Supreme Court Upholds Women’s Affirmative Action Plan
The Supreme Court rules 6 to 3 that employers may use voluntary affirmative action to promote women, even if no proven past discrimination exists. The decision could boost hiring and promotion opportunities for women and ease legal risks for employers, though some critics call it a setback for non discrimination principles.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Marsha Levick
National Organization For Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund
Judith Lichtman
The
Women's
Reagan
AIDS virus may be dormant for decades after infection
New York AP reports economist Malcolm Rees estimates the AIDS virus could stay dormant about 15 years on average before disease, implying 2.5 million Americans infected by 1984 may develop AIDS in 30 years. The study notes 10 to 20 years for two thirds of cases but cautions results are not firm. Federal figures show 33,158 Americans with AIDS and 19,192 deaths as of Monday.
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New York
Malcolm Rees
Rees
Tional Academy of Sciences and
Institute of Medicine
James Chin
California Department of Health Services
Chin
Robert May
Princeton University
May
Reagan Vows to Wage War on Veto Overrides
President Reagan vows more vetoes to curb spending as he confronts Congress over an $87.5 billion highway bill and a prior $20 billion water cleanup bill. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater says the aim is to prevent the 67 votes needed to override, with emphasis on lobbying the Senate.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
Marlin Fitzwater
Fitzwater
House
Senate
Saudi Arabia
White House
Jet crash kills Dean Martin's son and crewman in California
Air National Guard Capt. Dean Paul Martin, 35, and Capt. Ramon Ortiz, 39, were found in the San Bernardino Mountains after their F4C Phantom crashed in dense clouds six days earlier near Mount San Gorgonio. They did not eject and perished on impact.
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March Air Force Base
Calif
Dean Martin
Air National Guard
Dean Paul Martin
Ramon Ortiz
Las Vegas
Nev
San Bernardino
Carolyn Hamilton
Martin
Beverly Hills
Warren Cowan
Hallucinogen Found in Conrail Crewman Before Baltimore Crash
Investigators report PCP traces in the brakeman Edward Cromwell and marijuana in both Conrail crewmen after the January 4 collision near Baltimore that killed 16 and injured 175. NTSB hearing to begin. engineers may invoke Fifth Amendment rights if subpoenaed.
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Washington
Conrail
Amtrak
National Transportation Safety Board
Baltimore
NTSB
Center For Human Toxicology
University of Utah
Aeromedical Institute
Oklahoma City
Ricky Gates
Edward Cromwell
Gates
Cromwell
Alan Pollock
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John D. Maddox
Ohio
Paul E. Johnson
Santa Clara
Johnson
Ms. Joyce
Sequim
Wash
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Heritage Foundation
Carter
Nixon
Kennedy
Ford
Eisenhower
House of Representatives
Rolu
Co A
Maj
Steve Mensik
Mensik
Ortiz
Los Angeles
San Bernardino Mountains
Mount San Gorgonio
Frank Sinatra
Natalie
Dolly” Sinatra
Safety Board
Pollock
Robert L. Shields
CLU
Northwestern Mutual
Ottawai
Franklin County Community Housing Resource Board
Ottawa University Student Union
Myles Schachter
Foresight
Schachter
Ottawa
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