Should society allow designer babies ethical debate
Ellen Goodman discusses prenatal sex testing and the ethics of gender selection. She weighs medical benefits against risks of abortion for gender and the broader danger of genetic eugenics. The column calls for medical restraint and public moral stance while noting Pennsylvania's recent abortion ban for sex selection.
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India
Korea
America
John Fletcher
University of Virginia
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Wandering Pooch Jesse Returns Home From 90 Mile Trek
English setter Jesse wandered from Martelle Iowa to Platteville Wisconsin over several days after Christmas. He was found hungry and tired by Jeff Bevan, who kept him safe until the Wright family could travel to Wisconsin to reclaim him. The reunion occurred New Year’s Day after Jesse followed Bevan’s truck home.
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Donna Lee Olson
Avu
Jesse
Pooch
Martelle
Pennsylvania
Platteville
Wis
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Jeff Bevan
Kirk Wright
Mason Town
Jones County
Wright
the Gazette
Bevan
Wrights
Iowa
Debby
Dale
Viola Johnson
Gazette
Highway 151
Anamosa
Teed-off golfer settles sex bias case against Terrace Hills
Des Moines woman Mary Ann deVries filed a civil rights complaint over a men’s club day that excluded women at Terrace Hills Golf Course in Altoona. The course discontinued the policy and paid $1,000 to deVries, to be donated to Iowa State University women’s golf.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
Altoona
Terrace Hills
Mary Ann deVries
Des Moines
deVries
Iowa State University
Iowa community college faculty seek 8.2 million boost
Administrators and teachers from Iowa’s 15 community colleges urge the 1990 legislative session to approve about 19 million in salary and program increases. They seek 8.2 million to raise faculty pay toward the national average and 8.5 million more for budget formula share.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa
John Blong
Iowa Association of Community College
Ken Tilp
Iowa State Education Association
ISEA
Midwest
Community Colleges’ Trustees Association
Tilp
Blong
Eastern Iowa Community College
Betten
Regennitter seeks new trial on drug conspiracy case
Larry Regennitter and co defendants face potential retrial as defense lawyers file a motion in Cedar Rapids federal court. They argue the jury ignored instructions on conspiracy and that evidence did not prove any agreement to violate drug laws. Sentencing for Regennitter Vogt and Ambrose is set for late February with Kelley and Jiruska already sentenced.
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Oston
Dick Hogan
Larry Regennitter
Rural West Branch
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Regennitter
Donald Carr
David Grinde
Harry Ambrose
Iowa City
Thomas Vogt
Ambrose
Vogt
College Street Club
Jody Pearson
Kelley
Jiruska
The
Gazette Company
Iowa
Cedar Ra
U.S
Sones Press
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
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