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• Docto.. fea..... epe .. ftU.io .... "ry les. In enews ~ Tues.-Sit. Loss of witness slows down Speed trial .ppolnlmtnt briefly By Stu Cross his own case ... " by going to Iowa City ten statements from Crawford -Hayes received a memorandum University of Iowa Hospitals duriq CopyrIght, 1973 to testify on bebalf of Speed. backing up Menn'sdenial of coercion. from Crawford after their conver­ the period in question III the Speed .~tate appeals Student Publications, lac. The case against Crawford stems -Menn claims that the details of sation which coincides with the infor­ case. Apparent discrepancies in from an alleged malpractice on July the affidavit are "untrue and inac­ mation contained in the affidavit. -He WIS "flmlliar with the ItlD­ testimony have thrown a cloud over 12. 1972 and was filed June 8. 1973. curate." -Hayes based the affidavit on the dard of geDen! practice" III use It the The Iowa State Appeals Board (SAB) will hear conversation with Crawford. which arguments tonight in an appeal of the 1974-75 city the present recess in the J ames Speed Crawford. according to the af­ -Curtis feels that the idea of coer­ hospital at tbat time. case against the State of Iowa. fidavit. told Hayes that on the advice cion stemmed from Crawford 's occurred "immediately after the call -That the doctors ia the case did operating budget. from Menn." The board will sit this evening at 7:30 p.m. in District Court Judge Harold Vietor of his personal attorney. George Cur­ "anxiety" about his own case and the not provide Speed with the care nor­ the council chaml)ers in the Civic Center to hear granted a continuance-temporary tis. he would not come to Iowa City to effect on it of testifying in Iowa City. -After the affidavit was prepared, mally required In such cases. arguments to be' presented by the Iowa Student recess of trial-Nov. 5 after attorneys testify. -Curtis feels that Crawford was not Hayes called Crawford to check the Public Interest Research Group (lSPIRG) which for Speed filed an affidavit detailing . The Dally Iowan contacted Menn. instructed either directly or indirectly validity of it, "point by point." and -"The coune 01 adlon 01 various filed the appeal. and by City Atty. Jay H. the loss of an expert witness for use in Curtis and Hayes Monday and learned .by Menn to avoid testifying in Iowa Crawford agreed that it was an ac­ physicians named and referred to ill Honohan . the case. the following : City. Curtis feels that Crawford's curate account of the occurrences ana (the case) was the proximate cluse 01 ISPIRG Jiled the appeal seeking to remove Dr. William L. Crawford. Oshkosh. -Menn claims that he never im­ decision not to testify was his own . phone call. plllntUr's blilldnesl ..... allocations for street widening! and parking Wis .. was scheduled to testify for the plied or asked questions of Crawford -Curtis claims to have advised ramps from the budget. plaintiff (Speed) on Nov . 5. But he that indicated his case may be jeopar­ Crawford to "go ahead and testify ." Crawford's assistant said that he Vietor granted the continuance in called Hayes the week before to relate dized by his testimony in the Speed -Curtis feels that "there is no case would not have any comment on the order for Speed's attorneys to obtain a conversation with John Menn. an at­ case . of establishable intimidation." issue. claiming that it is "confiden­ additional medical testimony to torney for St. Paul Fire and Marine tial ." replace that of Crawford's. Saxbe Insurance Co. -Menn claims the only question -Curtis feels that "MenD kaows Victor could not be reached for com­ According to the affidavit, asked of Crawford was whether he in­ tbe rules and stayed within tbem ." ment. Speed is suing the state for $3.5 WASHINGTON (AP) - Three of four law tended to go to Iowa City to testify. school professors testifying before a Senate com­ Crawford Infonned Hayes that Menn -CartIs feels that the affidavit According to the affidavit, million in damages because of alJeged bad suggested to him that "Ube) wit­ -Menn informed the DI that the "was made in good faith, but Is Crawford would have testified: malpractice at University Hospitals mittee said Monday Sen. William B. Saxbe. insurance company has obtained wrlt- fl.