Court strikes down New York contraceptives law for minors
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that the New York statute restricting contraceptive sales to pharmacists 16 and over and banning advertising in drug stores violated minors privacy rights. Brennan led the majority, joined by Stewart Marshall and Blackmun. Burger and Rehnquist dissented.
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Supreme Court
New York
William Brennan
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
Harry A. Blackmun
Brennan
House rejects car rebate plan in Carter energy bid
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 31 to 5 against President Carter's rebates for fuel efficient cars and signaled openness to a watered down gas guzzler tax. The panel called the rebate scheme unworkable as most funds would go to foreign car buyers. A staff plan replacing the tax on gas guzzlers is under review, with Rep. Al Ullman backing the compromise.
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House
Ways and Means
Carter
al Ullman
Illinois Wheat Crop Strong Despite Cold Peach Loss
The Illinois winter wheat crop is forecast at 62.8 million bushels averaging about 40 bushels per acre, well above the 31.9 national average. January freezes halved the peach harvest, not exceeding 11 million pounds, vs 20 million in 1977 and 27 million in 1975. The U.S. total wheat production is set at 1.526 billion bushels.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Senate approves AMC delay on clean air standards
The Senate voted to grant American Motors a two year extension until 1982 to meet proposed nitrogen oxide limits. Auto makers sought up to five years with a permanent relaxation for carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, but the Senate dropped the CO relaxation plan after House approval of a broader industry amendment faced opposition.
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Wasington
Senate
American Motors
House
Fire at Abidjan Pacha Club Kills Dozens
Flames and thick smoke engulfed the nightclub as patrons fled through a single narrow exit. The French consulate reported 41 deaths and four serious injuries, with many bodies badly charred and difficult to identify.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Hungarian Red Leader Sees Pope in Vatican
Pope Paul VI hosted Janos Kadar the Hungarian Communist Party Secretary for nearly an hour in a historic audience. The meeting signaled a milestone in the slow rapprochement between the Holy See and Hungary escaping past tensions. Mindszenty’s scandal and exile are referenced as a backdrop to church state relations.
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Paul VII
Communist Party
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Holy See
Republic
Vatican
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindzenty
Cardinal Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Thompson vows no more mental health to prisons in Illinois
Gov James Thompson announced no additional state mental health hospitals will be converted to prisons. He plans two new medium security prisons after a task force found existing facilities unsuitable. Franzen and Rowe will seek new sites as replacements.
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Springfield
James Thompson
Illinois
Chester
Lincoln
Thompson
Charles Rowe
State Department of Corrections
Gayle Franzen
Franzen
Rowe
Moluccan mediators warn 55 hostages must go free
Two South Moluccan mediators arrived at a hijacked Dutch train to deliver a government ultimatum. They warned that 55 hostages must be freed or face dangerous consequences as authorities fear for the captives' condition. The siege began 17 days earlier with multiple gunmen nearby.
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The
Netherlands
Josina Soumakil
Hassan Tan
Cubed fruit trees could aid harvest and pruning efforts
AP reports Dr. Bernard Tennes of the USDA ARS in East Lansing says shaping fruit trees into cubes will streamline mechanized pruning spraying and harvesting. A machine now handles trees up to 10 feet high and could work for peaches plums oranges and other fruits, addressing the limits of conventional 20 by 30 foot apple trees.
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Peoria
Bernard Tennes
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
East Lansing
Mich
Tennes
Michigan
Illinois Senate committee advances laetrile use bill
The Senate Public Health Committee approved a bill to legalize laetrile distribution and use in Illinois. It would allow hospitals and doctors to prescribe the substance with patients supplying their own supply, and require signed acknowledgments about FDA findings of no proven cancer cure.
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Lindsay-Schaub News Service
Springfield
The
Senate Public Health Committee Today
Illinois
Robert Lane
Chicago Heights
FDA
Senate
Charles Chew
Chicago
Lane
Donald Totten
R-Schaumberg
Judge allows women teach lobbying at Illinois ERA meeting
A federal judge in Peoria refused to enjoin the National Commission on Observance of International Women's Year from teaching lobbying techniques at its Illinois meeting, scheduled this weekend at Illinois State University. The decision upheld most actions of the commission while dismissing claims for equal time balance and repayment of funds, noting no direct state lobbying by commission members and no statutory criteria for committee balancing.
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National Commission On
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Illinois State University
Robert Morgan
U.S. District Court
Stop Era
National Commission
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Morgan
U.S. Treasury
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State Coordinating Committee
Alton
J. Fred Schlafly
Stop Era National
Phyllis Schlafly
White House
Mark Siegel
ERA
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Zwick’s
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