Officials pressure veto of bill with anti busing and grain embargo
Washington AP report: Justice and State demand a veto if the $9 billion appropriation includes anti busing for school integration and a ban on enforcing Carter’s grain embargo on the Soviet Union. Civiletti warns of constitutional doubts. Weicker critiques and Helms defends the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice and State Departments
Carter
Justice Department
Senate
House
State Department
Soviet Union
Justice, State and Commerce Departments
Afghanistan
Benjamin Civiletti
Civiletti
Sen
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Weicker
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Fatal Yosemite Rock Slide Closes Popular Trail
A rock slide in Yosemite National Park killed three hikers and injured seven with twelve more hurt on a trail between Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls. The event prompted a park closure at least through spring as rangers cite long term erosion and freeze thaw weathering of granite cliffs.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Yosemite Falls
Herbie Sansum
Yosemite
Vernal Falls
Sansum
Firefighting Delays Spark Containment Efforts Amid California Brush Fires
Firefighters battled six major blazes that damaged or destroyed about 100 homes, with losses in the tens of millions. A suburban Los Angeles blaze caused $25 million in damage and one arrest. another Mint Canyon fire measured 150 acres. Fire crews gained partial containment as forecasts warn winter rains may worsen erosion and flooding.
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California Department of Forestry
Duarte
Los Angles Yesteday
California
Los Angeles
Mint Canyon
State Forestry Department
Coleen Ervin
Lake Elsinore
Ken Kummerfeld
Carbon Canyon
Los Angeles County
Orange County
Major Snow Storm Heads For Northeast After Blanketing The Lower Midwest
A massive storm moved from the lower Midwest into the Northeast bringing heavy wet snow and icy rain. It drenched Texas Oklahoma and Pennsylvania and caused multiple fatalities from traffic crashes. Ohio New Jersey and Pennsylvania reported several inches of snow with impacts on roads and commuting.
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Lower Midwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Missouri
New Jersey
Armstrong County
Pittsburgh
New York-New Jersey-Connecticut
New York City
Poland's Labor Movement Wins As Governor Resigns
District Governor Miroslaw Wierzbicki of Czestochowa offered to resign during talks with Solidarity amid a regional state of emergency after a clash over union supremacy. Premier Pinkowski did not accept immediately. talks to resume. The dispute followed an emergency decree and union activity bans that sparked widespread plant walkouts.
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Warsaw
Poland
Independent Labor Movement
Miroslaw Wierzbicki
Czestochowa
Solidarity
Josef Pinkowski
Wierzbicki
Supreme Court
Communist Party
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Mostafa Chamran
Karkheh
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International Red Cross
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