Court To Consider Book Ban Case At Supreme Court
Washington AP report notes a Long Island school board ban on eight books including The Fixer and Slaughterhouse Five prompting Supreme Court review. The case parallels protests in Indiana and Pennsylvania as librarians report rising challenges to library materials nationwide.
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Mothers Testify Williams Did Not Fear Sons Safety
The mothers of three black teenagers who dealt with Wayne B Williams testified they never feared for their sons' safety when he took them to practice with his music group. They also said they would not be afraid for their sons to be alone with him now despite his murder trial. Williams, a freelance photographer and talent promoter, caused a brief courtroom recess when he fell ill and left.
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Labor groups push alternative Reaganomics plan in Florida
AFL-CIO leaders unveiled An Alternative to Reaganomics calling for a pay-as-you-go Pentagon policy and restored social spending. They urged Congress to enact a progressive income surtax to fund increases in fiscal 1983 defense.
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Reagan
Pentagon
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Banks Fight Interstate Loan Mergers Across States
Banks in the United States, led by the Independent Bankers Association, oppose a surge in interstate mergers of savings and loan associations. Regulators have approved six such acquisitions since March amid pressure from troubled thrift institutions, raising fears small banks may be targeted by larger out-of-state buyers.
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Washington
Bankers Association of American
Children’s Defense Fund Blasts Reagan Budget Cuts
The head of the Children’s Defense Fund says Reagan administration cuts to welfare education nutrition and related programs amount to an unconditional war on children The group lobbied for child welfare in a report criticizing last year’s and proposed 1983 budget cuts.
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Washington
Children’s Defense Fund
Florida Drops State Gay Ban Initiative Ended at University Campuses
Florida Attorney General Jim Smith says the state will end efforts to ban homosexual groups from state university campuses. The move follows legal and political debate over campus group rights and state policy.
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