Noon and midnight timing clash over a.m. and p.m. terms
A reader notes that noon should be 12 m and questions 12 noon and 12 midnight redundancies, citing NAVY Observatory guidance and newspaper practice. The piece discusses how digital clocks amplify ambiguity and how schedules or TV guides mislead when using a.m. and p.m. and proposes 12 w.h. and 12 tf. as alternatives.
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Associated Press
Gernot Winkler
The
Naval Observatory
Time Service Division
A.m
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Iowa
Correction notice clarifies district for Mary Seriouses candidacy
The Gazette corrects a Friday report naming Mary Seriouses as seeking re election in the 44th District. She will run for a second term in the 46th House District in Iowa City. The paper invites complaints and pledges corrections when errors are found.
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Ouaie Mem
Mary Seriouses
Iowa City
Friday’s Gazette
the Gazette
Pharmacist sentenced for tax evasion in Cedar Rapids
Ronald Hess a 47 year old Independence pharmacist received a three year federal prison term in U S District Court Cedar Rapids after pleading guilty to evading income taxes. Hess and two unnamed co owners skimmed profits from Hess Pharmacy and under reported income leading to tax losses of about 200 000 dollars. A separate 50 000 fraud tied to non existent prescriptions for John Deere employees followed. Hess faces further civil penalties and a possible loss of his license with a hearing set for April 19.
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Roland Krekeler
Independence Pharmacist
Ronald Hess
US S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Hess
Scott Boggus
Boggus
David Hansen
U.S
Robert Teig
John Deere
Heart transplant recipient dies three months after surgery
A McGregor man who received a heart on Christmas Eve died Friday morning at University Hospitals. Richard Rockwell, 48, was pronounced dead with the cause unavailable. He was the 17th heart transplant patient at the University of Illinois, begun in 1985, and had waited since April 10, 1987, for a new heart amid progressive ischemic cardiomyopathy. Lawrence During, 58, of Osage, is listed in stable condition after receiving a heart on March 11.
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McGregor
Richard Rockwell
Rockwell
U of I
Lawrence
Osage
Jasper County father charged with murder in 15 month old death
Steven Douglas Talsma 36 is held on 220000 bond in Newton on a first degree murder charge after authorities say his 15 month old daughter died from a chest blow. An autopsy found additional injuries, some over a week old, and the girl had been in his care when she died. The mother Anita Talsma was at work at the time.
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Jasper County
Monroe
Steven Douglas Talsma
Newton
John Billingsley
Talsma
Tom Bennett
Billingsley
Tal
Anita Talsma
Acquittals in CIA protest trespass case at University of Iowa
A six member jury acquitted 18 protesters on criminal trespass charges stemming from an October demonstration in the University of Iowa Westlawn Building. Prosecutors pursued the case amid ongoing disputes over CIA recruitment on campus and related university policy.
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Bareounty Bureau
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa City Civic Center
Johnson County
U of I
CIA
Congress
Westlawn
Pat Kearns
Chouteau
Fiery Two-Vehicle Crash Kills Four Near Elvira
Clinton County sheriff reports a southbound pickup driven by Rhonda K. Ringen collided with an eastbound car driven by Daniel Cook at 10:45 p.m. on County Road 236. Both vehicles caught fire. four occupants died at the scene: Daniel Cook 24 Goose Lake Teresa A. Leif 25 Clinton Rhonda K. Ringen 29 rural Green Island. Investigation continues with no witnesses.
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Daniel Cook
Goose Lake
Teresa A. Leif
Clinton
Rhonda K. Ringen
Green Island
Pepe Per Ean
AL Weverent
Preston
Clinton County
Gary Mulholland
Ringen
Cook
Wayne Rickertson
Sheriff's Department
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