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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1989
Page
1
Train hits car at Cedar Rapids crossing. woman dies
At about 4 p.m. Saturday near Sac and Fox Trail Park in Cedar Rapids, a car driven by Donald Cowger and carrying Sonia Janey was snagged by a rail car hanging behind a northbound Chicago and Northwestern train. The woman was thrown from the car and killed. the man was reported in critical condition. Eyewitness John Morse watched debris scatter as the train dragged the vehicle before releasing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
D.R. Millet Razette
Sac and Fox Trail Park
Donald Wayne Cowger
Sonia Mary Janey
Fir Avenue SE
Chicago and North Western
Sonia
Cowger
John Morse
Morse
the Gazette
Bush vows to respond to hostage aid without concessions
President Bush says the United States will welcome outside goodwill toward freeing hostages but will not concede to free lives. He plans to meet lawmakers on Tuesday to discuss the deficit and aims to address Congress on Feb. 9 with a more specific call to action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bush
Oval Office
Congress
Des Moines Twins Die In House Fire Caused By Lighter
A four year old boy reportedly playing with a cigarette lighter started a fire that killed his twin sister in Des Moines. The blaze trapped them in a bedroom and left their mother Bonnie Kite in critical condition along with the older sister. Police officer James Rowley identified the deceased as Cory and Candy Kite. The fire was reported at 11 50 p m Friday and confined to the apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Cory
Candy Kite
James Rowley
Bonnie Kite
Bundy Confesses to Slayings as Appeals Fail
Convicted killer Ted Bundy admitted to at least nine killings on Saturday while his lawyers seek to halt his execution set for Tuesday. He reportedly confessed to eight Washington killings in 1974 and the 1975 murder of a Vail Colorado shop employee. Bundy faces execution for the 1978 kidnap murder of Kimberly Leach. Officials said he has ties to as many as 36 disappearances in multiple Western states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Ted Bundy
Bundy
Washington
Robert Keppel
Kimberly Leach
Colorado
Utah
Paul Decker
Florida State Prison
Starke
Iowa towns use federal homesteading to revive dilapidated houses
In Oelwein and other Iowa communities, families like the DeWalds buy city repossessed homes for $1 and obtain a 3 percent HUD loan to restore them. The program, born from a 1964 law to curb urban decay, limits homes to $20 000 or later $285 000, with the city selecting qualifying buyers and overseeing rehab standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val Swinton
Iowa
Elwein
Tom
Dodie DeWald
Oelwein
DeWalds
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Farmers Home Administration
Veterans Administration
Melodee Humbert
Omaha
Today’s Chuckle Branch Banking Jokes on a Limb
Humorous quip notes that branch banking earns its name from people putting themselves out on a financial limb. The line plays on banking jargon for light amusement.
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Father
Fir Ave
Barbara
White House
Executive Mansion
William Howard Taft
Andrew Jackson
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Rm Pee
TCI TT
Tom DeWald
Bridgetowa
Money Farm
Sports
U.S
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