County plans job cuts and shifts to balance department budget
Commissioner outlines keeping 124 local office jobs vacant and filling 70 others to reduce crushing workloads while maintaining a 4 percent vacancy in county and district offices. A 2.9 million surplus from Aid to Families with Dependent Children will offset deficits. 3.7 percent across the department saves 3.7 million, with 500,000 more from Medicaid changes. Debates include December federal budget impacts. plan discussed with 17 legislators and 25 groups.
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Weather report and extended forecast details
Wind direction and velocity at 10 pm SW at 3 mph. Sun sets at 7:13 pm and rises at 6:49 am. Record highs and lows noted. Extended forecast shows showers Monday and partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with highs 70s to 80s and lows 45 to 55. National conditions include cool rains in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, with a stationary front and warm fronts affecting multiple regions.
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Soviet ban on Aeroflot planes sparks student repatriation
Twenty Soviet scholars in the United States are ordered home amid anti-Soviet fears after a jet incident. An exchange program mirrors American academics in the Soviet Union. Soviet and U S ships neared during wreckage search in the Sea of Japan. Tokyo sound experts released phrases from a garbled radio transmission noting rapid decompression 50 seconds after impact.
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Soviet Union
Sea of Japan
Masayoshi Kato
Japan
Marine Safety Agency
Tokyo
GPS limits in KAL tragedy hearings reveal dual failures
DeGroot notes GPS gives unambiguous aircraft position but needs reliable long-range communication. Doebele cites NASA FAA APAL officials and Pan Am Pacific region chief pilot testifying. Pan Am flight path mirrors KAL's. Latham to appear as deputy under secretary of defense. Officials say both faulty navigation and human error contributed. pilot whistleblower protections discussed, with officials keen on the hearing.
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Congress
ICAO considers new rules after fatal incident
Matsumi Suzuki cites the Japan Sound Research center while describing a pilot’s agitated call signifying pressure loss. The ICAO Air Navigation Commission debates rule changes to prevent a recurrence and improve military civil air traffic control communication amid mixed support from member states. Orlovets questions the probe’s rationale as others back the resolution.
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Japan Sound Research Center
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Air Navigation Commission
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Orlovets
U.S
Federal Aviation
J. Lynn Helms
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Johnson County Ranks Highly Among U.S. Educated Areas
Johnson County Iowa tops university areas in a national 15 most educated places list based on 1980 census data. The survey cites university presence and younger populations as key factors, noting five Washington suburb areas and four ski regions also high on the list.
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Johnson County
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Los Alamos County
N.M
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U.S. Census Bureau
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Aspen Ski
Wyoming County
Jackson Hole
Crash kills youngest of family in TV movie story
Storm Lake Iowa AP reports Steven Eugene Handy 31 of Storm Lake dies from injuries after his motorcycle collides head on with a car east of Storm Lake Thursday night. Handy was the youngest of 10 children depicted in the TV movie Who Will Love My Children about his dying mother seeking adoptive parents. The film aired last spring.
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Storm Lake, Iowa
Storm Lake
Steven Eugene Handy
Handy
Iowa State Patrol
One Thousand Pounds Marijuana Seized Near Manchester
Delaware County deputies seized one thousand pounds of marijuana plants valued at about one million dollars, found eight miles south of Manchester in Milo Township. An informant tipped investigators, who feared harvest was imminent. Iowa State Patrol assisted in the raid.
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Ozark Plane Forced To Land With One Engine
An Ozark Airlines DC-9 on flight 679 from Des Moines and Chicago landed safely at Joe Foss Field Sioux Falls after the left engine was shut down due to oil pressure warning. The 13 passengers were unharmed as emergency crews stood by as a precaution.
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Ozark Airlines
Joe Foss Field
Ozark
Steve Jorgenson
Des Moines
Chicago
Jorgenson
Gorilla bite at Riverside Hospital and zoo attack near San Antonio
Officials said a chimp at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus was in good condition after biting a leg. In San Antonio a 410 pound gorilla nicknamed Mopie quietly unlocked his cage and mauled zookeeper Rick Estrada after being sprayed with a hose. Estrada, 26, was listed in fair condition and to undergo further surgery.
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Columbus
Bongo
San Antonio
Texas
Zoo
Rick Estrada
Mopie
Bronx Zoo
New York
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