Judge Nickerson Rules Peremptory Challenges Racially Biased
New York federal district court judge Eugene H. Nickerson overruled a Swain v. Alabama precedent, ruling that peremptory challenges cannot be used merely to exclude jurors by race. The McCray v. Abrams case involved seven Black jurors and one Hispanic removed. Nickerson urged requiring reasons beyond race for each challenge, signaling a push toward broader equal protection in jury selection.
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New York
Eugene H. Nickerson
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Supreme Court
Nickerson
Swain
Alabama
McCray
Abrams
Brooklyn
Newhouse News Service
Reagan Takes Blame Over Lebanon Disaster Policy
The piece argues Reagan shifted blame for Lebanon's Marine deaths to protect policy amid Beirut turmoil. It notes internal opposition, politics around Arab concerns, and Jesse Jackson's intervention over Lt. Goodman, while questioning the U.S. mission and future in Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Walter Mandate
Ohio
John Glenn
Alessandro Pertini
Italy
Rome
U.S
Israel
Reagan
Jesse Jackson
Epuss Wieneers
Robert Goodman
United States
le EB Goodman
Jackson
Damascus
Goodman
State Department
Amadenne
Reagan Accepts Blame To Shield Beirut Mission
President Reagan took responsibility for the Beirut Marine disaster to shield commanders and curb political damage. A senior State Department official warned finger pointing could wreck foreign policy and public trust. The move echoes Ford’s Nixon pardon but is slower to resolve as Congress weighs Marine setbacks and policy flaws.
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Reagan
U.S
Beirut
Mideast
State Department
Ford
Nixon
Lebanon
Dosth
Pentagon
Congress
Pendu Rl
Defense Department
Baltimore Sun
Murdoch’s Sun-Times bid exposes amoral drive and power aim
A New York Times Service analysis reviews Rupert Murdoch’s 1981 Times acquisition, noting promises kept thin and obsession with influence. Harold Evans’s Good Times Bad Times portrays Murdoch as relentlessly energetic, amoral, and prone to using propaganda over facts, with leverage over editors and prominent figures worldwide.
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Rupert Murdoch
Chicago Sun-Times
Sun-Times
United States
Chicago
Murdoch
Times of London
Harold Evans
Atheneum
America
Evans
Australia
Britain
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Times
U.S
New York Post
Boston Herald
Village Voice
New York Magazine
Sunday Times
Thomson
Parliament
Fleet Street
Times Newspapers Ltd
Iago
Great
Curgental
Wwtus Ligue Pig
Ronald Reagan
Edward Koch
Margaret Thatcher
Mrs. Thatcher
Grenada
Kremlin
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U S Steel Strategy Hits Workers as Profits Rise
The piece argues U S Steel cutting capacity and foreclosing 15 430 jobs harms workers while investors cheer a 2 percent stock rise. It notes moving toward flat rolled, nonunion mills for autos, and criticizes unions and government for hard choices. It warns of decline in American steel jobs and communities and predicts a shift to specialty steels and cheaper imports.
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U.S. Steel
Marathon
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Ala
Gary
Ind
Britain
Philadelphia
United Steelworkers of America
Ronald Reagan
Cleveland
Chicago
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N.Y
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Anthony Lewis
New York Times Service
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Herbert Casson
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