Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 1974-05-14
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ride Concerning fi'ngerprint, hair samples Cowens hit from the key seconds later its largest lead t~ 43-34. Hall's attorney ob.jects to trial evidenc~ By CHUCK lji\WKINS found on the cold water faucet handle or placing Hall in Rienow Hall at any time on jury the state's case rests on "cir individual were seen by Jones getting off to the basement for cigarettes. She II8kI and tbe sink or the dormitory room where March 13. cumstantial evidence," saying that their the elevator at the fourth floor about 4 p.m. this was the last time she saw Ottens alive . ROD MAC-JOHNSON Ottens' body was fOlind . Woodward outlined to the jury the "whole case is a fingerprint and two the day of the murder. SlmpslMI lia.lel she tIIen went to Slater Starr Writers Also found on the blouse Ottens was grizzly circumstances of Ollens' death . hairs." The first witness called by the HaU to watch televilloll with ller In his opening statement preceding wearing, Woodward said, was a hair that Saying the autopsy reported death bv He said the state is fully aware of how prosecution, Brenda Simpson, AS, 612 S. boyfrleDd. George Proctor. At. now livillg testimony Monday in the James W. HaU corresponded "beyond a reasonable asphyxiation caused by strangulation, he the fingerprint on the faucet handle got Dodge St., testified she discovered the al 527 RIeDOW HaU. They retallled to murder trial, prosecutor Garl'y D. doubt" with a sample of Hall's hair. said Ottens wore only a blouse and that an there and he said tests have only shown body of Ottens sometime after 10 :30 p.m . Woodward cited three specific pieces oC Tucker objected to this statement by object had been used to multilate the body . that the hairs "could have had a common March 13. Rlenow Hall shortly alter 5 p.... aad ,be evidence that will be used against Hall . Woodward. saying this was not a proven He said a broom was found nearby with origin," and were not necessarily those of Simpson said she had returned Crom a id they Ii meUed "reefer Imoke" OD tile Defense attorney William M. Tucker ract. fecal material on the handle and had ap Hall and Ollens in each respective case. Waterloo the afternoon oC March 13, during fourth Ooor of RleDOw HaU . SimPlOfl said connected again in immediately objected to two of those Tucker also objected to Woodward's parently been used. Tucker then said the ddense will show the spring recess at the VI. Ottens helped the ameli was strongest near 4%1 Rlenow. ~ on,enltsof the second pieces of evidence which concern the assertion that a hair round on a tennis shoe Finishing his opening statement, the room In wblch OUena WII .laylng. basket in t 4 at. that Otten was seen on a RIenow Hall her carry her luggage into the dormitory March 13, 1973, slaying of Sarah Ann when lIall's room was searched was Woodward asked the jury "to hold the rner's firth foul eleva tor by a man identified as Robert D. and approximately 10 minutes later they Ottens, a 20-year-old University of Iowa "beyond a reasonable. doubt" rrom Sarah state of Iowa to not less than wbat I have Simp!lon said that she and Proctor then further weakened Jones. now or Des Moines but then a both went to the first floor to check their went downtown to eat and go to a movie. nursing student. Ann Ottens. told you" in determining the guilt or in- I resident. and by another as of yet mail. on the boards Woodward said "onl' good latent Woodward said in his opening statement nocence of Hall. They returned to her room in Rlenow (440) basket by Silas unidentllied individual. Simpson said she went back up!ltairs to fingerprint " or the defendant Hall. 20. was that there would be no state witnesses left in the third Tucker then took the noor and told the Tucker said Ottens and the unidentified her fourth floor room and said Ottens went Continued OIl page two . the Celtics a 63-46 an Milwaukee's a jump shot and ded two free by Jabbar after paSli from Warner Tuesday and brought the May 14. 