Sillick verdict seals life in prison for murder
A Linn County jury found Brian Sillick guilty of first degree murder in the May 2 shotgun killing of Tammi Wilson. He faces life without parole at his March 10 sentencing, despite defense claims of cocaine-induced psychosis. Wilson’s daughters witnessed part of the crime, and relatives condemned any parole possibility.
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Douglas Neumann Lazette
Iblings
Tammi Wilson
Iowa Board of Parole
Brian Sillick
Linn County
Sillick
Wilson
Houston St. NE
van Zimmer
Renee Brockway
Charlina Hurt
Lillick
Chelsey
Lindsey
Viazette
Lisa Powell
Don
Eft
Ron Hurt
Renee Bruckway
Iowa panel deadlocks over school funding growth rate
Iowa lawmakers failed to reach a fiscal 1996 allowable growth rate for K through 12 funding by the midnight deadline. Senate Democrats pressed for 4.5 percent growth and an $81 million package, while House Republicans held at 3 percent growth and a $15 million technology fund, leaving talks to resume with a Saturday outlook.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Senate Democrats
House Republicans
Senate
Wally Horn
Cedar Rapids
House
Ron Corbett
Researchers test smart bomb drug against leukemia
Researchers in Washington report a mouse study of a cancer smart bomb that targets leukemia cells with an antibody to CD19 and a cancer-killing payload genistein. The approach promises normal tissue sparing and may enter human trials this summer, with potential applications to breast, ovarian, and brain cancers.
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Washington
F.M. Uckun
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Uckun
Science
Prain
Iowa and 23 states demand prepaid charges disclosed
A group including Iowa calls on federal regulators to force pay phone operators to reveal charges before calls. Also noted are new AAP condom distribution guidelines in high schools, zoning around an Iowa City entrance, Coralville named as RAGBRAI XXIII overnight stop, and Iowa Hawkeyes beating Northwestern 116-77.
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Iowa
Coralville
Proposed telemarketing rules limit times and content of calls
The FTC proposed new rules to curb deceptive telemarketing practices. Calls would have to identify the caller and disclose selling of goods or services, be banned before 8 am or after 9 pm, and avoid pressuring for payments before a prior transaction. The rules cover consumer and business calls including charity solicitations and credit offers.
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Washington
Maxine Conley
del City
Ohlo
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Conley
Mac Hansbrough
Dent
American Telemarketing Association
Quayle Drops Out of 1996 GOP Presidential Bid
Dan Quayle abruptly ends his campaign for the Republican nomination, reversing plans after a recent Iowa visit. Iowa GOP leaders expressed surprise, noting Quayle had indicated he would return and work to gain inroads, but he chose not to seek the nomination amid fundraising and staffing challenges.
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Ken Sullivan
Es Ie
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Dan Quayle
Quayle
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