No Easy Return to Work as Job Loss Strands Family
Kathy and Don Dillon face long unemployment with two young sons, relying on life insurance cash and savings after Don was laid off from FMC Corp. in 1982. He pursued welding study while Job Service demands repayment of a mistaken benefit, and the family contemplates welfare, selling assets, and possible moves as spring nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Dillon
Don
FMC Corp
Dillon
Huxley Lane
Skogman
Job Service
Jim
Mount Ayr
Kathy
Dillons
Ronald Reagan
Faced with MS and job loss McDonald family seeks aid
Lou McDonald, 46, a drill press operator, and his wife Colleen confront multiple sclerosis and a paused disability claim. They face public assistance maze, fear welfare stigma, and await food stamps or AFDC while hoping for retraining, mortgage help, and utilities aid for their family of seven.
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Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
Lou McDonald
FMC
McDonald
Sue Lane
Social Security Administration
Colleen
Iowa State
Lou
McDonalds
The New Faces of Poverty
A Iowa couple, with three children, faces losing their century-old home as sickness and job loss deplete savings. They rely on Colleen's $100 weekly pay and potential aid from AFDC and Medicaid while seeking food and surplus programs. They fear Christmas and long-term hardship but cling to possible pension at 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Reagan
Lou
Colleen
McDonalds
Linn Human
Emergency Survival Needs
United Auto Workers
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Veterans Administration
AFDC
Mike
Public College Community
Don Dillon
Washington
Teritage
Vatican
Avignon
Lisbon
Papa
Richard Okumu
Eteran International
St. Patrick Parish
Ova City
Florence
Pisa
Riviera
Barcelona
Madrid
Fontserrat
Europe
St. Patrick Rectory
E. Court Street
Iowa City
Lee Riders
Kreck’s
Thirty-Second
Oakland Rd
Glass Road
32Nd St
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