Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention Scheduled Here
The 1964 national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held in Cleveland from August 20 to 28.
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1963
Page
9
The 1964 national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held in Cleveland from August 20 to 28.
Oskaloosa AP reports 30-year-old singer guitarist and pianist Jerry Byers died after a battle with incurable cancer. He toured with Grand Ole Opry members in Nashville and recorded vocal and piano works funded by local benefit efforts to support his wife and six children. He was operated on at University Hospitals Iowa City last December and continued treatment until his death in hospital. Born in Bussey he grew up in Louilla Pershing and Knoxville, teaching himself music.
A pianist who learned informally will be honored at a service at Garland Funeral Home at 1 30 p.m. Friday. He is survived by his wife and six children aged 11, 9, 7, 4, 2, and 1.
A water main break in Penn Valley Park near 29th and Broadway caused freezing water and ice on six blocks, snarling several downtown arteries before the rush hour. Police rerouted cars as Southwest Trafficway Broadway and Wyandotte Street became heavily congested.
Dr. Robert J Needles a native of Atlantic and brother of Dr R M Needles 1 Ridge Road is author of Your Heart and Common Sense set for publication Jan 6 He is a leading heart specialist and former air force medical chief who later served in San Francisco and Letterman hospital His family resides in St Petersburg Florida
Republican congressman Fred Schwengel of Iowa led reporters on a Capitol tour and descended a manhole to inspect hidden passages. The scene followed his promotion of We The People, a National Geographic Society Capitol history book he helped sponsor.
The October 1962 society issue marks the group’s first play. The book titled We The People, published last week, is offered for sale at $1 in the Capitol rotunda.
Sick and Injured indicates visiting hours at Atlantic Memorial hospital on first floor 1 to 2 30 and 7 to 8 30 p m second and third floors 1 to 4 and 7 to 8 30 p m no morning visiting hours. In Omaha Hospital Lester Fay of Lewis is a patient at the Omaha veterans hospital in ward 6 E.
Hospital records list Mrs. Dean Burg and others admitted to Atlantic Memorial Hospital along with discharges including Mrs. Harry Holshuh Mrs. Jessie Bryant and several others. Grant Elver Shafer discharged from Immanuel Hospital in Omaha after a brief stay. Anita update reports Jack Keane slowly improving after major surgery in Omaha Veterans hospital. William Parker notes sister Norval Palmer of San Diego recovering from October heart surgery and doing light housework. A statistic indicates the US farmer earns about 38 cents of every dollar spent on food.
Irish Ambassador Eamonn L Kennedy presented a comprehensive selection of books on Ireland to Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. He said the volumes form the nucleus of a library on Ireland and should be of real use to the students.
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