Word: californiaisms
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Hayakawa, 62, has only to toss his tarn into the ring to become a formidable contender for office. If an election were held today, Field's California Poll indicated, the Democratic educator would trounce incumbent Republican Max Rafferty, a hard-lining conservative, for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. Hayakawa could also provide a strong challenge to Republican Senator George Murphy when the former song-and-dance man seeks a second term next year. Only Governor Ronald Reagan seems safe...
Bradley is a registered Democrat, like Yorty, but he has managed to pull together a broad coalition of backers that covers the political spectrum. Endorsements have come from Democrats Ted Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, Republicans Charles Percy and Jacob Javits, and several top aides of California Governor Ronald Reagan. To win, Bradley knows that he must get a slice of Los Angeles' large conservative vote, an area that has been Yorty's exclusive bailiwick...
Berkeley, Calif., was the cradle of the U.S. student rebellion. Recently, though, it had been Dullsville for activists. Demonstrations had petered out as the principal action shifted to the East. This was enough to irritate radicals on and off the University of California campus. Many of them were spoiling for a fight with university authorities but lacked an issue. So, joining some enthusiasts in a popular local-improvement project, they created a cause-with the cooperation of heavy-handed university officials and gun-happy police...
Hawkins and Soprano Betty Watson founded the Northern California State Youth Choir in April 1967, drawing upon leading singers from Pentecostal choirs throughout the San Francisco area. Last year they made a private recording (1,000 copies) of Hawkins' gospel-song arrangements. San Francisco Chronicle Columnist Ralph J. Gleason heard it, gave it a plug or two, and record companies started a bidding war for the album. New York's Buddah Records got there first and capped the deal with a $55,000 advance and a $25,-000 bonus. Buddah changed the group's name...
...Supreme Courts of Texas and California both ruled that a bystander injured by a faulty car may sue and collect damages from the car's manufacturer without having to prove negligence (anyone other than the owner or user is generally known in legal shorthand as a bystander). In most earlier cases only owners or users of a faulty vehicle had been exempted from proving negligence on the part of the manufacturer. But in Texas, two passengers in a car hit by a Ford truck with defective brakes were permitted to sue the manufacturer of the truck under the more...