The State Department sent its annual human rights report to Congress, which included Syria on the list of oppressive nations. One of the reasons Syria made the list was that they had no laws mandating access to public buildings for the handicapped.

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An exhibit at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., came under criticism from World War II veterans and military historians for its treatment of the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Japan. The exhibit, critics said, lacked context and depicted the use of atomic weapons and other American actions during the war in an overly harsh light while glossing over the many atrocities committed by Japanese troops. A subsequent story reported on the controversy surrounding the exhibit of the airplane that dropped the first bomb over Hiroshima. Illinois' Crystal Lake Northwest Herald carried the story under the headline: "Atomic Bombers Criticize Enola Homosexual Exhibit."

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June Manuel, who was fired by Westlake Polymers Corp. for excessive absenteeism, including four days' leave when her cat died and seven weeks following the removal of an ingrown toenail, sued to get her job back under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

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