Iowa moves to curb welfare cheats and fraud
Iowa officials expand anti fraud measures in welfare programs led by the Department of Social Services. New tools include restitution verification, cross checks with Job Service of Iowa, tightened mail handling for food stamps and handwriting analysis for stolen checks. Officials expect to recover about 3.95 million in 1982 with a 1.1 million net gain after costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa
Department of Social Services
Department
Charles Sweeney
Sweeney
ADC
Reagan to discuss stronger U S Israel strategic ties
President Reagan plans talks with Prime Minister Begin this week on strengthening American strategic ties with Israel. Possible topics include a U S military presence in Israel and sharing U S spy satellite data, as Haig notes, amid long running debates over Arab state relations.
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Washington
Reagan
Menachem Begin
Israel
Alexander Haig
Begin
United States
Bible instruction proposal overshadows Iowa school ballot previews
Eastern Iowa voters weigh a Bible as supplemental textbook measure in Clear Creek district amid Tuesday referendums on other school issues. The preview highlights Cedar Rapids, Marion Linn-Mar, and College Community school board races with candidate profiles and pages.
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Clear Creek
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Community
Marion and Linn-Mar
College
Iran clash hits Tehran military command center
The Tehran radio reported Ayatollah Ali Qaddousi 49 the revolutionary prosecutor general died of injuries from a sudden accident and fire at the Tehran military command complex two others were wounded. Police chief Col. Hooshang Vahid Dastgerdi was reported dead in the same incident.
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Ankara
Turkey
UPI
Khomeini
Tehran
Iran
Ayatollah Ali Qaddousi
Col. Hooshang Vahid Dastgerdi
Missing boy found alive near home
A 2 year old from Lake Park was found alive in a cornfield about 9:50 p.m. Saturday, near his parents farm. George DeGrow located Justin Stahly a half mile south of the home guided by a map from an unnamed psychic. The child was conscious and eating a popsicle at Dickinson County hospital. Over 3,000 volunteers assisted in a wide search using planes, a helicopter with heat sensors, bloodhounds, and field-by-field sweeps, with efforts coordinated across a 3.5 mile circle around the farm.
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Lake Park
Justin Stahly
George DeGrow
DeGrow
Justin
Dickinson County
Jeff Stahly
St. Louis
Recluse Mosquito Nuisance Outsmarts Sleep in Tiny Room
A sharp reminder that advice to ignore small annoyances fades in a room full of mosquitoes. The brief observation contrasts optimism with the practical misery of restless nights caused by tiny biters.
Sadat orders stern actions to end Egyptian sectarian violence
President Anwar Sadat announced sweeping measures to curb moslem Christian clashes in Egypt. He revoked Pope Shenouda III's recognition, said 1,500 arrests in three days, and vowed trials in open court, stressing the safety and reputation of Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Shenouda III
Sadat
Parliament
Consultative Council
Solidarity opens in Gdansk amid unity call by Walesa
The first national Solidarity congress convened in Gdansk with 892 delegates hearing founder Lech Walesa urge unity to avert infighting. Soviet show of strength loomed nearby as 100000 troops and naval personnel joined Baltic maneuvers, seen by U.S. as intimidation amid Poland's political surge.
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Gdansk
Poland
Solidarity Trade Union Federation
Lech Walesa
Baltic Sea
Soviet Union
U.S
Solidarity
Valesa
Lenin
Walesa
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