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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1986
Page
9
DES MOINES AP reports World War II veteran John Siefker 63 of Lake Rathbun Iowa who flew 36 bombing missions over Europe was wounded by a gunman on Long Island. He and his B 17 bomber buddies had met when the assailant fired. He recalled thinking he was dead.
Siefker, a B-17 waist-gunner and World War II veteran, was shot twice in Mattituck after a man demanded ID. He described the attack and his 11 second life flash. Police arrested Daniel Orr, 21, on a charge of intentional physical injury with a deadly weapon. Orr is held on $10,000 bond after being tracked by a police dog to a Mattituck house. The reunion of the 95th Bomb Group at Valley Forge, Pa., drew 500 former gunners, with Siefker and the Liberty Ship crew later reuniting on Long Island.
Two Iowans and five others who entered Offutt Air Force Base during the Great Peace March last month received one year probation for illegal re entry. All seven were banned from Offutt after prior demonstrations and were found guilty by U.S. Magistrate Richard C. Peck.
Marcia Ryan alleges her son Pvt. Robert Ryan was killed by a contraband bullet planted to embarrass him. She says a sergeant told her the fatal shot came from Ryan’s own rifle when he dropped it during a basic training mission near El Paso, Texas, on August 29.
Iowa City student Joan Gannon was severely burned when a cauldron of hot chocolate tipped over during a University of Iowa hayride two years ago. State attorneys acting for the university agreed to pay 40 000 in an out of court settlement.
James Newsom second degree murder case moved for fair trial concerns in Clinton County. Trial reset for September 29 in Davenport after judge reversal on prior custody statements. Newsom, 18, accused in the shooting death of his cousin Thomas Petersen, 43, at the Bryant home shared with Newsom’s grandparents.
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