Reagan Replaces Civil Rights Commission Members
President Reagan faces strong protests from major civil rights groups after nominating three conservatives to the U S Civil Rights Commission. The White House defended the picks as independent and fresh blood while critics call the move a purge of officials committed to civil rights enforcement.
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Washington
Reagan
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
White House
Murray Saltzman
Thomas I. Atkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Senate
Commission
Jill Ruckelshaus
William Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Ruckelshaus
Carter
Quake and Tidal Waves Rim Northwest Japan Coast
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 struck off Honshu with its epicenter in the Japan Sea. A severe tsunami followed causing at least 23 deaths 54 injuries and 68 missing along a 180 mile coastline. In Tokyo office buildings swayed as authorities reported the quake and tsunami impact.
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Akita
Japan
Tokyo
Central Meteorological Agency
Japan Sea
Honshu
Judge rules man murdered woman who died after rape
Edwardsville Illinois man Randy Brackett, 23, was found guilty of murder for the death of an 86 year old woman a month after he raped her. The judge rejected claims of psychological murder and said the attack weakened her allowing food to lodge in her windpipe.
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Edwardsville
Ill
Madison County
Philip J. Rarick
Elizabeth Windslow
Randy Brackett
Don W. Weber
House Oks More For Missiles Less For Senate Speechifying
The House approves a 4.8 billion supplemental with raises for Pershing 2 missiles and Food Stamp program while cutting funds for Senate speechmaking. It also funds coal lease moratorium Interior Dept 49 million to restore West Front Capitol and 12 million for AIDS research. The Senate faces a tougher fight over senator budgets.
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Washington
House
Senate
Interior Department
Capitol
West Front
Mistrial Declared in Case Against Williamsburg Sheriff
In Kingstree AP reports a second mistrial in two months against suspended Williamsburg County Sheriff Theodore McFarlin. He is accused of jail safety failures allowing escapes and using prisoners to supply meat for his barbecue business.
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Kingstree
Williamsburg County
Theodore McFarlin
McFarlin
South Carolina
Sapp Named Next Chairman of State Development Board
Columbia lawyer and businessman Joseph D. Sapp will be named chairman of the State Development Board next week, replacing Max Heller who resigns July 6. The appointment, announced by Gov. Riley’s spokesman, awaits Senate confirmation. Sapp, 55, leads Dixie Electronics Inc. and has long been active in the state Democratic party and a Riley ally.
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Columbia
Joseph D. Sapp
State Development Board
Dick Riley
Sapp
Max Heller
Greenville
Riley
Russ McKinney
Senate
Democratic Party
Dixie Electronics Inc
Reagan Hails MX Approval as Step Toward Arms Control
President Reagan lauds Senate and House votes approving MX missile development and testing. He urges Soviet participation in Geneva talks to pursue a verifiable reduction of nuclear arsenals while pledging a renewed push for arms control ahead of June 8 negotiations.
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Washington
Reagan
Soviet Union
United States
Senate
Pentagon
House
White House
Congress
U.S
Geneva
Europe
Cheyenne
Wyo
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
America
EPA Director May Resign Amid Mixed Messages
Washington AP two days of uncertainty over Sonia Crow's status at the EPA ended with renewed indications she would resign. The agency first announced her resignation and replacement, then retracted it, then signaled an expected late day departure after meetings with White House personnel official Joe Ryan.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Sonia Crow
California
Hawaii
Nevada
Arizona
Crow
Rusty Brashear
Mrs. Crow
Ruckelshaus
Joe Ryan
White House
Nurse charged in child's murder in Kerrville Texas
Genene Jones a 32 year old licensed vocational nurse is charged with causing the death of 15 month old Chelsea Ann McClellan and injuring six other children with powerful muscle relaxant injections. The Kerr County grand jury indicted her on Sept 17 and she faces additional probes into 122 infant deaths at Medical Center Hospital in San Antonio. She is held on bonds totaling 225000 at Ector County Jail Odessa while authorities pursue a nine month investigation into the cases.
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Kerrville, Texas
San Antonio
Genene Jones
Ector County
Odessa
Kerr County
Ms. Jones
Chelsea Ann McClellan
Sutton
Rich Little Praises Voice, Elizabeth II Begins Sweden Visit
Impressionist Rich Little praised a candidate with a good voice at a Canadian Club of New York event. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived in Stockholm aboard Britannia for a four day state visit marked by pomp and a 21 gun salute. Prince Andrew, a Royal Navy helicopter pilot, faces a possible wait until 1984 for promotion due to economic cutbacks.
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Rich Little
Canadian Club of
New York
Queen Elizabeth II
England
Prince Philip
Stockholm
Sweden
Britannia
Minerva
Prince Andrew
Britain
Press Association
Senators Split On MX Missile Debate In South Carolina
In Columbia South Carolina both U S senators express divergent views on the MX missile with Thurmond backing deterrence and leverage in arms talks while Hollings argues against the program saying concessions from the Soviets and alternative systems could save money and maintain warhead numbers.
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Columbia
South Carolina
U.S
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate
Ernest F. Hollings
Soviet Union
Thurmond
Hollings
Reagan
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Linda Chavez
Morris Abram
Robert Destrow
Morris B. Abram
Brandeis University
Mary Frances Berry
John H. Bunzel
Stanford University
Hoover Institution
San Jose State University
Blandina Cardenas Ramirez
Texas
Robert A. Destro
Catholic University
Columbus Law School
Rabbi Saltzman
Baltimore
Ford
Destro
Williamsburg
Howard Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Capitol Hill
Baker
John Tower
R-Texas
John Stennis
Senators
Sen
Ernest Hollings
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