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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1986

Page

8

Workfare programs save money and create jobs study says

A major study by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corp tracks 35,000 welfare recipients in 11 states since 1982. It finds workfare helps some get jobs but mainly saves taxpayers money, with job search paired programs often more common than direct workfare and the federal government seeing the largest net savings. In San Diego 61 percent found work after job search plus workfare versus 55 percent not steered toward work.

Washington Manpower Demonstration Research Corp Ford Foundation Barbara B. Blum New York State Judith Gueron Ford San Diego California Reagan Congress Reagan Long Gueron

Belafonte Considers U S Senate Run in New York

Singer and civil rights figure Harry Belafonte shows interest in challenging Republican Alfonso M. D Amato for the New York U S Senate seat. He met with Democratic leaders including Laurence J. Kirwan and Herman D Farrell Jr. and plans further talks. Governor Mario Cuomo called him a formidable candidate.

New York Times NEW York Harry Belafonte U.S. Senate Alfonso M. D’amato Belafonte Plaza Hotel Laurence J. Kirwan Herman D. Farrell Jr Manhattan Singer Mario Cuomo Martin Luther King Jr South Africa

Kerr-McGee guard shot at uranium plant in Gore

Kerr-McGee subsidiary Sequoyah Fuels reports guard Nina Dale was shot in the lower arm while checking the north gate at the closed Sequoyah Fuels uranium plant near Gore Oklahoma. The shot, from inside the fence, followed a cut fence and recovery of shell casings. no arrests yet.

Kerr-McGee Nina Dale Oklahoma Rick Pereles Sequoyah Fuels Co Pereles Muskogee General Hospital Sequoyah Sequoyah County Dale

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