Meese Confirmed as Attorney General After Filibuster End
Edwin Meese III won Senate confirmation as the nation’s 75th attorney general by a 63 to 31 vote after a 13 month fight. The deal to end the four day filibuster linked farm relief amendments to Ethiopian famine relief, with Democrats and Republicans trading votes and promises for action next week.
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Knight-Ridder
Washington
Edwin Meese III
Senate
Meese
Reagan
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
John Chafee
R-Rli
Ed Meese
J. James Exon
D-Neb
Senate Judiary Committee
Strom Thurmond
R-Sc
GOP
Lorain Narrows Path Back to Federal Court Over Bias Suit
Lorain's Rev. William Morgan and Rev. Peter Tower of the Young Ministers Navigating for the Poor push to refile their $12.8 million discrimination suit in U.S. District Court Cleveland. They accuse Lorain of misusing federal funds and violating a 1975 affirmative action deal, with HUD and Treasury reviewing complaints and a possible grand jury probe as the group seeks a new filing next month.
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Lorain
William Morgan
Morgan
Cleveland
Peter Tower
Peter Tower, On Behalf of Their Group, Young Ministers Navigating For the
UMNP
U.S. District Court
John Manos
Manos
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Treasury Department
Office of Revenue Sharing
YMNP
Ms. Johnson
Robert Whitfield
HUD
Sanford Prudoff
Treadwell Q. Phillips
Treasury Department
Young Ministers
Cityview
Lorac
Lorain County
Weekend Rainfall Forecast Near Lake Erie
A weather outlook notes occasional heavy rain at times with a high near 60 and cooler conditions near Lake Erie. Tonight and Monday bring rain with lows 40 to 45 and a 60 percent chance of precipitation. Details on Page A-3.
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Lake Erie
Lefthanders and the stigma of the left hand
A feature on left handed people tracing history from Latin sinister to dexter and noting the cultural bias. Profiles Martina Navratilova F Lee Bailey Gerald Ford and others while capturing classroom challenges and teacher efforts to adapt in a right handed world.
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Lefthanders International
Jon
Martina Navratilova
F. Lee Bailey
Gerald R. Ford
Rock Hudson
Dorothy Hamill
Mark Spitz
Richard Simmons
Reggie Jackson
Chris Thompson
Olmsted Falls
Thompson
Bull Reed
Mast
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Terre Brown
Becky Selzer
Oberlin College Recreation
Becky
Dan Selzer
Wakeman
C-T
Bob Sorina
U.S. Court
Anthony Giardini
U.S
Marcia Johnson
Mary Waltz
Thad
Chris
Carlisle
Miosta
Dexter
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