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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1964
Page
5
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The Associated Press reports eleven Iowans died in weekend incidents including eight highway crashes, one fire, one electrocution, and a drowning in Minnesota. Victims include John Long 29 Davenport electrocuted while changing an underwater pool bulb and Orville Koppess 53 Cedar Rapids smoke inhalation death after a cigarette start.
Benj ain F. Baer, director of corrective institutions in Iowa since 1960, resigns after a clash with the State Board of Control over reform school programs and a new warden at the Men’s Reformatory. His effective date is about July 7 after earned vacation. Baer, 46, was appointed by Gov. Herschel Loveless, earning $17,100 annually.
A Farmers and Merchants Bank robbery in Memphis Missouri led authorities to Granger after a stolen car was reported. About $5,000 was taken as two gunmen fled under gunfire. The abandoned getaway car was found near a wooded area as bloodhounds and a patrol plane searched the scene.
Partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday with occasional showers and thundershowers. Lows Monday night in the 60s. Highs Tuesday in the 80s west to around 98 east. Outlook calls for cooler, partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers east Wednesday.
Reports say the United States 6th Fleet shifts into the eastern Mediterranean near Cyprus amid Cyprus tensions. President Johnson invites Turkish Prime Minister Ismet Inonu to Washington to discuss the crisis involving Greece and Turkey, key NATO southeastern anchor.
The Cass county Red Cross chapter announced the summer swim program including a new class for physically and mentally handicapped participants. Registration at Sunnyside pool in Atlantic runs June 15 to 28. junior and senior lifesaving courses start June 15, daily 9 a.m. to noon.
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider denying a jury trial to former Mississippi Governor Ross R. Barnett and his successor Paul B. Johnson on criminal contempt charges linked to the James H. Meredith case. They were accused of defying a circuit court order regarding Meredith's admission to the University of Mississippi in 1962.
In New York city police and church officials urged Brooklyn and Queens Catholics to travel in groups and by daylight due to rising street and subway violence. The advice emphasized daylight church meetings and family gatherings, including Saturdays and Sundays, to improve safety.
The 16 year quest for knowledge ends as Rose Faithe, who studied printing teaching and law before finally earning a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Nebraska. She plans a medical career with an internship at McKinnon Hospital Sioux Falls and a clinic in Wakonda.
In Amarillo a midnight pursuit in a stolen pickup ended with Patrolman William Meadows dying from a head wound after a high speed chase. A 6 year old boy Jimmy May was killed and Felix Fesmire 15 wounded, as two other youths fled. Police suspect robbery linked to Boys Ranch.
The Supreme Court declines to hear the Communist Party of the United States’ appeal over failure to register under the Internal Security Act. Lower court ruling stands that no one in the party could sign the registration without self-incrimination, and no new leads would arise from registration.
Countess Attlee wife of former Prime Minister Clement Attlee and mother of an Iowa City woman died Sunday in England of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 69. Her husband is now Lord Attlee and she leaves three other children in England.
Eddie Stahl, president of the Aluminum Workers International Union, said 8,000 to 10,000 workers would be idled by a strike set for 11 p.m. Tuesday at seven Alcoa plants in Davenport Iowa Lafayette Indiana Yankee Town East St. Louis Illinois Chillicothe Ohio and Lancaster and Cressona Pennsylvania in sympathy with Massena New York workers who began a walkout May 23 over job reclassification.
Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu former first lady of South Viet Nam and sister-in law of Ngo Dinh Diem will visit the United States. The Conservative party club of Flushing Queens announced she will address a truth rally on July 7 to expose the truth of the Viet Nam affair.
U S Secretary of State George Ball met with British Foreign Secretary Richard Butler in London to discuss Cyprus conscription tensions, Laos and Vietnam, and the Indonesia Malaysia dispute. They also spoke with Duncan Sandys and Edward Heath about UN trade conference issues and East West trade questions. Ball and Heath touched on a proposed U S reactor sale to Communist Romania.
Rosena M. Reuszer 79 of 902 Poplar Street died at 5 55 p m Saturday at Berry nursing home where she had been a patient since March She was born September 15 1884 in Jamestown Missouri daughter of Frederick and Anna Mary Reuszer and lived in Missouri until moving to Buck Creek area in 1934 Then she resided in Atlantic since January 1950 She is survived by brothers J B Reuszer and A F Reuszer both of Atlantic Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 pm at Roland funeral home with Rev Dale Brown officiating The family will receive relatives and friends 730 to 900 pm today Interment at Atlantic Cemetery.
Iowa Supreme Court Justice Norman R. Hays 73 of Knoxville was reported improving at Community Hospital after a Saturday illness. The Grinnell College graduate, who joined the Supreme Court in 1946 and was reelected in 1954, has a term expiring June 20, 1966.
Washington AP reports Senate leaders plan to file today to end the Southern filibuster against the civil rights bill. A crucial vote is set for Wednesday to invoke cloture limiting debate and amendments to one hour per senator.
The SAC air command band and 20 voice glee club will perform at the Atlantic BPO Elks Flag Day observance next Sunday at 1 30 pm in Sunnyside park. Captain Herman G. Vincent directs the 50 member band which has toured across North America. Also joining the ritual are American Legion VFW Amvets national guard Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts. Explorers canvass Atlantic to sell 50 star flags and raise funds for a summer trip.
The Rev Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Rabbi Louis Finkelstein pledged ongoing association in the civil rights struggle during the conferral.
Charles H. Haugh 56 a federal penal official for 26 years was named Monday as warden of the Men s Reformatory in Des Moines The appointment is effective July 5 and carries a salary of 11500 per year Haugh a Burling ton Iowa native is an associate warden at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Kansas and has four years of experience with youthful offenders Fred Aitken Assistant Director of Corrections will serve as acting warden until Haugh assumes duty
Communist ground fire knocked down a second U S Navy Crusader jet over Laos east of Plaine des Jarres. The pilot was rescued from the jungle as cloud cover hindered search operations from Vientiane. Both planes operated from Kitty Hawk in the South China Sea during the May 17 reconnaissance program.
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