Cop Slain In Lansing Rampage
Patrolman Mac J. Donnelly Jr died after ramming his car into a getaway vehicle during a bank robbery aftermath in Lansing Michigan. He helped overpower suspects free hostages and was mortally wounded, marking the first Lansing officer killed in the line of duty. Suspects Gregory A. Lawrence and Eric Schraw were arrested on armed robbery charges.
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Lansing, Mich
UPI
Mac J. Donnelly Jr
Fou
Lansing
Donnelly
Michigan National Bank
Richard Gleason
Gregory A. Lawrence
Ocala
Fla
Eric Schraw
Kokomo
Ind
Lawrence
Melony Rae Godbey
James Spoelma
Spoelma
Sparrow Hospital
House Reconsiders Role In Funding of Abortions
The House advances a measure to bar federal funding for busing in desegregation plans by a 225 to 157 vote and weighs abortion funding limits. The bill also features an affirmative action amendment and faces court tests on constitutionality.
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House
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Departments of Labor
Ronald Motts
Dohio
Court action challenged on religious day off ban
Sen Jennings Randolph vows to seek new legislation after the Supreme Court ruled workers have no right to a day off for religious reasons. Randolph, who championed 1972 Civil Rights Act accommodations, says the decision is wrong and will push efforts again.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Jennings Randolph
D-W Va
High Court
Randolph
Byron White
Worldwide
Church of God
Consumers Lose FPC Battle in Gas Price Ruling
The US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Power Commission decision raising interstate natural gas from 52 cents to 1.42 dollars per thousand cubic feet. Consumers and labor groups vow appeals as the ruling implies higher annual costs while debates on tax shifts and offshore drilling guidelines continue.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Power Commission
Capitol Today
House
Ways and Means
Carter
Ellen Berman
Consumer Federation of America
Bryan
Supreme Court
Congress
James Flag
Energy Action Consumer Lobby
US Circuit Court of Appeals
FPC
Department of Trans
Senate Rejects Carter Korea Pullout Plan in Wide Vote
The Senate, in a 64-21 vote on a State Department bill, rejected endorsing Carter’s timetable for withdrawing ground troops from South Korea and demanded joint President Congress decision making. The chamber also kept strict preconditions on Cuba talks and Vietnam aid, signaling continued foreign policy contention.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
U.S
South Korea
Cuba
Vietnam
State Department
Foreign Relations Committee
Korea
Congress
Robert Byrd
Howard Baker
Baker
North Korea
South
United States
U S Steel Wins Extended Deadline for Pollution Controls
U S Steel will pay 4 million in penalties and fund research in exchange for an extended deadline to install 70 million dollars worth of anti pollution equipment at its Gary Indiana plant. The EPA Indiana and the court approved the agreement extending the deadline to August 1 1980. The agency cites large reductions in ammonia cyanide and phenol discharges into Lake Michigan as critical to aquatic life.
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U.S. Steel
Chicago
UPI
US Steel Corp
Gary
Ind
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Michigan
US. Steel
Indiana
EPA
US. District Court
Hammond
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