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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - November 1973
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-2-73
Governor and Mrs. Reagan will return to Sacramento the evening
of November 6 after voting in the special election on Proposition 1
at their home precinct in Pacific Palisades. They will observe the
election returns in the governor's office, and Governor Reagan will be
available to the press in Room 1190, the Press Conference Room, once
the results are known.
For the convenience of the press, Governor Reagan will host a
light buffet in the Governor's Office Council Room beginning at 9 plm.
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-2-73
#550
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the reappointments of
Allan Grant of Berkeley, Edmund A. Mirassou of San Jose, Herbert A.
Fleming of Salinas and Wesley N. Sawyer of Waterford as members of the
state Board of Agriculture.
Grant, president of the California Farm Bureau Federation and a
member of the board of the American Farm Bureau Federation, was
redesignated president of the state board.
A 66-year-old Republican, Grant has been president and a member of
the state board since 1967. He is a native of Los Angeles and received
his education in agriculture and economics at Montana State and the
University of California at Los Angeles.
Mirassou, 55, a Republican, has been a member of the board since
June of 1972. He was born in San Jose, attended San Jose State University
and is a partner in Mirassou Vineyards. He has been a member of the Wine
Advisory Board since its founding in 1938 and its chairman since 1953.
He is also a director of the Wine Institute and past president of the
Santa Clara Wine Growers Association.
Fleming, a 51-year-old Republican, is an officer and stockholder
in the Admiral Packing Company in Salinas and in charge of the firm's
production and harvesting operations. He is a graduate of UCLA and a
past president and director of the Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association
of Central California. He is a member of the Board of Governors and
Executive Committee of the Council of California Growers. He was first
named to the state board in 1972.
Sawyer, 64, a Waterford rancher, is a Republican. He is a graduate
of the University of the Pacific with an A.B. Degree in economics. He is
a past president of the California Holstein-Friesian Association of
America and is president of the California Milk Producers Association.
He has been a member of the state board since 1969.
All four members received four-year terms. They will receive their
necessary expenses when on official business.
#####
Addresses:
Edmund A. Mirassou
Wesley N. Sawyer
Rt. 3, Box 344
Diamond S. Ranch
San Jose 95121
600 Roberts Ferry
Waterford 95386
Herbert A. Fleming
14 Santa Ana Drive
Allan Grant
Salinas, California
351 Hanover
Oakland 94606
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-2-73
#551
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Mrs. Loretta G. Fogarty of San Francisco as a member of the Sonoma
State Hospital Advisory Board.
Mrs. Fogarty fills the unexpired term of Donald Mahler of Arcata,
who has resigned.
A Democrat, Mrs. Fogarty is a member of Aid Retarded Children, Inc.,
of San Francisco, and is the treasurer of the Parent Hospital Association
of the Sonoma State Hospital.
Advisory Board members receive their necessary expenses.
######
Address:
Mrs. Loretta G. Fogarty
91 Inverness Drive
San Francisco 91432
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-2-73
#552
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Willard A. Ridings of San Marino as a member of the El Pueblo de Los
Angeles State Historical Monument Commission. His term will expire
January 1, 1975.
A 67-year-old Republican, Ridings succeeds David H. Workman of
Los Angeles.
Ridings is a senior planner with the Los Angeles City Planning
Department and is an honowary life member of the American Society of
Planning Officials. He has been employed by the City of Los Angeles
for 37 years.
Commission members receive their necessary expenses.
######
Address:
Willard A. Ridings
2575 Ridgeway Road
San Marino 91108
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-2-73
#553
Lieutenant Governor Ed Reinecke today announced that the federal
government will not strictly enforce the mandatory fuel allocation
program in California during the remainder of November but it will be
in full effect beginning December 1.
Reinecke received the change in federal plans from Marmaduke Ligon,
director of the Division of Oil and Gas in the Department of the Interior
Ligon said in a statement to Reinecke:
"Because of the unique seasonal variations between the months of
November, 1972 and November, 1973, in California, the mandatory
allocation program for middle distillate fuels within this state only,
will not be strictly enforced.
"All suppliers and wholesalers will be held harmless from strict
compliance through the balance of November. During this transitional
period, all suppliers, wholesalers and users will be expected to take a
common sense approach in dealing with voluntary allocations and to use
restraint in the consumption of these critical fuels.
"Mandatory allocations, however, will go into full force and effect
in California on December 1, 1973.
Reinecke sent telegrams Thursday to President Nixon and Governor
John Love, director and assistant to the President in the Energy Policy
Office.
He requested that a moratorium be immediately declared on the
mandatory allocation program for middle distillate fuels for the month
of November. He also made the request in a telephone conversation with
Fred Bensen, Love's assistant.
"I am extremely pleased with the federal action in this matter,"
Reinecke said. "If the allocation program had gone into effect as
originally announced, agriculture in California would have come to a
near standstill.
"We will continue working with the Energy Policy Office to assure
that California agriculture will have sufficient fuel to meet its needs."
Reinecke is chairman of the State Energy Planning Council.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-2-73
#554
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 5, 1973
through
November 11, 1973
Monday, November 5
Noon
Plant Visit to TRW Systems, Redondo Beach
Overnight - Los Angeles
Tuesday, November 6
10:00 a.m.
Governor and Mrs. Reagan will vote,
Paul Revere Jr. High School, Allenford Avenue,
West Los Angeles.
