Beginning of new fiscal year brings budget cuts for Iowa aid
The new 1981-82 federal budget reduces Iowa social services funding. DSS reports 38,800 clients face cuts or loss of benefits including Aid to Dependent Children and Medicaid. ADC checks fall to 9.672 million from 10.5 million, with many households affected and some ineligible under new rules. Title 20 funds shift to social services block grants and food stamp funding rises slightly.
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DSS
Reagen
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Roger Reid
Citizens and Human Service Agency
Executive Plaza
First Ave
Iowa
Linn County
Protests Outside Cedar Rapids Public Information Session
A Cedar Rapids public information session on statewide information sharing faced access issues as four of ten attendees were kept outside for lack of personal invitations. DSS official Roger Reid said invitations went to 32 groups. 28 sat in the conference room, the largest in the state, while four protested outside with signs.
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Cedar Rapids
Executive Plaza
First Ave
Department of Social Services
Jeanne White
Voice In Community Action Citizens Action Group
Reid
Marjorie Hayden Strait
Iowa City
Hayden Strait
Lois
Burglary charge filed against Edward L. McDowell Sr
Edward L. McDowell Sr., 32, of 62014 Third Ave SW, was charged with first degree burglary after Linn County deputies arrested him early Wednesday at the Kirkwood Welty Way softball complex on Airport Road. He carried a knife when taken from the concession area, was held overnight in Linn County Jail, and released after a court appearance.
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Edward L. McDowell, Sr
Third Ave
Linn
Kirkwood Welty Way
Airport Road
McDowell
Linn County
Voting Machine Demonstration For Municipal Elections
Candidates for municipal office and Linn County registered voters are invited to a public demonstration of the county s new voting machines. The session, led by the Linn County Auditor s office, will be in the Board of Supervisors room at the Administrative Office Building 930 First St LW. These machines let voters mark ballots themselves and will debut in the Oct 13 municipal primary elections with additional demonstrations before the Nov 3 general election.
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Linn County
Linn County Auditor’s Office
Board of Supervisors
First St
Pope John Paul II Arrives in Boston for Historic 1979 Visit
In 1979 Pope John Paul II arrived in Boston marking the start of his groundbreaking trip to the United States. The visit highlighted Catholic Church ties with American parishes and drew large crowds across the Northeast.
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Pope John Paul
Boston
America
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Rdai
Abeats ST
Smulekoff
Armstrong
Smulekoff's
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