Tobacco trial yields 400000 verdict for Cipollone
The Cipollone case ends with a $400000 award to Rosalind Cipollone, while the defense denies liability for smoking related cancer. Attorneys note no punitive damages and discuss possible appeals as industry analysts weigh long term implications. Cipollone, 64, of Lakehurst expressed mixed satisfaction as the jury forewoman answered questions during the verdict.
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Rose Cipollone
Liggett
Donald Cohn
Edell
Cipollone
Lakehurst
Cohn
Allan Kaplan
Merrill Lynch
Ipollone
Lorillard, Liggett
Philip Morris
Rosalind Russell
L&m
Pioneer 10 and 11 Reach Outer Heliosphere Mission
Pioneer 10 and 11 launched in 1973 and 1972 respectively show strong data signals as they travel beyond Pluto toward interstellar space. Scientists including James Van Allen and John Simpson discuss observing the heliosphere boundary, solar wind behavior, and potential signals for years to come while noting signal delays and the probes’ fading power supplies.
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Pioneer
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 11
James van Allen
University of Iowa
van Allen
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Asteroid
Pluto
Neptune
Robert W. Jackson
John Simpson
University of Chicago
Pioneer Science
Simpson
Inmate loses bid over prison indifference to transsexualism
A U.S. Court of Appeals panel in St. Louis reversed a district judge and remanded, upholding that Thomas L. White also known as Tammy Lynn White failed to prove deliberate indifference by Iowa State Penitentiary officials toward his gender dysphoria. White, serving a 10 year term for armed robbery, claimed requests for electrolysis cosmetic surgery hormone therapy and a sex change operation plus wearing women's clothes and transfer to a women's facility. He staged hunger strikes and threats, while authorities provided medical care and kept him in protective custody or administrative confinement.
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Des Mulne
U.S
White
Wells Run Dry Prompt Shallow Well Permits Rise
Health Department reports three permit requests in weeks to replace shallow wells as drought pressures grow. Hart notes drilling is costly but yields better quality water, with dry spells reducing contamination likelihood. Similar issues seen in Gazette counties. wells under 100 feet depth go dry.
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Health Department
Hart
Gazette Area
Keokuk woman dies after June 7 crash near Mount Pleasant
Carla Hermansfeld, 22, of Keokuk, died at University Hospital Iowa City from injuries from a June 2 collision on U.S. 218 five miles south of Mount Pleasant. Todd Oetken, 18, Mediapolis, remained in critical condition after pulling out to pass another vehicle and striking Hermansfeld’s car on a bridge.
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Keokuk
Carla Hermansfeld
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mount Pleasants
Hermansfeld
U.S. 218
Mount Pleasant
Todd Oetken
Mediapolis
Oetken
Harlan cyclist dies in crash
A Harlan man died from injuries after a car motorcycle crash in Shelby County. Donald Trieweiler, 48, was southbound on U S Highway 59 when he left the road and struck a motorcycle driven by 20 year old David Wingert. Wingert died at St Joseph Hospital in Omaha shortly after midnight. Trieweiler faced drunken driving charges as investigators continue.
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Harlan (Ap
Harlan
Shelby County
Donald Trieweller
South
U.S. Highway 59
David Wingert
Wingert
St. Joseph Hospital
Omaha
Neb
Trieweiler
Supreme Court rejects stay in Edward Byrne Jr. execution
The Supreme Court refused to halt the scheduled execution of Edward Byrne Jr. for the 1984 killing of a service station worker in Louisiana. Byrne, 28, faced the electric chair at Angola after Louisiana Pardon Board declined to commute. Byrne maintained he never intended to kill and described as remorseful, while defense lawyers from Linn County urged broader South death-row representation.
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Angola
Supreme Court
Edward Byrne Jr
Linn County Public Defenders Office
John Logan
Mount Vernon
Byrne
U.S
Louisiana
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Hilton Butler
Butler
Pardon Board
Cedar Rapids
Amanda Potterfield
Nancy Baumgartner
Baumgartner
South
Logan
Iowa Supreme Court
W. Ward Reynoldson
Iowa
Roberta Johnson
Bossier City
Buddy Roemer
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Bollone
Cipolione
Liggett Group Inc
Durham
N.G
Philip Morris Inc
New York
General Foods Corp
Miller Brewing Co
United States
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Rick Skogman
Skogman
Gajette
Oelwein
Marion
Sazene
Lester Zuber
Robert E. Novotny
Zuber
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Potterfield
Pat Grady
Richard Klausner
Linn County Defenders Office
Johnson
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