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Assemblywoman Marian W. La Follette (R-Northridge) on Wednesday criticized payment of reparations to Japanese-Americans interned by the U.S. government during World War II, drawing accusations of racism from other legislators. La Follette voiced opposition to a bill to make reparations received by Japanese-Americans for wartime internment exempt from the state personal income tax. The federal reparations are already exempt from federal income tax.

1996 Bob Dole: Majority Leader Dole resigned his Senate seat six months before the election, announcing he had "nowhere to go but the White House or home." Incumbent President Clinton sent him back to Kansas. 1972 Edmund Muskie: Maine's Muskie won the New Hampshire primary but seemed to lose his composure and his momentum outside a Manchester newspaper shortly after it printed a letter forged by a Nixon staffer alleging that Muskie slurred French Canadians as "Canucks." 1964 Barry M.

Assemblywoman Marian W. La Follette (R-Northridge) was "resting comfortably" Thursday after doctors removed two benign tumors, an aide said. The surgery took place Wednesday at an undisclosed Los Angeles-area hospital, said aide Rob Wilcox, who gave no other details. Assemblywoman Sally Tanner (D-Baldwin Park) told colleagues on the Assembly floor Wednesday of La Follette's surgery.

The old academic saw "publish or perish" became publish and perish last month at Montreal's Concordia University when a professor of engineering was arrested for allegedly shooting three colleagues dead. Before the shootings, Valery Fabrikant had accused certain colleagues of exploiting him and others by insisting that they be included as co-authors on scientific papers on which they had done no work.

Soon after state Senate candidate Marian La Follette accused her opponent, Assemblywoman Cathie Wright, of accepting an annual $1,500 raise, Wright issued a statement Thursday saying she would do no such thing. "The state Legislature needs to set an example if we are going to ask various state departments, agencies and the courts to all cut back," Wright said in the statement.

State Senate candidate Marian W. La Follette on Wednesday called for a constitutional amendment to repeal the state's new "snack tax" on food, candy and bottled water. La Follette said the proposed amendment would also prohibit future taxes on food, medical supplies and utilities.

Paula Boland, a Granada Hills real estate broker and longtime Republican activist, said Thursday that she will run for the GOP nomination for the Assembly seat being vacated by Marian La Follette of Northridge. Boland, 50, is the second Republican candidate to jump into the race to succeed La Follette, who surprised observers this week by announcing that she will not seek reelection in the 38th Assembly District, which arcs across the northern San Fernando Valley from Hidden Hills to Tujunga.

Paula Boland, who won the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Assemblywoman Marian La Follette (R-Northridge), received endorsements Wednesday from her primary election opponent Rob Wilcox and his political backers. In addition to Wilcox's support, Boland, 50, also won endorsements from two of his main backers, La Follette and state Sen. Ed Davis (R-Santa Clarita). Boland faces Democrat Irene Allert in the November general election for the 38th Assembly District seat.

San Fernando Valley parents seeking to break away from the sprawling Los Angeles Unified School District said Tuesday they will continue their efforts despite an announcement that their most important legislative ally is retiring. The disclosure by Assemblywoman Marian W.

Gary Crandall, a member of the pro-environment "Greens" making his first bid for public office, said Tuesday he is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Assemblywoman Marian W. La Follette (R-Northridge) in the November election. Crandall, a 51-year-old Northridge computer manual writer, is the sole Democrat to date to announce he will oppose La Follette in the 38th Assembly District. In 1988, La Follette trounced her Democratic opponent 65% to 35%.

Surrounded by law enforcement officials, state Senate candidate Marian W. La Follette on Wednesday unveiled an anti-riot legislative proposal she said would help prevent the kind of carnage unleashed in Los Angeles after the Rodney G. King case. "By increasing . . . the penalties for those who are involved in riots, I think we can reduce the temptation of many people to engage in crime," La Follette said at a news conference in Camarillo.

Preparing for a last-minute burst of activity before Tuesday's primary, Marian W. La Follette has poured $149,000 of her own money into her campaign for an open state Senate seat, bringing the total amount she has loaned her campaign to $199,000. La Follette said she made a $50,000 loan to her campaign on Friday, followed by a $99,000 loan on Saturday, to blanket the 19th state Senate District with mass mailings of campaign brochures.

Preparing for a last-minute burst of activity before Tuesday's primary, Marian W. La Follette has poured $149,000 of her own money into her campaign for an open state Senate seat, bringing the total amount she has loaned her campaign to $199,000.

Assemblywoman Cathie Wright and former Assemblywoman Marian W. La Follette have been endorsed by various law enforcement organizations in their contest for the 19th state Senate District seat.

Assemblywoman Cathie Wright is outspending Marian W. La Follette in the bitter race to choose a Republican candidate to replace retiring state Sen. Ed Davis. Boosted by $25,500 from doctors' political committees, Wright (R-Simi Valley) reported in campaign finance statements filed Thursday that she has spent $247,000, about $100,000 more than La Follette.

I would like to ask Farah one question: How does he think that more guns can solve a moral crisis? NANCY E. MECOZZI, Camarillo

The local California Republican Assembly delegates have endorsed Granada Hills real estate broker Paula Boland in the race to succeed Republican Assemblywoman Marion La Follette in the northern San Fernando Valley's 38th District. Boland, 50, won the conservative organization's endorsement over four other Republicans, including her chief rival, La Follette aide Robert Wilcox.

Patti Linebaugh, a leading victims rights advocate since her granddaughter was murdered by Theodore Frank in 1980, has endorsed Marian W. La Follette for the Republican nominationin the 19th State Senate District that stretches from Oxnard to Northridge.

Marian W. La Follette forged a strong bond with law enforcement during the Vietnam War as president of the Los Angeles Community College Board. Unlike her predecessors who buckled to disruptive student demonstrators, La Follette was quick to assert her power, state Sen. Ed Davis (R-Santa Clarita) said. "Her words were, 'If they break the law, lock them up,' " said Davis, who was the Los Angeles police chief at the time. "I've been friends with her ever since."

Questionnaires were distributed to candidates in March. Answers have been edited to fit the available space. Candidates Henry Phillip Starr, a Democrat; Richard N. Burns, a Libertarian, and Charles Najbergier, Peace and Freedom party, are unopposed in the June 2 primary. Their answers to The Times questionnaire will appear before the November general election, along with those of the winner of the Republican primary.