council
at Brandeis University.
Stuchen is a former chairman of the Beverly Hills Planning
Commission and United Crusade. He is also a past trustee of the
Beverly Hills YMCA and was treasurer of the United Jewish Welfare
Fund Campaign for 1964-65.
He lives at 1114 Wallace Ridge, Beverly Hills.
Gherini was first appointed to the commission in April, 1967.
His new term will expire in mid-September, 1972.
A Republican, he served as chairman of the Board of Freeholders
which drafted the Santa Barbara city charter, and has been active in
community affairs for many years.
He lives at 1807 Mira Vista, Santa Barbara.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement in
Dohenty
connection with a meeting he had with James Dougherty president of
the BART Board of Directors, and Directors Garland Graves and Harry
Lange:
"I have just met with the three members of the Board of Directors
of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District who are with me here.
"The meeting was an extremely constructive one--one which produced
very substantial agreement on the part of all of us who participated--
that financing of the BART deficit should come from an emergency,
short-term half cent sales tax increase in the three counties involved.
"On the basis of our conversation today, I am now prepared to say
that this administration will actively support such a sales tax
proposal during the forthcoming regular legislative session.
"I have asked Senator Lew Sherman to introduce legislation to
accomplish this purpose as an urgency measure in January. He has very
graciously agreed to carry the legislation.
"The three BART directors have assured me that we will have the
firm backing of the BART Board in this action.
"I am also confident that we will be able to count on broad
community support for the sales tax approach.
"This is clearly a matter of extreme urgency. There is no question
but that a solution to the financing problem is imperative.
"Certainly, in my mind, the sales tax approach is the only
fiscally sound one with which to effect a solution.
"The fact is that already the state is contributing $180 million
toward the financing of BART. The addition of a half cent sales tax
would provide sufficient emergency funds to make up what they have
certified to be the deficit which is faced.
"The advantage of the sales tax approach in these three counties
is that the deficit could be made up within a period of approximately
4 and 1/2 years, at which time the tax would end. This is similar to
a measure adopted a few years ago which helped finance highway and
bridge repair caused by disastrous floods in Northern California."
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CORRECTION
On Press Release No. 668, dated 11-19-68, please correct the
name of the BART Board of Directors' president. It should read
James Doherty.
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# 669
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Deputy District Attorney
T Bruce Iredale and attorney Robert J. Cooney to the San Diego
Municipal Court bench.
The posts, created by the 1968 legislature, pay $28,126 per year.
Iredale, a 46-year-old Republican, is a 1950 graduate of Hastings
Law School in San Francisco. He has been a deputy district attorney
in San Diego since 1953. He served in the same capacity in San Luis
Obispo County from 1952-53.
He currently holds the rank of major in the U. S. Air Force
Reserve.
A native of Norwich, England, he has lived in California since
1924. He received an A. B. Degree in international relations from the
University of California at Berkeley in 1945.
He is married, has two children, and resides at 827 Amiford Drive,
San Diego.
Cooney, 40, is a 1952 graduate of the University of Montana and
received his law degree from the University of San Diego in 1958.
He has been engaged in private law practice in San Diego since
1961. He served as a deputy San Diego city attorney from 1959-61.
He is Insurance Committee chairman of the San Diego Bar Association
and serves as manager and vice president of the Cajon de Oro Little
League.
He is married, has four children, and lives at 4521 Hillview Drive,
La Mesa.
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#670
Governor Ronald Reagan today named four persons to the Orange
County Municipal Court bench.
The posts pay $28,126 per year.
Named were:
Walter E. Smith, a 39-year cld Republican. Smith, an Orange
attorney, is a 1958 graduate of the U.S.C. Law School. He received
his B.A. Degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1951.
He currently works as a receiver for the Orange County Superior
Court. In 1963, he was elected as a trustee of the Fullerton Union
High School and Junior College District.
He is married, has two daughters and lives at 501 Green Acre
Drive, Fullerton.
