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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1983
Page
10
A 25 hour siege near Monona involves state and federal agencies with a chase beginning on highways 18 and 52. Specht and Bell held hostages, negotiated via a Warden and DCI staff, and Laura Shde was freed at 4:45 p.m. The rescue concluded with Specht's surrender after tense exchanges and police readiness.
Extended forecast calls for cool Thursday through Saturday with little rainfall. Highs reach the low to mid 60s on Thursday and Friday, and upper 60s to low 70s Saturday, with Lows in the 30s to low 40s. Contains pollen data and zoned discomfort levels.
Snow blankets the northern Rockies and High Plains with 6 inches at Billings and 4 inches at Livingston and Lewistown. Showdown ski area south of Great Falls reports 14 inches. Nebraska panhandle freezes and travel advisories issued for parts of the Dakotas and Colorado. Thunderstorms bring two tornadoes near Alden Iowa and golf ball hail at several towns. Rainfall soaks Iowa Wisconsin and Texas floods prompt watches as temperatures swing coast to coast.
Wisconsin convicts Leonard Specht and Mark Bell, both nearing release, escaped from Oregon State Camp on Sept 11 and were missing for a week. A Monona couple were later held hostage. an Iowa trooper spotted their stolen car on Highway 18 near Monona. Specht and Bell had prior violent histories and multiple prior releases.
A Bagley couple tied up in their attic after a robbery feared they would be killed by two prison escapees Leonard Specht and Mark Bell who also held a Monona couple hostage. The Longs were forced to reveal weapons and cash before the men fled in the Longs 1983 car.
Bishop reports management supports an affiliation with Kmart to deploy resources across its 31 cafeterias in nine states. Ebinger says growth pace will rise but not a large near term expansion. Bishop has about 3,000 employees and plans two new units in Bloomington Illinois and Kansas City Missouri. Kmart, the world’s second largest non food retailer, posted 1982 sales of 16.8 billion.
A cold front moved south across Iowa with heavy rains and thunderstorms overnight. Allamakee County saw a cloudburst dropping over an inch in 45 minutes, causing minor flooding. Tornado watches were in effect in eastern Iowa with at least two sighted in Hardin County, but no damage reported. Thermometers fell 20 to 30 degrees, easing from 80s to 50s and 60s in northern areas. Cedar Rapids reached 86 while Decorah and Spencer ended cooler.
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