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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
4
Des Moines union workers who drive and maintain curbliners and street cars voted 416 to 16 to strike not later than June 11 if demands are not met. They seek fare reductions, an independent audit, and daily cash revenue verification, while the company mentions arbitration provisions in the contract.
Floyd Coss, 39, was struck by lightning while asleep at his farm home southwest of here about 2 a.m. today. He survived the shock, but a doctor said he is suffering from the effects. His wife Mrs. Coss was in the bedroom and uninjured. Three electric poles were found burned outside the home. Start sooner drive slower live longer.
Clerk of Court C. M. Skipton hosts Betty Lou Herbert as assistant. Weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs Ray Crum and son Michael of Des Moines. Oae Condit of Des Moines visits former Atlantic hospital superintendent. Eugene Kopp and Rosalie Scholl of Anita receive marriage licenses. Fire at Sunnyside park causes minor restroom damage. Judge and Mrs R Kent Martin return from Jacksonville NL with daughter Janet. Jim Wilkins joins Clark Drug Co in Council Bluffs. Lou Laartz named county weed commissioner. Wyoming visitors Mr and Mrs J H Dougherty and two children stay with R B Campbell due to illness. Mrs Bob Lloyd Jr of Coachella vacationing with her parents. Stove demonstration at Hotel Whitney by Esheck Farm and Home Supplies. Steer sales report from local farmers in Omaha. Clark M Trailer, former Atlantic man, reassigned to Iowa highway patrol in Council Bluffs.
A fragmentary Atlantic page reports a break in attempt at Eckenfels shoe repair and Johnny's tavern on Fast Fourth street, plus a Rotary hoe demonstration at John Johnson farm six miles south of Atlantic on U. S. 6. Also notes traffic fines for Griswold and Kansas City, and a Greater Atlantic fire prevention committee meeting at city hall with Wave Burgess organizing.
Atlantic attorney Don Lavery who suffered severe shock and head and chest injuries in a plane crash near Harlan Saturday is reported improving at Atlantic Memorial hospital. A separate injury report notes 10 year old Larry Speakman head bruise from bicycle accident at Seventh and Laurel.
Secretary of Defense Johnson stated the United States should avoid large standing armed forces and instead rely on a prepared citizen soldier. He emphasized modern society requires citizens trained for duties, skills, and responsibilities. He noted 63 percent of Creighton freshmen enrolled in ROTC.
Ligonier Pennsylvania the summer resort town with a population around two thousand five hundred shut its two movie houses today after borough officials imposed a ten percent amusement tax starting yesterday. The move left residents and visitors without local film entertainment.
With only one bid received, the city council canceled the letting for a 60 by 60 foot hangar at the municipal airport. Allied Engineering of Atlantic submitted bids of 10,200 for a frame structure and 110,130 for a block building. A new letting will be held after July 1 for an office building and utility projects, with a federal grant request in process.
National Bureau of Investigation says a woman and her lover planted a time bomb aboard a C-47 that exploded last month, killing 13. Dispatches from Daet in the South report the motive tied to the woman's husband.
Luzon officials say the bureau is compiling the facta after a Philippine Airlines flight exploded in the air on May 7 shortly after departing Daet for Manila. Investigations focus on cause and number of casualties.
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