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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1982
Page
3
Stanton Powers, 39, claims a praying session at an automatic teller yielded 4.4 million dollars after a bank computer glitch. He faces grand theft charges for allegedly manipulating keys to inflate a 1.17 dollar account into millionaire status.
Immortal baseball icon Joe DiMaggio ends his 20 year custom of sending roses three times a week to Marilyn Monroe's grave, according to a longtime florist. A separate man who says he was married to Monroe vows to continue the tradition.
The article notes a long period of conservative trends in national elections and suggests a nascent liberal comeback may be visible in this year’s primaries. It also reports Linn County jail construction bids likely opening in mid November with possible cost overruns.
The Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission may proceed with hearings against police officer Michael Brokaw after Linn County District Court Judge Larry Conmey denied his subpoena bid. Job Service of Iowa reports August unemployment at 6.1 percent with gains in construction and trade sectors.
First National Bank in Marion begins offering a new consumer banking service today that merges standard checking features with automatic investment of surplus cash into money market funds, signaling an integrated financial option for customers. A high-ranking Environmental Protection Agency official notes that pesticide registration faces red tape and slow innovation in the pest control market.
David Kinzenhaw’s sentencing for voluntary manslaughter in the Oct. 15 1981 Danita Straw shooting was postponed as the afternoon was taken by a creditors hearing. The hearing stretched the day and the sentence was moved to 1:30 p.m. Monday.
The start of the new federal fiscal year brings higher food stamp benefits for Linn County families and adjustments to AFDC SSI and Medicare. Iowa lawmakers will consider optional welfare changes in 1983 while concerns grow over higher costs for the elderly as hospitals and physicians face reduced reimbursements.
The report notes an average 8.5 percent increase for food stamp benefits with reductions in AFDC and SSI. AFDC denied when absence is due solely to military duty. Iowa plans to delay rule changes for legislative action. Medicare stops paying for private hospital rooms unless seclusion is required. SSI recipients gain benefits from the day of eligibility.
Linn County begins the Community Work Experience program through HACAP for unemployed AFDC recipients. About six participants start today in Linn and Iowa counties, with full operation expected in about three months. Federal rules cap pay at minimum wage while sites include schools, city departments, and nonprofits.
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