10 GOP lawmakers ask to reconvene
Ten Republican lawmakers petitioned California leaders to reconvene the Legislature over property tax relief. Drafted by the Assembly Republican Caucus, the move cites tax bills due December and the need for action after the recess. If leaders reject, a second petition may be filed and a two thirds vote could force a session.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Executive Committee
The
Assembly
Committee
McCarthy
Rehearing Sought For Patty Hearst Conviction
Patricia Hearst’s lawyers petitioned the Ninth Circuit for a full-court rehearing on her 1974 San Francisco bank robbery conviction. They allege trial unfairness and say the court ignored key law and facts, citing improper evidence of post crime conduct and Fifth Amendment issues.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Berkeley
Calif
Symbionese Liberation Army
US Supreme Court
Appeals Court
Torneys
Circuit Court
Los Angeles
Justice Department backs affirmative action in Title VI scope
The Justice Department argues the 1964 Civil Rights Act bans race in federally aided programs only for groups with past discrimination. In Bakke v. UC Davis, it says affirmative action does not violate Title VI and cites minority sensitive programs. FBI reports show declines in bombings, deaths, injuries, and damages in nine months.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Allan Bakke
Department
Bakke
University of California Medical School At
Davis
Congress
Weather fronts bring hail and snow across multiple states
United Press International reports a slow moving cold front caused hail in Oklahoma and Arkansas and snow in northern Minnesota. Thunderstorms accompanied the front through Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri. Hail sizes reached golfball in northeastern Oklahoma and marble in western Arkansas. St. Louis drenched by 1.18 inches, Belleville recorded .95 inches. Two inches new snow in northern Minnesota, with smaller accumulations elsewhere. Light showers spread from Indiana to Tennessee and parts of New York, New England, Washington, and Montana. Clear skies in Texas and the Southwest. In a separate note, Elizabeth Taylor winning a prize is contrasted with Herman B. Windt’s refusal to part with a horse.
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of Ee
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Albuquerque
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Boise
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Charlotte
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
Eureka
Fairbanks
Fresno
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York North Platte
Oakland
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Palm Springs
Paso Robles
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Rapid City
Red Bluff
Reno Richmond
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake
San Diego
Seattle
Thermal Ashington
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Claremore
Indla
Mena
New York State
New England
Washington
Montana
Elizabeth Taylor
Herman B. Windt
Fairfield, Conn
Windt
Courvoisier
Westlake Fire rages amid LA area brush blazes
A second Westlake Fire near Malibu intensified as over 2 000 acres burned. 900 firefighters battled the out of control blaze, saving about 300 homes with six firefighters injured. Officials cited illegal trash burning as the cause while Topanga Canyon fire was ruled arson is suspected.
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Westlake Village
Calif
Beach
Fire Department
Los Angeles
Ventura County Fire Department
US Forest Service
Pacific
Topanga Canyon
Topanga
Clyde Bragdon Jr
John Gerard
Westlake
GOP Suggests Scrapping Carter Energy Bill On TV Reply
Republicans urge scrapping the energy package as House Senate conferees stall over a key utility rate provision. Packwood and Anderson call for a newer tougher plan while Staggers notes Carter canceled a nine nation trip to push the bill. Senate conferees reject House electric rate reforms preferring states follow federal guidelines.
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Washington
Packwood
Capitol Hill
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
House-Senate Energy Conference
Carter
House
All-Volunteer Force Faces High Dropout Rates
Pentagon manpower chief says dropout rate near 40 percent for first enlistments and reasons include discipline and unsuitability. White notes the 18 to 24 age cohort will shrink 15 percent in the 1980s and plans to boost enlisted women to about 200,000 while reducing washouts. He cites Army figures as higher than overall service rates.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Defense
John White
White
Army
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United States
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Robert D. Lusby, D.D.S
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