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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1961
Page
6
In South Tyrol operatives disrupted transport by dynamiting power poles along the Brenner Pass route and the Domodossola line near the Swiss border. Police reported extensive damage with no casualties.
Former Atlantic woman Judy Dasher Weber had her initials carved on the Iowa University built satellite launched June 28 under Dr James Van Allen. She works in the satellite tracking department while her husband studies in Cumberland. The Atlantic post office yard is praised for color. Larry Dean visited Chester Proctor and grandparents in Massena. he stars on the Lawrence Welk show.
General Douglas MacArthur arrived at Corregidor Island in the Philippines for a 45 minute stop during a sentimental 10 day Manila visit. He praised the island’s heroism and received a rock from Malinta Tunnel from veterans before sailing to Manila Bay. He then heads to the United States Wednesday.
The Atlantic municipal utilities advised they will no longer supply or loan water sample bottles for private well bacterial analysis. Private samples must use bottles from the State Hygienic Laboratory in Iowa City to avoid delays, per Dr. R L Morris and Supt. J H Germain.
The Chamber of Commerce retail committee met at Van's Chat & Chew to finalize Krazy Daze set for Saturday July 29 at 8 a.m. Dick Cook serves as general chairman. A Half-Day Half-Dollar promotion is planned for Wednesday August 9 during the Cass County 4-H and FFA fair with special store buys from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ten $2 bills will be given to attending employees between 2 and 4 p.m. on the fair grounds.
William E. Raworth 74 former Omaha resident died Friday at Veterans Hospital in Oteen North Carolina. Funeral services are Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Crosby Kunold mortuary Omaha with burial at Graceland Park He is survived by three nieces and a nephew and by his sister Mrs William Guske Route 1
Friends and relatives of Roy Martens, recovering from major surgery at St. Josephs hospital Omaha, helped harvest hay at his farm on Friday. The group includes Arnold Peterson Dick Casady Robert Thomason Gail Wissler Ed Henderson Leonard Martens Bernard Martens Claude Graham Richard Wohlenhaus Ted Wohlenhaus John Weppler Elmar Paterson Wayne Herbert Clifton Acker Roy Smith Glenn Brown Hans Martens Rickey McDermott and Formng Patent.
A list of attendees includes Gary Wissler, Gilbert Kennedy, Harold Steffens, Raymond Beiser, Marlin Carlson, William Thomason, John DeBus, William Vetter, and Roger Martens. Lunch was served by Mrs. Gilbert Kennedy and several other women named Mrs. Elmar Paterson, Mrs. Claude Graham, Mrs. Bessie Wohlenhaus, Mrs. John C. Weppler, and Mrs. Roger Martens.
The Navy announced three Polaris submarine names honoring Presidents John Adams James Monroe and patriot Nathan Hale. A fourth new guided missile destroyer will bear the name U S S Byrd in tribute to Rear Adm Richard E Byrd the Arctic explorer.
In Geneva the Soviet Union rejected a new British compromise to break the Laos talks deadlock eight weeks into the 14 power conference. Malcom MacDonald proposed simultaneous discussion of neutrality and cease-fire control, but Georgi Pushkin rejected it. Prince Norodom Sihanouk said the Laotian king is the key mediator after meetings in Phnom Penh.
The National Association of Collegiate Commissioners meets in Chatham Massachusetts for private sessions through Friday. Top executives from 11 major conferences along with Walter Byers and Gen Bob Neyland are expected to discuss officiating mechanics rules television legislation recruiting eligibility and betting law proposals amid a basketball scandal focus.
Hardware dealers report a 2.846 billion dollar business in the prior year. They favor local newspapers for advertising, allocating about 85 percent of their total advertising budgets to the medium.
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