Ex-justice Powell calls to abolish death penalty
Former U S Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell urged abolition of capital punishment during a lecture at Drake University. He cited lengthy appeals and hundreds on death row, saying the system does not work and that the court’s decisions in capital cases were among the most agonizing. Powell defended Roe v Wade, noted life appointments limit influence of public opinion, and supported affirmative action.
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Gazette
Associated Press
Des Moines
U.S. Supreme Court
Lewis Powell
Powell
Drake University
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Dwight D. Opperman
James Madison
Robert Bork
Lottery financed CEBA program falls short on job goals
Iowa report shows 64 new projects worth 140.4 million pledged to retain or create 3,408 jobs in 1989. Half of 52 close-out projects missed goals. 17 repaid as loans, 7 negotiating repayment, 2 forgiven. Overall, 6,474 pledged jobs awarded nearly 6 million state funds, 4,701 created or retained. Program leveraged 19 to 1 since 1986.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa Department of Economic Development
DED
CEBA
Mike Miller
Miller
Iowa
Chemical fire at Clinton plant looms days more
A tank holding 4 million pounds of volatile ethylene in Clinton was burning Monday night and may blaze for three to five days more before burning out. AFI Division of Quantum Chemical Corp officials said firefighters from Clinton and the plant brigade have poured water to cool the tank and prevent spread as investigators note a string of prior Quantum plant accidents including spills and deadly explosions causing extensive damage.
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Clinton
AFI
Quantum Chemical Corp
Quantum
Illinois
Charles Stuart a Boston man at center of family murder case
A long rising path from simple kitchen work to a high end Boston fur store owner ended in a double tragedy. Charles Stuart, his wife Carol, and their unborn son were the focus of a spiraling crime with brothers Matthew and Michael implicated in planned murder and theft. Police investigations probe insurance motives and a web of family secrets.
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Stuart
Christopher
Matthew
Boston Harbor
Newbury Street
Revere
Back Bay
Kakas & Sons
Charles Stuart
Boston Center For Adult Education
Chuck
Stephen Reardon
Reardon
Robert Coles
Harvard University
Michael Stuart
Michael
Carol Stuart
Charles
John Perenyi
Perenyi
Reading
Brown University
Salem State College
Brown
Salem State
Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School
Wakefield
Driftwood
Carol DiMatti
Boston College
Rosemarie Bartolo
Harkers Admit Tax Evasion Ahead of Des Moines Trial
In federal court in Des Moines the Harkers plead to tax evasion charges as William Kutmus says Terry Harker innocent. Indictment accuses them of cash-rich real estate and coin dealings with years 1986 1988 showing over 1 million in cash transactions. Terry faces up to 30 years if convicted while prosecutors seek 10 to 16 months for the couple and probation for Terry.
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Des Moines
William Kutmus
Terry
Harker
SKT Construction Co
West Des Moines
the Harkers
U.S. Small Business Administration
DEA
Missouri
Texas
Iowa
Florida
Miami man to spend decade behind bars in 1990s drug case
Rene Toirac, a Miami man, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids to 74 years for conspiracy to distribute more than 30 ounces of cocaine and two years for failing to appear, totaling 94 years. He pleaded guilty on November 8. The case involved the Dubuque Police, FBI, and Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement.
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Rene Toirac
U.S
Cedar Rapids
David Hansen
Toirac
Hansen
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids Ice Rinks Close as Temperatures Rise
Cedar Rapids outdoor rinks Noelridge and Lou Dennis closed after warm weather melted ice. Recreation official Dave Smith says ice needs teens or single digit nights to reform, forecasting about a week of closure. Separately thick fog delayed several Cedar Rapids flights, with one mile visibility at the airport.
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Dave Smith
Recreation Department
Noelridge
Lou Dennis
Smith
Chicago
Minneapolis
Pam Fields
Fields
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