Iowa's Weather Clears With Cold Morning and Warmer Monday
Clear and cold in Iowa with highs in the mid twenties and overnight lows around ten. Warmer conditions return Monday with daytime highs near thirty and sunny skies noted. See page thirteen A.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1985
Page
1
James Hall recounts years after 1973 Ottens murder
James Hall, once a Hawkeye football player and student, served nearly seven years for the 1973 murder and sexual mutilation of Sarah Ann Ottens. He says prosecutors framed him, his conviction was overturned, and he now pursues a $3 million suit while detailing prison-system abuse in a six part exclusive series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hall
University of Iowa
Sarah Ann Ottens
Hall
Hawkeye
Cedar Rapids
A Rotten Place Where Men Are Sent to Rot
James W. Hall recounts prison life at Anamosa Iowa describing a suicide, guards, a bell, and inmates resuming games after the incident. He recalls entering the system from the University of Iowa campus and seeking money to appeal, hearing that convicts offer no help as misery bonds them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Hall
The
Cedar Rapids
Hell
Fen
Anamosa
University of Iowa
Butch
James Hall
Rome Vienna airport attacks kill 15. Palestinians blamed
Police say extremist attackers, Palestinians by origin, targeted El Al and other carriers at Rome and Vienna airports. The toll reached 15 dead, including two U.S. citizens, and 121 wounded. Survivors and autopsies are being reported as investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vienna
Israel
PLO
Tunisia
U.S
Don Maland
New Port Richey
Fla
St. Giovanni
Elena Tomarello
San Camillo
U.S. State Department
Naples
Mark Dillon
Frederick Gage
Madison
Wis
Capital Times Co
el al
TWA
Pan American Airlines
Schwechat
Austria
ANSA
Natasha Sophie Simpson
Daugh
Ter
Victor Simpson
John Buonocore
Wilmington
Del
Riccardo Infelisi
Leonardo da Vinci Airport
Mohamed Darvish
Jaser Abbou
Palestine
Intelisi
Lebanon’s militias sign Syrian backed peace pact
In Damascus, Walid Jumblatt Nabih Berri and Elie Hobeika signed a 23 page armistice pact to end 11 years of civil war in Lebanon. Syrian Vice President Khaddam witnessed the ceremony and pledged guarantor role as Lebanese leaders hailed the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Lebanon
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
Druse
Walid Jumblatt
Progressive Socialist Party
Justice
Nabih Berri
Amal
Elie Hobeika
Berri
Khaddam
Beirut Radio
New Year Brings New Iowa Taxes
Iowa lawmakers already have New Year resolutions ready for Iowans to follow starting Wednesday. Bills passed last spring take effect January 1 and raise about 13.3 million dollars annually in higher taxes. The motor fuel tax rises one cent per gallon, the second increase in six months, and IDOT says it will bring in 12.5 million dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Daubenmier Lazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
Today’s Chuckle Bends Backward for a Punchline
A light humor item jokes that bending over backward for others makes it harder for them to kick you in the pants, framing a playful moral with a classic newspaper tease tone.
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UCLA
Hawkeyes
Liowa
Reagan
Hobeika
Jumblatt
SF Garden
Linn County
Sanderson
U.s.world . A
SF Wuzzles
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