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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1964
Page
3
Iowa students from sixth to eighth grade join outdoor classrooms at soil and water conservation field days in five counties Woodbury Guthrie Marshall Cass Benton and Dallas. The 1964 event in Dallas County on September 9 and 10 invites nearby schools to tour farms with wagon taxis and lectures.
Nellie Frommack 77 died at Berry nursing home Atlantic after living in Lewis following her husband Herman Frommack who died in 1955. Rites conducted at Lewis Methodist Church by Rev Earl Kelly with burial at Oakwood cemetery. Survivors include son Bernard of Des Moines with grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mrs. Glenn Mercer of Griswold dies. she was a niece of someone noted in White Lake South Dakota. Preceding her in death were three brothers and one sister.
A pro-Chinese faction within the Polish Communist Party sparked a brief revolt against party leader Wladyslaw Gomulka. Zenon Kuszko told the party congress that dissidents circulated slanders to push the party toward Peking style communism.
Monte Eugene Tharp, 23, of Waterloo, was sentenced to 15 years in the Iowa Penitentiary for the February 19 fatal stabbing of 44 year old Lawrence Salter in Salter's tavern, Evansdale. Tharp, a jazz band drummer, claimed self defense as District Court Judge George Heath denied a new trial motion.
Funeral services for Arnold H. Spencer 63 former Audubon mayor and retired newspaper publisher were held at the First Presbyterian church with Rev. Andrew Hofer officiating. born November 4 1900 in Audubon he began as publisher of the Audubon Advocate-Republican in 193? later retiring in 1953. He served 27 years on the Audubon volunteer fire department and in the 1930s served one term as mayor. Interment followed in Arlington Heights cemetery with fire department members as honor guard. Survivors include his wife Helen Fagen a sister Reland Manuel and a son Robert who preceded him in death.
Flood waters along Highway 48 northeast of Shenandoah migrate after six inches of rain. Nishnabotna River near Hamburg may flood later. Des Moines streets flood as rains tally high. Dubuque reports golf ball sized hail and crop damage. City rainfall totals include Clinton near 24 percent inches in hours. Saturday showers and storms persist with highs from the upper 70s to near 90 and mild night lows in the 60s.
Highway patrol officers used speed tape radar and a patrol airplane to spot traffic violators on U S 6 and Iowa 92. They issued 33 speeding summonses four for improper passes and four warning tickets.
Federal marshals arrested 63 year old Harry Bennett at his Biloxi area home after an Iowa grand jury indicted him on charges of interstate movement of gambling information by wire or radio. He posted 2500 dollars bond and was released pending trial.
Atlantic Memorial hospital notes visiting hours for first second and third floors and lists admitted patients Carolyn Black Connie Landon Marion Baker George Steffens Lisa Wheatley and others. Several patients were discharged including Patrick Fitzgerald Emmet Waul Duane Anderson Kimberly Sue Daniel and Martin Hansen. Residents Leroy Williamson Louie Campbell Dan Rechtenbach LeRoy Ruch and others are referenced with hospital statuses.
Edith Braze well Evans Merritt 51 editor of Made moiselle magazine and other publications died Friday after a long illness. She was a noted interior design consultant in New York with work spanning magazines and design projects.
The Associated Press reports spring storms eased but continued from the upper Plains to the mid Atlantic coast. Winds up to 96 mph battered Omaha after floods last Tuesday, a Madison Nebraska tornado damaged a barn, Burlington Iowa recorded hail, and funnel clouds appeared in Iowa. Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Michigan Ohio saw mile a minute winds with unroofed homes and damaged crops. Joliet hospitals treated 28 people as rains offered little cooling while 90 degree readings persisted inland.
A night of violent weather battered Atlantic and Massena with hailstones as large as baseballs smashing windows and roofs. The Knop farm and Irvin Peterson home sustained damage while Bull Creek flooded streets and a new pond formed at Seventh and Walnut. Massena reports widespread window destruction and insurance agents confirmed extensive corn crop losses. Sheriff Magill noted water-logged roads in Ania Vista before receding at dawn.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Luther Gillett at Atlantic Memorial hospital weighing 6 pounds 7 ounces. Another birth adds a son to Mr and Mrs Darrell Maynes at the same hospital weighing 6 pounds 6 ounces.
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin arrives in San Francisco for a two week vacation across the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain states. He plans a visit to Yosemite National Park during the trip.
About 75 young Americans touring Cuba despite travel bans praised Cuban schools. Anne Kramer of UCLA lauded a Havana kindergarten as superior to U.S. centers, while Tania Moore of New York wished her 4-year-old son could attend a similarly magnificent kindergarten.
A brief notice urges drivers to treat stop signs as mandatory full stops. It cautions that slowing is not sufficient and improper yielding may lead to fines or accidents. Police emphasize complete obedience at all intersections.
Iowa’s wheat acreage allotment for 1965 will be slightly below 1964 figures. The Agriculture Department announced the 1965 total of 99,903 acres versus 100,942 acres for this year.
Barry Goldwater's delegate total reaches 694, 39 more than the 655 needed for the Republican nomination. Montana awarded 14 delegates to Goldwater, all of whom backed him. AP survey shows Goldwater 694, Scranton 138, Rockefeller 105, Lodge 45, Smith 15, Nixon 8, favorite sons 84, uncommitted 219.
Mrs. Elsie May Larseb, 44, of Tacoma Washington, fined 100 dollars and sentenced to the Women’s Reformatory on a narcotics fraud charge. Judge Arthur Janssen suspended the sentence if she enters treatment at a federal narcotics institute.
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