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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1989
Page
1
Gunman holds eight hostages in Omaha beauty salon siege
Michael Fane 21 formerly of Iowa City seized a beauty salon in Omaha with eight hostages including a 5 year old. He warned of a firebomb in a suitcase and was killed by a SWAT sniper as police neutralized the device. Hostages unharmed. Family blames drugs and psychiatric issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Carla Lordemann
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Joe Crinklaw
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Debbie McQueen
Mystery of Walker and Peggy Bailey Begins with Assault
In 1987 the wife of a Methodist minister was brutally attacked at home as a police pursuit followed by a chilling note from her husband. He later locked in a hospital suite and wrote that a demon controlled his actions before security found him incapacitated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Peggy Bailey
Associated Press
Dallas
Bailey Case
Maquoketa Funeral Director Pleads Guilty in $236000 Fraud
Kedley, a 35 year old funeral director, admits stealing $236000 from 93 victims in Maquoketa in the largest fraud case in Iowa funeral history. He received up to 10 years in prison after a plea deal. Victims include Wayne and Lloyd Heiar whose father was dishonored by the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Joseph P. Kedley
Iowa
Wayne
Lloyd Heiar
Kedley
Charlotte
Jackson County
Lloyd Heinz
Right
Center
Natalie
Banished words top Lake Superior State list
The Dis honour List of Words Banished from the English Language includes phrases like catastrophic health insurance forced relaxation and spin doctor. Readers submit terms deemed misused overused or useless while critics quip about inflation of bureaucratic language and media manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior State University
George Bush
Michael Locke
Mount Clemens
M. DeChant
Newberry
Julius Erving
Karl Zipf
Walla Walla
Wash
Tanning salons rise as everyone seeks sunlit space
A playful observation on how busy tanning salons proliferate while people seek their own sunny corner. The joke touches on the quest for a personal spotlight and the irony of many chasing the same glow.
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