Forced Busing Survives Supreme Court Challenge
The Supreme Court declined to review the Garrity Boston school desegregation order, preserving 21 000 students bussed between neighborhoods. Justices also left intact EPA lead in gasoline limits and other actions including Maine New Hampshire lobster boundary accord and a state right to work ruling.
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Boston
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U.S District
W. Arthur Garrity
G. Gordon Liddy
U.S. Court of Appeals
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Power Commission
Maine
New Hampshire
Justice Department
Thayer Fremont-Smith
Eric van Loon
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Department
Ford
Kevin H. White
Boston School Committee
Boston Home and School Association
Boston Teacher's Union
Garrity
Senate Approves Replacement Arms Bill With Restrictions
The Senate approved a $6.7 billion, 27 month arms authorization, 62 to 18, replacing a prior vetoed measure. It tightens foreign military aid and U S arms exports while leaving Ford objections. Conference with the House will resolve differences on aid to Zaire Zambia and Rhodesia and general assistance phaseouts.
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Senate
U.S
Ford
House
Zaire
Zambia
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Congress
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Jetport Study Delayed by New FAA Demands
The Beckley FAA office has issued a new set of requirements delaying a jetport feasibility study for Bluefield Mercer County. Region One and other planning districts say funding gaps and shifted sponsor roles add to the hold up. The study, contracted with Baldwin and Gregg, would assess airport adequacy for possible jet service and site needs.
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Jim Terry
Beckley
Federal Aviation Administration
Bluefield
Mercer County
Region One Planning and Development Council
Region One
Mike Jacobs
Beckley Faa
Fairfax, Va
Baldwin and Gregg Ltd
Mercer County Airport
Jacobs
Airport Authority
FAA
Cumberland Plateau
Mt. Rogers
Baldwin & Gregg
Virginia
West Virginia
Court To Review Boyd's Conviction
The West Virginia Supreme Court will review Jim Boyd's 1973 first degree murder conviction for the 1972 Matoaka shooting of James Baldwin. Boyd was sentenced to life with parole eligibility after 10 years after a mercy recommendation by Mercer County Intermediate Court. The incident occurred before Matoaka City Hall following an altercation with Baldwin's nephew. Baldwin's nephew was also wounded.
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State Supreme Court
Jim Boyd
James Baldwin
Matoaka
Boyd
Mercer County
Baldwin
Moundsville
Rong Pam
Wes Ervenes
John Frazier Tyteins
Carter Creeps Closer As Rivals Free Delegates
In New York, Jimmy Carter nears the Democratic nomination as Sen. Frank Church withdraws and urges delegates to back Carter. Rep. Morris Udall says delegates are free to choose, while Fred Harris campaigns to 18 delegates won in four states. New York leaders back Carter as the state’s 33 legally committed delegates vote for him.
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Jimmy Carter
Frank Church
Carter
Morris Udall
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Georgia
Church
Idaho
Associated Press
Udall
Arizona
Washington
Hugh Carey
Abraham Beame
Averell Harriman
Robert Wagner Jr
Beame
Car
Gray seeks vindication in sex-for-center probe
Congressman Kenneth J. Gray meets with Justice Department investigators to prove he did not influence support for the National Visitors Center by telling Elizabeth Ray to have sex with Sen. Mike Gravel. The 1972 hearings and records are cited as context for the probe.
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Washington
Kenneth J. Gray
Justice Department
National Visitors Center
Elizabeth Ray
Mike Gravel
Gray
Illinois
Eisenhower Civic Center
Miss Ray
Gravel
Alaska
Potomac River
Congressional
Senate Public Works Committee
Senate
Colleen Gardner
Capitol
Federal grants aid Grundy water system and Bluefield Park
U S grants approved for central water improvements in Grundy Virginia and for water and sewage lines in the Bluefield Virginia Industrial Park. The Appalachian Regional Commission provides 47855 dollars to Tazewell County and HUD grants Grundy 135000 dollars to upgrade its water system including a 300000 gallon storage tank and filtration for an emergency well. County officials say they must meet schedule and requirements to complete the project.
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Maryanne Stevens
Grundy
Bluefield
U.S
William C. Wampler
Appalachian Regional Commission
Tazewell County
Wampler
Department of Housing and
Robert Fuller
Fuller
Virginia State Health Department
State Health Department
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Joseph Garzilli
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Jetport
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Joseph Crangle
Union Railroad Station
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