Chilling effect feared as camera ruling debated in Iowa courts
Iowa Supreme Court allows cameras in criminal trials but Linn County Attorney Eugene Kopecky urges staff resistance to expanded media coverage. The 8th Circuit ruling on consent and due process raises concerns about jeopardizing convictions, with judges deciding camera use case by case. The debate ties to a Davenport murder case where consent and information provided about cameras influenced the outcome.
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Zaehringer
Siebenmann
Supreme Court
Linn
Louis Jackson
Waterloo
Jackson
High court declines review of inmate search case
The Iowa Supreme Court will not review Judge John Siebenmanns ruling that a Community Corrections Center for men inmate was subjected to an unlawful search and seizure. The decision drops the Williams case for lack of evidence after suppression of marijuana evidence.
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Linn County
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Linn County Attorney's
Supreme Court
Siebenmann
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James J. Bertling
Fourth Ave
Bertling
Liebenmann
Williams
John Standafer
Corenne Liabo
Liabo
Lyng Chosen as No 2 at Agriculture Department
Richard Lyng former head of the American Meat Institute has been picked for deputy secretary of the Agriculture Department by Secretary designate John Block. The nomination awaits Senate confirmation. Lyng, 62, leads Reagan's transition office at Ag, with a long career in federal and state agriculture roles and farm roots in California and Modesto.
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Illinois
Reagan
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California Department of Agriculture
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
San Francisco
Modesto
Calif
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Entire Fairbanks police force quits after three months
Fairbanks in Buchanan County lost its three person police department when all officers resigned without notice leaving town. The locked station and parked squad car outside raised questions. Mayor and council members said the cause is unclear and the town will advertise for a new police force.
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Fairbanks
Buchanan County
Arvin Appleman
Charles Broch
Allen Kelding
Buchanan County Sheriff's Department
Reunion delayed for Blood family in Vietnam escape effort
C Russell Blood and Hoa seek to bring Hoa's relatives from Vietnam. After five years of attempts, 16 family members are briefly held in Bangkok due to a tuberculosis issue. Blood expects more news Monday as he continues efforts with an intergovernmental refugee group.
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Vietnam
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Hoa
Sugar Pine Drive
Bloods
Bangkok
Thailand
Street Closure for Insurance Co Building Addition
A half-block of Fifth Street SE between First and Second avenues will close for about 100 weeks starting Monday. The closure supports construction of an addition to the Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co. building.
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First
Second Avenues
Second Avenue
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Co
Guilty verdict in bean meal theft case in Des Moines
A federal jury convicts Thomas Williams 36 of Sterling Colorado on 11 counts for stealing about 90 truckloads of soybean meal worth 352000 from a Cargill elevator in Des Moines over six years. Witness immunity aided the prosecution as two Melvin men were also convicted in the scheme.
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UPI
Sterling
Colo
Thomas Williams
U.S
Roxanne Conlin
Cargill Inc
Williams
Moorehead
Paul Elmer Melvin
Paul Edward
Melvins
Cargill
Older Iowans lead as landlords in state land holdings
Iowa land ownership study shows 65 plus group holds 29.2 percent of land, 55 to 64 hold 22.5 percent, while 25 plus groups own 1 to 5 percent. Retired persons own 21.9 percent, second to farmers and farm managers at 53.6 percent. White collar workers own 8.7 percent and blue collar 5.1 percent.
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Des Moines
UPI
Lowa
Lounsberry
Iowa to Lease 10 000 Acres for Wildlife Beneficial Crops
Iowa Conservation Commission will lease 10 000 acres across 33 wildlife areas for 1981 82 and 83 crop years. 87 tracts vary from 17 to 3000 acres with terms mostly three years. Bids must specify harvest details to maximize wildlife food and cover. Contact area biologists Don Pfeiffer Bob Sheets or Art Roseland for bid forms before January 31.
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UPI
Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa
Conservation Commission
Johnson County
Coralville Lake
Benton County
Dudgeon Lake
Vinton
Jackson
Green Island
Johnson
Coralville
Jones
Indian Bluffs
Monticello
Muscatine
Red Cedar
Benton
Don Pfeiffer
ASCA
Iowa City
Bob Sheets
Pershing Road
Maquoketa
Muscatine County
Art Roseland
Wapello
Library sees rising circulation at Cedar Rapids branch network
The Cedar Rapids Public Library reports a six month period July to December with total circulations at 317,278, a rise of 9,703 from last year. Average hourly checkouts rose by 63 items, and questions answered grew from 44,777 to 45,657. All branches except Bookmobile and Friendsmobile show gains, with downtown up 7,437, Kenwood up 3,612, Edgewood up 487.
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Library Board of Trustees
Kenwood
Edgewood
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