Fenton E. Jones, 56, a Huntington Beach lawyer. A Republican,
Jones is a 1949 graduate of the U.S.C. Law School and has been
engaged in private legal practice since then.
He is a director of the Huntington Beach Rotary Club and served
as president of the University Club of Long Beach from 1958-59. He
is currently vice president of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce
and has served as a director of the organization since 1964. He has
also been a director of the Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce since
1955.
He is married, has three children and resides at 2818 South
Rene Drive, Santa Ana.
Kenneth M. Smith, a 40-year old Republican and Newport Beach
attorney. Smith received a B.A. Degree from Stanford University in
1950 and took his law degree at the school in 1952.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Southern Cali-
fornia Defense Counsel Association and the Newport
Harbor Bar
Association.
He is married and has three children. He lives at 2020 Tustin
Avenue, Newport Beach.
-J. Edgar Thomson Rutter II, 37, a Newport Beach lawyer. Rutter,
a Republican, is a 1952 graduate of Princeton University. He re-
ceived his law degree from U.S.C. in 1955 and has been engaged in
private legal practice since then.
He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association and has
served on its Unauthorized Practice Committee.
He is married, has four children, and lives at 121 Via Havre,
Newport Beach.
Rutter replaces Judge William Christensen who retired.
The other three appointees will occupy judicial posts created
by the 1968 legislature.
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#671
Governor Ronald Reagan has named attorney Nick J. Drobac as a
judge of the Santa Cruz County Superior Court.
The job, created by the 1968 legislature, pays $30,572 annually.
Drobac, a 41-year-old Santa Cruz lawyer, is a 1954 graduate of
the University of Colorado Law School. He received his A. B. Degree
in 1951 from Stanford University.
He served as district attorney of Santa Cruz County from 1957-62.
He was a deputy district attorney in the county from 1955-57.
Drobac, a Republican, was president of the Santa Cruz County
Bar Association last year.
He served in the U. S. Army from 1945-46.
He is married, has two children, and lives at 1604 Wilshire Drive,
Aptos.
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#672
Governor Ronald Reagan today named two persons to the State
Marine Research Committee and reappointed two other members.
The jobs pay necessary expenses.
The new appointees are John J. Royal, 46, of San Pedro, and
John G. Peterson, a 50-year-old San Francisco Republican.
Royal, a Democrat, replaces John Hawk of Belvedere. Peterson
succeeds Arthur H. Mendonca of Berkeley. The terms of Hawk and
Mendonca expired.
Governor Reagan also reappointed Dr. Wilbert M. Chapman and
Robert E. Chapman, both of San Diego, to four-year terms. Dr. Chapman,
58, was first named to the committee in 1960. He is director of
marine resources for the Ralston-Purina Company. Robert Chapman, 51,
was appointed in 1963. He is an executive of Westgate-California
Foods in San Diego. Both are Republicans.
Royal has been executive secretary-treasurer of Fisherman's Union
33, I.L.W.U., South Palos Verdes, since 1957. Over the past 10 years
he has served in an advisory capacity to various state and federal
agencies in the field of commercial fishing. He has been a member of
the Fisherman's Union for the past 22 years. He served as Inter-
national Representative for the I.L.W.U. in 1956.
He lives at 1044 West Oliver Street, San Pedro.
Peterson is president of the Washington Fish and Oyster Company
of California in San Francisco. He is a former director and regional
vice president of the National Fisheries Institute; served as a
director of the American Seafood Distributors' Association and vice
president of the California Seafood Institute last year; and has been
a member of the Governor's Advisory Commission on Ocean Resources for
the past year.
He lives at 570 Laurent Road, Hillsborough.
The terms of Royal and Peterson will expire October 1, 1971.
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#673
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named attorney
Earle J. Gibbons to the Bakersfield Municipal Court bench.
The judicial post, created by the 1968 legislature, pays
$28,126 per year.
Gibbons, a 39-year old Democrat, is a 1961 graduate of the
U.C.L.A. School of Law. Prior to entering law school, he taught
high school English in Bakersfield. He serves as a charter member
and president=elect of the Westchester Kiwanis Club. He is also a
former member and current director of the Kern County U.C. Alumni
Association.
