Maine voters reject anti pornography measure
Maine voters rejected the first state wide anti pornography measure, voting 71,206 to 28 percent in favor of prohibition. The measure would have jailed those selling or promoting obscene magazines or books up to five years. In Queens New York the race for the late Addabbo’s seat narrowed to a tight two woman contest. Floyd Flake and Alton Walden split the lead by small margins with a large number of absentee ballots still uncounted.
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Dick Riley
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Senate
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Henry McMaster
Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings
Floyd Flake
Alton Walden
Richard “Bo” Dietl
Flake
Walden
Addabbo
Opponents blast Bigeye bomb in GAO report clash
Washington lawmakers opposing chemical weapons seize on a General Accounting Office critique to fight Reagan administration funding for the Bigeye nerve gas bomb. Senator Pryor and Representatives Fascell and Porter called the weapon a turkey and urged against appropriating 56.9 million dollars next year. In the same dispatch, a separate GAO audit faults Ford cars from 1970 to 1979 over gear-shift failures linked to 162 deaths after a recall decision. Space Center Houston reports Owen Garriott, veteran NASA astronaut, resigns to pursue private consulting after Challenger grounding.
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Pentagon
Congress
David Pryor
D-Ark
General Accounting Office
Pryor
Dante Fascell
D-Fla
John Edward Porter
R-Lit
Pact outlines large reductions in European forces
The Warsaw Pact proposed trimming conventional East West forces across Europe by 100000 to 150000 troops in the next phase. The plan, backed by the Soviet bloc, was adopted at a two day meeting concluding in Budapest. The announcement signals a major step toward easing Cold War military tension between the Warsaw Pact and NATO.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
NATO
Budapest
Hungary
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Court Upheld Right To Abortion In Pennsylvania Case
The Supreme Court reaffirmed the 1973 ruling by striking down Pennsylvania rules that would curb abortions. By a 5-4 vote, justices said the regulations unlawfully hinder a woman’s constitutional right to end a pregnancy. The Reagan administration urged overturning the landmark decision.
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Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Ex Army Captain Complains Over Medal Allowances
Ex Army Captain Ralph Alecer, 69, displays his uniform and medals, noting the absence of his Bronze Star and Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters. He sent the symbols to President Reagan with a protest over medals awarded to troops wounded in a West Berlin nightclub bombing and the Grenada invasion.
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Reagan
West Berlin
Plea Set in Belushi Drug Overdose Case
In Los Angeles Cathy Evelyn Smith faces court after a plea bargain on one count involuntary manslaughter and three counts furnishing drugs in John Belushi overdose. Prosecutor seeks up to three years. defense aims for probation. The deal mirrors a prior agreement in the case.
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Cathy Evelyn Smith
John Belushi
Smith
Howard Weitzman
Weitzman
Elden Fox
Belushi
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Superior Court
David Horowitz
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