Whistleblowers say they were punished for Challenger testimony
Two Morton Thiokol engineers told a presidential commission they faced retaliation after warning of booster joint flaws ahead of the Challenger launch. The panel questioned NASA officials and noted design objections dating to 1971, as it prepared a June deadline for its report.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Michael J. Sniffen
Associated Press
Washington
NASA
Challenger
Lawrence B. Mulloy
Morton Thiokol
Roger Boisjoly
Rogers
Boisjoly
William L. Ray
Reagan backs Senate tax plan as path to 1990s growth
President Reagan endorsed the Senate Finance Committee tax revision as a giant step forward and urged quick passage. He cited IRA provisions, capital gains debates, and projections from his council of economic advisers of up to 600 to 900 extra dollars per household annually and up to 4 million jobs over the decade.
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W. Dale Nelson
Associated Press
Washington
Reagan
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Senate
Bob Dole
House
Camp David
Maryland
Finance Committee
America
Council of Economic Adyyers
Family of AIDS child forced from home in bay area
The family of a 3 year old AIDS victim fled their Contra Costa County home after neighbors cut power and hurled the child’s tricycle over a fence while chanting that the AIDS baby must go. Attorney Robert Bokelman said the mother has faced harassment, with public intimidation and an encirclement of their residence. Lawsuits filed in Alameda and San Francisco seek about $20 million in damages.
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Abby Cohn
Knight-Ridder
Oakland
Calif
Contra Costa County
Robert Bokelman
San Francisco
Bokelman
Alameda
San
Soviet admits extra deaths in Chernobyl blast
A Soviet official said the Kremlin should have reported the Chernobyl accident sooner and two more people died, raising the official toll to four. Radiation figures showed Kiev was safe and the reactor core fire was out as Der Spiegel cited Valentin Faln saying 18 hospitalized in serious condition from the April 26 disaster.
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Carol J. Williams
Associated Press
Moscow
Kremlin
Chernobyl
Soviet Union
Kiev
der Spiegel
Valentin Faln
Novosti
Europe
Barnes and Grigsby tragedy and Soviet Kiev radiation note
Mrs Barnes recalls a strained marriage as her husband G W Barnes died from a gunshot wound after alleged involvement with Mrs Grigsby. Separately Soviet officials report Kiev radiation within safe limits after the Chernobyl plant incident, with readings around 0.32 to 0.33 milliroentgens per hour. A separate suit accuses Bay Area blood banks of transmitting tainted blood to Anthony Pinedo, who later faced AIDS and community harassment after a local report linked him to leukemia.
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New Orleans
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New York
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Lundine
Lyria
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
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Elyria
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Irwin Memorial Blood Bank
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