Tragic Iowa Girl Drowned After Car Door Opens
In Dixon Iowa a 4 year old girl Dena Marie Yackle died after tumbling from a car as the passenger door opened during a backing maneuver. The vehicle rolled into a water filled ditch fed by Wapsipinicon river backwater and the child drowned. The mother Mrs Roy Yackle sustained minor leg injuries and could not reach her daughter before a passing motorist found the body under the car bumper.
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Dixon
Roy Yackle
Donahue
Dena Marie
Wapsipinicon
Desertion Charge Out for Edwin Lier An
A warrant for desertion is issued for Edwin Lier an, 36, missing since March 7. He left his wife and eight children and previously operated the Phillips 66 station. Televised bulletins and film coverage of daily events air with Murphy Martin Monday through Friday at 10 15 p m on TV 9.
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Waukon
Edwin Lieran
Phillips 66
Murphy Martin
TV 9
Oxford Junction Man Found Dead in Yard
Henry Hults 62 was found dead in his yard at about 6 30 am Friday. He had severe burns and scattered burn marks in the yard. Officials are unsure if the burns caused death or if a heart attack did. He lived alone near the steps. He and his wife ran a nursing home here until their divorce. Mrs Hults continues the business. He is survived by two sons and a daughter in the Anamosa area. The body lies at Hayden funeral home pending autopsy.
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Oxford Junction
Henry Hults
Two Waukon Residents Suffer Hip Injuries in Falls
The Gazette reports two Waukon residents were injured this week. Paul Bakke sustained a hip injury from a fall near his garage and is hospitalized in Waukon. Mrs. P. H. LeTourneau fractured her hip after slipping on ice at home and is hospitalized in LaCrosse.
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Eclar
Waukon
Paul Bakke
P. H. LeTourneau
LaCrosse
W. Iowa Utility Strike Is Settled
A three day strike at Iowa Power and Light Co. ends as 800 members of Local 499 IBEW return to work. The walkout arose from a jurisdictional dispute over piping for a new generating unit at Pleasant Hill. Ipalco and local 33 plumbers had been performing the work. The company reports the IBEW workers agreed to let the other union complete the installation.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Power and Light Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ipaho
Iowa
Ipalco
Pleasant Hill
Here
Plumbing and Pipefitters
Spaho
Toledo Escapee Leaves Trail of Stolen Autos
A Council Bluffs youth Leo Raymond Rolfe, 17, fled from the Boys State Juvenile Home at Toledo, leaving five stolen cars across Tama and nearby areas. Police recovered four cars in Tama and Tiffin and found Rolfe later in a Jewell car. He was held for Tama county authorities.
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Jewell
Council Bluffs
Boys State
Toledo
Here
Highway Patrol
Leo Raymond Rolfe
Tama
Tiffin
Lost items are found with Gazette want ads
A short notice explains that Gazette readers can locate missing belongings by checking the classified want ads. The item finder service invites readers to search listings and post notices to aid recovery.
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