First woman Iowa deputy to be arraigned on embezzlement charges
ELEADER Iowa UPI Clayton County Deputy Lee Brady, one of the state’s first women deputies, faces district court arraignment on September 8 for embezzling and larceny. Brady, 47, was charged with taking more than $20 worth of fuel in June and July and with $20 plus in July 28 thefts. She became a deputy in January 1973 and is suspended pending the case.
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Eleader
Iowa
UPI
Clayton County
Lee Brady
Ms. Brady
Three Die In Motorcycle Head On Crash Near Lehigh Iowa
Three persons were killed when two motorcycles collided head on on a Webster County road. Dead are Larry Johnson 20 Lehigh the driver of one bike Charles Short 18 Webster City and Valarie Mortenson 17 Fort Dodge riders of the other cycle. Johnson was eastbound about one mile east of Lehigh when the crash occurred.
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Lehigh
Iowa
Iowa utility workers vote on new contract amid expired pact
CENTERVILLE Iowa UPI Iowa Southern Utilities Co made a last ditch offer as the two year contract expired Local 735 members who rejected the proposal last week were to vote tonight on the new pact Officials said the current contract had not been extended and a federal mediator was asked to join negotiations
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Centerville
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Iowa Guard names acting adjutant general
Brig. Gen Ronald R Woodin of Grimes will become acting adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard Thursday Gov Robert D Ray announced May resigns Maj Gen Joseph G May over his use of Guard aircraft Woodin 54 has served in the guard since 1954 and as deputy adjutant general for eight years
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Des Moines
UPI
Ronald R. Woodin
Grimes
Iowa National Guard
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Woodin
Joseph G. May
May
National Guard
Guard
Protect snakes eyed on Iowa endangered list
In Des Moines a $100 fine could be issued if a person kills a northern copperhead or prairie rattlesnake in self defense. The Iowa Conservation Commission approved the Iowa Endangered and Threatened Species List after ecologist Dean Roosa defended the right of these snakes to exist despite their venom. Commissioner John Link questioned how to respond to encounters with these snakes.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission
John Link
Burlington
Dean Roosa
Wounded driver faces charges after 33 mile chase
Charles A. Ogilvie 30 of Sigourney faces three counts of assault and a driving while intoxicated charge after a 33 mile high speed pursuit that ended when a Washington County roadblock fired at his 1965 Cadillac. He was shot in the leg and treated at Iowa City hospital in stable condition.
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Sigourney
Area Law
Charles A. Ogilvie
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Washington County Sheriff’s Department
Ogilvie
West Chester
Washington County
Richard Bordwell
Virgil Behrens
Yale Jarvis
John Combs
Washington County Hospital
Wyoming
Minn
Minnesota
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
BCI
Charles Ogilvie
Journal
Weather: Showers, storms tonight with calmer Thursday
Occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight with some isolated severe storms possible. Diminishing Thursday with a high near 80, low tonight in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain chances about 50 percent tonight and 30 percent Thursday.
Farm Progress Show to Include Women in Iowa
The 25th annual Farm Progress Show runs Sept 27 28 and 29 eight miles north of Washington Iowa on a 1000 acre site. It features farm wives exhibits focused on home operation plus a Pigskin Fashion Review by the Washington county Parkettes three daily showings and Whirlpool Kitchen demonstrations. Sponsored by Wallaces Farmer admission and parking are free.
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Washington
Iowa
Highway 1
Maurice
Dennis Crawford
Keith
Edgar Stewart
Robert Jones
Washington County Parkettes
Whirlpool Corporation
Wallaces Farmer
Wisconsin manhunt widens for Michigan prison fugitive
Douglas Henry 22 of Lansing tied up a 70 year old man and his 59 year old wife and their 14 year old son on a 40 acre deer shack near Widen Wisconsin Rapids. He abducted Evelyn VanTassel 58 of Marquette and stole a sawed off shotgun and a rifle before fleeing in the Brockmans pickup. FBI widened the two state chase as the escapee and Mrs VanTassel moved from Michigan to northern Wisconsin, with no ransom demand reported.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Marquette
Mich
Brockmans
Henry
VanTassel
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Brock Manson
Robert
Robert Brock
Rains trigger flood levels on Nishnabotna and central Iowa
United Press International reports heavy rains Thursday into Friday pushed the Nishnabotna River in southwest Iowa and the Middle and North Rivers in central Iowa to flood levels anew. NWS warned crests near 22 feet at Hamburg and Pisgah around 22 feet, with main impacts on fields and secondary roads.
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Iowa
Hawkeye
National Weather Service
East Nishnabotna
Red Oak
Hamburg
NWS
Pisgah
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
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Monona
Crawford
Carroll
Harrison
Shelby
Sac
Calhoun
Killer had history of violence in family tragedy
Kathleen DeCorleto, ex wife of killer Frank DeCorleto, testified he was diagnosed as schizophrenic paranoid at 14 and heavily sedated, as he killed his second wife Shioehon and 4 year old son Frank III before killing himself after a 15 hour stand off. He had prior arrests for carrying a weapon and stabbing.
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East Hartford
Conn
UPI
Frank DeCorleto
Kathleen DeCorleto
DeCorleto
Frank III
Shioehon
Frank DeCarleto
Kathleen
William Clough
Clough
Pratt's lively history tells Iowa county love
Des Moines writer LeRoy Pratt documents all 101 Iowa courthouses and county seats in The Counties and Courthouses of Iowa. The book surveys naming quirks from Sioux City to Osceola, explains architectural trends, and notes preservation needs while detailing how county histories reflect Iowa’s past.
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Pratt
Iowa
LeRoy Pratt
Des Moines
Washington
Clyde Pratts
Fox Theaters
Ralph Hollander
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Pottawattamie and Lee
Woodbury County
Louise
Klipto Printing Co
Mason City
State Historical Board
Sioux City
Sioux County
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Cedar County
Webster City
Webster County
Emmetsburg
Emmet County
Osceola
Osceola County
U.S
Primghar
Pumphrey
Roberts
Inman
McCormack
Green
Hayes
Albright
Rerick
Chamber of Commerce
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