05 Jan 1955
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1955
Page
1
The piece warns modern comforts store risk from major disruptions. It compares canal traffic delays to global shipping shocks and envisions city scale outages from a bomb strike, highlighting how Atlantic and New York would suffer electric, water, sewage, and economic collapse.
The trip to China stirs propaganda against U S airmen tied to the visit while Red China touts Formosa liberation. Observers expect some U S airmen to be released in August amid spy claims. The piece also notes a mild winter and possible warmer climate trend.
Four Walnut youths enlist in the U S army with three assigned to the signal corps to train together. They are Duane Popp Laverne Russman and Charles Parker. Robert McLaughlin also enlists and expects induction within ten days.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists publication details including editor and office contacts. It provides subscription rates by carrier in Atlantic and by mail in Cass and surrounding counties, other Iowa regions, the U S, and Canada with yearly, half-year, quarterly, and monthly options.
Washington column reveals Deputy Attorney General Bill Rogers manipulated judicial appointments, promoting Walter Bastian to the Court of Appeals to clear a path for Joseph McGarraghy on the District Court. President Eisenhower faced a breach of faith melee with Sen. Smith and Sen. Knowland. The piece also notes Sen. Theodore Green’s bid to become the oldest active senator, and House certification wrangles as Democrats prepare to convene.
A brief verse by Edgar A. Guest urges pride in work and high standards. It argues that settling for “good enough” damages reputation and that aiming to excel sets one apart in any group.
An Iowa watershed conference will be held in Des Moines February 11 and 12 under the sponsorship of the Iowa Association of Soil Conservation District Commissioners. Attention will be on the Little Sioux Honey Creek and Mule Creek projects and developments under all congressional acts to speed watershed programs.
Enira Darry reports that Darry Kline has returned to his studies at Minukato College in Minnesota.
The Iowa Executive Council on Tuesday voted 4 1 to sustain the State Banking Department in refusing a charter for a bank at Dow City Crawford County with a population of 528. Newton P. Black said the town lacks business to support a bank, a decision opposed by E B Dopheide and Dow City backers.
California waters report a comeback in sturgeon. Once vanishing from local fisheries, the caviar producing fish are reportedly mating again, signaling potential rebound for the species and industry.
Corliss Lamont publishes A Humanist Funeral Service rejecting personal immortality. The column weighs the tension between atheistic materialism and traditional religious comfort, noting Lamont’s mix of poetry and prayer while arguing faith lingers in sorrow.
Federal Judge William F. Riley awarded 15,115.29 in damages to four plaintiffs after setting aside a jury verdict for Scherfe Insurance Agency. He restored Paul Baughman as a defendant. The case concerned fire insurance sold in 1949 for the Flamingo Club near Fort Madison, destroyed by fire on November 25, 1958. Universal Insurance Co. and Lloyds of London representatives settled part of the policy.
Four plaintiffs accuse Baughman of mis representing facts in the case against a town agency. The civil action centers on alleged deceptive statements and seeks relief from the official. Details on court, dates, and remedies are not provided in the available text.
Three college students conducted services at the Methodist church on Sunday. Lonnie Knox of Iowa State offered the prayer and spoke on United Nations Disarmament And Its Relation To Christianity. Bob Warner of Iowa U read the scripture and discussed Peace, A Condition Of The Mind. Larry Wright of Town U spoke on Education For Better Living.
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