19 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1957
Page
1
The speaker warns that extensive looting by crooked union officials amounts to millions and claims union members would benefit from federal regulation while the rank and file gain nothing from opposing measures. The message blames corrupt leaders for blocking regulation that could aid workers.
Editorial briefs note weather in Atlantic, the first state golf tourney opening amid rain. They praise limited practice for girls, mention Japan’s PM using golf diplomacy with Eisenhower, and honor Howard Allen for 21 years on Cass county board of supervisors amid his retirement for health reasons.
The Iowa Development Commission reports Iowa ranked second nationally in the value of farm machinery shipped by its manufacturers. In 1955 Iowa plants shipped farm machines and equipment valued at over 12 million dollars, about 11 percent of national total. The state operates 324 manufacturing plants with over 33 000 workers and produces more than 500 kinds of machinery including 200 farm types.
Mrs Grace Sebastian expressed fury after two thieves stole a $100 watch $80 cash liquor and gas from her car over six days. She said she did not report the theft but grew angry when seven books of trading stamps were taken. She noted she had licked every stamp herself. A safety reminder urged drivers to slow at dusk to save lives.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists subscription prices for carrier and mail delivery across Cass county and Iowa. Rates vary by duration and location, with annual and seasonal options for local, statewide, national, and Canada addresses.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson explains how internal GOP clashes over Harold Stassen and Nixon hindered U S disarmament talks. He notes Russia quickly publicized its plan while the U S debated German unification and allied leadership, risking credit for initiating a ban on H-bomb tests.
Mason City man James Dale Dishon indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts for false statements to obtain government loans on oats and for diverting mortgaged oats to his own use. Minneapolis man Robert Hugh Harris indicted for transporting three forged checks totaling 105 dollars drawn on Union Trust Bank. The grand jury excused after reporting four indictments. two details withheld as defendants not yet apprehended.
Agriculture officials expect winter wheat payments to total about 100 million dollars to be issued by July 1 to farmers who retired land from winter wheat. Many growers signed retirement agreements for 12.785 million acres across winter and spring wheat, with total commitments around 230.849 million dollars.
The poem reflects on a foolish boy within a man and the unchanged core across time. In a local notice, Eddie Esbeck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Esbeck, graduates from Drake University with a BSA in business administration and returns to Kimballton to join Esbeck Chevrolet Co. Don’t drive if you drink.
Public health tip by Herman N Bundesen M D on preventing athlete s foot at pools and showers. Discusses fungi spread, limits of poolside solutions, and a four point prevention plan including thorough drying, boric acid powder, clean socks daily, and alternating shoes to dry out between uses.
Four Lutheran bodies with about three million members move toward possible union. A Joint Commission on Unity cites sufficient common ground in the Lutheran confessions to justify further steps toward organizational union. Final action not set at Augusta convention. continued merger efforts urged. Eliphalet Nott noted as inventor of the first anthracite stove in the 1800s.
New York Sinclair Refining Co announces a rise of two tenths cent a gallon on all gasoline kerosene and distillate fuels effective June 21. Residual fuels will gain five cents a barrel. The increase covers its 36 state marketing territory and backs labor cost changes from a new bargaining agreement with the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union.
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