Word: midnighters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Both Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy and local cinema owners yesterday expressed surprise and concern after the city denied the Brattle Theatre a permit to show midnight movies--a regular offering of other city moviehouses...
...know until this morning that some theaters run shows at midnight," Danehy said. "No one has ever complained about it, and I don't see anything wrong with it as long as everything is peaceful...
Local theater owners yesterday said they are concerned that the board might block future midnight shows in all Cambridge moviehouses. "It could cut severely into business," Jay Berman, part owner of the Off the Wall Cinema said yesterday...
That night Carter and Vance discover Begin is adamant against U.S. Sinai proposals, as amended by Sadat. He starts talking in Hebrew with Weizman. Carter and Vance look at each other in dismay. Carter notes that it is nearly midnight, everyone is exhausted and all should sleep on it. Begin agrees...
Police estimate that 70% of the thefts are inside jobs. Says Houston Police Lieut. J.B. ("Bill") Bradley: "It goes right down to the roustabout in the field." Identification procedures are so lax that some firms wind up buying or renting back their own equipment through various "midnight" dealers. When it is sold, the stolen gear usually goes for bargain prices ?$500, say, for a high-pressure valve that costs $5,000. But some thieves with business savvy have been known to make really big money. In July, Houston's special "fence detail" arrested a middle-aged veteran salesman with...