Carter urged to launch ERA ratification push
President Carter backs a high profile campaign to win ERA ratification. The President's Advisory Committee for Women urges using influential intermediaries in non ratifying states and ensuring every public remark references the ERA. The plan mirrors past SALT II lobbying efforts and aims to press Congress to approve the amendment.
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Washington
Carter
Advisory Committee For Women
Administration
White House
Afghanistan
ERA
Suone Conner
Eramerica
Edward Kennedy
National Organization For Women
Justice Department
Congress
Oil rig collapse near Galveston leaves 35 rescued
A Gulf of Mexico jack-up rig Triton II owned by Western Oceanic Inc. collapsed during tests 63 miles southeast of Galveston at 5 a.m. CST. All 35 crew escaped serious injury with no reported pollution. cause under investigation as officials review whether a leg failure or preloading caused the fall.
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Galveston
Texas
UPI
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Laurel McMarlin
Western Oceanic Inc
Houston
Gulf
McMarlin
Supreme Court revives New Orleans real estate price fixing suit
The Supreme Court lifted lower court rulings and allowed four New Orleans area residents to pursue an antitrust challenge to the 6 percent real estate commission. An 8 to 0 decision held that brokers may be sued under federal law if their conduct has a substantial effect on interstate commerce, even without proving the antitrust conspiracy directly impacted interstate markets.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New Orleans
Warren Burger
Real Estate Board of
Burger
Elvis Presley Birthday Triggers Fan Flowers At Graceland
Memphis crowds again gather for Elvis Presley birthday as fans leave carnations roses and hundreds of roses at Graceland. The mansion closes for maintenance but grounds open 9 am to 4 pm for visitors to view Presley and family graves. No formal observance. Priscilla and Lisa Marie not in Memphis.
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Memphis, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Presley
Graceland Mansion
Graceland
Priscilla
Lisa Marie
Memphis
Four Bodies Found in Burning Car Near Miami
Police found four bodies wrapped in blankets in a burning car on a freeway entrance ramp north of Miami. Homicide investigators were dispatched, and the cause of death was not immediately known. Two victims were men in only undershorts. identities and the other sexes were not released.
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Miami
Test-tube baby project OK'd in Virginia
Virginia health authorities approve a 25000 dollar Eastern Virginia Medical School laboratory at Norfolk General Hospital under the Certificate of Need law. The step clears the way for the first U.S. test-tube baby project, as officials promise impartial handling of the approval.
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Norfolk, Va
Virginia
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Office of
State Health
James Kenley
Kenley
Norfolk General Hospital
United Way under attack over fundraising and image
AP reports United Way of America and its 2300 U S chapters face criticism from advocacy groups and health agencies over fundraising methods and perceived monopoly. A congressional panel urges reforms to the federal Combined Federal Campaign amid concerns about inclusivity and coercive practices.
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Denver
United Way of America
U.S
America
United Way
The
Sierra Club
Gray Panthers
National Organization For Women
Zero
National Black United Fund
House
Bert Lance to receive hearing on grand jury leak claims
A federal appeals court ordered a hearing on Bert Lance’s claim that publicity from grand jury leak tests affected his case. Kenyan conservationist Joy Adamson, author of Born Free, will be cremated in a Nairobi suburb with relatives present. Adamson, 69, was killed near Shaba Game Reserve where police opened a murder inquiry after wounds suggested not a wild animal attack. Three men are being questioned.
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5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Richard Freeman
Atlanta
Kathleen Kaczmarek
Lance
New Orleans
Bert Lance
Kenya
Joy Adamson
Nairobi National Park
Adamson
Shaba Game Reserve
Nairobi
The
Joint U S Egyptian Tests In Aswan Air Exercises
Defense Minister Kamal Hassan Ali said the United States and Egypt conducted joint air force drills to test using Egyptian facilities for defense of the region. The talks noted refueling rights airspace passage and troop transit while denying permanent bases.
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Aswan
Egypt
U.S
Kamal Hassan Ali
Ali
United States
Afghanistan
Iran
Woman given life probation for infant deaths in bridge incident
Tanya Adams, 25, was placed on life probation for the deaths of her two infants after admitting she lifted them one by one over the Columbia River bridge rail in Pasco Kennewick on February 5, 1979. She was convicted of first degree murder and ordered to 18 to 20 months in Eastern State Hospital for psychiatric treatment with five years outpatient care.
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Pasco, Wash
UPI
Columbia River
Superior Court
Albert Yencopal
Tanya Adams
Eastern State Hospital
Medical Lake
Ryan
Christopher
Pasco
Kennewick
Adams
Pressler Withdraws From GOP Presidential Field
Senator Larry Pressler of South Dakota ends his bid for the Republican nomination. He cites being barred from the Iowa debate and fundraising difficulties as key factors in his withdrawal.
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Washington
Larry Pressler
South Dakota
Iowa
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