Inmates use love letters to cash forged money orders
Postal inspectors say prisoners in Indiana and Mississippi wrote persuasive letters to Iowa women to cash forged money orders. Banks reported losses totaling about 19 thousand dollars this year, with several other banks tied to smaller cases.
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Lonely Hearts Magazines
Indiana State Prison
Oo City
Ind
Mississippi State Prison
Meridian
Iss
U.S. Postal Service
Iowa
Alan Steckman
Peter Drodofsky
Des Moines
Peoples National Bank
Columbus Junction
United Central Bank
Sioux City
United Federal Bank
Ottumwa
Brenton National Bank
Grinnell
Stamp Washing Fraud Cheats Postal Service Across States
Iowa postal authorities probe what may be the state’s first major stamp washing operation. The scheme uses canceled stamps sold to dealers, then washed and resold for reuse, costing the Postal Service about ten million dollars annually.
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Gertrude Barry
Church Women United of
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Pound
Barry’s
U.S. Postal Service
Iowa
Postal Service
U.S
Alan Stecman
Des Moines
Arms talks set for Jan 7 in Geneva
The United States and the Soviet Union will begin new negotiations January 7 8 in Geneva to curb nuclear and space weapons. Secretary of State Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko will lead their teams as McFarlane says the talks aim for concrete arms reductions.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Robert McFarlane
Reagan
George Shultz
Andrei
Gromyko
Shultz
McFarlane
White House
California
U.S
Europe
CBS News
Kremlin
Moscow
Vladimir Lomeiko
Hussein urges PLO to join peace initiative at international conference
Jordanian King Hussein calls for a joint Jordanian Palestinian peace plan and urges the PLO to accept a U N resolution guaranteeing Israel's right to exist. He speaks at the opening of the Palestine National Council in Amman while Arafat defends using all means to end Israeli occupation.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Middle East
Palestine Liberation Organization
U.N
Israel
PLO
United States
Palestine National Council
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Lebanon
Beirut
King Hussein Sports Center
Education Department overhaul urged by Heritage Foundation
Washington Post Service reports the Heritage Foundation calls for a Cabinet level, minimal function Education Department within four years. Proposals favor block grants, reduced federal aid to colleges, and loans with strict repayment, shifting authority to states and limiting subsidies to needy students.
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Washington
Department of Education
Heritage Foundation
Form Letter Love Note Prompts Wry Social Sinkhole
A snarky comment notes that receiving a form letter love note signals a dip in social life. The piece uses humor to reflect on dating misfires and the empty gesture of generic correspondence.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
By Rick Smith
Gazette Wire Services
West Bank
New York City
Education Department
Washington Post Service
Eure
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