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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1982
Page
2
A grain elevator exploded in Raymond Nebraska killing three female employees and injuring three others, with one believed missing. Firefighters battled flames into the night as investigators eyed a basement origin and kept hopes for missing workers slim.
Witnesses recall windows rattling and a clock exploding from the elevator as 99 flames engulfed a city park structure. Postmaster Janice Kirchhoff saw three people set ablaze and crying for help, while Tom Oliver linked the blast to the elevator area of the co op complex.
Wholesale prices rose 0.5 percent in October led by higher costs for new cars and trucks. The gain followed a 0.1 percent drop in September and kept the annual rate at about 3.3 percent through ten months, with White House officials calling it good news and a sign inflation is moderating.
NFL representatives vote to approve a five year deal worth about 1.6 billion dollars ending a 57 day players strike. Gene Upshaw announces tentative agreement and talks of resuming games on Sunday with a nine game schedule and a Super Bowl set for January 30 in Pasadena.
A fragmented OCR item hints at a public notice or column exploring imagination and potential gains. The readable phrases suggest a reflective piece on how ideas convert to value, urging readers to consider imagination as a resource. The rest remains unclear.
A Des Moines legislative panel urged a private non profit to study a new hospital payment plan and consider a commission to examine hospital prices and use. The group also proposed changing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa board makeup, allowing hospitals to employ pathologists and radiologists, and studying prospective payments for all insurers and government programs. Democratic reps Minnette Doderer and Steve Rapp asked the Health Policy Corporation of Iowa to evaluate feasibility.
Space shuttle Columbia crew returns from a $250 satellite mission hailed as a spaceflight revolution. Vance Brand Robert Overmyer Joseph Allen and William Lenoir land in California then fly to Houston. Overmyer tests motion sickness resistance with 150 head movements in a blind folded chair, finding no nausea. NASA eyed a second spacewalk after suit failures ended the first planned EVA.
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