House votes immigrant lid on West Hemisphere
The House approved a cap of 20 000 immigrants per Western Hemisphere country annually and kept the total at 120 000 while expanding refugee access and extending Eastern Hemisphere preferences. Efforts to raise Mexico and Canada quotas to 35 000 were rejected.
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House
West Hemisphere
Washington
Mexico
Canada
U.S
Middle East
Henry B. Gonzalez
Dtex
Peter W. Rodino
D-N.j
Richard C. White
Tex
Labor Department
Skylab 2 astronauts adjust to gravity after splashdown
Aboard USS New Orleans Skylab 2 crew Bean Garriott and Lousma resume activity and report readjustment to earth gravity. Doctor says Bean back strain worsened by zero gravity but will improve with a firmer mattress and drugs. Garriott stronger. all three show steadier movement during six hour medical exams after San Diego splashdown.
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Richard Saltus
Uss
New Orleans
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Bean
Paul Buchanan
Space Agency
Buchanan
Lousma
Earth
Garriott
San Diego
Once mighty Irah dies as tropical depression
Hurricane Irah weakened to a tropical depression as it neared Mexico's Pacific coast. The Mexico City weather bureau placed it 60 miles south of Guaymas with top winds near 30 mph, after 40 mph gusts earlier. No casualties were reported despite drenching rains and minor flooding around Cabo San Lucas and along the coast.
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Los Mochis
Mexico
UPI
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Irah
Mexico City
Guaymas
California
Cabo San Lucas
Jury Hearings In Immigration Scandal Prompt Testimony
A federal grand jury heard witnesses including border inspectors in the Operation Clean Sweep probe into INS corruption. Alfred Hantman led questioning as DOJ officials noted no indictments date. Since 1971 several former immigration and border patrol officers in Southwestern states have faced convictions or indictments for bribery.
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Nan Diego
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Alfred Hantman
Justice Department
Immigration and Border Patrol
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