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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1985
Page
3
The U S Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide if Cedar Rapids man’s right to testify was violated when his lawyers warned him they would expose him if he lied on the stand. The decision will affect a murder conviction.
President Reagan visits Washington circus with students from Martin Luther King Elementary School. Invited by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, he attends if he can bring his school friends and meets circus stars to urge children to protect themselves from kidnappers.
Cathleen Crowell Webb's lie detector test results were released as she maintained she lied in her 1977 rape testimony that sent Gary Dotson to prison. The examiner labeled her answers truthful on seven questions, while Illinois officials and Dotson's lawyers warned the results could complicate appeals while Dotson remains imprisoned.
The State Board of Regents will consider funding a $1.5 million Centralized Ambulatory Surgery Center at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The facility on the fifth floor will house four operating rooms with space for two more, plus recovery, preoperative, and waiting areas, funded by patient fees pending approval.
Jack Burcham, 62, rushed back into surgery after losing at least 21 pints of blood during his first night with an artificial Jarvik-7 heart at Humana Hospital Audubon in Louisville. Surgeons repaired a rear aorta stitch leak with a new chest incision and reinforced stitches with Teflon felt, leaving him in critical but stable condition post op.
A man wielding a sawed off shotgun robbed the Longbranch Motor Inn last night at 9 p.m. in Marion. He demanded money in the lobby at 90 Twixt Town Rd. and fled west toward the Twixt Town Apartments. No injuries reported. Police described the suspect as a white male 20 to 25, about 5'8" with blond hair in a white shirt and blue jeans.
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