GOP official urges NAACP to consider Republican gains
At the 76th NAACP convention in Dallas Frank Fahrenkopf urged unity with both parties, noting black voters backed Democrats last election. His remarks, praising Civil Rights progress for Republicans, drew a standing ovation but left delegates unsettled.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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NAACP
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Fahrenkopf
Ronald Reagan
House
Republican Party
Heat rises as groups press SRP complaints again
Environmental groups and the League of Women Voters press the Savannah River Plant after months of quiet. They allege waste concerns to Energy Secretary Herrington, urging action within 60 days to sue SRP, DOE, and Du Pont, while DOE defends ongoing remediation efforts.
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Savannah River
Energy
John Herrington
SRP
Department of Energy
du Pont Company
DOE
Frances Close Hart
The
Energy Research Foundation
Theodore K. Harris
Springs Mills
Ms. Hart
Riviera
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Excess Baggage Hazards Prompt FAA Action
A guest editorial notes crowded overhead bins pose safety risks as passengers carry extra items. It cites incidents from 1940s air travel and recent flights, urging quicker FAA action to tighten carry-on rules to prevent unsafe takeoffs and reduce delays.
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London
Paris
Air France
Air Chance
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Scottsdale
Ariz
Supreme Court rejects Sabbath work ban in Connecticut case
The court rules a state law granting special Sabbath workplace exemptions unconstitutional. It holds private employers and employees must freely negotiate hours without government endorsement of religion, protecting nonbelievers and avoiding state coercion.
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Alabama
Donald Thornton
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Connecticut Supreme Court
Thornton
U.S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Liberal discontent in Britain tests Thatcher era impact
In Britain the summer of liberal discontent looms as Labour weighs welfare state changes under Prime Minister Thatcher. The commentary contrasts UK reforms with US policy, notes falling approval polls, and recalls a Dunkirk letter on service and sacrifice. It questions whether postwar welfare policy will survive tax and spend backlash.
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U.K
Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Bury
Thatcher
Ronald Reagan
Great Britain
Labor Party
United States
America
Sunday Times of London
Labor
U.S
Sexual liability law edges into private affairs amid 80s change
A trend toward lawsuits over intimate conduct merges medicine and law as courts test new grounds for liability. Cases involve herpes, pregnancy, infertility, and AIDS, with insurers and anti heart balm laws shaping outcomes. The piece notes both rising legal risk and strong opposition to intrusion into private lives.
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