Southern Democrats' vote against Bork tied to race and region
Analysts say Southern Democrats rejected Robert Bork citing black constituents and a changing South. White conservatives, suburban liberalization, and Bork's perceived originalist stance also shaped votes. Blacks mobilized against him. future nominees likely face smoother approval.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert H. Bork
Senate
Bork
Jimmy Carter
Ruben Askew
Ms. Simmons
Ornstein
Tps
Reagan
Darden
Arrington Faces Three Challengers In Birmingham Mayoral Bid
In Birmingham Alabama incumbent Richard Arrington seeks a third term as mayor facing three opponents including Richard Finley a black Republican and Rob McKee a white lawyer. The election centers on crime economic growth and minority business expansion amid a city with a 55 percent black population and coalition support from black ministers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Richard Arrington
David Link
University of Alabama At Birmingham
Arrington
Richard Finley
Rob McKee
John Hawkins
McKee
Jefferson County
Finley
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian woman during West Bank protests
In Ramallah, Israeli troops fatally shot a Palestinian woman and wounded four others as hundreds of students blocked a main road with stones and burning tyres. The violence marked a sixth day of unrest across the occupied territories with protests in Gaza City and East Jerusalem.
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East Jerusalem
Ramallah
Palestine Press Service
Gulf shipping under new Iraqi raids on oil convoy
Iraqi raids target tankers along the Iranian coast as U S Navy escorts 11 Kuwaiti vessels to Mina al Ahmadi. The Rova and Merlin sustained missile strikes with casualties reported, while Baghdad and Tehran trade blows over attacks and a UN envoy warns that U S provocation could spark wider war.
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Iran
U.S. Navy
Persian Gulf
Mina Al-Ahmadi
Kuwait
Gulf
United States
Iraq
World Carriers
Baghdad
Divers map shipwrecks off Cape Cod National Seashore
National Park Service will spend two to three years mapping wrecks off the Cape Cod National Seashore. Three eight diver teams study wrecks including an 1872 German hull off Truro Beach to learn what remains reveal about historical waters over more than 45,000 acres.
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Wellfleet
Mass
National Park Service
National Seashore Preserve
Cape Cod
Park Service
Frank Ackerman
Truro Beach
Ackerman
Bakker visit to ailing father amid PTL crisis on parole of past
Jim and Tammy Bakker return to the PTL parsonage to visit Raleigh Bakker, 81, hospitalized in Pineville after a collapse at Heritage USA. The Bakkers, former PTL leaders, said they may stay several days as bankruptcy court considers reorganization plans and creditors seek recovery of more than 60 million dollars in debt.
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Fort Mill
S.C
PTL
Jim
Tammy Bakker
Television
Bakker
Raleigh Bakker
Mercy South Hospital
Pineville
N.C
Kim Rickwood
Heritage USA
Rickwood
James Toms
Bakkers
Toms
Tega Cay
Jim Bakker
Jessica Hahn
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Jerry Falwell
U.S
Rufus Reynolds
Falwell Group
Falwell
Mrs. Bakker
Daddy
Sam Johnson
Johnson
Heritage Village Church
Jeffrey Hadden
University of Virginia
William Robinson
Robinson
Columbia, D.C
Doctors indicted in radiation contamination case in Brazil
In Goiania, Brazil three doctors who ran an abandoned radiation therapy clinic were indicted on charges of causing grave injury to ten people after cesium 137 exposure from a 500 pound lead container contaminated forty residents. The case began when scrap dealer Devair Ferreira found the casing and inadvertently spread the material.
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RIQ DE Janeiro
Brazil
Orlando Teixeira
Criseide Dourado
Carlos Bezzerril
Gojania Radiation Therapy Institute
Devair Ferreira
Goiania
Brasilia
Bork battle marks low ebb in presidential status
With a little over a year left in his term the calendar is working against the president as well, leaders say. The elements of a lame duck presidency are more visible with every passing day. Some say Reagan retains power on the Hill despite defeats, while others cite tough fights ahead and advice shaping his stance. House leaders note shifts could occur quickly if a Soviet arms deal or budget fixes improve prospects.
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Byrd
House
Thomas Foley
Dash
Reagan
Foley
Dante Fascell
R-Plan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Leslie Ludwick
Richard Shelby
D-Ala
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Schneiders
Eskew
FBI
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U.N
Rajai Khorassani
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