Tidal wave warning issued then canceled after quakes near Japan
Tokyo reports the meteorological agency issued a tidal wave warning for the Pacific coast after offshore quakes measuring 6.8 and 7 on the Richter scale. NHK said a six foot wave struck Hokkaido, but the agency corrected it to seven inches and reported no damage.
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Tokyo
Central Meteorological Agency
Pacific
Japan
NHK Television Network
Hokkaido
Meteorological Agency
Larry Flynt obscenity case dropped after shooting
In Gwinnett County Georgia porn publisher Larry Flynt will not be retried on obscenity charges after being shot during his first trial. Solicitor Gary Davis said the publicity from the noon recess shooting left no path for a retrial locally. The case could not move counties due to Gwinnett moral standards for the magazine.
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Lawrenceville, Ga
Larry Flynt
Gwinnett County
Flynt
Gene Reeves Jr
Hustler Magazine
Gary Davis
Detectives guilty of brutality in 1975 Philadelphia case
A federal jury convicted six Philadelphia homicide detectives of conspiring to brutalize suspects and witnesses tied to a October 1975 firebombing that killed five people. Two officers were acquitted on brutality charges and two counts remain unsettled.
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Philadelphia
Indictment Watch Grows Over South Korea Influence Case
A federal grand jury weighs new indictments after Tongsun Park testified. DOJ officials say Park's testimony could spark charges against former congressmen Otto Passman William Minshall Cornelius Gallagher and Edwin Edwards. Insider sources note focus on payments to these lawmakers as the panel considers next steps.
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Benjamin R. Civiletti
Park
Justice Department
Otto E. Passman
D-La
William Minshall
Ohio
Cornelius E. Gallagher
N.J
Edwin Edwards
Louisiana
Nizer may fight Nazi march in Skokie
Celebrated attorney Louis Nizer says he may volunteer his legal services to block a Nazi march in Skokie a Chicago suburb. He told the Chicago Sun Times he would be very interested in handling a village appeal to enjoin the Nazi protest and would consider taking the case pro bono if approached.
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Chicago (Ap
Louis Nizer
Skokie
Chicago
Nizer
Chicago Sun-Times
Lance turns in passport
Former Budget Director Bert Lance has turned in his diplomatic passport. White House press secretary Jody Powell said Lance did not seem to need it any longer and that President Carter had not asked him to return the passport. The document had entitled the president's longtime friend to special privileges during his travels.
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Washington
Bert Lance
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
Carter
Lance
Hillside Strangler Probe Bogged Down By Offender Search
Los Angeles AP report says the Hillside Strangler investigation stalls as detectives cannot locate 90 known sex offenders released from prison before the killings began. State Senator Alan Robbins, chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Violent Crime, spoke after closed hearings with the task force. The stranglings reached 13 victims since last September.
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Los Angeles
Alan Robbins
Senate
California
Robbins
State
Community Release Board
Alfred Long
Hostage incident brings charges in Ohio standoff
Paul Jancsek, 29, indicted on kidnapping in a 10 hour standoff during which he allegedly held his ex wife at gunpoint in Lakewood. He surrendered peacefully and was sent to a psychiatric institute. Bond set at 75000. Hearing date pending. Betty Jo Egler, 33, was the former wife involved. No injuries reported.
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Lakewood, Ohio
Paul Jancsek
Jancsek
Cleveland Psychiatric Institute
Lakewood
Hal Craig
Betty Jo Egler
Cleveland
Portrait of Kissinger Rejected by State Department
Boston portraitist Gardner Cox offered a Kissinger likeness for the State Department but officials rejected it saying the image did not capture his dynamism. Observers described the portrait as unflattering or reminiscent of a rogues gallery. Cox will be reimbursed expenses and the work was returned for sale.
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Washington
State Department
Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
Gardner Cox
Boston
Kissinger
Clement Conger
Cox
Dean Rusk
Dean Acheson
Army seeks good women with high school diploma
In Cliffside Park New Jersey the Army announces a policy requiring a regular high school diploma for women applicants, rejecting those with equivalency certificates. Maj. David Gardner notes the move aims to select the best qualified amid a tight job market. Lt. James Strachan cites studies linking diplomas to higher enlistment retention. The service plans to enlist 125000 men and 17600 women this year, with men allowed to enlist with equivalency diplomas.
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Cliffside Park
N.J
Army
Maj
David Gardner
Aleta Downes
James Strachan
Fort Sheridan
Gardner
Consumer pork prices stay high due to smaller hog herd
Government data show the Agriculture Department estimated 447 million hogs and pigs in 14 major states on March 1, a year over year rise of ?% that indicates tighter supply and sustained high prices as farmers raise fewer hogs than anticipated.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Wilkinson
Jeana
Hughie
Daugl
S. University
Ayr-Way
Ohio Bell
Marietta Board of Education
William English
Bell
Metropolitan Educational Council
Columbus
Jim Wallace
Dayton
Marietta City
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