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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1959
Page
1
The article notes foreign cars dominate abroad and now encroach on the U S market. U S manufacturers plan smaller models to defend sales as European nations form an economic alliance, pressuring U S producers on prices and wages to stay competitive.
The piece argues that federal attempts to regulate farm production backfired by boosting overall output. It claims southern and western regions grow corn and wheat despite restrictions, while hogs rise to consume surpluses. Cotton farmers also diversify into corn hogs and poultry, worsening imbalances, with the middle west continuing to expand surplus production.
The piece notes dwindling interest in carnivals and circuses in Atlantic and predicts they will fade. It mentions the Geneva conference lacking results but the Red leadership pressing a summit, with Eisenhower demanding progress before attending. The tone implies Eisenhower holds leverage in the diplomacy.
The Iowa Air National Guard joined Coast Guard duties in a river rescue at Palisades Park Cedar River. Bill Gamber and Lester Darkhuff, both 20 from Cedar Rapids and Keystone, were swept over a six foot dam when their boat stalled. They clung to a cement spillway as rapids blocked boats. After five hours an Air Guard helicopter from Boone arrived and pulled them to safety with a rope sling.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists edition timings evenings except Sunday with editor D Simpson and a News 434 business office. It notes postal registration since 1912, membership in press associations, and subscription pricing by carrier in Atlantic and mail rates for Cass and surrounding counties and broader regions.
Drew Pearson attends the Atlantic congress of the NATO alliance in London as a delegate promoting people to people diplomacy. He helped launch the Friendship Train and Freedom balloons and has long urged engaging the Russian people to prevent wars.
A humorous reflection on avoiding business life and debt collection. The speaker admits he could not endure asking friends for payment or suing them, preferring poverty to commerce. He jokes about his inability to manage money demands and his instinct to run from financial duties.
Walter Williams, the last Confederate army survivor, was awarded an honorary five star general rank by the Confederate High Command at his Houston bedside. St. Petersburg engineer Donald A. Ramsey presented the honor as executive commissioner. Williams, with a slight chill, dozed through most of the ceremony as the event unfolded. The piece notes the 1904 ice cream cone adaptation at the St. Louis World's Fair.
Police said 19 year old Sandra Smith was electrocuted Sunday while mowing grass in a ditch with an electric mower and standing in ore water. Authorities are investigating the incident as an accidental electrocution in Nevada.
In a 1988 Vanderbilt Cup context, declarer fails to make thirteen after Kass opens with an unusual diamond lead deuce. The declarer goes down in six diamonds despite potential routes, as partner and defender holdings remain unseen.
Practical guidance for bystanders in accidents stressing do not treat, yet get a doctor or ambulance quickly. advise dispatch with location, cause, injuries, supplies, and aid given. tips on calming victim, preventing shock, warming, wrapping, and avoiding stimulants or unsafe actions. includes Q&A on laxatives and cancer risk.
Paramount says Jerry Lewis signed a 10 million dollar seven year deal to star in 14 pictures. Seven films will be produced by Paramount York Corp and seven by Jerry Lewis Productions Inc.
Leesburg Presbyterian pastor announces no summer camps at Weekiwachee for about 100 Protestant boys due to threats of violence if Negroes were included. Camps were to host white children and "qualified" boys from any church. Threats circulated via Hernando County residents. The St Johns Presbytery includes Sebring Sanford Deland Daytona Beach Orlando churches. West Germany notes mass East European refugee influx.
Fragmentary first returns from Sicily's new legislature indicate the Communist Socialist alliance leading over the ruling Christian Democrats, but the data are too incomplete to reveal a trend. The Christian Democrats face an uphill struggle in their fight to secure a clear majority.
The article notes a faction aims to win back control on a strategic mid-Mediterranean island following a split within their ranks last winter. It also recalls the 1827 Mississippi River flood that destroyed more than 45 million dollars worth of property and crops.
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