Fugitive in killings nabbed as speeder
Timothy Chaney, 25, accused of two counts of aggravated murder, was arrested on Interstate 80 after speeding 85 mph. Cleveland police issued a warrant hours earlier. Chaney was stopped by Iowa State Trooper John Simmons near West Liberty and is held in Cedar County Jail awaiting possible extradition. Detectives seek motive for the July 2 killings on a Cleveland street near a school.
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Chris Manahan
Gazette
Metro-Iowa
Liberty
Timothy Chaney
Cleveland
Cedar County
Chaney
Iowa
John Simmons
West Liberty
Simmons
National Crime
Ohio
Dennis Murphy
Murphy
Frank Shaffer
Jon Qualey
Robert Smith
WMT radio stations sold to Iowans for $8 million
Cosmos Broadcasting of Greenville sells WMT AM and WMT FM in Cedar Rapids after 42 years of absentee ownership. A buyer group led by Forrest J. Mitchell and former Gov. Robert D. Ray plans to form Wonderful Music and Talk Inc. and seek FCC approval by fall.
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WMT
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Forrest J
Frosty” Mitchell
Grinnell
Robert D. Ray
Cosmos Broadcasting Co
Greenville
S.C
Cosmos
WMTAM
Wmt-Fm
Federal Communications Commission
Mitchell
Wonderful Music and Talk Inc
Ray
Larry Edwards
Abbas and five followers convicted in Achille Lauro hijacking
Jurors in Genoa convict Palestinian leader Mohammed Abbas and five followers for hijacking the Achille Lauro and killing passenger Leon Klinghoffer. Abbas and two associates receive life terms. one hijacker gets 30 years. Other defendants face lesser sentences. four acquitted.
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Genoa
Italy
Mohammed Abbas
Achille Lauro
Abbas
Leon Klinghoffer
Israel kills guerrillas then raids camp near Sidon
Israeli forces intercepted sea borne guerrillas near Rosh Haniqra killing four. In the evening Israeli planes hit Ein el Helweh camp in Sidon, with an ammunition dump struck as civilians were wounded and one killed.
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Rosh Haniqra
Israel
South Lebanon
Ein el-Helweh
Sidon
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Chuckle: Moon's gravity halts cars on roadside
A playful note says the Moon's strong gravity not only moves tides but stops cars parked along roads, a humorous exaggeration of celestial influence.
Cocaine Death Toll Rises as Use Declines
Federal officials say cocaine use may have peaked five years ago while deaths from cocaine related heart attacks and ER visits have roughly tripled. Dr. Donald Ian Macdonald warns cocaine can kill on the first dose and cites Len Bias and Don Rogers as high profile cases.
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Gazette Wire Services
Ashington
Donald Ian Macdonald
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration
Macdonald
University of Maryland
Len Bias
Cleveland Browns
Don Rogers
Despondent farm wife ends life after wheat harvest
Katherine Copeland, 54, despondent over mounting farm debts, climbed atop a burning garbage barrel and died from smoke after her wheat and cotton farm near CHATTANOOGA Oklahoma faced possible foreclosure. Her husband found a note about finances. no foreclosure notice had been served.
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Chattanooga
Okla
Katherine Copeland
Oklahoma
Robert
Copeland
Steve Overstreet
Eugene
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
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Speeder
Iowans
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Gazette Financial Editor
Klinghoffer
Luigi Francesco Meloni
Lisa
Ilsa Klinghoffer
New York
U.S
Don Allender
Carson Plumbing & Heating
Washington
Allender
Tommy Dennis
Raul
Marion
Max Glenn
Oklahoma Conference of Churches
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