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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1948
Page
2
Washington Senator Hickenlooper joined the minority as the Senate added a provision to outlaw the poll tax as a voting condition in federal elections for armed forces members. Iowa Senator Wilson was not recorded.
M. O. Nelson district sanitary engineer will present findings on sanitation in Atlantic and Cass county at two health group meetings next Tuesday. At 2 PM he speaks to the county health council. at 7 15 PM he updates the community public health council. Mrs Dell Taylor invites the mayor and city council and urges civic groups to attend.
Argentina’s chief of naval operations Vice Admiral Juan M. Carranza will arrive in the United States for a three week visit starting June 28. Argentine vice war minister Jose Humberto Sosa Molina recently completed a similar trip to the United States.
Dr. Tom E. Shearer of Cumberland Iowa was named president of Parsons College after a year as acting chief. The board approved an college improvement program and cited his background including law training at Iowa, tenure at Penn State, and leadership of the small business bureau.
Fourteen Atlantic youths are among 120 southwest Iowa boys attending YMCA Camp Foster at Lake Okoboji from June 13 to June 26. A special chartered bus departs Atlantic Sunday at noon to shuttle those going by bus. John Bell serves as program director. Carolyn Anderson will direct girls periods. registrations remain open for the southwest Iowa girls session July 11 to July 24.
Casey area notes report Linden hosts a Friday night O E S friendship session attended by Casey M Meecham and several Linden members. Mesdames Mowry Thompson and Bosold served as guest officers. Persis Coleman was initiated. Nora Woodson of St Joseph Mo visited. Ernest Conway and wife visited from Stuart.
Eyewitnesses report Egyptian troops landed near Sedud south of Tel Aviv as battles flare in northern Palestine. Egypt claims capture of Miesanim and 220 Jews killed or wounded. Tel Aviv suffers air raids. Bernadotte's truce terms spark debate as Arab League weighs final decision tonight.
Mrs. Harry Williams of Lewis underwent major surgery at Jennie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs. Dallas Logue and others were admitted or released at Atlantic Memorial hospital. Fractures and crash injuries were reported near Wiota with Mrs. Dorsey and J Hughes Stone involved as witnesses to the collision and its aftermath.
Mrs James Andersen was admitted to Jennie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs on Sunday for surgery. The Oscar Hansen children remain at home with measles.
General Electric Co proposed an eight per cent pay increase affecting about 125000 employees in GE plants nationwide. The raise equates to roughly nine cents to over one cent an hour and was presented to CIO United Electrical negotiators during talks underway since March 2. Union reps recessed to study the proposal.
A Des Moines report notes a hen nest containing tickets and an egg amid a tale of a man named Overton 50 fined 40 dollars for illegal occupation. State patrol chief S N Jespersen says motor vehicles will receive small yellow stickers for quick second checks, speeding process at stops.
Thomas L. Owens, 60, a congressman from Chicago, died Monday at Bethesda Naval Hospital after being stricken. He served in Congress and passed away in Maryland. Local reports note his age and residence.
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