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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1989
Page
10
Kris Owens witnessed a compact car fly onto the tracks and topple onto its roof as John ran to the scene. Conger, the driver, survived in critical condition after Mercy Medical Center transfer, while Janey died at the site. The crossing lacked lights or gates and remains under investigation.
In his first presidential news conference George H. W. Bush, with his mother Dorothy Prescott Bush nearby, expressed joy at becoming president and praised the inaugural events. He described the White House tour crowds, discussed a possible Gorbachev letter, and reaffirmed resolve on hostages and POW MIA cases. He recalled getting lost in the White House and shared family moments, including caring for a sick grandchild.
U S District Judge G Kendall Sharp denied a stay request for Ted Bundy on Saturday and an 11th Circuit panel rejected his appeal by phone without addressing merits. Gov. Martinez refused to negotiate over Bundy’s life as Bundy offered information on other slayings. Bundy admitted killing Julie Cunningham in 1975 as detectives assess the confession’s credibility.
A fire involving a lighter Saturday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center left five year old Tiffany, hospitalized in critical condition at Iowa Methodist Medical Center for smoke inhalation. State Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Bennett cautioned about lethal carbon monoxide exposure in smoldering fires and noted the children were nonresponsive upon hospital arrival.
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