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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
1
The piece argues Khrushchev's denouncement of Stalin reveals a stark shift in perception. It claims Stalin's former authority and honesty collapsed, leaving followers in Moscow and abroad to reassess trust. It notes risk for communists both inside and outside the Iron Curtain in re evaluating leadership.
The piece argues the farm revolt story has dimmed as farm product costs rise and crops improve across the middle west. Primary elections show no clear sign of a sustained rural backlash and politicians have reduced discussion on the issue. A future crop failure or price drop could revive the concept, but now it remains nebulous.
Farmers report alfalfa and oats in decent condition with corn progressing well as recent rains lift pasture growth. However lakes dry ponds and wells remain low, needing moisture to stabilize soil. river run was observed at half bank full for the first time in two years, with Wednesday’s rainfall aiding moisture but not ending the deficit.
Republican National Chairman Leonard W. Hall criticized the presidential primaries as exposing internal weakness and bickering within the Democratic Party. He noted Adlai Stevenson as front runner in delegate strength and referenced Sen. Estes Kefauver’s attacks on Stevenson’s positions on segregation, old age pensions, and monopoly.
Adm Charles Turner Joy, who led the United Nations truce team in postwar Korea armistice talks, died in a San Diego naval hospital at age 61 after four years with leukemia. A 1916 Naval Academy graduate, Joy commanded U.S. naval forces in Korea and retired in 1954 to La Jolla.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists publication evenings except Sundays and provides editor contact, business office, and postal registration. It details subscription rates by carrier in Atlantic, by mail in Cass and nearby counties, elsewhere in Iowa, across the U S, and Canada, with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options.
Washington reports Major AFL CIO aim to purge conflicts of interest within unions stands against Hoffa control. Meany's plan targets Teamsters leadership and possible side business ties while Hoffa defends income from racehorses and a Test Fleet car delivery operation. Congressional scrutiny and old investigations surround Hoffa and allied figures.
Poem reflects on discarded memories and faded possessions as they are swept away in a meaningless pile. The speaker laments neglect of once bright moments now treated as rubbish and carted into oblivion.
United States and two other nations reached a broad set of reciprocal tariff concessions at Geneva, reducing barriers by over 2 billion dollars annually. U S direct cuts on foreign imports in 1954 totaled 677 million dollars, indirect boosts 811 million, and exports concessions reached 400 million dollars. State Department agencies issued the announcement. Des Moines Iowa
The piece surveys shifts from Stalin to Khrushchev including Molotov’s purged status, Tito’s reception, and evolving views on collectivist leadership. It notes purges of the past contrasted with today’s policy of letting officials live, and reflects on long-standing figures like Kaganovich and Vishinsky amid a generational change in Soviet governance.
The passage notes demand to portray Stalin as a bum while Molotov is sent to Tito to keep peace without Stalinists. It comments on how Russians, especially the young, may be shocked by shifting narratives and the unfolding truth claims about postwar leaders.
DES MOINES Iowa officials report the State Highway Patrols two new airplanes issued 28 tickets for improper passing on Iowa highways over three days. Capt James Machholz says planes are not daily yet as plans are developed focusing on no passing zones. He notes traffic fatalities from improper passing have doubled this year and planes have operated on Memorial Day and the recent weekend with pilots and a radio observer in each craft.
London reports Foreign Office confirmation of a World War I era British court ruling that Capt. John Herbert King was sentenced to 10 years for passing secrets to the Soviet Union in September 1939. He was released after the war.
Matthew J. Connelly former White House appointments secretary under Truman testified at his tax fixing trial that he never discussed the Sachs tax evasion case with T Lamar Caudle or anyone else. He said attorney Harry Schwimmer never asked him to do anything improper. The defendants face up to five years and a $10,000 fine if convicted. Schwimmer allegedly offered to buy an oil royalty for $750 as a supposedly good investment.
Des Moines Martin Lauterbach of the Iowa Tax Commission was chosen secretary of the National Association of State Tax Administrators at the convention in Cleveland Ohio.
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