Young criticizes Nixon Ford remarks on race on Capitol Hill
On Capitol Hill, Ambassador Young said he plans to meet with Carter to discuss attacks on his remarks and the President. He called himself racist, saying many must confront race issues, while Powell and Brock criticized his comments and defended Carter’s stance.
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Young critiques Cuban role in Africa and U S limits
Ford era official Young says his public remarks sometimes precede policy as Cuba expands in Angola. He views Cuba as a stressed island nation with about ten million people and fifteen thousand troops, challenging whether they can extend beyond current limits.
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Court rules for life in murder case with mitigating factor
The ruling spared the lives of convicted murderer Harry Roberts and two condemned New York men. The court held the Louisiana capital sentencing statute unconstitutional for failing to allow individualized mitigating factors. Justices Brennan Marshall Stewart Powell Stevens joined the majority, while Burger Rehnquist Blackmun White dissented on the outcome.
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Supreme Court splits over death penalty scope in wake of reforms
Justices grapple with whether murder and prison guard killings merit automatic death sentences. Rehnquist and White fault the court’s stance on moral justification of executions. The panel has upheld capital punishment in Georgia, Florida, and Texas, with upcoming ruling on rapists. Since 1973 ruling, states rewrote laws. by 1976, 35 states aligned with the decision, now 25 retain death penalty laws in force.
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MWD objects to save Owens Valley lake drain threat
The Metropolitan Water District warns that an injunction to halt Crowley Lake draining could worsen Southern California’s water shortage. If Fresno Superior Court blocks the draining, Los Angeles would need more water from MWD while demand already exceeds supply by about 200000 acre feet annually. Local cities rely on MWD for significant shares of water amid a 10 percent drought cutback.
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Boy Pleads Guilty in Death of Neighbor
Martinez AP reports a 1 year-old Concord boy pled guilty to a murder charge linked to the strangulation of 12-year-old Pamela Marie Pope. He is to return for sentencing before Judge Max Wilcox on June 25, facing confinement until his 2nd birthday. Pope was found near a garbage bin in the apartment complex she shared with the boy, strangled with a bicycle chain.
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