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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
4
The family of Kitty Seckman Ross Seckman thanks friends Karen and Ronnie for their kindness during the illness and death of a loved one, expressing gratitude for support and sympathy.
Ray Boyd of Red Oak, 31, was jailed on charges of shooting Ken Mirts, 34, in downtown Red Oak after an altercation in a car with Boyd’s ex wife and her two sons. Mirts, wounded in the side, was taken to Clarkson Hospital in Omaha in serious condition. Boyd was arrested on scene with a $5,000 bond and bound over to district court. The divorced couple share custody of two sons.
A short personal notice states the writer will not be responsible for any checks or debts by others. It thanks Dr Needles and the hospital staff for care and signs as Frank Liston with the date 1d19.
Various notices from Atlantic area: residents traveling to Detroit and California, a sheriff attending courses, new personnel shifts at Woolworth and local businesses, livestock sales in Omaha, marriage license issued, bankruptcy petition filed, local games and schedules, train time change, and public voting on wheat quotas in Cass county. Also weather, accidents, and community plans including a dance at the Atlantic airport and Civic activities.
The Foreign Office advised nearly 3,000 British subjects and families to consider leaving Lebanon as its troubles continue. The guidance covers wives and families of diplomats and British workers. no light was shed on a potential British military intervention by request from the UN or Lebanese government.
Louis H Cook, 67, first chairman of Iowa State Tax Commission when created in 1929, died after a long illness. He resigned in 1933 to seek the Republican U S Senate nomination but failed. From 1940 to 1945 he served as a research specialist statistician and division director for the commission. A native of Council Bluffs, he was a newspaperman in Council Bluffs Omaha and Des Moines before politics as campaign manager for U S Sen Smith W Brookhart.
Britain cut its official bank rate to 5 percent, the 1957 level, in a bid to relax tight control on spending. The decision lowered the rate by 0.75 percent, signaling a cautious easing of monetary policy.
Four workers died after a shell loading line explosion at the Iowa Ordnance plant in Burlington Iowa. The blast occurred around 4 10 PM Wednesday during a shift change injuring others and damaging the roof and windows. A relief team will investigate the cause as authorities list the dead and injured and note the plant layout minimizes spread of blasts.
Griswold appoints Roy H. DeWitt as postmaster effective Friday, June 27, to be sworn in. Acting postmaster Mrs John DeWitt has led since C E Woolmward retired long ago. DeWitt is a longtime resident and Bowes Sealfast distributor.
The text notes the subject left a position with Iowa Power and Light before planning a spring sale to Nathan Book. It mentions prior long service but provides limited additional details about dates or roles.
Auction listing notes Saturday sale featuring 200 to 300 head of cattle with three additional consignments of grass cattle, pushing totals over 209 head. Light weight steers and several lots of steers 609 to 850 lbs, plus good heifer calves. WHS.
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