Phantom radio intrusions plague PATCO strike tension
The PATCO strike nears its second week as phantom radio voice interruptions target airliners. Officials report at least seven incidents, including a Phoenix transmission saying You are going to be killed, with pilots countermanding false guidance. FBI and FCC investigate. A judge recommends decertifying PATCO as a bargaining agent, while safety remains the expressed priority.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Transportation
Drew Lewis
Lewis
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Poli
PATCO
FBI
Federal Communications Commission
U.S
National Labor Relations Authority
Air
Reapportionment Key to Iowa Legislature Remap
Iowa lawmakers ended a brief extraordinary session in Des Moines by approving the third remapping plan. The Senate passed 37 to 10 and the House 92 to 5 as the body also set a 200 million bonding ceiling for the Railway Finance Authority and imposed an 8 cent diesel tax for railroads while boosting road use funding by 46 million annually. Governor Ray praised the swift work and the gains achieved in less than three days.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Legislative Service Bureau
Oral Assembly
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Iowa Railway Finance Authority
Robert Ray
Ray
House
Rail bond plan OK'd to aid Iowa rail industry
The Iowa House approved a rail rehabilitation bill by 59-38 to let the state form a limited partnership with private investors to buy and rehabilitate tracks, notably the Rock Island line, funded by up to 200 million in bonds backed by a diesel fuel tax rising to 8 cents a gallon in 1982, awaiting Gov. Ray's signature.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Robert Ray
Iowa
House
Senate
William Harbor
Henderson
Rock Island Railroad
Iowa Rail Finance Authority
Ray
Robert M.L. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Rail
Wholesale inflation eases to 5.5 percent in July
UPI reports the wholesale price index fell to 5.5 percent year over year in July with food prices rising 1.5 percent while energy costs dropped. Industrial production rose 0.3 percent as prices excluding food were only 0.1 percent for the month, signaling cooling inflation.
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Washington
UPI
Rebecca Shillingburt
Evans Economics
Federal Reserve Board
Evelina Tanner
First National Bank of Chicago
Labor Department
Agriculture Department
Armored car driver gestured to officer in Des Moines incident
Des Moines police say armored car driver Jimmy Boling, 34, signaled with an obscene hand gesture at officer James Riccio in downtown Des Moines. Boling was arrested not for the gesture but for an improper left turn and released on bond ahead of an August 27 court date.
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Des Moines
Jimmy Eugene Boling
James Riccio
Riccio
Bolin
Iowa fuel tax increases in 1981 session plan
Iowa motorists will pay more for fuel starting Sept 1 as the General Assembly approved a fuel tax increase to bolster the road use tax fund. Gasoline rises to 13 cents per gallon, gasohol to 6 cents, diesel to 13.5 cents with an extra 2 cents diesel tax in 1982. The measure aims to raise over 46 million for road funding with restrictions.
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Ken Sullivan
Des Moines
Iowa
General Assembly
Science can keep the brain alive outside the body
A discussion explores whether sustaining brain activity outside the body solves broader issues. It weighs ethical risks, technical limits, and implications for identity and autonomy while acknowledging ongoing research.
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