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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1988
Page
8
Stephen Daeschner, Cedar Rapids Community School superintendent, discusses Alaska winters in Anchorage and Fairbanks. He recalls deep cold, long nights, and school closures differences while noting light, bus delays, and safety cautions for children in freezing temperatures.
Michael Moran, 40, of the Ottumwa Fairfield area, arrested on a Michigan murder warrant after a bank robbery in Wayne where store owner John Valchine was killed. He was jailed in Fairfield, awaiting extradition, with parole violation and interstate flight charges. A second suspect, Ted Harris, 38, was jailed in Wisconsin. Moran had been under surveillance as a robbery fugitive and was captured in Tipton after an exchange of quarters at a local bank.
Cold weather caused insulators on a high power line to break, cutting electricity to about 1,500 Iowa Electric Light and Power Co customers in Cedar County Wednesday morning. About half of Mechanicsville Clarence rural Stanwood and Linn Township customers were restored within an hour, with all service back by 8 a.m.
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