Iowa man recalls driveway scam by out-of-state crew
LaNare refused payment receipt after a sales pitch by a traveling crew, who claimed to be from Cedar Rapids and had not performed work. The man warned others and urged verification with authorities. He suggests the work was poor but the price was allegedly favorable, while consumer protections urge checks on out-of-state contractors and written contracts with three-day cancellations.
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Bob
LaNore
Robert
Bub
Scherrman
Cedar Rapids
Dyersville
Consumer Protection Division
Iowa Department of Justice
Secretary of State
Bhamdoun Falls in Mount Lebanon Shifts Lebanon War
Syrians and guerrillas claimed to halt Israeli advance near Bhamdoun on the Damascus highway east of Beirut after heavy fighting that reportedly destroyed 10 Israeli tanks and left 38 casualties. Israel denied control details and pressed toward Beirut while the PLO faced Israeli demands to withdraw.
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Beirut
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Tel Aviv
Syria
Lebanon
Bekaa
Aley
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organizatin
West Beirut
PLO
Menachem Begin
Washington
Reagan
U.S
Congress considers wilderness drilling and Medicare changes
Congress moves a bill to the floor allowing mineral development in designated wilderness only with an urgent national need and concurrent congressional approval. The Senate Finance Committee backs most Medicare Medicaid reforms to save about 3.8 billion in 1983, while the Governmental Affairs Committee questions energy department consolidation and energy policy signaling amid Middle East tensions.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Energy Department
Commerce Department
Middle East
Henry Jackson
Dash
Energy
James Edwards
Medfly spraying extended amid new Stockton finding
Officials plan more traps and expand the spraying area in San Mateo after a Stockton find. Quarantines are set to end by mid September, with Stockton spraying likely lasting about two medfly lifecycles, around 60 days, depending on temperatures and further discoveries.
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San Mateo
Stockton
FCC authorizes satellite to home TV service
The FCC unanimous decision frees CBS style direct broadcast satellite systems from tight regulation and clears the way for nine pending applications. Officials say the service could reach rural viewers and may begin operation by 1985 or 1986 after a 1983 international conference allocates frequencies and orbital slots.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Irving Goldstein
The
Satellite Television Corp
CBS
National Association of Broadcasters
U.S
DBS
Bicycle leads to arrest in sniper case
A bloodhound recovered bicycle clues leading to the arrest of two men in the fatal shootings of three Estis family members during a fishing trip on the Duck River in Maury County Tennessee. William Carroll Kelley and Phillip Wayne Kelley pleaded not guilty to charges of first degree murder and attempted murder and were held without bond.
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J.T. Estis
Duck ‘River
Maury County
Bill Voss
Estis
Mazel Allene Watson Estis
Gary Allen Estis
Gary
Diane ‘Collins Estis
Hazel
William Carroll Kelley
Phillip Wayne Kelley
Columbia
General Sessions Court
William Fraser
Kelleys
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