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Title
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Thieves Test Mettle With Metal
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Description
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During the weekend of August 12/13, 2007, the Kansas City Firefighters Memorial Fountain in Penn Valley Park was vandalized. Scrap-metal thieves stole about a half-dozen spray nozzles off the fountain for the copper. Copper is worth $2.30 to $2.60 a pound, and this kind of theft has become common in the area. The fountain/memorial was "dedicated in 1991 in honor of the city's fallen firefighters. The 1988 death of six firefighters in a construction-site explosion spurred construction of the $1.2 million memorial." A security camera has been installed on the site.
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Date
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2007-08-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
