Jury Deliberates Former ESU Professor's Case
A Topeka jury begins deliberations in a 1.8 million damage suit by former Emporia State University professor Rodney Mitchell against ESU and four administrators. The outcome could create a major precedent affecting dismissals in higher education. Defense warns of broad ramifications for state universities.
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Topeka
Kan
Rodney Mitchell
Emporia State University
Terry Watson
Mitchell
Gerald Elliott
Kansas City
Emporia State
Richard D. Rogers
Rogers
ESU
John E. Visser
John E. Peterson
Social Sciences
William H. Seiler
Randall C. Anderson
Division of
Emporia State Administration
One Dead In Iowa Prison Protest
In Fort Madison Iowa inmates seized the Iowa State Penitentiary cafeteria taking hostages including a nurse and a corrections employee. One inmate died by throat wound and two buildings burned as 100 guards and National Guard stood by while a news conference was held.
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Fort Madison
John McCarroll
Robert Ray
McCarroll
National Guard
Michael Reagan
Iowa Department of Social Services
Gary Eugene Tyson
Reagan pressured to speed up natural gas price decontrol
Washington AP President Reagan faces a push to accelerate decontrol of natural gas prices to 1985, with Energy Secretary Edwards saying a political window exists before year end. The plan would raise monthly prices over three years and could raise homeowner bills, though DOE projects smaller impacts than critics fear.
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Washington
Reagan
Energy
James Edwards
Cabinet Council On Natural Resources
House
Senate
John Dingell
D-Mich
House Commerce and Energy Committee
Edwards
Congress
DOE
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