Television Listings Across Cedar Rapids Davenport and Des Moines
TV schedule notes Friday night lineups across Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines and nearby markets include News programs at 6 00 PM 8 00 PM and 9 00 PM with sports and movie slots featuring ABC CBS and local affiliates. Major items include Star Trek Muppet Show Hee Haw The Rockford Files Gunfights and classic films plus late night news and Morning Show previews.
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Adam
Mary Jane Odell
Andy Williams
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Sanford & Son
Rockford Files
Wall Street
Boston
Minnesota
GOP Energy Stand In New TV Format
The GOP test runs an energy focused NBC program using street interviews and on site locations rather than speeches to present party policy. Rep Jack Cunningham and Sen John Heinz join miners cab drivers and workers to discuss President Carter's energy plan sparking debate over equal time rules and political messaging.
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GOP Energy
Washington
White House
NBC
Carter
Jack Cunningham
Seattle
Jack Kemp
Buffalo
Transportation
William Coleman
John Heinz
Pennsylvania
John Danforth
Missouri
Congress
Republican National Committee
GOP
Bill Brock
Peter Teeley
Louisville waste plant shutdown tied to chemical dumping charges
Two executives of Kentucky Liquid Recycling face federal charges for dumping hexachlorocyclopentadiene and octachlorocyclopentene into the sewer, crippling Louisville's treatment plant and dumping millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Ohio River daily. Distler and Horn await hearings, free on bond. penalties reach up to 25 000 dollars per discharge.
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Louisville
Asst
U.S. Atty
David Huber
Donald Eugene Distler
Kentucky Liquid Recycling, Inc
Charles Williams Horn, Jr
Horn
FBI
Distler
Huber
U.S
Rhodes Bratcher
Ohio River
Kentucky Liquid Recycling
New Albany
Ind
Folger Lowers Coffee Price Again
Folger Coffee Co reduce wholesale coffee to $3.98 per pound, effective immediately, marking the second drop in a week. Folger and General Foods had cut prices earlier to $4.18, while retail prices lag behind by about 50 cents in many areas.
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NEW York
Folger
Folger Coffee Co
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Procter & Gamble
General Foods Corp
Forger Coffee
Tama County Association Meeting on Retarded Citizens
The Tama County Association for Retarded Citizens meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. at St Pauls Lutheran church to discuss a summer recreation plan for the retarded, support for Marshalltown sheltered workshop, and a June 7 bond issue for a Tama county care facility. Bill Bowman of Central Iowa Residential Services will explain services. new officers are Don Saewert president, Jerry Collins vice president, Viki Slack secretary, John Willett treasurer.
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TAMA
Tama County Assn
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Marshalltown
Tama County
Bill Bowman
Central Iowa Residential Services, Inc
Don Saewert
Jerry Collins
Viki Slack
John Willett
Medicaid Fraud Probe Targets Doctors and Pharmacists
A government led nationwide review targets fraud in Medicaid with computers flagging cases such as a doctor performing six tonsillectomies on one patient and a pharmacist billing for 120 pills daily for 204 days. Investigations will examine double billings, unfilled prescriptions, and payments for non existent patients. The probe expands as the Ways and Means Committee advances tougher penalties for Medicaid and Medicare fraud.
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Washington
Tom Morris
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Morris
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nevada Police Seek Kidnapper Of Girl Aged Five
Five year old victim leads authorities to a suspect in a high profile ransom case. Tawnya Capurro was kidnapped near Reno and held for about 230000 dollars before being recovered unharmed two hours later. The FBI identified the kidnapper as a white male about 5 feet 9 inches tall with gray hair and a skinny build.
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Reno
Nev
Tawnya Capurro
Robert
Susan Capurro
FBI
Jack Keith
Nevada
Capurro
Security National Bank
Ball Park
Keith
Idlewild
Tawnya
Extortion Ring Hit Medicaid Clinics in New York
Organized crime figures allegedly extorted hundreds of thousands of dollars from Medicaid clinics by threats to burn or beat owners. A doctor who cooperated after being charged with Medicaid bilking was shot and fled the country amid fears for his life. The Times notes the racket appears to have ended last year after city and federal probes.
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NEW York
New York Times
Times
City Department of Investigations
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Sirhan Seeks Hotel Kitchen Visit To Aid Memory
Sirhan Sirhan says revisiting the Ambassador hotel kitchen could trigger memories of the Kennedy assassination. His lawyer Godfrey Isaac states Sirhan struggles to visualize the events and hopes the trip will help him recall details.
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Soledad
Calif
Sirhan Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
Godfrey Isaac
Sirhan Faces Question On Kennedy Killing At Soledad Visit
Sirhan B. Sirhan pressed questions about the Kennedy assassination during a three hour meeting with Los Angeles County Supervisors Kenneth Hahn and Baxter Ward at Soledad prison. He was the man convicted of killing Senator Robert Kennedy in the Ambassador Hotel kitchen on June 5, 1968 after Kennedy won California's Democratic primary. Sirhan again said he recalls nothing from entering the hotel to the moment of capture.
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Sen. Kennedy
Sirhan
Los Angeles
Kenneth Hahn
Baxter Ward
Soledad
California
Kennedy
Costa Rican voter fires at Vesco home in protest
Gerardo Villalobos a 34 year old vocational school operator fired more than 30 shots at financier Robert Vesco's Costa Rica residence announcing he would die for the country. He surrendered to police and faces attempted homicide charges as Vesco a U S fugitive linked to embezzlement and illegal political contributions remained inside.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Robert Vesco
Gerardo Wenceslao Villalobos
Villalobos
Vesco
Bell and Howell faces FTC charges over home study claims
Washington UPI reports the Federal Trade Commission charged Bell and Howell with false and misleading job opportunity and earning claims to sell home study courses in TV repair electronics and accounting. The FTC said the company sold courses until January of last year and may seek refunds for tuition to victims.
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FTC
Bell and Howell
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