Sheriff office stop and question policy sparks protests
In Gretna, Sheriff Harry Lee unveiled a plan to stop and question blacks in white neighborhoods, cited as curb crime but criticized as apartheid by civil rights groups. State AG Guste and ACLU leaders condemned the policy, while Boston University faces a separate ruling on removing antiapartheid banners as violating free speech.
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Brushfire test in California aims to study nuclear winter trigger
Researchers firefighters and an airborne team prepare for a controlled 600 acre brushfire in the Angeles National Forest's San Dimas Experimental Forest. Firefighters plan to ignite dry brush mid morning and use a helicopter to drop flaming thickened gasoline for the test.
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Postal official McKean will not seek re election
John R. McKean announced at the U S Postal Service Board of Governors meeting that he will not run again for chairman. The board will elect a successor at the first week in January. McKean, a San Francisco accounting firm president, cited no reason for stepping down amid prior controversy over a lawyer hired by the postal service with links to his firm.
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Board fires teacher over horror movie in Pennsylvania
In Lilly, AP reports the Penn Cambria School Board unanimously fired Roland Foot, 62, after he showed the R-rated horror film Carrie to seventh graders as a reward for good grades and attendance. Foot had been suspended with pay since November 18, with parents and students testifying on his behalf.
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