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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1963
Page
2
Carroll County voters approved a $750000 bond issue to fund a new courthouse by 4165 to 1597, after two prior defeats. The measure now proceeds to construction plans.
Funeral services for Arthur H. Wolfe were held at 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with Hodges Funeral Home in charge. Burial followed in Reno Methodist Cemetery.
Anita Martin Christensen, 66, of the Anita area, died this morning at Atlantic Memorial Hospital after a period as a patient. Surviving are his wife and three children Dale Larsen of Anita and Mrs. John Larsen, and Mrs. Harold Kuehl of Walnut. The body will lie in state at Long Funeral Home with rites pending.
Iowa's Kent Harbaugh of Manson and John Bohstedt of West Des Moines are the state's Rhodes nominees, chosen by a 1963 state selection committee from 11 applicants. They will face a Midwest district committee interview alongside 10 other candidates from Minnesota Kansas Missouri Nebraska and South Dakota. Harbaugh, a U S Air Force Academy graduate, studies at Georgetown University and is the son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth E Harbaugh. Bohstedt, a modern history major at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, is the son of Mrs Rachel Bohstedt. Harbaugh was an Iowa nominee last year but not chosen by the district committee.
President Johnson expressed formal support for naming a proposed national cultural center in Washington for the late John F. Kennedy and for financing half of the project cost with federal funds.
Dear Abby responds to readers on topics including a widow dating a drinker, a teen asking if she should thank a door opener, a couple’s steady ring wear, and a reader seeking workplace boundaries. Abby urges safe commuting by taxi, polite thanks, ring wear, and appropriate confrontation or resignation.
A steel ball fired by a passerby with a sling shot crashed through the front window of Arthur Shore's upscale Birmingham residence. Police say the shooter was on foot from across the street. The home, targeted by two prior racial bombings this year, sustained extensive damage but no injuries.
Miss Benton and relatives travel between Bouurant Casey and Lincoln visiting parents and a brother. Krause family reunion includes Bondurant. several travelers plan winter visits. Mae Hess attends Homer Hess golden anniversary in Menlo before wintering in Phoenix. Cardwell, Turlock, Guthrie Center, Denver connections noted with extended family visits.
New York AP reports Studebaker Corp plans to halt automobile production in the United States, continuing only on a greatly reduced scale in Canada. South Bend employs 6,000 and produced about 92 percent of last year's output. 1,500 workers laid off recently. Governor Welsh pledges priority to find new jobs. The move follows lagging 1964 model sales and a shift to a small Hamilton Ontario plant.
Havana Radio reports Cuba has agreed to buy 500 tons of Uruguayan corned beef. Rationing in Cuba provides six ounces per person weekly, while refugees arriving in Miami say meat has not been distributed for three weeks.
An advertised fat loss agent ODRINEX claims to curb appetite without aversive strategies. The ad promises a full money back guarantee if not satisfied and cites Cook & Caslow Drug Store in Atlantic with mail orders available.
Investigators say financial woes led Lt. Col. Kim Ki-hyun a 45 year old retired South Korean army officer to self immolate near the official residence of President elect Chung Hee Park. Prosecutors report recent business failures and unemployment as key factors.
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