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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1988
Page
5
DES MOINES AP Many Iowa drivers failed basic road rules last year and died after running off highways or colliding with trains. The report highlights high-risk behaviors and warns of ongoing dangers on rural and urban stretches.
Des Moines inmate Robben E. Jones whose life sentence for murder was commuted to 99 years by Gov. Branstad has been granted parole. He was among 131 inmates released by the Iowa Board of Parole, joining Cedar Rapids cases including King Browning and Carl Metcalf, with other notes on highway fatality trends and seat belt enforcement.
Waterloo area man Robert E. Swanson was charged with threatening Black Hawk County District Judge Peter Van Metre. The note mailed to KWQC anchor Andrea Zinga in Davenport on Sept 13, 1986 described killing the judge and avoiding burial evidence. Swanson, an Iowa State Penitentiary inmate, was to be released when arrested.
A 30 year old Des Moines woman Debra V Williams was shot in the throat at the TNT Lounge around 2 10 a m on New Year s Day and died at noon in a Des Moines hospital Police held several people as material witnesses with no charges filed as of last night
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