Reagan Presses for Non-Partisan Air Time Fight
Speakes says the GOP sought to buy 30 minutes of prime time but NBC CBS and ABC rejected the request. CBS maintains a policy against selling public issue discussions unless a candidate is in a campaign period. NBC notes no reason was given for denial and cites World Series coverage as a possible obstacle.
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Republican National Committee
Speakes
NBC
CBSI
CBS
Neil Turner
Turner
ABC
Global tensions and U S political battle frame Polish and American events
Soviet Defense Minister Ustinov promises full Soviet aid to Poland as Jaruzelski seeks to preserve communist rule. In Poland Gdansk protests hit several shipyards and enterprises. Back in the United States, Republicans press to preemptively counter Reagan's address with a Democratic response, while Democrats urge networks not to air the speech.
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Washington
White House
Gdansk
Dmitri Ustinov
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Poland
Prime Bank Cuts Rates on New Direct Consumer Loans
Prime Chemical Bank trims rates on all new direct consumer installment loans up to 60 months by 1.5 points and auto loans to 17 percent from 18.5 percent. Rate changes often lag prime moves due to loan terms, with autos repaid over five years. Analysts urge cautious optimism that declines may be sustained.
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Chemical Bank
Inmate Escape From Scott County Jail
Three Davenport inmates Miller Page and Hoskins escaped a 12 foot razor wired fence at Scott County Jail and fled into a residential area. Miller 26 Davenport Page 26 Des Moines and Hoskins 22 Rock Island Illinois faced parole violation, Fort Madison sentence and a shooting incident respectively. Blood on the fence and a bloody towel near the escape indicate injuries during the break.
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Davenport
UPI
Scott County
Forrest Ashcraft
Alvin Brent Miller
Harold Leroy Page
Des Moines
Ricky Hoskins
Rock Island
Ill
Miller
Page
Fort Madison
Hoskins
Ashcraft
Health costs drive employers to form care coalitions
Employers across regions form health care coalitions to curb costs. Des Moines businessman C. J. Herkes cites a 26 percent Blue Cross Blue Shield hike for Timmerman Co. and fears higher deductibles. Massachusetts and Iowa move toward prospective hospital payments, with federal plans eyed for Medicare and Medicaid.
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Washington Business Group
Des Moines
Goldbeck
C.J. Herkes
Herkes
Massachusetts
Kinzer
East
Iowa Insurance Department
Blue Cross
Iowa
Daniel Borque
Federal
Borque
Reagan
Congress
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