2:00-2:15
3:00 p.m.
Governor to walk a precinct: 20th Street -
22nd bounded by Montana and Carlyle Streets,
Santa Monica.
10:00 p.m.
Listen to election returns in Capitol Office.
Meet the Press, Room 1190, when election
results are known.
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, November 7
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, November 8
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, November 9
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, November 10
11:00 a.m.
Groundbreaking for the new Hospital of the
Good Samaritan, Witmer and Shatto Streets,
Los Angeles
USC - Stanford football game
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, November 11
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-5-73
Governor Reagan will be holding press conferences in San Diego,
Los Angeles and San Francisco today to discuss Proposition 1.
The first press conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the
Airport Manager's Conference Room near gate 17 at San Diego International
Airport.
At noon, Governor Reagan will be available to the Los Angeles press
at TRW, 1 Space Park, Redondo Beach, immediately prior to addressing
several thousand TRW employees.
The third press conference of the day will be held in the lobby
of Butler Aviation at San Francisco International Airport at 2:30 p.m.
#######
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR I ALD REAGAN
REL SE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-5-73
#555
Governor Ronald Reagan today warned that "if Proposition 1 fails,
politicians who feel taxes aren't high enough will pass nearly $2.3
billion in new spending bills" next year.
He said this will occur because the "big spending politicians will
feel they have a mandate for greater spending.
"Taxes will again skyrocket if Proposition 1 doesn't pass, the
governor added.
In a statement the governor said:
"I have fulfilled my promise of 13 months ago. Tomorrow,
Californians will have a chance to vote themselves a tax cut.
"But they may not do so because they are being confused by the
massive, big lie technique of those opposing Proposition 1. The latest
poll shows that two-thirds of the people who say they will vote against
Proposition 1 are doing so because they think it will raise their taxes.
"I want to assure every voter that Proposition 1 cannot and will not
raise their taxes. Indeed, it prohibits their taxes from ever going up
faster than their income without their permission.
"It is a Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
"The biggest lie of all is the assertion that local taxes will
increase because of Proposition 1. That is false. The Proposition
absolutely prohibits local tax rates from increasing without the consent
of the people.
"There is one thing certain: taxes will increase quickly and much
more rapidly even than they do now if Proposition 1 fails.
"Here is the clear proof of that assertion:
"Pending right now before the legislature are billions of dollars
in spending bills just waiting for Proposition 1 to fail. A few of the
opponents and their spending plans are:
Senator Moscone: $1.631 billion in additional spending.
Assemblyman Burton: $356 million;
Speaker Moretti: $300 million.
"Thus, if Proposition 1 fails, these and many other spending bills
will be passed in short order by politicians who feel that taxes aren't
high enough. Without Proposition 1, it will be very difficult for me to
make my vetoes of these bills stick because the politicians will feel
they have a mandate for greater spending. Taxes will again skyrocket.
"There is only one way taxpayers can protect themselves from more
expenditures, bigger government, and much, much higher taxes. That is
to vote 'YES' on Proposition 1 tomorrow."
#####
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-6-73
#556
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"Today I fulfilled my promise to give the people a chance to vote
themselves a tax cut, and a limit on the percentage of their earnings
the state could take from them.
"My fellow Californians have responded---some at the ballot box,
some by staying home.
"They have opposed the proposition.
"This does not change the fact that the present tax burden is too
high and is increasing too rapidly, and that it should not continue to
rise faster than the people's earnings. But those who were concerned
enough to vote today evidently felt Proposition 1 was not the solution.
Perhaps some felt that it should not be in the Constitution; or that
local taxes might somehow be increased, and the burden shifted to local
government. This, of course, was untrue but those who led and financed
the campaign against Proposition 1 effectively exploited these concerns
without ever having to admit or explain their basic purpose; which is to
retain unlimited taxing authority while increasing public spending and
the size of government.
"One benefit at least has resulted from Proposition putting it
on the ballot forced the legislature to give $800 million surplus back
to the taxpayers.
"Naturally I wish we could have won, but I do not regret the
attempt we made.
"I look upon this campaign as a first step in alerting the people to
the incredible rate of government growth, and the speed with which the
tax burden is increasing faster than the income of our citizens. The
effort was timely and worthwhile. We can all take pride in what has been
accomplished, and we must now direct our efforts at further progress
toward tax reduction.
"I am, of course, disappointed. I wish the basic philosophical
issues could have been more clearly drawn without the distracting,
irrelevant and confusing play on human fears and the basic emotions of
the people.
"But we will look ahead. There can be no recount, no reassessment,
no unproductive exchange of recriminations.
"I shall continue to seize every opportunity to hold down spending,
,
the size of government and the taxpayers' burden.
"We will just have to try harder."
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR K ALD REAGAN
RELEAS.
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-7-73
#557
Governor Ronald Reagan today offered a $10,000 reward for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or
persons responsible for the murder of Oakland School Superintendent
Marcus Foster
Foster, a 50-year-old educator who came to Oakland in 1970, and his
deputy superintendent Robert Blackburn were gunned down in an Oakland
parking lot Tuesday evening. Blackburn remains in critical condition
at this writing.
Governor Reagan offered the reward under provisions of the state
Penal Code.
"I am shocked and saddened over this vicious attack and the
resulting tragedy, = Governor Reagan said.
"Marcus Foster was an outstanding man in the midst of a brilliant
career. I am confident that if this tragedy had not occurred, he would
have received national recognition as one of our country's leading
educators.
