Cost of correcting sex bias in state wages estimated at 30 million
A consultant report for Iowa finds correcting sex discrimination in state pay would cost 30 million dollars in the first year to raise wages to comparable worth. It identifies underpaid female jobs such as nursing and patient care at mental health institutes and state schools for the retarded and notes gaps up to 4,200 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubermier
Gazette
Des Moines
Plau
Minnette Doderer
Iowa City
Jim Nichols
Iowa
Senate panel rejects Latin aid requests
The Republican led Senate Appropriations Committee rejected a 21 million covert aid request for Nicaraguan rebels and delayed nearly 94 million in new El Salvador military funding. The White House faced criticism for how it tied aid to unrelated bills as Moynihan noted Shultz apologized to the panel.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
el Salvador
State Department
Africa
House
White House
Larry Speakes
Senate
Mark Hatfield
R-Cve
Hatfield
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Central America
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
D-N.y
Senate Intelligence Committee
George Shultz
Nicaragua
Seal hunt canceled amid international protests
Halifax reports the Canadian Sealers Association has indefinitely postponed the baby harp seal hunt after widespread opposition from European governments and global protests. Executive director Kirk Smith says the group aims to limit hunting to adult gray seals with rifles, to reduce inhumane slaughter.
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New York Times
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Kirk Smith
Canadian Sealers Association
Newfoundland
Canada
Kirk
Greenland
Iceland
$44,230.42 Errant Blue Cross Check Reaches Honest Family
Ernie and Hazel Seeman received two checks from Blue Cross of Iowa by mistake. A $79 duplicate and a $44,230.42 payment intended for Mercy Hospital Cedar Rounds were returned after the couple notified Blue Cross. The incident was blamed on printing logic. Blue Cross plans to thank the Seemans for their honesty.
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Dale Kueter
Ernie
Hazel Seeman
Blue Cross of
Iowa
Seemans
20Th St. NW
Blue Cross
Seeman
Molly Kurtz
Des Moines
Eugene Sibery
Senate expands grounds to modify divorce settlements in Iowa
The Iowa Senate approved a measure 49 to 0 to broaden factors for changing divorce settlements. Additional grounds include inheritance, changes in living costs, health shifts, relocation, remarriage, cohabitation, custody violations, and contempt. A separate 42 to 5 vote would require wage assignment for delinquent child support. Both moves head to the House.
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Senate
House of Representatives
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