1974 of 10.938 to its THe Iowa City, Iowa 52240 . closed to within 69· Vol. 106, No. Z«I free throws 5[) the end of the Curt is Perry on a line jumper in minute of the final DaiLY iowan ke it 7Hi8 before lOe shot sent B~ton Regional (,'olil'ge NewH paper of the Yeur, /972-7:1, /97:l-74 to victory. Court upholds that Nixon administration violated .federal laws with wiretapping WASHINGTON lAP) - The turning over some 700 docu plying Cor the taps in the first The court was unanimous in Supreme Court held Monday ments to the Justice Depart three years following the act's condemning the practice. Jus that the Nixon administration ment trust busters. The alterna adoption . tice Byron R. White delivered violated federal law in a host of tive was a $l50,OOO-a-day-fine. The court found that the the court's opinion. Wiretaps against narcotics and In still another case, the jus practice of allowing Mitchell's organized crime suspects. tices overturned a Cederal ap executive assistant to approve In a second wiretap case the The court's decision washes peals court decision on trade applications was contrary to the court did preserve some chal out cases against some 600 de secrets that the legal and busi law's demand that the requests lenged laps. The applications fendants and perhaps more, be ness communities claimed be approved by the attorney bore the name oC an assistant cause the evidence gathered in would lead to chaos and have a general himself or a specially attorney general but were ac defective taps may not be used multibillion impact on Ameri designated assistant attorney tually approved by Mitchell at trial. can industrial research _ general. himself. In other aclion, the high court The wiretap decision stem refused to hear appeals by med Crom practices at the International Business Ma Justice Department when it was chines (IBM) challenging an run by former Atty. Gen . John order forcing the computer gi N. Mitchell. ant to turn over document~ to The taps in question were au The defenders the government that it claims thorized in each instance by a Today the DI awards are lawfully confidential. The federal judge. The question in special commendations to in Leaving U.S. District Court Monday in Washington are, at left: J. Sirlca listened in a closed hearing to arguments from the government has launched an the case was whether the Jus dividuals and groups wbo have John J, Wilson. left. and Frank Strickler. lawyers for former attorneys on a motion by st. Clair asking the court to quash a antitrust case against IBM . tice Department had complied stood out In the news during the subpoena for tapes and documents covering 64 presidential White House Chief of Starr H.R. Haldeman; and at right. White Following the court action. with provisions of the 1968 Om past year. See page fOlir. House lawyer James D. St.Clair. U.S. District Court Judge John cO.lVersations. the corporation said it was nibus Crime Control Act in ap- • Only one firm In Iowa City Research paper material sales unsuccessful at VI By CIIl'CK IlJeKI\Ii\.'i in Evanston, III. and that more work openly sell academic aid to VI students is VI officials seem content to ignore RAI soliciting mail orders from outside. the operations comes after several firms Contributing Editor aSliignments would be forthcoming . Burke Research Assistance, Inc. IRAII of Los unleSli there is evidence of wide usage by state. Perry said he would contact recorded large busineSli success during the The sale of "canned" term papers and has not issued any further com Angeles . The company has placed coupons students~ California authorities concerning the last five years. research materials to University oC Iowa munications, according to the worker. on VI bulletin boards inviting students to application of federal postal laws to RAJ Acknowledged "king" or the term paper students, which last fall prompted in Altrr repeated attempts. Burke was "send for your up-to-date, mail order Though RAJ ads have been posted sales methods. business Is Ward Warren, a tormer student vestigation of a local firm by the state located In Evanston. but stated only tbat catalog of 4,500 quality research papers." around the VI for several months, An injunction issued by the Federal at BlIwon Institute near Boston. who atlorney general, has apparently stopped, he "was out or that business." No evidence When contacted by the 01, an office uni versity administrators expressed Court of Appeals in Massachusetts halted engaged in sales at over 50 offices despite the success of similar enterprises has been found to indicate that Burke has worker said she "was too busy to talk" surprise when informed of their existence. mail order sales conducted by several throughout the nation, wblch reportedly ul olhcr campuses. started to sell academic materilll through about RAI, except to stress the product Vice President for Student Services and Boston firms . Other courts did not rule in made bim a near-millionaire. ('ontroversy over Ihe matter peaked the mail to UI students or to anyone else. was intended only to supply "research Dean of Academic Affairs Philip Hubbard favor of plantiCfs, which have included Warren has "retired" in response to a during the first semester when National Burke did not disclosl' what business he is information" to customers.