Launch Time Set for Atlas Ballistic Missile Test
The Convair Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile maiden flight is planned for Friday from Patrick Air Force Base Florida. The launch aims a 2000 mile range with a 700 mile altitude then southeast toward tropical waters. President Eisenhower may observe the test in Florida.
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San Diego
Calif
Patrick Air Force Base
Florida
James
Eisenhower
United States
Moscow
New Books At The Atlantic Library
The Atlantic Library offers a June picks list with Ernest Gann’s Twilight For the Gods and Richard Powell’s The Philadelphia. Other titles include The Hon Rocky Slade by William Wister Haines, The Last Angry Man by Gerald Green, and John Cheever’s The Wapshot Chronicle. Also featured are Janice Holt Giles The Believers, Una Troy We Are Seven, and new mysteries by Seifert Loring Miyamoto and Patrick Quentin.
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Ernest Gann
Richard Powell
Philadelphia
Rocky Slade
Wm. Wister Haines
Rocky
Gerald Green
Woody Thrasher
Sam Abelman
New York
Sam
John Cheever
Mr. C
Sam Shellabarger
Tolbecken
N. E
Tolbeuken
Janice Holt Giles
Kentucky
Hannah Fowler
Rebecca
Ann Lee
Thau
Una Troy
Bridget Monaghan
Miss Troy
Elizabeth Seifert
Emilie Loring
Seifert
Dr. Barton
Farm land prices rise 3 percent in four months
Washington The Agriculture Department reports a 3 percent rise in farm real estate values for the four months ended March, continuing a boom since 1941. The March 1 average value reached 94.52 dollars per acre, a new record and 7 percent above the prior year.
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Washington
Aanculture Department
Farm Problems Mount in Texas and Oklahoma
Texas and Oklahoma farmers face widespread rain damage with floods ruining crops while some regions report good harvests. Flood losses in Texas reach 1.57 million acres damaged and 27.3 million dollars in losses, per the Texas Defense and Disaster Office and Extension Service, as moisture varies by area.
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Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
North Texas Wheat Belt
Texas Defense and Disaster Office
The
Extension Service
Panhandle
South Plains
Waco
Gulf Coast
Births Little Julene Marie Christen at Myrtue Hospital
Harlan parents Mr and Mrs Dale A Christen sen announce the birth of daughter Julene Marie at 2:52 PM Wednesday at Myrtue hospital Harlan. Weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces she joins big sister Darlene June. Grandparents listed from Harlan Atlantic and Har lan.
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Dale A. Christensen
Harlan
Julene Marie
Myrrue Hospital
Martin S. Christensen
Howard Espeland
Atlantic
Dick Millikan
East Mahogany
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Gail Nelson
Brayton
Atlantic Memorial
Ernest Madsen
Memorial Day Visitors Fill Griswold Homes
Griswold residents welcomed guests over the holiday weekend including Mrs Na Mae Davies of Chicago and Mrs Ned Phillips, Mrs Oscar Thomas and Neal Mundorf, and families from Hartford City Ind and Des Moines. Visitors from Madison Neb and Chicago stayed with the Vernons and Roushs. More relatives joined Mrs Ida Snyder, Mr and Mrs Dean Cable and the Brouses.
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Ernest M. Bucknum
Waco
Tex
Carl Roush
Concord
Calif
Lowell Roush
Chicago
Roush
Ida Snyder
Dale
LaCrosse
Wis
M. T Mackin
Fort Dodse
Snyder
Dean Cable
Chattanooga Tonn
Arthur Brouses
Furnis Cables
Good Deed at Kenton Goo Dale Farm Brings Community Help
Neighbors plow 20 acres and prepare 90 acres for corn and beans at Kenton Goo Dale farm last Monday. Mr Goodale sustains a fall injury from a tree. Helpers include Beach Goodale Tom Lennard Duane Shearer Lester Jones Paul Williams Glenn Kirlin Ernie Schulz J Clark Wills Kentigh Ralph Price John Hunt Clark Williams Les Hodge Worth Turner John A Mavens Lester Skellenger Marlin Jensen Floyd Hoadley. Saratoga carrier decks one mile of trolley track to haul ammunition.
