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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1963
Page
5
Senator Goldwater urges using the U S base in Cuba as a starting point for liberating the island from Fidel Castro with a policy of action backed by the administration. Senator Allott backs careful administration consideration of such a regime change option.
A crash at about 6 am during a shower killed two drivers. Vincent, driving a Continental Baking Co. truck, and Lor ingen, operating a Peter Pan Bakery truck, were involved. Peter Pan truck headed east, Continental west. Vincent was married and father to one child.
Mrs Elma Pellett 83 widow of Elmer Pellett died at 11 10 a m at Atlantic Memorial hospital after a period of failing health. Survived by son Ambrose and a stepdaughter. Body at Roland funeral home with funeral arrangements pending.
President Kennedy is expected to call on the new Pope while in Italy from June 90 to July 2. White House officials have not issued a formal announcement but informed sources say the meeting with the recently elected pontiff is almost certain.
Partly cloudy east and cloudy west through Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly west. Local rain totals of 1 to 2 inches along the Missouri River. Warmer Saturday night with lows around 50 east to 40s west and highs in the 70s to near 90 southwest. Sunday remains cloudy with scattered storms and below normal temperatures.
Des Moines AP reports the state aims to launch a new aged medical assistance program within about 60 days. A $1.6 million annual state appropriation plus $2.82 million federal funds would total roughly $4 million per year, with 2000 to 10000 potential recipients.
Dr Donovan F Ward of Dubuque Iowa was named vice president of the American Medical Association as officers were elected for the coming year Dr Norman A Welch of Boston was named president elect by acclamation at the AMA House of Delegates final session Dr Edward R Annis of Miami was installed as 1963 president Welch becomes the 118th president at next year’s San Francisco convention Cass county issues marriage licenses Robert Joe King 32 of Kansas City Missouri and JoAnn Dunn 27 of Omaha and Raymond Shelby Laird 21 of Des Moines and pe ees May Sunderman 14 of Griswold
Atlantic Municipal Airport to host an open house this weekend announced manager Hap Westbrook. Hap's Air Service named Cessna dealer, displaying 12 new 1963 models from $7,775 with NAVCOM 9-channel transmitter and 190-channel receiver. Free coffee and donuts invited for businessmen and locals.
The House group trims the Defense Department budget by 1.92 billion dollars, about 4 percent, arguing the reduction targets bookkeeping overestimates and aligns with sustaining U S military supremacy and policy.
Griswold resident Marion Rex Powers 35 and Omaha resident Clarice Ruth King 43 were hurt in a two car crash on Iowa 92 about 344 miles west of Treynor at 8 10 this morning. Powers had a chin laceration and King suffered head and right elbow bruises. They were taken to Jennie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs and expected to be released tomorrow. Patrols said the King car was eastbound and passing a truck when it collided with Powers westbound vehicle.
A cold air mass from Canada lowered readings to the 40s and 50s across the central United States on Friday. The bathing suit season begins at 10:00 p.m. Easter Standard Time, but the Great Lakes, Upper Mississippi Valley, and parts of the Ohio Valley report cool to mild conditions, while the Southwest and desert regions see 60s to 90s.
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company announced a plan with the Midwest Research Institute to survey Iowa's research, scientific and intellectual resources. Des Moines leaders at a dinner heard Duane Arnold emphasize retaining Iowa's science know‑how to boost future economic welfare.
Donald Dean Steinberg 19 of rural Charles City died when his car failed to negotiate a 8 turn on a county road on the way home from the Oliver Corp plant. The car skidded 225 feet into a ditch and hit an embankment pinning Steinberg inside. The crash occurred three and a half miles north of Charles City. He was the son of Louis F. Steinberg. Firemen were called to the Atlantic Machine company around 11:30 this morning to a trailer hitch welding fire with minor damage reported.
In the West speculation arose that Russia's space record setters were compelled to return to Earth early. Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky speaks with Premier Khrushchev after landing while cosmonette Valentina Dereshkova smiles at her safe descent.
Pittsburgh and national leaders announce a two year contract in the steel industry without a wage rise. The pact provides an extended vacation plan for seniors and can be terminated by either side after 120 days notice post January 1, 1986.
Police arrested 35 year old criminal lawyer T Eugene Thompson in connection with his wife Carol Thompson's murder in Highland Park Saint Paul Minnesota. The investigation cited a kill for hire motive and over 1 million dollars in life insurance. Also charged are Dick W C Anderson Norman Mastrian and Sheldon Morris with related roles in the case.
Rev Lite Clyde Perry, 53, a Church of God in Christ minister from San Francisco, was killed when his Piper Tri-Pacer struck utility wires while attempting to land three miles south of Lucerne Missouri. The sheriff said the plane, bought May 3 in Oklahoma, appeared to be returning from Kansas.
Vatican City newsroom reports Giovanni Battista Montini archbishop of Milan elected pope on the second day of the conclave. He assumes the name Paul VI to symbolize Christian unity and delivers the Urbi et Orbi blessing from St. Peter’s Balcony after the smoke signals.
At Vandenberg Air Force Base California the Air Force reported three successful Titan II missile tests out of four launches. The latest firing Thursday saw the intercontinental weapon roar from a concrete silo and vanish into the Pacific Missile Range.
Verna Scholes a 12 year old Chickasaw County farm girl drowned Thursday while wading in a creek about two miles from her home She went fishing with a brother and sister when she stepped into a deep hole The siblings ran for help and the body was recovered but revival efforts failed She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Scholes who live on a nearby farm
Scotland Yard questioned Viscount Astor in London amid the ongoing Profumo security sex scandal inquiry. Reports say Playgirl model Christine Keeler was introduced to former War Minister John Profumo at the Astor estate.
The Associated Press reports cool air and showers moving through Iowa. Record low temperatures were logged Thursday in Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Mason City and Ottumwa. A shower band entered western Iowa Friday morning and will spread east and across the state through Saturday with continued rainfall into midweek.
Ten thousand more East Pakistanis are reported homeless as floods flood the Chittagong area. The deluge adds to misery from the May 29 cyclone and tidal wave on the Bay of Bengal coast.
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