Parents Protest Sex Education at Governors Conference
About two dozen parents from Columbia Charleston Beaufort Summerville Conway and Hilton Head protested a proposed state mandatory sex education program outside the National Governors Association meeting. They urged exemptions for students and opposed school based clinics, arguing it challenges parental authority and conscience.
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National Governor's Association
Hilton Head
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
Hilton Head Island
South Carolina
National Governors Association
Maggie Koestner
Columbia
Citizens For Life
Sherry Rucker
South
Charleston
Beaufort
Summerville
Conway
U.S. Highway 278
Palmetto Dunes
Prisoner Priest Tortured Allegations Surface in Court
A court affidavit alleges Rev. Smanngoliso Mkhatshwa, a black priest and general secretary of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, was forced to stand blindfolded for 20 hours during 10 weeks in detention after a June 12 state of emergency. City Press reports lawyers seek court restraint on police abuse while doctors prepare testimony for a Pretoria Supreme Court hearing. Oxfam has urged British intervention citing torture reports from church contacts. Sister Cecilia Smit, Mkhatshwa’s secretary, says she visited him at Hercules police station.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
City Press
Smangoliso Mkhatshwa
Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference
Pretoria Supreme Court
Mkhatshwa
Oxfam
Cecilia Smit
Hercules
Pretoria
Governors Plan Praised By Education Secretary
Education Secretary William Bennett praised the National Governors Association 1991 report on education as a pivotal event. He noted a growing ecumenical spirit and urged governors to keep pressure on. The plan shifts control to educators, allows state intervention for underperforming districts, and enhances parental choice while stopping short of full private funding.
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Hilton Head Island
William J. Bennett
National Governors Association
Mary Harwood Futtrell
National Education Association
Board of Professional
Bennett
Albert Shanker
American Federation of Teachers
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
Charleston Earthquake Topic at National Conference
Scientists from the United States and abroad gather at the National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Charleston to discuss the eastern quake threat posed by the 1886 Charleston event. The 7.7 magnitude quake killed 110, caused $5.5 million in damage, and may cause billions of damage and thousands of deaths if a similar event hit the Carolinas and Georgia.
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Charleston
Chicago
Carolinas
Georgia
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S
North America
Tax Overhaul To Hit Foreigners And Natives Alike
Washington AP The proposed U.S. tax law targets foreigners foreign-owned firms multinationals and even foreign governments with higher taxes on royalties dividends and interest. It tightens branch tax rules expands taxing of real estate tax shelters and imposes new franchising and cross-border credit rules creating international tax friction and enforcement challenges.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Bruce W. Reynolds
Touche Ross & Co
U.S
West Germany
Japan
Reynolds
Netherlands
McDonald’s
Budget Overhaul Talk From Reagan Aides
White House chief of staff Dan Regan criticizes the budget process calling it a Mickey Mouse system. President Reagan studies plans for a major overhaul as aides push reform with Congress wary of budget authority. Reagan plans to present ideas in the next State of the Union and prioritize them in his remaining two years.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
White House
Dane Regan
Reagan
Regan
California
Congress
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