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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1956
Page
2
A selection committee chose 25 girls Saturday to compete for Miss Air Power of 1956. The winner will be chosen later in Washington and will reign over the Air Force as the national convention meets in Des Moines on August 15. Included among the selected is Merlyn McLaughlin of Des Moines.
Four Iowa youths died in water incidents Sunday in the southeast and west regions. Kenneth Meyers 23 from Mapleton drowned in the Maple River while fishing. Richard Burke 9 of Davenport Leona Russell 15 of Davenport and Leonard Hopkins 18 of Knoxville drowned in a swimming pool and gravel pits near Muscatine and Tracy. Firemen and rescuers attempted resuscitation, but all four deaths were confirmed.
Three year old Steven Craig Damman vanished October 31 in East Meadow New York from a supermarket scene. Nassau County official John M Beckman reports a 45 year old woman with a child matching the boy's description rode a bus to Portland after a hitchhike from Minneapolis. The boy's mother left him and sister Pamela Sue in view of the store. the girl was found shortly after.
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Benson Leslie 68 of Cumberland were held Friday at Anita Christian Church. Interment followed at Anita Evergreen Cemetery. Card of thanks from the Clemsen and Robison families expresses gratitude for support and kindness after the loss of their mother and grandmother Florence Robison.
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