Iowa Senate trims abortion notification to parents or guardians
A Senate committee altered a House bill on abortion notification by removing grandparents as notifyable family members for minors. The change limits eligibility to parents or guardians under 18, risking House support and potential conference adjustments. Republicans favor parental control while Democrats urge keeping grandparents as an option for abusive family situations.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Senate Human Resources Committee
Iowa House
Sen
John Redwine
Sioux City
Brent Siegrist
Council Bluffs
Redwine
Grassley urges urgent aid for elderly at Cedar Rapids forum
Senator Charles Grassley, chair of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, spoke at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids outlining Medicare and Social Security funding concerns. He warned Social Security may stay solvent only until 2029 and Medicare spends 22 million dollars daily more than it takes in, calling for cost reductions and revenue increases amid fundraising distractions.
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Ken Sullivan
Congress
Charles Grassley
Grassley
Senate
Cedar Rapids
Heritage Resource Center
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa
Ex-Iowa native among Heaven's Gate deaths in Rancho Santa Fe
Alphonzo Rick Foster, 44, Mason City High School graduate and former Minneapolis bus driver, identified by San Diego County Medical Examiner as one of 39 Heaven's Gate members who died in Rancho Santa Fe. Foster, who went by Rick, joined cult after reading about it in 1994. He had Detroit roots, lived in Mason City, and studied at North Iowa Area Community College. Other members and siblings connected to the case were named in reports.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Rancho Santa Fe
Calif
San Diego County Medical Examiner
Alphonzo Ricardo Foster
Mason City High School
Marshall Applewhite
Foster
Earth
James Hannon
Minneapolis
Hannon
Heaven’s Gate
Richardson
Texas
Detroit
Mason City
Rick
Marianne Barclay
Mason City Globe Gazette
North Iowa Area Community College
San Diego
Medical Examiner’s
CNN
Juanita
Felicia
Ramon
Des Moines
Jackie Leonard
Seminars to Promote Social Change Work at UIowa
The Women's Resource and Action Center at the University of Iowa announces monthly seminars April to December on practical skills for community building and social change. The opening session, Fundamentals of Direct Action Organizing, runs April 11 12 at the Iowa Memorial Union led by Kate Peyton. Topics cover direct action principles issue selection organizational growth and accountability. The price is 25 with registration by check to WRAC at 130
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Iowa City
Women’s Resource and Action Center
The
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Kate Peyton
Midwest Academy
Women’s Strategy Center
Madison
Wis
WRAC
Woman killed in two vehicle crash near Carroll Iowa
Wanda Mae Maitland, 63, of Lake City died in a two vehicle wreck when a four wheel drive with her as passenger collided with a car that ran a stop sign. Driver Travis Lee Holmes, 33, of Carroll, faces a charge of failure to obey a stop sign.
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Garroll
Lake City
Carroll
Carroll County
Iowa
Wanda Mae Maitland
Travis Lee Holmes
Future seminar topics and schedule list
A schedule of upcoming seminars including May 1 Planning and Facilitating Effective Meetings. June 3 Spinning Your Story Working Effectively with the Media. July Feminist Organizing Principles. August Grassroots Fund-raising. September Culturally Competent Organizing October Community-Building and Coalition Work. November Working With Volunteers. December Activist Celebration.
Contact Info for Madison Iowa City Event
Details provide location N Madison Iowa City 52242 and a phone number (319) 335 1486 for further information.
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N. Madison
Iowa City
Grassley vows active role in 1998 GOP governor race
Senator Charles Grassley says he will be involved in choosing the Republican candidate for Iowa governor in 1998. He will not retire from public life and may run for a third Senate term or stay out of the governor primary while campaigning to keep Republicans unified. A decision will come in about a month.
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Grassley
Ken Sullivan
U.S. Senate
Senate
Free cataract screening at Cedar Rapids clinic
Drs. Birchansky and Auer offer free eye screening on Friday April 4 from 8 AM to 4 30 PM at 510 10th St SE Cedar Rapids. Anesthesia via eye drop and No Stitch cataract surgery introduced. Call 362 9855 or toll free 1 800 I SEE YOU.
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Cedar Rapids
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Newton
Oman
Fox
CFS
First Avenue SE
Elko
Nevada
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D & L Auto Service
American Cancer Society
Mercy Cancer Center
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