Supreme Court to hear reverse bias challenge on minority contracts
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Congress power to set aside federal public works funds for minority firms. The case tests a 1977 Public Works Employment Act provision reserving 10 percent of funds for firms at least 50 percent minority owned. Plaintiffs claim it creates race-based classification and violates equal protection and Title VI. Courts largely upheld the law. the justices will consider Congress findings and remedial power.
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Parren Mitchell
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New York Court
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Allan Bakke
Pope heads to Turkey to seek East Western church unity
Pope John Paul II travels three days to Turkey to bridge the 925 year split between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. He will meet Turkish leaders in Ankara and Orthodox Patriarch Dimitrios I in Istanbul, attend an Orthodox service, and close with a Mary shrine ceremony at Ephesus.
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John Paul
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Security tightens in Turkey for papal visit
On the eve of Pope John Paul II s visit Turkey increases security as soldiers and police are recalled and tens of thousands of troops patrol Istanbul with added measures in Ankara and Ephesus amid threats. The pope will meet Orthodox Patriarch Dimitrios I and celebrate mass while seeking East West unity after 925 years of division.
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UPI
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William and Mary and their House exhibition announced
The Pierpont Morgan Library will host an exhibition titled William and Mary and their House from December 12 to March 15. It surveys the Dutch Royal Collections from William I of Orange to Queen Juliana, tracing the 16th century to the present.
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Juliana
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