Overweight and isolated reader seeks help from Abby
A reader shares decades of weight struggles and social isolation. She has tried diets and pills, feels overwhelmed, and asks Abby for guidance. The reply encourages joining Overeaters Anonymous, self-worth, and taking one step toward change, offering a personal address for response.
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Abby
Long Islander
Iowa Jobless Benefits Reach 194 Million in 1991
Iowa unemployment compensation totaled 194 million in 1991, up 46 million from 1990. The year saw an average 31,341 claimants monthly, with December alone at 20.9 million in benefits. Construction and manufacturing workers drove the rises, with Linn County at 13.7 million and Johnson County 2.7 million in benefits.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
DES Moines
Cynthia Eisenhauer
Iowa Department of Employment
Linn County
Johnson County
Health reform viewed skeptically in national poll
A Des Moines survey funded by Aetna finds Americans doubt a government run health care system can improve access and lower costs while preserving quality. Most favor private sector reforms with broader coverage and limits on excess testing, though some support a government plan. Democratic lawmakers plan public meetings to push health care proposals.
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John Kirsch
Des Moines
Dave Nagle
D-Iowa
Waterloo Public Library
North Iowa Area
Aetna
Edmund Kelly
Mary Bergstrom
Iowa Citizen Action Network
ICAN
Mission Control program brings Challenger learning to Iowa students
In Des Moines AP Iowa middle schoolers take a two hour simulated space mission as a living memorial to the Challenger astronauts They split into Mission Control and spacecraft teams learn to monitor life support assemble a probe and respond to emergencies The program aims to spark interest in math and science and runs with two groups alternating roles starting February 17 with eighth graders aboard.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Deborah Curry
New Challenger Learning Center
Curry
Challenger Learning
Tampa
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