Rentable warfare at the base: a satirical pitch
A spoof piece from the Los Angeles Times Syndicate imagines renting military hardware at U S bases. It mocks arms sales abroad and proposes booths run by attractive officers where foreign generals rent F 16s AWACs and missiles with weekend rates and credit card payments.
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Defense Department
United States
Baghdad
F-16s To Pakistan. Now Anyone In the U.S
Hertz
Avis
American Air Force Base
United Nations Security Council
Balanteria
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Pounding by Air Strikes Near Vietnam DMZ Ten Years Ago
Ten years ago American bombers and helicopter gunships carried out around the clock pounding around the demilitarized zone near Vietnam. The sustained assaults reflected intense U S military activity in the region during that period.
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Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Friday TV schedule includes sports, movies and specials
Prime time lists many programs from 6 to 1 10 including The Incredible Hulk Muppets Washington Week ABC Movie Cold Turkey and Wimbledon 81. Notable titles include Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw Smokey and the Bandit The Lone Ranger The Truth and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.
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Medical Center
Oe Roberts
England
Romania
TV Tonight: Harper Valley PTA and Buck Rogers
TV listings note Harper Valley PTA episode where Stella is accused of taking money and rumor spreads. Buck Rogers features Hawk seeking revenge after pirates decimate his planet. ABC Movie presents a town offered 25 million to quit smoking for 30 days. Cold Turkey film directed by Norman Lear stars Van Dyke Newhart Stapleton.
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Harper Valley
PTA
Reillys
Stella
KWWL
KTTC
WHO
Buck Rogers
Hawk
NBC
ABC
Norman Lear
Dick van Dyke
Bob Newhart
Jean Stapleton
Pippa Scott
Tom Poston
WQAD
KCRG
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Art Buchwald
Twee Syndicate
Hawkeye Downs
SUN
Sat
Dave Dighton
Plymouth Horizon
Andy Grinen
Galan
Cinemax
Family Feud
PM Magazine
Joker's Wild
Holtares
MacNeil-Lehrer
Tidewater Tides
Richmond Braves
Incredible Hulk
Benson
Washington
HBO
Island
Pink Panther
Iowa Illustrated
Sanford
Wall St
Dukes of Hazzard
ABC Movie
Irish Rovers
Dallas
Dick Cavett
Ross Lagley
Cinemax Movie
Hollywood Boulevard
Rockford Files
Lone Ranger
the Mechanic
Lady In Red
CBS
V.i.p.s
Father Manning
1St Ave
Zazza
Sheraton Hotel
Cedar Rapids
33Rd Ave
SUN. Reg
Ave
Target
Cen
16Th Avenue
K-Mart
Ndwich
Ponderose System, Inc
Stouffer's
Five Seasons Hotel
First Avenue
Iowa
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