Word: mississippi
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...1960s and which had been sanctioned by three previous Administrations. The case before the Supreme Court would be irrelevant if the Government removed its support of the IRS policy. This is what was asked of Reagan in an Oct. 30 letter from Republican Congressman Trent Lott of Mississippi, who contended that the IRS practice was unconstitutional. When a summary of Lott's letter came to the President, he wrote in the margin, "I think we should" (make the policy change). That informal O.K. finally produced the Jan. 8 announcement...
Public life nearly ground to a standstill in Mississippi. The main reasons: treacherously icy roads and power outages. In Alabama, 46 National Guard armories served as shelters for the thousands whose heaters were useless in the widespread blackout, and Guardsmen carted generators to remote towns. Birmingham residents were shocked enough by the -2° cold, but then the weather became positively weird: multicolored lightning flashed in the night sky. Weathermen speculated that the colors resulted from light-refracting ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Alabama Governor Fob James proclaimed a state of emergency and, in a televised address, chastened...
...case be cause of Reagan's directive. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law also said it would contest the new tax poli cy in federal district court in Washington. That court issued a permanent injunction in 1971 forbidding tax benefits to discriminatory schools in Mississippi, and noted that the principle was meant to apply to other states as well...
...will see the truth." Meanwhile, he suggested folksily, "Sit back and enjoy yourselves as much as possible." Slaton even urged the jurors to show sympathy for the state's witnesses, warning about the sly tactics of the chief defense trial lawyer, Alvin Binder, 52, a white attorney from Mississippi. "Mr. Binder has a national reputation as an expert in cross examination . . . put yourselves in their place...
...creationist science are under no illusion that they can relax. Last week at its annual meeting, the American Association for the Advancement of Science announced that it would become a co-plaintiff in the Louisiana case. Meanwhile, Arkansas will probably appeal the Overton decision. And after the ruling, Mississippi and Georgia legislators renewed efforts to pass their own "balanced treatment" acts; 18 states have or are considering such laws. The original sponsor of the Arkansas bill, State Senator James L. Hoisted, insisted that he was pleased, despite Judge Overton's decision. "It's just starting, all the hoopla...