Iowa Child Support Gaps Highlight Nationwide Shortfall
Norma Ryan of the Iowa DHS unit notes 60 000 welfare parents have only 17 percent receiving payments and half of those get full amounts. Non welfare clients total 10 000 with about 22 percent collecting. The unit records 28.8 million dollars yearly for all clients. Legislator Phil Brammer says three bills aim to speed up collection, addressing a system seen as costly and slow. National remarks by Margaret Heckler frame the broader 4 million women owed support.
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Norma Ryan
Iowa Department of Human Services
Iowa
Margaret M. Heckler
Department of Health and Human Services
Honduran military chiefs reshuffled as Suazo Cordova assumes command
The Honduran armed forces chief Gen. Gustavo Alvarez Martinez and three other top generals resigned or were dismissed. President Roberto Suazo Cordova took command and promised stability. Alvarez reportedly left the country amid tensions tied to U.S. backed operations against Nicaragua.
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Gazette
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Roberto Suazo Cordova
Gustavo Alvarez Martinez
Reagan
Central America
Suazo Cordova
Woman convicted of drowning son for insurance funds
Judi Buencano, 40, was convicted of first degree murder in the drowning of her paraplegic son for insurance money. Prosecutors say she faces a new attempted murder charge in a 1983 car bombing of her fiancé tied to a similar scheme.
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Milton
Fla
Judi Buencano
Woman Convicted of Murder in 1980 River Drowning Case
A Santa Rosa County jury convicts a Gulf Breeze woman of murder in the death of her 19 year old son Michael Goodyear. The verdict follows hours of deliberation and leaves open sentencing options including death or life with 25 years minimum.
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Michael Goodyear
Buencano
John Wesley Gentry
Santa Rosa County
Russell Edgar
James Johnston
Florida
Edgar
Gulf Breeze
Goodyear
Castro asks Must Cuba U S be foes We essentially seek the same thing
The Parade section notes a special mission Prayers for patients and stories on Mercy Hospital sisters lifting spirits. It also asks what happened to the Science Fair as Eastern Iowa entries declined. A preview highlights Iowa Shakespeare Festival plays and events at UI ISU UNI.
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Castro
Cuba
U.S
Mercy Hospital
Lowa
Iowa Shakespeare Festival
ISU
UNI
INDEX Today's Chuckle Photo Graphic Memories
A humorous caption notes that some people have "photo graphic memories" shaped like underdeveloped negatives. The quip plays on image terms to joke about memory strength and recall.
Last of peace force troops leave Lebanon
The last French troops of the multinational force sailed from Lebanon ending a 19 month peace keeping mission by US France Italy and Britain that cost 402 lives. Lebanon’s government proclaimed the mandate over at midday as sporadic artillery duels continued around Beirut with no reported casualties. French officials attended the withdrawal ceremony as the last troops lowered the flag and left Beirut port ending foreign military presence for 74 years.
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Beirut
Lebanon
United States
France
Italy
Britain
Amin Gemayel
Souk el
Gharb
Shweifat
Hadath
Claude Cheysson
Charles Hemu
Jeannou Lacize
Mondale sweeps Kentucky delegates in precinct caucuses
Mondale tops the Kentucky precinct caucuses with 12 delegates while Jackson gains six and Hart three. Uncommitted delegates, favored by Gov. Martha Layne Collins, will account for 15 of the 36 delegates, with remaining delegates chosen at April district conventions and a June statewide caucus.
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Walter Mondale
Kentucky
Martha Layne Collins
New York
Manhattan
Niagara Falls
Collins
Mondale
Jesse Jackson
Colorado
Gary Hart
Hart
Jackson
Billy Max Paul
Paul
Willard A. Dupree
Theodore Berry
Berry
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Des Moines Bureau
ES Moines
Cedar Rapids
Phil Brammer
Rep
Alvarez
Jose Bueso Rosa
Armed Forces
Daniel Bali Castillo
State Security Police
Ruben
Nicaragua
Managua
el Salvador
Mae Satan
Rte
Pire
Demos
Associated Press
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