Widen Search for Car Sniper
State police intensified the hunt for the blue phantom gunman on Illinois highways as thirteen motorists reported being shot at in two weeks. Two drivers escaped injury and police deployed road blocks and air patrols to catch the shooter operating a dark blue car from north to south of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Volo
Lake County
Belleville
St. Louis
Dinois
Cut Your Speed When Dusk Falls To Save Life
Drivers are urged to slow down at dusk as visibility drops and accidents rise. Police departments emphasize reduced speeds and increased vigilance to protect pedestrians and motorists.
New Office Girl and Local Notices Highlight Atlantic Briefs
Miss Lyla Johnson becomes office assistant at Gamble store replacing Mrs Don Petersen who has resigned. Marriage license issued to Kurt Grebe and Carol Ostrus. Golf handicap winner Dale Whiteman with runner-up C R Hemphill at Atlantic Golf and Country Club. First summer band concert set at city park with LeRoy Dick directing. Funeral attendees and new business openings noted along with local visits and public notices. Weather turns cooler after heat wave with 75 to 85 forecast across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyla Johnson of
Wicta
Gamble Store
Don Petersen
Dale Whiteman
C. R. Hemphill
Atlantic Golf and Country Club
City Park
LeRoy Dick
Atlantic High School
Atlantic
Ill and Injured in Local Area
Buck Brock son of Virgil and Virgil Brock from LaVista returned home from Jennie Edmundson hospital Corner Bluffs after five weeks for rheumatic fever. He will stay bedbound for another month. Merlyn Molgaard and Jack Johnson were admitted to Atlantic Memorial hospital for tonsil surgery. Kenneth Christiansen, Mrs Ted Krause, Lynda Coffman, and Mrs Reiner Kasmunson were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Cockshouse
Iowa City
State University
Ralph, Jr
Adele Cockshoot
Lake Geneva Y. W. C. A
Boyne City
Mich
Buck Brock
Virgil Brock
LaVista Place
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Corner Bluffs
Merlyn Molgaard
RFD
Jack Johnson
Cedar Stgger
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Christensen
Cedar Street
Ted Krause
Lewis
Lynda Coffman
Shelby
Reiner Kasmunsen
Chestnut Street
British Ready to Test First A-Bomb
The aircraft carrier Campania will sail from Portsmouth with Britain's first atom bomb for a summer test off Australia's northwest coast. Components are aboard the 15,000 ton ship and the method of detonation has not been disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Eng
Campania
Britain
Australia
U. S
Mr. Motorist A Reminder About Safe Vehicle Startups
A brief advisory warns that starting engines in hazardous conditions should be avoided. It emphasizes delaying travel to prevent accidents and promotes safer planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Motorist
Court To Rule On Segregation In Public Schools
The Supreme Court agreed to hear appeals by Negro parents challenging school segregation as a stigmatizing badge of inferiority. Hearings cover Topeka Kansas and Clarendon County South Carolina, with broader implications for public elementary education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Topeka
Kans
Clarendon County
S. C
Court to hear appeals as new term opens in October
The high tribunal will hear arguments on both appeals during a new term beginning October 6 and may issue a decision late this year or early in 1953. Gov James F Byrnes of South Carolina warned that losing the fight to retain segregation could lead to abandoning public schools. Other southern states Georgia Virginia and Alabama have moved toward privately run classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Alabama
Baptized Massena-Monnie Marie Casteel
10 months old Massena-Monnie Marie Casteel the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Casteel was baptized during a church service on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massena
Monnie Marie Casteel
Lloyd Casteel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Everett Ostrus
Atlantic Theatre
Sorert Bargara
Epperent
America
Edward P. Cole
Jeweler
Kurt H. Grebe
Mackinac City
Carol Ostrus
Wiota
Viola McVey
Reeve Norton
Mendota
Clark Hughes
Indianola
J. 8. Wood
Margaret
Woodbine
Vacuum Cleaners Supply Company
David Dennis
Lynn King
East Fourth Street
Len Thomas
Louisiana
G. C. Dalton
Thomas
Tom Henningsen
Bryn Mawr Circle
Bea Smoot
Colorado University
Detroit
Greenwich
Conn
Dorothy Dixson
Bob Camblin
Blair
Nebr
Atlantic Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Dana College
Miss Dixson
Justice Court
Robert Schwarts
Cumberland
Gilbert Ripke
Kewanee
Edgar Horstman
Sandra Ann Records
Las Vegas
Nev
J. E. Lang
F. J. Becker
Ted Records
Lang
Zola Lang
Grand Island
Ted Lang
Omaha
Stacey Doyle
Kansas City
Roy de. Rosear
J. C. Penney Company
Stockton
DeRoscar
Harley Johnson
Eleanor Shields
Janice Pratt
Denver Hospital
Delbert E. Grulke
U. S. 71
Grant Memorial Day
Offutt Air Base Hospital
Fitzsimmons Hospital
Denver
Wally Hoye
Lyman
Grulke
Fitssimmons Army Hospital
Ward
Iowa
Camp Foster
Lake Okoboji
Dick Carl
Lanny Kullbom
Kenny Petersen
Danny Petersen
Jim Shannon
Jackie Knight
John Molgaard
Roger Carnell
John Moriarty
Jim Moriarty
Bill Lester
Hart Holt
YMCA
Northwestern
BEL
TOOL
Lewis, Ia
Market’s
Frank Carr
W. E. Bates
R. Wayne Flick
Clarence Hencock
Thriftway
Matin
Fey
Meadow
Florida
Morton Salt
C&h
Stokely Red
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