Fire chief accused of racial slur prompts probe in Montgomery
Montgomery County orders investigation into Germantown Fire Chief Michael May for allegedly calling an Hispanic firefighter a dumb spic during an Oct ambulance call. The probe follows earlier ethics cases and May’s 1988 resignation after a racial slur against a Black firefighter.
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Rockville
Germantown
Michael May
May
Hyattstown Department
Montgomery County
Neal Potter
Fire and Rescue Commission
Potter
Department
Equal Employment Officer
Lou Boozer
MD. 18
Waters Landing Drive
Boozer
Steve Davis
Germantown Fire Department
Commission
Mr. May
Jorge deLeon
Rockville Department
Ramon Granados
Fire and Rescue Service
Germantown Department
Granados
National Institutes of Health Fire Department
Gorbachev warns Lithuania of direct rule pressure
Moscow warned Lithuanian lawmakers of possible presidential rule if they do not obey Soviet laws as hundreds rally for independence outside Vilnius parliament. Paratroopers are being deployed to enforce conscription amid tensions with Baltic secessionists.
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Mikhailo. Gorbachev
Lithuania
Gorbachev
Kremlin
Eduard A. Shevardnadze
Tass
Supreme Soviet
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
Vilnius
Kazimieras Motieka
Arnie Kontautaite
Kontautaite
Baltic States
Defense Ministry
Latvia
Estonia
Armenia
Georgia
Moldavia
Ukraine
Red Star
V. Achalov
Rita Dapkus
Briefs Abortion Bills Set to Deluge States
Anti abortion bill activity is expected to surge as legislatures respond to the Webster ruling. Michigan Utah and Louisiana are seen as hotspots with many states hosting new measures. Activists anticipate as many anti abortion bills as in 1990 though insolvency and war threats may limit coverage.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Michigan
Utah
Louisiana
High Court
Missouri
Federal judge rules NEA obscenity pledge unconstitutional
U S District Judge John Davies ruled that the National Endowment for the Arts mandatory obscenity pledge violated free speech. The 28 page decision followed a suit by the Bella Lewitzky Dance Company and Newport Harbor Art Museum. Virginia Falck noted the pledge wasn’t enforced as the related appropriation expired September 30.
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Los Angeles
National Endowment For the Arts
NEA
U.S
John Davies
Bella Lewitzky Dance Company
Newport Harbor
Prison alternatives explored by U S Sentencing Commission
The U S Sentencing Commission weighs non prison punishments for federal defendants including community service probation weekend jail time and home detention. A task force proposal envisions a spectrum of intermediate penalties for non violent offenders with short records. The commission deferred immediate action and ordered a full staff study of these alternatives.
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Washington
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Van Gogh Painting Found in Wisconsin Home Questioned Value
An art worker for a Chicago auction house found a dark still life with scarlet flowers in an elderly Wisconsin couple’s home. Dutch experts believe it is authentic and it could fetch $500,000 or more at auction.
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Chicago
Vincent van Gogh
Wisconsin
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