Brabham Conservation Chief William Brabham Dies
William C. Brabham 58 of West Des Moines, longtime Iowa Conservation Commission leader, died of cancer at Lutheran Hospital Des Moines after returning from Orlando where he attended a meeting. A native of Elkader, he served 29 years with the agency, including deputy director since 1971 and director since June 197? He was active on river basin commissions and attended Iowa State University. Survived by wife and two daughters.
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Weekend Toll: Six Die in One Vehicle Crashes Across Iowa
Gazette leased wire reports six Iowan deaths from weekend crashes. Verlin Hall, 56, Davenport, died of internal injuries after being struck by a car driven by 16 year old Richard Smith and a second car crash. Gene Heinemann, 20, Tripoli, died as he failed to negotiate a Bremer County curve near Waverly. Charles Craven Jr., 50, Bellevue, died when his vehicle skidded on ice into a culvert near Dubuque. Larry Cleveland, 25, DeWitt, died in a crash into a bridge abutment that burst into flames. Scott Gerst, 16, Burlington, died when his car went out of control east of town. Jeff Scott, 15, Burlington, injured, with car owner not identified. Carl Miller, 19, Sioux City, killed after a crash into a tree. another man seriously injured. Police noted Miller may have been dead hours before discovery around 8 a.m.
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DeWitt County
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Burlington
Jeff Scott
Burlington Medical Center
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Sioux City
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Miller
Cornell groups observe Martin Luther King Jr birthday on campus
Cornell College hosts a King birthday observance on Tuesday from 3 30 to 5 p m in the Palisades Room Cornell Commons. Jonnie Cassell Equal Employment Opportunity Officer delivers remarks along with a film on King's life Scripture readings by Chaplain Richard Thomas and an informal reception.
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Comito trial set in March in Iowa
Waterloo Republican senator Dick Comito will go on trial March 25 on the charge of illegal use of voter registration lists. He pleaded innocent after a Black Hawk County grand jury indicted him and is free on his promise to appear at the trial. He allegedly used names from the county election office to mail letters to residents in his district on his business stationery.
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Two arrested after fight at Happy Chef Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police arrested Donald Franklin Hathaway 36 and Grace Mary Bents 34 after a Sunday altercation at the Happy Chef on 33rd Avenue SW and I 380. Hathaway faces assault interference with official acts intoxication and criminal trespass charges while Bents is charged with criminal trespass and intoxication. Steven L Peterson 32 from 1514 C Ave NE was hospitalized after a one car crash six miles southwest of Vinton sustaining facial injuries. The accident occurred about 7 am on a gravel road as Peterson lost control, went into a ditch, struck a farm driveway, becoming airborne for about 60 feet before landing on its wheels.
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Fire damages town house at 2121 North Towne Place NE
Firefighters responded late Sunday to 2121 North Towne Place NE where Dan and Nancy Naughton woke to smoke and fled with their child. Lt. Donald Knock said the blaze likely originated near a gas water heater in a utility room between two units. Both apartments and attic suffered heat smoke and water damage. the second unit was unoccupied. Cause under investigation.
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Mann returns to state government in new assistant attorney general post
Thomas Mann Jr. former Iowa Civil Rights Commission director, age 30, is appointed assistant attorney general, working mainly with the Department of Social Services. He previously served in the attorney general's criminal appeal division, quit in 1979 to seek a Des Moines Senate seat, and later alleged Racism affected his loss to Gary Baugher.
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