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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1961
Page
10
Three new colored telephones and a tape recorder install at Spooner Fire Station to speed fire location. Red phone handles alarms, beige activates tape to log fire site, gray provides direct line for operator emergencies. Other lines connect to the recorder for rapid location data.
United Nations in New York becomes arena as the United States and Soviet Union press to merge the nuclear test ban issue despite Western objections. Diplomatic maneuvers outline a broader debate over verification and enforcement within the UN framework.
A man in a watertight ball rode the 161 foot Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls. Police said the craft went over the falls about 10 50 a m and the occupant opened the hatch while in the water and waved as a sign of success.
Early Friday a fire at the Arnold Williams residence in east Pottawattamie County started from friction in electric wires. The blaze spread to the house and ignited rafters. Mr. Williams woke about 4:30 AM and called Griswold volunteers, who brought the flames under control.
Partly cloudy today through Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the east and south. Little temperature change. Lows Saturday night elsewhere. Highs Sunday near 03. Outlook: partly cloudy Monday with a few scattered showers.
Racial violence flared for a third day in Chicago with roving gangs attacking whites on the Southwest Side. Four Negro assailants beat a white man, ax handles were used, and explosives were thrown at two white girls as authorities tightened patrols and launched an emergency plan.
A west Atlantic roadblock arrested James Yaccovetti of Colorado Springs after he drove away with an unpaid car. A hitchhiker with him was detained without charges. Spooner, sought in Colorado for murder, was later arrested near Bond after a statewide manhunt.
Red Oak edged Atlantic for the junior golf title in Red Oak with 154 to 157. Bill O Connor led Atlantic with medalist honors. team members included Bill Ellis Jerome Jessen and Steve Casson. Tom Greedy won boys 13 and under with 48. Linda McConnelee captured the girls title with 50. Atlantic won last week at Clarinda. next event at Atlantic Golf and Country Club includes Clarinda Shenandoah and Corning.
Wilma Rudolph, Olympic champion from Tennessee A&I, tied her world 100 meter record of 11.3 seconds in the U S Russia track meet final. Frank Budd won the 100 meters in 10.8 seconds with Paul Drayton of Villanova close behind at 10.4.
South Kingstown died Friday in a hospital. Helen Sherman Griffith an 8 year old novelist and children's author authored The Lane, a best seller in the 1820s.
Daegele, 41, a construction worker from Keokuk Iowa, was sent to Douglas County Kansas authorities to face a rape charge. He is accused of raping a 12 year old Baldwin girl last May 36 and also charged with raping a 19 year old a year earlier.
Cape Canaveral AP Virgil I Grissom is widely reported as the No 1 pick for America's next manned space flight with John H Glenn Jr as backup. NASA will name the selected astronaut Monday hours before launch.
A stage collapse occurred during a performance leaving the audience shocked. A girl in the saw box sustained finger injuries while the illusionist attempted to extract her fingers from the saw device.
An 88-year-old widow, Mrs. Bessie Ryder, was found on her kitchen floor in North Leeds Maine after three days without food or water. A milkman discovering her Friday arranged her transfer to a hospital where she is listed in satisfactory condition.
AP report states Richard D. Noe, 20, was driving and struck a tree near Fort Dodge. He died at the scene while a Webster City youth suffered fatal injuries. Police investigated the crash as a single-vehicle accident with unknown causes at this time.
Services set for Monday at 3 p.m. for Mrs. Cyril Cy Slapnicka 72 longtime Cedar Rapids resident wife of a Cleveland Indians baseball scout She died Thursday Former vice president and general manager of the Indians before World War II
Delmar Dean Spooner aged 25 from Storm Lake was captured by police in Colorado and jailed for the murder of two Colorado policemen near Kremmling.
Cass county 4-H judging team led by Jerry McCrory Larry Kinen Carl Lilienthal and Duane Harris won the live stock contest at Boys Town Nebraska scoring 1669 points of 2000 across beef hog and sheep contests. Twelve counties and 150 youths participated.
An Army reservist died when his jeep overturned three miles west of here on Highways 18 218 while returning from Camp Ripley Minnesota. The vehicle carried a mounted 105 millimeter cannon. Another reservist, Robert Haskenheim of Effingham, was unhurt.
Franklin S. Main of Lamoni, 44, a Democrat, declares candidacy for state senator to replace X. T. Prentis of Mount Ayr, a former appointee to the State Tax Commission.
Frankfort Germany AP reports John J McCloy U S disarmament chief arrived from New York and is en route to Moscow to continue discussions aimed at paving the way for a disarmament conference with officials.
Patrolman Robert H. Wilke of Chariton admitted last weekend to an affair with a married woman while colleagues suspected he had been abducted. The case, now before the State Safety Department and Chariton authorities, carries up to 10 years in prison if convicted. Mrs Nancy Grubbs of Chariton is jailed in Kan. on related charges.
Delmer D Spooner 98 of Storm Lake Iowa killed two Colorado officers and wounded two others before surrendering near Bond Colorado after a two day manhunt. He was charged with murder and held for further questioning as investigators piece together motive and events.
The Air Force plans a new missile tracking station at Ottumwa Iowa to monitor Midas and other sky weapons. Officials say no final authorization exists and costs may rise beyond the 98.5 million estimate.
Stuart Garst, grandson of Roswell Garst of Coon Rapids, was struck by a car on Highway 141 near the Garst farm and died. The incident occurred as a vehicle and trailer turned from a Garst driveway and the boy attempted to cross. driver Charles L. Hutchison of Weet Des Moines was involved. The Garst family hosted Soviet Premier Khrushchev during his U.S. tour.
Three people were hurt in a two car collision on U S 71 a mile south of here at 145 yesterday afternoon. Darrel Davis 29 Rt 1 and Mrs Albert Eagen 47 of 208 Pine were the drivers. Davis mother Mrs Carrie Davis 58 and Mrs Eagen were treated and released from Atlantic Memorial hospital. The Eagen Plymouth and the Davis Plymouth each sustained about 900 dollars damage.
Two car collision 11 miles northwest of Oskaloosa caused the death of Harry Martin Boughton 72 of New Sharon and serious injuries to his wife. The wreck occurred on a county road Friday.
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