Veteran father's victory as crippled dad regains custody
LAS VEGAS AP Bill Carney, injured in 1976, wins custody of sons Willie 12 and Eddie 10 after four years fighting courts. The CBS special The Ordeal of Bill Carney airs tonight. He hopes to inspire handicapped parents while noting his daughter was not mentioned.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Bill Carney
CBS
Carney
Jacqueline
Ellen Farnham
Buffalo
N.Y
Willie
Eddie
Camp Parks
Calif
Oakland
Phoenix
Ariz
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Compton
State Supreme Court
ERA ruling jeopardizes constitutional ERA status
Judge Callister held that Congress may set a time limit for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and that states must act within it. The decision could end ERA prospects as five rescissions reduce the tally from the original 35 ratifiers, with Indiana last to ratify in 1977. Senator Garn and supporters termed the ruling a victory for the rule of law.
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Jake Garn
Utah
Senate
Callister
Garo
Indiana
Congress
Weather forecast shows rain and snow across regions today to Thursday
The forecast predicts rain and showers along the Gulf and south Atlantic coast states through Thursday morning. Snow is forecast for the Northwest and from Minnesota to northern New England, with mild conditions in parts of the West and southern half of the country. Most northern states will remain cold.
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Gulf
South Atlantic Coast
Northwest
Minnesota
New England
Hunger strike claims and clashes in Poland amid martial law
A BBC quote from a Polish businessman traveling to Helsinki notes solidarity activists and union officials exchanging messages while he says seven people have died in martial law clashes. Reports from abroad vary up to 200 deaths. Walesa reportedly hunger striking and held in Warsaw. Dabrowski says Walesa is in good health but under arrest. Soldiers patrol Warsaw, Gdansk sees barricaded workers inside refineries with tanks nearby.
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Poland
Helsinki
Solidarity
British
Trade Union Council
Walesa
Warsaw
Dabrowski
Switzerland
Gdansk
Solidarity Movement
Reagan and Spasowski meet at White House during asylum event
President Reagan stated negotiations with the Soviets remain in the interest of world peace and warned that talks could end if Soviet conduct proves incompatible. Spasowski and his wife wept as the former Polish ambassador sought asylum, with Reagan praising their principle and discussing Poland’s developments.
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Meese
Reagan
Soviet Union
White House
David Gergen
Romuald Spasowski
United States
Spasowski
Poland
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Farm Bill Extends Subsidies and Food Stamp Program
The proposal maintains grain and cotton subsidies and peanut quotas, with Congress focused on price support levels for milk, grains, and fibers. Through loans purchases and direct payments the government backs commodity prices to secure farmer income and food supply. The bill includes a one year food stamp extension and funds research and Food for Peace. Approximately 11 billion dollars in farm program funds cover crop supports.
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Congress
Glade Manor Home Damaged by Wednesday Blaze
Ed Shoemaker owned Glade Manor house at 9414 Daysville Ave Walkersville badly gutted in a Wednesday morning fire started in the kitchen. State fire marshal investigator T S May said no one was home. Walkersville Woodsboro and New Midway firefighters fought the blaze and roof repairs continued as donations were requested for the family.
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Ed Shoemaker
Daysville Ave
Glade Manor
Walkersville
T.S. May
May
Darlene Wiles Burall
County board votes for volunteer ALS program and bonds
Frederick County officials approve a volunteer driven ALS program with hospital supervision and a county emergency medical advisory council. Industrial Revenue Bonds are issued for four firms, and a sewer master plan reclassification for Buckingham Hills is approved to speed service. Also noted, Mean Joe Greene headlines a national arthritis awareness PSA campaign in Atlanta.
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Crist
Frederick County
Clagett
Frederick Memorial Hospital
County Medical Society
Chamber of Commerce
Hospital Nurses Association
Fcvf&ra
Draftnet, Inc
R.W. Warner Inc
Frederick Trading Co
Frederick Park Limited Partnership
Buckingham Hills
Buckeystown
Harry T. DeMoll
James R. Shaw
Commission
Mary &. Williams
Arthritis Atlanta
Joe Greene
Pittsburgh Steeler
Greene
Arthritis Foundation
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