Atlantic Guard Headquarters Strains Under 500000 in Equipment
The Atlantic national guard unit reorganized March 1 into Headquarters Company as the 2nd Battalion, 168th Infantry, with more than 500000 in equipment at the Atlantic headquarters. Armory space is cramped, trucks stored at Red Oak, and a new armory is sought to provide classrooms storage filing and space. Col. Robert McIntire heads the battalion. Capt. Frank Nielsen leads the Atlantic Headquarters Company supporting the battalion and rifle company.
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Atlantic National Guard
168Th Infantry
National Guard
Atlantic
American Legion
Robert McIntire
Red Oak
Frank Nielsen
Average Iowans Net Worth in 1942 and 1963
Iowa private wealth totaled 25 billion dollars, averaging 9 200 dollars per person. Farm wealth after debts stood at 10 billion, valuing farms at 57 900 dollars each. Urban assets reached 8.6 billion with total private financial assets at 6.6 billion.
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Ames
Iowa
William G. Murray
Iowa State University
Murray
Rescue guide aids planes to crash sites using tumbling airfoil
Wright Patterson AFB researchers test a tumbling airfoil that releases a radio beacon from a plane wreck to guide rescue planes. The device activates on impact, stays away from fire, and signals responders while remaining close to the crash scene. Meanwhile Eskimos on Banks Island store TV dinners in a deep freeze hole.
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Dayton, Ohio
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Banks Island
Proposed Iowa Four Lane Divided Highways Plan
The Iowa Highway Commission outlines a 2000 mile system of four lane divided highways to extend the interstate network. The plan aims to carry about 27 percent of Iowa’s total travel on less than two percent of road mileage, improving safety and economic growth with an estimated cost of four tenths of a cent per vehicle mile.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa
Local Man Heads New Aro-Lite Firm in Atlantic
Lloyd R. Worthington named distributor for Aro-Lite in Iowa Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota and Missouri, with offices at 204 West Seventh Street. The Aro-Lite dauble offers high reflectivity and movement for sign animation, bonded with 3M mastic, and is produced by Arrow Enterprises in Miami. Worthington's appointment follows rapid dealer growth since July of last year as the Midwest adopts modern sign displays.
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Atlantic
Aro- Lite
IoNebDak
Lloyd R. Worthington
West Seventh Street
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Missouri
Aro-Lite
Arrow Enterprises, Inc
Miami
Fla
Arc-Lite
Worthington
Midwest
Britain to Erect Kennedy Memorial at Runnymede Meadow
The government plans an acre of Runnymede meadow on the Thames to honor the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy. A simple black monument will mark the site, in the historic field where Magna Carta was proclaimed in 1215.
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Runnymede
Thames
John F. Kennedy
Rome’s Tax System at Height Borne by Land and Earned Wealth
The Roman tax framework at its peak taxed land and property income plus poll, luxury, temple, and road fees. Officials collected broadly across society, shaping fiscal life and state power.
Public Housing Interest Grows in Iowa Elderly Programs
In Des Moines and across 22 Iowa communities, roughly 65 people attended a one day seminar on low rent public housing for seniors. The Iowa League of Municipalities hosted the event as states consider forming housing authorities with 60 percent voter approval and federal support from the Public Housing Administration.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Iowa League of Municipalities
Nebraska
Iowa General Assembly
Corning
Afton
Stanton
Charles City
Dean Pieper
Chicago
Public Housing Administration
Housing and Home Finance Agency
PHA
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Cody doctor delivers baby with makeup on during minstrel show
Dr DeWitt Dominick rushing from the Cody Rotary Club minstrel show to Cody hospital delivered a baby, not pausing to remove his blackface makeup. The incident surprised patients and attendants as the emergency call interrupted the fundraiser performance.
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Cody, Wyo
Cody
DeWitt Dominick
Dominick
Climbing Lessons Offered At Local Methodist Church
In Covington Kentucky a Methodist church posted an outdoor sign inviting parishioners and visitors to attend climbing lessons every Sunday with the bold message You Can Go Higher Than The Moon Lessons Offered Here.
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Covington, Ky
Whitney Bank A Century Of Local Banking Progress
The Whitney Loan and Trust Co founded 1907 shows a 57 year growth in Atlantic. From Franklin H. Whitney’s early First National of Atlantic to James G. Whitney, with C A Otto as president since 1915, the bank changed hands in 1961 and again in March this year to Allen L. Tristman and associates. Present officers include O A Otto president L O Schoenthal R D Jones vice presidents Charles Mc Cauley cashier Hugh Alles and Don Inhofe assistant cashiers. The bank markets dependable personal and business services for all customers.
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Whitney Loan and Trust Company
Atlantic
Franklin H. Whitney
Cass County
First National of
James G. Whitney
C. A. Otto
Whitney
Walnut Grove Products Co
Allen L. Tristman
Birds Bath Billings in City Tower Watering Scene
Rains fill the bell tower at the First National Church in Billings creating a large birdbath. Birds flock to the soaking site as the town records a peculiar, wet municipal moment.
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Billings
First National Church
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Osceole
Waterloo
Gedar
Fairfield
Iubuque
Tington
Fort Madison
Aokuk
Whitney Bank
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