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4M THE DES MOINES REGISTER Aug. 2ft, 1984 Noreen Gosch denies assault TVW. District 50 seat seekers pledge industry support By FRANK SANTIAGO RwUtar Stall Writer Noreen Gosch of West Des Moines, mother of missing newspaper carrier Johnny Gosch, denied Monday that she reported to Davenport police recently that she was assaulted there by her husband. She said the report was part of a broad-based effort to embarrass her and "was typical of a lot of harassment" directed at her by organizations and individuals she has spoken out against, including homosexual groups. She didn't specify which groups or individuals.

A story in the Aug. 21 Quad-City Times of Davenport reported that Gosch made the report to Davenport police a few days earlier. Dan Foley, managing editor of the Quad-City Times, said Monday, "We stand by the story. We had a reporter check with police again Monday and they gave us assurances the information was correct." Corporal Tom D'Auben of the Davenport Police Department said, referring to Noreen she said she didn't call us, she is in error." He said that the call had come from a Davenport motel, that an officer went to the motel and talked to Noreen Gosch and advised her the incident happened in Bettendorf and It was matter for that community's police department According to the newspaper story, Gosch told police that her husband, John, had assaulted her while they were driving about midnight on Interstate Highway 74 in or Dear the Quad Cities. They were attending a wedding in the area at the time, the newspaper quoted police as saying.

Police said there were no injuries and no charges were filed, according to the newspaper. The Times, he said, first heard of the story from Rock Island, 111., radio station WHBF, which it had monitored. "We followed up on it, too, and wrote the story. This morning Monday we had somebody go back to the Bettendorf police department and we got assurances from them the information was accurate," Foley said. Noreen Gosch said that after the Times' story appeared, she contacted the newspaper, told them the story was false "and they offered to publish a retraction." Foley, however, said that he knew nothing about a retraction and that the newspaper "was certain as can be about the information." I I 4 A Council SHrfH Corporate I tiH I -T Council Bluffs 't H99 A KANt I H100 JQ! vy NT LEWIS A NTS A 1 H98 i' Copyright 1984, De Momej coKifZ Company NEBRASKA ji SENATE 50 SiMOO IJif By WILLIAM PETROSKI Rpgiittr StiH Wrltw The two candidates vying to succeed Democratic Senator Tom Slater of Council Bluffs have a lot more in common than mustaches and spectacles Democrat Michael Gronstal, a treshman state representative, and Kepublican Carroll Jackson, a real estate agent, call themselves pro-business and pledge that the workers of Council Bluffs and Carter Lake would be uppermost in their minds if they are chosen to represent the 59,000 residents of District 50.

Right now I think that locally we need jobs and industry," says Jackson. We need to be prepared to come up with creative alternatives," says Gronstal. "It's always easy to talk Register may hire safety coordinator ELECTION '84 iw.ranr i. ii i km Iiniiia hi 1 about spending money for economic development. It's harder when money to spend is tight." Jackson, 58, worked for the Postal Service for 34 years in labor and supervisory posts and now sells real estate He says he is concerned about the decline of industry in Council Bluffs and would work hard to boost the development of jobs.

Gronstal, 34, is a former social worker with a bachelor's degree in sociology who now is on leave from a job as a shipping clerk. Jackson is short on specifics about bringing economic development to Council Bluffs, explaining that he would be better able to take an in-depth look at the issues if he is elected. But he emphasizes, "We want to get labor and management and gov- Jl ernment to all work together so we can accomplish something." Gronstal says utilities are a key issue to economic development in Council Bluffs because utility rates are cheaper across the Missouri River in Nebraska. He says it is unrealistic to expect a rollback in utility rates, but efforts should be made to curb utility increases. As evidence of his experience in such matters, he points to his work on a rewrite of the state's utility laws in 1983, which include measures that established a state consumer advocate on utility issues, require new utility plants to meet certain criteria, and mandate an excess capacity penalty.

Gronstal also notes he supported CARROLL JACKSON MICHAEL GRONSTAL Continued from Page 1M be a dug gravesite. It turned out to be a fresh pile of dirt apparently left by a payloader. None of the finds, according to the police, was helpful in the investigation. 'Awareness' Programs John Miksich, The Register's circulation director, said that the newspaper is considering hiring a safety coordinator who would conduct "awareness" programs among carriers. The coordinator would instruct carriers on how to recognize potential trouble and avoid it, Miksich said.

Since Martin's disappearance, 50 of The Register's 7,000 carriers statewide have quit the newspaper, he said. All of the carriers are being provided whistles that they have been instructed to use in the event of problems while delivering the papers. Miksich estimated that about 50 percent of the eligible carriers in the Des Moines metropolitan area have requested that the newspaper bundles be dropped at their homes rather left at a drop sight. Reward Increased On Monday night, the Des Moines City Council voted unanimously to add $25,000 to reward offers in the disappearances of Gosch and Martin. If A t.

