Court expands federal power over state and local rule
Supreme Court ruling by a 5-4 majority holds Congress may compel state and local governments to follow federal laws including the Fair Labor Standards Act for publicly owned transit systems. Dissent warns it upends federalism and states’ rights while allowing broader federal intervention in local matters. The day also features references to school prayer review, telecom rate tweaks, Three Mile Island, death-penalty debates, and Roxanne Pulitzer’s divorce appeal.
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Supreme Court
Congress
San Antonio
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Coralville
Harry Blackmun
Blackmun
Lewis Powell
Williamsport
Federal Communications Commission
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
New York
Roxanne Pulitzer
Florida
Peter Pulitzer
Williams stopped for improper U turn and drink driving doubt
Carlsbad California police officer David Myers says singer Andy Williams was not ticketed after a Feb 8 stop when an officer ruled he should not drive due to drinking. Myers says no special treatment given and rides home have occurred before. Prince Andrew birthday report follows.
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Andy Williams
Carlsbad
Calif
David Myers
Williams
Con
Wayne Williams
Atlanta
Abby) Mann
Gwinnett Daily News
Lawrenceville
Thai accuse Vietnam of poison gas in Cambodian conflict
Bangkok charges Vietnam used phosgene in three month offensive against Cambodian rebels with four rockets landing in Thai territory. Protest note to UN claims eight Thais killed and 23 wounded in cross border shellings and attacks.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
United Nations
Bilbao jetliner crash kills 148 aboard
An Iberia Boeing 727 from Madrid to Bilbao crashed on approach after clipping two TV towers on Oiz hill near Durango. All 148 aboard died. U S citizens Tim Markey and John Steigerwald among the victims. Investigators retrieved the black box as theories about a bomb were discussed.
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Bilbao
Spain
Iberia Air Lines
Carlos Espinosa de Los Monteros
Bolivia
Gonzalo Guzman
Gregorio Lopez Bravo
U.S
Madrid
Tim Markey
John Steigerwald
Oiz
Durango
Basque Country
Espinosa
32 000 foot plunge injures 50 aboard China Airlines jet
A China Airlines Boeing 747 with 252 passengers and 20 crew fell 32 000 feet after all four engines failed. The crew restarted the engines and diverted to San Francisco, with 50 injured mainly minor. Turbulence and gear deployment damage accompanied the rapid descent.
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San Francisco
China Airlines
Taipei
Taiwan
Los Angeles
Ron Wilson
San Francisco International
Seksan Caniyo
Six Black Activists Charged With Treason in South Africa
Security police arrested six leading black activists on treason charges in a countrywide crackdown that targeted the United Democratic Front. The Crossroads protest deaths rose to 13 with over 200 injured as police reported minimal force in a two day unrest, while Nelson Mandela allies were among those detained.
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New York Times
Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Crossroads
P.W. Botha
Botha
Nelson Mandela
Patrick Lekota
United Democratic Front
Durban
Desmond Tutu
Lekota
Albertina Sisulu
Walter Sisulu
Mandela
African National Congress
Sam Kikine
Khayelitsha
Atti Laubsche
Shultz Calls Sandinista Regime Bad News for Central America
Secretary of State George Shultz labeled the Sandinista leadership in Nicaragua a bad news government and said the Reagan administration aims to block a Soviet dominated regime in Central America. He argued against turning away people behind the Iron Curtain.
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Washington
George Shultz
Nicaragua
Reagan
Central America
Shultz
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Free Trade Union
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Aste Harris
Julian Espeja
Ira Furman
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Furman
Roger Cross
National Weather Service
Wilson
Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College
Bal Harbour
Fla
Aflcio
Labor Federation
Jeremy Levin
Lebanon
Nancy
Levin
Cooper
San Diego
Kevin Cooper
Chino Hills
Santa Ana
Minh van Lam
Edward Lee Cooperman
California State University At Fullerton
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Serirs
Sears
Sun
College Square Mall
Kennedy Mall
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