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...strange tale made banner headlines and gripping TV in 1985. Filled with remorse, Cathleen Crowell Webb publicly declared that Gary Dotson was not the rapist her testimony sent to prison in 1979. In fact, she said, there was no rape; she made up the whole story out of fear that she might be pregnant by her boyfriend. The best Dotson could obtain from that admission was a commutation of the remainder of his 25-to-50-year sentence. Last week, however, his name was finally cleared as Illinois prosecutors dropped all charges against him after a state judge ordered...
Stanford has informed the management of Webb Ranch that it must correct housing deficiencies like ill-maintained, unheated and overcrowded cabins, Vartain said. But he added that these instructions do not mean the university assumes legal responsibility for the conditions...
...understand that the ranch is moving diligently" in its efforts to remedy the conditions, Vartain said. But USW President Alan Wagner said that Webb Ranch has consistently stalled talks designed to plan the improvement of housing conditions...
...papers filed by the USW give the union the right to a list of all Webb Ranch employees, Serna said. But he added that USW representatives found the list they were given to be incomplete...
Workers will probably have to wait another month before the Agriculture and Labor Relations Board issues its decision on whether or not Stanford and Webb Ranch are co-employers, as the USW contends, Wagner said last week...