Cedar Rapids woman found guilty of voluntary manslaughter
Judge Thomas Horan ruled Phyllis Nelson, 55, Iowa City, intended the stabbing of her husband Dr. Richard Nelson, 54, executive dean at the University of Iowa. The judge said the act occurred in sudden violent passion due to provocation and the case proceeded without a jury.
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the Gazette
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Iowa City
William Kutmus
Linn County
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Nelson
Cedar Rapids
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Richard Nelson
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Nelson case verdict divides community says attorney
The Nelson case verdict is described as potentially divisive by attorney William Kutmus of Des Moines. He notes some will call it a good verdict while Phyllis insists the death was an accident. The nine page Linn County District Court ruling was read on Monday.
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Linn County
How everything unraveled for Phyllis and Richard Nelson
In Cedar Rapids Iowa City this sworn testimony describes Phyllis Nelson a substitute teacher and church choir singer and her husband Dr Richard Nelson a University of Iowa Carver Center leader and the couple at 1010 Highwood Street Iowa City until Phyllis Nelson age 56 stabbed her husband to death ending their 33 year marriage on December 12 2001.
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Richard Nelson
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
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Highwood St
Iowa City
Court TV To Air Nelson Trial And Sentencing
Court TV will broadcast Phyllis Nelsons murder trial in full and carry the April 21 sentencing. The network covered the Cedar Rapids trial and will return for the sentencing. Local cable viewers in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City via Mediacom and McLeodUSA may access the channel. The couple had split for three years before the fatal events linked to the husbands affair with his secretary. Richard Nelson, 54, is identified as executive dean of the medical Nelsons, Page 6A.
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Court TV
Cedar Rapids
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the Medical
Ultimatum for Saddam Looms as War Hawks Warning
President Bush warned Saddam Hussein to flee Iraq within 48 hours or face war as U S troops mobilize. He raised terror alert to orange citing potential retaliatory attacks and vowed the tyrant will soon be gone with no U N backing.
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Iraqi address reaches audiences worldwide during 8A coverage
A televised address reaches multiple audiences including the American public and skeptical allies. The speaker also targets Saddam and Iraq's IRAQ, signaling a broad diplomatic message as reported on page 7A.
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MASH for a new era in Navy surgeon reaches Gulf
Capt. H.R. Bohman a Cedar Rapids native leads a mobile tented surgical unit system for the Navy now deployed in Kuwait near the Iraqi border. His work aims to bring field surgery closer to front lines as he and his wife Cathy Carlson Bohman await further orders.
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Cedar Rapids
Persian Gulf
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Kuwait
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Thunderous air attack would launch Gulf War II
In the opening hours of war in Iraq, cruise missiles and precision bombs target Saddam Hussein s military to blind it and clear the way for a ground invasion sweeping north from Kuwait. Gen. Richard Myers says the aim is to shock the system into an early end. If the Iraqi regime collapses quickly after the air assault, U S forces could enter Baghdad with minimal resistance. Gen. Tommy Franks may launch the ground assault days after the air campaign begins.
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Baghdad
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U S and Britain Prepare for Ground War in Iraq
The report states about 250000 U S troops are arrayed against Iraq with 130000 in Kuwait seen as the main launching pad. It notes potential 30000 British troops, compares to 1991 Desert Storm air campaign and a 100 hour ground war, and cites Brig Gen Franks and Lt Gen McKiernan planning first attack orders in Qatar.
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