-ahio . cannot be made constitutionally eligible. IIHS might jeopardize the defense of erroneous." -He was a resident dGctor at tbe which lead to his blindness. with the a id of a special bill, for appointment as attorney general. The assistant majority leader, Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia. told newsmen that "in fairness to Sen. Saxbe." President Nixon should Tuesday find someone else to head the Justice Depart­ November 20, 1973 ment. - l lowl City, Iowa After presiding over a Senate Judiciary Com­ 52240 mittee hea ring on a bill designed to hurdle a Con­ Vol. 100. No. 98 stitutional barrier to Saxbe's nomination. Byrd said the administration should have explored the question of Saxbe's eligibility before selecting him. 10c Saxbe was a member of the Senate In 1969 when the attorney general's annual salary and that of other cabinet members was increased from $35.000 to $60.000. Under the Constitution. no member of Congress shall. during the term for which he was elected. be appointed to a federal office for which State may continue probe th~ salary has been increased during that time. Mideast of research report service The assumption that the papers are used only Israel reported killing an Egyptian soldier in a By MARY WALLBAUM Suez shoot out Monday and an Egyptian News Editor as background material is "a variation of the spokesman warned more clashes will erupt Terming National Research Systems. Inc. cliche: Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil," Eads (uther said in his conclusion. unless Israeli forces pull back to the Oct. 22 truce (NRS) a "house of 'intellectual prostitution,'" District Court Judge William R. Eads ruled Mon­ lines. "A person need only look at the advertisement Egyptian spokesman Gen. Izz Eddln Mukhtar day that the state attorney general's office may continue its investigation of the firm . to see that it is an invitation to visit a house of 'in­ said in Cairo the Israelis were "constantly tellectual prostitution .. ·. according to Eads. who Eads further stated in his conclusion 0'1 '1 Nov. violating the cease-fire to improve their further stated In his conclusion that students to 7 hearing that a temporary injunctior. ~1>/d<1 be positions." whom NRS advertisements solicit are "hardly Israel said the Egyptian soldier was killed issued against NRS's o~erations if th~ flrm's president. Bru<:e B. B4rke. fails to hl¥ld ove, a the type of students who will use the material as near the Suez Canal and spokesmen in Tel Avil! back~round materia\. .. claimed Egypt had opened fire or tried to advan­ list of his employers and customers. should the ce five times during the day. attorney general's office issue a new subpoena A firm selling information such as NRS could They also said Israelis fired on two Syrian for this Information. work a fraud on the university and on students by soldiers who tried to approach the Israeli line in NRS. a local firm selling "research reports"to giving the user of such a service a "fraudulent the Golan Heights. University of Iowa students. has been under in­ advantalZe" over other students, he stated. The Israeli command reported no Israeli vestigation by the attorney general's consumer casualties. protection division for possible consumer fraud. 'Pact with Lucifer' One subpoena for all information concerning NRS's employees and customers has already Although NRS officials have said that all Supreme Court been issued by the attorney general's office. but dealings with the firm would be confidential. the information was never delivered because Eads stated an investigation would not Hugh Perry. assistant attorney general. failed to necessarily violate such a contract, and, "As a WASHINGTON (API - The Supreme Court matter of policy. it is dubious that such a 'pact will deCide this term whether federal courts can appear at the appointed time. according to Burke's testimony in the Nov. 7 hearigg. with Lucifer' should be honored." include suburban school systems in He also staled that information galOed from an desegregation plans for predominantly black in­ investigation could riot be used for any criminal ner city schools. 'Folse representation' The court Monday agreed to settle the issue. prosecution because of the nature of the section \lIn\cn \lias ra\seQ in a case \rom \nt Detroit Burke then destroyed his list of customers on of the Iowa Code which authorizes such an in­ metropolitan area. the advice of his a\torney. Preston Penny of Iowa vestIgation. The justices also agreed to consider another City. the day after the meeting with Petry was Any investigation would only be "investigative kind of discrimination claim. this one from a supposed to take place. procedure" at this point. and the investigation white law student who argues that the minority In his ruling. Eads refused the request of Pen· rna v not establish grounds for further preference policy in the University of ny to grant a permenent injunction against the proceedings, he noted. Washington violates his constitutional rights. attorney general's office from seeking to obtain a . Contacted Monday afternoon. Julian Garrett. list of all NRS employees and customers. head of the attorney general's consumer protec­ Reason for' allowing the investigation. accor­ tion division who represented the office at the ding to Ead's conclusion.

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