Supreme Court rulings and key political shifts during 1981 period
Justice Potter Stewart announced his retirement after 23 years on the Supreme Court. The court upheld stringent worker safety rules on cotton dust and a tough strip mining law. Procter and Gamble pulled sponsorships amid protests over sex and violence. Earl Butz was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $10,000 fine for tax issues. Airlines prepared for a limited service week as PATCO threatened illegal strike actions.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Stewart
Reagan
Supreme Court
Fort Wayne
Ind
Agriculture
Earl Butz
U.S. District Court
Jesse Eschbach
Butz
Reagan Administration
Haig signals lifting arms limits on China during Asia trip
Secretary of State Alexander Haig announced that U S restrictions on lethal arms sales to China would be lifted and a Chinese army official would visit Washington in August to discuss buying U S arms.
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Alexander Haig
China
Washington
U.S
United States
Taiwan
Haig
Asia
Reward Offered For Locating Decorah Pilot Missing Since June
The family of Decorah pilot missing since June 6 offers a $10,000 reward for information leading to locating his airplane between Paris Texas and Decorah. Civil Air Patrol and officials ended official searches last week. family plans posters along the route to spur private searches.
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Paris
Texas
Civil Air Patrol
Paul Strang
Roy Haugen
Strang
Joyce
Cedar Rapids area sees heavy rain and street flooding
AIS crop expert calls the Cedar Rapids rain the season's most beneficial. 1.9 inches fell at the airport in four hours, flooding some streets. Brucemore, the historic home of the Halls, will transfer to the National Trust on July 1. Rob Mawson to coordinate public use.
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Cedar Rapids
Brucemore
Howard
Margaret Hall
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Hall
Rob Mawson
Trust
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