Courts Learn to Listen to Children in Abuse Trials
Ellen Goodman's Gazette column discusses the shift from excluding child witnesses to balancing protection and confrontation in abuse cases. It notes McMartin acquittal, Supreme Court reviews on face-to-face testimony, and innovations like closed circuit TV and protective screens to safeguard young witnesses while preserving the defendant’s rights.
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California
McMartin
Washington
Supreme Court
Common Sense
David Finkelher
University of New Hampshire
Family Research Lab
Maryland
Idaho
Two Iowans Named to U S Academic Team
Shannon Mattiace of Central College Cedar Rapids and Lori Brandt of the University of Iowa Oskaloosa are chosen for the USA Today All American Academic team in Washington D C. The group includes 18 students who receive a $2 500 award. Mattiace majors political science and Spanish and plans a State Department internship in Santiago Chile. Brandt maintains a 4 0 GPA and has worked with Bread For the World and Habitat for Humanity.
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Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Washington, D.C
USA Today
Shannon Mattiace
Central College
Lori Brandt
Oskaloosa
Mattiace
Pella
U.S. State Department
Santiago
Chile
National Endowment For the Humanities
NEH
Mexico
Central
Ented
Kevin Cool
Bank Holdup Anticipated From Cedar Rapids Surveillance
Cedar Rapids police seek two armed robbers after a Thursday night theft at Guaranty Bank and Trust Co. An employee of Kentucky Fried Chicken watched, as a masked man produced a gun and emptied three bank bags into a getaway, with security cameras capturing two voices and images. The crime, lasting about 20 seconds, ended near Park Towne apartments.
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Cedar Rapids
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co
42Nd St. NE
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Center Point Rd
Tom Petty Concert at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers schedule a Feb 17 show at Carver-Hawkeye Arena with Lenny Kravitz as opener. Tickets $18.50 plus fees go on sale Saturday at 9 am via University Box Office, Ticketmaster outlets, or by phone. Petty performs Feb 19 at Hilton Coliseum Ames. tickets $18.75.
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Tom Petty
The
Heartbreakers
Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Iowa City
Lenny Kravitz
University
Iowa Memorial Union
University of Iowa
MasterCard
Visa
Ticketmaster
Lindale Mall
Petty
Hilton Coliseum
Ames
Senate votes to split DNR into two agencies
Iowa Senate approved a plan to divide the Department of Natural Resources into two separate agencies the DNR and the Department of Environmental Protection The director would be appointed by the two new seven member commissions replacing gubernatorial appointment The measure now goes to the House with Gov Branstad undecided about signing or vetoing it
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Des Moines
Senate
Democrats
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Department of Environmental Protection
House
Terry Branstad
Natural Resources Department
Branstad
Japan
Consolidated Department
Bert Priebe
D-Algona
George Kinley
D-Des Moines
Larry Wilson
Legislative Democrats
Calvin Hultman
Red Oak
Kinley
C.W
C.W. “Bill” Hutchins
Daudubon
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Howard Davidson
American Bar Association
Ellen Goodman
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Sixth St
42Nd
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Gazette Ryne
Rene Pane SE
Iowa
Cedar
U.S
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
White House
Lower Muscatine
C.R
U of 1
Donna Lee Olson
Kurt Rogahn
Irwin Levin
U of I
Brandt
Bread For the World
Habitat For Humanity
Lewis and
Lorena Brandt
Park Towne
Carver-Hawkeye
Dave Gosch
Sigourney
Jimmy Ladely
Keokuk County
Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
Parks and Preserves
Forests, Fish and Wildlife
Boston
Pierson’s Flower Shop & Greenhouse, Inc
Ellis Blvd
East 395
Center Pt. Rd
Sponecees Linn Pro Life United
P.O. Box
Tom Hanley
McDonald’s
33Rd Ave
McDonald's
Peter Tery
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