Escapees Nabbed After Cedar Rapids Stop
Two Iowa County Jail inmates fled from custody early Monday but were arrested two hours later by Cedar Rapids police for not wearing seat belts. The 17-year-old driver was charged with conspiring in the escape. inmates Tommy Lee Zeien Jr. and William Joe Ealy face escape charges.
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Iowa County
Cedar Rapids
Tommy Lee Zeien Jr
Mount Auburn
William Joe Ealy
Marengo
First Avenue
Ron Hansen
Zeren
Ealy
Waterloo Target murder trial delayed plan to begin
Albert Chidester Jr., 43, faces one count of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder for the killing of Gary Mast, 43, and wounding Michael Goings, 33, in Waterloo. The trial in Black Hawk County District Court was postponed with a new date to be set at an April 25 hearing.
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Waterloo
Target Store
Albert Chidester Jr
Black Hawk County
Chidhester
Gary Mast
Evansdale
Michael Goings
Center Point to flush citywide water hydrants
Center Point Public Works will flush hydrants citywide from Wednesday through April 28. Water may appear discolored but remains safe to drink.
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Center Point
Laffey Survives Kamikaze Assault Near Okinawa
On April 16 1945 the destroyer USS Laffey endured eight kamikazes five bombs and a wounded Corsair while 25 year old Fireman Danny Rusk manned a forward fire room piston and crew fought fires. The ship later towed to Okinawa with 31 dead and 60 wounded among a 320 man crew.
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Danny Rusk
Danny
Navy
Savo Island
Laffey
D-Day
Normandy
Okinawa
St Pauls to proceed on parking lot plans
St Pauls United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids moves ahead with a 50 space parking project at three nearby lots despite neighborhood opposition. The plan aims to serve 3500 parishioners and church programs, with the Board of Adjustment approving parking on all three sites.
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Lonnie Zingula
St. Paul’s
Diana Irvin
St. Paul’s Board of Trustees
Cedar Rapids
Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association
Lila Starr
Wellington Heights Housing and Zoning Committee
Board of Adjustment
City Planning Department
Planning Commission
St. Paul
Second Ave
Third Ave
Dianna Fallon
14Th Street
Third Avenue
Fallon
Irvin
Bill Hoekstra
Last-Minute Tax Rush and Community Giveback in Cedar Rapids
Crowds flood the Cedar Rapids main post office to mail 1994 returns by midnight. Tax deadline fear gives way to cheering as KFMW and local businesses offer concessions and prizes, with 20 percent more stamps sold than the prior year. Kristi Sulentic wins $200 in a pinata prize, birthday luck included.
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Darwin
Nickell
KFMW
108
Kevin McKinstry
Waterloo Radio Station
Todd Skibbe
Cedar Rapids
DeSoda’s
First Ave
Ron Adkins
KKRQ
Kristi Sulentic
Wiley Blvd
Las
Vegas
Sulentic
Dale Wichman
Sixth Ave
Wichman
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East Iowa Journal
Cindy Baker
Cherry Auditorium
Coe College
Baker
Iowa State University
Southern Prairie Area Education Association
Ottumwa
Bureau
C.R. Man
USS Laffey
High Seas
George
Belle Plaine
Civilian Conservation Corps
Backbone State Park
Belle Plaine Roundhouse
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Engineering
Panama Canal
Leyte
Lingayen
Iwo Jima
Japan
Ramblin
Dave Rasdal
Wellington Heights
C.R
Jim Kendall
al Nickell
Post Office
Peggy Barron
Blairstown
John Pendygraft
Gazette Intern
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