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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1979
Page
10
A liquid propane gas line exploded three miles north and one mile east of Roland in Hamilton County. Farmer Elmer Swenson, 63, died from an apparent heart attack after escaping a burning farmhouse. Pipeline worker Bob Muhlenbruck suffered a heart attack while attempting to shut down the line.
Gary Frazer 29 remains at large after a Tuesday escape from Fort Madison Iowa State Penitentiary. Four other inmates fled with him by hiding in a garbage compactor and leaving with trash. A large manhunt involved Fort Madison police Lee County deputies and state corrections officers. Three escapees were caught soon after. another was captured later that day. Routes were blocked and searches conducted for a red 1965 Chevrolet pickup. Frazer has a history of multiple prior escapes and a life sentence for the 1975 murder of Sheila Lynn Foley.
An Iowa appropriations subcommittee halted before a vote on a $200000 request by the Iowa Conservation Commission to acquire the abandoned WCF N railroad right of way between Cedar Rapids and Gilbertville. Rep. Doug Smalley and Sen. James Gallagher opposed action and urged alternatives while a separate $550000 capital outlay for Lake Macbride land acquisition was approved.
Mashiur Rahman the government communications minister of Bangladesh died Monday in Dhaka of cerebral thrombosis at age 59. The veteran official held key roles in the government and served in public communications.
Helen Schuur, 46, of Fort Dodge, died Tuesday when the car she drove plunged over Hawkeye Bridge into the Des Moines River. Police say she drowned after losing control shortly before the crash.
Dennis LeGore of Jefferson, 24, is detained in Carroll County Jail under $50,000 bond on a kidnapping count. A 25-year-old New Hope Village resident, a facility for disabled adults, was reportedly kidnapped late Monday and found with LeGore in Jefferson early Tuesday. she was unharmed.
DeWight C. Heninger a University of Iowa student from Bettendorf 20 appeared without an attorney in Scott County Court on first degree murder charges. He is held on 100000 bond after police questioned him about a 4 am campus shooting that killed William Saloky Jr. 28 Davenport.
Cornell College announces a new nontraditional degree program open to anyone aged 25 or more with at least two years of college credit. Students can earn a bachelor’s degree by completing each course in 3½ weeks, using vacation or leave time. four years max for the required two years of study. Tuition is 280 dollars per four-semester-hour course plus a 25 dollar application fee.
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