Battlers for Women's Rights Seek Fifth Congressional Vote
In Washington, supporters push a constitutional amendment to outlaw sex discrimination for a fifth time in Congress. The House plans to vote after the Senate blocked it previously. a House Judiciary Committee rider by Rep. Wiggins would exempt women from the draft and allow states to keep gender based laws. Proponents argue the rider could kill the measure while opponents say civil rights statutes are a better path to equality. The 14th Amendment equal protection aim remains central amid ongoing Supreme Court cases on state sex discrimination laws.
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Senate
Judiciary Committee
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R-Calif
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D-N.y
Supreme Court
Consumer Protection Bill Heads for Toughest Test on House Floor
The House faces a pivotal vote on a decade in the making consumer protection bill aimed at creating a new agency to voice consumer interests. Key figures include Ralph Nader and Chairman Chet Holifield with party lines and amendments shaping agency powers and reach.
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Chet Holifield
D-Calif
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Nader
Holifield
Consumer-Protection Agency
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
CPA
Gang Rapes Increase Reported in Washington Area
AP report notes a rise in gang rape cases in the Washington DC area based on a study of 1,200 rape victims at D C General Hospital from July 1969 to December 1970. Findings show 30 percent were attacked by two or more males, and 97 percent of aggressors were black.
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Today In History October 12 1971 highlights
On this date in 1492 Columbus discovered America. Other notes include Lee death in 1870 Cavell shot in 1915 and Khrushchev shoe incident in 1960.
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Associated Press
Christopher Columbus
America
Robert.e. Lee
Lexington
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