"He was a 'no nonsense' type individual whose main purpose in life
was to improve the quality of education for all children. His loss will
be felt by present and future students in Oakland, by California and
the entire educational community.
"Mrs. Reagan and I extend our sincere sympathies to his wife and
children. We join all Californians in mourning his death."
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR Rt LD REAGAN
Sacramento, California 95814
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Ed Gray, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-9-73
#559
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 12, 1973
through
November 18, 1973
Monday, November 12
9:45 a.m.
American Association of State Highway Officials
Convention, Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles. Speech.
11:30 a.m.
California Grocers' Association Convention,
Disneyland Hotel. Speech.
7:30 p.m.
Reception and Dinner honoring Supreme Court
Justice Marshall McComb, Marriott Hotel,
Los Angeles. Remarks.
Overnight - Los Angeles
Tuesday, November 13
11:30 a.m.
Carving of Thanksgiving Turkey, Sacramento.
Governor's office - 15 minutes.
Press coverage invited
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, November 14
Evening
Los Angeles Opera
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, November 15
Noon
California Taxpayers Board of Directors
luncheon, Top of the Cosmo, Cosmopoliton Motor
Hotel, Sacramento. Remarks.
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, November 16
Evening
Mississippi State GOP Fundraiser, Jackson,
Mississippi. Speech.
Overnight - Jackson, Mississippi
Saturday, November 17
University of Tennessee-Old Miss Football Game,
Jackson, Mississippi.
Sunday, November 18
Republican Governors' Conference,
Memphis, Tennessee
######
Walthall
Sacramento, California 95814
Ed Gray, Press Secret
y
916-445-4571
11-15-73
#560
Governor Ronald Reagan today reluctantly accepted the resignation
of his press secretary, Ed Gray, who is leaving the administration to
become vice president of one of the state's largest financial institutions
the San Diego Federal Savings and Loan Association.
Gray, 38, has been a key member of the governor's staff since
November, 1967. He joined the administration as assistant press secretary
was promoted in 1968 to associate press secretary, and was again promoted
to press secretary to the governor in March, 1972.
During his six years on the governor's staff, Gray has drafted most
of the governor's important public policy statements, including major
messages to the legislature on welfare reform, revenue control and tax
reduction, the budget, consumer protection, environmental protection, as
well as many veto messages.
As press secretary, Gray has served as the governor's chief
spokesman and representative with the press, including working newsmen
throughout the state, newspaper publishers, editors and radio and
television general managers.
Governor Reagan said he was accepting Gray's resignation reluctantly
and with mixed emotions. "Early in 1972, Ed was about to accept an offer
from the same firm, but we managed to talk him out of it and keep him on
the staff as the governor's press secretary, the governor said,
"I regret that he is now leaving, but I understand his desire to
renew his career in business. Like most members of this administration,
he never planned to make state government a career.
"Ed Gray, through his outstanding performance, his energy and
dedication to the goals of this administration, has earned the respect and
admiration of all of us who have worked so closely with him during these
past six years. We will miss him and his talents very much.
"At the same time, I am pleased and proud that his abilities have
been recognized outside government and I know he will continue his
outstanding performance in his important new job in the private sector.
I wish him every success in the future, the governor said,
Gray called his years on the governor's staff "the opportunity of a
lifetime, an incomparable experience and one for which I will always be
immensely proud and deeply grateful. Ronald Reagan is the finest boss
anyone could ever have and the greatest governor California has ever had. "
Gray said. Gray's resignation is effective tomorrow, November 16.
A graduate of Modesto High School and Fresno State College, Gray was
a member of the public relations staff of Pacific Telephone before joining
the Reagan administration.
He previously worked as a staff writer and day news editor in the
Madrid, Spain bureau of United Press International from 1961-63, and was
a newsman at radio station KMJ, Fresno, from 1957-60.
A successor will be named shortly.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELE 'E: Immediate
Sacramento, Californ 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-16-73
#561
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Clyde
Walthall as his press secretary.
Walthall, 46, who has been the governor's associate press secretary
since March of 1972, succeeds Ed Gray. Gray has resigned to become a
vice president of the San Diego Federal Savings and Loan Association.
The appointment is effective immediately.
Walthall served as press secretary to former Assembly Speaker
Bob Monagan (1969-70) and was an assistant to the secretary of the
Human Relations Agency (now the Health and Welfare Agency) in 1971-72.
He came to Sacramento in 1967 as the administrative assistant to
Assembly Minority Caucus.
Educated at Coffeyville, Kansas Junior College and the University
of Kansas, Walthall was managing editor of the Coffeyville Daily Journal
and sports director of radio station KGGF in Coffeyville (1952-62).
He also was managing editor of the Grand Island, Nebraska Daily
Independent (1963) and was an editorial writer for the Oakland Tribune
(1964-67).
He is a former director of the Kansas Press Association and a past
president of the association's third district.
Walthall and his wife Lucille have a 14-year-old son. They make
their home in Sacramento. He will receive an annual salary of $32,256.
######
Address:
6841 Chevy Chase Way
Sacramento, California 95823
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
MEMO TO-THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-16-73
#562
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
November 19, 1973
through
December 6, 1973
Monday, November 19
Republican Governors' Conference,
Memphis, Tennessee
Tuesday, November 20
a.m.
Republican Governors' Conference
p.m.
