Crime Stoppers programs boost tips and arrests nationwide
A study reports Crime Stoppers anonymity and rewards drive tips leading to arrests. Televised re enactions aid Cedar Rapids coverage while Lake County Illinois findings show reward size minimally affects tipper participation. Programs vary by bureau structure and media use, with rural areas relying on radio and weekly papers.
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Hinzman
Cedar Rapids
Crime Stoppers International
National Institute of Justice
Albuquerque
N.M
Stewart
Lake County
Chicago
Northwestern University
Center For Public Affairs
Criminal Investigation
Beirut clash leaves hundreds dead in Ashrafiyeh fighting
In east Beirut fierce battles across the Green Line leave 62 dead and 198 wounded in Ashrafiyeh. The army, replacing Christian militiamen, halted to help repel Hobeika attackers. Casualties include 3 soldiers and 25 Hobeika supporters killed, with hundreds more wounded amid ongoing shelling and sporadic mortar fire.
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Ashrafiyeh
East Beirut
Geagea
Hobeika
Green Line
Senate approves death penalty amid drug war clash
Senate and House duel over drug control measures with death penalty for large scale drug sales. Weinberger warns against military intercept duties as too far from police roles. Senate backs a three month review to list permissible military actions aiding civilian anti drug efforts.
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Caspar Weinberger
House
CBS
Senate
Mack Mattingly
R-Ga
Mattingly
Conference Committee
Secretary of Defense
Congress
U.S
Reagan
Two French soldiers injured in Lebanon roadside bombing
A 66 pound roadside bomb hit two French UNIFIL troops near Wadi Jilou en route to Aitit in south Lebanon. One soldier suffered facial and upper body shrapnel injuries. the other faced shock and eardrum damage. The attack followed a redeployment to safer sites Naqoura Jwaya and will be investigated.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Joachim Hutter
Wadi Jilou
Aitit
Unifil
Naqoura
Hutter
Jwaya
Tyre
Israel
France
Ireland
Norway
Finland
Ghana
Nepal
Fiji
Sweden
Italy
U.N. Security Council
Monticello Man In Fair Condition After Highway 1 Crash
A 25 year old Monticello man James Dean Tjaden was listed in fair condition at St Luke's Hospital after his car rolled into a ditch on Highway 1 two miles northeast of Mount Vernon at 12:13 a.m. Sunday. He was charged with drunken driving and failure to have control of his vehicle.
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Monticello
St Luke’s Hospital
Highway 1
Mount Vernon
Linn County
Sheriff's Department
James Dean Tjaden
Tjaden
Branstad to Meet Nashua Officials on Dump Site
Gov. Terry Branstad will meet October 15 with Nashua city officials to discuss long standing concerns over contamination at the LaBounty dump near Charles City and potential Cedar Lake contamination. Nashua Mayor Richard Shields welcomed the plan and may invite downstream Cedar River mayors as concerns over Cedar Lake delay dredging and sediment spreading on farmland.
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Nashua
Terry Branstad
Charles City
Cedar Lake
Richard Shields
Branstad
FDA Fish Smellers Sense Decomposition Through Nose
LaTerza, a 26 year FDA veteran in Boston, uses organoleptic exams to sniff rotten fat in tuna and ammonia in shrimp. One of 10 ports, Boston trains and relies on his nose to judge fish quality, with about 15 percent rejection rate and quick, non lab based judgments.
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LaTerra
FDA
Boston
LaTerza
Formaldehyde exposure links questioned in new study
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center study examines residential and occupational formaldehyde exposure in 13 Washington counties for cancers of the pharynx, sinus and nasal cavities. It finds no significant occupational links, but notes higher risks after a 15 year lag, and a strong association with mobile homes, though based on few cases. The report sparks debate amid pending OSHA rule considerations and prior National Cancer Institute findings.
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle
Environmental Agency
International Journal of Cancer
Washington State
Vaughan
Labor Department
National Cancer Institute
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West Beirut
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Syria
Hafez Assad
Sen
Alfonso D’amato
R-N.y
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Navy
Air Force
City
Environmental Problems
Cedar River
New York
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Chriss Winston
Darlene Pruett
Bill Reinds
Iowa
Firestone
2Nd Ave
Bausch & Lomb
Bausch & Lomb O
Sears
Cedar Rapids Lindale Mall
Dubuque
S. Locust St
Iowa City
Sycamore
Waterloo Crossroads
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