He is a member of the Board of the Salvation Army and serves
as a director and secretary of the Kern County Young Life Committee.
In 1966, he was chairman of the American Bar Association's
membership drive in Kern County and served as chairman of the Law Day
Schools Committee for the Kern County Bar Association in 1965.
He received the Bronze Star during the Korean War.
Gibbons is married, has four children and lives at 195 South
Garnsey Road, Bakersfield.
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11-20-68
Governor Reagan will sign a proclamation today recognizing the
period between November 15 and December 15 as "Californian-Mexican
American Education Month" in the state.
The document will be signed at a ceremony in the Governor's
Council Room at 11:30 a.m.
Taking part in the ceremony will be Ernest Garcia of Redlands,
president of the Association of Mexican-American Educators (AMAE);
Edward Moreno, past president of the Association and Sam Alvid,
chairman of the organization's Proclamation Committee.
Another 75 representatives from AMAE chapters in California will
also attend, including several couples dressed in colorful costumes
who will put on an exhibition of native folk dancing.
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#674
Governor Ronald Reagan today named San Bernardino police officer
Manuel Quevedo, Jr. and attorney James M Shumway to the State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board.
The posts pay $14,000 per year and require Senate confirmation.
The appointees will serve at the pleasure of the governor.
Quevedo, a 47-year-old Republican, replaces Robert Wagner of
Newport Beach. Shumway, also 47, succeeds Donald Tuttle of Sacramento.
Quevedo has served as commander of the San Bernardino Police
Department's Office of Community Relations for the past two years.
From 1965-67, he headed the department's Juvenile Bureau.
He joined the San Diego Police Department in 1946.
He is a navy veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict,
is married and has two children.
Quevedo is a former president of the San Bernardino Police Benefit
Association and is a past commander of American Legion Post 709.
He has also served as co-chairman of the Mexican-American Cancer
Project in San Bernardino County.
He lives at 1371 West Ninth Street, San Bernardino.
Shumway, a Republican, is a former assistant administrator of
the State Health and Welfare Agency and served on the State Unemploy-
ment Insurance Appeals Board for a brief period this past Spring
prior to resigning to run for Congress in the 4th Congressional
District,
He is a graduate of University of Illinois and received his law
degree from Stanford University.
He worked as Solano County Counsel prior to joining state service.
He lives at 19 Willotta Way, Suisun.
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CORRECTION
On Release #674, dated 11-20-68, substitute the following third
paragrap'i.
Quevedo, a 47-year-old Republican, replaces Donald Wagner of
Newport Beach. Shumway, also 47, succeeds Robert Tuttle of Sacramento.
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#675
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Eugene N. Babb of San Francisco
as a member of the Pilotage Rate Committee for San Francisco, San
Pablo and Suisun Bays.
The post is non-salaried.
Captain Babb, a 60-year-old Republican, will fill the unexpired
term of Tracy J. Mauldin of Alameda who resigned. The term will end
June 30, 1971.
Babb has been a bar pilot for the Port of San Francisco for the
past eight and one half years. He has worked as a shipmaster, marine
superintendent and bar pilot in the San Francisco Bay Area for some
four decades.
He lives at 1880 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco.
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#676
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Mariposa County Supervisor
Frank L. Long, Jr. as a member of the State Planning Advisory Committee.
The post pays necessary expenses. Long, a 42-year old
Republican, replaces John M. Mayfield who resigned.
Long will serve at the pleasure of the governor.
He was elected to the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors last
year and also serves as president of the Mountain Counties Water
Resources Association.
He has been a cattle rancher and breeder in the Mother Lode for
two decades.
He is married and has two sons. His address is Star Route,
Mariposa.
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#677
Governor Ronald Reagan today elevated municipal court Judge
Maxwell M. Willens to the San Joaquin County Superior Court bench.
