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...hedging. "The reason I am so bothered." Packwood said later, "is that Peggy Heckler feels so strongly on the issue of abortion that there's every indication in her answers to the question that she would do anything, including urging on the president the taking of statutory action to overturn the Supreme Court decision." There's no reason to dismiss Packwood's fears Heckler, after all, did say. "I happen to have every little respect for the Roe v. Wade decision. I cannot follow its legal reasoning...
...could propose to reduce and transform the strategic arsenals of both sides to a low number of single-warhead missiles over a ten-year period. The totals should be set at the lowest number that could be monitored; that is, at a level where a violation significant enough to overturn it could not be hidden. The permitted number of missiles may be as low as 500; at any rate, the number of warheads in this scheme would be only a small fraction of current totals, probably 20% or less of the Eureka scheme. Each side would be free to choose...
...that the trial which ended in a life sentence was highlighted by police perjury and coaching of witnesses by the prosecutor. Public contribution to a special fund will help defray the cost of defending the men (Williams is about to be tried), and assist in the fight to overturn Geter's sentence...
Builders try to overturn the landmark status of Lever House
Ironically, the gun ordinance itself is now dead. Last month the state supreme court declined to overturn a lower court ruling that the measure violated California's constitution. By that time, however, the recall petition had become a grievance catchall. Feinstein, 49, though widely regarded as bright and hard working, has alienated various constituent groups. In December she vetoed an ordinance, backed by the city's substantial homosexual population, that would have given unmarried couples, even those of the same sex, many of the rights of married people. Landlords and tenant groups are both critical of her housing...