Route decision for Iowa Minnesota interstate explored
Iowa and Minnesota highway officials choose a parallel four lane route from Highway 20 to Albert Lea, despite cheaper US 65 aligned options. The decision, signed May 9, aims to save motorists about 1.8 million annually in operating costs but faces local debate over which corridor best serves northern Iowa communities.
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Bremond
Garner Forest City
Fells
Hampton
Mason
Iowa
Minnesota
Iowa Commission
Lackore
Mason City
Comerce
Highway Commission
Move Brick Building At Audubon Heads To New Site
The former Northwestern Bell Telephone exchange building in Audubon started its three block move to a new location sold to E. V. Magnussen. Atlantic Builders Movers handled the 80 ton move from the old site to a lot west of the creamery on Davenport, traveling west down South Park then north to Davenport and west to the new lot.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Exchange
Audubon
Dial Service
E. V. Magnussen
Davenport
Atlantic Building Movers
South Park
Audubon Business District
Davenport Street
Ambiguous Quote Cited as Local Gripe
A reader comment, “I'd like to see them hang this one upside down,” appears in letters or opinion items reflecting frustration with a decision or policy. The snippet signals public discontent without identifying names or a concrete event.
Speeding charges dominate patrol radar check results
Iowa highway patrol issued 19 court summonses for speeders near Atlantic. Fourteen cars and five trucks were fined with costs. May totals show 147 car speeding summonses, 40 truck notices, and 40 warming tickets. Eleven fatality count aligns with 1962 figures for January–May.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Justice Court
Roy Frank Westfall
Robert B. Broc
Des Moines
Susan Nearmyer
Newton
George Jahnke
Lewis
Edward Lank
Anita
Warren Teetor
Grand Ledge Mich
Bill Stockwell
Omaha
E. C. Campbell
Clinton
Larry Simmer
Guthrie Center
Thomas Counihan
Lincoln
William Smith
East Omaha
John Scharf
Flint
Mich
Matthew E. Brady
Inglewood
Calif
Larry Dean Waldau
Wiota
John Powers
Coon Rapids
Rayman McLane
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy C. Kuehn
Portland
Ore
Moonlight of Values outdoor event planned for June 17
The retail committee discussed last week's outdoor living promotion and proposed repeating an outdoor event in 1964. Moonlight of Values is set for Monday night June 17 with co chairs Sandy Farrow and Leonard Sharp. Stores will open 10 am to 5 pm and 7 pm to 11 pm with 7 to 11 promotions. July 27 brings Crazy Day run by Tony LaBreche and Charles Henley.
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Van's
Bob Foster
Bureau
Sandy Farrow
Leonard Sharp
Tony LaBreche
Charles Henley
Chestnut Street
Foster
Jerry Cline
Cy Albertson
Wabash Railroad Reports Best Activity Since 1958
The Wabash Railroad reports 1962 operating revenues of 120.4 million, the highest since 1957. Carloadings reached 795,223, the peak since 1957, with a 10.3 million revenue increase driven by a 5.1 million freight rise. President Herman H. Perler notes continued gains after earlier declines.
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Wabash Chicago
Wabash Railroad
Wabash
Herman H. Perler
Atlantic High Student Sets UN Pilgrimage Trip
Barbara Woodward, daughter of Roscoe and Barbara Woodward of Lewis, a sophomore at Atlantic High, will depart July 22 with an IOOF and Rebekah lodges sponsored group for a 15 day trip to the United Nations and East Coast. Sue Rudolph is an alternate delegate. The caravan leaves Des Moines after a 6 30 breakfast and heads to New York.
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Barbara Woodward
Roscoe Woodward
Lewis
Atlantic High School
United Nations
IOOF
Rebekah Lodges
Atlantic Lodges
New York
Des Moines
Sue Rudolph
Howard Rudolph
Atlantic
Florida Department renames mullet to lisa under pressure
At the suggestion of director Randolph Hodges the Florida Conservation Department renamed mullet to lisa to boost consumer appeal. A Fort Lauderdale girl named Lisa replied asking how it would feel to have a fish named Randolph in return.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Conservation Department
Randolph Hodges
Lisa
Fort Lauderdale
Hodges
Randolph
Black bear in captivity travels from Ada to Lincoln Park Zoo
The Oklahoma Wildlife Department reports the lone captive black bear captured near Ada was kept overnight in a jail before being moved to the Lincoln Park Zoo in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Lincoln Park
Oklahoma Wildlife Department
Ada
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Madrid
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Winterset
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Cass County
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Joe Royalty
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Richard L. Wright
Harlan
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Tacoma
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Atlantic Toastmasters Club
Van’s
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Errol Pettersen
Hugh Ross
Art Heiden
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David Allen
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Hugh Allen
George Howard
Cass
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Gary Wissler
Alfred Lemke
Phillip Cullen
Nebraska
Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company
James Kleffman
SS. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church
Edward C. Daly
Sacred Heart Church
West Des Moines
Peter J. Lapcheske
Richard Bergman
Earling
Iowa Weather Bureau
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Dad
Shreveport
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T. W. Baker
Shreveport Journal
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Perryville, Mo
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Cedar Falls
Albert Moore
Perryville
Flaskerrued
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Esteron
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