Don Becker Chosen for Chicago Show at Oriental Theater
Don Becker a tenor and Iowa State College graduate is selected by Will Harris director of production for Chicago's Oriental theater for a show next Wednesday afternoon. Becker was chosen from Cavalcade of Music winners in Des Moines and departs for Chicago Tuesday.
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Don Becker
Earl Becker
South of Atlantic
Will Harris
Chicago
Oriental Theater
Becker
Des Moines
Harris
Iowa State College
Truman Dedicates New Airport in Baltimore
President Truman dedicated the 32 000 acre 16 million dollar Friendship Airport praising American prosperity and a peaceful future. He contrasted with a prior war scare, stating the economy will grow and expand based on rising output, efficiency and real income.
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Baltimore
Truman
Great Friendship
St. Louis
Russia
Red Oak Farmer Jailed for OMVI Offense
Bryan Hanson a 41 year old Red Oak farmer was sent to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison to serve a three year term after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. It marked his third offense and followed a June 10 arrest after a minor traffic crash.
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Red Oak
Bryan Hanson
Ft. Madison
Hanson
Local Briefs Recap Iowa News And Personal Notices
Local briefs cover visits and travels of residents, farm market reports from Omaha, a death notice for S. S. Anker of Earlham, a correction on a Linda Kimball injury, marriage licenses for Gerald Doud and Viola Boggs and David Droege and Rita Cullen, a Yellowstone trip for Donald Allen and guests, Girl Scout camp returns from Moingona, family visits to Des Moines, property purchase by Maurice Cornelison, and funeral attendance details for George M. Gill. Also noted are a cash accounts suit filed by David Schuetz against Roger and Leora Shepperd.
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Gerald L. Doud
Sacramento
Calif
Viola M. Boggs
Atlantic
David A. Droege
Anchorage
Alaska
Rita Ann Cullen
Wiola
David Schuetz
Roger and
Leora Shepperd
Schroeder
Lyman
Griswold Ma
Weather and rainfall report with warm end of week forecast
Weather notes show showers tonight and Sunday with warm humid temperatures through the weekend. Forecast calls for more showers Monday and highs in the 80s. Tuesday should be cooler and less humid with a northwest Iowa cool spell. Heavy rains recorded—Marengo 3.78 inches, Independence 2.97, Fort Dodge 2.04, Vinton 2.07, Dubuque 1.61, Cedar Rapids 1.24, Atlantic 0.23.
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Iowa
Marengo
Independence
Fort Dodge
Vinton
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Atlantic
Council Bluffs
Spencer
Atlantic adopts truck and plane mail service during rail strike
Post master Sam Childs announced that Atlantic will receive and dispatch mail by truck from Des Moines and Omaha and via air with Mid-West Airlines if the railroad strike halts train service. Star routes with Burlington Creston Red Oak and with North Western Carroll will connect mail. Des Moines truck arrivals around 10 a.m. and Omaha departures around 3 30 p.m.
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Atlantic
Sam Childs
Rock Island
Des Moines
Omaha
Star
Burlington
Creston
Red Oak
North Western
Carroll
Mid-West Airlines
Atlantic Mail
Childs
Lions Circus Show Tuesday At Cass County Fairgrounds
The Atlantic Lions club teams with Mills Bros circus for a two show event at Cass County Fairgrounds. Proceeds from advance ticket sales fund the Lions community welfare fund with 50 percent. day-of sale yields 10 percent. Performances at 2 and 8 p.m. feature a big menagerie and horse show.
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Atlantic Lions Club
Mills Bros
Cass County Fairgrounds
Don Nelson
Lions Community Welfare Fund
First child births and cautions in Atlantic area
announcements detail several newborns at local hospitals including a 7 pound baby at Clarkson hospital and a 8% pound infant at Atlantic Memorial. families named: Dreager Butler Bryan Pine Steffen Genlock Stef fen. the notice also urges safe driving and patience on the road.