The judicial post, created by the 1968 legislature, pays
$30,572 annually.
Willens, a 59-year old Republican, is a 1930 graduate of
Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles. He was admitted
to the State Bar the same year at the age of 21.
He served as assistant district attorney in San Joaquin County
from 1935-44. He was engaged in private law practice until 1962
when he was named to the municipal court in Stockton.
During the past six years, he has served as a judge pro tem of
the superior court in Stockton and Los Angeles.
He is married and has two sons, one a Los Angeles lawyer and
the other an assistant basketball coach at the University of the
Pacific.
Willens is a former president of the San Joaquin County Bar
Association, the Stockton Eagles, 20-30 Club, Stockton Junior Chamber
of Commerce and local lodge of the B'nai B'rith. He is also a
director of the Stockton Boys' Club.
He currently is serving as chairman of the Seminar Committee
of the California Conference of Judges.
He lives at 1249 West Stratford Circle, Stockton.
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#678
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Los Angeles County Superior
Court Commissioner James F. Nelson to the municipal court bench,
Los Angeles Judicial District.
The post, newly created by the 1968 legislature, pays $28,126
per year.
Nelson, 41, is registered as a non-partisan. He is a 1953
graduate of the Loyola University School of Law. He received his
B. A. Degree in 1950 from U.C.L.A.
He is a former deputy LAS Angeles County district attorney
(1954-56) and served as a referee in the Juvenile Department of the
Los Angeles Superior Court from 1965-67.
He was a co-author of the 1966 edition of the Juvenile Court
Manual of Policy, Practice and Procedure.
He has worked as commissioner of the court since March, 1967.
Nelson is a co-founder of the Citrus-Pomona Community Relations
Committee and has served as chairman of the Juvenile Court Annual
Seminar Committee.
He is married and has two children. They live at 3628 Westridge
Avenue, Covina.
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#679
Governor Ronald Reagan today promoted Kirk West, a key Resources
Agency official over the past 13 months, to the position of State
Deputy Director of Finance.
At the same time, Finance Director Caspar Weinberger announced
the elevation of his present deputy director, James S, Dwight, Jr.
to the post of Chief Deputy Director of Finance. Dwight, 34, has
served as deputy director since January 2, 1967.
West, 31, was born in China, the son of an American protestant
missionary. He has served as assistant to the secretary of the
Resources Agency, Norman B. Livermore, since October, 1967. In this
job, his responsibilities have included coordination of both adminis-
tration policy in the resources area and legislative programs.
He was research director for the Republican State Central
Committee from 1963-66 and served as senior consultant to the
Assembly Minority in Sacramento until taking the $20, 500-per-year
Resources Agency post.
West is a 1954 graduate of Medford, Oregon, High School. He
received a B. A. Degree in political science from Stanford University
in 1958 after which he worked for approximately one year as an
investigator for the Oregon Medical Board.
He resumed his university studies in 1961 and, as a Falk
Foundation Fellow, received an M. A. Degree in political science the
following year from the University of California at Berkeley.
Dwight assumes a post previously held by Charles E. Dixon who
took a year's leave of absence as Stanislaus County administrative
officer to serve as chief deputy director of the department. Dixon
returned to his county job on October 1.
Dwight, a certified public accountant, is a 1956 graduate of the
University of Southern California. He was employed by Sunkist Growers,
Inc., Los Angeles, from 1958-67. He joined the firm as a chief
accountant and worked himself up through the ranks to the position of
controller before joining the Reagan administration.
He will continue to receive $26,796 annually as chief deputy
director of finance. West will also earn $26,796 per year.
Both men are Republicans.
West will officially assume his new duties December 1.
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Sacramento, California
Contact:
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11-22-68
#680
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 25, 1968
through
December 1, 1968
Monday, November 25
a.m.
Depart Los Angeles International Airport for
Sacramento Metropolitan Airport.
Noon
Comstock Club Luncheon, Martinique Room,
Sacramento Inn. Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento.
Tuesday, November 26
9:45 a.m.
