Fair Housing Law Ten Years On Faces Ongoing Discrimination
The 1968 Civil Rights Act known as the Fair Housing Law marked a first step by placing legal protection behind housing opportunities. Despite gains, discrimination persists through subtle practices, with HUD expanding Open Housing efforts while critics urge stronger enforcement and possible changes to empower HUD to block sales or rentals and extend legal timelines.
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Martin Luther King
Lyndon Johnson
NAACP
Nathaniel Jones
Carter
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Department of Housing and Urban Development
National Urban League
HUD
National Association of Realtors
National Association of Home Builders
Jenkins
Gale
Congress
Delaware Firm Faces Charges
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint accusing E I du Pont de Nemours and Co of illegally attempting to monopolize titanium dioxide pigment production. The FTC says DuPont accounts for over 40 percent of U S output, with the market highly concentrated among four firms.
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Washington
E.J. duPont de Nemours & Co
Federal Trade Commission
duPont
Irving S. Shapiro
Wilmington, del
FTC
Solons Reserve Judgment on Military Retirement
Washington lawmakers debate a proposal to raise the service retirement age from 20 to 30 years. Senate chair John Stennis and Sen. Sam Nunn reserve judgment, while President Carter plans a bill by January. House critic Rep. Bill Nichols seeks hearings to test recruitment impact. Former budget director Charles Zwick led the panel backing the change.
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Washington
Congressional Armed Services Committees
John Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Carter
Congress
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Armed Services’ Manpower and Personnel
Federal Budget
Charles J. Zwick
Nunn
House
Bill Nichols
D-Ala
Armed Services
Tom Eiland
Nichols
Key West Sunsets Draw Crowd at Mallory Pier
In Key West Florida residents and visitors gather at Mallory Pier each evening to watch the sun sink into the Gulf of Mexico. The scene features street musicians dancers and vendors as about 300 people applaud the sunset from Duval Street. Local winter resident Mary Yarnell says the appeal is the people not just the view.
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Key West
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Mallory Pier
Suir
America
Boca Grande Key
Duval Street
Mary Yarnell
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Sheridan Corner
Cache Rd
Sheridan
Equitable General Insurance Company
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Flexstee
Howard-Parlor
DIAL
Raulston Furniture
Vantage
Meeker
Michael Epperson
Miami, Florida
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