Federal gun registration plan lingers after congressional backlash
The BATF’s 1979 era plan for a national firearms registration scheme remains alive on the back burner. Despite repeated Congress votes against registration, internal memos and testimonies show officials considering funding shifts, awaiting a more favorable political moment, while pressure from Congress and public letters continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Congress
BATF
Davises
Richard Davis
House
Rex Davis
Treasury Department
Subcommittee
BTAF
Neal Knox
National Rifle Association Insitute For Legislative Action
Washington
U.S
Know
Knox
House of Representatives
Carter Administration
White House
Fishing widows vanish as women join sport fishing movement
The piece profiles women like Ronnie De Luca and Kathy Casmas who fish professionally or recreationally, challenging the stereotype of male dominance on the water. It notes marriages bent by fishing, reports women waging brash bragging and jokes, and details women pursuing big game, club prospects, and the sense of independence from the sport.
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Georgia Duiler
N.Y
Massapequa
Ronnie de Luca
de Luca
Long Island
Jones Beach Inlet
Montauk
Eydie
Morty Starkman
Manhasset Hills
Starkman
Bronx
Starkmans
South Pacific
Kathy Casmas
Queens
Delores Sollazzo
Shirley
Kentucky Lake fishing derby set for fall prizes
The 20th annual Kentucky Lake Fall Fishing Derby runs Aug. 15 through Oct. 31 with $6,500 total prizes. No entry fee. weekly prizes go to the top five finishers for the largest bass crappie white bass sauger and catfish. Marshall County Chamber of Commerce Route 7 Benton KY 42025.
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Kentucky Lake
Marshall County Chamber of Commerce
Benton
Ft Massac Tops Illinois State Parks in First Half 1978
Ft Massac State Park near Metropolis led Illinois state managed recreation areas with 628000 visitors in the first half of 1978, surpassing Carlyle Lake at 604000. Total attendance across Illinois parks and sites reached 14247219, down 114000 from the previous year’s first half.
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Ft. Massac State Park
Metropolis
Illinois
Illinois Department of Conservation
Ft. Massac
Carlyle Lake
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Rex D. Davis
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Marquette Cement CO
Sprigg ST
Cape Girardeau, MO
Midway Equipment, Inc
Cassens
Fenton
Carterville, Ill
Firebird
Jim Pearl
JD Jim Peart Inc
E. Walnut
Carbondale
Jim Peari
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