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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1950
Page
2
Exclusive dresser sets in metal bronze and silver finishes with gold tone accents. Some include 8-piece manicure implements and nylon brushes. Dream chest in pearlized plastic with velvet or brocade, presented in pearl white pink and blue. Priced 8.78 to 37.80 dollars.
Edna township is praised for varied landscapes, groves and streams, with prosperous farms and thrifty residents noted as intelligent and energetic agriculturalists in Cus g county history. The text also urges motorists to obtain dependable automobile liability insurance with nationwide claim service.
Customer requests details about the Irwin Pellett general insurance plan and mentions contacting via a phone listing at 190 Atlantic. Includes an unclear line about sending information and references to a place and potential communication methods.
Personnel at the U S airways communication station at Atlantic municipal airport will be moved to government stations elsewhere with the service ending December 31. B R King transfers to St Louis, D E Stafford to Kaiparia Kansas, A H Koelker to Vichy Missouri, W C Robinson to Salina Kansas, C D Crawford retires to Des Moines to run an apartment house. Equipment at Atlantic will be sent to other bases.
Report from the U N forces in Korea describes a guerrilla force of up to 40 000 mostly North Korean troops operating behind Eighth Army lines. These by passed units conduct hit and run raids on villages and supply lines, prolonging the war within a war as South Korean police estimate the number.
Funeral services were held at St. Pauls Lutheran Church for Mrs. Joe Ostrus with Rev Homer Larsen officiating at 2 p.m. Marcella Curtis and Mrs Kenyon V King sang A Mighty Fortress and Beneath the Cross of Jesus. Interment followed in Norway Cemetery near Wiota with casket bearers named.
A Christmas square dance for 65 couples is planned on December 27 by the Atlantic Square Dance club. The host club includes 35 members hosting 30 visiting couples who have completed eight weeks of Monasy night lessons. Joe Zoucha and a three piece orchestra will provide the music.
Mrs Iftyer says advanced square dancing classes will start in mid January, detailing the schedule and enrollment notes for interested dancers.
Des Moines reports the Iowa County Attorneys association after its convention plans to press the 1961 legislature to add penalties for a fourth and fifth drunken driving conviction. County attorney Franz E. Van Almtine of Pocahontas notes the law has existed long enough to bring such cases.
Washington reports that the FCC adjourned hearings on new television station grants delaying the freeze end to next year. Sessions resume January 15 with evidence on school and college TV teaching plans.
Thirty four attended the Brighton get-together oyster and chill supper at the school. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Inman led the entertainment. The January meeting will be a pot luck supper with Mr. and Mrs. Elden Kay on the committee.
Griswold Carlton Koonts Kenneth Bierbaum and Marlon Westenburg recently enlisted in the army air corps and are stationed at Lackland Field San Antonio Texas each receiving new postings Marlon Westenburg to Scott Field NL Kenneth Bierbaum to the air base at Bong WAeh and Carlton Koonts to Keealer Field Bi otoxi Mississippi
Oleg N. Dudkin an industrial engineer from Philadelphia dug out his own car in Lawrence County after last week's snow storm and billed the county five hours at four dollars an hour. The county commissioners replied they would only pay standard rates.
Report notes discussions on potential moves or full roofing to ease expenses. The dialogue references Dudkin's bill in the waste edila and ongoing questions about feasibility and funding.
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