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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1986
Page
7
Authorities pursued a suspected hitchhiker after Thomas Thompson and his wife Imelda were found shot to death in their pickup camper near Guymon Oklahoma. Sheriff Bauer cited hundreds of calls about a white male in his 20s to early 30s, wearing a blue jacket and ski cap with a red rucksack and green backpack.
In Cedar Rapids a case details the Velvet Feedbag fire of May 31, 1984. Prosecutors allege owner John Kuba sought arson via an accomplice to profit from insurance while Kubas finances and debts are highlighted. The manager admitted setting the fire. Kuba denies involvement and the trial proceeds.
Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Catholic Schools will send bands from All Saints Saint Josephs Saint Ludmilas Saint Matthews Saint Judes Saint Patricks and Saint Pius X to an all day band festival at Regis High School on Wednesday. Guest conductor Michael Wheat from Norway High School will lead the groups and a public concert at 730 p.m. will close the event with tickets 150 for adults 75 cents for students and 3 for families.
Melissa Emerson of Taft Junior High and Robert Cline of McKinley Junior High won the Tuesday Noon Optimist Club oratorical event on the topic Optimism A Way of Life. Both advance to the zone contest on April 17.
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