Mandatory Air Bags Move Forward In Congress
Congress declined to overrule the Transportation Department and paved the way for mandatory air bags or passive restraints in all new cars by the 1984 model year with full-size models by 1982. Senate 65 31, House Commerce Committee 16 14 supported the measure, citing lives saved and reduced injuries, while critics warned of accidental inflation and higher replacement costs.
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Washington
Congress
Transportation Department
Senate
House Commerce Committee
House
Transportation
Brock Adams
Houses
Adams
Mail to the unborn fetus on welfare sparks a tax clash
A reader notes welfare rules cause mail addressed to unborn children when their mothers are on welfare. An Erie welfare spokesman explains the fetus may be treated as a person needing medical items and a card, with costs allegedly traced to federal policy. The piece argues funding abortions links to fetal identification cards for fetuses not yet born.
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Bill Eaton
Corry
Department of Welfare
Erie
AMT
Just How You See It In Bakke Case Shapes Racial Preferences
The Supreme Court debated whether reverse discrimination policies in education and business undermine equal protection. Allan Bakke, a white applicant, challenged UC Davis medical school admissions as he had been twice rejected while minority candidates met race based quotas. The decision could redefine affirmative action and influence race relations nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Allan Paul Bakke
Marshall
Bakke
University of California
Davis
Corry Man Sues Over Obscene Photo in Shopping Guide
Erie County Court suit claims volunteer fireman Richard Szewczuk suffered more than $20,000 in damages from a September 17 photo in the Kitoch shopping guide. Szewczuk alleges Carlyle J Sawyer Betty Jane Sawyer published a crude, grotesque image defaming him as scandalous and libelous.
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Erie
Spartansburg
Richard Szewczuk
R.D. 3
Carlyle J
Betty Jane Sawyer
Kitoch
Columbus Avenue
Corry
Tri-County
Troublemaker Premature smoke tests draw city ladder truck
A small device atop an open manhole caused smoke to flow into homes during sewer smoke tests led by Kimball Engineers. The tests will continue about 10 days, prompting warnings for residents to watch for the test apparatus.
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Fire Department
Wayne Street
Kimball Engineers
Quota System Frustrating To State Police
In Harrisburg AP report state troopers voice frustration over a minority quota tied to promotions. Five sergeants were promoted to lieutenant under a Green ratio forcing one minority for every three whites. Troopers condemn the system but say they must abide by the law as Bakke case looms.
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Harrisburg
Supreme Court
Alan Bakke
Bakke
California
Donald Laurida
Dublin
Clifford Green
Centre
Arrest Boy 16 for Killing Girls in Maryland
Stuart Kreiner, 16, a Martin Spaulding High School junior, was charged with the stabbing deaths of Deborah Hogan 10 Theresa Hogan 8 and Ann Marie Brzeszkiewicz 8. Prosecutors planned to try him as an adult in Harundale District Court on first degree murder charges. The case stunned neighbors who described Kreiner as a quiet, well behaved neighbor who mowed lawns and rode his bike.
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Severn
Deborah Anne Hogan
Theresa
Ann Marie Brzeszkiewicz
Baltimore
Southgate
Young Kreiner
Stu
Morningstar
Kreiner
Robert Wilkes
Leona Kreiner
Kreiners
Falls Church
Kremer
Maryland Classified Employer Association
Wilkes
Stuart
Elderly Center To Serve Many Needs
City administrator Hubert Grice asserts the First Avenue elderly center will be a community resource for all. GECAC involvement is welcome for funding and programs, but the center will not belong to any single group. residents are invited to share ideas and attend council meetings with suggestions.
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First Avenue
GECAC
Hubert Grice
Flcwls
Grice
Foreign-Trained Doctors Fail Certification Test Highlight
A study by the American Board of Internal Medicine shows only 17 percent of American physicians trained abroad passed the internal medicine certification exam in 1976, versus 80 percent of those trained in the United States or Canada. The report, in the New England Journal of Medicine, notes the exam measures medical knowledge and problem solving and is voluntary for practice.
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Boston
United States
Canada
American Board of Internal Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine
John Meskauskas
Meskauskas
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Jared McDavit
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David G. Knight
Stuart Kreiner
Millersville
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