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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

01 Dec 1996

Page 10

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1996

Page

10

Mount Pleasant council shooting shocks Iowa town

Davis a former inmate now 79 and second oldest in Iowa prisons opened fire at a Mount Pleasant council meeting hitting Councilman Dupree and Sankey while Mayor King died. Surviving officials tightened security with uniformed police presence a railing and alarms as the town debates sewer projects and public safety.

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City Hall Davis Manila Ron Dupree Edd King Sankey King Dupree Iowa Prison System Iowa State Penitentiary Fort Madison Mount Pleasant Perry Sammons Sammons Mayor King Mr. King Joe Beames Steve Brimhall Brimhall Beames Art Hamm Hamm Firefighters Blue Bird Midwest
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Davis Gunfire Fallout Tied to Wartime Trauma

Quentin Sabotta, a Cedar Rapids resident and fellow WWII prisoner of war, argues in Davis's trial that the Mount Pleasant case stemmed from PTSD and war horrors. He recalls dysentery, cattle car transport, and a sewer backup that triggered the deadly council meeting incident in 1986.

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Sabotta Davis Mount Pleasant
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Iowa The Iowa Sesquicentennial Commission State of Jur S Davenport C.R. Man JoAnn Sankey Philippines Sun Mt. Vernon Rd Cedar Rapids the Gazette Brenton Brenton Direct Hanes
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