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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1958
Page
1
A local plea argues fluoridation would aid Atlantic residents, noting 40 million Americans drink fluoridated water and that most dentists and doctors support it. Opponents call it poison, but proponents say chlorine and other substances are safe in large amounts, urging city action for healthier teeth.
The sparrow, once thriving as a business district feeder, adapted to the automobile era. Cars now attract bugs to radiators and bug screens, and sparrows along Chestnut street in Atlantic work quickly to harvest the insects as cars pass. The birds turn adversity into a new, pleasant urban life.
Governor Harriman of New York criticizes Arkansas Governor Faubus in a public clash between fellow Democrats. The dispute highlights a looming party rift over civil rights as the northern Negro vote and southern segregationists pull the Democratic Party toward divergent paths before the next presidential election.
The piece notes a shift in how Secretary Benson is viewed by farmers. Once blamed for disliked administration actions, he is now praised as a strong ally and protector of agricultural interests, earning credit for beneficial farm outcomes.
The TU104 airliner at the Centennial Air Show in Vancouver was kept within Canada after Royal Canadian Air Force officials could not obtain assurances from the U.S. Air Force that the Soviet plane would not be challenged if it crossed the border. The aircraft, the event’s main attraction, planned a 75 mile hop to Victoria but remained in the Greater Vancouver area to avoid a potential U.S. interception. Nova Scotia notes on tides appear as an unrelated fact with Burntcoat Head’s historic 103 foot tide in 1869.
The Atlantic News Telegraph lists pricing for carriers and mail subscriptions across regions. Rates vary by location with monthly and yearly options, including in Iowa, Cass counties, the U S outside Iowa, and Canada, with several term lengths and price points.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson outlines how Bernard Goldfine paid for Adams hotel bills and clothes, and Adams intervened with the FTC and tariff officials. The piece links the ties to Cary Connelly and Sachs and notes political pressure to remove Adams amid broader corruption probes.
The piece expresses the author’s wish for fame and a press profile, then reveals the pull of regular life and the struggle to write a novel that truly stirs readers. It contrasts ambition with procrastination and creative doubt.
Famed Chinese scholar Hu Shih departed for the United States to settle personal matters before returning to Formosa. President Chiang Kai-shek granted him four months leave as head of the Academy Simca, the top research post in Nationalist China.
More than 100 New York Philharmonic musicians arrived from a seven week goodwill concert tour of Latin America. Conductors Leonard Bernstein and Dimitri Mitropoulos praised the trip noting cultural impact and the role of music as U S cultural propaganda. The tour was sponsored by Eisenhower’s cultural presentation program and the American National Theatre and Academy.
The 98th annual synod of the Augustana Lutheran Church opens a week-long session in Jamestown New York with Rev Malvin H Lundeen of La Grange Illinois delivering the opening sermon Over 1000 delegates and visitors from 1242 congregations across 35 states the DC and five Canadian provinces expected The church totals 576189 members making it the fifth largest among 18 Lutheran Churches in America Headquarters are in Minneapolis The Rev Dr Oscar Ao Benson is church president.
North dealer with no vulnerability. The bidding shows a contract and hand details including North holding 04 8653 and West with y FAST A186 9758. The readable cards indicate a bridge play scenario with Becker leading or playing toward a strong contract in the Masters' event.
Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro faced a misplay in a Vienna European Championship match. After agreeing to the Texas convention, Schapiro forgot the bid and jumped to four hearts, while Reese correctly bid four spades. The miscommunication created a lucky swing for Britain as the slam was eventually made. Reese quipped about the 100 schillings fine.
An article by Hermen N Bundeten M D warns that diabetic patients who neglect diet and medical advice risk blindness. It cites the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness noting glaucoma and cataract as major diabetes related causes. It urges regular doctor visits and monitoring of blood sugar and ocular health. It also notes longer diabetic lifespans increase retinal damage and cites emotional stress as a factor.
Nine girls were named to the 1959 Iowa Y Teen planning committee for the summer conference at Central College in Pella. Names include Donna McElroy Corn ing Roxanne Groben Sharonlee Anderson Marsha Barron Ann Buntrock Marjorie Lenters Samantha Conte Judy Anderson and Annette Reid. Three adult officers were elected: Alice Corbett Shirley Sage and Alice Miller.
The Treasury extended the federal debt by selling 1 billion dollars of 27 year bonds and refunding maturing issues into 6 year 8 month bonds. This move aims to reduce reliance on the money market and ease long term financing for public and corporate needs.
The Treasury remains in financial trouble with deficits rising toward year end. Officials expect eight billion dollars more to be borrowed in cash to cover the deficit while avoiding a drain on investment money and keeping long term rates from rising as a recession countermeasure.
AP reports Betty Pasco, a trapeze performer at Pontchartrain Beach, returned to the act Sunday night after a 40 foot fall the previous night. Her husband caught her, breaking the fall, and she suffered a bruised shoulder. She did not attempt the one foot hang again.
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