Supreme Court rules private schools can’t ban black students
The high court split 7 to 2 in a ruling that commercially operated non religious private schools may not exclude students by race and that whites are protected under civil rights law in private employment. Justice Stewart led the private schools majority, rejecting privacy arguments and affirming that the Civil Rights Act covers school admissions and private contracts.
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Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Justice Department
Ford
U.S. Circuit Court
Richmond
Warren Burger
William Brennan
Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun
Lewis Powell
John Paul Stevens
Stewart
Fairfax-Brewster
Bobbe’s
Hut
Southern Independent School Assn
Council For American Private Education
Council
Tion
Congress backs B 1 bomber production plan
Conferees approve a weapons bill allowing B 1 bomber production with 948 million dollars for the first three aircraft. The measure restores final passage by both houses after dropping a Senate amendment delaying funding beyond Feb. 1 for presidential decision.
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Washington
Senate
House
John Culver Cloway
Minnesota Republicans confront rule change at state nominating event
Reagan backers clash with Ford supporters as Minnesota Republicans push for majority support on each of 18 remaining national delegates. Reagan criticizes the rule, threatens protest. Carter’s Democratic push continues with Tim Carter crossing 1,910 pledged delegates.
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Sr. Paul
Hiey
California
Decyhy CuMaUle
Reagan
Ford
GOP
Betty Ford
Minnesota
Republican National Committee
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Robert Dole
Kansas
Murder Trial Recessed in Cedar Rapids FBI Killings Case
U.S. District Judge Edward J. McManus recessed the Cedar Rapids murder trial of Darelle Butler and Robert Robideau to July 6 after granting a defense motion to subpoena four government officials including FAI Director Clarence Kelley and Sen. Frank Church. The trial stems from the June 26 shooting of two FBI agents on the Pipe Ridge Reservation.
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Edward J. McManus
FAI
Clarence Kelley
Cedar Rapids
Frank Church
Idaho
Otis Pike
D-N.y
FBI
Thomas Coll
Tom Fruchling
Darelle Butler
Robert Robideau
Pipe Ridge
Pine Ridge
Clea Marshall
Puon
William Kunstler
Coler
Williams
Marshall
U.S
Evan Huftman
Huftman
EPA says plant disaster risk far higher than NRC estimates
The EPA finds a major nuclear accident could kill far more people and cause many more cancer deaths than NRC Rasmussen projections suggest. It questions evacuation, hospital capacity, and heroic medical care feasibility, while noting no current legal impact on licenses.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Associated Press
Rasmussen
United States
Aost
Sys
Cedar Rapids Rail Plan Draws Fire From Rail Leaders
A proposed downtown Cedar Rapids reorganization plan met with criticism from railroad officials including James Wolfe of Chicago and North Western and DR Woods of CRANDIC. They oppose a new intercity switching firm and relocating transfer yards south of General Mills, citing higher costs and slowed car movements.
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Linn Regronal Planning Commission
James RB. Wolfe
Chicago
Northestern
Wolfe
General Mills
Cedar Rapids
Walfe
Inter City Railroad
Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Co
Pyria
North Western
Peasiar Pekin Union
Mar General Mills
Conto
Thirty-third Avenue
Juse
Lu Fy
Dr, Woods
Woods
Crandic
Upechitine
Weroda
Wands
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Cyprus
APY
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Carter
Georgia
Timmy Carter
New Hampshire
Iowa Department of Transportation
Victor Preiser
Donald Canney
Donald Gardner
IDOT
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Iowa City
Yers
Ronald Williams
Jack Coler
Little Big Horn
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