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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1964
Page
1
The piece criticizes Nixon's intervention in the civil rights debate and warns against presidential ambitions. It notes the Senate ending the filibuster on civil rights, then shifts to Iowa weather with increased winds and a changing pattern. It laments federal funding incentives that erode local control and debt, citing Indiana as a rare exception.
A Des Moines seminar will introduce Iowa agricultural and soil conservation officials to the Harvestore Soil Saver a water control structure. The device installs in a day by three men and uses glass fused to steel panels with a 40 to 50 year life. Manufactured by A O Smith Harvestore Products Inc Arlington Heights Illinois and distributed by Levine Co with plants in Centerville and Des Moines. The system supports over five hundred different erosion and water control configurations and all parts are factory pre fabricated.
Michael Meder, 17, faced a $100 fine in Municipal Court for violating his learner permit after a scooter collision last week killed 17 year old passenger Carol Ann Byers. The incident occurred in Clinton, involving a car. Syria was once the bread basket of the Roman Empire.
The notice lists subscription rates for carriers in Atlantic Iowa and surrounding counties, with annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly options. It also shows mail rates for Cass and adjacent counties, other towns, and Canada, reflecting pricing for domestic and international delivery.
Drew Pearson reports from Addis Ababa on his interview with Emperor Haile Selassie. The monarch stresses education as Ethiopia’s salvation, discusses Ethiopian Somalia tensions, and critiques foreign aid dynamics with the United States and Russia. He notes Egypt’s Aswan dam influence and outlines language policy in technical schools with Russians. The dialogue covers Eritrea, Lake Tana, and a pet dog named Lulu during a ceremonial audience.
Edgar A. Guest reflects on chorus girls who toil long hours to please crowds in theaters. He expresses sympathy for their hard path to fame and notes the fragile, toilful route to recognition. The poem laments the allure of public acclaim and the cost to those pursuing it.
A reflective verse laments showy dreams pursued by crowded performers who endure hardship for applause. The speaker watches dancers seeking approval as age approaches, foreseeing disappointment and crushed aspirations.
In a natural bidding sequence, the Sharples twins Robert and James reach a grand slam without artificial bids. South opens clubs, overcalls, and a three diamonds cue shows another suit while clubs remain trump. North jumps to seven clubs for the grand slam, aided by inference and Blackwood avoidance.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Dwornicki moved yesterday to DeWitt where he works as an engraver. Mr and Mrs Roy Bierbaum and daughter Miriam travel to Ames for Iowa State College commencement where Royal Bierbaum earns a B S degree in agriculture. Zion Lutheran Vacation Bible School reports 80 enrolled in closing exercises. Mr and Mrs James Stapleton Massena receive medals and coins from their son Sgt James W Stapleton in the war zone. Manuel Chinitz stationed at Fort Benning Ga has been promoted to corporal.
Miss Margaret Jean Rae of 711 Cedar Street, niece of Mrs H B Hollen, has graduated from Simmons College Boston in the school of social work. Orville Christensen and Frank Nelson of Anita have joined the Hal Stone tent show. The Atlantic Municipal band is set to play at the Iowa state fair in August.
Washington reports a new law requiring equal pay for equal work goes into effect today for more than seven million women under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Labor Department cautions not all affected women will receive raises and notes uncertainty about how many earn less than men. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 amends the FLSA to ban wage discrimination by sex, with penalties up to ten thousand dollars and possible imprisonment on a second offense. Back pay can be recovered as unpaid wages, and the labor secretary can sue for back pay at an employee request.
Dis descendants of Chief Big Bow Kiowa gather at Hobart Oklahoma for a planned grave transfer ceremony for the ex Army scout. Diggers fail to locate the grave on farmland after searching 50 sites. search resumes today with crowd waiting.
President Johnson honors 121 high school graduates named as presidential scholars. The event features encounters with Helen Hayes Ogden Nash J Robert Oppenheimer Alan Shepard Harper Lee and Leonard Bernstein. An outdoor dinner and a concert by the Kingston Trio close the evening on the south lawn.
Four youths swam in a gravel pit four miles east of Knoxville. Thomas Leroy Hines, 14, disappeared after a dive and was later found drowned. His brother Galen Hines, 11, Clyde Parks, 15, and Leroy Clark, 20, reported the incident to authorities.
The article discusses calories as a real factor in weight loss and explains how emotional states influence appetite. It cautions against crash diets, urges professional guidance, and emphasizes counting calories under a doctor's plan for sustainable weight control.
Iowa Tax Commission officials say thousands of dollars are unpaid use taxes on boats bought outside the state. About 3,800 boats were purchased by sportsmen over five years without paying the two percent use tax, equal to the sales tax. A list from the Conservation Commission shows the missing funds may exceed $40,000 in total due, including penalties.
Phone numbers for the remaining East Side and West Side sections along Chestnut are listed as 243-2168 for the East Side and 343-4918 for the West Side.
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