Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 28, 1980

Investigation is continuing into the motorcycle-car accident near Redding at 12:40 a.m. Sunday morning in which Darrell Allen JAMES, 23, was killed. According to Iowa State Highway patrol Trooper Jerry TOWNSEND, the accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 169 and P27 north of Redding. JAMES was traveling north on 169, turning on to P27 on a Kawaski motorcycle when he collided with a 1974 Ford Gran Torino driving by Jerald Lynn MULLOCK, 19, of Parnell, MO.

JAMES was dead on arrival at Ringgold County Hospital, where he was taken by ambulance. The motorcycle was totaled in the accident and damage to the car was estimated at $800 to $1,000. No charges were filed pending further investigation of the accident.

The accident was the fourth fatal accident in the county this year and the third involving a motorcycle. The Ringgold County Sheriff's Department assisted Trooper TOWNSEND in the investigation.

J. W. TRIGGS of Mount Ayr was inducted into the Swine Hall of Fame for his years as a swine breeder and his long record of showing at the Iowa State Fair in ceremonies at the fair in Des Moines last week. Bill HEMM of Sheffield made the presentation of a plaque, detailing the 60 years TRIGGS has spent as a Spot breeder and his long record of showing at the fair.

August 20, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph BACKHUS, Bedford

OBITUARIES in August 28, 1980 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Lloyd J. BAIRD

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2012

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