Vacation tragedy on I 80 leaves 1 dead
A camper tire blew on Interstate 80 east of Durant sending 13 vacationers from Bonita Springs Florida into a ditch. One woman Bonnie Metts 45 died at the scene. Nine others were hospitalized with injuries. Eight or nine slept in the camper. authorities probe tire defect or overloading.
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Mustapha
Bonnie Metts
Iowa City
Towa
Mount Rushmore
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Nick Lee Bragdon
Wonderful trip turns into nightmare after the blows
A Florida group of 13 Jehovahs Witnesses traveling from Bonita Springs to Ohio on Interstate 80 near Durant suffered a fatal crash when a tire blew. Bonnie Metts, 45, died after becoming pinned beneath the wreckage as passengers, including Rosely and his wife, were rushed to ambulances. The group had traveled 7,300 miles visiting Mount Rushmore and other sights, hoping for a frugal, shared trip.
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Durant
Rosely
Bosely
Bonita Springs
Fla
Texas
Mexico
Arizona
California
Mount Rushmore
Columbus
Ohio
Florida
Congregation
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Fort Meyers
Naples
Roselys
Bonnie Metts
Men sought for University of Iowa retirement study
University of Iowa psychology graduate student Dani Jakubowski seeks about 100 men planning to retire between July 1983 and April 1984 to study retirement impact on mental health. Participants fill two questionnaires about health support, spousal relations, leisure, and attitudes. $10 compensation. call collect (319) 353-3744 for details.
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U of
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Dani Jakubowski
U of A
Jakubowski
Two Iowa traffic fatalities reported in Clinton and Ottumwa
Two more traffic deaths occurred in Iowa. Merlin Johnson, 21, died in a De Witt motorcycle crash. Mary C. Holland, 64, died after being struck in a crosswalk in Ottumwa. The driver was Michele R. Oderbraski, 20. The incidents remained under investigation with no charges filed.
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Associated Press
Lowa
de Witt
Clinton County
Merlin Johnson
Link Between Missouri Drifter And Amana Slayings
Iowa officials probe a possible link between Missouri drifter Richard Martin Clark and the 1980 Amana Holiday Inn double murder. Investigators seek Clark's whereabouts on Sept 12 13 1980 to confirm timing while Clark faces another murder trial in Missouri.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Amana
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Lincoln
Neb
Richard Martin Clark
DCI
Gerald Shanahan
Iowa County
Jim Stockett
Clark
St. Joseph
Midwest
Slockett
Roger Atkison
St. Joseph, Mo
Atkison
Rose Burkett
Little Amana
Shanahan
Stackett
Woman Drives Into Train On Tracks Near James
Delores Jo Ann Bunch aged 41 of Sioux City killed herself by driving a car onto a freight train after leaving a note blaming herself for wrecking her life and her husband’s. Engineer John J. Fitzpatrick said she looked him in the eye before pulling in front of the train near James, about 15 miles north of Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Delores Jo Ann Bunch
John J. Fitzpatrick
Iowa State Patrol
Larry Naber
James
Man Feared Drowned After Skunk River Swim Near Lowell
Dragging operations continued for the body of New London man Joe Prottsman 25 believed drowned in the Skunk River about 2 ½ miles west of Lowell Iowa where he and Michael Weigert 33 were swimming after fishing on Thursday They beach their boat on a sandbar at 3 30 p m Prottsman vanished Weigert reported swift current and high water as Henry County Sheriff’s Department led the recovery with squads from Henry Louisa Keokuk and New London plus Iowa Conservation Commission officers and volunteer divers.
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Lowell, Iowa
New London
Skunk
Lowell
Iowa
Joe Prottsman
Michael Weigert
Prottsman
Henry County
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Florence Webb
Osteopathic Hospital
Deborah Metts
Dori Klettkee
Jared Klettkee
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Charles “Ron” Bosely
Woman Kills
Self
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Aun Studio
Our
Graham
Sateen
Skunk River
Weigert
Cedar Rapids Piano & Organ Co
Snaive
SALE
Bert Critchett
Baldwin Piano and Organ Company
Critchett
Baldwin
Critchett's
Baldwin Plann
Dice Wrence Welk
Spo
Leonard Bernstei
Mrect
E E Balwin
Organs @ Fun Machines
Ruth Laredo
Asia One
Reenfi Sming
George Shearing
Bas Rae
Burt Bacharach
Kutchett's
Lindale Mall
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