Return to Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Wednesday, November 21
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Thursday, November 22
Thanksgiving Day
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Friday, November 23
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, November 24
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, November 25
a.m.
Depart for Australia
Monday, November 26
through
Wednesday, December 5
Australia
Thursday, December 6
Arrive Los Angeles
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
######
Walthall
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Pres Secretary
916-445-4571
11-16-73
#563
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of Ford B.
Ford, deputy secretary of the Resources Agency; Gerald A. Shearin of
Marysville, and Herbert Monroe Browne of Bakersfield as members of the
Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board.
The appointments require confirmation by the state Senate.
Ford, 51, who has been with the Resources Agency since 1969, was
designated chairman. He is a 1948 graduate of the University of
California at Berkeley with a B.S. degree in production management control
A former postmaster of Bishop, California and a Democrat, Ford began
state service in 1955 as an administrative analyst for the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee. In 1967, he was appointed consultant and
executive secretary of the Senate Fact Finding Committee on Natural
Resources. As chairman of the Appeals Board, he will receive an annual
salary of $31,765.
Norman B. Livermore, secretary of the Resources Agency and a member
of the governor's cabinet, said he regretted losing Ford but wished him
well in his new assignment.
"Ford has done a tremendous job for the Resources Agency and the
people of California,' Livermore said. "No job has been too difficult
for him and all of us at the Resources Agency will miss him. We wish him
every success.
Ford holds membership in the California Commonwealth Club, is a past
vice president of the Fair Oaks Rotary Club and is a past committeeman of
the Boy Scouts of America.
Shearin, 61, a Democrat, retired in 1970 as secretary-treasurer of
Teamsters Local 137 with headquarters in Marysville.
Reared and educated in the Redding and Millville area, Shearin is a
former president of the Joint Council of Teamsters Local 38 which has its
headquarters in Sacramento, and a former vice president of the California
State Building and Construction Trades Council headquartered in San
Francisco.
/Board
He is a former member of the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control, which
has been abolished, and served as a member of the state Air Resources
Board from 1967 to 1972.
Browne, 56, a political independent, is a native of Bakersfield. He
is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles with a B.A.
degree in political science, and holds a Master's degree from the
University's Berkeley campus in educational administration.
A retired businessman, Browne has ranching interests in Wheatland
and Lincoln.
The Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board was created by the
legislature this year (AB 150 Fenton) and is in the Department of
Industrial Relations.
Board members will serve four-year terms and will receive an annual
salary of $30,250.
#####
Walthall
Addresses:
Gerald A. Shearin
Ford B. Ford
Herbert Monroe Browne
3719 Arboga Road
7416 Westgate Drive
6509 Yosemite Place
Marysville Calif
Citrus Heights Calif
Deleased
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press ecretary
916-445-4571
11-19-73
#564
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
M. Ross Bigelow of Lakewood as judge of the Los Angeles County Superior
Court.
Bigelow, 49, succeeds Judge Kenneth Holland who has retired.
A Republican, Bigelow has been judge of the Los Cerritos Municipal
Court since 1969.
Born in Hemet, California, Bigelow attended Long Beach City College
and the California Institute of Technology before receiving a B.S. degree
from the University of Southern California in 1945. He received his law
degree in 1950 from USC after World War II service with the U.S. Navy.
Bigelow has been a partner in the Lakewood law firm of Bigelow and
Sullivan since 1956. He is a former president of the Lakewood Jaycees
and the Lakewood Rotary Club, and is a member of the Los Angeles County
District Attorney's Advisory Council and serves on the organization's
legislative committee.
He also holds memberships in the Long Beach, Los Angeles County,
California and American Bar Associations, and the American and California
Trial Lawyers Associations.
Bigelow is the father of four children. He will receive an annual
salary of $37, 615.
#####
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE:
A .Ms. WEDNESDAY
Sacramento, Califor a 95814
OVEMBER 21, 1973
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-20-73
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE
RELEASE
#565
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Joseph R. Longacre, Jr., of Moraga as judge of the Municipal Court in
the Walnut Creek-Danville Judicial District in Contra Costa County.
Longacre, a 51-year-old Republican, fills the vacancy created by
the elevation of Judge Richard Calhoun to the Superior Court Bench.
Born in Berkeley, Longacre has been a practicing attorney since
1952. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley,
and received his law degree from Hastings College of the Law.
After general practice in Oakland, Longacre opened a branch office
in Orinda in 1955 and has conducted his practice from that city since
1963. He has been a judge pro tem in the Walnut Creek-Danville Municipal
Court on numerous occasions.
In addition to his private practice, Longacre has taught law at
Golden State College in San Francisco, University of California, the
American Institute of Banking in Walnut Creek, and the Contra Costa
County Board of Realtors.
He is a member of the Contra Costa County, California and American
Bar Associations. He will receive an annual salary of $34,605.
######
Walthall
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Pre
Secretary
916-445-4571
11-21-73
#566
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Thomas H. E. Cottrell of St. Helena to the 25th District Agricultural
Association board of directors. The association operates the Napa
Town and Country Fair.
Cottrell, 37, a Republican, replaces George C. Warner, of Napa,
who resigned. The term expires January 15, 1975. Cottrell is president
and winemaker of Cuvaison, Inc.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
######
Address:
1752 Scott Street
St. Helena, California 94574
Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califo: a 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-21-73
#567
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Santa
Maria farmer Isamu Minami to the 37th District Agricultural Association
Board of Directors. The association operates the Santa Barbara County
Fair.
