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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1955
Page
4
Eyewitness Sam Summerlin reports a chaotic Buenos Aires assault with explosions near the Metropolitan Cathedral and Government House. Troops, tanks, and rebel planes pounded the plaza, causing casualties as Peronista workers and civilians fled amid smoke and sirens.
Rebels retreat as attacking planes make a last pass over Government House. Crowds scatter behind army trucks and trees while machine gun fire scars the street before the planes pull away and the battle ends.
The State Printing Board awarded 12 contracts on Friday with Wallace-Homestead Co. of Des Moines winning all but two. Amundsen Printing Co. of Decorah received 12,000 copies of the Iowa fire marshal report for 518 dollars. Service Press Co. of Cedar Rapids won 1,500 copies of the Iowa Transit magazine for 320 dollars per issue.
A corn borer control demonstration will be held next Friday at the Chris Thygesen farm, 20 miles northeast of Hamlin. It starts at 8 30 a.m. led by County Extension Director David Fenske and Vocational Agriculture Instructor James Hamilton. They reported over 400 borer egg masses per hundred stalks in a sheltered area of one field Thursday evening.
In Hereford England Judge Sir Wintringham Norton Stable granted absolute discharge to Geoffrey Hughes 29 and Marjorie Hughes 25 after pleading guilty to family mistreatment. He compared their case to Oedipus Rex noting the siblings had a long separated history and urged them to remember they are related.
Massena notices include Mr and Mrs John Hughes visiting Pierre and Anchorage relatives, Dr John Anstey and Dr Noa thanked for care, Ralph L Crees and Barbara Ann listed, and a note on the word martyr meaning witness. An aside mentions the Mississippi river source at 1670 feet above sea level.
Visiting here are Roy Beggs and family from Washington DC staying with Atlantic families. Eldon Goff returns from Detroit and Kentucky. LeRoy Odem appears on Town State college farm operation honor list. Rotary dinner reports on Chicago convention. Jerry Nichols makes dean's honor roll at Wentworth. Former Atlantic residents from Wyoming visit. Marriage license issued to Leonard Bunnell and Carol Ann Walker. Dr and Mrs Donald Barnard visit. Clayton Roberts trip to New England and DC planned. Daniel Peters selected as junior member of Holstein Friesian Association. Preeman Turtler appeals $25 fine for intoxication. Pfe Jerald Lebeck assigned to West Point duties. Amey Maccone Shaky Raa wins blue ribbon in Ames grooming contest. Duane Acker and family visit Stillwater relatives. Acker attends Chicago conference.
The Atlantic Golf and Country Club hosts its annual men open day this Sunday with 27 holes championship play and an 18 hole option. Mark Ryan and Bob Epstein will feature among entrants while entries close at 10 30 a m.
A fragmented Des Moines item discusses Elmer Lee Tiel Spece filing at Gresten for 150 dollars with a 7p de Pr result and a feed mill accident. it also cites wartime birth rates and a note on early Mars telescopic observations refuting large water bodies.
Fragmentary OCR notes list multiple sick or injured individuals from Griswold and nearby areas. Names include Mrs Al Delay, Sandra Jean, Loretta Se Seana RIEWOLD, and Sharon, with references to Leonard Helmes, John Cohre, and Jens H. Jensen. Treatment noted at Bad Oak and Mayo Clinic with unspecified procedures.
The Vatican announces a Sunday day of prayer in the Roman Catholic Church. Bishop Mane Toewunitlary of Bubace is to oversee the city office until 2 p.m. July 13.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a cultivar, white Arewa Vine, and a South American lake region. It lacks clear names, dates, or concrete events to confirm a specific item or outcome.
The city council approved an ordinance enlarging the Atlantic east end business district on planning commission recommendation. The district covers about 25 blocks north of Seventh Street from Seventh and Pine west to Pine and Spruce alleys, then north to Third and around to Fourth and Eighth, extending to the east city limits. Publication in today’s News-Telegraph makes the ordinance effective.
Mrs Clyde McFadden reports the birth of a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Fred Hardymartin on May 4. The Har dymartins formerly lived here. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Solve as Grant.
Police detained two priests identified as Fa Aiies Prov in a crackdown. Most detainees have been released after brief periods in custody.
One of the world’s largest elk herds thrives in Jackson Hole northwest Wyoming. The U.S. Office of Education lists 1,308 colleges and universities nationwide of which about 380 are tax supported.
An antique show and sale will be held at the Congregational church on June 30 from 2 to 5 pm. A display includes an under glass extract about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and Civil War era items such as a woven 1861 coverlet wheel dolls samplers cradle and a bullet.
A national army spokesman in Saigon reports fatalities on Saturday as 15 members of an unnamed unit are confirmed casualties. The terse release provides no further details on events or locations involved.
OxLweniya City issues warning about placing poison traps and rat bate to catch pests. Officials urge residents to remove toxic devices and report hazards to public safety offices.
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