Cloud Seeding Discussed At Massena Meeting
Dr. Robert Shaw of Iowa State discussed cloud seeding at a Massena Legion building gathering attended by about 75 farmers. Sponsored by the Massena Chamber of Commerce with Cass county extension. reports from Pacific and east coasts show increased rainfall but no proof for Iowa. Participants learned seeding helps only with rain present and aids in preventing hailstorms. Bernard Cox and Howard Phillips spoke on Shelby and Audubon county rain efforts and farmer cooperatives hiring rain makers. Attendees were urged to join Adair county rainmaking talks at Greenfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shaw
Iowa State College
Massena Legion Building
Massena Chamber of Commerce
Cass County Extension Service
Shaw
Pacific
East
Iowa
Bernard Cox
Tennant
Howard Phillips
Harijan
Shelby
Audubon
Adair County
Greenfield
Births Twin Sons and Other New Arrivals
Twin sons born this morning at Atlantic Memorial hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith of 506 West Eighth street. One boy weighed 4 pounds 13 ounces and the other 4 pounds 9 ounces. Also listed are birth notices for Elkhorn Maynard Jensen, eight pounds, born June 22 at Harlan hospital with two daughters Patty and Diane, and Sharon Ann Rupp, a 6 pound daughter born June 13 at Corning hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Rupp, who already have a daughter and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Smith
West Eighth Street
Atantic Memorial Hospital
Elk Horn
Maynard Jensen
Harlan Hospital
Jensen's
Patty
Diane
Sharon Ann Rupp Grant
Clifford Rupp
Sharon Ann
Corning Hospital
Thanks for support during hospital stay and family sorrow
Mrs Glen Nelson Cumberland thanks relatives and friends for cards calls gifts while in Clarkson hospital and for kindness shown to her husband and daughter following illness or bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkson Hospital
Glen Nelson
Pad Cumberland
Atlantic Pastor To Japan With Mission Team
The Rev. Leonard Tinker of Atlantic Methodist Church leaves after morning services to spend over two months in Japan. He joins a 34 member mission team departing via Minneapolis to Tokyo with stops in Seattle and Anchorage. The group includes Iowans and members from eleven states, the Philippines and Turkey. They’ll orient in Anchorage, then reach Tokyo June 28 for several days of orientation before Tinker preaches in Akita City on July 1. In southeastern Honshu he will work in Abashi toward establishing a new congregation with a Japanese student pastor and an interpreter, aided by an interdenominational evangelistic team visiting early July. Funds come from over 100 Atlantic families and local groups, with support from Rev. Tinker’s former Wapello charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Tinker
Atlantic Methodist Church
Japan
Atlantic
Corpus Christi
Tex
Minneapolis
Tokyo
Seattle
Anchorage
Wait Aman
Webster City
Don Arthur
Farmington
James Gable
Marion
Walter Sieck
Dunlap
Philippines
Turkey
New Methodist College
Akita City
Honshu
Y. Shionaga
Tinker
Abashi
National Christian Council of Japan
Interboard
Tomio Muto
Tojo
Muto
Wapello
Dynamite Truck Collides With Car Near Webster City
A Webster City intersection crash involving a 17 ton dynamite truck and a car carrying three Minnesota family members left no serious injuries. Mrs. Orville Larson of Winona and her sons Orville 12 and Roberts sustained cuts and bruises while their car was demolished. Marvel 14 and Orville husband were in a second car en route to Colorado Springs. The Hawkeye Trucking Co. rig from Des Moines, driven by Leonard W Tage, was bound for Fort Dodge. Deputy Sheriff Jerry Farnham reported the collision at Highways 20 and 69 after the car stopped and the truck turned off 69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Minnesota
Colorado
Here
Orville Larson
Winona
Mina
Orville
Roberts
Hawkeye Trucking Co
Des Moines
Leonard W Tage
Fort Dodge
Jerry Farnham
Larson
Page
Mrs Clara Pigg thanks friends after hospital stay
A note from Mrs Clara Pigg expresses gratitude for the cards letters flowers and gifts received during her stay at Clarkson hospital. She thanks everyone for the thoughtfulness and support during her illness recovery. Motorists are reminded to obey STOP signs as they do not mean SLOW DOWN.
