Brown Declares Emergency as California Mudslides Kill Dozens
San Francisco AP reports floods of mud and wreckage block rescues for up to 20 people buried in houses as storms lash the Bay Area. Gov. Brown declares emergency in six counties. deaths reach at least 20 with many missing and property damage nearing 100 million dollars.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Ben Lomond
Love Creek
Marin County
Bay
Sausalito
Golden Gate Bridge
U.S. 101
Paul Douglas
California Highway Patrol
Pacifica
Cal Hinton
Brown
Marin
Contra Costa
San Mateo
Santa Cruz
Humboldt County
San Francisco State University
Kai-yu Hsu
Tiburon
Santa Cruz County
Boulder Creek
Soquel
Felton
Joseph Henard
Creationist Movement Still Not Dead
A leader of the creationist movement says it will press on after U S District Judge Overton invalidated Arkansas' creation law. The ruling struck down the statute for violating the First Amendment while creationists vow intensified efforts nationwide. Jerry Falwell and Duane Gish criticized the decision as bias and a blow to academic and religious freedom.
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Little Rock, Ark
Duane Gish
el Cajon
Calif
U.S
William Overton
Overton
Arkansas
Congress
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Louisiana
Mississippi Senate
Mississippi House
Gish
Institute For Creation Research
Jerry Falwell
Lynchburg
Moral Majority
Justice Department Opposes Latest ERA Requests
The Justice Department opposed an immediate Supreme Court appeal by ERA advocates and said it would support action only if the amendment is ratified by three more states by June 30. The ruling by Judge Marion Callister in Boise struck down the extended deadline for ratification.
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Washington
Justice Department
ERA
Supreme Court
Department
U.S
Marion Callister
Boise
Idaho
Congress
National Organization For Women
Paul McGrath
Callister
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
White House
Reagan
NOW
Laurence Tribe
Harvard University
Richard Viguerie
Jerry Falwell
Moral Majority
Howard Phillips
Phyllis Schlafly
Paul Weyrich
Committee For the Survival of A Free Congress
Proera
Taxpayers Fund Global Travel By Members Of Congress
Congress members take long winter recess travel to Europe the Middle East and the Pacific at taxpayer expense. AP records show 51 lawmakers traveling abroad in December and January with trips to Brussels The Hague Tel Aviv Cairo and other destinations aboard VIP Air Force planes.
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Washington
France
Fiji
Congress
Globe
Air Force
State Department
Associated Press
House
Senate
Brussels
Belgium
Hague
Netherlands
European Parliament
Charles Percy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Tom DeCair
Latin America
Italy
Pacific
Mideast
Percy
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Menachem Begin
Hosni Mubarak
United States
South Pacific
Yap
Majuro
Ebene
U.S. Trust Territories
Ottawa
Don Sellers
Chuck
Nex
Yas
America
Posturopedic
Aca
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