28 Jan 1956
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1956
Page
1
The piece argues that vast military spending drains funds from vital needs like education and healthcare. It contends that investing in prevention and public welfare could yield far greater benefits, while war readiness sustains a tragic cycle of spending and fear. The author laments the permanent wartime footing and its opportunity costs.
The piece notes pork prices for live hogs slipping from about 17.00 to 15.25 in Omaha while retail coins rise by 8 to 9. Packers report selling all processed pork and claim a prosperous year. eastern buyers are blamed for pushing up prices. The author urges explanations, arguing farmers do not reap large wholesale gains.
Two killers were condemned to death this week after speedy trials in Kansas City and San Francisco. The editorial urges more of this justice to deter murderers while noting ongoing squabbles in Olympic history and organizing disputes during the games.
Queen Elizabeth II lands in Lagos for a 20 day ceremonial visit with the Duke of Edinburgh. The royal couple ride 11 miles to government house amid cheering Nigerians and tom tom drums echoing welcome messages from tribesmen.
At Friday's Cumberland meeting the telephone company re elected the officers Frank Boos president Charles Cornell vice president L M Hodges secretary Alvin Brahms treasurer An additional daytime operator Mrs Ewald Jensen joins Mrs Harrold Lew is and Mrs Lehman with Wendell Scott kept as night operator and manager.
Marion and Martin Boose attended the funeral of their cousin Chris Nelsen 58 at the Red Oak Methodist Church. Nelsen was superintendent of the Red Oak water department since 1943 and died Sunday morning from a heart attack.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists subscription rates by carrier and mail. Rates vary by region including Cass County and surrounding areas, other Iowa locations, and broader U S delivery with annual, semiannual, and quarterly options.
Washington reports reveal a bitter Capitol Hill luncheon clash as Senators Bridges and Knowland oppose Robert R. Bowie, a Harvard professor, for assistant secretary of state over Bowie's Red China views and state-switching theatrics.
Mr and Mrs Otto Christensen bought the Walters McDermott home and will move to Main Street about March 1. Mrs McDermott has arrived from Dallas to Walnut and plans a public auction in her house Saturday. Edward Suhr will sell his 80 acre farm south of town Thursday, with son Herbert Jacobsen and family to occupy the property.
A hospital columnist vents about bland meals and staff shifts while confined. He laments lack of visitors and quiet, questions broken heart theories, and muses on Drummond and Milton Eisenhower amid debates on patient recovery.
Iowa Democrats anticipate broad challenges in the June 4 primary with nominating contests for U S senator governor attorney general commerce commissioner and four of eight congressional districts. State chairman Jake More cites a strong farm turnout and a sense of a Democratic year as drivers while opposition within the party to More and to Clyde Herring shapes candidacies. Filing deadline March 31.
The speaker describes longhand writing as regular exercise and a personal habit. They face a response from nurses and staff who threaten to knock them out with a hypodermic if the outcome is bad, invoking Trotzky as a symbol of surviving harsh acts.
A local man repeats a grocery list mix up leading to duplicate purchases. Atlantic Memorial hospital reports high patient load with emergency beds in halls and babies on first floor. Mrs Fedor Petersen notes robins in a cedar windbreak starting Dec 26 and cherry waxwings in Seattle. Chauncey Carl’s young- related note hints at landslides from heavy rains.
A 1955 homecoming queen is identified as not being a member of the Rainbow Girls. The note clarifies her status amid circulating chatter and emphasizes the distinction between the queen and associated organizations.
A boy told a visitor he was bitten by a dog while trying to stop the animal from wagging its tail. The forecast also notes five inches of snow tonight with conflicting predictions about snowfall.
The poem recalls a father's table ritual of second helpings, the speaker aging while appetite fades. It contrasts youth at the head of the table with the ability to serve a second helping, and notes age steals appetite and the habit is gone.
Nancy Buckmaster 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs E Buckmaster was named the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow after posting the highest score on a written homemaking exam. The senior will compete to select the state's candidate for All American Homemaker for Tomorrow and is active in basketball glee club senior trio and class secretary.
Two Avondale area hunters killed a 55 pound wolf on the Fred Holste farm southwest of Bridgewater after it had been seen nearby. The hunting party had tracked the animal earlier in the day.
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