Supreme Court Upholds Hyde Amendment on Welfare Abortions
In a 5 4 decision the Supreme Court affirming Hyde amendment restricts Medicaid funding for most abortions for welfare recipients. The ruling allows states and the federal government to withhold funds for medically necessary abortions under the 1978 ban, with pressure on states already funding some abortions.
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Heat wave grips Southwest with high toll and fires
A blistering heat wave across the Southwest has persisted with at least 52 deaths and extensive damage. Farmers face losses, fires burn tens of thousands of acres, and poultry and dairy industries suffer. Dairy cows yield less milk as peaches dry and hay harvests rush. Firefighters from Oregon and California battle Arizona blaze amid record heat.
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Fires Rage Across Arizona and Colorado Strain Resources
Fire retardants dropped over central Arizona with limited effect as brush fires top 25 000 acres. Colorado reports its largest blaze on record, a 9 600 acre six day fire in the central Rockies. A 540 acre blaze burns in Arapaho National Forest while a 700 acre fire nears containment in Gunnison National Forest. Arizona calls in New Mexico air support and crews.
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Baltimore tornado disrupts zoo crowd and docks across Maryland
A sudden storm spawned a tornado in Baltimore's crowded Druid Hill Park Zoo injuring many and prompting evacuations as a crowd of about 4000 watched a Spiderman appearance. Five people are missing after boating accidents near Fort Smallwood, with 34 plus injuries statewide.
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Begin illness halts Knesset session in Israel
In Jerusalem AP reports Prime Minister Menachem Begin was taken by ambulance to Hadassah Hospital suffering from exhaustion during a debate on an early elections motion. Witnesses said he turned pale loosened his necktie and wiped his forehead before leaving the Knesset.
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Economic Leading Index slips further in May amid layoffs
Washington AP The Index of Leading Indicators fell 2.4 percent in May marking the fourth straight monthly decline and seven of the last eight months. Eight of ten components declined though building permits rose slightly, with analysts warning the May uptick insufficient to signal a rebound.
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Soviet diplomat ordered to leave Iran over alleged documents
Iran ordered the expulsion of Vladimir Galvanov, first secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Tehran, after he was arrested for exchanging intelligence documents with a foreigner. Tehran Radio called them intelligence documents. Pars said he was an unreliable diplomat and given 24 hours to depart. An Iranian official later softened a separate threat to try U S Marine Michael Moeller for alleged seduction, saying prosecution could be avoided if the girl’s parents forgive him. Moeller, from Loup City Nebraska, denied the charge under questioning.
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Parvaneh
Washington
Boris Moeller
State Department
Parvoneh
Larry Clutter haunted after sailors drowned at sea
Six months after a Coast Guard cutter sank and 23 crewmen died, Larry Clutter reports sleepless nights haunted by ghosts. The article previews his story on Page 3C.
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Quipster on net worth via maternal and in law views
A wry remark suggests a man’s value equals his mother’s view of him minus the opinion of his mother-in-law. The quip uses family bias to imply reputational worth is shaped by maternal approval and daughter-in-law judgment.
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