Mother and daughter seek dismissal in Iowa threatening mail case
Marlys Floyd and Rebecca Pippett have moved in U.S. District Court to drop the four count indictment alleging threatening mail. Their attorney argues the sole message was a request to be fair and not a threat. Floyd, 68, of Cedar Rapids, and Pippett, 43, of Keystone, were arrested March 24 on federal charges.
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Marlys Floyd
Cedar Rapids
Rebecca Pippett
Keystone
Wallace Taylor
Floyd
U.S. District Court
Taylor
Pippert
Chicago
Charge filed after BB wounds Kennedy High student
Police accused 18 year old Timothy Kalb of firing a BB gun which wounded a Kennedy High School student near the tennis courts. A 15 year old reported being struck. Kalb faces a charge of interfering with official acts and promised to appear in court. The weapon is not a firearm under state law.
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Kennedy High School
Timothy Kalb
Sandalwood
Kalb
Microbiologist David Gibson Elected to National Academy of Sciences
David Gibson, professor emeritus of microbiology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, is elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He joins 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 14 countries, recognizing his biocatalysis research on bacterial breakdown of pollutants and toxins.
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David Gibson
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
Gibson
Activists challenge UI animal welfare claims at UI labs
Iowa City activists pressed the University of Iowa to prove it fully safeguards animal welfare amid a Stop Animal Exploitation Now inquiry. Leana Stormont cited deviations from USDA protocols in pig surgeries 2003 2004 and NIH reviews tardiness. She also alleged long term confinement and repeated experiments on monkeys and criticized cervical dislocation of rodents.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
UI Labs
University
Leana Stormont
Iowa Law Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
Spence Laboratories of
Psychology
Stop Animal
Stormont
Korean connection clicks again
Meejin Kramer of Central City adopted from Korea as a child returns with her husband Mark to adopt a Korean son named Jack. She reconnects with Korean relatives and says they are happy to be home after a trip ending at The Eastern Iowa Airport.
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Laura Segall
the Gazette
Mark Kramer
Central City
Jack
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Meejin
Korea
Mary and
Rich Doyle
Ned Kouba
Kurt Rogahn
Gazette
Meejin Kramer
Kramer
Mark
Mary Doyle
Doyle
Rich
Doyles
Chicago
West Virginia
Kramers
Sydney
Megjin
Boyfriend charged in Iowa child stealing case
Joshua Moore, 29, is formally charged with child stealing after a daylong disappearance of his girlfriend’s 3 1/2 year old son Colin Flynn. An Amber Alert followed Patricia Flynn’s 911 call and a sighting near 901 Hollywood Blvd. in Iowa City.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Joshua Moore
Colin Flynn
Coral Ridge
Patricia Flynn
Johnson County
Victoria Cole
Hollywood Blvd
Flynn
Moore
Cover the Uninsured Week and Health Insurance Debate
Mike Deupree argues about the 45 million uninsured figure and its sources, noting CPS and SIPP differences and Medicare counts. He cautions against overstatement, emphasizes real uninsured numbers, and ties the issue to policy and access. The column marks May 5 2005 as a themed date, with future dates referenced.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau
CPS
Census Bureau
SIPP
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Animal
By Jim O'Neal
Midwest
Stop Animal Exploitation Now
Aaontarminad
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Institutes of Health
Pana Stormont
By Frank Gluck
Joshua Moore Notchild’s
Centers For Medicare
Medicaid Services
Mike Deupree
Mike.deupree
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