Three Soviet cosmonauts escape rocket blast
A Soyuz rocket exploded on a Tyuratam pad as three cosmonauts were to launch to Salyut 7. The capsule detached and landed safely by parachute, with North American and Western observers assessing the setback and cost estimates up to 500 million.
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Blue Cross seeks 6.4 percent rate hike in Iowa
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa seeks a 6.4 percent overall rate increase affecting more than 600,000 Iowans with hospital medical and other coverage. Blues President D Eugene Sibery calls the proposal welcome relief from rising health care costs citing savings from a new hospital payment method being phased in. The rise targets small group plans with 25 or fewer employees and individuals paying directly, excluding Farm Bureau enrollees, with impacts also on large and small groups and major medical coverage.
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Judy Daubenmier
Sette Des Moina
Des Moines
Money Talks and Cheap Money Fails to Speak
A provocative aphorism on wealth and influence suggests those with abundant cheap money stay silent, implying power concentrates where access to cheap capital exists and discourse wanes.
Computer fails cause traffic light chaos downtown
A malfunctioning traffic signal computer disrupted timing at 64 intersections during Friday rush hour causing stop and go for drivers. First and Third avenues near downtown saw greens fail at times and a three car crash at 10th Street and First Avenue East was blamed on the hangup. Four Coe College students were treated and released at St Luke's Hospital after the incident.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
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Congress clears spending bill to fund new fiscal year
The Senate approved a compromise spending bill by voice vote ensuring funding for most agencies from Oct 1 to Nov 10. The House earlier passed it 232-136, sending it to President Reagan for signature as negotiators avoided attaching extraneous amendments.
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White House
Reagan
David Stockman
House
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mark Hatfield
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Index of Leading Economic Indicators dips 0.1
The U S government reports a 0.1 percent August drop in the 12 component Leading Economic Indicators, the first decline in a year. Baldrige calls it a normal transition to moderating growth while some warning signs appear in new business activity and housing demand.
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U.S. Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Robert A. Gough Jr
Data Resources Inc
White House
Larry Speakes
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