Family in welfare reform gap tested in Iowa
Shawn and Bob Parsons of Cedar Rapids struggle to feed two children despite work. A raise pushed them over medical coverage limits under Iowa FIP reforms, highlighting gaps in the safety net while officials cite improved work income statistics. The family was later reconsidered for medical coverage for the children.
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Metro-Iowa
O Shawn Parsons
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Shawn
Bob
First St. SW
Dillon
Colton
Parsons
Shawn Parsons
Iowa Department of Human Services
the Gazette
Gwen Hall
Iowa Department of
Global conference splits over abortion clash with Vatican
At the UN population conference in Cairo leaders from Norway Pakistan and the United States clash with the Vatican over abortion as Gro Brundtland and Benazir Bhutto push for reproductive health care and women education while Pope John Paul II and Vatican delegates seek moderation and protest the term.
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Egypt
Vatican
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norway
Wion
Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan
Clinton
al Gore
Gore
United States
Washington
Hosni Mubarak
Mubarak
Fluvoxamine Shown To Curb Compulsive Buying Urges
University of Iowa professor reports that the drug Fluvoxamine reduces urges in people with compulsive buying disorder. Details on page 3B.
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University of Iowa
Fleetwood Mac Delivers Rain Delayed Field of Dreams Set
Fleetwood Mac packed 4 hits into a rain delayed 75 minute Field of Dreams concert at Farley Speedway. The review notes a short infield hit in the 3B area and highlights the band’s endurance through weather delays.
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Fleetwood Mac
Farley Speedway
Kernels Dominate Sultans In Midwest Playoff Opener
The Cedar Rapids Kernels routed the Springfield Sultans 11 to 1 in the Midwest League Southern Division playoff opener. The Kernels built a commanding lead early and cruised to the win, setting a strong pace for the series.
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Kernels
Cedar Rapids Kernels
Springfield Sultans
Study Finds Iowa Fertile for Family Life
A national study places Iowa among states with favorable family conditions. It cites high high school completion, low unemployment, two parent households, and many working mothers, while noting urban centers raise risks in richer states.
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Chatiaon
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
South Carolina
Connecticut
Iowa
Nicholas Zill
Zill
Washington
D.C
Miami
Atlanta
Hartford
Conn
Gary
Ind
Brownsville
Texas
Camden
N.J
Christina Martin
Terry Branstad
Nebraska
South Dakota
Firefighters Boot Drive boosts Muscular Dystrophy telethon
Two firefighters, a firefighter's son and a Dalmatian joined by Michael Hall and others raised funds on Labor Day in Cedar Rapids for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. They collected at C Avenue NE and Old Marion Road as KGAN-TV covered the effort. The weekend telethon totaled $267,268 in Eastern Iowa and $47.1 million nationally.
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C Avenue NE
Old Marion Road
Michael Hall
Lisbon
Brett Henderson
Iona the Dalmatian
Paul Christienson
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Iowa
Kgan-Tv
Channel 2
Story
FBI hunts two in Ohio Oklahoma crime spree
FBI says Lewis Gilbert and Eric Elliot of Newcomerstown are linked to a nationwide spree involving burglary kidnapping and multiple murders from Port Washington Ohio to Oklahoma City. Ruth Loader vanished from her Port Washington farmhouse and her car was later found far away. William and Flossie Brewer were shot in their home in nearby town. A third victim Roxie Ruddel was found near Oklahoma City with a missing pickup.
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Ruth Lucille Loader
Pearl Craige
Tuscarawas County
Port Washington
Loader
Ohio
Oklahoma
United States
FBI
Thomas Jones
Lewis Eugene Gilbert
Eric Alvin Elliot
Newcomerstown
Akron
Fulton
William Brewer
Flossie Brewer
Oklahoma City
Roxie Ruddel
Io Jones
Harold McKimmie
McKimmie
Gilbert
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