Search expanded as New York police add 100 men
The citywide hunt for the Son of Sam intensified with 100 more officers deployed after a Brooklyn lovers lane shooting. Stacy Moskowitz and Robert Violante, both 20, were critically wounded. Moskowitz underwent lengthy surgery and remained in peril, while Violante showed signs of improvement. Ballistic tests linked the attack to the same .44 caliber revolver used in prior killings. The killer’s threat to strike anywhere emphasized by Mayor Beame and Deputy Inspector Dowd.
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Stacy Moskowitz
Robert Violante
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx
Timothy Dowd
Abraham Beame
Michael Dodd
Ira Clark
Violante
Clark
Teamsters Ties to Nixon Payoff Alleged by Time
The Justice Dept investigates claims that Teamster leaders funded a secret million dollar cash payoff to the Nixon administration to block Hoffa from returning to union power. Time reports FBI matches to Watergate tapes and notes two union chiefs Fitzsimmons and Provenzano implicated in the payoff scheme.
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Justice Dept
Teamsters
Nixon
Jimmy Hoffa
Time Magazine
FBI
John Dean
Charles
Colson
Time
Hoffa
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamster
Underworld
Fitzsimmons
Anthony Provenzano
New Jersey
Iran withdraws request to buy AWACS planes from U.S.
Tehran signals withdrawal of a $1.2 billion sale offer for seven AWACS aircraft amid Congress delay. Kayhan and sources cite surprise at President Carter's decision to defer and resubmit after the summer recess, with Iranian officials offering limited comment.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
United States
Congress
Kayhan
Ministry of War
Carter
House
Ford Fairmont rolls from Kansas City plant to start 1978 model year
A red four door Ford Fairmont exits the Kansas City plant to begin the 1978 model year amid warnings that assembly lines could halt if Congress delays new clean air standards. The car reaches the end of the line at 9 30 a.m. and is stored with 2 000 Fairmonts and Zephyrs to be built next week.
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Detroit
API
Ford Motor Company
Kansas City
Congress
Connecticut halts welfare abortion payments
Connecticut stops funding elective abortions for welfare recipients. Officials warn it could cost up to $200,000 annually in federal reimbursements. The Supreme Court ruling earlier this summer allowed states to choose whether to fund elective welfare abortions.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Connecticut
U.S. Supreme Court
Alaskan Fires Threaten Towns Near Pipeline
Wildfires in Alaska driven by temperatures in the 90s spread across nearly 850000 acres of timber land. Fire crews blocked one blaze six miles from the trans Alaskan pipeline northern section as 46 fires, mostly lightning caused, raged across Fairbanks area and beyond.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
API
Bureau of Land Management
Rhode Island
Tornadoes Roar Through Bloomer Wisconsin Killing One
Damage estimates reach into the millions after tornadoes ripped through northwestern Wisconsin. One man was killed and dozens of homes and farm buildings were destroyed as the storms moved through Bloomer and surrounding areas.
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Bloomer
Wis
Wisconsin
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