Reagan’s Job Training Claims Debunked By CETA Costs
A critical review notes Reagan overstated the Job Training Program funding split, asserting 70 percent for training and 30 percent administration. CETA costs in Linn County show admin average under 12 percent of funds, with legal caps around 20 percent. The analysis questions the president’s proposed bill and highlights weaknesses shared with the conference compromise, including reduced funds for trainee support services.
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Reagan
Linn County
Ceta Consortium
CETA
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Conference Committee
Hawkins/Jeffords
Linn County CETA criticizes new training bill and services
Bob Ballantyne, director of Linn County CETA, argues against removing supportive services and restructuring the delivery system. He cites costs and outcomes, noting 200-plus Linn County residents gained employment through Title IIB and a $1.3 million pre‑CETA aid cost versus $300,000 program expense. He warns big business will drive reform at taxpayer expense and calls for revision to boost taxpayer value.
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CETA
Linn County
What Can a Woman Do and Why It Mattered in 19th Century America
The narrator discovers a brittle 19th century volume titled What Can a Woman Do by Mrs. M L Rayne and a signed contract by a 16 year old intended as a door to door salesman for a 500 page book. It surveys women’s work expanding from domestic roles to 300 occupations in Massachusetts and hints at legal and medical barriers.
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Eagle Publishing Co
Springfield
Ohio
Petersburgh
New York
America
M.L. Rayne
Custer
Daddy
Invention and Women in a Historical Iowa Book Review
Eastern Iowans discuss a book fragment on women inventors and writers. It cites a laundry list of devices from clover cleaners to steam generators, notes on Julia Ward Howe and Kate Shelley, and contrasts past limits with modern progress. The narrator questions publication outcomes and reflects on 87 years of change.
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Julia Ward Howe
Kate Shelley
Chicago and Northwestern
Night Express
José
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ADC
Donovan
Linn County Ceta
Henry Ward Beecher
Elisabeth Young
Speranza
Ireland
Wilde
Oscar
Georges
George Sand
Aurore Dupin
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans
Louisa May Alcott
San Francisco
Cedar Rapids
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Inetysi
Elliott Roosevelt
President
Fncng Arhiurt Luggage
Silhouette I
Downtown
2Nd St. SE
Men’s & Ladies
Iowa
OUR
Iowa Window Systems, Inc
RUSCO
34Rd Avenue
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