Backfire Theory Tied to Venezuelan Airliner Disaster
A South American aviation expert links a seemingly harmless engine backfire to the crash of Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Su per Constellation 32 miles east of Asbury Park New Jersey. Fifty- four remain missing and eight bodies recovered after the plane dumped 5000 gallons of fuel before an emergency landing at Idlewild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana
Atlantic
Asbury Park
N.J
Virginia
Idlewild
Jesus Indriago
Local Social Notes From Casey Area
Casey residents report travel and visits. Mr and Mrs Harold Hayes and family returned to Denver after visiting O. E. Hayes. Miss Anna Lentz of Minneapolis is visiting her mother. Jack Harding of Corna California and relatives visited Beasie Valentine in Miles Valentine home. Nathan Humbrechts returned to Chicago after visiting uncles and aunts Dale Shuckhart and Henry Siedemann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Harold Hayes
Hope Hamilton
Marty Bendik
Denver
O. E. Hayes
Anna Lentz
Minneapolis
Mian
Matilda Carstens
Jack Hardin
Corna
Calif
Horace Jones
Anderson
Ind
Beasie Valentine
Miles Valentine
Nathan Humbrechts
Chicago
Dale Shuckhart
Henry Siedemann
Burkhart and Kline Family Visits Highlight Anita News
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Burkhart of San Juan Texas and HP Burkhart of Little Rock Arkansas visited at the home of their sister and husband, Mrs. Joe Vetter. Joan and Janice Kline of Sioux Falls South Dakota visited grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Pierce and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kline in Anita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Edwin Burkhart
San Juan
Tex
HP. Burkhart
Little Rock
Ark
Joe Vetter
Joan
Janice Kline
Sioux Falls
S. D
Oliver Pierce
Jay Kline
The Little Woman S Ladles Cream Mixup
A humorous exchange describes a person applying chin cream to the forehead ear cream to the neck and hand lotion to the cheeks revealing topical mixups and comedic frustration. The short vignette highlights misapplied cosmetics and light domestic embarrassment.
Beauty envoy Anita Treyens Plans Miss Universe Bid
Anita Treyens, 18, Paris named official beauty envoy for France at Cinemonde 1956 event, plans to travel to the United States to compete in the Miss Universe pageant. She wears a ribbon praising Cinemonde 1956 and aims to represent France in the international contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Treyens
Paris Nodel
United States
France
Atlantic Local Briefs Cover Court, Travel, Reunions
Local notices report Lynn Dorsey paying a fine in Mayor How ard F. Lundberg's court for an illegal parking charge. A 2/c Mervin Nelson departs for Lockbourne AFB after a 30 day furlough spent with his parents. Dale Anderson and wife visit East Lansing for the Atlantic high school class of 1943 reunion. Walter Pratt of Cedar Rapids visits to attend the Atlantic reunion. Mrs. Pratt is Peggy Luce. Marriage licenses issued to Cecil Boos and Julia Struthers, George Ratashak and Shirley Knight, James Beck and Maxine Doss. Justice of the Peace fines paid by several residents on overload and truck over length charges. Weather: scattered showers, highs in the 80s, lows 50s to 70s, Atlantic reports 34 at noon with 61 overnight, 81 Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Anderson
East Lansing
Mich
Virt Andersoon
Atlantic High School
Cedar Rapids
Walter Pratt
Troy Fisher
Cecil G. Boos
Cumberland
Julia I. Struthers
Lewis
C. M. Skipton
George M. Ratashak
Griswold
Shirley L. Knight
Atlantic
James C. Beck
Hampton
Maxine H. Doss
Creston
Weather Bureau
Funeral Notices Parade for Florence Chamberlain and Others
Funeral services were held for Florence Chamberlain at the Ro and funeral home with Rev. Harold Smith officiating. Interment of her ashes will be in Atlantic cemetery..Services for Anna Benson Leslie 68 were at the Christian church in Anita with Rev. F. G. Barnes leading. Interment followed at Evergreen cemetery. Rex R. Maas funeral rites were in Massena at the Methodist church with Rev. Joseph Mason conducting. Relatives came from Omaha Atlantic Audubon Anita Weldon Fontanelle Corning Cumberland and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Chamberlain
Harold Smith
James Bailey
Jesus
E. A. Schwendemann
Miss Chamberlain
Atlantic Cemetery
Anna Leslie Cumberland
Anna Benson Leslie
Christian Church
Anita
F. G. Barnes
Keith Chadwick
Alvis Schultz
Karen Turner
Cloyce Tupper
H. J. Spies
Floyd Dement
Phil McCosh
William McIntyre
Glenn Steinmetz
A. R. Kohl
Evergreen Cemetery
Massena
