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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1961
Page
4
Twenty three new Iowa highway patrolmen, graduates of a five week recruit training program, were sworn in by State Safety Commissioner Carl Pesch. The officers will fill vacancies and raise the force to 300, with 19 on road patrol and four on drivers licensing.
Verlee Poulson 10 daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Poulson Atlantic and Tom Cannon son of Mr and Mrs Francis Cannon 600 Locust street were winners of bicycles and Nancy Havens daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Havens Wiota received the bond given away at the annual KJAN bicycle rodeo at Sunnyside park Sunday. The winners from the left Verlee Nancy and Tom.
Camp Dodge units were placed on the patrol reserve list and will be called to duty as vacancies occur.
Audubon residents report Mr. and Mrs. John Braun returning from Big Pine Lake near Perham Minnesota to attend a mortgage burning ceremony then joining Wayne feed dealers to fish again on Big Pine. Chicago visitors L A Riggs and Mrs Bert Carlson stay with Riggs at Carroll hospital. Mrs Otis Gregersen released after surgery and staying with Crees Jr in Mason City. A A Kruse Earl Lucas and M E Phillips fished Hackensack Minnesota. Pete Dennis from Danbury Wisconsin attended a ceremony at Our Saviors.
Donna Hover Gierlatowicz of Claremont New Hampshire, once from Atlantic, battles myasthenia gravis a rare neuromuscular disease. She manages household duties and raises three children with help, while facing fluctuating weakness and the need for ongoing medication. Her story highlights diagnosis in 1957 treatment options and the impact on daily life.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Cole, an Army nurse stationed in Oxford during the war, learned years later that a morning greeting with an elderly woman she chatted with was Queen Mary, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.
In Buffalo a major electrical maker showcased a soundproof motor-testing room but the cathedral quiet was broken by a cricket chirp. The scene followed visits by engineers as executives touted the room’s silence and capabilities.
Engineer Arnold N. Clay tunes portable frequency standards atomic clocks at 1.T.T. Federal Laboratories Nutley New Jersey. Clocks reputedly vary less than a second in 1500 years signaling extreme precision for Navy timing work.
In Jackson Mississippi 65 Freedom Riders have arrived to violate Jim Crow laws. Forty two were convicted on breach of the peace while 14 have been released from jail. The rest work off fines at three dollars daily as new riders plan incursions into Jackson.
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr of Atlanta says the Freedom Riders will halt their southern runs if the federal government withholds licenses for segregated interstate bus terminals. He lauds Mississippi authorities for containing violence and notes more riders are en route to Jackson with departures from Richmond planned tonight.
A Colorado railroad station agent answered a caller asking when the next southbound train would depart and whether it would have empty box cars. The caller thanked him and noted that several travelers are headed home for vacation and have made it this far.
Washington AP The House focuses on two major appropriations totaling over 14 billion dollars for agriculture and a broad federal agencies fund. Senate fights the omnibus housing bill with more than 6 billion in loan and grant authority. Senate leader Mansfield foresees no early July adjournment as Congress struggles to complete 16 annual appropriations.
Authorities search for two men in their late twenties who robbed Hattel's Supermarket in Belmond of 660 dollars at a checkout stand Saturday night. They threatened store manager Tom Hattel before fleeing.
Oklahoma City covers 415 square miles ranking as the nation s second largest city by area. Los Angeles spans 457.95 square miles. Houston 349 and New York 319. Drive slower when caution signals appear to save a life.
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