20 Apr 1964
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1964
Page
1
The column weighs in on weather and time changes, polls, Atlantic cleanup, and Republican views on the food stamp plan. It critiques veteran pensions, praising aid for service injuries but opposing universal pensions, arguing duties to country should not require blanket payments.
Ten years ago Jerry Schnomier posted the high single game in the Greater Atlantic league as the season closed. Lewis Walker had a top series of 622 and Schnomier’s high single was 242 while Hansen and Bancroft posted 628 on 32 head of hogs sold in Omaha yesterday. Ben Jensen of Extra to receive third place award for Atlantic Chamber of Commerce in 1953 fire waste contest.
The temperature fell to 20 degrees above zero in Atlantic today ending a four day dust and wind storm. The National Reemployment Bureau reports 70 jobs found for the week of April 15 to 21, 57 jobs for April 8 to 14, and 17 jobs for the week ending April 7.
Mrs Ida Snyder returns from Lincoln Nebraska where she spent a week with her son Lee Snyder and family and her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Roy McNeeley.
The Atlantic Y News-telegraph prints community notices and lists subscription prices for Atlantic Iowa and surrounding counties. Rates vary by duration and location, with different totals for Cass and adjacent counties and for other regions.
Drew Pearson recalls Mike Feighan’s long string of overseas trips funded by taxpayers and argues the Cleveland congressman has soured with age. He cites junkets to Europe and Asia, accusations of communist plotting, and a failed $160000 immigration inquiry as signs of declining diligence. Ronald Motts now challenges Feighan amid calls for renewal.
Manila reports Sukarno will not receive an honorary degree from Manila University of the East as President Francisco Dalupai withdraws the invitation amid the university’s anniversary ceremonies. Sukarno had not replied to the invitation.
Gabon, which became independent in 1960, remains one of the few tropical African nations with a favorable balance of trade and steady economic gains.
In Syracuse 1942 the national women’s four handed team saw Phyllis Gardner of Brooklyn reach four hearts after a diamond lead. Gardner won tricks with hearts and diamonds, then Solomon of Philadelphia duplicated the play to also make eleven tricks. The deal ended in a tie, illustrating top level play in women’s team championships.
Scientists report a major advance toward decoding life’s genetic code. University of Wisconsin researchers led by Dr. H Gobind Khorana describe chemical methods to synthesize DNA with known letter sequences and to link letters into longer chains, enabling study of how genes direct protein production and cell function.
Buena Vista College dismissed seven male students and two female students arrested at a Storm Lake beach beer party. A boycott gathering was planned as hearings were set. fines ranged from 50 to 100 dollars for illegal possession or consumption of beer by minors. Names include Dennis Atherton and others from Des Moines, Alaska, California, Connecticut, and Illinois.
The article urges overcoming stigma of hearing aids and notes many deaf individuals regain easy conversation and social activity. It cites 15 million Americans with some deafness and 45 million in contact with the deaf, highlights surgical options like fenestration and stapes techniques, and stresses that not all deafness types qualify for surgery. It also covers elderly acceptance, industrial noise damage, and the broad benefit of improved understanding between mind and body.
Researchers report two linkage clues found in a study of letters that may unlock decoding methods. Deciphering the code could help prevent or correct inherited diseases, improve cancer control, and advance heredity understanding in humans, animals, and plants.
Fidel Castro, marking the Bay of Pigs anniversary, accused U S Marines of harassing Cuban soldiers near the Guantanamo Naval Base and said he would bring the case to the United Nations. He warned of possible U S aggression from Guantanamo and recalled the Bay of Pigs.
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