Minami, 51, a Republican, replaces the late Ray Koyama. The term
expires January 15, 1974. Minami has been in the farming business all
his life and is a partner in Security Farms.
Board members receive necessary expenses.
######
Address:
1009 East McNeil Avenue
Santa Maria, California 93454
Gercia
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Pre
Secretary
916-445-4571
11-21-73
#568
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following Thanksgiving
Day message:
"As we pause on this special day to give thanks for our individual
blessings, we may also thank God that our nation is at peace, that the
fiber of our country remains strong, and that the chances for a lasting
peace are enhanced by the spirit of Thanksgiving.
"When we as a people bow our heads and offer thanks to the Creator
for the good that is ours, peace becomes more precious and our resolve
is strengthened.
"We may be thankful that the spirit of Thanksgiving abounds today
as it did in the hearts of the Pilgrims. They faced almost unbelievable
hardships, but they would not be defeated because they believed in
themselves and what they were doing. Yet, they were grateful to God
for his guidance and benevolence.
"May it ever be so in our great country. "
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi )5814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-21-73
#569
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Benjamin N. Hamrick of El Cajon as judge of the San Diego County
Superior Court.
Hamrick, a 49-year old Republican, succeeds Judge Bonsall Noon
who has retired.
An attorney since 1951, Hamrick has been a partner in the
San Diego law firm of Strop and Hamrick for the past 16 years.
He attended San Diego State College and received his law degree
in 1950 from the University of California's Hastings College of the
Law.
Hamrick is a member of the San Diego, California and American
Bar Associations, and is an advocate with the American Board of Trial
Advocates. He is a past vice president of the San Diego Barrister's
Club, and served a two-year term on the Local Disciplinary Committee
of the State Bar Association.
A native of Kokomo, Indiana, Hamrick is married and the father
of three children. He will receive an annual salary of $37,615.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RON D REAGAN
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-21-73
#570
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointments of
Robert P. Schifferman and Frank Baffa, both of Los Angeles, as judges
in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Judge Schifferman, 46, a Republican, replaces Judge L. Thaxton
Hanson, who has been elevated to the District Court of Appeals. Baffa,
46, a Democrat, replaces Judge William MacFaden who has retired.
Schifferman is a native of Los Angeles and earned his law degree
at Stanford University. He has been in the private practice of law
since 1952. He is married and the father of two children.
Judge Baffa was originally appointed to the Municipal Court Bench
by Governor Reagan in March 1971. He is a 1951 graduate of the
University of Southern California where he also earned his law degree.
He is married and the father of four children.
Both Judges Schifferman and Baffa are members of the American and
Los Angeles County Bar Associations.
Superior Court judges receive an annual salary of $37,615.
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Garcia
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROI _D REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-21-73
#571
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced appointment of the seven-
member Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board.
The board was created by legislation this year (AB 150 - Fenton),
and the appointments will become effective December 1, 1973.
The appointees include:
Albert W. Turner, 64, supervisor of employee relations for the
Southern California Gas Company in Los Angeles. Turner, who makes his
home in Glendale, was designated chairman of the board. He is a
Republican;
Gerald P. O'Hara, 37, assistant director of the California Teamsters
Legislative Council in Sacramento. O'Hara, a Democrat, lives in Davis;
Patrick J. Clancy, M.D., of Carmichael. Dr. Clancy, 44, is a
political independent and specializes in occupational medicine;
Leo R. Westwater, 70, vice president and secretary of the Granite
Construction Company in Watsonville. He is a political independent;
Dr. Harold V. Brown, 55, an environmental health and safety officer
with the Center for Health Sciences at the University of California at
Los Angeles. Dr. Brown is a Democrat;
J. Earl Coke, 73, former secretary of the Agriculture and Services
Agency and a former member of the governor's cabinet. Coke, a Republican,
lives in San Francisco.
William K. Stuckey, 50, secretary-treasurer and business manager
of the Iron Workers of San Diego, Local 229. Stuckey, a Democrat, lives
in Bonita.
Board members will serve staggered terms. The terms of Turner,
O'Hara and Dr. Clancy will expire June 1, 1974. Westwater, Brown and
Stuckey will serve until June 1, 1975, while Coke's term will expire
June 1, 1976. Succeeding appointments will be for four years.
The board will have the responsibility of adopting occupational
safety and health standards for California,
Board members will receive $100 a day when attending official
meetings.
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Addresses:
Albert W. Turner
Dr. Harold V. Brown
730 Cavanagh Road
6008 Chariton Avenue
Glendale 91207
Los Angeles 90056
Gerald P. O'Hara
J. Earl Coke
801 Villanova Drive
850 Powell Street, Apt. 605
Davis
San Francisco
Patrick J. Clancy, M.D.
William K. Stuckey
3812 Dell Road
3840 Alta Loma Drive
Carmichael 95608
Bonita 92002
Leo R. Westwater
149 Martinelli
Watsonville 95076
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROM
D REAGAN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-21-73
#572
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of Tracy
attorney Frank A. rande to the bench of the San Joaquin county
municipal court. He fills a judgeship created by the 1971 legislature.
Judge Grande, 36, a Democrat, earned an Associate Arts degree at
Stockton City College and his B.S. degree at Sacramento State College
in 1962. He earned his law degree at the University of California
Hastings College of the Law.
