House Votes To Ban Federal Funds For Abortion Access
The House approved amendments to a 1978 Labor Health Education and Welfare bill, barring federal financing for abortions and restricting affirmative action funding to avoid quotas. The abortion ban passed 201 to 155 amid debate on Medicaid impact and access for rape and incest cases.
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House
Washington
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Carter
House-Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Senate
Robert S. Walker
R-Pa
HEW
Joseph A. Califano
Karen Mulhauser
National Abortion Rights Action League
Conferees Concur On Weapons Figure
U S lawmakers reach a 36.1 billion military weapons bill with options for future carrier size. The package funds 12 A7 jets and 40 F14s, and supports a 2,085,100 active force with cuts to generals and high level civilians. Includes shipbuilding, submarines, destroyers, and advanced propulsion items.
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Senate
House
Carter
John C. Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Navy
Air Force
Stennis
Union Supports Tax To Create Black Lung Fund
The United Mine Workers of America and Sen. Jennings Randolph of West Virginia backed a bill to create a federal black lung disability fund financed by a manufacturers excise tax on coal sales. Industry groups opposed, warning of higher costs and looser eligibility.
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Washington
Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Randolph
Black Lung
Gail Falk
United Mine Workers of America
James D. Strader
American Iron and Steel Institute
John L. Kilcullen
National Independent Coal Operators’ Association
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Rocket Pioneer Von Braun Dies
Dr. Wernher von Braun, the rocket engineer who led Germany’s wartime program and later the U S space effort, died of cancer at 65 in Alexandria Virginia. He had undergone liver surgery in 1975 and spent months in hospital after a cancer recurrence last year. NASA acting director Dr Alan Lovelace hailed him as a 20th century Columbus whose work spanned Explorer 1 to Saturn and Space Shuttle.
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Washington
Wernher von Braun
Germany
United States
von Braun
Alexandria
Virginia
Ivy Hill
Maria
Iris
Margrit
Peter
U.S
Alan Lovelace
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Columbus
America
Lovelace
Newton
Einstein
Country
Bluefield Man Killed in Head-On Crash on U S 52
A Bluefield man James R. Booth Jr. 46 died in a head-on collision on U S 52 near Welch Friday afternoon. Two others, Jacob S Booth 41 and Janice Ann Wright 26, were seriously injured and treated at Stevens Clinic Welch. Both vehicles blocked traffic while rescue squads freed trapped occupants.
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Bluefield
U. S
Welch
James R. Booth Jr
Carolina Ave
Stevens Clinic
Jacob Stuart Booth
James Booth
Janice Ann Wright
T. K. Mullins
City Election Irregularities Largely Minor Clerk Reports
Bluefield City Clerk Dora Hendrick said minor irregularities may have occurred in the recent primary but did not affect election fairness. Homer L. Brown plans to file charges with state officials within 10 days, alleging issues at some precincts while stating the results remain certified.
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Bluefield
Dora Hendrick
Hendrick
Homer L. Brown
Brown
Secretary of State
Angelo Monaco
Allan Connolly
Joe Walker
Elliott
Fred Burton
Dan Boroff
Buchanan Man Jailed In Pistol Slaying
Paul McCoy of Grundy area charged with murder in the slaying of Jimmy Blankenship at Hoover Camp Knox Creek Buchanan County. Blankenship, 29, died from two .22 caliber shots after an argument at a strip mine operation. McCoy was arrested about an hour after the incident.
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Buchanan
Buchanan County, Va
McDowell
Buchanan County
Paul McCoy
Grundy
Storia Rife
McCoy
Jimmy Blankenship
Hoover Camp
Knox Creek
Rife
Elliott Loses Bluefield Mayoral Primary By Narrow Margin
Bluefield Mayor Edwin Elliott failed to win a fourth term as he missed the 10 nominees by five votes in the city primary. He reflects on defeat, pledges city service, and hints at future runs while focusing on his business interests.
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Bluefield
Edwin Elliott
Elliott
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Rocket Pioneer
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Jim Terry
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