Assembly Urges Wine Boycott
The Assembly on Thursday approved a measure urging Californians to boycott wines made in France and Spain because the two countries refused to let American warplanes fly over their territories on the way to bomb Libya.
On a day mostly devoted to foreign policy and election-year rhetoric, the lower house also approved, 59 to 4, a second measure supporting President Reagan’s decision to order the air strike as a step against terrorism he said is spawned in the homeland of Col. Moammar Kadafi.
A 42-13 vote was cast on the resolution to boycott French and Spanish wines and other agricultural products of the two nations, introduced by Assemblyman Robert W. Naylor of Menlo Park, a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. It went to the Senate for further consideration.
The resolution said the proposed boycott should continue until the two nations join the United States in its efforts to end terrorism by taking action against countries that prey upon innocent Americans.
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