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Richard Dreager
Atlantic
Clarkson Hospital
Omaha
Bernard Butler
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Eddie Bryan
West Tenth Street
John Pine
Rt. 2
Atlantic Hospital
Fer Steffens
Cumberland
Harold Steffen
David Edward
Greater Community Hospital
Creston
Louie Genlock
George Steffen
A. D. Smith
Lewis
Nellie Gerlock
Steffens
Mystery fireball dazzles viewers from Alabama to Texas
The fireball sparked speculation from witnesses in Montgomery to Fort Worth about its nature and path. Astronomers traced reports from Louisiana and Texas, noting a southeast trajectory but many observers quoted the object as moving west.
Meteor Fireball Sighted Over Louisiana Swamp Area
A Lake Charles radio man saw a fiery streak overhead and meteor experts speculated the fireball fell in the swampy coastal country south of Lake Charles. The Mossart International weather unit in New Orleans weighed theories that it was a comet tail or aircraft vapor trail.
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Mennig
Lake Charles
Weather Bureau
Mossart International Airport
New Orleans
16 Year Old Davenport Girl Named 1960 Iowa Girls State Governor
Betty Fiedler of Davenport is named governor after a nationalist landslide in the 1960 Iowa Girls State election. She won by four votes over Jo Anne Rathman of Hampton while nationalist candidates swept most state offices. Fiedler, 16, will be a high school senior next fall, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl M Fiedler.
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Grinnell
Betty Fiedler
Davenport
Iowa
Jo Anne Rathman
Hampton
Carl M. Fiedler
Mary Jo Iverson
Calmar
Marilyn Ratcliff
Douds
Benny
Clinton
Carol Ann Wright
Jefferson
Delphine O’toole
Muscatine
Pat Lightle
Ruthven
Peggy Kele
Atlantic
Joan Whalen
Commerce
Woman dies after cough syrup evaporation concentrates poison
Santa Monica hospital reported the death of Gertrude Koehler 37 of Burbank formerly of Orange N J after she drank cough medicine that had four year old storage. Evaporation concentrated strychnine in the preparation to a lethal level despite a March 1946 prescription stating a harmless amount.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Santa Monica Hospital
Gertrude Koehler
Burbank
Orange
N. J
Expressions of Gratitude From the Family of George M Gift
The family thanks those who offered kindness sympathy and floral tributes during George M Gift’s illness and death.
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George M
Railroad union strikes flouted emergency board findings
The board declared the demand unjustified by all evidence and warned the switchmen would gain an unfair pay edge, burdening railroad costs. The report cites another case of a railroad union flouting emergency board findings by announcing a crippling strike.
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Truman
Switchmen’s Union
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Technicolor
Bagdad
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Penney’s
Plains
Rose Young
Frank Wiley
Haro'd Way
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W. O. Anker
South
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Earlham
Anker
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Roger Kimball
Brayton
Te Weet Coast
Donald Allen
Hugh Allen
Yellowstone Park
Longview
Wash
Lola Ballade
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Camp Moingona
Betty Gene White
Marilyn Frazer
Janet Bonawits
Patricia May
Shirley Bennett
Karen Howard
H. W. Nelson
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Winterset
Nevada
M. R. Talley
Talley
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Missouri
Dale Taylor
Masteller
Maurice Cornelison
D. J. Cornelison
Taylor
Rock Island Motor Freight
George M. Gill
Loretta Bartlett
Bremerton
E. E. Knowles
Chas. Gill
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Kendle Warner
Milan, IL
Gene Hedrick
Rockford, IL
Warren Brooks
Ruby Daw
Fremont
Neb
Vivien Pidgette
Larry Leffingwell
Old Cass Co. Fair Grounds
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Teele
Geri
Cook & Caslow
Ins Eset
Lyman Oi Company
W. 8. Greenleaf
Cogley Clinic
Corner Cluffs
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Associated Press
el Paso
Louisiana
Montgomery
Ala
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Tex
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Mice
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Langley Field
Oscar Monnig
Monroe
Houston
Acme Auto
Levine
Bullock
M. D
Atlantic, Iowa
Western Railroads
Switchaen’s Union
Railroads
Beard
Switchman's Union
Western Railroars
Firet Band
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