Countdown to Columbia liftoff resumes with reusable shuttle aim
NASA runs an abbreviated 4742 hour countdown for the shuttle Columbia as Joe Engle and Richard Truly prepare to launch from Cape Canaveral. The crew hope to beat last week’s delay caused by clogged APUs and prove Columbia’s reusable capability aboard the first repeat voyage. Truly cites his 44th birthday as a good omen with weather outlook improving for Thursday.
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Columbia
Joe Engle
Richard Truly
Johnson Space Center
Houston
NASA
Mark Hess
Reagan urges slow budget actions amid GOP push
The Reagan administration urges Congress to slow the pace of funding big benefit programs and tax increases as Senate Republicans push a three-year plan totaling 163 billion dollars. Pete Domenici and Howard Baker lead the last major GOP bid while Treasury Secretary Regan warns the economy could worsen deficits.
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Reagan
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Senate Budget Committee
Pete V. Domenici
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Howard H. Baker
Judge poised to rule on motions before Atlanta trial
In Atlanta, Judge Clarence Cooper indicated a ruling on defense requests to file additional motions before Wayne Williams faces trial for the killings of two of 28 young Black men in a two year span. Cooper aims to start the trial on December 28 as scheduled.
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Wayne Williams
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Superior Court
Clarence Cooper
Fulton County
Myrian Richmond
Cooper
Richmond
Jimmy Ray Payne
Nathaniel Cater
Cillian
Medicare Premiums May Rise Under White House Cuts Plan
The Reagan administration pursues 9 billion dollars in entitlement cuts for fiscal 1983 led by Health and Human Services Secretary Schweiker. A memo outlines 4.2 billion in Medicare Medicaid and welfare cuts affecting beneficiaries doctors and hospitals, though none are final and some may be dropped.
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White House
Reagan Administration
Health and Human Services
Richard S. Schweiker
Schweiker
David A. Stockman
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