Letter error delays IE rate hike in Iowa
Omission of six words in a May rate change notice to 204,290 Iowa Electric Light and Power customers delays a 29.3 percent residential increase from June 27 to July 13. The error costs about $53,000 in mailing and cuts projected first year revenue from $44 million to $41 million.
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Dale Kueter _azette
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Cedar Rapids
ICC
Iowa Electric
Iowa
Twilla Morris
Unemployment benefits to shrink for future claimants
Job Service of Iowa plans a benefit cut interpretation starting the week of July 3. For maximum benefit claimants, weekly amounts drop to 143 to 176 dollars depending on dependents, with cuts of 14 to 15 dollars per week.
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Job Service of
Iowa
James Hunsaker
Hunsaker
Contras in Strength Rise in Nicaragua Officials Say
U S officials report Contras have grown by about one third to 8000 fighters over two months and now hold more territory in the south and rural areas. They forecast further growth and say overthrow of the Sandinistas is unlikely in the near term.
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New York Times Service
Washington
Reagan Administration
U.S
Nicaragua
Reagan
Managua
el Salvador
William Casey
Central Intelligence
Congress
Casey
Postal Service postpones rate hike until 1984
Postmaster General William Bolger announced the U S Postal Service will postpone a planned November 1983 rate increase to sometime in 1984, saying the agency expects at least a 100 million dollar surplus for the year ending Sept 30 1983. He noted the last rise raised a first class stamp to 20 cents and the service aims to stabilize increases to every 21% to three years.
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Indianapolis
U.S. Postal Service
William Bolger
Bolger
Today's Chuckle Rise of costs tests home automation ease
A humorous line laments that even with full home automation, soaring electricity prices strain budgets, leaving households unable to afford power despite modern tech benefits.
Porton Down scientists unveil herpes vaccine claim
British researchers announce a genital herpes vaccine with potential to reduce recurrences. Dr. Peter Sutton cites two to three years for clinical trials and five for public use, urging caution as experts call for fuller data. A Birmingham University effort and a new Porton Down production center are noted.
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Porton Down
England
Peter Sutton
Government Center For Applied Microbiology and Research
Michael Adler
Middlesex Hospital
Sutton
James Luby
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
Birmingham University
Britain
Public Health Laboratory Service
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