Rex R. Maas
Joseph Mason
Donna Angus
R. F. Peel
Clarence
Ralph Follmann
Ned Murray
Ray Anderson
George
Lyle Hosselt
Harvey Garside
Massena Township
Omaha
Atlantic
Audubon
Extra
Weldon
Fontanelle
Corning
Cumberland
Des Moines
Learn the Hard Way At Gas Station Burns Two Boys
In Columbus Ohio Robert Fletcher aged eight and James Plunkett ten learned a dangerous lesson when a book of lighted matches dropped into a underground storage tank for waste oil caused an explosion. The blast sent flames 20 feet and left both boys with third degree burns on face and arms. Authorities said fumes in the tank fed the blaze but the fire was extinguished with no other damage. Ontario tourism reached about 18 million visitors in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Robert Fletcher
James Plunkett
Illness and Injuries Reported in Atlantic Patients
Hospital patients include Heidi Ullerich eight undergoing tonsillectomy at Atlantic Memorial. Amelia Scherdin and Peter McCabe admitted for medical treatment. Several residents released from local hospitals listed by name and address. Stadia Fazlitt of the Iowa highway commission sustained a broken right foot, cast and crutches needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidi Ullerich
Arnold Ullerich
Rt. 2
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Amelia Scherdin
Walnut Street
Peter McCabe
Atlantic
Ray Ingram
Lewis
William Wailes
Michael Bruce
Hickory Street
Kenneth Johnk
Nancy Louise
Walnut
Marion Reimer
Renee Carole
Oak Street
Laura Pettigrew
Syracuse
Nebr
Marie Haschenburger
Dunbar
Mac Graham
Donald Cue
S Street
Cue
Candice Jo
Hospital
Stadia Ffazlitt
Iowa Highway Commission
Parker Family Visit to University Hospital Iowa City
Mr and Mrs Eugene Parker took their son Glenn to University hospital in Iowa City for a routine check up this week amid a family medical outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Eugene Parker
Glenn
University Hospital
Iowa City
Iowa Girl Signs Movie Contract With Fox in Hollywood
Rachel Slagel of Fort Madison now Rachel Stephens has signed a motion picture contract with 20th Century Fox in Hollywood. The Indiana University speech and theater major, graduated 1953, previously had bit parts in The Best Things in Life Are Free and Bus Stop and appeared in Studio One before landing the starring project Once in a Million with James Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Rachel Slagel
L. G. Slagel
20Th Century Fox
Hollywood
Miss Slagel
Rachel Stephens
James Mason
Indiana University
Teller Discusses Fusion Research At Chicago Report
Dr Edward Teller the Father of the H Bomb speaks to newsmen in Chicago during a progress report conference on the US effort to harness fusion reaction. The annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society gathers atom scientists for new secrecy bound updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Teller
University of California
Chicago
United States
Amencan Nuclear Society
International
Larsen Heads Lutheran Group at National Convention
The Rev William Larsen director of the Lutheran Students Foundation at the University of Minnesota since 1947 was elected president of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church for a three year term on the sixth ballot at the national convention in Cedar Falls. The group set next year’s meeting in Racine Wisconsin and approved a 330317 dollar budget mainly for a Dana College Blair Nebraska building program and college support. Larsen a Dana College and Trinity Seminary graduate and former Navy commander served in World War II and may move to Blair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
William Larsen
Lutheran Students Foundation
University of
Dana College
Blair
Neb
Larsen
Trinity Seminary
Boston University
Harvard
University of Minnesota
Naval Reserve
South Pacific
State reapportionment meeting invited organizations
Senator Duane E. Dewel announced that 25 statewide organizations have been invited to Des Moines on July 26 to discuss legislative reapportionment. The group aims for fair representation, with the Senate on an area basis and the House on a population basis, without promoting any specific plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Duane E. Dewel
Des Moines
Dewel
Senate
House of Representatives
Iowa
Fragmented timetable and a whale fact from the era
The page lists multiple train and bus times for No 8 No 10 Corn Belt Rocket and Atlantic routes with various westbound and southbound departures and arrivals. It ends with a note stating the head of the right whale is one fourth the bulk of the body.
