Founding Fathers Debate Nation's Purpose at OU
Jefferson and Hamilton figures debate America's purpose during the Bicentennial program at Ottawa University. Clay Jenkinson and Melvin Kahn portrayed the founders, arguing for states’ rights versus centralized power, the Bill of Rights, slavery, and U.S. foreign policy while addressing a crowd of about 306.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander “Et Hamilton
Ottawa University
Aa Jefferson
Clay Jenkinson
Sharon Springs
Hamilton
Melvin Kahn
Wichita State University
America
U.S
Jefferson
United States
Pentagon
U S Shows Iran Mine Plot in Persian Gulf Attack
Washington reports incontrovertible evidence that Iran mined the Persian Gulf. Defense Secretary Weinberger says the Iran Ajr was a warship planting mines when US forces attacked. Three Iranians killed, two missing, 26 rescued. ten mines found aboard. Survivors to be released via Red Crescent, to avoid belligerent status.
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Washington
United States
Iran
Persian Gulf
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Navy
U.S
Weinberger
MacNeil-Lehrer
Pentagon
Oman
International Red Crescent Society
Red Cross
Central Interstate Low-Level Waste Commission Sets Nov 16 Site Vote
In Little Rock Arkansas the Central Interstate Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission set November 16 as the date to pick a state to host a disposal site. Nebraska objected to criteria granting credit for hazardous waste management, while Arkansas Kansas Louisiana and Oklahoma backed a rational, equitable selection process.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission
U.S. Ecology of
Louisville
Nebraska
Arkansas
Kansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Jim Peery
Atlanta
Dennis Grams
Burger Chagrined At Bork Hearing
Former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger testified for Robert H. Bork before the Senate Judiciary Committee saying the confirmation process has more hype and disinformation than any he has seen. He warned that past nominees once rejected sometimes proved qualified and noted vows do not predict future court behavior. The session also featured William Styron, Robert Rauschenberg, police representatives, and Carla Hills defending Bork against selective quotations, while Laurence Tribe argued the nominee’s view of liberty is narrowly framed.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
Robert H. Bork
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burger
Bork
Clement Haynesworth
Nixon
Supreme
William, Styron
Robert Rauschenberg
Styron
Rauschenberg
Carla Hills
Housing and Urban Development
Ford Administration
Harvard
Laurence Tribe
Public guardianship: state programs face growing strain
In Los Angeles and nationwide, five social workers oversee about 1000 elderly wards and $200 million in assets. Public guardianship, expanding across 32 states, handles life decisions for those without families, but offices face swelling caseloads, tight budgets, and accusations of favoring wealthier wards over the indigent.
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Scott McCartney
Associated Press
OS Angeles
Thhe
Public Guardian
Gordon Treharne
Los Angeles Public Guardian
James Scannell
San Francisco
Phoenix
Tennessee
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Philadelphia
France
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Stanley Grant
Commission
Kansas Department of Transportation
Tim Berry
Ottawa
Ralph Hamilton
Pomona
Frank Buck
Overbrook
Steve Zuk
The
Fred Bayles
Ned
Cook County
Pat Murphy
Walt Wagner
Chicago
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