NAACP chief suspended amid board dispute in Chicago
Reports say Benjamin Hooks, longtime NAACP executive director since 1976, has been suspended and Thomas I. Atkins named acting executive director. Hooks denied comment, while board members indicate unclear status and a possible meeting to resolve the issue.
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Sakharov Exile Brings Heart Crisis and Hospital Blockade
Yelena Bonner says Soviet authorities will not allow Andrei Sakharov to leave Gorky for heart treatment in Moscow. She reports two minor heart attacks since his removal from Moscow on January 22, 1980 and notes police harassment. Bonner seeks Western pressure for emigration and hospitalization together in Moscow, citing anonymous Academy of Sciences refusals.
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Second US astronaut couple to expect baby this July
Astronaut Anna Fisher and her husband William Fisher, both doctors at SPACE CENTER, Houston, are expecting their first child in July. NASA spokesman John Lawrence said the pregnancy won’t affect flight status as neither has a space mission assigned yet. The first astronaut couple to have a child were Margaret Seddon Gibson and Robert Gibson, whose son was born last July 26.
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Epton Calls Chicago Mayoral Run A Bad Experience
Bernard Epton, the defeated Chicago mayoral candidate, calls his bid for the city’s top post a bad experience. The white Republican lost to Harold Washington, a black Democrat, after a chaotic campaign. Epton, 61, says he may not seek public office again and wonders what comes next.
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