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Supporters of the ERA plan to reintroduce the measure to Congress on July 14, thus starting a new ratification drive. Congressman Don Edwards, a California Democrat, is leading a bipartisan drive to obtain 200 cosponsors. Senator Paul Tsongas, a Massachusetts Democrat, claims to have 41 co-sponsors in the Senate. But, say supporters, even should the amendment pass Congress-and that is a big if, given the current conservative bent of the Senate in particular-it will be at least an estimated ten to 15 years before the ERA becomes part of the Constitution...
...Argentina. In an editorial, the independent Buenos Aires daily La Prensa published what it described as a blueprint for recovery. "We must accept the lessons of experience and rid ourselves of this crisis," the paper said. "A regime must be created by which governments can act without having to obtain approval of military organizations." Argentina last week seemed a long way from accepting that courageous advice...
...admits that it can easily afford to educate the 20,000 to 30,000 students who would have been excluded-about 1% of the school-age population. Moreover, few districts outside Texas have tried to discriminate against such children. Critics fear that the ruling will enable illegal aliens to obtain benefits like Medicaid and welfare, but that will probably not occur. In view of the close court vote and the narrowness of the majority analysis, any significant extension of last week's decision would be a surprise...
Leon Jaworski, 76, special Watergate prosecutor who succeeded Cox and won Supreme Court fight to obtain Nixon tapes. Got $1.5 million in royalties from his Watergate book, The Right and the Power (200,000 hard-cover sales). Put $500,000 into foundation providing Baylor Law School scholarships. Still advises his law firm in Houston. Heads board of Texas Medical Center and serves on Reagan's National Foreign Intelligence Board...
...Faculty, will not officially learn his next year's salary until the dean's office mails out a stack of letters on June 30. A Faculty member who wishes to learn his '82-'83 salary before then--to include it in a grant proposal, for instance--must obtain special permission directly from Rosovsky, financial officials say. If, for some reason, a professor calls the dean's office to check on the figure for his current salary, the office will hang up and ring him back, to make sure the call did not come from a scheming colleague or a nosy...