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When the 26-foot "Muffler Man" Paul Bunyan was erected in front of a Cheshire lumber business in the 1980s, the town objected to the statue, citing that it was a violation of town codes given its substantial height. Finding no limitation on flagpole height on the books, the owners of the statue replaced Bunyan's axe with an American flag.
Muffler men are large molded fiberglass sculptures that are placed as advertising icons, roadside attractions, or for decorative purposes, predominantly in the United States. Standing approximately 18–25 ft (5.5–7.6 m) tall, [ 1 ] the first figure was a Paul Bunyan character designed to hold an axe. [ 2 ]
The Hill wrote "the Grand Rapids Police Department has been involved with several other incidents involving alleged excessive use of force", detailing a 2021 event where a black 26-year-old man was punched repeatedly in the head by a GRPD officer during an alleged littering incident.
If you lived in Macon between the late 1960s and 1980s, you may have noticed a 20-foot-tall fiberglass cowboy towering over local businesses, blotting out the sun and greeting customers.
Marvin Heemeyer was born on October 28, 1951, on a dairy farm in South Dakota.In 1974, he moved to Colorado because he was stationed at Lowry Air Force Base. [3] In 1989, [3] he moved to Grand Lake, Colorado, about 16 miles (26 km) away from Granby.
The only survivor of a metal pipe attack in Iowa has died, prompting authorities to charge the suspect with a fourth count of first-degree murder. The Linn County Sheriff’s Department alleges 34 ...
Grand Rapids: 1949: 3–17: Serial killer couple targeting widows and "lonely hearts" [2] John Rodney McRae: St. Clair Shores: 1950-1987: 2–5+ Serial killer convicted of murdering two boys and prime suspect in three others: Roland E. Clark: Multiple: 1954-1967: 2: Medical doctor convicted of two counts of manslaughter: Henry Lee Lucas ...
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