He has been in the private practice of law in Tracy and Stockton
since 1966. He is married to the former Betty A. Ryan and they are the
parents of two children. He is a member of the San Joaquin County and
California bar associations.
As Municipal Court Judge, he will receive an annual salary of
$34,605.
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Garcia
#573
GOVERNOR'S
SCHEDULE
Sunday, November 25
10:00 a.m.
Depart Los Angeles
1:40 p.m.
Arrive Honolulu for fuel stop
3:40 p.m.
Depart for Sydney
Monday, November 26
11:00 p.m.
Arrive Sydney
Overnight - Sydney
Tuesday, November 27
12:00 Noon
Speech: Australian Institute of Directors
Luncheon
2:15 p.m.
Press Conference, Luncheon Dining Room, Wentworth
Hotel
4:30 p.m.
Call on Lord and Lady Cutler, Governor of New
South Wales
7:00 p.m.
Reception at the residence of the American Consul
General, Norman Hannah
Overnight - Sydney
Wednesday, November 28
10:45 a.m.
Depart Sydney for Melbourne
12:00 Noon
Arrive Melbourne, proceed to Government House
12:45 p.m.
Arrive Government House, met by government and
civic leaders
1:00 p.m.
Private luncheon hosted by Governor of Victoria,
Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe
7:30 p.m.
Business Executive Dinner, Great Hall, National
Gallery
Overnight - Melbourne
Thursday, November 29
11:35 a.m.
Depart Government House for Red Cross Headquarters
11:45 a.m.
Visit headquarters
12:30 p.m.
Speech: Red Cross luncheon, Banquet Room,
Dallas Brooks Hall
5:30 p.m.
State Government reception hosted by Premier
Hamer of Victoria
Friday, November 30
7:00 p.m.
Red Cross Dinner Dance, Palais Ballroom,
St. Kilda Hotel
Overnight - Melbourne
Saturday, December 1
No public appointments scheduled
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#573
Sunday, December 2
2:00 p.m.
Depart Melbourne for Djakarta
6:30 p.m.
Arrive Djakarta
(Press note: Sunday and Monday schedules not
available at this time)
Overnight - Djakarta
Tuesday, December 4
9:00 a.m.
Depart Djakarta for Singapore
10:30 a.m.
Arrive Singapore
11:00 a.m.
Meet with Prime Minister Lee
12:00 Noon
Luncheon hosted by the Prime Minister and the
Government of Singapore
(Press note: Governor's schedule is incomplete
at this time)
Overnight - Singapore
Wednesday, December 5
6:00 p.m.
Depart Singapore for Guam
Fuel stop in Guam
10:30 p.m.
Arrive Los Angeles
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-23-73
#573
Governor and Mrs. Ronald Reagan will leave Sunday (November 25)
on a 12-day business trip with stops in Australia, Indonesia and
Singapore on a presidential mission to promote United States exports.
As a special presidential representative, Governor Reagan will
meet with senior officials of the host governments, American officials
and local and American businessmen.
The governor will also participate in fundraising activities for
the Red Cross in Australia. He will speak at a luncheon and visit the
organization's headquarters in Melbourne.
He will also address the Australian Institute of Directors in
Sudney and pay a courtesy call on Lord and Lady Cutler, governor of
New South Wales.
A reception will be held in the Reagans' honor at Sydney, hosted
by the American Consul General, Norman Hannah.
While in Melbourne, the Reagans will be guests of the Governor of
Victoria, Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe.
On Sunday, December 2, the Reagans will depart Melbourne for
Djakarta. The schedule will include meetings with President Suharto
and Foreign Minister Melik and representatives of U.S. firms in
Indonesia. The Reagans will be guests of U.S. Ambassador Francis
Galbraith and will stay at the American Residence in Djakarta.
Governor and Mrs. Reagan will arrive in Singapore December 4, and
will pay a courtesy call to Prime Minister Lee. They will be the
guests of the Prime Minister and the Singapore government at a luncheon.
While in Singapore, Governor Reagan will meet with government
officials responsible for trade, and will speak to the American
Businessmen's Council.
In addition to Mrs. Reagan, the governor's party will include
Michael Deaver, assistant to the governor and director of administration;
Nancy Reynolds, special assistant to the governor; Rudy Garcia,
assistant press secretary; and Edward H. Hickey, special assistant to
the governor.
Transportation will be provided by a U.S. Air Force jet.
The party will return to Los Angeles December 5.
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO. LD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-27-73
#574
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointments of
Mrs. Donald (Lonne) Carr and Hiroshi Fukushima of San Leandro as members
of the board of directors of the 1st District Agricultural Association,
sponsor of the California Spring Garden and Home Show held in Oakland.
Mrs. Carr, a Republican, succeeds Florence B. Robinson of Oakland.
Her term has expired. A graduate of Northern Colorado University and a
former teacher in San Leandro Unified School District, Mrs. Carr is a
past president and chairman of the Art and Garden Section of the
California Federated Women's Club in Alameda County.
Fukushima, 35, a Republican, succeeds John D. Cronin of Hayward.
Cronin's term has expired. Fukushima, who is fire commissioner for the
Ashland Fire Department, is a former manager of the Mura Nursery in
San Leandro and is an active member of the Bedding Plant Growers
Association.
Mrs. Carr and Fukushima were named to four-year terms, They will
receive their necessary expenses on official business.
