Columbia shuttle second liftoff set after relay repair
The delayed second liftoff of the shuttle Columbia was planned for midmorning after a data relay system fault was fixed with a replacement part cannibalized from Challenger in Palmdale. NASA said checkout went well and countdown resumed toward a 9 a.m. CST launch amid near perfect weather.
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Columbia
California
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Ken Senstad
Space Center
Hugh Harris
Challenger
Rockwell International
Palmdale
Calif
Kennedy Space Center
Rockwell
Ricky Shannon
Charlie Johnson
Harris
L. Michael
Joe Engle
Richard Truly
Bill Jones
Shuttle
Stockman’s Atlantic critique shocks White House over Reagan budget
Budget Director David Stockman attacked the Reagan program calling it a Trojan Horse and criticized the handling of tax cuts and Pentagon inefficiencies. The Atlantic Monthly article spread among Democrats and alarmed White House aides who debated his resignation but chose to keep him.
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Washington
David Stockman
Reagan
White House
Stockman
Atlantic Monthly
Congress
Rival troops clash in Chad over Libyan influence
Civil war renewed in Chad as Habre's forces clash with pro Libyan troops near Ariba and Karida. Sudan and Libya deny involvement while Nigeria seeks US help for a 5000 man peacekeeping force to replace Libyan troops.
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Chad
Sudan
Hissene Habre
Beirut
Lebanon
Nigeria
United States
Washington
New York Times
U.S
Libya
Anwar Sadat
Ariba
Karida
Habre
Ahmat Acyl
Cairo
Middle East
Adre
Khartoum
Back to basics it worked in Linn-Mar math program
Linn-Mar grade school teachers report strong results from a back-to-basics math approach. Fourth to sixth graders at Novak and Indian Creek showed about a year’s growth in eight months with increased homework, extensive review, and a large-group format.
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Linn-Mar
Harold Hulleman
Novak and
Indian Creek
Hulleman
Missouri
University of Missouri
Tom Good
Rescued puppy Blue saves life on Iowa farm
Harold Webb, a farmer near Chariton, was injured when his tractor’s power take-off shaft pulled his sleeve. The dog Blue fetched his wife Betty from the yard, aiding in the rescue as Webb lay injured at Mercy Hospital Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Harold Webb
Blue
Webb
Chariton
Mercy Hospital
Betty
Movie-goer awakenings test audience maturity
A brief playful note on how watching a film can change perceptions of age and responsibility, implying that moviegoing acts as a rite of passage from youth to adulthood.
Family of seven dies from space heater suffocation
In Baton Rouge a man Melvin Bland 29 his wife Linda 28 and five of their six children Legina 10 Melvin Jr 8 Carry 4 Calvin 3 Lekeitha 1 were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning linked to a gas fired space heater in their new home The sole survivor 3 month old Latoia Bland was hospitalized in critical condition Authorities note no ventilation and CO buildup as the likely cause.
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Latoia Bland
Baton Rouge General Hospital
Cheryl Helmick
Hypolite Landry
East Baton Rouge Parish
Melvin Bland
Linda
Bob Love
Legina
Melvin Jr
Carry
Calvin
Lekeitha
Love
Landry
Ed Landry
Deep South
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