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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1957
Page
3
Fragmented scoreline and player mentions from a baseball game as Atlantic and Indians context appears amid garbled OCR. Many proper nouns are corrupted, but references to pitchers, hits, outs, and several player surnames exist, requiring careful reconstruction.
In New York the saloon trade along the Madison Square Garden area is slack as Billy Graham revives the churches. Bartenders say crowds gather for the evangelist nightly, but bars stay quiet. Some staff have been laid off, and cigar stores report patrons buying Bibles rather than cigarettes. Graham drew 17,000 Thursday night and 441 converts after the service, bringing total decisions for Christ to 17,670.
Rites were held at the Exira cemetery this morning for Leslie Gransberry who died Wednesday in Sioux Falls S D. Rev S R Wall officiated. Gransberry born March 15 1890 in Exira served in World War I then lived in Estherville. Survivors include three sisters Dolly Hunt Exira Edna Langdon and Lola Kohlstedt Hollywood Calif and a brother Frank Gransberry Minot N D.
New daughter born May 28 to Darrell Eckelkamp and spouse formerly of Atlantic. Grandparents listed as Mrs. Ed Eickebkamp and Mrs. Ruby Plaisted. Hospital arrivals include Glynn Hansen and a daughter at Atlantic Memorial Hospital and Merle Robison and spouse's son, both at Atlantic Memorial. Also note Paris hosts Cirque Medrano and Cirque d'Hiver year round.
The centennial of The Little Brown Church in the Vale is celebrated at the Little Brown Church in the Vale with a Sunday program of services and music. Rev Douglas Fox will preach with other ministers, followed by weddings. The tale ties Dr. William Pitts’s 1857 song to Fredericksburg and Bradford near Nashua, Iowa, with a love story and a life that spanned medicine and music.
Visiting sisters from Grand Island Nebraska and local residents are featured in this brief. A driver Zell Cook of Griswold is fined seven dollars and fifty cents plus costs for improper vehicle registration. Rotary Club to hear Supt. Schuler on school reorganization. Grant Playground enrollment reaches eighty under PTA sponsorship as summer program runs five more weeks. Sixth grader Diana Turner places second in beanbag toss. Grant E Martin of Massena joins 66 Iowa graduates taking bar admission at Iowa City with oath by Justice Larson. Wet weekend forecast across southern and western Iowa with showers and possible thunderstorms. Kenneth Milford of Atlantic earns civil engineering degree at Iowa State. classmates from area listed.
Mrs. Ernie Jones heard a crash and saw a horse with its head through her shattered picture window. She threw her shoe to scare it, and the horse backed out. The animal had escaped from a nearby farm.
Wisteen Inc a Milwaukee Memphis and St Louis business group with no current broadcasting interests applied Friday to the Communications Commission for TV Channel 23 at Des Moines.
Albert J. Robertson of Des Moines a banker was approved by the Senate on Friday to join the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. He currently serves as a member and chairman under a recess appointment.
The Maytag Co Foundation awards its fifth annual five thousand dollar grant to the Iowa College Foundation. The foundation represents nineteen Iowa four year colleges, all nonprofit and tax supported.
In Columbus Ohio legislators weigh a bill that would classify the killing of a legislator as automatic first degree murder. The proposal comes as the Assembly nears potential adjournment and seeks harsher punishment for attacks on public officials.
A 23-year-old airman in Kansas City borrowed a taxi in a rush to reach Union Station for a train. He testified to police there was no criminal intent and admitted visiting several taverns while waiting. He was released without charges after questioning.
The Iowa Des Moines Conference on a Thursday night announced 1957 58 pastoral assignments across districts Boone Burlington Des Moines and Ottumwa. Appointees include Robert A McBlain James W Marlin Lester Hancock Glenn Bush Gilbert Stout Harold Nichols William Morehouse Lyle Dunham Paul Hillman Paul M McDade and many others serving supply or specific circuit roles across towns such as Madrid Manning Rippey Des Moines Council Bluffs Mount Pleasant and Ottumwa with numerous churches receiving new pastors or supply pastors for the coming year.
Mrs Nellie Sare of Seattle Wash is a guest of her sisters Mrs Hazel Mennealy and Mrs Earl Stone. Alice Cole of Emmitt Idaho was a guest last week at Edwin Curry. Earl Spiker attended a car dealers luncheon and meeting at the training center in Omaha. The A C Stinemates G W Stinemates and Mrs Karl Spiker called at Jennie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs on Warren Lischer of Red Oak, very patient there.
Iowa Republicans Hick enboower and Martin backed the foreign aid authorization bill, joining the Senate in Friday night passage. They also aligned with the majority against four amendments proposed by Louisiana Democrat senators Long and Ellender. Motorists urged to obey stop signs, not slow down.
Rumors of a ruble devaluation triggered panic buying in the Soviet Union and satellites. Moscow’s Pravda denied any official devaluation while criticizing citizens rushing to stores. Newspapers in Czechoslovakia and Hungary echoed the fear, blaming hostile elements for spreading the rumors.
A Sahara region notes extreme diurnal temperature shifts with nights plunging about 60 degrees cooler than daytime shade. This stark contrast highlights desert climate volatility and survival challenges for travelers and wildlife.
Speculation grows over the vacant southern Iowa federal judgeship as Ed Hicklin of Wapello seeks support from Senators Hickenlooper and Martin. The Department of Justice will recommend a successor to Judge Riley to President Eisenhower, who will forward the nomination to the Senate. Other possible contenders include Roy Stephenson, D. C. Nolan, C. Edwin Moore, S. E. Pratt, and Merritt Sutton.
A safety reminder urges drivers to check for oncoming traffic from both directions before merging from side streets. The guidance stresses vigilance to prevent collisions and protect lives on busy roadways.
Federal District Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy received final written arguments on the legality of letting Japanese courts try Army specialist William S. Girard. The case concerns a fatal shooting of a Japanese scrap scavenger in an Army area in Japan.
The government’s team led by U S Atty Oliver Gasch argued the contentions of Girard’s defense are absurd stating Congress has allowed trial by foreign courts for American service members charged with civil law violations overseas. Also a public safety reminder urges not to drive after drinking.
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