Tough safeguards for nuclear plants on Brown's desk
California moves toward the toughest national safeguards for nuclear plants as a three bill package heads to Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. He vows to sign, while Prop 15 looms. The measures let the legislature halt new plants if safety is deemed unsafe and require studies on underground reactors and spent fuel handling.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Edmund Brown Jr
House
Brown
Senate
GAO Warns Of Potential Personal Liability Over Medicaid Funds
The General Accounting Office warns HEW and Treasury officials they could be held personally responsible for improper Medicaid payments after July. The alert targets state long term care funding and calls for stricter monitoring of hospital care. Guidelines are being drawn up to specify expectations for state compliance.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare
David Mathews
Treasury
William E. Simon
Robert F. Keller
Mathews
Simon
HEW
Explosion at Plymouth Rock Leaves No Damages
An explosion at Plymouth Rock in Plymouth Massachusetts caused only powder burns and did not move the granite landmark. Police said the blast dug a sand hole about three feet long and seven inches deep but the rock remained intact. No injuries or suspects were identified and authorities investigated with state police FBI and ATF.
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Plymouth Mass
Plymouth Rock
Ernest Leonardi
Leonardi
FBI
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
US Treasury Department
Boston Harbor
Stevens Writes First Opinion Siding With Liberals Moderates
Justice John Paul Stevens wrote his first Supreme Court opinion, siding with liberal and moderate justices in a 5 to 4 decision. The court struck down a Civil Service Commission ban on aliens from federal employment without congressional or presidential authorization, while upholding a rule tying Medicaid eligibility to five years in the country and permanent residence for lawful permanent residents.
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Washington
John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court
Court
Ford
Stevens
Civil Service Commission
William J. Brennan, Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Potter Stewart
Lewis F. Powell
Commission
Congress
Brennan
Marshall
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R White
Harry A. Blackmun
Rehnquist
Army Honor Code Under Fire at West Point Graduation
West Point faces a growing cheating scandal as Army Secretary Hoffmann prepares a graduation address focused on honor. The academy reports nearly doubling juniors accused of cheating on a take home computer problem. A cadet filed a federal suit in Manhattan seeking to bar enforcement of the honor code as unconstitutional.
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West Point
N.Y
Army
Martin R. Hoffmann
U.S
Cadet Corps
Academy
Constitutional
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Plane Lands On Highway In Venetta
Richard Harrington of Batesburg ran out of gas and made an emergency landing on South Carolina Route 284 near Monetta in Saluda County. The plane veered off the road and upended but Harrington was unhurt. aircraft sustained extensive damage.
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Monetta
Richard Harrington
Batesburg
Saluda County
S.C
South Carolina Highway Patrol
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