Denato Rules on Key Evidence in Williams Retrial
Polk County District Judge Denato denied defense motions to suppress evidence in the Williams retrial for the 1968 Pamela Powers murder. The rulings include admission of body hair and car items while suppressing Williams room search. a hospital test order on sterility and a name change for future documents. The retrial is set for June 20 in Cedar Rapids with Chief Justice Moore signing the transfer.
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Des Moines
UPI
Polk County
James P. Denato
Robert Anthony Williams
Pamela Powers
Donato
Williams
Davenport
Powers
U.S. Supreme Court
YMCA
Urbandale
Mitchellville
Supreme Court
Denato
High Court
Anthony Erthel Williams
Cedar Rapids
Linn County District Court
Iowa Supreme Court
C. Edwin Moore
No Oil Pacts: North-South Talks Extend Over Time
Paris reports the North-South conference failing to produce a permanent producer consumer energy panel. The United States remains backing salvage of other agreements including $1 billion in relief funds and debt relief discussions, as cabinets head home and efforts continue to preserve some progress.
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Paris
United States
Cyrus Vance
Haves
Have-Nots
U.S
European Common Market
Pigeon defense convict amid incendiary drop claim
In Portland Maine Rocco DiSanto 41 was found guilty of arson after his defense argued pigeon droppings containing volatile ammonium nitrate could ignite a attic fire in 1973 A University of Maine chemist testified to the flammable nature of the chemical while a former fire chief said he had never seen a fire caused by droppings The case centered on an alleged insurance scam and the birds notorious in the city On this date in 1941 Hitler and Mussolini met at Brenner Pass in the Alps
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Portland, Maine
Rocco DiSanto
Portland
DiSanto
Gerald Provencher
University of Maine
Provencher
John Flynn
Miracle Plant Crownvetch Grows Worldwide For Roadsides
Fred Gray studies Crownvetch in his yard. The plant, found in 1935 in Pennsylvania, has no insect enemies or diseases and reaches about 24 inches. He started a company to market it globally for highway cover, cattle feed, and land beautification.
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Fred Gray
Grau
Pennsylvania
Tuna fishermen face dolphin bycatch cap set in bill
The House approved a measure 334 to 20 to limit dolphins and porpoises trapped by tuna nets at 68 910 for the rest of this year, a compromise between current practices and industry goals. activists promise to push for stronger restrictions in the Senate.
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Washington
Fund For Animals
Senate
Lewis Reginstein
Worm recipe wins $500 in earthworm contest
Lynn Remisovsky from Bayonne New Jersey won 500 for a quiche Lorraine recipe that uses 16 earthworms. The 31 year old teacher described washing boiling and baking the worms until crispy for the Ver de Terre Earth worm recipe contest prize in Pomona California.
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Pomona
Calif
UPI
New Jersey
Lynn Remisovsky
Remisovsky
Bayonne
N.J
Summers Likely Similar to Last Year Across Regions
The nation faces a hot dry mid Atlantic and upper Midwest summer with wetter conditions likely in the south and northwest. Five to four odds favor below normal rainfall June through August in Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa the Dakotas and Nebraska while normal rainfall is even in Illinois Ohio Missouri and Indiana. Overall odds favor a dry summer in the mid Atlantic coast and a wetter season in Florida Texas the lower Mississippi valley the Great Basin and the Northwest. Winter wheat harvest progresses with 98 percent corn planted and 84 percent cotton in an 11 state south region. soybeans at 76 percent.
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Washington
UPI
mid-Atlantic
Upper Midwest
National Weather Service
Northwest
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Dakotas
Nebraska
Midwest
Illinois
Ohio
Missouri
Indiana
Florida
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Great Basin
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Benito Mussolini
Brennar Pass
Alps
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Marion
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Kod
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Cedar Rapids Town & Country Shopping Center
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Center Point Road
Hardee's
Edgewood
Johnson
Hilltop House Furniture
Wt. Vernon Rd
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Smulekoff
Peo
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