Congressmen press for Nimmo dismissal over VA spending
Seventeen House members urge President Reagan to fire Veterans Administration chief Robert P Nimmo after he reimbursed 6441 for chauffeur services and faced a car lease issue. They cite travel costs and other actions as showing poor judgment while Nimmo moves to correct matters and cites Inspector General findings.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Robert P. Nimmo
White House
House
Reagan
Nimmo
Frank Sato
Commerce Department
Sato
Nursing schools ordered to admit men students
The Supreme Court in a 5 4 decision held that state supported nursing schools cannot bar men from enrolling. Justice O Connor wrote the majority opinion noting MUW violated equal protection by excluding males from its nursing program. The ruling follows Joe Hogan becoming the first male student at MUW.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’connor
Joe Hogan
Mississippi University
O’connor
Hogan
MUW
School of Nursing
Government in limbo as agencies face furloughs during budget stalemate
Congress and President Reagan push for a 10 day paid vacation while cash-strapped federal agencies brace for furloughs. Health and Human Services Inspector General staff face indefinite layoff. Labor, Education, and ATF personnel also await funding decisions. Checks for Social Security remain safe for now.
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Washington
Congress
Reagan
California
House
Senate
Department of Health and Human Services
Inspector General
Richard A. Schweiker
Schweiker
Secretary’s
Richard P. Kusserow
Labor Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Education Department
Controllers union to file for bankruptcy
Washington AP The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization PATCO says it will liquidate assets and abandon Chapter 11. An afternoon news conference announced by president Gary Eads follows beliefs by sources that PATCO will end as a reorganizing union. Poli, PATCO president during the illegal last summer strike, resigned in December.
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Washington
Gary Eads
U.S. ‘Bankruptcy Court of
District of Columbia
Robert Poli
Poli
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Casablanca
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Outelny
Odessa
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