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Addresses:
Mrs. Donald Carr
Hiroshi Fukushima
1285 Glen Drive
1685 - 162nd Avenue
San Leandro
San Leandro
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROM. D REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-27-73
#575
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the promotion of
James P. Keating to chief of the Division of Consumer Services in the
Department of Consumer Affairs.
The appointment is effective immediately.
Keating, 36, who has been deputy chief of Consumer Services
since February of 1972, succeeds Robert L. Harvey in the $25,908 post.
Harvey, an attorney, resigned the consumer position to become special
assistant to the Secretary of the Agriculture and Services Agency,
James G. Stearns, for legal affairs.
A native of Sacramento, Keating is a 1959 graduate of St. Mary's
College with a B.S. Degree in economics. Prior to joining the Department
of Consumer Affairs in 1972, he was director of development at KVIE TV
(Channel 6) in Sacramento (1969-72), and was a stockbroker in the
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Sacramento office of Dean Witter & Company (1964-69).
Keating, a Republican, was a stockbroker with the Oakland firm
of McDonnell & Company in 1962-63, and served as an accountant for
Aerojet-General Corporation in Sacramento from 1959-62.
He is the commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard reserve
unit in Stockton.
Keating was named "Outstanding Young Man" for 1966 by the
Sacramento Junior Chamber of Commerce.
A member of numerous civic and service organizations, Keating is
a former president and director of the Comstock Club, former director
of the Sacramento 20-30 club, former director of the Sacramento County
Taxpayers League, and a former director of the Sacramento Mental Health
Association.
Keating and his wife Charlyn have four minor children.
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5411 South Land Park Drive
Sacramento 95831
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO1 D REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-29-73
#576
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointment of
William R. (Dick) Williams of Berkeley as deputy director for
Environmental and Community Affairs in the state Department of
Transportation.
Williams, a 42-year-old Democrat, has been director of the Western
Region of Keep America Beautiful, Inc., with headquarters in San
Francisco for the past two years.
He will direct community and media relations for the department in
the $25,908 post and will coordinate overall environmental activities.
Williams will be the first to hold the new position created last
year as part of the reorganization of the state Department of
Transportation.
A former political writer for the Sacramento Union (1958-60),
Williams was an information officer for the state Department of Water
Resources, state Disaster Office and the state Economic Development
Agency (1960-66), and was the regional director of governmental relations
Northern California) for the California Manufacturers Association
(1966-70).
He is a 1958 graduate of California State University at Sacramento,
with a B.A. degree in journalism. Williams and his wife have three
children.
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Address:
166 Kentucky Avenue
Serheley, California 94707
Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC..ALD REAGAN
RELEASE. Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-29-73
#577
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today called a
special session of the legislature for 12 noon,
Tuesday, December 4.
The special call is limited to the subject
of legislative authorization for implementation of
public law 92-603 (H.R. 1), to resolve the problems
concerning welfare grants to the state's aged, blind
and disabled recipients.
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Walthall
FILED
In the office of the Secretary of State
of the State of California
Lev 291973
PROCLAMATION
EDMUND CROWN
Executive Department
By
State of California
Whereas, an extraordinary occasion has arisen and now exists
requiring that the Legislature of the State of California
be convened in extraordinary session; now, therefore,
I, Ed Reinecke, Acting Governor of the State of California,
by virtue of the power and authority in me vested by
Section 3 (b) of Article IV of the Constitution of the State
of California, do hereby convene the Legislature of the
State of California to meet in extraordinary session at
Sacramento, California, on the fourth day of December, 1973,
at 12:00 o'clock noon of said day for the following purpose
and to legislate upon the following subject:
To consider and act upon legislation relative to a state
supplemental payment system for the aged, blind and disabled
under the 1972 and 1973 Social Security Act amendments by
Act of October, 1973, 86 Stat. 1329, Public Law 92-603 and
Act of July 9, 1973, 87 Stat. 152, Public Law 93-66, and to
provide for federal administration thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this
29th day of November, 1973.
Acting Governor of California
Edmin r
Secretary of State
by Galls Mad Secretary
printed in CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF STATE PAINTING
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RO.
LD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-30-73
#578
The California Pollution Control Financing Authority has given
initial authorization for issuance of $31,234,000 in additional bonds
for pollution control in California, Authority Chairman Verne Orr
announced today. (The action was taken at the Authority's regular
meeting November 27).
Orr, who is director of the state's Department of Finance and a
member of Governor Reagan's Cabinet, said the new authorization brings
the total of bonds initially authorized by the Authority to $180,173,000.
They will be distributed among 15 industrial firms in California.
The revenue bonds are issued by private industry with approval of
the Authority under the terms of Proposition 3 approved by the voters
in November, 1972.
Purpose of the program is to alleviate pollution problems ordered
corrected by local authorities.
The major portion of the Authority's authorization, $125,176,000
has been on behalf of energy producing firms such as utility and oil
companies. The balance has been distributed among industries in the
following manner: building materials and paper, $24,521,000; metal,
$10,700,000; glass, $9,159,000; cement, $7,867,000; chemical, $2,750,000.
Current maximum for bonds is $200 million, Orr said, leaving a
balance of $19,827,000 for initial authorization. Final authorization by
the Authority depends upon the results of investigations by the staffs
of the Air Resources and Water Resources Boards.
