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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1958
Page
1
The piece argues that public servants must avoid situations that invite public suspicion and that President Adams, though innocent, must prove his innocence to the public. A failure to clear himself could harm his presidency, party, and perceived reliability, even if not a criminal.
Sounds of heavy earth moving equipment echo through Atlantic as a hill behind the high school is leveled for a new grade school and fill is used to raise the nearby low area. New streets appear in the Foord Ridge section while factories, businesses, and houses rise citywide.
Miscellany of school yard tales and small town happenings including a three gold fish named Lincoln Washington Columbus one dying while a teacher braves garter snakes and a misheard prospector definition. Also notes on a dairy day mishap a Missouri trip, Penney store photo, a stray fishing tale and reader submissions.
Ames AP reports Jan Clark 18 of Bancroft was elected president of the Iowa 4-H Girls Clubs. She succeeds Mareena Christian with Deanna Grace as vice president Judith Dean secretary and Janet Hutchinson historian. The annual meeting drew about 1,600 delegates and covered divisions on clothing food and nutrition home furnishings flower arrangements and home improvement.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists publication data and pricing for various delivery options. It notes evenings except Sunday, editorial staff, and post office classification details as of 1912. Rates cover city, Cass county, adjoining counties, other Iowa, U.S. outside Iowa, and Canada mail subscriptions.
Drew Pearson outlines explosive Lebanon crisis with potential Turkish and Iraqi troop airlift from Baghdad and Ankara. Sixth Fleet ships and 3,000 Marines stand by while Britain, Cyprus, and French forces move. Nasser lashes US ambassador, oil supply fears mount, and Spain and Latin American actors are mentioned in shifting alliances. Internal revenue introduces new itemization rules.
Edgar A Guest writes a tender vignette in Just Folks about a girl who trips and falls, runs to her father, and receives a comforting kiss. The poem reflects on growing up and the father’s steadfast care through future bruises and troubles as life unfolds.
President James C. Hagerty and wife vacationed five days at the Ponte Vedra Club near Jacksonville Beach in 1957 as guests of the resort. The Tampa Tribune reported the stay included five golf lessons lodgings and meals worth 260.97 dollars, paid by Hagerty after initial insistence on settling the bill. LeMaster, Ponte Vedra Corp. president, said there was no attempt to gain favors, and Hagerty confirmed he paid the golf pro himself though the club would not let him settle the entire bill.
Police investigated a cafe burglary in Albuquerque New Mexico where the thief stole 54 hamburger patties 10 pounds of shrimp a case of chicken and half a crate of tomatoes The odd haul highlights a hungry motive and unusual inventory recovered at the scene.
In a rubber bridge game Jay Becker notes five hearts after the bidding. West opened clubs and shifted to spades, leading to a plan where spade ace, trumping clubs, a diamond finesse, and careful discards enable the declarer to make five hearts. Partner had doubled five clubs to protect against down four, but the outcome favored the five hearts contract.
A column warns against blasting Hi-Fi volume harming hearing. It cites a Public Health Service study on industrial and home noise and notes many Americans face hearing risk. Advice urges common sense and doctor consultation for breath issues.
The Fifth District Democrats meet in Des Moines July 11 to pick a candidate for Congress after none of the five June primary hopefuls secured the required vote total. A convention call was issued Thursday night.
Adele Julia Addison a 32 year old Negro soprano will marry Norman Berger a white NYU staff member. The wedding takes place June 29 at the home of Addison's foster parents in Springfield Massachusetts. Addison educated in Springfield and Westminster College Princeton has earned notable scholarships and performed nationwide. Berger son of Herman Berger New York, Springfield College graduate with a master's, and is associate director of prosthetics education at NYU.
A man entered the Pima County Sheriff's Office in Tucson and asked to be jailed. Lt. Frank Barros questioned the claim as the man insisted he had done nothing and muttered about his wife not staying asleep.
Washington dispatch notes Sherman Adams faces Republican calls to oust him and Democrats use the matter in 1958 races. The piece examines a New England standard against accepting gifts, Adams inquired about Goldfine’s FTC troubles, and questions whether such acts amount to improper influence or routine inquiry. The piece notes Adams avoids press questions, issuing a public letter via the White House.
Chicago reports that Amana Refrigeration Inc of Amana Iowa notes stronger consumer demand for air conditioning units and freezers. The firm has moved to a nine hour production day and cites a significant rise in orders, with air conditioners up about 15 percent and freezers up about 10 percent over 1957.
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