31 Dec 1956
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1956
Page
1
The passage reflects on bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new with optimism. It celebrates friendships, kindness, and work done well while acknowledging past mistakes. It urges using past regrets as stepping stones toward a future filled with possibilities and progress.
A travel note from Needles California reflects on the Grand Canyon’s grandeur and contrasts it with local hardship. The author recalls deer encounters, Indian curio shops, and fragile huts for Mexican workers, plus ruins near Flagstaff, volcanic scenery, and quirky food mishaps on the road through Arizona and New Mexico.
Iowa reported four newly organized industries in December plus five existing manufacturers expanding. The Burlington branch plant of American Paper Products, Inc. will make fiber containers for 9 millimeter shells and employ 35 to 40 workers. New firms include Dexter Manufacturing Co. in Dexter, Artsway Manufacturing Co. in Armstrong, and a Manchester Industries subsidiary to produce plywood with 20 to 30 workers. Expansions noted at Wilson Trailer Co. Sioux City Fortune Laboratories Des Moines Spencer Packing Co. Spencer Monroe Midland Manufacturing Co. and Dairypack, Inc. Clinton.
Evening newspaper in Atlantic Iowa lists editor and office contacts and provides subscription prices by carrier and mail for Cass and surrounding counties, Iowa regions, United States and Canada with annual, half year, and quarterly options. It notes post office entry date and professional association memberships.
A look at 1957 forecasts highlights Nixon era tensions and party realignment. Eisenhower’s leadership mix, cabinet shifts, and intra party clashes shape policy battles. In foreign affairs disarray in the Near East and renewing U S relations with Latin America emerge as key flashpoints.
The poem reflects on maintaining childlike joy during Christmas and aging gracefully while cherishing seasonal traditions. The speaker admits gray hair but insists the Christmas spirit keeps the heart youthful. In a closing line a National Geographic Society claim notes insects and disease kill ten times as many trees as fires.
Harold Rubel of Exira a Democrat on the Audubon County Board of Supervisors seeks one of two Iowa Highway Commission appointments to be made by Gov elect Herschel Loveless next July. Rubel lost reelection last month to Republican Chris Hess. his term ends December 31 1957. Also seeking posts are John Hansen Manning Paul Brodie Coon Rapids and William Mickel Bedford. CHICKASHA OK Y punchingline: Mr and Mrs J B Black fished in Colorado catching a 3 ounce fish then a larger string at home.
In 1956 medical progress offers hope for healthier lives. Three advances include a new antihistamine tablet Cristin Male ate for perennial allergic rhinitis, a Tulane University antirabies HEP Flury vaccine from chick embryos, and a blood transfusion method using papain to ensure compatibility. A Mount Sinai initiative improves safety for transfusion recipients.
Iowans pour into Pasadena for the Tournament of Roses and Rose Bowl against Oregon State. University of Iowa alumni and students tour Los Angeles area attractions while a large Iowa rally at Cocoanut Grove features Connie Russell and Leo Carillo. Included are Terry Hack and 15 more travelers like Carol Morris, plus the Clark Walsh clan from Charles City planning to see the parade.
Southwest Texas State College student Robin Remington spotted a man peering from a second floor window of the Fine Arts building. The man, a new janitor on his first day, explained he had become locked in since the night before and called for help.
Des Moines obituary notes the death of Judge William F. Riley at 72 after months of illness. Appointed to the U S district bench in 1950 by Truman he led a 50 year legal career. Survived by his widow four sons and two daughters. Funeral at St Augustin's Church 10 a m Wednesday.
A conference will be held Wednesday to decide if further efforts will be made to recover Wayne Swezey 17 who drowned in Lake Okoboji on November 23 Volunteers and diver Wells Hovereid of Minneapolis searched about a square mile of lake bottom Sunday but had to quit as ice weakened The recovery had paused since December 7 after freezing weather Wyatt 17 who fell with Swezey was recovered five hours later.
The 80-year-old Pope Pius XII at Vatican City presided over one of his busiest years with about a million audiences and the best health in years. In the United States the National Beef Council reports over 60 million beef cattle.
A man at Bluefield Sanitarium shouted he had been bitten by a snake and arrived with a swollen head and arm. Serium was rushed to the hospital and a surgeon stood by. The casualty was corrected to a bee sting upon examination.
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