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The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily limited the enforcement of a California federal judge's order banning discrimination against homosexuals in the military, while the ruling is being appealed. The action permits the Administration to put into force immediately the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy that gays find so...
25 years ago in April 1968, it was Columbia University President Grayson Kirk's banning of indoor demonstrations that began a series of confrontations that shook Columbia for two years.
Duehay is an intelligent advocate for environmental issues at the council level. A defender of neighborhood interests, he was instrumental in banning smoking in public places and is currently spearheading a campaign to prevent the sale of cigarettes to minors.
"The fewer places that sell cigarettes, thebetter," Duehay said. "I'm not for banning thesale of cigarettes, I just want to keep them outof the way of children and to make sure they'renot generally available in bars and restaurantsand places of that sort."
Levine and other distributors of cigarette vending machines propose that instead of banning the machines altogether, the City Council consider mandating the use of locking devices which would prevent minors from obtaining cigarettes from public machines. Levine said he will fight the ban and intendsto demonstrate the locking devices at...