Homeless Shelter Struggles Grow As Shelters Reach Capacity
Dozens seek shelter as eviction and utility cutoffs spike. Willis Dady hosts about 32 nightly, CARE Foundation and Catholic Worker House run at capacity, leaving families to split up. HACAP's transitional housing aids up to two years with 30 households waiting.
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Wellborn
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Willis Dady
Care Foundation
12Th St. SE
Catholic Worker House
Fifth Ave. SE
Vickie Clark
Hawkeye
Iowa’s homeless include 53 percent children says expert
Kurt Rogahn reports that about 53 percent of Iowa’s homeless are children the highest rate in the nation. Des Moines Child and Family Policy Center official Mike Crawford spoke in Cedar Rapids on Kids Count Project conclusions and a September congress blueprint to boost community driven programs for families and children.
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YWCA
Brady
Cedar Rapids
Clark
Willis Dady
Kurt Rogahn
Iowa
Mike Crawford
The
Child and Family Policy Center
Des Moines
Crawford
Sheraton Inn
Smog Emergency Declared in Chile
Smog that has choked Santiago for days worsened forcing authorities to renew a state of environmental emergency. Traffic restrictions, factory closures, and delayed school classes were ordered as pollution in the capital of 4.5 million again posed health risks.
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Santiago
Chile
Amnesty report cites tortures and massacres in Yugoslavia conflict
Amnesty International reports civilians are being tortured and massacred by all warring factions in Yugoslavia during 1991. It names numerous killings in Croatia including the villages of Skabrnja and Nadin mentioning JNA troops and Serbian paramilitaries. It also notes broader abuses in Iraq Burma and China and ongoing detentions in Bosnia Herzegovina.
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London
Amnesty International
Yugoslavia
Human Rights
United States
U.S
Iraq
Burma
China
Sri Lanka
Peru
Croatia
Skabrnja
Nadin
JNA
Yugoslav National Army
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hand Hygiene Quest Hopes For Change At Illinois
Researchers report washing sections and a limited rise in hand sanitizer use among medical staff despite an extensive educational campaign. Wenzel describes pilot studies, the challenge of changing habits, and considers social pressure from patients as a potential driver to boost hand washing before patient contact.
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Wenzel
U of I
Iowa traffic deaths rise to 216 in first half
Iowa Department of Transportation reports 216 traffic fatalities in the January through June period, up 12 from the same period last year. June toll was 41, down from 47 in June 1991, with July and August expected to be busiest travel months and the year’s totals near 1991 levels.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Department of Transportation
DOT
Willene Green
Green
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Krebs Flower Shop
18Th St
Wilson Ave
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