Signing of a giant Christmas card for
servicemen in Vietnam, Governor's office.
11:30 a.m.
Presentation of live Thanksgiving turkey
by California Turkey Growers Association
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, November 27
a.m.
Depart Sacramento Metropolitan Airport for
Los Angeles International Airport.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, November 28-
Sunday, December 1
No public appointments scheduled.
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11.25.68
Due to the urgent nature of events on the San Francisco State
College campus, Governor Reagan will today attend the State College
Board of Trustees meeting in Los Angeles. All appointments which
were scheduled for today in Press Memo No. 680 are cancelled.
Gordon Luce, State Business and Transportation Secretary will
address the Comstock Club luncheon at the Sacramento Inn, replacing
Governor Reagan.
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#681
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Hillsborough attorney
G. Brooks Ice to the San Mateo municipal court bench.
The post, created by the 1968 legislature, pays $28,126 per year.
Ice, a 57-year-old Republican, is a 1951 graduate of Hastings
Law School, San Francisco. He took his A. B. Degree from San Jose
State College in 1936 and received a general secondary teaching
credential from the Stanford University Graduate School of Education
in 1937.
He worked as a California Highway Patrol officer from 1937-42
and served in the U. S. Army four years during World War II.
In 1946, he returned to the Highway Patrol. He also took law
courses part time. In 1948, he left the patrol to devote full
attention to the study of law and was admitted to the State Bar in 1951.
He became a San Mateo County deputy district attorney in 1952
and four years later joined the San Mateo law firm of Monaco and Ice
as a partner. The firm is now called Monaco, Ice and Reeve.
Ice is a past adjutant of the San Mateo American Legion post and
serves as a member of the Panel of Hearing Officers of the American
Arbitration Association.
He is married and lives at 1509 Black Mountain Road, Hillsborough.
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# 682
Governor Ronald Reagan said today he has reluctantly agreed to
accept the resignation of William P. Clark Jr. as his executive
secretary, effective next January 31.
The governor also announced he plans to appoint Clark as a superior
court judge in San Luis Obispo County where the Clarks will reside on
their cattle ranch near Paso Robles.
Clark, a 37-year old attorney and rancher, has served as a key
member of the Reagan administration since its beginnings first as
cabinet secretary and, for the past 15 months, as executive secretary
to the governor.
Reagan said he has selected his legal affairs secretary, Edwin
Meese III, to replace Clark as executive secretary. Meese has served
as legal affairs secretary since early in 1967.
The governor called both Clark and Meese "outstanding young men
of great executive ability men who have brought responsible leader-
ship to the administration and dedication to their key tasks in
government."
Of Clark, he said:
"I have long been aware of Bill's desire to return to Paso Robles
and the ranch.
"From the very outset, Bill made it plain that he intended to work
in state government for approximately eight months.
"At my personal insistence, he graciously agreed to extend his stay
in Sacramento.
"He has contributed much to the success of state government during
the past two years. His performance as executive secretary has been
outstanding. He is one of the brightest and ablest young men I have
ever had the pleasure of knowing.
"His qualities of leadership and the balanced judgment he has
demonstrated in state service will serve the San Luis Obispo County
judiciary exceedingly well. It is a well-known fact that he commands
the respect of the legal profession, having built up a successful law
practice in Ventura County during the 10 years prior to joining this
administration.
"I will miss him, and I know I express the sentiments of the rest
of my staff in this regard."
"At the same time, I realize that his responsibilities in Sacrament
have required a great deal of time and sacrifice especially in terms
of family interests and personal commitments.
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"For this reason, I am reluctantly accepting his resignation.
And, while I am pleased that he has agreed to remain on as executive
secretary through January, I am also happy that he will be able to
continue to render service to the people of this state as a member of
the judicial bench.
"Bill's dedication--and that of others like him in this
administration to the principles of good government through citizen
participation in the governmental process--is a continuing source of
inspiration to me.
"I am extremely proud of the way so many members of the
administration have given of their time and energies to see to it
that state government truly works for the good of all the people,"
the governor said.
