Gun widows press for handgun ban at Capitol
Janet Wohlberg of Brookline recounts telling her children that Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr were shot and recalls 18 year old brother killed by a handgun. She spoke at a Capitol rally with other families urging federal handgun prohibition and critiquing political inaction.
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Janet Wohlberg
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Robert F. Kennedy
Ana
Martin Luther King Jr
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Williy Jackson
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Mexico says unresponsive on jail protests
The State Department reports Mexico has answered only four of 23 notes protesting U.S. citizens in Mexican jails. About 554 prisoners, many alleging beatings, are under review by six officials across reports since July. Some evidence of torture is found. progress is slow and debated.
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State Department
U.S
Department
Leonard F. Walentynowicz
Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
House
Rep. Fortney Jf
Stark
D-Calif
Bill would strip board of power over consumer safety
The House approved a bill to remove the Consumer Product Safety Commission authority over handgun bullets fireworks pesticides and related items. The bill mirrors a Senate action and would extend the 1972 act to 1978 with a budget of 198 million for 1976 78. The measure includes a provision requiring congressional disapproval for new safety rules.
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Richard C. Simpson
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District of Columbia
Committee For Handgun Control
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American Public Health Association
Simpson
House Commerce
Lionel van Deerlin
D-Calif
Environmental Protection Agency
Naw
M. Caldwell Butler
R-Va
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