Reagan official pushes school prayer in Congress
The Reagan administration urged quick passage of a constitutional amendment allowing prayer in public schools. Senator Orrin Hatch questioned who would write prayers, while officials said the measure would let states decide on prayer without federal mandate and protect individual choice. Dellinger warned the proposal could enable state officials to impose official prayers in all public schools.
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Hatch
Walter Dellinger
Duke University
Edward C. Schmults
Committee
Senate
United States
Schmults
Deci
Dellinger
Janklow presses publishers to pull Spirit of Crazy Horse
Gov Bill Janklow urged South Dakota booksellers to remove the Spirit of Crazy Horse claiming libel and asked Rapid City dealers B Dalton Waldenbooks and Prince and Pauper to stop stocking it. He said he acted as a private citizen and has not filed libel suit.
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Rapid City
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Waldenbooks
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Pauper
State Capitol
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Newsweek Magazine
AIM
Dennis Banks
News Magazine
FBI
Beverly Sills urges opera to be treated as a national art form
Beverly Sills, general director of the New York City Opera, spoke at Concordia College in Moorhead urging audiences to educate and support opera as a national art form rather than a European niche. She said opera unlikely to supplant football or baseball on TV but emphasized its broad cultural role.
Navy accused of misleading Congress on FA-18 costs
The Pentagon inspector general blasted NAVAIR for not fully disclosing cost overruns in the FA-18 fighter bomber program. From 1979 to 1982 airframe costs rose by 424 million above budget, lifting total program cost from 26.9 billion to 40 billion. Tests also showed reduced combat range from the original 550 miles.
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Navy
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Defense
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Associated Press
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House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
McDonnell Douglas Corp
California sets precipitation records across the nation
Storms drenched California and the Midwest as record rainfall and 4 inch downpours flooded towns from Culver City to Missouri and Kentucky. A missing woman near Brushy Creek prompted search efforts while a major oil spill slick dissipated by noon. The Sierra Nevada snowpack reached a historic depth with Norden reporting over 16 feet.
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