Seeing-Eye Dog Controversy Erupts At Lawmakers Town Meeting
The second Legislative Town Meeting drew a standing crowd including seeing-eye dog handlers to discuss the Iowa Commission for the Blind. Attendees praised and criticized the agency, urging policy changes on dog access and cafeteria operations while lawmakers debated tax, funding, and education issues.
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Gene Sun
C.R
Educational Service Center
Iowa Commission For the
Joyce Besler
Bill
Fire guts Cedar Rapids residence leaving family homeless
Cedar Rapids man Richard Welch and his 15 year old daughter Cindy escaped a fast moving blaze that gutted their home on Dalewood avenue SE. Fire officials investigate the cause while Welch notes a furnace room explosion and loss of nearly all belongings.
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Cedar Rapids
Welch
Dalewood Avenue
Cindy
Fire Department
Harper Sworn In Amid Eligibility Doubt in Iowa House
Rep. Mattie Harper was sworn in at her West Grove home despite questions over legal eligibility. The oath was given by Reps. Charles Poney and John Brunow as lawmakers weigh whether the delay affects her seat's validity.
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Des Moines
UPI
Mattie Harper
West Grove
Charles Poney
Ottumwa
John Brunow
Centerville
Harper
Iowa
General Assembly
House
David Wray
Wray
Conchy Cartoonist James Childress Found Dead
Cocoa Florida AP James Childress creator of the comic strip Conchy was found dead Friday in his Port St. John home. Deputies say a self inflicted gunshot note was found but its contents were not released. Friends report he faced family difficulties and depression.
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Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Bob Rush
John Patchett
North Liberty
James D. Wells
Joe Rinas
Marion
Cloyd E. Robinson
Wally E. Horn
James Redmond
Iowa
Cocoa, Fla
James Childress
Sheriff's
Childress
Port St. John
Watch fraud case leads to $800000 bond in Chicago
Dennis Roberts, also known as John Bodine, faced a U.S. magistrate on charges of mail fraud for failing to deliver more than $1.6 million in inexpensive digital watches. Tekronics, Ltd. advertised the watches nationwide. Roberts allegedly withdrew over $650,000 and fled to Mexico as a federal freeze covered $1.2 million in Chicago accounts.
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UPI
Dennis Roberts
U.S
Parade
Sunday Gazette
Tekronics, Ltd
Roberts
Desa Plaines
Mexico
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