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  1. BYRON KENNETH JR. KIGER: Birth: 1 DEC 1930 in COUNCIL BLUFFS, POTTAWATTAMIE CO, IOWA. Death: 25 FEB 1994 in HOSPITAL, OMAHA, DOUGLAS CO, NEBRASKA


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a. Note:   COUNCIL BLUFFS NONPAREIL TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1956
  LIDGETT AUTO HIT BROADSIDE BY TRAIN
  MRS. LIDGETT WAS KILLED WHEN A SEDAN IN WHICH SHE WAS A PASSENGER WAS STRUCK BROADSIDE BY A CHICAGO AND GREAT WESTERN PASSENGER TRAIN AT SIXTEENTH AVE. AND THIRD ST. AT 6:25 a.m. SUNDAY.
 THREE OTHER PERSONS IN THE CAR WERE INJURED. ADMITTED TO MERCY HOSPITAL WERE:
 MRS. LIDGETT'S HUSBAND, ROY LIDGETT, 46, ROUTE 2, DRIVER OF THE CAR. HE SUFFERED FACE CUTS AND SHOCK AFTER BEING THROWN FROM THE CAR. HE WAS REPORTED IN "VERY GOOD" CONDITION MONDAY. ALBERT PLUMER, 38, GLENWOOD, WHO ALSO SUFFERED FACE CUTS AND SHOCK. HE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION. MRS. ALICE SLAYDEN, 43, OF SANTA MONICA, CALIF., A VISITOR HERE. SHE SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY AND RIB INJURIES. SHE WAS REPORTED IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION.
 TRAIN CREW
 POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF THE ACCIDENT FROM TRAIN CREW MEMBERS. THEY INCLUDED:
 BEN FULLER OF OMAHA, ENGINEER, JESS SELLARS OF 104 GRACE ST., FIREMAN, L.L. PATTERSON OF 2001 SEVENTH AVE., BRAKEMAN, AND W.P. WHITLOCK OF 129 PARK AVE., CONDUCTOR.
 ENGINEER FULLER SAID THEIR WEST BOUND TRAIN WAS APPROACHING THE CROSSING AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THEY COULD SEE THE SEDAN, DRIVEN BY LIDGETT MOVING EAST ON SIXTEENTH AVENUE AT ABOUT 12 MILES AN HOUR. FULLER SAID HE SOUNDED AIR HORNS BUT OCCUPANTS OF THE CAR APPARENTLY FAILED TO SEE OR HEAR THE ENGINE. THE CAR CROSSED THE TRACKS DIRECTLY INTO THE ENGINE'S PATH.
 THE SEDAN WAS PUSHED 190 FEET BEFORE THE TRAIN HALTED. LIDGETT WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CAR. POLICE AND EMERGENCY UNIT CREWMEN HAD DIFFICULTY IN FREEING MRS. LIDGETT
 AND MRS. SLAYDEN FROM THE WRECKED SEDAN. BOTH WERE RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT.
 THE WRECKED CAR WAS REGISTERED TO BYRON K. KIGER JR. OF OFFUTT AIR BASE, POLICE SAID.
 KIGER WAS MRS. LIDGETT'S SON. CORONER HENRY MEYER SAID AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF MRS. LIDGETT WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK
  FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MRS. HELEN LIDGETT, 44, ROUTE 2, WILL BE HELD AT 2 p.m. WEDNESDAY
 AT THE MEYER FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL. THE REV. PHILIP DURHAM OF FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH,
 WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL BE IN WALNUT HILL CEMETERY. MRS. LIDGETT WAS KILLED SUNDAY WHEN THE CAR IN WHICH SHE WAS RIDING COLLIDED WITH A TRAIN.


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