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At The Theatres This Week
Fierce Indians, Scouts, half-breeds, United States regulars, and the wives and sweethearts or all of them appear in the play to be given at the Manhattan Theatre this week, "John Ermine of the Yellowstone." James K. Hackett will have the lending role. Frederic Remington, the artist, whose Western types are widely known, has had a share in the building of this American drama. Source : query.nytimes.com
Our view: Exhibits offer awareness of domestic violence
Some issues often develop tedious exposure. They begin to humans something to eliminate or ignore. Domestic violence is not part of the issues, and citizens should consider. In a perfect world, they revolted and motivation to help, who are in need. In recognition of National Women's History Month, Shippensburg University done their part to draw attention to domestic violence. To protect their credit lines, the school is hosting two exhibits that focus on different types of abuse, such as rape, sexual assault, incest and crimes motivated by hate and crime. Both are available to the public. Dickinson College's Clothes Line
Emotional social issues at the Legislature
GOV. Ben Cayetano is pushing the Legislature to begin a discussion of emotional social issues such as domestic partnerships for same-sex couples, doctor-assisted death and medical use of marijuana. Senate President Norman Mizuguchi and House Speaker Calvin Say want legislators to fix their attention on the economy. Mizuguchi says the Senate probably won't get to the social issues this year and possibly not even next year. It sounds like a conflict. but that's not necessarily so. Cayetano is right that lawmakers must start a discussion of these issues to move them toward resolution. And legislative leaders are right that they don't have
These Minnesota lawyers practice by the Book.
A small plaque on Paul Baertschi's desk contains a quotation from the 18th-century Irish politician Edmund Burke: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." That philosophy helps guide Baertschi, a criminal prosecutor for the small Minneapolis firm of Tallen and Baertschi, and his work as president of the Minnesota chapter of the Christian Legal Society, a 45-year-old national organization consisting of Christian attorneys, judges, law professors and law students. While the national CLS advocates for freedom of religious expression and for pro-life causes, Baertschi said the local chapter stays away from lobbying
House approves anti-crime bill to fight violence against women
The House approved a sweeping anti-crime bill Friday that includes more than $3 billion to fight violence against women and seeks to protect women brought into the U.S. by the international illegal sex trade. The catchall legislation also has provisions that would make it easier for victims to collect compensation from terrorist states and would force states to pay costs when a criminal is released from prison and commits a crime in another state. It passed 371-1 and is expected to be approved by the Senate early next week. Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act has been a top priority
Fractured Families: More Couples Resort To Faith-Based Divorce Counseling
AVON PARK - Jackie Stiles divorced less than 2 years but still had some problems with management. For her, with the consequences that it has been several times to visit "DivorceCare" classes with Donna Titus, a church volunteer. At the meeting on Wednesday, the second on the last for the course, Titus Stiles, and discuss with others, such as women. Both Titus and video, it uses bands, because it is in the Bible. She quoted II Corinthians 5:18. "And all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the word of reconciliation." The classes
Teenage Violence Linked To Later Domestic Violence
Adolescents who engaged in violent behavior at a relatively steady rate through their teenage years and those whose violence began in their mid teens and increased over the years are significantly more likely to engage in domestic violence in their mid 20s than other young adults, according to a new University of Washington study. "Most people think youth violence and domestic violence are separate problems, but this study shows that they are intertwined," said Todd Herrenkohl, lead author of the study and a UW associate professor of social work. The study also found no independent link between an individual's use of alcohol
Moursund family still profits from co-op ties
A.W. Moursund, a powerful friend and business partner of Lyndon Johnson's, was attacked. The General Council of the time, Peder of Alès Electric Cooperative, defending his regime and the non-receipt of the auction by its insurance contracts, securities and law firms during a Public Utility Commission in 1983 for a price. "I have always done, from right to left (co-op), although there are people who are trying to smear me," he was quoted in these terms in the 19th June 1983, American-Statesman history. Ten days later, regulatory authorities to an agreement to allow the Co-op to raise rates, but it
Fight On In Court For De Saulles Boy
The likelihood that the guardianship of John L. De Saulles, Jr., the infant son of Mrs. Blanca Errazuriz De Saulles, will be taken from her before she has been indicted for killing her husband was indicated yesterday in the course of an argument before Surrogate Fowler in the application of Charles A.H. De Saulles, uncle of the boy, to be named Source : query.nytimes.com
Dinkins Is Endorsed By Two Gay Groups
LEAD: Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins yesterday accepted the endorsement of two gay political groups in his race for the Democratic mayoral nomination, saying he would fight for legal recognition of gay and lesbian domestic partnerships. Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins yesterday accepted the endorsement of two gay political groups in his race for the Democratic mayoral nomination, saying he would fight for legal recognition of gay and lesbian domestic partnerships. Mr. Dinkins met at City Hall with the leaders of both groups, the Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats and the Lambda Independent Democrats. The city's third major
Father Kills 3 Children -- Sole Custody Battles Breed Violence
This relates to the killing of his three young children with a father, Montgomery County, March 30 recalls the murder of another Maryland father of her three children, his ex-wife and, most recently, Thanksgiving itself. Both incidents were related to the conflict High-custody battles. They are almost always alone custody
Collaborative law works.
Is having an opponent our way of life? Is litigation an efficient and responsible means of resolving disagreements? Is advocating for a client, to the detriment of the "other" side, acceptable? Or, is there a recipe for peaceful resolution of differences? What if the disagreeing parties agree to engage in
San Francisco Moves to End Benefits Rift
City officials said today that they had reached tentative agreements with United Airlines and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco that will remove two major obstacles to a new ordinance requiring all city contractors to offer health and other benefits to the unmarried partners of their employees. ''We still
The Music Industry Reveals Its Carrots and Sticks
MOST lawsuits have concrete and focused goals. They usually want money, from particular people in particular disputes. But the 261 suits launched by the record industry last Monday, against people who made the music files on their computers available to others, seek something else entirely: to instill fear. There is
New Court to Handle Domestic Abuse Cases
THE first combined felony-misdemeanor domestic violence court in the state opened Tuesday here at the Westchester County Courthouse, and officials say there will be enough abuse cases to keep a judge occupied full time. ''For far too long, all throughout society, domestic violence was considered just a private matter,'' said
Shields Divorce Case in the (N. S.) Presbyterian Assembly
To the Editor of the New- York Times: You have doubtless been misinformed in regard to the facts in this--case,and consequently in your editorial of Thursday, the 17th inst., you have done injustice to the Assembly. The statement that Mrs. COWLWS' affidavit was supported by other testimony is incorrect. Source :
Albany Moves Toward Divorce-Law Change; Revision Sought
Major reform of the law governing distribution of property upon divorce, stalled in the New York State Senate for several years, may have been given new impetus by a decision of the United States Supreme Court last Monday that declared unconstitutional a law restricting eligibility for alimony to women. Source :
Chicago Tribune Carol Kleiman Column.
By Carol Kleiman, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 8--Have you ever called in sick when the real reason you had to stay home is that you had a seriously sick child or other family member to care for? In other words, have you ever lied in order not
Report into civil partnerships
Civil partnerships can address most issues encountered by same-sex couples without changing the Constitution, a Government-commissioned report said last night. The findings of the Working Group on Domestic Partnerships found that same-sex couples who are married or in a full civil partnership should also be eligible to adopt children. It also recommended
Bishop regrets divorce decision
On Tuesday, Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine announced that ministers would be seeking the repeal of the provision, part of the Family Law Act 1996, introduced under John Major, as it had proved unworkable. More : news.bbc.co.uk