Tractor Tandem Demonstration At Field Day
Two tractors linked in tandem will be shown at the Silver Anniversary Field Day at the Soil Conservation Experimental Farm ten miles west of Clarinda. Iowa State College engineers created the dual unit with hydraulic control and rear-seat operation. The day includes cloud seeding with a Sverdrup iodide generator, tillage practice reviews, granular insecticide work, and a farm wife program on gardening and pest control. A noon program by Shenandoah and Clarinda Chambers of Commerce marks 25 years of farm experiment farm progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
Soil Conservation Experimental Farm
Iowa State College
H. E. Codlin
Cass
Shenandoah and Clarinda Chambers of Commerce
Hawkeye Sanitation Service to Begin Daily Trash Collection
Ted Ballinger and his son Rex announce Hawkeye Sanitation Service starting July 2 with daily pickups in the business district and twice weekly in residential areas. The enclosed steel tank truck will be sanitary, waterproof, and will spray cans after collection. The service will equip cans with San-A-Lizers to deter flies dogs and rodents. Ballinger also sold his bus depot agency but will run the Atlantic Stages pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Ballinger
Rex
Busines
Hawkeye Sanitation Service
Ballinger
Atlantic Stages
Anita GOC Erects Observation Post in Recreation Park
The Ground Observer Corps unit in Anita is building an Observation Post at the north edge of town in the Community Recreation park. It will be an eight by eight foot glass enclosed house on a fourteen square foot platform raised on four ten foot poles on the west side of the ball diamond during dusk. Cut your speed when dusk falls you may save a life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Ground Observer Corps
Two Killed in Auto Accident in Iowa Area
Keith Wynia 25 formerly of Lester Iowa and his sister-in-law Mrs Audrey Wynia native of Keystone Iowa died Friday night when their car hit a tractor and was then struck by a second car. Robert Lee Maurer 18 of Lester was hospitalized with injuries. Sheriff Towne and Trooper Vinson said Wynia’s car hit the tractor from behind after cresting a hill. the second car driven by Don F Robinson of Charleston South Carolina struck the Wynia car. Mrs Wynia died instantly and Wynia died about an hour later at Rock Rapids hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avlord
Sioux Falls
M. D
Keith Wynia
Lester
Iowa
Audrey Wynia
Keystone
Robert Lee Maurer
Rock Rapids
Lyon County
Fred W. Towne
Craig Vinson
Wynna
Don F. Robinson
Charleston
S. C
Wynia
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SUN
James Stewart
Doris Day
Alfred Hitchcock's
Te — Hergert
Barby
Amy Mary Map
Beaverick Queen Naturama
Republic Pictures Corporation
Vayucotor
State Farm
Clara Pigg
Casey News
Beauty
Mayor’s Court
Lynn Dorsey
Howard F. Lundberg
Mervin Nelson
Lockbourn Air Force Base
Rt. 3
Justice Court
Justice of the Peace Court
Ben R. Godanour
Adair
Myrtle E. Tietta
Ellsworth
Forrest E. Lewis
Russel L. Klatt
Willard Richards
Garner
Florence
Rex Maas
Ontario
Lutheran Group
Overland Greyhound Lines
Union Bus
Cope
Atlantic Ly. Atlantic
Paris
FHA
Red Cross
Anita Boys’ & Girls
Atlantic & Rural
Wiota
Marne, Massena
Cumberland, Griswold, Grant, Villisca
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