Powell’s retirement shocks White House in abortion era shift
Chief Justice William Rehnquist announced Lewis Powell’s retirement at the 1986-87 term’s end. Howard Baker relayed the news to Reagan, who said choosing Powell’s successor is a major duty. Senate confirmation, term start, and possible nominees loom as the court weighs abortion precedents and rulings.
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Senate
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lewis Powell
Pennsylvania
Inmate Sex Scandal Eyed in Iowa Prison Probe
Documents detail an affair claim involving inmate Cline and correctional officer Tracy Kenton Conner. No charges yet as a judge rejects forced blood and saliva tests. AFSCME warns of a broader witch hunt while continuing the investigation. Cline serves time for theft and financial instrument misuse. Conner denies the allegations. The probe faces questions over reliability and staffing at Mitchellville Prison.
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Tracy Kenton Conner
Conner
Tommy Gott
Iowa
Gott
Polk County District Court
Pleasant Hill
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 61
DCI
Theodore Miller
Mike Hansen
Afscme
Dwight (Ill.) Correctional Center
First Gott
Don McKee
McKee
Mitchellville
Tommy
Tracy
Department of Corrections
Hal Farrier
Farrier
Con
Flames 80 Feet High Parade A Cedar County Gas Pipeline Fire
A propane pipeline fire near Cedar County burned about 10 feet from the ruptured line while 42 000 gallons may have been in the segment. The blaze reached 80 feet and smoke was visible as far as Iowa City. Firefighters, law enforcement, and Mid America officials managed the scene with no toxic fumes detected. The shutoff valves limited the spread, and Prescott predicted the fire would burn out today.
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Cedar County
Mid America
Prescott
Tulsa
Okla
Tipton
Wilton
John Miller
Cedar
Muscatine
Iowa State Patrol
R.W. Moon
Brad Chapman
Brad
Alma Chapman
Des Moines
Hudson
Black Hawk County
Libyans in Rome Kill Dissident Near Presidential Residence
Two Libyans affiliated with Gaddafi's Revolutionary Committees shot dead a man described as an enemy of the people in a busy Piazza Cavour square near President Cossiga's home. They were arrested soon after and claimed the victim was a Libyan dissident living in Italy. The suspects used Libyan and fake passports and said the mission was to kill the dissident dog.
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Italy
Muammar Gaddafi
Revolutionary Committees
Riccardo Infelisi
AGI
ANSA
Tripoli
Malta
Gaddafi
Piazza Cavour
Francesco Cossiga
Khalifa Benyoussef Salaham
Infelisi
Ramadan el-Tarhuni
Omar Ghammadi
Libya
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