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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1960
Page
2
Democratic and Republican leaders argue over fund raising and voter mobilization as campaigns plan nationwide efforts. Analysts predict the 1956 race will feature heavy spending at local state and national levels with bets on how dollars will influence results.
Israel confirms a Jewish volunteer group tracked Adolf Eichmann to Argentina in a case spanning three continents. The note claims Eichmann acted of his own free will and cites Argentina’s inquiry prompted by rumors of his capture.
Jack Freund and Karen Linke top Lewis High School senior class with high grades and leadership roles. Freund plans farm work after, Linke active in plays and student government and aiming for business school in Omaha.
A Negro woman, Mrs McKinney, was elected to a top level post of the American Baptist convention, the first such achievement. George Cornell reports that Cleve land’s Shears Rath McKinnes was named second vice president and Stanton Gallup of Plainfield Conn, led as president elect. Gallup, a married father of four, heads Gallup Lumber in Plainfield and has served eight years on the denomination’s General Executive Council. The Rev Roger Predereksen of Sioux Falls was named first vice president. Mrs McKinney has long served in national women’s groups and religious service roles.
Convention nears completion as officers are chosen without opposition amid efforts to quiet protests challenging the Catholic Church and its ties to the impending national presidential election.
A freight train derailed at the Grand Junction road crossing. a drawbar dropped from a car, sending others into a three deep pileup. No injuries were reported though damage was estimated up to $174,000. Clinton and Conrad Bluffs crews cleared the wreck. refrigerated trucks moved meat and foods from the cargo.
Former Maryland governor McKeldin was among six recipients of honorary degrees at Iowa Wesleyan College during Monday’s commencement. Speakers included Hartzell Spence and Rex Marquardt as McKeldin urged graduates to form opinions on public issues.
The Board of Missions of the Methodist Church announced it will request 39 24 Methodist congregations nationwide to donate what they can on June 26 to support earthquake and tidal wave victims in Chile and other nations.
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