Filibuster Rule Change Inevitable
Washington AP reports after two weeks of debate the Senate moves toward changing filibuster rules. A three fifths majority would enable debate limits, replacing two thirds voting on most changes. Majority support emerged in recent votes, with opposition citing minority rights concerns as discussions proceed.
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Washington
Senate
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Allen
Louisiana
Pie Throwing Hits Dartmouth Dean in Custard Pie Attack
Bruce Kimball assistant dean at Dartmouth College was attacked by a masked assailant who slapped a custard pie into his face during a college judiciary committee meeting. The plate bore the inscription Victim No 3 a dean Who's next as the campus endures a pie throwing fad.
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Hanover
N.H
Bruce Kimball
Dartmouth College
College Judiciary Committee
Kimball
Dartmouth
Russia's Caspian Sea as a salt water lake case
The Caspian Sea in Russia is a saline water body fed by several large rivers. High evaporation rates raise the water's salinity, making its composition effectively a high saline content lake.
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Russia
Caspian Sea
Judge Denies Reverse Discrimination Challenge to State Police Cadet Selection
U S District Judge Clifford Scott Green refused to overturn the consent decree governing Pennsylvania State Police cadet selection, finding no justification for white plaintiffs. The ruling upholds minority quota targets and test-score based admissions for the March 6 class, amid a long-running class action by William Bolden III and others challenging the police hiring and promotion procedures.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hershey
Clifford Scott Green
FOP
Green
Plantiffs
Jide Green
William H. Bolden III
Bolden
Judge Green
Fired state official irked by dismissal and charges
Harrisburg AP A state Insurance Department official fired this week over an alleged conflict of interest says he will appeal to the Civil Service Commission. William J. Kuntz former director of the bureau of licensing says he did nothing wrong and that the firing stems from a loan to a rockwood backed bank linked to a regulator. The case ties to Rockwood Insurance Co and Keystone Bank, with prosecutors and a House committee pressed for further inquiries into insurance regulation.
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Civil Service Commission
William J. Kuntz
Insurance Department
Bureau of Licensing
Kuntz
Frank Hilton
William Sheppard
Sheppard
Keystone Bank
Lower Burrell Township
Westmoreland County
Rockwood Insurance Co
Somerset County
Rockwood
Keystone
Robert P. Kane
Justice Department
House
Rockwood Company
U.S. Atty
Richard Thornburgh
Pittsburgh
Kane
Thornburgh
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