ERA boycott costs Chicago millions in lost conventions
Chicago and other cities face multi million dollar losses as 40 national groups coordinate a boycott over ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. NOW recruits more groups while Frank Sain cites about 1 million in Chicago hotel and business revenue canceled. Notable bans include the National Education Association convention worth about 3 million.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau
Miami
Las Vegas
U.S
National Organization For Women
Frank Sain
Bureau
League of Women Voters
National Association of Social Workers
Board of Global Ministers
Conference On College Composition and Communication
National Education Assn
Lebanese factions rebuild forces amid civil war
Christian and Moslem militias in Lebanon, having fought in the civil war, are openly recruiting and arming new fighters. The two sides together are believed to field about 45,000 trained men, far more than the Lebanese army’s 4,000. Each faction may keep around 3,000 on active duty. In Moscow, Pravda criticized US human rights remarks at Belgrade, calling Goldberg’s comments sermons on domestic affairs.
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Tyre, Lebanon
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Belgrade
Pravda
Arthur Goldberg
U.S
Death penalty fails to deter homicides in study
Washington AP report notes high conviction rates and prison terms deter murder more than capital punishment. Minnesota Law Review analyzes 32 states from 1960 to 1970, finding homicide rates rose less in states ending the death penalty, challenging it as a deterrent.
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Washington
Minnesota Law Review
Brian Forst
Forst
The
Institute For Law and Social Research
Sadat urges Soviet to halt provocative moves toward Egypt and Sudan
President Anwar Sadat opened a joint Egypt Sudan parliamentary session urging the Soviet Union to revise its policy toward Cairo and Khartoum. He warned against arms deliveries and alliances while urging normal relations with both nations. Sudanese leader Jaafar Numeiry urged deputies to focus on southern Africa and liberation movements. The two nations have pursued political and economic integration since 1974, with a defense pact and joint ventures in agriculture, mining, and transport.
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Cairo
UPI
Anwar Sadat
Soviet Union
Egypt
Sudan
Sadat
Nile Valley
Jaafar Numeiry
Michigan DNA study under tight controls
University of Michigan researchers prepare to begin moderate risk recombinant DNA research under strict safeguards. A nine member biohazards panel oversees the program with the aim of studying cancer mechanisms while addressing safety and ethical concerns.
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Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
UPI
University of Michigan
David Jackson
Try
Jackson
Associates
Francis Payne
Court rejects Eskimo plea to block bowhead ban
A federal appeals court ruled against Eskimo whaling interests seeking U S opposition to an international ban on bowhead hunting. The DC Circuit vacated a district order that would have forced a State Department objection to the IWC ban for next spring. The Eskimos plan to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
John Sirica
United States
International Whaling Commission
Alaskan Whaling Commission
Supreme Court
Sirica
State Dept
IWC
Eskimos
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