Lutherans To Act On 59 Budget
The Augustana Lutheran Church 98th annual synod plans to approve a $3,726,504 fiscal 1959 budget on Friday. If approved, 13 conferences will be asked to raise $1,746,061 per capita, with the rest from offerings and gifts. A resolution urges quick congressional action on immigration liberalization. Delegates reelected Marvin Lundeen, D Verner Swansen, and Harold Smith to four-year terms. Jamestown, NY will host next year.
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Augustana Lutheran Church
M. E. Carlson
Minneapolis
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Paul F. Empie
New York
National Lutheran Council
Marvin H. Lundeen
LaGrange
Ill
D. Verner Swansen
Geneva, Ill
Harold Smith
Jamestown
N.Y
First Lutheran Church
30 Year Atlantic Bell Employee Honored for Service
A dinner at The Pines honored Mrs. John Dittman for 30 years with the Atlantic exchange. 32 employees attended. Dittman’s tenure includes 10 years as relief central office clerk. Bell manager W. B. Wilcox introduced her. Ralph Lener presented a six star emblem pin. Nellie Enarson gave a jacket. Retired manager J. P. Steffens spoke. Also present were Ima Schultz and af. O. Burnham. Cumberland rodeo postponed due to rain, now set for next Sunday at 2 pm.
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Atlantic Telephone Exchange
the Pines
Dittman
Relief Central
W. B. Wilcox
Bell Telephone
Ralph Lener
Council Bluffs
Nellie Enarson
Local News Briefs From Atlantic Iowa Area
Wyoming visitors and Nebraskan guests are listed along with livestock sales, a truck overweight fine, and a farmers mutual reinsurance board election. Marriage licenses issued to Carl and Baxter and Riggs and White. Weekend visits noted, Father’s Day dinner attended, rain and cool spells forecast for the state. Fifteen Cass county 4-H girls attend the Iowa 4-H convention in Ames with a long list of delegates returning Saturday.
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Richard H. Carl
Barbara Baxter
Atlantic
C. M. Skipton
Stanley W. Riggs
Alice E. White
Cumberland
Cass County
Orris Lary
Chris Zachariasen
Ames
Cass
Lucille Grulke
Gloria Bannick
Arlene Moller
Jacqueline Joyce
Eleanor Chester
Delores Behrends
Judy Davis
Dorothy Nicholson
Sue Dressler
Corinne Mehlmann
Joanne Sparks
Sue Teeter
Orlene Schrader
Janice Kerkman
Elaine Bailey
Cross to Face Senate Panel Over Bakery Union Misconduct
James G. Cross former Bakery Workers Union head returns before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee for more questioning on alleged misconduct in office. He faces charges of money lending and beatings including an October San Francisco convention clash with Nathan Ehrlich and others seeking to unseat him. He also faces questions about low wage contracts and loans totaling about $100,000 from Herbert and Martin Phillipsborn Sr. Cross aims to clarify the issues and bring the matter into focus.
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Washington
James G. Cross
Bakery Workers Union
Senate
Cross
Nathan Ehrlich
Bakery Workers
San Francisco
Ehrlich
New York
Bakery and Confectioners Union
Herbert
Martin Phillipsborn Sr
Rumor of Margaret and Lord Beresford Anew
London gossip alleges Princess Margaret may be courting Lord Patrick Beresford a 23 year old Guards lieutenant and heir to the Marquis of Waterford. The pair met at a polo match and are said to spend time together as Margaret seeks a regular escort since her split with Peter Townsend.
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London
Princess Margaret
Patrick Beresford
Guards
Beresford
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Marquis
Waterford
Traffic survey under way in Cass County urban areas
A summer traffic count in Cass County urban areas is under way led by Guy Olsen of the Iowa Highway Commission. The federal project covers four Iowa counties to gauge total state mileage for highway funds. Five college students are conducting the Cass County survey while seeking recreational activities during summer vacation.
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Cass County
Guy Olsen
Iowa Highway Commission Trafic Department
Cass
Iowa
O’brien
Franklin and Linn
Osen
Frank Basham Dies in Idaho After Illness
Frank Basham retired mail carrier died Wednesday in an Idaho hospital after a lingering illness. He had lived with daughters Mary Basham and Mrs. Fred Dudley in Twin Falls and Shoshone, Idaho, while his wife Mrs. Basham had died three years earlier. Another daughter, Mrs. Herb Wahlert of Exira, traveled to Idaho for burial. Don't drive if you drink.
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Frank Basham
Idaho
Basham
Mary
Fred Dudley
Twin Falls
Shoshone
Herb Wahlert
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Scarville Superintendent seeks conference on school industrial training
Scarville superintendent William M. Dennis asked Gov Herschel Loveless to convene a conference of school and industry representatives to plan education for industrial service. Dennis said the governor would call the meeting if sponsorship isn’t limited to a single group. A cheetah in India can reach 70 mph but won’t race high speed cars.
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Moines
Scarville
Herschel Loveless
William M. Dennis
India
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