Brink's robbery linked to Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground
Authorities tie the Brink's robbery to radical groups as Katherine Boudin, a fugitive, is traced to a Manhattan apartment where she lived under an alias. Investigators say evidence from an East Orange bomb factory connects to BLA and Weather Underground. Militant Solidarity leaders push for a nationwide general strike in Poland, urging action against labor harassment by Communist authorities.
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New York
Katherine Boudin
Manhattan
New Jersey
East Orange
N.J
Black Liberation Army
Weather Underground
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Poland
Solidarity National Commission
San Francisco church sues over John Coltrane name use
The widow of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane has filed a $7.5 million lawsuit accusing a San Francisco church of illegally using his name and venerating him as an anointed figure. The Gazette notes readers object to photos from Mount Vernon tragedy and features editor's note defending photo use.
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San Francisco
John Coltrane
Gazette
Mount Vernon
John Robertson
Taylor murder trial ends amid confession claim
A detective testified that James T-Bone Taylor confessed to the killings while a defense witness argued the Waterloo policemen shootings never occurred. The trial concluded Thursday as the case moved toward closure.
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Waterloo
James
T-Bone" Taylor
Taylor
New ideas not money to fight crime
Attorney General William French Smith outlined a crime strategy emphasizing new approaches over large federal spending. He cited rising violent crime since 1959 and promised legislative actions including bail reform, evidence rules, and a proposed Federal Criminal Code with harsh penalties for murder for hire large scale arson drug trafficking and firearm use in federal felonies.
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Washington
UPI
William French Smith
National Press Club
Smith
Senate Judiciary Committee
Smth
El Salvador frees businessman tied to slayings
Ricardo Sol Meza, 36, was released by the supreme court for lack of evidence in the killings of two U S land reform researchers and Rodolfo Viera, director of the Agrarian Reform Institute. Investigators had flagged witness inconsistencies and extradition issues involving his brother in law. Meanwhile, leftist guerrillas claimed a victory over a government offensive in Jucuaran, with reports of troop casualties and a destroyed Puente del Oro bridge.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
UPI
U.S
Agrarian Reform Institute
Central
Supreme Court
Ricardo Sol Meza
Michael Hammer
Potomac
Mark D. Pearlman
Seattle
Wash
Rodolfo Viera
Viera
Afl-Cio
Institute of Free Labor Development
Sheraton
Sol Meza
Hans Christ
Miami
Christ
Radio Venceremos
Jucuaran
Puente del Oro
HUD may mediate Time Check St Patrick committee dispute
The Department of Housing and Urban Development might be called in to mediate a dispute among members of the Time Check St Patrick's Community Development Neighborhood Citizen's Committee. A delay in the Collins Road NE extension project between Center Point Road and Edgewood Road NE is requested until a full area investigation is completed.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
St. Patrick's
Collins Road
Center Point Road
Edgewood Road
Rules to scrap 85 mph speedometer and odometer tampering rules
UPI reports the U.S. government will scrap rules requiring speedometers to show speeds to 85 mph, highlight 55, and display both metric and imperial readings. It also proposes dropping odometer rollback alerts and tamper indicators, with public comment open until December 7.
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Washington
UPI
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Federal Register
Turner urges Congress to limit TV violence
Turner argues that entertainment on the three major networks is 80 percent trash and urges Congress to set standards to limit violence. He says TV causes violence and proposes hourly disclaimers while network executives defend reducing gratuitous violence but warn total elimination harms programs like Hill Street Blues MASH and Roots.
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Turner
Congress
Washington
Ted Turner
Atlanta
House
Commerce
Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance
America
Reagan
John W. Hinckley Jr
CBS
Gene Mater
NBC
Ralph Daniels
Daniels
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Second class postage paid Cedar Rapids. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with weekly and yearly prices. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. USPS 095680.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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