18 Jan 1955
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1955
Page
1
The article argues Moscow aims to repudiate the Paris pact by pressing German unification as a lure. It contends Germans oppose red control and distrust Soviet promises, preferring the Paris pact to unification. Public sentiment favors the Western defense framework over Soviet alternatives.
Senator Byrd of Virginia chairs the senate finance committee and aims to cut federal spending. He has long advocated economy, studied finances item by item, and now with greater influence may push substantial savings.
Editorial notes spring training costs for soldiers and pilots, Dulles travels boosting non communist unity, and warnings about Central American unrest linked to communism. It highlights political power from Cass County with a new governor and top Democrats likely to win key legislature posts.
Des Moines Polk County supervisor Orville E. Armstrong refutes District Judge Ray C. Fountain who called jail fare poor. Armstrong concedes rehab concerns but says the food is not as bad as claimed and notes prisoners often return, with some faces seen over six years. An added note mentions traffic accidents in clear weather and pelican remains weigh about 23 ounces.
Publication information for the Atlantic Views Telegraph includes evenings except Sunday, editor contact details, office phone, and 1912 post office registration. Subscription rates are listed for local carrier, Cass and nearby counties, statewide Iowa, U.S. outside Iowa, and Canada with varying monthly and yearly terms.
George Leader, a 36 year old chicken farmer, is elected Pennsylvania governor. He vows to aid small farmers, critiques Secretary Benson on egg price support, and highlights Pennsylvania's high unemployment and coal decline while highlighting his farming background and family in York County.
Rep Earl T Hoover proposes a bill to collect delinquent personal property taxes totaling about 1 million statewide. County treasurers would publish lists on November 15 and accept past due payments through the first Monday in December, then hand over delinquent lists to sheriffs for seizure without court action.
Dan B. Murphy of Des Moines told a Cornell College panel in Mount Vernon that increasing income taxes, not state property taxes, would fund needed state government services. The discussion centered on finance and policy options.
Early songbird verse recalls a morning wake up scene with a cheerful tune that fills rooms though the singer cannot carry a good melody. The poem contrasts lingering yawns and grumbles as a family wakes while a favorite morning song echoes. The text notes a 1955 copyright by Edgar A Guest.
George E Sokolsky analyzes Randall Commission tariff ideas arguing Big Business favors global markets and subsidies while small U S manufacturers rely on local labor. He warns losers could include coal electrical equipment and watches with unemployment rising in states like West Virginia and the Southwest. The piece notes 14 point tax advantages for capital abroad and calls the policy the most radical in history, before Congress acts.
A large 24 by 60 barn on W. Jack Hilsabeck’s Audubon area farm burned at about 7 p.m. Monday. The blaze, likely sparked by faulty wiring, consumed 900 bales hay 500 bushels oats 400 bushels soybeans two sows 16 pigs. Estimated total loss is 4000 dollars partly insured. Audubon fire department aided in preventing spread to a corn crib and nearby structures.
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