Local News Briefs From Atlantic Area Today
Former residents Mr and Mrs Herman Christie of Willisca visited Atlantic yesterday. Wayne Peterson sold 23 head of 1102 pound steers for 23 and 22 1 4 for 21 head of 960 pound heifers in Omaha. Wilbur Tanner sold 34 head of 220 pound hogs for 16 top. Petition by NYCE Manufacturing of Wernersville Pa against Earl and Madge Roberts of Lewis dismissed. Oliver G Murren Jr fined 10 and costs for speeding. Joseph Emerson fined 15 and costs. Claude Malone and others from Malone Seed left for Chicago to attend hybrid corn conference. Mrs Zella Waters and Mrs Esta Shoemaker left for a month in California. Toastmasters Errol Petersen won Topper. Paul Petlett spoke. A car driven by Thomas Arn of Atlantic and a C&M school bus collided. no injuries. Five children on bus. 4-H committee named music and recreation chairs for 1965. Iowa National Guard prep for NRA indoor rifle tourney. top five advance to state meet in Des Moines. Continued mild in parts of southwest Iowa with highs in 40s and upper 30s elsewhere.
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Omaha
Wayne Peterson
Wilbur Tanner
Thomas Arn
Atlantic
C&m
Noah Stahly
Cumberland Esterday
Ann
Justice of the Peace Egoort
Weather notes and county bond sale totals for October
Partly cloudy conditions with lows in the low to mid twenties and a record of Atlantic high 38, low 16, and noon 26. Area weather compares to a year ago when 50 mph winds and an inch of snow yielded .06 inches of precipitation. highs 31 and lows 20. Bond sales in Cass County October totaled 85,856 bringing year to date to 869,628 an 83 percent of the 1964 quota. Iowa ten month sales totaled 94,708,811 also 83 percent of the year goal. County by county figures show Adair 395,363 68 percent Adams 421,289 85 percent Audubon 348,669 66 percent Carroll 1,297,013 97 percent Guthrie 432,922 86 percent Montgomery 666,356 86 percent Page 1,163,356 95 percent east Pottawattamie 320,823 51 percent Shelby 370,320 51 percent Union 722,910 100 percent.
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Atlantic
Cass County
Iowa
Adair
Adams
Audubon
Carroll
Guthrie
Montgomery
Page
East Pottawaettamie
Shelby
Union
Minnesota firm plans to save leaning tower of Pisa
J. W. Alexander of Soil Solidifiers Inc. travels to Rome to pitch a solution that would harden earth like concrete to the Italian Public Works Commission. Italian officials invited engineers to propose ideas to stabilize the leaning tower, which may topple.
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Minneapolis
Italy
Pisa
Soil Solidifiers Inc
Public Works Commission
J. W. Alexander
Rome
Unlawful Assembly Trial Opens Without Jury in Sauk Centre
In Sauk Centre Minnesota 19 men charged with unlawful assembly go before Municipal Court without a jury. The case stems from a September 10 incident during the National Farmers Organization livestock withholding action. A Sauk Centre trucker Lawrence Waida was beaten and hospitalized. Judge Bruce Stone began hearing evidence after dismissing eight jurors that had been chosen.
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Sauk Centre
Minn
National Farmers Organization
Lawrence Waida
Bruce Stone
Pro Communist Pathet Lao claims eight U.S. planes downed
The New China News Agency quoted Voice of Laos reports claiming eight aircraft of the United States and allies were shot down or damaged in recent days. It cited a Dec 1 Xieng Khouang event and noted a U S F100 possibly shot down, with reconnaissance missions by U S aircraft over Laos.
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Tokyo
Pathet Lao
U.S
New China News Agency
Voice of Laos
Khang Khay
Xieng Khouang
U S and Cambodia Open Talks in New Delhi
The United States and Cambodia began negotiations in New Delhi to resolve disputes. Chief negotiators Son Sann and Philip Bonsal met, with talks set for a week or more in the neutral capital amid Cambodia’s threats to expel U S personnel. Sihanouk criticized the United States as imperialist and drew closer to China.
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New Delhi
India
United States
Cambodia
Son Sann
Philip W Bonsal
U.S
Phnom Penh
Sihanouk
Red China
Fatal collision on Highway 18 near New Hampton claims Gronwoldt family
Leonard D. Gronwoldt 36 and his wife Marlene 27 of near Ionia die in a crash with a truck where a rural road meets Highway 18 nine miles west of New Hampton. Their son Leon 3 is in critical condition and Sidney 2 is injured. truck driver Clarence Widner 61 of Des Moines is uninjured.
