Supreme Court Upholds Vietnamese Mother's Custody Claim
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Anh, the natural mother, should retain custody of Vinh despite seven years with the Nelsons in Winnebago County. The ruling cites Anh's parental fitness and cultural ties, noting the child's best interests may be served by returning to Anh and maintaining some contact with the Nelsons. Anh has secured a job as the case continues.
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United Methodist Church
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Nelsons
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Winnebago County
High Court
Supreme Court
Contempt case against Dubuque lawyer Bitter heard in court
A federal contempt hearing centered on Joseph Bitter former Dubuque mayor and his client William Parker Parker missed a grand jury date Aug 31 due to an emergency Mayo Clinic treatment Bitter denies advising Parker not to appear Kirshen alleges a long running effort to obstruct the grand jury probe into porn and prostitution in Dubuque McManus ruled the contempt charges baseless and worthy of discipline while noting secret grand jury material and attorney client matters in the dispute
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Dubuque
Joseph Bitter
Kirshen
Bitter
Chiiet
William Parker
Parker
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Hultman
Soviet Cosmonauts Near End of Flight
Moscow radio reported Valery Bykovsky and Vladimir Aksenov nearing mission end on Soyuz 22 after completing final biological tests and transferring records and film to the descent module ahead of Earth return.
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Moscow
UPI
Earth
Moscow Radio
Valery Bykovsky
Vladimir Aksenov
Endowment Policy Adopted by Cedar Rapids YMCA Board
The YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area approved a yearlong study endowment policy to fund future needs of all branches. Two funds will exist an unrestricted operations fund and a restricted gifts fund with invested contributions and only income spent. Dr. Mohamed Igram led the endowment committee and noted gifts may include cash pledges estate gifts and trusts. An ad hoc committee was named to consider extending Marion branch service to Hiawatha with plans to work with schools and adult groups and will report at the October meeting.
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YMCA
Cedar Rapids
Mohamed Igram
Igram
Metropolitan Area Board
Ymca Board of Trustees
Board
Justin Albright
Marion
Hiawatha
Robert Andrews
Metro Board
Mansfield To Remain in China Until Mid October
Tokyo reports Sen. Mike Mansfield and his party will stay in Beijing through mid October. The same liaison office says former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and his delegation plan to return to Peking on September 25 after visits to Tibet Sinkiang and Inner Mongolia.
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UPI
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
People’s Republic of China
Peking
Mansfield
U.S. Defense
James Schlesinger
Tibet
Sinkiang
Inner Mongolia
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