Clark commented: "I am proud to have been a part of the new
concept which Governor Reagan has given to state government, that of
bringing the best talents of business, industry and the professions
directly into the functions of government.
"It has been a signal pleasure for me," he said, "to work for the
governor during these past two years. It has been the most exciting,
most rewarding period of my life, a time I will always remember and be
thankful for."
Among Clark's major contributions to the administrative function
of the executive branch were the establishment of procedures designed
to reduce the size of memoranda and reports between the governor's
office and the agencies and departments; and refinements in the
decision-making process.
As cabinet secretary he also played a key role in writing and
implementing recommendations to reorganize the executive branch.
Meese, 36, is a 1953 graduate of Yale University. He received
his law degree from the University of California's Boalt Hall in
Berkeley in 1958.
Prior to joining the Reagan administration, he served as Alameda
County deputy district attorney for seven years. He was a member of
and
the Senior Criminal Trial Staff, worked as a legislative liaison
representative and legal advisor to the Alameda County Grand Jury.
In 1965, he was selected as one of the "Five Outstanding Young
Men of California" by the State Junior Chamber of Commerce.
As legal affairs secretary, Meese's duties have included the
handling of all interstate and international extraditions, advising
and assisting the governor in matters of executive clemency, liaison
with legal and law enforcement agencies and organizations, staff
responsibility in criminal justice matters, coordination of emergency
planning and operations, and supervision of the community relations
and local government functions of the governor's staff.
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He serves as a member of the State Bar's Special Committee on
Crime Control and the Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure.
He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Center for the
Study of Criminal Justice at the University of California, Davis, and
represents the governor on the California Council on Criminal Justice.
From 1965-67, Meese was a member of the University of California
School of Law.
He lives with his wife and three children in Carmichael.
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Contact: Paul Beck
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11.26.68
Governor Reagan is attending the
Board of Trustees' meeting in Los Angeles
today.
All scheduled office appointments have
been cancelled.
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#683
Governor Ronald Reagan today named San Rafael attorney Edward W.
McGuire to the Marin County Superior Court bench.
The job, created by the 1968 legislature, pays $30,572 per year.
McGuire, a 44-year-old Republican, served as Marin County Counsel
from 1960-63. He was a deputy district attorney for five years in
San Rafael prior to being selected as assistant Marin County counsel
in 1957.
A 1950 graduate of the University of San Francisco Law School,
he has been a partner in the San Rafael legal firm of Bagshaw,
Martinelli, Weissich and Jordan since 1964.
McGuire is a former vice president (1965) and president (1966) of
the Marin County Bar Association. He has also been a director of
United Cerebral Palsy of Marin, the Marin Symphony Guild and the
Tuberculosis and Health Association of Marin.
He is married, has three children, and resides at 1 Rosebank Lane,
Kentfield.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today named Redwood City attorney
Robert F. Kane to a newly-created position on the San Mateo County
Superior Court. The post pays $30,572.
Kane, 42, is a Republican and partner in the law firm of Kane,
Thrasher & Galligan.
A native of Denver, he is a World War II Navy veteran and was
graduated from the University of San Francisco with a law degree in
1952. He also attended Menlo Park Junior College, San Mateo Junior
College and U.S.C. He has been associated with several law firms
since his graduation,
Kane is a member of the San Mateo County Bar Association, the
State Bar, the American Bar Association, International Society of
Barristers and presently serves as a member of the administrative
committee of the State Bar on disciplinary matters.
He lives at 2125 Ensenada Way, San Mateo, is married and has
five children.
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11-27-68
San Joaquin County District Attorney Laurence Drivon was named
by Governor Ronald Reagan today as a municipal court judge in the
Stockton judicial district. He succeeds Judge Maxwell M. Willens, who
was elevated to the superior court.
Drivon, 55, was graduated from Stanford with an A.B. in 1935 and
received his law degree after study at University of California School
of Jurisprudence and San Francisco Law School.
