GOP Blame-Shifting After House Bad-Check Scandal
Republican leaders accuse 38 years of Democratic domination of fueling the House bad-check scandal and urge voters to overturn the majority. They warn the 268-166 Democratic edge could shift after retirements and redistricting, citing a potential 1974 style backlash. Democratic leaders defend the bank as private and promise more information.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
House of Representatives
House
Cuba
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Newt Gingrich
Georgia
Thomas Foley
ABC
David Brinkley
Troubled life of John Rose Chronicle of a violent career
Timeline tracing John Rose from a West Union High School confrontation to a Cedar Rapids group home, then the State Training School for Boys Eldora. It notes juvenile parole, a fatal 1960 parricide, adult trial, reformatory release, Chicago arrest for armed robbery, college degrees, mental health treatment, additional incarcerations, and a 1978 murder and body dump in Benton County.
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Cedar Rapids
State Training School
Eldora
West Union
Iowa
Anamosa
Chicago
Southern Illinois University
Illinois
Illinois House of Corrections
Arizona State University
State University of New York At Albany
Black Hawk County
Benton
John Rose
Rose
State Training
Iowa Men's Reformatory
Smith
Rose's troubling path points to a larger murder probe
Investigators Wright and Smith link John Rose to a wider web of violence and unsolved crimes in Iowa. Rose, once seen as ominously aloof, pursued a chaotic plan involving former inmates, neo Nazi circles, and undercover work while arcing toward a larger murder case tied to Black Hawk County.
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Smith and
Wright
Rose
Iowa
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Smith
Wright and
al N Davidson
Davidson
Jay Hollins
Ronald Harris Brown
Rose killer tale shows lifelong troubles end in murder
Investigators recount John Rose a 35 year old with a troubled history from a Chicago robbery to years in reformatories and institutions. He lived in his mother's Broadview home retired to a basement room with weapons and extremist materials before traveling to Des Moines then Cedar Falls where his body was found shot near Vinton.
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Rose
Broadview
Ill
Wright
John Rose
Des Moines
Iowa Board of Parole
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Vinton
Smith
Housing Modulars Considered to Cut Rehab Costs
City officials weigh a pilot using Mercy Medical Center houses sold for 28000 and 30000 to rehab at lower cost via modulars from All American Homes. Mayors and council members differ on using CDBG funds with others stressing cost effectiveness and potential staff and relocation costs.
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Mercy Medical Center
Don Canney
Don Hansel
Hansel
Progressive Homes
Marion
the Gazette
Taj Mahal
14Th Ave. SE
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Gazette
Rick Smith
Jeff Burnham
Anamosa Reformatory
Dyersville
Lyle Hanson
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