Ruling shifts abortion battle from court to state legislatures
The Supreme Court upholds some abortion restrictions while affirming a right to abortion, shifting battles to state legislatures and ballots. States like Ohio Utah Kansas Maine North Dakota and Utah anticipate laws similar to Pennsylvania. Congress debates federal abortion rights though veto risk remains.
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Louisiana
Guam
Robin Rothrock
Shreveport
League of Women Voters
Pennsylvania
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
House
Bush
High Court
Stephen Freind
Helen Alvaro
United States Catholic Conference
Ohio
Alabama
Kansas
Maine
North Dakota
Utah
Lee Fisher
Susan Roylance
United Families of Utah
Alvaro
Catholic Conference
Michele Parish
American Civil Liberties
Farmers and deputies warn about following farm equipment on roads
Deputies will target drivers who ignore lane signals or tailgate farm machinery on rural Maryland roads. Farmers are told to report violator tag numbers. State 1990 data show three fatal crashes from tailgating, plus 31 injury and 39 property damage incidents. Sheriff’s office notes Frederick County’s large farming population requires shared roads.
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Frederick
Sheriff's Office
Maryland
Maybush
Frederick County
Abortion Debate Feeds 6th District Campaigns in 1968 Race
In a race featuring Republican Roscoe Bartlett and Democrat Thomas H. Hattery, abortion becomes a campaign issue after a 1968 law limited abortions to life endangerment, rape, or grave health harm. Bartlett condemns broad access. Hattery says Roe v. Wade reversal shifts power to politicians and highlights the need for legal protection of choice.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Thomas H. Hattery
Bartlett
Hattery
Frederick
House Vote Scenario Explored In Bush Clinton Perot Race
A U S district panel discusses how the electoral college works and how the House might choose a president if no candidate wins a majority. Reps Bartlett and Hattery say they would follow district popular will, with Bartlett leaning against Clinton and Bush favored in their district.
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Arkansas
Bill Clinton
Mr. Perot
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Congress
Bartlett
Battery
Bush
Clinton
Hattery
Board of Education Chief Signals Admin Pruning
Dr. Farmer says remaining staff must wear multiple hats as transfers shift work. He notes a nationwide move to decentralization and downsizing and commits not to grow administrative ranks or enact further cuts unless a crisis requires external classroom funding. Board alignment implied, with potential growth only if state law dictates.
Mount Airy man held in Hagerstown shooting
A Mount Airy man Jeff R Bastine 19 is jailed without bail in Washington County following a shooting on Sumans Avenue Monday night injuring Fred Gardin III 23 and Wychytte S Hunter 24 who stood in a crowd holding a baby. Gardin in critical condition. Hunter in critical condition. baby unharmed.
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Hagerstown
Mount Airy
Washington County
Jeff R. Bastine
Robert J. Frick
Sumans Avenue
Fred Gardin III
R Adams Cowley
Baltimore
Wychytte S. Hunter
Washington County Hospital
Global warming could wipe out U.S. plant species study says
A Nature Conservancy study warns that about 21 percent of U S higher plant species could vanish and half of the rarest plants may go extinct with roughly five degrees of warming this century. Central Texas, the Florida Panhandle, and Georgia mountains face the greatest risk.
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U.S
Blacksburg
United States
David Maddox
Nature Conservancy
Arlington, Va
Texas
Florida Panhandle
UN takes symbolic control as airlift waits for Croatia reinforcements
Three French planes land and U N flags rise on the airfield but officials say the airport remains insecure until Croatian reinforcements arrive. About 14,000 U N peacekeepers are in nearby Croatia amid ongoing fighting. Four killed and 12 wounded in Dubrovnik bombardment as Serb forces shell from Hercegovina. Captain Douglas Martin notes a one third portion of the 840 U N troops depart toward Sarajevo airport to establish a defensive presence.
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Croatia
Dubrovnik
Hercegovina
Douglas Martin
Daruvar
Sarajevo
Martin
Sirac
Francois Mitterrand
Bosnia
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