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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1957
Page
4
Readable text indicates a formal opening event for Hansen Radio and Electric. Details are fragmented but imply a local ceremony with potential attendees and vendors. Further specifics, names, dates, or locations are unreadable in the provided OCR fragment.
A garbled city hospital update notes several patients undergoing surgery and treatments. Mike Carey and Elva Steinmetz are listed among the injured, with mentions of skin grafts for Orson Peper at University Hospitals in Iowa City and a knee injury from a fall. Vague references to Guthrie Center and Copperland facilities appear.
Mrs HM Reintg of Griswold sustained cuts and bruises when the car she rode in skidded on wet pavement, struck a bridge banister, and plunged into a ditch three and a half miles north on primary 48. The 1955 Dodge driven by John R. DeWitt St. 18 of Griswold was damaged. DeWitt was fined $10 in justice court for losing control.
The United States plans to launch six satellites during the IGY to study sun rays meteors and space conditions. Each satellite targets one research group from four planned experiments with instruments at fixed weights and fielding, including a sun window and meteor sensors, to report back findings and support weather and climate understandings.
Norman Thayer husband of the former Helen Tibben of Extra was found dead in his car Wednesday in Denver Colorado. Funeral services and burial will be held in Denver per News Telegraph Want Ads.
Breakdown of distribution equipment at an Iowa Power and Light plant southeast of Des Moines disrupted service to most of the city Thursday morning. Radio and TV stations went off air around 10 45 a m and wire service halted as local commerce paused. Officials blamed the distribution bus for the outage and switched power from West Des Moines into downtown.
Informal notes report Barbara Nichols featured in films. Mention hints of Los Angeles poll scene and international crossover.
Petition failed to show land valuations as required. Atlantic attorney Roscoe Jones and others objected, citing unfair cost and travel burdens. Board supporters argued for a community district covering parts of Cass and Pottawattamie counties, with local officials and school leaders defending the plan.
James Kilfoil, 63, an Ottumwa miner, was killed when a slate slab weighing over two tons fell and pinned him at the New Clothe mine. James Morris and Paul Sinsky escaped. Kilfoil died of suffocation. An inquest will be held as required by law in mine deaths. Kilfoil is survived by his widow and family.
East and westbound train numbers and times are listed along with Overland and Greyhound bus departures from Union Bus Depot. The fragment also notes a school class calendar mishap revealing a teacher’s sister-in-law Evelyn Fiebethurn birthday reminder.
U S officials said the United States would accept a suspension of atomic tests only as part of a broader disarmament agreement that also halts production of nuclear weapons. The White House stressed there was no policy change and the President did not pledge a stand-alone moratorium.
Mrs. Lou Kennedy received word Alf Mann died in San Diego California He was brother in law to Mrs Kennedy and husband of former Bernice Sheets of Lewis who died in 1939 Surviving are three sons Dick Bud and Jack Funeral services will be held Wednesday in San Diego
Mrs. Ida Snyder is spending two weeks visiting her mother in North Platte Nebraska.
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