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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1959
Page
4
A mine blast near Oviedo Spain killed three workers and injured ten others authorities said. Fire officials reported the explosion at the Mierea mine and rescue teams were dispatched to the scene. the cause remained under investigation with search of collapsed sections continuing.
Chinese workers rush to reinforce river dikes in Kwangtun and Kwangsi amid forecasts of Pearl River delta floods peaking Tuesday or Wednesday. Peiping radio reports 12 inches of rain in Kwangsi from June 15 to 21 caused damage to about 250 000 acres.
A collection of short items from Atlantic area reports includes Arthur Calhoun visiting sister Irma Calhoun in Lincoln Nebraska, Olive Kreninger buying fashions in Chicago and New York, Gerald Tibken transferring to Red Oak store, and Robert Taylor heading to Newport Rhode Island for naval training. Also noted are 4-H leader Carlyle Gaucer named state head, gas theft report near Atlantic, Mildred Reed earning real estate license, and local funeral and social notes. Weather summary mentions a cool week after a late June rain and a drought-tinged rainfall total.
Five men pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a business brokerage scheme and were sentenced by Federal Judge Henry N. Graven. Clarence M. Brown received two years. Raymond V. Kawell Merlin W. Nair Kingsley R. Barham and Ralph R. Neudeck were sentenced to 18 months each. Defendants Dam Wood Gurney appealed, Chapman awaits trial. Brown and Chapman were linked as partners in Midwest Business Service. others were employed as gatekeepers.
Gov Earl K Long's new attorney Joe Arthur Sims said a court bid for freedom from a mental clinic could come as early as Wednesday. Sims meets the governor this afternoon at Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville, where Long is confined. Lt Gov Lether Frazar expects a legal answer soon as Louisiana faces a possible leadership dispute and questions about the governors mental state.
Historians credit King Croesus of Sardis now in modern Turkey with introducing coinage to the world markets, shaping early monetary systems and trade.
Carroll Berres, 43, a life term inmate at the State Penitentiary Fort Madison, is Iowa's first male to be certified by the Library of Congress as a Braille transcriber. He finished an eight week 14 lesson course and produced a 30 page manuscript submitted for certification.
Communist China refused W Avery Harriman a visa to visit as a journalist. Harriman, former New York governor, said Peiping would consider a new application next year. He is touring the Soviet Union and writing for an American syndicate. Also noted are national newspaper spending figures and a safety warning about drinking and driving.
Mrs Priebe, president of the Des Moines Council of PTA, is named Mrs. America contestant after years of PTA urging. She fears neighborhood children may wander into her home during swimming and says she dislikes sewing, once thinking contestants must be good at that craft.
Authorities seized more than 200 bottles of liquor in a Davenport raid on a Sunday. James Kimonis, 73, was charged with keeping a disorderly house and illegal possession of liquor. Initial reports misidentified the Greek-American Club. the raided party has no named owner.
Mr and Mrs Charles Mullen Jr of Cumberland welcome a son weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces. Mr and Mrs Norman Templeman of Atlantic welcome a son weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces born at Atlantic Memorial Sunday morning at 8 58.
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