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NEW Hampton
Leonard D. Gronwoldt
Marlene
Ionia
Here
Leon
Sidnsey
Highway Patrol
Clarence F. Widner
Des Moines
Rites Wednesday for Avoca Resident Peder Bombeck
Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Berthusen's funeral home for 71 year old Peder Bombeck of Avoca. The Elk Horn resident died Saturday in an Elk Horn nursing home where he had lived the past two years. He was born in Denmark and is survived by brother Nels Bombeck of Avoca.
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AVOCA
Berthusen
Peder Bombeck
Soren Kaldahl
Elk Horn
Graceland Cemetery
Bombeck
Denmark
Nels
Council asked to override ruling on youth center
Charles City AP The City Council was urged to overrule the Zoning Commission and grant a general business rating to Barton Townsend's youth recreation center after neighbors complained about noise music and traffic. Townsend cited supervision and strict rules for teens who pay 50 cents to use ping pong dance and cards.
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Charles City
Barton Townsend
Townsend
School dismissed after bomb threat in Le Mars
About 900 students returned to class after being dismissed Monday due to an anonymous bomb threat. Officials said a caller warned of a bomb between 10 and 11 a.m. A search found no bomb and classes resumed Tuesday.
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LE Mars
Lily the Felon's Daughter chosen for January play
Atlantic Thespians select Lily the Felon's Daughter as their second school year production. The show opens January 19 and 21 at the Atlantic High School auditorium with cast members Sara Budd Mary Alice Blake Don Linke Tim CallahanDoug Gaer Linda Blake Jeff Andrews Kathy Eblen Della Taylor Barb Merner and Dave Arnold. Sam DeKry is student director and Thane Hascall directs.
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Lily
Atlantic Thespians
Atlantic High School
Sara Budd
Mary Alice Blake
Don Linke
Tim Callahan
Doug Gaer
Linda Blake
Jeff Andrews
Kathy Eblen
Della Taylor
Barb Merner
Dave Arnold
Sam DeKry
Thane Hascall
Walter Reuther Satisfactory After Lung Surgery
Walter P. Reuther president of the United Auto Workers Union, 57, was reported in satisfactory condition after surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. He underwent removal of a small spot on his right lung described as a conservative procedure. no details on malignancy were provided.
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Walter Reuther
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Henry Ford Hospital
Reuther
WAW
Four Bluffs Men Held After Interstate 80 Stop
Four Council Bluffs men, Albert Hollins, Robert Tucker, Anthony Turner, and Dennis Parks, were taken into custody near the Stutt interchange on I 80. Police say they allegedly obtained gas from Des Moines and Cedar Rapids stations without payment and a gun was found during questioning.
Rioting in Khartoum Leaves 38 Dead 500 Injured
Armored patrols and police trucks moved through Khartoum as two days of rioting raised casualties to 38 dead and more than 500 injured. Violence spread to suburban areas overnight with Arabs blaming Africans amid anti Western sentiment and editorials accusing Western agents and missionaries of stirring the unrest.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Farm Bureau to campaign to restore rural voting strength
The American Farm Bureau Federation launches a grass roots drive at its annual convention to push for a constitutional amendment reversing a Supreme Court ruling that state legislative representation be based solely on population. The move targets preserving rural influence in bicameral legislatures where one chamber often uses area-based representation.
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Philadelphia
American Farm Bureau Federation
Big Farm Organization
Supreme Court
Farm Bureau Sees Ruling Shifting Seats From Rural Areas
Farm Bureau leaders view the court ruling as a major shift of legislative seats from rural districts to urban areas amid ongoing development, signaling a drastic change in political representation.
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Farm Bureau
Stop signs spark farmer influence clash in Congress
A fragment notes farmers’ influence in Congress is nearly erased by motorist obedience to stop signs. It hints at tension between rural interests and traffic regulations, reflecting a political moment where road safety measures intersect with agricultural lobbying.
Still Critical Bishop Ensley In Auto Crash
Methodist Bishop Francis Gerald Ensley aged 57 remained on the critical list after injuries from Saturday’s auto accident. Riverside Hospital reported slight improvement though he remains in critical condition and leads the Ohio Western section of the church.
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Columbus, Ohio
Francis Gerald Ensley
Riverside Hospital
US Delays Policy Speech at U.N. General Assembly
The United States postpones its policy speech at the UN General Assembly for a week while awaiting a Soviet reply on its peace keeping debt. The shift aims to secure a clearer indication of Soviet intent before the address.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
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