Zacek murder conviction reversed by Iowa Supreme Court
Richard Zacek, serving 75 years for the 1969 Cedar Rapids sex slayings of a 17 year old, is offered a new murder plea after the Iowa Supreme Court set aside his guilty plea due to an illegal police search. The ruling cites police deception and warrants mishandling that deprived Zacek and his counsel of fair due process.
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Richard Zacek
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Supreme Court
Jean Halverson
Washington High School
Mohawk Park
M. L. Mason
Zacek
Mark Schantz
University of Iowa
Schantz
High Court
Kenneth Millsap
Charles Jelinek
Asst
Kenneth Vanous
Vanous
Green Power Pistons
Mason
Zacek Confession Questioned After Illegal Search
The high court notes the plea as involuntary and unintelligent after an illegal search. Police questioned Zacek about parole violations at the station around 11 p.m. He later blurted out a confession saying he killed the Halverson girl. Attorneys Dumbaugh and Matias defended him.
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Schantz
High Court
Zacek
Everying
Halverson
Supreme Court
R. Fred Dumbaugh
Robert Matias
Dumbaugh
Matias
Iowa House OKs Three Year Property Tax Relief Bill
Des Moines reports the Iowa House approved a three year property tax relief bill with $54.8 million for 1976 77 and potential item veto by Gov Ray for 1977 79. The measure now goes to Gov Ray who hedges on signing and possible partial veto.
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House
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ray
Iowa House
Senate
Conference Committee
Ways-Means Committee
Libyan asylum ends longest hijacking on Philippines Airlines jet
In Benghazi Libyan authorities granted asylum to three Filipino hijackers after they released 12 PAL employees including vice president Raphael Igoa. PAL president Benigno Toda said no ransom was paid and the hijackers carried only two pistols. The trio, claiming Moro Liberation Front links, were led by Jose Nur Madulay Inglersol.
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Benghazi
Libya
Philippines
PAL
Raphael Igoa
Gastone Nardoni
Rome
Muammar Khadafy
Benigno Toda
Manila
Khadafy
Toda
Bangkok
Moro Liberation Front
Front
Cairo
Philippine Constabulary
Jose Nur Madula Y Ingersol
Adcock Indicted in Iowa Liquor Probe
A federal grand jury charged Homer R. Adcock of Des Moines with extortion and income tax evasion during his Iowa liquor control commission tenure. He allegedly accepted 20000 dollars from Mario Perelli-Minetti, with arraignment set for April 23. The probe targets bribery and racketeering in state liquor sales.
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Des Moines
Homer R. Adcock
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
U.S
Allen L. Danielson
Adcock
California
Mario Perelli-Minetti
California Wine Assn
Burlingame
Calif
Rolland Gallagher
Iowa
Iown Beer and Liquor Control Department
Galllagher
HL. Impson
Portland
Ore
Grandparenthood Proofs Spanking Isn’t Needed Say Critics
A brief editorial argues that becoming a grandparent quickly demonstrates that spanking is unnecessary. It presents views on child discipline emphasizing gentler approaches and long term family harmony.
Patty Hearst Collapses Lung Before Court Reunion
Patty Hearst was rushed to Sequoia hospital after her right lung collapsed amid a hospital stay. She remained in stable condition as William and Emily Harris face a Berkeley kidnapping charge tied to Hearst's 1974 abduction, with a Los Angeles hearing postponed due to her illness.
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Redwood City
Calif
Patty Hearst
William
Emily Harris
Miss Hearst
Los Angeles
Berkeley
Symbionese Liberation Army
Harris
Steven Weed
Sequoia Hospital
San Mateo County
Harold Barker
Jeffrey Wiseberg
Han
CBS News
FBI
SLA
Sacramento
Albert Johnson
Donald Rowles
Global and U S Briefs Highlight Lebanon Syria and Labor
Secretary Kissinger said a political settlement pattern is forming in Lebanon though tensions remain high and violence could flare. Separately, a Baltimore rampage left Charles Hopkins taking two city hall floors, and the government moves to clear a citizens band radio logjam. Three Democratic hopefuls refused to break a labor picket line at editors meetings. Howard Hughes died in Acapulco at about 80 pounds, with long hair and bedsores. In Tampa, 32 inmates escaped from the Hillsborough stockade, described as an impossible feat by Sheriff Perotti.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Lebanon
Syria
Tampa
Fla
Maj. AL. Perotti
Hillsborough Stockade
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N.D
Souris
Jerome Fitzgerald
Danielson
U.S. District Court
Internal Revenue Service
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Patty
Gazette
San Francisco
Arthur Faro
Baltimore
UPI
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Hughes Described
Acapulco
Mexico
Howard Hughes
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