American Institute of Business mlrl 'itfV'-r'r Continuing Education Classes Fall Quarter 1984 Begins Sept. 4 A collection of drawings prepared by a Chicago Tribune artist with assistance from the Gosch family. The drawings show John Gosch as he might appear two years after his disappearance. Gosch is shown with long hair, medium-length hair, short hair and raggedly cut, unkempt hair. legislation passed in 1983 that uses community colleges to provide training for jobs and pays for it using a creative process involving taxes spurred by new development.

Further, he supports a proposal for a rebate on sales taxes on new equipment and machinery that brings about employment. Slater has served two terms and has had one of the most liberal records in the state Senate, based on ratings compiled by special interest groups. But neither of the current candidates is trying to grab that liberal label. Gronstal is the early favorite in the race, a point Jackson concedes. For the past seven weeks, Gronstal has been busy knocking on doors every night and raising money, which he expects to total $8,000 to 12,000 by the campaign's end.

Meanwhile, Jackson has limited his activity to attending various meetings and has an empty campaign treasury. But Jackson plans to begin asking for money soon and will seek support from friends he has developed over the years in the Council Bluffs area. Jackson, who is Protestant, is married and has three adult sons. Gronstal, a Catholic, is married and has two children. He was Pottawattamie County Democratic chairman from 1979 to 1980 and was Slater's campaign treasurer in 1976 and 1980.

On other issues: Both take a pro-choice stance on abortion. Gronstal favors the Equal Rights Amendment; Jackson opposes it. Gronstal supports a state lottery, while Jackson says, "I probably would go along with it." Both have concerns about using state funds to establish a trade center in Des Moines and believe the issue needs more study. Registration In Progress The following courses do not require a prerequisite and will meet once per week: Legislative panel to study prison and parole systems Snow helped identify DC-10 crash victims Accounting I Advertising Business Law I College English College Math Marketing Personnel Management Political Science Principles of Real Estate Sales Sociology Communications I II 1 Intro, to Computer Programming Speech Macroeconomics Typing I Upper-level classes are still available in computer programming, word processing, accounting, business administration and management. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS A Junior College of Business 2500 Fleur Drive Des Moines, Iowa 50321 (515) 244-4221 Iowa Toll Free 1-800-532-1151 By WILLIAM PETROSKI Knitter StiH Writer Iowa House Speaker Don Avenson and Senate Majority Leader Lowell Junkins said Monday they will appoint a special 10-member study committee to focus on ways of improving Iowa's prison and parole systems.

Parole Board Chairwoman Jacqueline Day said she welcomed the announcement, but House Republican Leader Delwyn Stromer complained that the top Democrats are naming the panel now because they have passed up earlier opportunities to improve criminal justice in Iowa. Avenson Oelwein) and Junkins Montrose) said the study committee will be composed of five representatives and five senators and the members will be named at a Sept. 11 meeting of the Legislative Council. The panel will seek assistance from the Board of Parole, Office for Planning and Programming, Department of Corrections and Department of Public Instruction in making recommendations to the 1985 Legislature. The parole board, which has recently faced controversy because of two alleged murders by Iowa parolees, "has an enormous responsibility in making decisions on release of said.

"Their job is made more difficult by the tremendous workload of parole interviews which they face. We want to assure Mite that they have the statutory tools needed to do the best possible work." Junkins said the panel also will study methods of assessing an offender's potential risk of committing other crimes. Further, he said Iowa must do more to help prisoners who need vocational training and drug and alcohol abuse counseling "so that those offenders have an easier time rejoining the mainstream of society." Day called the study committee a good idea. "We need all the help we can get," she said. Stromer Garner) said the Democrats, while in the minority in 1982, were influential in killing classified sentencing legislation that he said would have given the parole board more flexibility.

In 1983, when the Democrats regained the majority, a bill setting tougher penalties for sexual abuse failed, he said, and earlier this year legislation died that would have required supervision of all offenders upon their release from prison, something that doesn't happen in all cases now. "They have passed up a good many chances to do something and now because it is politically popular they are going to have an interim committee because they didn't do what they should have done in session," Stromer said. Continued from Page 1M Oklahoma City, and to the Cook County medical examiner's office in Chicago, has a national reputation for his expertise in using skeletal remains and partial remains to identify victims of violent deaths. He helped identify badly burned and dismembered bodies of victims of a DC-10 airplane crash in Chicago in 1979, and he helped identify victims of convicted Chicago mass murderer John Wayne Gacy. In other testimony, Peterson, the crime lab expert, testified that the results of tests he ran on a piece of bone from the torso were "indicative" of a person with Type A blood, the same type as Joyce Klindt had.

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