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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1962
Page
1
The piece argues that a true tax cutting politician could win by proving sincerity in cutting spending. It notes the public’s distrust from repeated campaign promises to cut expenses followed by profligate administration spending and higher taxes. It cites President Kennedy and a growing deficit despite higher tax revenue as evidence of persistent spending.
The article argues that the country’s anti trust laws must be rewritten to fit today’s competitive world. It states that bigness is essential in international trade and should be controlled, while recognizing powerful labor can also threaten industry and the public. New applications are required.
The piece traces rapid growth in federal units led by Health, Education and Welfare established in 1953 with 40 000 employees and a 170 million payroll. By 1963 the department's budget neared five billion with a 473 million payroll and about 90 000 staff. Housing and Home Finance Agency rises from 199 million in 1958 to 1.4 billion annual budget, about seven times larger in four years. Federal spenders eye trillions at current pace.
The Fred Saemischs raise three youngsters with Todd asking if a new baby would be Chinese after a classmate claimed one in four births are Chinese. Chet Hiddleston backs the new dog ordinance as the Hiddlestons host visitors while a dog runs off with a ham and Mrs. H. chases it. Rain and weeds thrive in the garden without fertilizer as grass grows well in all conditions.
Bea Jobe of Ottumwa will compete in the Powder Puff Derby for women pilots starting July 7 in Oakland California and ending four days later in Wilmington Delaware. Jobe, an Ottumwa insurance broker, is believed to be the only Iowa entrant and will fly a Piper Tri Pacer solo. The report notes the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC sits on 122 steel cylinders sunk 50 feet into bedrock.
The Atlantic News-telegraph lists office at 410 Walnut St Atlantic Iowa and published evenings except Sunday The paper outlines subscription rates by carrier and mail for local Cass and surrounding counties in Iowa the United States and Canada with varied term options and prices
Drew Pearson reports two fierce Texas factions LBJ loyalists and anti LBJ forces. Billie Sol Estes backed the anti LBJ camp, with incidents at the 1956 Democratic convention. Johnson denies Estes visits, saying Estes only came to his Washington home once. Romney defends Mormon faith before Detroit Negro ministers.
Dr. Fern Mucus explains how enzymes in the body digest debris and how externally used enzymes like Dornase can aid cystic fibrosis and sinus conditions. The column discusses DORNAase, papaya enzymes, and knife free approaches to clearing discharges and unclogging airways.
The poem expresses a sailor’s longing and a child’s pull toward the sea as ships depart. The speaker recalls a boy left behind, revived each voyage, with anchor chains and slack hawsers pulling him back to the shore. The sea’s call endures across years, shaping the inner boy who longs to sail.
Police Judge Alfred E. Hughes postponed decision on whether about 60 books and magazines seized in a March 29 raid at Union Drug Store operated by Kermit Meyers are obscene. The grand jury indicted Meyers on charges of possession with intent to sell, naming seven titles: Passion C.O.D., Bullpen Girls, Sin Hellcat, Tramp, The Twisted Ones, Passion Pit, and Sex Trap. Meyers defense argues remaining publications should be returned since no jury will determine obscenity.
The author argues for simple bidding over gadgets to avoid partnership misunderstandings. They acknowledge common conventions like notrump point ranges and the Blackwood M context but warn some practices may be harmful or doubtful in value, citing a hand example.
State Senator D C Nolan charged the Iowa Farm Bureau with trading support for the judicial reform act to gain crucial votes for the Shaff reapportionment measure. Farm Bureau president E Howard Hill denied any deal while backing the reform as a step in the right direction ahead of the June primary.
Des Moines AP reports the State Highway Patrol plans to trial a new device named Intoximeter for on scene alcohol testing. State Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch will seek authorization to buy 50 units at five dollars each and test in counties Butler Franklin Hardin Grundy and Black Hawk. Results may push 1963 legislature to consider implied consent laws to curb drinking drivers.
Leona Mae Higgins, 39, of Des Moines, was paroled to the Iowa Board of Parole after a five year prison sentence for embezzlement by an agent. She pleaded guilty to converting five checks totaling $967 belonging to Jacobsen Linotyping Co. where she worked.
Winning nominations for state offices are two Atlantic men. They are M. P. Conway, candidate for the Democratic nomination for state railroad commissioner and C. E. Kringel, former county auditor, a candidate for the Republican nomination for auditor of state. Among those receiving honor keys in journalism at the annual journalism honors dinner last night at Iowa state college were E. H. Williams and A. F. Kleuver of this city. Miss Marjorie Wilson of Massena is one of five honor students in the senior class of Simpson college.
Wednesday, June 3, 1942, Harry Beers becomes the new councilman from the second ward replacing Theo Littlefield who recently resigned. Miss Mildred Becker, Iowa State College chemistry graduate, has taken a position at Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville Oklahoma. Ernest I Sorensen of Atlantic is among Iowans enlisting in the navy at Des Moines recruitment station.
Kenneth Jones, former Iowa highway patrol member, takes the sheriff nomination while Lester L. Kluever, a World War II airman and former prisoner of war, wins the Cass County attorney nomination in the same primary. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ann plan a quiet golden wedding anniversary at their home Wednesday. Titan, Saturn’s large moon, is described as having a methane atmosphere.
The Office of Emergency Planning fired consultant John D. Morgan Jr. and asked the Justice Department to review an alleged conflict of interest amid a Senate stockpiling inquiry. Chairman Stuart Symington said taxpayers could lose well over 1 billion dollars, and an audit of nickel profits by firms led by George M. Humphrey is planned.
The notice provides phone numbers for delivery issues on East Side West Side Highland LaVista Fairlawn and Zurtiah Addns. It instructs to call 7 p m if you live to Atlantic on City carrier route and fail to receive your paper.
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