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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1961
Page
6
A public hearing in a midwestern city cleared the way for the viaduct project by authorizing property acquisitions and potential condemnations if four railroad properties could not be negotiated. Ultimately an agreement was reached without condemnation, underscoring the role of public hearings and notices in due process and public rights.
A baby girl seven inches long and weighing 24 ounces clung to life in an Edinburgh hospital incubator today. The infant, three and a half months premature, was born Saturday night to Frances Hoy, 19, wife of a British army corporal.
Omaha hogs and cattle traded firmer with hogs up to 50 cents a cwt and cattle steady to lower as buyers sought 240 to 270 lb butchers. Chicago saw strong demand clearing 7,000 hogs with top at 17.50, while cattle and sheep volumes rose with varied price moves across weights and grades.
The report describes two girls pulled by a boat while being towed on skis, one rescued by the lead barge and the other carried under a barge. The Arthur J. Dyer pushed four oil barges, traveling about 10 mph. authorities identified Lois Delaporte as driver in one case and noted a Moline Illinois location.
Bruce D. Nieman 20 of Webster City Iowa was in serious condition after a crash near Ludlow Illinois that killed Airman Adolfo A Weil 19 of Detroit and injured five others including Nieman. The car carried four Chanute Air Force Base airmen and collided with a truck driven by Dewey C Johnson 63 of Paxton Michigan. The truck passenger and other occupants were injured.
Two 12 year olds fell from water skis into the Mississippi River path of a barge but escaped serious injury. Theresa Franka of Las Vegas Nevada suffered head cuts and shock and was taken to Davenport hospital. Deborah Boesch of Le Claire was unharmed. Officers said the girls were
West Seneca New York police nabbed 6 William A. Kenrick after he asked officers to help push his stalled vehicle. They identified the car as stolen and arrested him on a stolen car charge.
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