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...year old Francis. Allyn House, and it is now the center of a controversy involving the City Council, the Historical Commission, a real estate developer and local residents. The June demolition of the 1564 Massachusetts Ave. structure, which was supposed to have been protected by the city's landmark ordinance, has brought about a wave of law suits and serious doubts about the ability of the city to safeguard its historic sites...
...hottest church-state issue turns on a landmark 1962 decision, Engel vs. Vitale, in which the Supreme Court prohibited organized prayer in public schools as a violation of the First Amendment ban on "establishing" a state religion. Since then, Fundamentalists have agitated for a constitutional amendment permitting school prayer, and many local schools have simply ignored the court ban. Now many experts believe the Justices will look for a compromise. They will have an opportunity this term when they consider the constitutionality of an Alabama law that
...Louis's landmark record could come crashing down Saturday, when Landry and the rest of the Harvard squad take on Brown at Ohiri Field...
Shortly thereafter, a pro-Helms newspaper, the Landmark, published a frontpage article headlined JIM HUNT IS SISSY, PRISSY, GIRLISH AND EFFEMINATE. The article reported a "rumor" that Hunt was the lover of "a pretty young boy-employed by the U.S. State Department." According to the story, Hunt had also employed a "former high-priced call girl." A furious Hunt threatened to sue the Landmark for libel. Helms repudiated the article, and the paper's editor, Bob Windsor, made a public apology...
...Angeles Summer Olympics that appeared in its July 30 issue, TIME presented closeups of several individual athletes, many little known outside their home countries and specialties. Nineteen athletes appeared in a Neil Leifer photo essay that showed each of them against a background of a national landmark. In addition, nine American athletes, participating in events like archery that normally attract scant U.S. public attention, were introduced. How did these competitors fare in the Olympics...