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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

10 Oct 1946

Page 4

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1946

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4

Bill Milke Retires After 28 Years With Cedar Rapids Police

William Milke ends a long police career marked by tough bites and pranks. He patrolled Cedar Rapids streets for 28 years, delivering lost children and chasing drunks, while staging stunts with blank cartridges and practical jokes that amused many yet angered some chiefs and merchants.

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Bill Milke Cedar Rapids William Milke Milke Millie Bill Ft. Madison Milkie Mikota Third Avenue Third Street SE John Brookshmit Francis Wilson A. E. Wilson
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Weather Plane Tops Hurricane Over 31000 Feet

Major Paul H. Fackler piloted the B 25 weather plane over a hurricane reaching 31,000 feet. The crew reported 170 mph winds at altitude and a brisk forward speed of 306 mph with up to 150 mph drift. Radar showed the storm’s semicircular thunderhead pattern and no calm core. Other crewmen included Lt. John H. Andrews.

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West Palm Beach Fla Paul H. Fackler Tolone Army Alvin K. Funderberg Springfield Ohio Fackler John H. Andrews Waterloo
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