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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1998

Page

13

Judge to decide spudgun status in Iowa case

West Des Moines man Cory Hart faces possible 10 years for carrying a homemade potato launcher prosecutors call a dangerous weapon. The gun uses starter fluid and a grill lighter, fired a potato 347 feet at 70 mph in tests, with trial delayed as a judge weighs if it fits the legal definition of an offensive weapon.

West Des Moines Des Moines Cory Michael Hart B. John Burns Iowa New York Polk County Odell McGhee Ken O'Brien Hart McGhee Lee Hart

Man finds Clovis spearhead in Loess Hills near Sioux City

A Park ranger at Stone State Park discovered a hand-chiseled Clovis projectile point dating to about 11 000 years ago during Memorial Day weekend. The 2 inch long Knife River flint artifact, brown with a milky weathered coating, indicates Paleo Indian hunters and adds to Iowa's growing record of nearly 200 Clovis points found statewide.

Des Moines Kevin Pape Pape Stone State Park Loess Hills Sioux City Iowa Brian Leigh Molyneaux University of South Dakota Toby Julie Morrow Toby Morrow Morrow

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