Gunshot at Mount Pleasant council meeting echoes in Iowa politics
In a two part series Rick Smith recalls the 1986 Mount Pleasant shooting by Ralph Orin Davis that killed a mayor and reshaped safety at public meetings. JoAnn Sankey, a council member and victim, reflects on resilience and continued civic engagement as Art Hamm notes the duty to carry on.
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Rick Smith Gazette
Cunt Pleasant
JoAnn Sankey
Sankey
Ralph Orin Davis
Davis
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
America
Art Hamm
Stolen car with infant recovered in Cedar Rapids
A 6 month old was inside a car stolen in Cedar Rapids last night. Police sought a white male suspect 5 feet 9 inches tall in a tan jacket. The car and baby were found within about 90 minutes near 10th Street NW. The baby's father, Dwayne Gaal, 24, of Solon, expressed relief.
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Garette
Denis McElroy
Krista Anthony
Solon
Hailey Gaal
10Th Street
Adam Lowenstein _azette
Cedar Rapids
Dwayne Gaal
Fifth Street
Brent Long
Gaal
Anthony
Loveland
Spacewalks Scrapped for Columbia Mission
NASA canceled two planned spacewalks for the Columbia mission due to a jammed hatch that could not be safely opened or re sealed in orbit. Tamara Jernigan and Thomas Jones faced risk of being stranded outside with limited oxygen as Mission Control investigates the hatch mechanism.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Columbia
Mission Control
Tamara Jernigan
Thomas Jones
International Space Station
Earth
Jerry Ross
Jernigan
Jones
Ross
NASA eyes error-free third Mars launch from Cape Canaveral
NASA scientists nervously prepare for probe No. 3 mission to Mars after near misses with a solar wing on Global Surveyor and a separate failed Russian liftoff. Pathfinder carries limited plutonium to keep the rover warm as NASA plans eight more missions through 1990s to fetch Martian samples.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Curtis Cleven
Mars Pathfinder
Red Planet
Earth
Pathfinder
Mars
Russian Space Agency
Linn and Johnson counties atop car deer accident list
Margaret Lange became the Deerslayer after hitting deer on C Avenue north of Cedar Rapids and North Center Point Road in one October night. The Cedar Rapids area, including Springville and surrounding highways, experiences frequent deer crashes, wildlife biologist Suchy notes.
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Linn
Johnson Counties
Steve Gravelle
Sazette
Margaret Lange
Lange
Quasqueton
C Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Berchenbriter
Thompson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Willie Suchy
The
State Department of Natural Resources
Johnson and Linn Counties
Polk and
Black Hawk
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Wareco
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Springville
Trent Thompson
Paralta Road
Wau Saecess
Linn Johnson
Black Haw Polk
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