Whites seek federal block on Richmond redistricting plan
Four white Richmond council members and 25 white leaders asked the Justice Department to use the Voting Rights Act to block a redistricting plan that would create a permanent black majority. The group argued the plan uses race to abridge voting rights and favors black control of the council.
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Washington
Richmond
Justice Department
Congress
John V. Wilson
William Bradford Reynolds
Wilson
Woman delivers own baby by Caesarian in Ithaca
A young, unmarried woman in her 20s cut herself with a pocket knife and delivered a premature 2 pound girl by Caesarean section. She chewed the umbilical cord and sewed her skin, then was found by officers carrying the infant in a carrier. she requested 75 cents for cigarettes as police intervened. The baby was hospitalized and expected to survive. authorities consider charges pending psychiatric tests.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Deborah Stagg
Tompkins County
Joseph Joch
Tompkins Community Hospital
Amnesia victim hinders $1.3 million missing funds case
Ohio auditors report a $1.3 million discrepancy between cashier office balance and bank records. Missing records from 1979 to 1980 hinder explanations while Jane Boerger, former cashier’s head, now has hysterical amnesia and cannot recall past duties. She remains hospitalized and living with relatives near Sidney as officials review the affair.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Jane Boerger
State Treasurer's Office
Thomas Ferguson
Ferguson
Gertrude Donahey
Boerger
Sidney
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