Cable firm launches crackdown on converter tampering
Cedar Rapids Cable Communications Inc. manager Jon W. Lash called tampering with converters a theft and announced a city crackdown. He reported illegal taps, daily damaged converters, and a door to door scheme offering to modify converters for about 5 to 10 dollars. Lash offered a $100 reward and vowed prosecutions, with a major monitoring campaign to follow.
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Jon W. Lash
Cedar Rapids Cable Communications Inc
Lash
Kay Galligan
Sadat Says U.S. Ships Egyptian Arms to Afghan Rebels
Anwar Sadat told NBC in Cairo that the United States has bought weapons from Egypt and flown them to Afghan rebels for almost two years. He said shipments began when the Afghan problem arose and would continue until the Soviets leave, with guns being replicas of Soviet originals and flown via Pakistan.
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Sadat
U.S
Washington Post
United States
Egypt
Afghanistan
Anwar Sadat
Nbc-Tv
NBC
Peter Miller
Cairo
Washington
Nightly News
State Department
Pakistan
Soviet Union
Moscow
West Berlin riots sparked by squatter death
Thousands of masked youths clashed with police across West Berlin and other West German cities after the death of a teenager in a squatter protest. Police reported injuries and at least 123 arrests as demonstrations spread from Berlin to Frankfurt Bremen Hanover Munich and Bonn.
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West Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Frankfurt
Bremen
Hanover
Munich
Bonn
Northern Ireland
Schoeneberg
Officials kept murder probe under wraps
A 31 year-old Ohio woman was found dead near Interstate 80 east of the Oxford interchange, shot in the head, with the death ruled a homicide. Johnson County investigators withheld identity and clues as of Tuesday, pending next of kin notification.
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Iowa City
Ohio
Johnson County Sheriff's Department
West Branch
Don Murphy
Murphy
Interstate 80
Oxford
Johnson County
Lewis Jacques
Conscience prompts board dispute over late filing
Ronald Nove faced questions about his 1978 College Community Board nomination as district secretary Glenn Selzer and James Bayne described a late affidavit of candidacy while the nomination petition arrived on time. The dispute surfaced at a Prairie High School meeting where Nove admitted to the wrongdoing to clear his conscience.
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Ronald Nove
Fairfax
College Community Board of Education
Nove
Glenn Selzer
The
Gazette
James Bayne
Selzer
Prairie High School Library
Texan Seeks Type O Blood for Transfusion
A Texan urgently needs a Type O blood transfusion but cannot locate any donors. The appeal highlights the critical shortage of universal donor blood and asks potential donors to come forward.
Kleindienst Acquitted In Perjury Trial
Former U S Attorney General Richard Kleindienst was found not guilty on all 12 counts after an eight hour jury verdict in Phoenix. He sobbed with his wife Margaret nearby as jurors smiled and the foreman cited weak prosecution evidence.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.S
Richard Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Margaret Kleindienst
Nixon
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Eeeneveré
Kleindienst Acquitted
Forman
Dick Meaker
Scottsdale
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