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Bridgewater
Kenton Goodale
Mr Goodale
Beach Goodale
Tom Lennard
Duane Shearer
Lester Jones
Paul Williams
Glenn Kirlin
Ernie Schulz
J. ~. Clark
Wills Kentigh
Ralph Price
John Hunt
Clark Williams
Les Hodge
Worth Turner
John A Mavens
Lester Skellenger
Marlin Jensen
Floyd Hoadley
West Bend Shrine Is Labor Of Love
The Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, begun in 1912 by Rev. P. M. Dobberstein, grows into a 15000 square foot labyrinth of stones minerals shells fossils and petrified material. Now overseen by Rev. Louis Greving the project may finish in two to three years.
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West Bend
P. M. Dobberstein
Dobberstein
Father Dobberstein
Milwaukee
Sts. Peter and Paul
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Garden of Eden
Louis Greving
Service News Notes Alumni Discharges and Awards
Anita Harold Sims, son of Mr and Mrs Boyd Sims, returns home after marines discharge with three years of service including time in Japan and current duties at San Diego. Robert Wortman among seven Iowa State college basic military students awarded Minute Man medals for excellence in military subjects. Dean Floyd Andre of the division of agriculture presented the awards. SSgt and Mrs Wayne Anderson and daughter of Colorado Springs were weekend guests at Lara Anderson's parental home. E M C and Mrs Carroll Downing and children return home to Great Lakes Illinois after visiting.
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Anita — Harold Sims
Boyd Sims
Marines
Japan
States
San Diego
Adair
Robert Wortman
A. C. Wortman
Iowa State College
Dean Floyd Andre
Division of Agriculture
Ssgt
Wayne Anderson
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lara Anderson
E.mc
Carroll Downing
Great Lakes
Ill
Memorial Day Open House Sees Guests From Six States
Griswold city hall hosted 40 visitors including former residents for a Memorial Day open house. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Zell Cook of Griswold and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gerlach of Manhattan Kansas. For the third year in a row attendance rose. Flying foxes are fruit bats that hang by their legs and feed solely on fruit.
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Griswold
Griswold City Hall
Zell Cook
Fred Gerlach
Manhattan
Kan
Graham urges pastors to speak more on sexuality
Billy Graham told 17 000 at Madison Square Garden that priests must discuss sex to curb rising immorality. He warned that moral decline could destroy America more than communism and cited porn, dress, youth idleness and educational trends as drivers. The New York Crusade extended its run to July 21.
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New York U
Billy Graham
Graham
Madison Square Garden
America
New York Crusade Executive Committee
Walnut News notes residents and visitors
Mr and Mrs Stanley Freeman and children of New Castle Wyoming spent the week with Mrs Ethel Forbes. Guests included Mr and Mrs N R Forbes of Jackson Tennessee Mr and Mrs Bert Forbes of Hubbel Nebraska and Newell Forbes of Omaha. Orville Palmer family moved to Harlan resided there sold to Raymond Suhr. Mrs George Taylor and daughter Viola Walvoord of Denver were guests of J W Bowman. Ralph Ast of Long Beach California visiting Agartha Johnson and Mary Engelman.
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Walnut
Stanley Freeman
New Castle
Wyo
Ethel Forbes
Forbes
N. R. Forbes
Jackson, Tenn
Bert Forbes
Hubbel, Neb
Newell Forbes
Omaha
Melvin Jacobsen
Judith
Robert
Chicago
Orville Palmer
Harlan
Palmer
Raymond Suhr
George Taylor
Viola Walvoord
Denver
Colo
J. W. Bowman
Ralph Ast
Long Beach
Calif
Agartha Johnson
Mary Engelman
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