Haley settles plagiarism suit over Roots passages
Author Alex Haley reached an out of court settlement reported at 500000 dollars with Harold Courlander of Bethesda Maryland over copied passages in Roots. Judge Robert Ward said Haley apologized and terms were undisclosed.
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New York
Alex Haley
Robert Ward
U.S
Haley
Harold Courlander
Bethesda
Ward
Washington Post
Courlander
ABC Television
Agriculture delays release of bacon nitrite test results
The Agriculture Department withholds preliminary bacon testing data on nitrite in cured meat arguing disclosure could harm meat plants economically. Officials say early results are presumptive and may be superseded by follow up tests. Agencies weigh whether nitrite in food should be banned or limited due to cancer risk concerns.
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Food and Consumer
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Linn County
Iowa
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Patricia K. Hoffman
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First National Bank of Marion
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Iowa Department of Revenue
Thrift Plan, Inc
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Mary Roseberry
Linn County Court House
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Missouri man convicted of wire fraud in nuclear sub plot
Federal jurors found Edward Mendenhall 24 guilty of wire fraud for attempting to swindle Charles Rosene and others of 250 000 to 300 000 in a scheme to steal the U S Navy submarine Trepang from Groton Connecticut. The plan included killing crew, sinking a tender, selling the sub for 150 million and firing a nuclear missile to cover the getaway.
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Kurtis Schmidt
Kansas City
Schmidt
Professional shoplifting ring nets $30000 across West Coast
Police say two women identified as Jane Doe No. 1 and Jane Doe No. 2 led a West Coast shoplifting tour netting about $30,000 in furs skirts and blouses. They fled at 65 mph from Bellevue before a chase ended in a crash and arrest.
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West Coast
Bob Kellum
Ray says FBI tapes could prove he did not murder King
James Earl Ray, serving a 99 year sentence for the 1968 MLK killing, seeks release of FBI tapes and transcripts. He argues National Archives should preserve records for scholars and the public, not cover up political murders or blackmail politicians.
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Washington
James Earl Ray
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
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National Archives
Policy study says U.S. could double solar use by 2000
A government policy review sent to President Carter outlines three paths to raise solar energy share. It cites options ranging from modest program improvements to a fullscale, costly push. The report argues a blended approach could reach about 20 percent by 2000, with political and budget tradeoffs.
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United States
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James R. Schlesinger
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Illinois lawmakers refuse rollback of $8000 pay raises
Gov. James Thompson faced public fury as legislators rejected his demand to drop the $8,000 annual pay increases for state officials. Despite tea bag protests and thousands of letters against the raises, lawmakers kept the raises, proposing a staged rollback instead.
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Ill
Illinois
James Thompson
Thompson
Carter
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Boston
Transplant Reverses Diabetes in Diabetic Rats at UCLA
UCLA researchers report reversing juvenile onset diabetes in adult rats by transplanting a fetal rat pancreas. Dr Josiah Brown says human trials could begin in two to three years, using fetal pancreases from aborted fetuses.
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New York
Ucla School of Medicine
Josiah Brown
TVA to cut pollution while raising customer bills
TVA will halve dangerous pollutants from 10 Southern power plants under a multi billion dollar agreement. The plan will lift electric bills for 24 million TVA customers by 4 percent next year and 9 percent by 1983, funding about 1 billion in capital improvements and 447 million annually until 1983. The EPA called the settlement the largest with a major pollution source.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Nual
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Dean Rivkin
Regular City Council Meeting Decisions December 6 1978
City council votes on sewer fund transfers budget adjustments and audits. ordinances for cable lines overhead electrical work mas sage parlors and beer permits advance with readings and budget actions. some petitions and junk complaints filed. financial bills paid and adjournment noted.
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