Plan to halve DSS field offices eyed by council
A proposal to cut the number of Department of Social Services field offices by half and reduce more than 112 jobs will be presented to the Council on Social Services. The plan, aimed at saving 2.13 million dollars yearly, would consolidate several offices including Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown and Davenport and Dubuque, while keeping the Des Moines district intact.
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Des Moines
Department of Social Services
Council On Social Services
Larry Jackson
Social Services
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Joint Appropriations Subcommittee On Social Services
Social Services Council
Jackson
Spencer
Sioux City
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Davenport
Dubuque
Ottumwa
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Carroll
Creston
Ray to meet with Reagan at White House in Washington
Des Moines Governor Robert Ray travels to Washington to meet President Reagan with eight NGA executive committee colleagues to discuss block grants and fiscal policy. He holds a soil conservation briefing and attends a two hour NGA executive committee meeting amid a televised economy address.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Washington
Reagan
Ray
National Governor’s Association
White House
NGA
Governor’s Association
Extradition Set in 1979 Iowa City Slaying Case
Rockford man Andrew J. Oglevie must be turned over to Iowa authorities Monday after Judge John Sype denied three defense motions. Oglevie, charged with the April 14 1979 murder of Ady Jensen in West Branch, has fought extradition since his June 23 arrest in Rockford. Reedy plans an appeal to the Illinois Court of Appeals.
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Rockford, Ill
Iowa City
Iowa
Winnebago County
John Sype
Andrew J. Oglevie
Sype
Oglevie
William Reedy
Reedy
Illinois Court of Appeals
Rockford
Ady Jensen
West Branch
Jury selection continues in Oppelt murder trial
Nine of fifteen prospective jurors were interviewed on the third day narrowing to 24 acceptable jurors. David Oppelt 24 is charged with the premeditated stabbing death of 16 year old Steven White at a downtown Iowa City QuikTrip. Oppelt faces life if convicted and plans an insanity-based acquittal defense while held at Oakdale.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Citian David Oppelt
Oppelt
Steven Scott White
QuikTrip
Lakeside
Iowa Security
Oakdale
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