HEW and EEOC say Bakke won’t force major action changes
HEW Secretary Califano and EEOC Chair Norton said the Bakke ruling should not prompt sweeping shifts in affirmative action. They will review regulations and guidelines to ensure conformance while maintaining goals that promote minority and female representation without hard quotas. President Carter framed the decision as supporting ongoing affirmative action efforts.
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New York Times
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Supreme Court
Joseph A. Califano Jr
HEW
Eleanor Holmes Norton
EEOC
Bakke
Mrs. Norton
Carter
Califano
University of California
Beirut blood feud kills over a hundred in clashes
Syrian tanks and artillery pounded Beirut for a third day as fighting in the Christian sector raised casualties to more than 100 dead and 300 wounded. Reports said none of the Syrian losses were known, while Lebanese factions blamed each other and urged international intervention. Cease fires collapsed as nighttime barrages hit the eastern city, the heaviest since civil war began.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
National Liberal Party
Tigers
United States
Soviet Union
France
Britain
Vatican
Beirutt
Syria
Cha
Moun
Pierre Gemayel
Phalangist
Gemayel
Suleiman Franjieh
Franjieh
Hafez Assad
Elias Sarkis
Lebastion
China halts aid to Vietnam over harassment claim
Tokyo AP reports China has halted all aid to Vietnam and recalled technicians after Hanoi intensified anti China activities and ostracism of Chinese residents. In Ho Chi Minh City 250000 Chinese applied to board ships to return home, but many reportedly withdrew applications per Vietnamese officials. The move adds to a heated Sino Vietnamese dispute amid issues over minority treatment, Cambodia support, and Soviet influence.
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China
Vietnam
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
Hsinhua
Cambodia
California Prop 13 limits tax by half lets rent aid debate begin
Proposition 13 took effect in California cutting property taxes by more than half, creating a $7 billion reduction. legislature debates passbacks to tenants while opposing rent control. Gov Brown complex bills direct state surplus to local governments and child care funding to districts. Police and fire services kept at full strength amid budget cuts.
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Sacramento
Calif
The
California Apartment Association
Betty Gwiardon
Southern Illinoisan publication and rates notice
The Southern Illinoisan lists its Carbondale Herrin and Murphysboro offices and notes its status as successor to local papers. It records delivery rates for Sunday through Friday at 4.50 dollars monthly and mail options payable in advance. The Associated Press retains exclusive local news republication rights.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
N. Illinois
Herrin
N. 16Th
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
S. 12Th Street
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Memphis Firefighters Strike Paralyzes Trash Pickups
Striking Memphis firefighters set up picket lines at all three city sanitation yards halting most trash collection in the city of 800,000. Union negotiators and city lawyers move to court for restraining orders while sanitation workers refuse to cross picket lines and support the firemen in the ongoing civil emergency.
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Memphis
Wyeth Chandler
South Sanitation Yard
Sev
Clinton Burrows
Janet Graves
American Federation of State, County
Lightning outage cuts power across four western states
A lightning strike hit a 500000 volt transmission line linking four Snake River dams with the John Day Dam in Oregon, triggering outages in Montana Wyoming Idaho and South Dakota. Restoration followed, but a separate San Francisco transformer fire cut power to about 21000 customers for nearly two hours.
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Associated Press
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
South Dakota
San Francisco
Fisherman’s Wharf
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
W. R. Bosshart
Bonneville Power Administration
Portland
Ore
Snake River
EPA
John Day Dam
Oregon
Bossart
Lower Monumental Dam
Columbia
Oregoon
Washington
Colorado
Arizona
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Tokyo
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Your Kroger
Aes Herrin & Marion
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Robert Hoffman
Hoffmann
MH Peres
Carbondale Savings and Loan Association
Carbondale Savings and Loan
West Main ST
Benton
Marion
Cabondale
Mickey Mouse
Mickey
Donald Duck
Goofy
Pluto
Daisy Duck
Minnie Mouse
Uncle Scrooge
Horace Horsecollar
Pepsi
Pepsi-Cola
PepsiCo Inc
Mickey Mouse Goofy
W. Main
Hig
E. Main
Brown Marion
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