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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1982
Page
15
Iowa faces continued strain on its unemployment trust fund with weekly payouts around six million dollars. May benefits reached 26.17 million, down from April but up 11.1 million from May 1981. Officials warn borrowing may hit 35 million this year and 60 million next year to keep the fund afloat amid high unemployment.
Officials describe a long running con in which forged SSN cards were sold to illegal aliens. The Richards are fugitives, with three others jailed 5 months to 24 ½ years. Investigators warn SSA lacks alerts on fake cards and fraudulently created numbers persist. May jobless benefits dropped in most regions due to workday shifts in April.
Cap Hill action focuses on a $3 billion housing aid package advancing in Congress. Industry officials see the large building surge as a sign of momentum that could help secure final approval. Michael Sumichrast of the Home Builders association calls the surge surprising and suggests it may reflect speedups in already contracted public housing projects.
A Federal Reserve report outlines weak production in services including fast food travel and banking while manufacturing lags with motor vehicles below 60 percent capacity. Oil and materials use slipped though housing rose with multifamily and single family construction gaining in May, despite a drop in the Northeast. Building permits rose 10.2 percent and analysts expect rates to stay above a million units.
The National Research Council urged limits on salt cured and smoked foods and fats while promoting fruits vegetables and whole grains. Nitrite links to cancer were disputed with earlier and newer academy reports, prompting pork groups to seek clarification and a task force. The study notes fats as strongest cancer link and a target fat intake cut from 40 to 30 percent of calories.
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