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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1987

Page

6

Mounties show changing image of heroes in modern times

In Teslin Yukon Charles McVey evades capture for years until RCMP Corporal Daniel Fudge suspects the familiar Mountie instinct. McVey is arrested in Teslin after decades of hiding and a later rearrest near Vancouver. The piece notes morale and policy issues within the RCMP alongside enduring public reverence for the force.

Los Angeles Times Teslin Canada Charles McVey Yukon Territory U.S McVey Soviet Bloc Cpl Daniel Fudge Royal Canadian Mounted Police Fudge Sgt Preston Yukon RCMP Canadian Security Intelligence Service Norman Inkster Edward Greenspan Greenspan Inkster Ottawa Sitting Bull Little Big Horn Robert Kaplan Liberal Party Pierre Trudeau John Turner Mounties

Illinois Duck Hunter Rescues Woman From Ice Flooded Ditch

Freddy McCollegan waded into freezing water to save a woman whose car skidded off an ice covered road near Pontoon Beach Illinois. He pulled her from the driver door as water rose and both were helped to shore by bystanders. He stayed in the scene beyond rescue crews and then endured a 45 minute hot shower at work.

Granite City Ill Freddy McCollegan McCollegan Pontoon Beach Illinois Mark Kahar Dirh

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