Radar unit speeds warning to Columbus motorists
Columbus police added a Model Kop moving radar unit from MPH Industries to clock speeds up to four miles away. Patrolwoman Diane Hartford will operate it with training from Mastin and Kohout. Officials say the device should help reduce speed and accidents, despite moving cars being harder to gauge.
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Columbus
Columbus Police Department
MPH Industries, Inc
Bill Mastin
Sule
Marvin Kohout
Nebraska Highway Safety Program
Mastin
Nebraska
Baxa
Tey
Carter seeks normal China relationship
President Carter aims for normal relations with the People's Republic of China and sends Leonard Woodcock as envoy to sound out Beijing leaders. He previews a policy review and notes no final decision on Taiwan, while stressing alignment with the Shanghai communique.
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UPI
Carter
China
Leonard Woodcock
U.S
Peking
National Security Council
U.S.U.S
Qoser
White House
Taiwan
Jody Powell
Boston Globe
People’s Republic of Ching
Shanghai
Magistrate Tassels Justice After Price Tag Miracle
Theresa Boone 24 of Cleveland appeared before Municipal Court Judge Joseph Zingales on crutches to plead innocent to petty theft menacing and resisting arrest. Prosecutor said theft arose from a department store price tag switch. The judge convicted Boone and sentenced three concurrent 30 day terms in the workhouse. She left in disbelief saying miracle after the remark.
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Onto
UPI
Theresa Boone
Cleveland
Joseph Zingales
Howard Stern
Zingales
Begin visit to US to meet Carter amid ceasefire bid
JERUSALEM UPI Israeli officials prepared for Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s one day visit to the United States and a scheduled meeting with President Carter. Begin had proposed a cease-fire in the war of words with Arab nations to advance chances for reconvening the Geneva talks.
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Harvard
Samuel Bhuntingdon
White House
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Soviet Union
Woodcnck
Cyrus Vance
Jerusalem
UPI
Israei
Menahem Begin
Begin
Israel
Geneva
Middles
Bath US
Sumnuel Lewis
Washington
Simba Dinitz
Lewis
Alexander Schindler
Wheat harvest expands as Nebraska crews flood fields
Nebraska Labor Department reports over 1,000 custom combine crews across McCook Benkelmen Ogallala Imperial and Grant amid near completion of the wheat harvest. Hall damage lowered yields though much grain remains viable. Some fields remain green south of Sidney north to Gourley and harvest may be delayed by storms.
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Kimball
Alliance
Hemingford
Stunday
Panhandle
Wholesale Prices Fall as Jobless Rate Rises
Unemployment climbs to 7.1 percent in June while wholesale prices drop 0.6 percent, the steepest decline in four years. Farm products lead the fall, easing inflation prospects, but job seekers face higher counts. Employment rises by 270,000 to 90.7 million as services gain while teenagers and women see higher unemployment.
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UPL
Labor Department
America
Carter
Adul
Lflatiah
Julus Shiskin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Georgia State University
Charles Schultze
Grape catching pitcher from Northeast Louisiana stars in record quest
Monroe's Arden Chapman, 24, famed as the No 1 grape catcher in the 1977 Guinness Book, rose to fame by catching grapes and small items tossed from great distances. He credits crowd-friendly campus life at Northeast Louisiana University for witnesses and recalls experimenting with friends to perfect the feat.
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UPT
Arden Chapman
Northeast Louisiana University
Chapman
Champman
Northeast
Dobie Gillis
Maynard
Guinness Book of World Records
Guinness
Benny
Weather snapshot notes wind and hail across state
A terse weather update records winds and hail across the state with temperatures ranging from 43 to 97 as of Thursday. Sunrise and sunset times are listed for Saturday, with a 80 raio noted in the forecast.
FDA may curb aspirin ads under scientist panel plan
A UPI report says if FDA adopts panel recommendations, claims for pain relievers like aspirin and acetaminophen would be limited or banned across hundreds of conditions. FTC has pursued legal action against Bayer Aspirin and others for allegedly misleading advertising.
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UPI
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FDA
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Bayer Aspirin
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