He was a deputy district attorney in San Joaquin County from
1946 to 1950 when he was named chief trial deputy. He was assistant
district attorney from 1955-59 and named district attorney in 1959
by the board of supervisors. He was elected in 1962 and re-elected in
1966.
Drivon is a member of the state bar, the American Bar Association,
American Judicature Society, National District Attorneys' Association,
California Peace Officers' Association, and a past president of the
San Joaquin County Bar Association and the California District Attorneys'
Association.
He has been active in numerous civic affairs and is a member of
the commonwealth Club of San Francisco and the California Judicial
Merit Plan Committee.
A republican, he is married and has five children. He resides at
3024 North American Street, Stockton.
In 1967 he was awarded the distinguished service placque from the
California District Attorney's Association. The post pays $28,126
annually.
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#686
Santa Barbara attorney Floyd Cummings Dodson was named today by
Governor Ronald Reagan to the superior court in Santa Barbara County,
replacing Judge Percy Heckendorf who retired in September.
Dodson, 44, is a native of Lockhart, Texas, and is a navy veteran
of World War II. He attended Texas A & M and U.C., Berkeley, and
received an LLB from Hastings College of the Law in 1952 and a JD in
1967.
He has been engaged in the private practice of law since 1953 and
since March, 1962 has been a partner in the law firm of Haines and
Dodson.
Dodson is a member of National State, and County Bar Associations
and the American Trial Lawyers Association.
He lives at 200 Olive Mill Road, Santa Barbara. He is married
and has five children. He is a republican. The post pays $30,572.
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#687
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following Thanksgiving
Day message:
"We have much to be grateful for on this Thanksgiving Day.
"
For the continued blessings of liberty;
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For a precious national heritage;
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For the challenge of a future filled with justice and peace;
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For the privilege of expressing our thanks to a Creator who
gives meaning and substance to life;
"
For the love of family and friends;
"
For the brave men and women who serve our nation overseas,
and especially to those who even now are risking their lives for the
preservation of freedom on the battlefields of Vietnam;
"
For the responsibilities we owe to the rule of the law,
which responsibilities, in turn, make our freedoms possible.
"For all of this and so much more, we are very grateful this
day. "
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
11-29-68
#688
Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Santa Paula attorney
Edwin F. Beach as a superior court judge in Ventura County. He replaces
Judge William Reppy, who was elevated to the district court of appeal.
Beach, 44, was born in Lima, Peru and has been a California
resident for the past 38 years. He is a World War II army veteran.
He attended Pasadena Junior College and received his law degree
from U.S.C. Beach has spent nearly 18 years in active general practice
of law in Santa Paula and in 1958 was elected judge of the Santa Paula-
Fillmore-Piru Judicial District (justice court) and now serves frequent-
ly as judge pro tempore in Ventura County Municipal Court.
He is a member of the American, California, and Ventura County Bar
Associations, a former president of the County Bar and a member of the
State Bar Committee on legislation and the American Bar's section on
judicial administration. He also is a member of the American Judicature
Society and has taught law at Ventura Junior College.
Beach is a member of the Santa Paula Elementary School Board, a
member of the Commonwealth Club of California and has been active in
numerous community and civic affairs.
A Republican, he is married and has seven children. He lives at
1500 Say Road, Santa Paula.
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
11.29.68
#689
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
December 1, 1968
through
December 8, 1968
Sunday, December 1
P.M.
Depart Los Angeles International Airport for
Sacramento Metropolitan Airport
Monday, December 2
11:45 a.m.
Signing of Giant Christmas Card sponsored by Tulare
Chamber of Commerce for boys in Vietnam, Governor's
Office
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, December 3
9:30 a.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Orange
County Airport
11:00 a.m.
Secretaries of State Conference, Disneyland Hotel,
Anaheim. Remarks.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Wednesday, December 4 -
Saturday, December 7
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE,
PALM SPRINGS
Sunday, December 8
8:00 p.m.
Convention of California School Boards Association
and California Association of School Administrators,
Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim. Remarks
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EJG