Bakke Decision Clarifies Affirmative Action Limits
The Supreme Court ruled against a strict racial quota in Allan Bakke's challenge to UC Davis medical school's admissions but upheld affirmative action in some form. The decision may curb blatant racial quotas while shaping how universities and agencies weigh race in admissions and hiring. The piece discusses implications for desegregation plans in Virginia and broader government practices.
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Supreme Court
California
Allan Bakke
Bakke
University of California Medical School At
Davis
U.S. Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
Virginia
Dalton
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Laffers Curve Gains Ground In Tax Debate
The Richmond News Leader notes Arthur Laffer a USC economist who argues lower tax rates boost revenues citing historical precedents from Kennedy Harding and Erhard. Kemp pushes a 10 percent annual income tax cut amid rising tax revolt and calls for capital gains relief as part of a broader GOP effort.
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Arthur Laffer
Laffer
University of Southern California
California
John Kennedy
Congress
Warren Harding
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Philadelphia
Jack Kemp
Kemp
The
Richmond News Leader
Readers challenge editorial rules and local road concerns
A series of letters critiquing a June 23 Evening Star editorial discuss voter fairness and disclosure. Delmer Robinson Jr urges byline identification, Frances West questions park reservations, Lorraine Dehaven and Bruce Rinker raise Route 681 safety and youth nature programs, while Donna Yowell calls for a conservation blackout and policy reform.
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H. Delmer Robinson
Star
Mr. Robinson
the Star
Delmer Robinson, Jr
Hawthorne Drive
Winchester
Appalachians
Route
Bruce Rinker
Compensations for the Summer Heat in Blue Ridge Life
Kilpatrick writes from the Blue Ridge Mountains detailing summer solace from barn swallows nesting above a Toyota, and storms that refresh with cooler air. He notes abundant crops including snow peas and tomatoes, plus a bumper year for hay, chipmunks, rabbits, and a record blacksnake, ending with a humorous mishap from garden dangers.
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James J. Kilpatrick
Syndicate Inc Scrabble
Blue Ridge Mountains
Jack the
Giant Killer
Woodville
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Box
the Star I
Don
Florence Smallwood
Dale
Bonnie Carter
Dickie
Helen Carpenter
Francis Way
Iris Sibert
Bob and
Patty Grove
Margie Beaver
Frank Hinze
Madeline Stewart
John Minnis, Jr
Stephanie McWhorter
Shelby Comstock
Winchester Moose Lodge
Stariam
Virginia State Corporation Commission
General Assembly
State Corporation Commission
Donna Yowell
Potomac Edison Ratepayers Association
Lewis Thomas
U.S
Rio
Club of Rome
J. Tinbergen
United States
Mark Levi
Berryville
Hawaii
James Wood Concert Choir
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Turkey Mountain
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Bald Mountain
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