NOW to press ERA boycott amid legal challenges and vote
The National Organization for Women plans to continue its economic boycott against 15 states that have not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, despite lawsuits and a Senate deadline extended to June 30, 1982. NOW, led by President Eleanor Smeal, vowed a national campaign while Coretta Scott King spoke to the conference and a policy resolution urged protections against forced sterilization and more birth control research.
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Associated Press
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National Organization For Women
Senate
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NOW
Eleanor Smeal
Democratic National Committee
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Nevada
Kansas City
Virginia
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Georgia
Florida
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Illinois
Oklahoma
Utah
Aizona
Kentucky
Tennessee
Idaho
Nebraska
Justice Department
Congress
KRA
Coretta Scott King
Texas prison guards shootings and prison strike spread
Texas penitentiary officials admitted three prisoners were wounded by a guard’s shotgun blast during a strike at the Ellis Unit last week. About 108 prisoners continued the walkout on Sunday while 300 returned to cells, amid a broader protest connected to a federal lawsuit over living conditions. In Corpus Christi evangelist Lester Roloff announced he will seek Supreme Court review of a ruling requiring licensing standards for his youth homes. He defended religious liberty and church-state separation as he spoke after services at The People’s Church.
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Huntsville
Texas
Ron Baylor
Ellis
Texas Department of Corrections
Taylor
Darrington
Angleton
Corpus Christi
Lester Roloff
U.S. Supreme Court
Roloff
Roloff’s
People’s Church
Iis Rebekah
Lightho
Lebanese Fighting Leaves 3300 Casualties Cleared Ceasefire Holds
Beirut amid Syria Christian cease fire largely holds with isolated sniper fire. Reported casualties reach about 3,300 as Lebanese political leaders remain divided amid tensions between factions.
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Farouk Nassar
Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
Qarantina Bridge
East Beirut
U.N. Security Council
Syria
Fuad Farah
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Elias Sarkis
Sarkis
Arab League
Refusa
Syra
Israel
Jeans stir Soviet worries over blue jeans Orbita hope
Soviet authorities push Orbita jeans as a Western rival. Youth clashes in Tbilisi over denim highlight the fashion fight, with reports of thefts and stabbings. Orbita touted as equal in quality, with early 1979 availability and export plans.
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Nikki Finke
Associated Press
Moscow
Communist Youth League
Tbilisi
Soviet
Georgia
Orbita
Zinaida Nesova
Ministry of Light Jeans
Europe
Hungary
Levi Strauss Co
Levi
Komsomolskaya Pravda
U.S
West
Berster immigration trial awaits key defense motions
In Burlington Kristina Berster faces trial on immigration charges with defense motions pending to suppress arrest evidence and seek dismissal by arguing she is a political refugee from West Germany. Berster, 28, arrested July 16 near the Canadian border, could face jail if extradited.
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Burlington, Vt
Kristina Berster
U.S
Miss Berster
West Germany
Huang Hua tours Venice landmarks during Italy visit
Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua concludes a five day northern Italy trip with tours of the Doges Palace and Murano glass works, and will visit the Fiat plant in Turin today. The trip underscores cultural exchanges amid regional ties.
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Venice
Italy
Huang Hua
Marco Polo
China
Doges’ Palace
Murano
Fiat
Turin
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