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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1963
Page
3
South Viet Nam’s new military government repealed Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu’s law that banned divorce dancing prostitution abortion contraceptives and beauty contests. Premier Nguyen Ngoc Tho canceled it today after the ordinance was pushed through by the former First Lady in May 1962.
Three teenagers from Illinois and Indiana were arrested after failing to pay for gasoline at a Stuart service station. Kenneth Tomlinson 16 and Ron Ristau 17 of Coal Valley Illinois and John C Willis 16 of Swedena Indiana were held for Guthrie County authorities. Police spotted the trio on Interstate 80 and a roadblock was set at the town outskirts.
Roger Wagner, 49, conductor, collapsed during a recording with Dorothy Kirsten Gordon MacRae and the Roger Wagner Chorale. After treatment in Hollywood he was sent home to rest. physician cites nervous exhaustion as the likely cause.
New York AP reports Idlewild Airport will become John F Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday. The change marks the third name in 20 years for the airport, which has not officially been Idlewild. The name change followed a law signed by Mayor Robert F Wagner.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Tietz announce the birth of a daughter, Lori Lynne, born December 10 at Greenfield hospital weighing nine pounds six ounces. She joins a sister Kristi Kay. Grandparents are Clair Bissell of Cumberland and Alfred Tietz of Griswold, with great grandparents Gordon Westfall of Adair and Lena Tietz of Manly.
Mrs Rose Stadler died December 13 in Corning hospital. Funeral services were held December 16 at the Presbyterian church in Nodaway with burial in the nearby cemetery. She is survived by her husband eight children including Jim Stalder of Massena and 12 grandchildren.
Various town items including a washing machine motor fire at 406 Laurel, marriage license issued to Keni Stephenson and Shirley Symonds, cattle and lamb sales in Omaha, holiday travel to Sioux Falls, a promotion to master sergeant, junior high basketball results, two auto accidents, record cold snap with forecast snow, and a Hawkeye Seven conference meeting in Council Bluffs with Atlantic participation.
In subzero temperatures 120 cattle on a Missouri River island near Reliance South Dakota could not be saved. Fire Chief Joe Heib says the herd stands belly deep in water and will not swim through an ice filled channel to shore. The cattle, owned by Johnson Cattle Co, wandered back after the U S Army Corps of Engineers shut off releases at Big Bend Dam due to icing. Waters are about ten feet deep between island and shore a quarter mile apart.
General Electric reaches nearly 11 million dollars in out-of-court settlements covering 32 suits tied to the 1961 antitrust decisions. U.S. District Judge Sylvester Ryan approved the deal on Wednesday. The largest payment, about 6 million, goes to Consolidated Edison Co. of New York.
Pilot Grove 4-H club the Elliott Pilot Grove Punchers met in the city hall on Wednesday night. Danny White, son of Mr and Mrs Leo White, served as host. Monthly reports are required to publish club news.
Police guarded Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and other officials as Malaysia continued detaining hundreds of suspects in an alleged Indonesian plan to blow up water lines, railways and power stations to derail the economy. The government said the backbone of the plot had been broken.
A Boone County farm wife, Mrs Floyd F Nelson aged 66, was killed and her husband Floyd 68 injured when their car collided with another vehicle at a county road intersection with Highway 30 two miles east of Boone.
Peterson Roberts Construction Co of Rock Island Illinois bid 428280 dollars for the new science hall at Mount S Clare College. Total project cost expected near 600000 dollars with other work.
Irenee du Pont, 86, last of three brothers who led the Du Pont company from a small explosives maker to a world leading diversified firm, died in Wilmington after a period of illness.
A public safety reminder urges drivers to reduce speed at dusk to prevent crashes and protect pedestrians and other road users during low visibility hours. Community officials stress vigilance and adherence to speed limits as daylight fades.
Listings show Clara Olsen Roy Wohlenhaus Orville Eshelman and others transferring land in Atlantic Iowa with one dollar consideration. Properties include lots in Strand Add Sunyside and Elk subdivisions, and undivided interests in tracts in sections 32 and 75 34. Multiple WD and JWD deeds dated September to October 1963 to various spouses and heirs.
The Centerville High School band planned to depart Thursday for Chicago for its second appearance at the Midwest National Band Clinic, aiming to showcase its performance in a major regional event.
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