Des Moines lawyers ordered to end TV ads
Iowa Supreme Court Justice Mark McCormick ordered Des Moines lawyers Mark A. Humphrey Fredd J. Haas and James E. Gritzer to stop airing certain television commercials for their legal services. The ethics committee alleged the spots violated advertising rules by featuring multiple claimants and no disclaimer. A Sept. 23 hearing will decide on a permanent injunction.
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Des Moines
Harrison Weber
Iowa Supreme Court
Mark McCormick
Mark A. Humphrey
Fredd J. Haas
James E. Gritzer
Gritzer
Iowa Board of Parole
McCormick
Committee On Professional Ethics and Conduct
Iowa State Bar Association
Supreme Court
Ethics and Conduct Committee
Who-Tv
Iowa Judges Get Low Plea Bargain Ratings In Plebi --- Note: trimmed
Clinton and Guttenberg district judges led the low ratings in Iowa's biennial plebiscite on judges. The Iowa Bar Association found overall 58.9 percent participation with none of 80 judges scoring under 50 percent approval.
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Des Moines
UPI
Clinton
Guttenberg
Iowa Bar Association
Supreme Court
Appeals Court
Lawrence D. Carstensen
Carstensen
Charles H. Pelton
L. John Degnan
The
Bar Association
Instate
James H. Andreasen
Algona
Monroe 21 month old drowns in bathtub incident
A 21 month old Monroe boy named Paul Thomas died at a Des Moines hospital after he was found in a bathtub at his home Monday afternoon. Police say he climbed into the tub and turned on the water. He had been flown to Des Moines after rescue attempts. Monroe is about 12 miles south of Newton in Jasper County.
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Osmonroe
Iowa
Monroe
Des Moines
Daniels
Newton
Jasper County
Evans predicts farm bills wait until next year
Reinbeck Iowa congressman Cooper Evans told a Night on the Farm event that pending farm legislation will not pass this Congress and will wait until the next year. He cited a looming lame duck session with Social Security as the top issue and urged USDA action to aid farmers.
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Reinbeck
Iowa
Congress
Cooper Evans
World War I Turkey Armistice of 1918 and Bridge Track
The entry notes that Turkey surrendered and signed an armistice in 1918 during World War I. It also mentions an international railway bridge completed across the Niagara River at Buffalo in 1873 and the English capture of New Amsterdam in 1664, renaming it New York City.
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Turkey
Niagara River
Buffalo
New Amsterdam
New York City
Iowa jobless benefit payouts steady over four months
Iowa jobless benefit payouts remained stable at 26.25 million dollars for last month, lifting the eight‑month total to 238.16 million as Job Service officials note calendar effects. The state’s unemployment rate stayed at 6.3 percent in June and July with August figures pending, and counties Polk Linn Scott Dubuque and Black Hawk each exceeding 1 million in benefits.
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Des Moines
UPI
Schutt
Iowa
Polk County
Linn
Scott
Dubuque
Black Hawk
Glue didn't stick suit filed in Des Moines
A Des Moines couple filed a 380000 dollar damage suit against Super Glue Corp of New York and Payless Cashways Inc over a broken coffee mug. They claim The Gripper glue failed to bond causing hot coffee to burn their under four year old child Samantha, with both temporary and permanent scarring. The petition seeks 300000 for Samantha and 80000 for parents for loss of services and emotional distress.
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DES Moines
Super Glue Corp
New York
Payless Cashways Inc
Brenda
Richard Fiechter
Samantha
Robert Royal
Samantha Fiechter
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James H. Carter
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Monroe Boy
Tom Daniels
Paul Thomas
Gary and
Wanda Thomas
Evans
Waterloo
Department of Agriculture
Hogi
ES Commercial Credit
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N.E
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RSGE
RSST
Tandy Corporation
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