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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1961
Page
1
The article argues freedom is interpreted differently across nations and cultures. It criticizes U.S. policy for equating dollars with true freedom and urges teaching its meaning alongside economic aid. It notes aid often enriches oppressors and calls Kennedy era efforts to correct past mistakes.
The piece argues large profits from government contracts show graft and waste in local missile site construction near Offutt and Omaha. It cites a steak house operator and an inexperienced contractor benefiting from such deals, urging a shift to consumer-like contracting to end taxpayer losses.
Dick Marshall of Lewis appears in a New York Life Insurance ad holding a dog's head. In Benson Minnesota, E C Alpers drive to see niece Sandra Abner graduate from high school. The class of 61 reportedly had 61 boys and 61 girls. Wes Pennington of Corning anglers a record 8 pound bass at Lake Binder, 23 inches, on a spinner with 20 pound line.
NASA reports two satellites Explorer VIII and Vanguard III warn that high velocity cosmic dust particles travel in space near Earth and may threaten future voyagers. Analysis ties particles to the Leonid meteor stream near November 14, with potential for punctures or corrosion of spacecraft.
Kenneth Benda of Hartwick resigns Friday as Republican state finance chairman effective Saturday. Verne R. Martin of Newton also resigns as state chairman. The Republican State Central Committee meets Saturday to name a successor for Martin.
Adlai Stevenson faced renewed protests during his Latin American tour with critics at a Uruguayan university denouncing him as an envoy of Wall Street. The Uruguayan government reaffirmed opposition to armed action against Castro and Stevenson planned talks in Rio de Janeiro with President Quadros to align on Cuba policy.
Arend D. Lubbers, 29, president of Central College of Pella, told the Iowa Manufacturers Association that industry is on the spot and businessmen must practice free enterprise. He linked bid rigging scandals in the electrical sector to questions about socialism and private cartel or government control.
Carolyne Millard daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Millard will be a sophomore at Simpson College AnInd to next fall. She leaves Sunday for Camp Moingune near Des Moines where she will serve as a counselor for the summer. She previously counseled at the same camp last summer.
The Atlantic News Telegraph announces subscription pricing for local and distant readers, listing monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly rates for Atlantic Cass and adjoining counties, elsewhere in Iowa, United States, and Canada, with edition details and postal registration.
GOP strategists plan to attack President Kennedy over appointing relatives to key jobs. They cite Bobby Kennedy, Sargent Shriver, and Stephen Smith, though none receive government salaries. Lyndon Johnson briefs Pentagon leaders on Asia, praising leaders in Thailand Formosa and Vietnam while urging better aid oversight. A Nazi war criminal, Dr Josef Mengele, is reportedly hiding in Canada. Pennsylvanian Bill Green secures U.S. attorney post and moves an IRS center to Philadelphia.
Poem by Edgar A. Guest expresses a soldier’s wish to return to loved ones with head held high and honor intact. He asks to be defeated yet clean of hands and to preserve his children’s trust and faith, regardless of fate or outcome.
Anita and Harvey Jensen of South Gate California visit at the Lambertsen home of their parents along with other relatives during a family gathering.
A medical feature compares rheumatic fever and rheumatoid arthritis. It notes onset after strep infection versus cold weather triggers, joint patterns, heart involvement, age of onset, and aspirin response, emphasizing careful diagnosis.
A catalog of new books includes works on FDR’s death and Depression era men and women, memoirs by Gene Fowler and Lillian Rogers Parks, Shirer’s Rise and Fall, Amory on high society, and fiction from Greene to Fast. Notable titles cover history, travel, mysteries, and westerns with authors such as Berlend, Yellen, Mercier, Longstreet, and Fast.
About 780 youths attending Hawk Eye Boys State visited the Iowa Statehouse in Des Moines. Gov. Norman Erbe urged proposals for a full-time legislature, an 18 voting age, an implied consent drunk driving law, and a civil service system, echoing ideas considered in 1961 but not passed. Ed Bastian, 17, of Cedar Rapids was among elected officers taking top state posts for the event.
Jacqueline Kennedy vacationing aboard the yacht North Wind as it weathered strong winds and 30 mile per hour gusts off Poros Greece after departing Epidaurus. The first lady planned a second day of island sightseeing with Marcos Nomikos’s yacht and her sister and brother in law Prince and Princess Stanislas Radziwill aboard.
Five year old Corine Swatzke died in a Saginaw hospital from head injuries after being struck by a car at a city intersection. The incident occurred near her home on March 29 1960 and a second collision happened at the same intersection on Thursday.
Bridge report describes a contract play where Jay Tecker achieved a 500 point result for a doubled contract notrump while East made nine tricks for 600 points after South led king of hearts. A second table shows a sequence in a four notrump with questions about bidders aims and possible misapprehensions.
Honolulu coverage details Fort Shafter dating to 1905 and Schofield Barracks from 1908. Tripler Hospital a 14 story 1500 bed center. National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific on Punchbowl Crater. Up to 65,000 air evacuees during Korea. Tropic Lightning and vast training areas noted.
Gov. Norman Erbe will spend next week teaching a leadership course to the new class of officer candidates at the Iowa Military Academy. The Iowa National Guard lieutenant colonel will conduct the course as part of the regular summer guard encampment at Camp Dodge nearby.
Herbert A. Wagner and his wife Loretta, both of Walnut, filed separate bankruptcy petitions in the federal district court here on Thursday. Wagner lists debts of 7487.77 and assets of 400 with 300 exempt, while Loretta Wagner lists debts of 7265.46 and assets of 500 with 800 exempt.
Barbara Milford daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Milford of Lincoln Nebraska former Atlantic graduate tops 260 seniors at Southeast High School Lincoln She received the Nebraska Wesleyan academic achievement scholarship and a freshman scholarship from the University of Nebraska She held honor roll five semesters National Honor Society and Academic Achievement Society memberships and contributed to school activities including theater band debate and pep clubs She plans to teach mathematics and English at the secondary level and will enroll at Nebraska University Teachers College next fall.
U S military research teams are spread through Southeast Asia and the Middle East to learn first hand what weapons are needed to combat Communist guerrillas. They will talk with native anti guerrilla fighters and confer with U S advisory groups already on the scene.
The Pope told Belgian newsmen in Vatican City that Queen Fabiola is expecting a child. He gave a special audience to the Queen and King Baudouin during their state visit, following their state audience Thursday.
Residents of Atlantic are warned to contact their carrier about missed delivery and rent payments before 7 p.m. The notice lists multiple east and west side addresses with phone numbers and urges prompt action to avoid service disruption and continued arrears.
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