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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 2002

Page

8

Timeline of Nicole Plum case from Chelsea baby death

Early December 2000 Nicole Plum of Chelsea gives birth to a full term baby girl. On February 4, 2001 a woman finds the infant in a Chelsea field and police name her Baby Chelsea. Plum confesses February 13 that the baby is hers but says she was stillborn. She is charged February 16 with first degree murder.

Nicole Plum Chelsea Plum van der Mey Vander Mey Moss

Plum apologizes as court hands down indeterminate sentences

Plum, 18, pleads guilty to lesser charges in the Chelsea infant case. Judge Vander Mey sentences her to an indeterminate term not to exceed 10 years for child endangerment and up to two years for involuntary manslaughter, with fines partly suspended.

Plum Robinson Vander Mey Sheila Pettebaum Des Moines

World graying as UN study flags aging global population

The United Nations reports a global shift to older populations with about 10 percent over 60 now and a projected 20 percent by 2050. Japan, Italy, and several European nations show the highest 60 plus shares, while the United States may reach 27 percent by 2050 amid immigration.

United Nations Joseph Chamie U.N Chamie Japan Italy Germany Spain Switzerland Greece Sweden Bulgaria Slovenia Czech Republic Armenia United States

Ethanol Compromise Aims to Boost Use and Prices

Negotiators seek to raise ethanol use from 1.7 to 5 billion gallons over a decade while banning MTBE within four years and scrapping the 2 percent oxygenate rule in polluted areas. Stakeholders include Senator Daschle and farmers like Larry Beyer, with White House backing but oil interests wary.

Senate Tom Daschle South Dakota Pyatt Daschle James Jeffords Ver Environmental Protection Agency

Harkin pushes for government study on fallout from above ground tests

Senator Tom Harkin has pressed for a comprehensive government review of fallout from atmospheric nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s. He cites a 15 page January February summary completed last August and urges public awareness of plutonium presence and potential high exposure areas. The Gazette notes USA Today linking fallout to thousands of cancer deaths and non fatal cancers, while Iowa Public Health officials say no evident cancer swath or state rate anomalies.

Harkin USA Today United States Kevin Teale Iowa

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