Hall case shifts on evidence in 1973 murder trial
Iowa attorney general reverses stance saying material in a Bureau of Criminal Investigation file did not aid Hall's defense in the 1974 trial for Sara Ottens's murder, while confirming the file was withheld. The case now features a change in prosecutors and ongoing postconviction relief filings.
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Ann Mittman
Johnson County
Iowa City
Iowa Attorney General’s Office
James Hall
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Hall
University of Iowa
Sara Ann Ottens
Bill Roach
BCI
Division of Criminal Investigation
Michael Sheehy
Harold Young
Des Moines
Roach
Young
Paul Papak
U of I College of Law Prisoners Assistance Clinic
Philip Mears
Papak
Mears
Jepsen forecasts mild end to rate rise and strong economy
Senator Roger Jepsen told Cedar Rapids businessmen that the recent rate uptick is temporary and that the economy has entered a broad, sustainable recovery. He warned that the 200 billion dollar deficit signals discipline issues in Congress but that productivity gains could ease the deficit while urging stable monetary policy and continued fiscal reforms.
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Ken Sullivan
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Sheraton Inn
Cedar Rapids
Jepsen
Congress
Federal Reserve
Katie Beckett case drives home health care push
Julie Beckett testified at a Senate hearing on home and community based health services. She described how a Medicaid waiver enabled her daughter Katie to receive at home care rather than hospitalization, reducing costs and improving daily life and future prospects. The program faces expansion under Senate bills sponsored by Orrin Hatch.
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Salt Lake City
Cedar Rapids
Reagan
Julie Beckett
Katie Beckett
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Labor and Human Resources Committee
Katie
Suit filed over pat searches at Iowa Jam concert
The Iowa Civil Liberties Union sues in federal court alleging unconstitutional random pat searches of male concertgoers at the Iowa Jam event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Named defendants include James Taylor and the Iowa State Fair Board with Music Circuit Presentations Inc. as promoter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubenmier Lazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa State Fairgrounds
The
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
Cryss Farley
Civil Liberties Union
U.S. District Court
Southern District of Iowa
the Gazette
James Taylor
State Fair
Iowa State Fair Board
Music Circuit Presentations Inc
Louis B. Moore
Moore
Music Circuit Presentations
U of Iowa Jazz Ensemble to Tour Latin America
The University of Iowa jazz group has been chosen by the State Department for a fall tour of Latin America. Leader Dan Yoder will take seven current or recent students from Iowa on a trip Sept 21 to Oct 8, performing in Barbados Guyana the Bahamas and Nicaragua.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa School of Music
U.S. State Department
United States
Latin America
Iowa
Barbados
Guyana
Bahamas
Nicaragua
Dan Yoder
U of I
Yoder
U of I School of Music
State Department
Striking CWA Members Prolong Nationwide AT and T Walkout
John Kriz of Cedar Rapids, a Communications Workers of America Local 7101 member, rests near Northwestern Bell’s Council Street garage as the nationwide strike by 650,000 CWA members against AT and T enters its third day. Negotiators report no progress during informal talks in Washington. Reports of equipment vandalism emerged, but AT and T says service remains generally intact aside from directory assistance and repair delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kriz
Cedar Rapids
Communication Workers of America
Northwestern Bell
Council Street
Blairs Ferry Road
CWA
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Washington
At&t
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Rienow
Ottens
Rosemary Jones
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Iowa State Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Jespen
Central America
Sen
Pat
Farley
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Fair Board
American Telephone & Telegraph
U of
Marion
Montgomery Ward
Strik
Gazette
Don Hornstein
Wilson Avenue
S.W
A.N.F
Tami-Ami
Lams
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