ABA debates role of lawyers at Chicago ABA meeting
Chief Justice Warren Burger urged moving cases to administrative processes and mediation or arbitration to ease court backlogs. District of Columbia Judge Ferren pressed for legal aid for the poor, while ABA leaders urged equal access to justice and continued support for the Legal Services Corporation amid federal cuts.
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Warren BE. Burger
Burger
American Bar Association
District of Columbia Appeals Court
John M. Ferren
Ferren
Burger and Ferren
ABA
David R. Brink
Legal Services Corporation
Brink
Attott
Wilbur F. Pell Jr
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Pell
Michigan
Congress back at work faces election year tax anxieties
The 97th Congress returns amid red ink and deficits with talk of tax increases. Reagan's budget fight includes $31 billion in cuts and possible excise tax shifts as lawmakers brace for a volatile year on economic policy.
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97Th Congress
Reagan
Congress
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
James R. Jones
D-Okla
House Budget Committee
House
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Senate Finance Committee
Jack Kemp
N.Y
Baker
Williams judge allows linking evidence in double murder case
In Atlanta AP report judge Clarence Cooper allowed prosecutors to present evidence linking Wayne Williams to ten other killings of young Black victims for the limited purpose of showing a pattern and identity. The ruling came as the jury resumed testimony on the Cater and Payne deaths amid arguments over fiber evidence.
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Atlanta
Wayne B. Williams
Clarence Cooper
Williams
Nathaniel Cater
Jimmy Ray Payne
Guments
Cooper
Cater
Payne
Joe Drolet
Alvin Binder
Forecasted Cold Night With Flurries And Warmer Tomorrow
Forecast calls for cold weather with scattered flurries tonight and a high in the teens tomorrow. Winds NW at 5 to 15 mph. Sunset 5 07 p.m. Sunrise 7 26 a.m. Previous day high 24, low 11. Seasonal snowfall to date 91.9 inches and air quality Good.
January to Remember Deluges Nation in Snow and Wind
A winter of fierce storms delivers 140 mph chinook winds in Colorado and record snow across the Midwest and Great Lakes. Frost and floods strain communities from North Dakota to Oregon, with at least 16 deaths reported. Minnesota shatters January snow records as Twin Cities endure another heavy storm. Public schools close in Oceana County Michigan as emergency declarations rise in several states and roofs collapse under melting snow.
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Associated Press
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Potomac River Clean-Up Efforts Fall Short Despite Grants
The Potomac River remains polluted despite more than one billion dollars in federal aid and a 1965 Water Quality Act. GAO cites poor local government cooperation and rising regional waste as key causes of delays in making the river fishable and swimmable for decades.
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Potomac River
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GAO
Potomac
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