Authorization for the issuance of bonds has gone to the following:
Standard Oil
Richmond
$20,495,000
El Segundo
22,705,000
$43,200,000
Mobil Oil
Kern County
615,000
San Ardo
1,725,000
San Diego (114 stations)
1,280,000
Torrance
19,745,000
Ventura
40,000
23,405,000
Union Oil
Goleta
18,000
Oxnard
114,000
Rodeo
12,260,000
Simi
110,000
Santa Maria
750,000
14 counties (service stations)
13,400,000
26,652,000
Atlantic Richfield
Carson
13,460,000
13,460,000
#578
Southern California Edison
Daggett
5,492,000
Huntington Beach
4,251,000
Long Beach
8,716,000
18,459,000
Great Lakes Carbon
Wilmington
10,700,000
10,700,000
Flintkote
Redding
362,380
San Andreas
4,937,620
5,300,000
Monolith
Tehachapi
2,567,000
2,567,000
Simpson Lee Paper
Anderson
9,176,000
Ripon
207,000
9,383,000
Fibreboard
Antioch
13,300,000
13,300,000
DG Shelter Products
Sloat
61,000
Loyalton
794,000
Quincy
918,000
Comptonville
65,000
1,838,000
Owens Corning Fiberglass
Santa Clara
3,763,000
3,763,000
Owens Illinois
Saugus
3,040,000
3,040,000
Dart Industries
Saugus
2,356,000
2,356,000
Allied Chemical
Richmond
2,750,000
2,750,000
Total
$180,173,000
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Walthall
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC ALD REAGAN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-30-73
#579
Acting Governor Ed Reinecke today announced the appointment of
John A. Maga as Deputy Secretary of the Resources Agency.
Maga, 57, executive officer of the state Air Resources Board, has
30 years of experience with state agencies in the environmental field.
He is a Republican.
He is a 1938 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley
with a B.S. degree in civil engineering, and he earned an M.S. degree in
sanitary engineering from University of California in 1953. He did
graduate work in meteorology at the U.S. Naval Academy Postgraduate
School in 1945.
Maga entered the employment of the state in 1940 with the Department
of Fish and Game, where his work concerned water pollution control.
Except for three years' service with the U.S. Navy, he has been involved
in California environmental matters ever since.
In 1948, Maga moved to the state Department of Public Health and
assumed duties concerning water supply and pollution, solid waste, and
mosquito control.
He became chief of the bureau of air sanitation within the
Department of Public Health in 1955, and organized and staffed the
bureau. Under his direction, the department established the first air
quality and motor vehicle emission standards in the United States.
Since 1968 Maga has been the top administrative employee of the Air
Resources Board, the state agency responsible for air pollution control.
As Deputy Secretary of the Resources Agency, he will receive an annual
salary of $33,960.
Norman B. Livermore, Jr., Secretary of the Resources Agency and a
member of the governor's cabinet, said he was very pleased with the
appointment of Maga.
"We are fortunate to have a man with the broad environmental
background of John Maga,' Secretary Livermore said. "He has extensive
experience in appearing before federal, state and local legislative
bodies on air pollution problems and legislation.
Maga, a registered engineer, is a member of the Air Pollution
Control Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, American
Academy of Environmental Engineers, California Water Pollution Control
Association, and the American Water Works Association.
Maga and his wife, Mary, have two children.
Maga replaces Ford B. Ford, who was appointed chairman of the newly
established Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board. Maga will
assume his new position in mid-December.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNOR RC
LD REAGAN
RELEASE: mediate
Sacramento, California 95814
Clyde Walthall, Press Secretary
916-445-4571
11-30-73
#580
California's Foster Grandparent Program is going overseas, thanks
to Mrs. Ronald Reagan.
Mrs. Reagan, who is accompanying Governor Reagan on a trip to
Australia, Indonesia and Singapore to promote U.S. exports, has interested
a member of the Victoria state government in the Foster Grandparent
Program as it is conducted in California.
During a question and answer session in Melbourne, which included
Victoria's Minister for Youth, Sports and Recreation, Bryan Dixon,
Mrs. Reagan explained how the Foster Grandparent Program was benefiting
both senior citizens and children in California.
Dixon has since announced that Victoria should consider the program
and has requested detailed information so that it might be studied by
the state's departments of health and social education.
Mrs. Leslie (Betty) Miller, state director of the program in the
Department of Health, is sending details of the program.
"I think it is marvelous that the Victoria government is interested
in the Foster Grandparent Program, 11 Mrs. Miller said. "It provides a
wide range of activities that help keep senior citizens active, and
because of their experience and wisdom thousands of youngsters have been
helped. I'm sure the program could be as successful in Victoria as it is
in California."
The Foster Grandparent Program, supported by a $1.25 million budget
provided by the federal government and the state on a 65-35 funding basis,
is in operation at nine of the state hospitals, along with various
juvenile halls and day care centers.
Youths who are hospital patients, including the mentally retarded,
along with problem children under the care of juvenile hall, are visited
by the more than 800 foster grandparents active in California.
According to Mrs. Miller, "the 'grandparents' perform those functions
that many grandparents do for and with their grandchildren."
The foster grandparent is paid $1.60 an hour, receives $1 a day for
transportation and a hot meal. They are limited to four hours of work a
day and are given an annual physical. Each grandparent is limited to
two or three children.
The program began at Pacific State Hospital in Pomona in 1967 and
has been operational on a statewide basis since 1972.
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