Electrical shock sparks filing of $4.2 million suit
Waterloo man sues over an April 14, 1981 on the job electrical shock at the Williamsburg exit on Interstate 80 Iowa County. Plaintiffs Merce and Rita Henderson sue Koehring Co of Waverly Cedar Falls men and T I P Rural Electric. Damages: $3.5 million for Henderson $500 000 for wife $220 000 for three children. The suit claims negligent operation and maintenance led to the accident.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Koehring Co
Waverly
Cedar Falls
T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative
Brooklyn
Merce
Rita Henderson
Henderson
Waterloo Construction Co
Williamsburg
Gary Evans
Roland G. Risting
Bernard Larsen
T.I.P. Rural Electric
Virus blamed in Buena Vista student death
A non contagious virus caused the death of Buena Vista College sophomore Richard Ulrich 20 of Klemme Iowa. He was hospitalized then died in a Sioux City hospital from myocarditis linked to a virus. Doctors said the illness is rare in young people and unlikely to spread on campus.
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Storm Lake
Iowa
Buena Vista College
Richard Baller
Sioux City
Richard Ulrich
Klemme
Ulrich
Bauer
Iowa Senate clears bill aiding underage motorcycle licenses
The Iowa Senate voted 38 to 6 to approve a bill restoring motorcycle licenses for youths under 18 who held school permits before 1982. It covers those with prior motorcycle permits and exempts auto permit holders from driver education, sending the bill to Governor Branstad for signature.
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Iowa Senate
Todd Aarhus
Woodview Drive
Cedar Rapids
Aarhus
Richard Running
House of Representatives
Senate
Terry Branstad
Engineer dies in southwest Iowa train wreck
The Burlington Northern engineer Michael W. Linder 35 of St. Joseph Missouri was killed when his empty coal train crashed into a parked BN coal train near Pacific Junction Iowa Investigating officials said three other BN employees from Missouri were injured all aboard the moving train Brakeman James Smith 33 and Conductor Donald Sullivan 44 both from St Joseph were treated and released Merle Bryant variable was injured in the caboose and released. The wreck reset in Mills County near Interstate 29 about 15 miles south of Council Bluffs.
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Burlington Northern
Pacific Junction
Iowa
Jack Martin
Denver
Michael W. Linder
St. Joseph
Missouri
Council Bluffs Hospital
James Smith
Donald Sullivan
Merle Bryant
Hamilton
Bryant
Caboose
Martin
Wyoming
Ken Mead
Mills County
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